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[–]disco-disco 113 points114 points ago

If they were braking the rate of their velocity would decrease over time and therefore they would still be accelerating.

physics'd!

[–]who-really-cares 15 points16 points ago

But they didn't accelerate into the house, they accelerated away from it.

[–]qtrWhileOne 28 points29 points ago

Unless they braked so hard that the wheels stopped turning meaning that the car just slid into the house, so you'd have a constant velocity and 0 acceleration!

Unless you taking friction into account. DAMMIT YOU WIN THIS TIME DISCO!!

[–]SoundTheUrethras 5 points6 points ago

That would require a very low µk.

[–]majense77 9 points10 points ago

Oh, mu!

[–]jazloc 4 points5 points ago

SCIENCY WORDS

[–]CalcProgrammer1 2 points3 points ago

It could be the middle of January and the driveway is iced over, creating a very low constant of friction. It could happen...

[–]qtrWhileOne 0 points1 point ago

but that doesn't mean 0 friction. Disco's an asshole like that. >:(

[–]M0b1u5 0 points1 point ago

You thought you saw a Physics one day. But you were wrong.

[–]Punkgoblin 0 points1 point ago

Explain.

[–]LeInterwebsFTW 24 points25 points ago

Acceleration is the change in velocity, so speeding up OR slowing down.

[–]interix 6 points7 points ago

its weird how acceleration can be a positive or negative change in velocity, when the word deceleration already exists for a negative change in velocity.

[–]Canadian_Beacon 31 points32 points ago

Decelerate actually isn't a proper physics term.

[–]interix -2 points-1 points ago

that was kind of my point.. but its a perfectly acceptable, and Id go so far as to say proper term when you are referring to an object in motion slowing down.

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[–]interix -3 points-2 points ago

er, no it isn't.

[–]titfacesalmon 1 point2 points ago

what are you, retarding?

[–]mithrasinvictus 1 point2 points ago

If someone is going to brake into my house, i hope they are retarded.

[–]TruthyBastard 4 points5 points ago

My physics teacher told us "deceleration" is a dirty word, and that we should always say "accelerating negatively," or words to that effect. Also ask him about "centrifugal force" if you want a 30 minute tangent.

[–]beanster1 6 points7 points ago

30 minute tangent.

Was that intentional?

[–]TruthyBastard 3 points4 points ago

No, but I wish it was.

[–]prettyawkwardpenguin 7 points8 points ago

You'd have looked pretty witty if you'd have just lied right there.

[–]skulledredditor 9 points10 points ago

But then he wouldn't be a TruthyBastard, he'd be a LieyBastard.

[–]abfguisf 0 points1 point ago

but centrifugal force is normal not tangent =)

[–]Komania 2 points3 points ago

Also that includes a change in direction. Turning a corner with constant velocity is acceleration as well :D

[–]jon_titor 2 points3 points ago

You can't "turn a corner with constant velocity", as velocity includes direction.

[–]Komania 0 points1 point ago

That is true. I mean velocity with constant magnitude.

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[–]LeInterwebsFTW 1 point2 points ago

Science.

[–]Punkgoblin 0 points1 point ago

Braking is accelerating in the opposite direction, but for the purpose of this example it's making it unnecessarily complicated.

[–]PikachuWow 2 points3 points ago

If we were braking in a car, we would be still be "accelerating," because we are still in motion. It can also be viewed as accelerating in the opposite direction because we are changing velocity by decreasing it.

[–]astraphobiczeus 0 points1 point ago

They would be accelerating with a negative velocity. From the time the stated braking (Delta d) to the time they stopped into you house (Delta v.)

[–]SoundTheUrethras 0 points1 point ago

accelerating with a negative velocity

? velocity would still be positive but acceleration would be negative, assuming we didn't define our coordinate system in a dumb way.

[–]astraphobiczeus -1 points0 points ago

Oh crap I meant acceleration that this what saying up all night does to yea i guess.. :P

[–]Punkgoblin -2 points-1 points ago

Yes, only that's decelerating, or reducing velocity.

[–]beanster1 3 points4 points ago

Decelerating is accelerating in the negative direction.

[–]xdanknastyx 0 points1 point ago

[–]bshelley78 0 points1 point ago

Rate of change in velocity= acceleration. Redundant

[–]Rammage 1 point2 points ago

That's too technical for non STEM people. Most associate acceleration with a positive delta-v, not a negative one.

[–]whatthefat 6 points7 points ago

Excuse me? Since when were we wasting our time speaking to non-STEM people?

[–]Rammage -1 points0 points ago

As an engineer, I work with technical people. I've seen that people who are arrogant and pedantic don't really communicate well... or at all with non-technical people. Regretfully, arrogance is over-represented in technical fields. Believe me, it's hard... it's really hard not to correct every single technical inaccuracy most people say, but if I want to keep reasonable relationships with people I can't keep correcting them. Take that however you want.

[–]jon_titor 0 points1 point ago

Too technical? I'm pretty sure I learned this in middle school physical science.

[–]AddVasoline 0 points1 point ago

People auto know better!

[–]Superslammer -2 points-1 points ago

Repost detected!

[–]dillyd 5 points6 points ago

FACEBOOK AMIRITE

[–]RICH_LITTLE 11 points12 points ago

Quick! Post it to Facebook!

[–]Ifriendzonecats -4 points-3 points ago

Oh no. Someone wanted to share an experience with their friends. That's so weird. People never did that before Facebook. Especially not with phone calls.

[–]LeaperLeperLemur 4 points5 points ago

were they driving a Toyota?

[–]chuggles 4 points5 points ago

Reddit has become teen chat.

[–]mithrasinvictus -3 points-2 points ago

No, Reddit has spell checking.

[–]hsoj48 4 points5 points ago

So someone spells a word wrong and another person calls them out on it.

This is Front Page material?

[–]Lawd_of_Spoons 0 points1 point ago

Not only that, this has been reposted quite a bit.

[–]normalite 2 points3 points ago

Spelling errors are funny.

[–]NastyKnate 0 points1 point ago

Spelling error are NOT funny. stop it

[–]Descriptivista 0 points1 point ago

Obviously you failed your spelling tests in grade school.

[–]NastyKnate -1 points0 points ago

straight A's you motherfucker

also, i did my education in french. go fuck yourself

[–]Descriptivista 0 points1 point ago

In French! Look out, there's a burka-wearing woman trying to get a photo ID.

[–]NastyKnate 0 points1 point ago

what the fuck does one have to do with the other? and why are you a racist?

[–]tnicholson 0 points1 point ago

This isn't funny.

[–]the_dying_punk -1 points0 points ago

I was going to say suicide by reddit, not a cool way to go.

[–]bloomyself -1 points0 points ago

I assumed from the title this was going to be a fun pun. But even better.

[–]SlayahGuy -1 points0 points ago

With the top comments, I just got a little Physics lesson.

[–]OvalNinja -1 points0 points ago

Did they stop in time?

[–]Tipsymidget -1 points0 points ago

He is accelerating into his house, just backwards.

[–]Magrippinho -1 points0 points ago

I really wanted this to be a picture of skidmarks in the living room, that would have been a bit funny.

[–]slenderwin -1 points0 points ago

Oh well thank god for that, oh wait, no, I wish they had you reposting piece of shit.

[–]Catch22af -1 points0 points ago

It must've been an old person, they usually confuse the accelerators for brakes.

[–]stormageddon103 -1 points0 points ago

I think this has been posted here every other day for the past 2 weeks... Why dont we shoot for a whole year.

[–]saneone -1 points0 points ago

Oh! would someone put a stop to this?

[–]SabersKunk -1 points0 points ago

On he flipside a pet hate of mine is when people use the word breaks when they mean brakes.

[–]MrSurly -1 points0 points ago

It's just a figure of speach.

[–]anti_taco -1 points0 points ago

Haha oh man this post is awful

[–]larpas -2 points-1 points ago

If someone almost gets robbed, anyone who corrects their grammar is an asshole.

[–]Rabiv -2 points-1 points ago

Tss tst. Thats a good one! More like somebody tried to fix into my house. Tss tst.

[–]kevans2 -2 points-1 points ago

Break..

[–]Knovocaine 0 points1 point ago

But if you hit the brakes you slow down, which is acceleration... what

[–]CalcProgrammer1 2 points3 points ago

Negative acceleration, to be precise

[–]Kahlas 1 point2 points ago

Glad I'm not the only engineering nerd that thought that when he saw this.

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[–]overused-meme-alert 2 points3 points ago

You had one job

BWEEP bip bip BWEEP

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[–]Lieutenant_Crunch 0 points1 point ago

I like all of your different alarms.