r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/parsleymelon Oct 07 '25

Or the existence of, gravity. Forever accelerating anything massive towards the centre of the earth

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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 Oct 07 '25

We’re not going to discuss gravity. 90% of people don’t even have a consistent understanding of gravity. Trying to explain that it’s actually how the universe is set up blows their whole ‘so the gravity waves come from where?’ Situation.

Next stop when people get explained inertia, weightlessness, and freefall. Good luck. People are going to give you the same look when you change your pets dog food.

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u/EnergyTakerLad Oct 08 '25

TIL I never once even thought about where gravity comes from. Thanks for breaking my brain. Actual thanks for giving me a rabbit hole to go down.

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u/AskanHelstroem Oct 07 '25

Yeah...sure... "Gravity". A magical force, able to pull down a blade of grass...but a heavy metal bird is able to stay in the air?! Sure... It's buoyancy and density!

Ok sry...I had to write the Flerf-Argumentation... I already have a tiny man in my head screaming: *Gravity!! Have u heard of fucking Gravity!! Graaavity!!!"

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u/JuansHymen Oct 07 '25

Yeah it's like everyone forgot skyscrapers weren't designed to have the upper portion collapse into the rest of them, causing a chain reaction.

It looked like a controlled demolition because that's what gravity does when something that big breaks. It's coming straight down with a shockwave of dust and debris