The difference between a geek and a nerd:

[Aristus]

A geek says: "May The Force Be With You."

A nerd says: "May the Force equal Mass times Velocity."

[agingdem]

1. well then my late husband was a nerd..

he celebrated May the Fourth (be with you) every year...

[chillfactor]

2. Thank you for the laugh!

really needed it today!

[unblock]

3. yeah, but a *real* nerd would correct you and say acceleration, not velocity ;)

mass times velocity is momentum, not force.

[Aristus]

4. Thank you.

My worst problem when I was in school is that I was a nerd, but not even a good-grades nerd. I was just a misfit...

[VMA131Marine]

5. Not if the Force is gravity

Or the electromagnetic force, or the weak force, or the strong force.

[DBoon]

9. If you drop an object, it accelertes due to the force of gravity

- a nerd

[VMA131Marine]

10. Sure, but

What is that force equal to (assuming a non-relativistic treatment)

[DBoon]

12. F ma G(m1*m2/r**2)

For gravity.

[VMA131Marine]

16. Isn't that what my image says?

[DBoon]

17. you forgot the eff equals emm aye

[VMA131Marine]

18. What if I'm standing on the surface of the earth?

In my frame of reference I’m motionless.

[DBoon]

19. then you are exerting an opposite force that keeps you motionless

You have a weight attached to a rubber band.

The weight is motionless.

The rubber band has a "pull" force that exactly cancels gravity.

You snip the rubber band, the weight falls.

You magically make gravity vanish, the weight pulls up from the force of the rubber band.

The force vectors cancel each other when combined.

[Harker]

11. Until it reaches terminal velocity.

A condition as yet unmet by Trumpsky.

[VMA131Marine]

15. What a drag.....

[Harker]

20. Har.

You're hot tonight!

[jrandom421]

6. From a nerd

"Force equal Mass times Velocity." WRONG!!!!

Force equals Mass times ACCELERATION!!!!!

[Aristus]

8. Mistake acknowledged above.

See? This is why I rely on my fellow Loungers. We keep each other on the rails.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Change of acceleration over time I think is called "jerk". For example:

The White House is full of accelerations changing over time.

[rurallib]

7. and a republican says 'force comes after thirds'

[CottonBear]

14. Rhett and Link have a video about this:

https://m.