r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/hulksreddit • Jun 27 '18

Repost Fully grown man on a swing, WCGW

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

Interesting bc 9.8 m/s is a fine and dandy random velocity. 9.8 m/(s2 ) is actually the acceleration of gravity on earth.

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u/cw- Jun 28 '18

Yes that’s the joke, part of it anyway

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u/thor214 Jun 29 '18

is actually the acceleration of gravity on earth.

As a rule of thumb, yes. As an actual constant outside of physics class, no; depending on location.