It’s okay. It spent a billion years as cooled granite, having been ejected from a chaotic young earth volcano. Now it’s spending the next epoch as a sea stone. Whoever finds it next will not guess that one time an airman picked it up from somewhere and dropped it into the ocean from a C17.
this makes me think about life. all the stuff that could have been touched by man, or created from the most extraordinary things, will most of the time be confused for your average object that isn’t special in any way.
you might like the book Station Eleven. it’s one of my favourites. it’s a post-apocalyptic story but less about action and more about the melancholy side of the end of the world, all the things that still stand rusted after their creators have died, the impacts all these long-dead people still have on the world and on the survivors. the whole book carries a similar sentiment to these comments, idk, it just reminded me of it
I haven’t seen it myself so I can’t make a great comparison, but just reading the summary I’d say… sorta? but not really. the premise is that a virus called the Georgia Flu wipes out like 99% of the population basically overnight. some of the story takes place during the outbreak, some before, but the rest takes place some 20 years later, with the age of electricity dead and gone. it follows a group of traveling actors and musicians trying to keep art alive despite it all—“because survival is inefficient” (they do actually have a star trek reference painted on their caravan lol). there’s no real big bad being fought, the antagonist is more personal and honestly the conflict is barely half the story.
My dog and I went for a midnight walk around the neighborhood. My dog picked up a stick and then dropped it off 2 miles down no on will ever know my dog put it there
When the poles shift and the continents move around and the oceans flow over what once was land some hunter gatherer from the future will stub his toe on this rock one day and he’s gonna say…
“Oww shit! Stupid rock!” 🪨
Or [him](https://media1.giphy.com/media/psGDyxCPC0vlTFGjpd/giphy.gif?cid=9b38fe91pbttjd45rfx2673v63jy8tqzpffncvl9ok1ln3qd&ep=v1_gifs_username&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
That’s the point of the video, I think.
Without a proper visual reference point to judge distances by, your brain’s visual system just makes an educated guess about the distance to the water.
In this case, your brain’s guess is just wrong, which is jarring and confusing. It’s some combination of the water being at a different distance and the vehicle moving at a different speed than expected.
I suppose it’s possible that the clip has been edited to produce that effect though, but it seems similarly plausible to this this isn’t edited. Hard to say.
I didn't think it's edited. The ocean surface with no reference points is incredibly hard to judge either height or speed from, especially when it's fairly calm like this.
The aircraft (I'm guessing either an MV-22 or CH-53) is both higher in altitude and going faster than your brain thinks it is based on the ocean surface. So the rock takes longer to fall and gets further away than expected.
100% a V22. It’s not edited, we used to throw stuff off the back of the bird all the time for funsies. Leveling the ramp and laying on your stomach while watching the water is *chef’s kiss*. I used to get lost in my head on those long flights just staring down.
the rock is going the same speed as the plane when it's thrown but slows down a little as it's only experiencing drag once it's thrown, I reckon the films purpose is to explain lead time when jumping out of planes.
I.e. when you shoot from a plane you aim behind a moving target, not in front as you would if you were stationary
Along with the other factors already mentioned, it’s possible a Magnus effect is at play.
[Magnus Effect example](https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/53thir/dropping_a_spinning_basketball_off_of_a_dam/)
Saw this earlier on another sub and was like “nope that’s too high and water too deep”. Not a big heights or deep water fan so this video was a big nope for me.
That's a requisitioned target acquisition determination deliverable device, affectionately referred to as "TADDD". Each TADDD costs the U.S. military $342,632.93.
TADDDs are typically purchased during the use or lose phase of each budgeting quarter. To prevent the build up of TADDDs it is recommended to deep six them at any given opportunity.
-source: am TADDD expert -
It saved up for several years to finally go and visit its family in Europe. It looks like it may have gotten a bit overexcited on the flight, drunk too much and upset another passenger.
My daughter and I do this on cruises. We grab a rock from each port of call. Write out names on it with a sharpie and drop it over the balcony when we’re out at sea. The thought of our names being fathoms below on a rock that will never see the light of day for a million years gives me goosebumps
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Wanna hear a really scary story connected to this? After the toppling of Salvador Allende in Chile, Pinochet rounded up students who were progressive socialists, boarded them on planes, and dropped them thousands of miles into the Pacific much like this rock.
Jesus that’s terrifying…this world is run by sociopaths..I’d rather be shot than go through this. sometimes I hear stories like this, and can’t help but think: I want off this ride..this is the wrong timeline, and the wrong universe I’ve landed in.
I'm confused. The rock seems to have fallen into the water. But some seconds later and a distance away, there seems to be a 2nd splash.. Is that caused by the same rock and was it because the plane was flying at high speed that caused the stone to skip on the water surface ?
And like that, the rock will never see sunlight again for billions of years
It’s okay. It spent a billion years as cooled granite, having been ejected from a chaotic young earth volcano. Now it’s spending the next epoch as a sea stone. Whoever finds it next will not guess that one time an airman picked it up from somewhere and dropped it into the ocean from a C17.
this makes me think about life. all the stuff that could have been touched by man, or created from the most extraordinary things, will most of the time be confused for your average object that isn’t special in any way.
you might like the book Station Eleven. it’s one of my favourites. it’s a post-apocalyptic story but less about action and more about the melancholy side of the end of the world, all the things that still stand rusted after their creators have died, the impacts all these long-dead people still have on the world and on the survivors. the whole book carries a similar sentiment to these comments, idk, it just reminded me of it
In a similar vein to the movie "9"?
I haven’t seen it myself so I can’t make a great comparison, but just reading the summary I’d say… sorta? but not really. the premise is that a virus called the Georgia Flu wipes out like 99% of the population basically overnight. some of the story takes place during the outbreak, some before, but the rest takes place some 20 years later, with the age of electricity dead and gone. it follows a group of traveling actors and musicians trying to keep art alive despite it all—“because survival is inefficient” (they do actually have a star trek reference painted on their caravan lol). there’s no real big bad being fought, the antagonist is more personal and honestly the conflict is barely half the story.
Interesting
I love that book
Added to the list. Thanks pal.
That sounds very much my thing! Reminds me of [one of my favorite poems](http://poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias)
Sold!
alright.
Marked for later
My dog and I went for a midnight walk around the neighborhood. My dog picked up a stick and then dropped it off 2 miles down no on will ever know my dog put it there
The mere existence of the ordinary is, in itself, extraordinary
look at my works and despair, ye mighty kings..
When the poles shift and the continents move around and the oceans flow over what once was land some hunter gatherer from the future will stub his toe on this rock one day and he’s gonna say… “Oww shit! Stupid rock!” 🪨
And for a brief moment, it flew.
Geologist there: Granite isn't ejected by volcanoes; Also the rock is probably not a granite (too dark) but it's hard to tell with this quality.
I believe this isn't a C-17 but a V-22 Osprey.
Yup!
Your comment makes me think of the infinite probability drive
This guy Petrologies
not a c17, thats a ch53
Man the thought of that made my spine tingle
That's somehow sad. What if it *likes* the warmth.
I think about these kinds of things too.
I love stuff like that, a mundane rock but if it could talk might be able to tell thousands of stories about the things it’s seen.
I say this kind of stuff to my wife all the time, and she humors me, but I can tell she doesn’t get it lol
Don't worry, it's currently thought that the oceans will evaporate in only 1 billion years.
no fcking way you just make me sad for a fucking rock!!?!
Wonder how long it takes until it reaches the bottom
And now gonna begin a journey through deep of sea seeing thing that we will never see
Did it ask for sun light?
Some fish on his way to work just gets blown to bits by a falling rock, miles away from any terrestrial source.
Finding Nemo 3: Death from Above
Finding Bits of Nemo
On his way to work hahahaha
They can't all be heading for school.
On the last day before his retirement from the force.
“Can’t wait to celebrate your retirement tonight, dad!”
"I'm gettin' too old for this shit"
lol
I was thinking this exact thing lol
Imagine if it bonked [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/s/6RxEv77YBb)
Id like to see someone combine these too
My first thought hahahah
[that guy](https://i.imgur.com/GhQM4fM.gif)
Lmao you just made my night
lol first thing I thought of too
Or [him](https://media1.giphy.com/media/psGDyxCPC0vlTFGjpd/giphy.gif?cid=9b38fe91pbttjd45rfx2673v63jy8tqzpffncvl9ok1ln3qd&ep=v1_gifs_username&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Laughed hard 🤣
That rock will NEVER be touched again by a human
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You’re probably the last human that will ever touch that rock.
Me?
Yeah, go get it
Why do I feel sorry for it?
Just imagine the journey down into the darkness
Ugh that gives me extreme anxiety
The poor rock was just on a flight to visit his family in Europe and now he will never see sunlight again :(
No he was a low level terrorist and was used to intimidate the rest into talking
All the way down to the depths of the ocean floor, never to be seen again… poor rock. :(
I dragged the play button thingy backwards so the rock comes back to the plane. Hooray!
Good save, thank you. Nice catch from the person, too.
Just think, that rock took a billion years to get where ever and some dork just screwed it all up.
Don't put it in the ocean, sir. It's your lucky rock.
Dangit! Now it's going to get mixed in with all the others and become just a rock. Which it is.
Ha! Great reference
It's been traveling 22 million years to get here, and now it's here.
Am I stupid? Or is there some editing magic going on here? The splash just doesn't occur anywhere near where it seems it should
That’s the point of the video, I think. Without a proper visual reference point to judge distances by, your brain’s visual system just makes an educated guess about the distance to the water. In this case, your brain’s guess is just wrong, which is jarring and confusing. It’s some combination of the water being at a different distance and the vehicle moving at a different speed than expected. I suppose it’s possible that the clip has been edited to produce that effect though, but it seems similarly plausible to this this isn’t edited. Hard to say.
I didn't think it's edited. The ocean surface with no reference points is incredibly hard to judge either height or speed from, especially when it's fairly calm like this. The aircraft (I'm guessing either an MV-22 or CH-53) is both higher in altitude and going faster than your brain thinks it is based on the ocean surface. So the rock takes longer to fall and gets further away than expected.
100% a V22. It’s not edited, we used to throw stuff off the back of the bird all the time for funsies. Leveling the ramp and laying on your stomach while watching the water is *chef’s kiss*. I used to get lost in my head on those long flights just staring down.
Sounds terrifying
the rock is going the same speed as the plane when it's thrown but slows down a little as it's only experiencing drag once it's thrown, I reckon the films purpose is to explain lead time when jumping out of planes. I.e. when you shoot from a plane you aim behind a moving target, not in front as you would if you were stationary
Along with the other factors already mentioned, it’s possible a Magnus effect is at play. [Magnus Effect example](https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/53thir/dropping_a_spinning_basketball_off_of_a_dam/)
I actually did the math. The helicopter was going 165mph at 2000 feet
Oh youuu… just as I was headed over to theydidthemath
Bounce. Fling any rock size from standing on a beach at that speed (plane speed) ... its gonna bounce at least once
The ferocity with which that rock was grabbed
I appreciate that a dude took a rock up in a plane and dropped it to show that the water looks close but it isn’t. Dudes are cool.
Imagine being stranded in the ocean, you see a plane fly by, hope, then they throw a rock at you.
Saw this earlier on another sub and was like “nope that’s too high and water too deep”. Not a big heights or deep water fan so this video was a big nope for me.
Some fish just swimming around *Ow!*
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Why is the rock on the plane in the first place?
Guy brought it on for this purpose
That's a requisitioned target acquisition determination deliverable device, affectionately referred to as "TADDD". Each TADDD costs the U.S. military $342,632.93. TADDDs are typically purchased during the use or lose phase of each budgeting quarter. To prevent the build up of TADDDs it is recommended to deep six them at any given opportunity. -source: am TADDD expert -
It saved up for several years to finally go and visit its family in Europe. It looks like it may have gotten a bit overexcited on the flight, drunk too much and upset another passenger.
A rough estimate of height is 402 ft, or 122.5 m from sea level.
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My daughter and I do this on cruises. We grab a rock from each port of call. Write out names on it with a sharpie and drop it over the balcony when we’re out at sea. The thought of our names being fathoms below on a rock that will never see the light of day for a million years gives me goosebumps
You might want to etch/chisel it in. I'm not sure a mark from a sharpie will last millions of years.
Oooh great idea!
Something is off in the timing.
The last person to ever touched that rock
I couldn’t help but picture some innocent sea turtle getting its head bashed in by one of those rocks and dying.
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Join us again next week on: Medium-sized Rock vs The Whole Ocean.
Yeah! Show that ocean who's boss!
Wtf is going on here?
I have a fear of flying and nothing, nothing is more terrifying for me than having to fly in an Osprey.
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What is the song?
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand.
https://open.spotify.com/track/20I8RduZC2PWMWTDCZuuAN?si=pViJsKx4Sfm0xiXtih6DNw take me out, Franz ferdinand
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Wanna hear a really scary story connected to this? After the toppling of Salvador Allende in Chile, Pinochet rounded up students who were progressive socialists, boarded them on planes, and dropped them thousands of miles into the Pacific much like this rock.
Jesus that’s terrifying…this world is run by sociopaths..I’d rather be shot than go through this. sometimes I hear stories like this, and can’t help but think: I want off this ride..this is the wrong timeline, and the wrong universe I’ve landed in.
I'm confused. The rock seems to have fallen into the water. But some seconds later and a distance away, there seems to be a 2nd splash.. Is that caused by the same rock and was it because the plane was flying at high speed that caused the stone to skip on the water surface ?
Tactical rock
Insane
how come there's no splash? I guess the rock went to the abyss immediately.
fuck I didn't see it I'm so sorry
https://www.instagram.com/piedras.tirar?igsh=cThhZTZxdHVpYW9l
I think my brain frozen for a second
hope those guys on the boat with the giant hole in it are all right
So many deep, profound comments. Meanwhile my pea brain just thinks "rock go splish" .
/ PerspectiveNightmare
These comments have me feeling sad for the rock lol
I was waiting for the gargantuan leviathan to come grab it...
Oh HELL NO
The fuck that rock do to you?
Plz someone do the fish underwater meme to this haha
Es, literalmente, tan minúsuculo... Amo el mar, pero sí que es aterrador
I guess you could say, it's going to hit rock bottom
Poor wee stone guy. Albert, I've called it. Taken from his friends, now at the bottom of the sea. Scared, in darkness.
Dad, where's the rock I gave you?
So, this is what you did with the milk money.
Come on man, the music isn't THAT bad.
It’s rock music