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[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know... straight, I would assume, means that I could walk or drive a vehicle and not turn at all, ignoring any external influences like waves and currents in this case.

[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But your vehicle would itself "curve" "downwards" due to gravity, surely a straight line means that you can point a laser, or a hypothetical 0 mass particle beam, uninterrupted from your starting point to your destination.

[-] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Depends on your frame of reference. When traversing the surface of a globe, your described concept of a straight line isn’t intuitive.

[-] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago

in ur every day life if u travel in a car without changing direction would u say that u went in a straight line or in an arc. Clearly u are just trying to be a pedantic cunt for no reason.

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