• saltnotsugar@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    This is more of an orbital nuclear defense question since Mordor has a pretty in depth strategy against this sort of threat. Frodo probably didn’t consider this option because of the Pan-Middle Earth nuclear deescalation agreement of the second age, sub section 2, page five, which if violated could have big international downstream effects.

    • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Well it’s interesting that it makes regular ringing/metallic sounds when it’s dropped(at least in the movies), so it is not inelastic. Which means it could be deformed if placed under extreme force but it would always spring back into shape. So I think it might be the world’s most powerful spring.

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          10 days ago

          It probably produce/absorb heat somehow when being deformed. Then, we use it to boil water, turn a turbine, and generate power!

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    10 days ago

    Because Elrond cut the the budget of Revendell NASA to spend more money on some project to make elves self-deport.

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    10 days ago

    This is what I was waiting for. You know the theory of the eagles and Tom bombadil having the power to save everyone and not using it? What if the reason they didn’t is because they can’t. As in when they enter mordor they lose their power. Whereas the hobbits were removed from the magical doings of the world and therefore somewhat immune. Even galaxriel was temtpted by the ring. Bobmbadil probably only has power in his forest and the eagles only showed up after sauron’s defeat but the eagles were on the spot right quick. Meaning they had to be close by. Which means they probably intended to be there and were waiting for wards to drop so they could help. Maybe.

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    10 days ago

    https://youtu.be/p1-ExbgKUUI

    There was a gif or a video montage of Boromir trying to catapult the ring to Mordor. Im on the move and cant search properly. But would be ideal for this discussion.

    Edit: as per rule of the universe, found it after posting.

  • Liz@midwest.social
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    10 days ago

    What in the heck is that graph? Abundance as a function of time?? What? But the data looks a lot more like some kind of EMR spectrum?

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        9 days ago

        I think you’re right, but now we’ve got the issue that such a spectrum makes zero sense for a pure compound. Why can’t my memes be scientifically perfect???