The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down13
arrow-up1565arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down4·2 years agoI care that a laser pistol has a recoil.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoIt’s a blaster. It blasts stuffs. What do you want, scientific accuracy in a space opera fantasy? Okay. Then lasers also have recoil… just different recoil.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoNot all blasters fire particle beams. Some fire plasma bolts that could conceivably give recoil. Also she is using the stun setting here. Maybe that gives extra kick.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoGiven the low velocity of the projectile, it could at best shot twice before it’s mass is gone.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThat’s not a laser pistol. Star Wars blasters are plasma weapons. Brush up on your lore if you’re gonna nitpick.
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoUh huh. And what about the people hit by the laser blasts getting knocked back, do you care about those?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoMomentum is conserved even if it’s perfectly coherent light
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Who cares
I care that a laser pistol has a recoil.
It’s a blaster.
It blasts stuffs. What do you want, scientific accuracy in a space opera fantasy?
Okay. Then lasers also have recoil… just different recoil.
Not all blasters fire particle beams. Some fire plasma bolts that could conceivably give recoil. Also she is using the stun setting here. Maybe that gives extra kick.
Given the low velocity of the projectile, it could at best shot twice before it’s mass is gone.
That’s not a laser pistol. Star Wars blasters are plasma weapons. Brush up on your lore if you’re gonna nitpick.
poser doofus
Uh huh. And what about the people hit by the laser blasts getting knocked back, do you care about those?
Momentum is conserved even if it’s perfectly coherent light
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