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Here's the part where I explain the joke

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So it's obvious why it crossed the frictionless road. It's not like it could change it's mind on the middle.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The road being frictionless is irrelevant unless it's also in a vacuum.

Chickens are not very good fliers, sure, but even this spherical chicken could probably manage a short flight to whichever side of the road it pleased.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If we assume the ground is frictionless, I'd assume we're assuming no air resistance, just to make it easy

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Air resistance would make flight harder, though, not easier, wouldn't it..?

As I understand it wings work by Bernoulli's principle, which is an air pressure / conservation of energy thing, so it should still work in a frictionless atmosphere...

Then again, we're talking chickens here (and spherical ones at that), which aren't particularly renowned for their aerodynamics and wing efficiency, so maybe they would need to be able to push on the air to generate lift...

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

But if we neglect gravity then chicken can jump indefenitely right? Just to make things simple....

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Girl's literally V = ⁴/₃πr³

[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago

Borb (not mine)

[–] MalditoBarbudo@programming.dev 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow, my physics teacher was right!! You really can assume a chicken is a perfect sphere!! Now is easier to calculate volume assuming pi is 5.78.

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Chicken pot pi

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

No wonder they were Angry Birds.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If that is real, it is in pain. Overfed chickens typically spend the last ~month of their life in pain. I love chicken, but what we have done to get bigger yields is pretty gross.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

It's looks photoshopped, but the original was probably mid fluffing themselves up. They can get pretty round after they get up and shake the dust out of themselves.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Assume spherical chicken

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

That’s a butter ball

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

She needs heat she's cold 🥶🔴🐔

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

Honest McDonald's ad in so many ways... Mutated chickens and fat customers.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago

I guess the chicken and egg may have appeared at the same time.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

The body is round, the short legs aren’t made for distance.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 month ago

Butterball.

[–] 10_0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Rin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

The embodiment of ok mate wanker

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

That bird's gonna pop like the one in Shrek

[–] kapitol@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Both the chicken and the egg.

[–] 10_0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Costco, "woody", chicken

[–] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's not real. 😂

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By the magic of cropping, voila!

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You missed a spot at the bottom.