▲ 324 ▼ Finish the story, chat. (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (4 children) What does it mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] toofpic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children) It's when you make some calculations or plans, but they would only work in "perfect" conditions. Like when you have an assignment about a horse running from A to B, and you made some calculations, but you disregard horse's shape, friction, air resistance, and gravity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh cool, thanks for explaining! I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago And the horse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children) It's when you make some calculations or plans, but they would only work in "perfect" conditions. Like when you have an assignment about a horse running from A to B, and you made some calculations, but you disregard horse's shape, friction, air resistance, and gravity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh cool, thanks for explaining! I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago And the horse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh cool, thanks for explaining! I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather" permalink fedilink source parent
