Delilah comments on Question about those eagles in Lord of the Rings. How can we determine the amount of thrust produced by their wings? They are massive birds, AND they are capable of carrying people on their backs.

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[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It would be far simpler if the wizards would just convert to metric. Magic units are even worse than oilfield units.

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or wine: "buttload", "donjon", etc.

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