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DragonSlayersz t1_j1i2b1m wrote

Reply to comment by HelloWorld1352 in [WP] As the aliens blasted this strange blue planet with there hottest heat-ray, they were horrified to find the creatures below bundling up and speaking of “a chilly spring” by Ungus_Bungus_Lungus

The point is that earth is already so warm in comparison to what they're able to do that their heat ray is basically meaningless.

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HelloWorld1352 t1_j1i2ikb wrote

I thought they meant it was making it chilly.

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DragonSlayersz t1_j1i2njr wrote

It might be that too, but you already know why that makes no sense.

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HelloWorld1352 t1_j1i2pd4 wrote

Yes, I know that it does not.

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Ungus_Bungus_Lungus OP t1_j2agnl7 wrote

Hold on let me explain better, there “heat” ray is colder than the natural temp of earth thus cooling the parts they hit down.

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HelloWorld1352 t1_j2c8wzg wrote

Oh my God, so what I said was right. It’s impossible to cool down a planet with a heat ray since they heat matter through radiation. To make something colder, the heat ray would need to fire a beam of “hot” particles colder than the planet’s surface temperature, this cooling it down via conduction. But then, it wouldn’t be a heat ray if it emitted matter instead of heat, so my point still stands. Obviously, this prompt doesn’t have to go by the laws of physics, and I’m just making a big fuss over nothing, it’s a good prompt is what I’m trying to say.

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