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cjbest t1_jef3l4s wrote

You need 190 standard 11" helium balloons to lift a 5 pound cat. (2.167 l of helium)

https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/helium-balloons

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DMoney159 t1_jegbb0g wrote

The existence of this website makes me happy

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halfanothersdozen t1_jeex3mt wrote

Instead of balloons you need to butter some toast and tape it to the back of the cat, butter side out. Then pick up and drop the cat.

Since buttered toast always lands butter side down on the ground and cats always land on their feet (physics) the paradox will create a perpetually rotating cat that never touches the ground.

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DryCrack321 t1_jeev2uj wrote

I’m impressed you even managed to get one balloon tied to your cat

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Ok-Force8783 t1_jefd5pd wrote

That poor cat looks like it puts up with a lot of shenanigans...

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its_yo_mamma OP t1_jefe801 wrote

That "poor" cat is the Queen of our house. We're her humble servants. She expressed her desire to fly one day and we tried to fulfill her wishes.

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Ok-Force8783 t1_jefpchv wrote

Yours was happy to settle for balloons? Mine makes me charter a helicopter when he fancies a flyabout.

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its_yo_mamma OP t1_jeg9rop wrote

Haha we're broke feeding her ultra premium hypoallergenic wet food every meal. Each can costs like $4. We are saving up for a helicopter ride for her lol.

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dblan9 t1_jef6sti wrote

Just spit ballin' here but maybe after the cat poops it will be lighter.

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rawrc t1_jeg8sni wrote

It looks like it's about to shit itself

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formerPhillyguy t1_jeew2cy wrote

A cat balloon weight. Looks like it worked perfectly.

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agirl1313 t1_jeezecs wrote

But "UP" taught me it would work! Now you're going to tell me the house can't fly with balloons attached to it. Or that dogs can't talk.

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hugeuvula t1_jefhn1w wrote

Old houses were obviously a lot lighter. Also, Carl had hypoxia after flying so high so the talking dogs were just his imagination. Sorry to spoil the movie. :-)

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spokris t1_jeg0w0x wrote

The one thing that Up doesn't go into detail on is how buoyancy works. Once gravity is overcome, you can't make something hover. Think of it like in a pool. Something either sinks or floats. So once that cat is buoyant, it's going away.

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totallyanonuser t1_jegh0cq wrote

I'm no rocket surgeon but doesn't pressure change with altitude, therefore you would hover?

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Jfyemch t1_jeh12ov wrote

A field of satellites floating around earth would agree with you.

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Truthfulclaw t1_jeg99nw wrote

The cat wakes up and is all like, "What the hell happened?"

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0nlyhalfjewish t1_jegbsxc wrote

I’m with Cat Protective Services. Hand the cat over.

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MW240z t1_jef8xe0 wrote

That cat was meant to fly, set him free to soar over the clouds! Fly balloon cat, fly!

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slylock215 t1_jefdr2d wrote

The real question is why you already had a bulletproof vest ready for your cat to tie these bloons to?

....what goes on in this household...

Edit: Wait wait wait, actually that makes sense. So when someone goes to shoot the balloons if they hit the cat he'll still be fine. I retract my previous statement.

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BPhiloSkinner t1_jefpvkb wrote

Cats are actually the repositories of most of the missing Dark Matter in the universe, and supply much of Earth's gravity; That moggies' not goin' anywhere, mate.

And would you, please, crosspost this to r/shittyaskscience.

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okram2k t1_jefywuy wrote

That cat will remember this

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swiftfatso t1_jefzce1 wrote

I hope you don't plan to sleep where the cat can reach you (forever)!

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ZachRE t1_jeg3eph wrote

How disappointing

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probono105 t1_jegct6x wrote

gonna need about 275 more assuming your cat weights about 4kg

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Shopping-Afraid t1_jegfkgq wrote

If cartoons have taught me anything it's that you need to throw the cat off the roof for it to work

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Aceticon t1_jefqfnt wrote

Should've done it outside with bigger ballons.

At worst there would still be 8 lifes left.

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BuldopSanchez t1_jeg7zx6 wrote

Oh, giant head in the sky, we give this shitty cat as an offering to you in hopes that you will spit out better kittens.

Headward, free now to rise!

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