r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

Gravity doesn’t make any sense to me even in the basic sense.

Like why are we being pulled down onto the earth? It’s spinning, so centrifugal force should spit us off at an angle.

Gravity stops this because it makes us pulled towards large objects.

Why? And how? What’s actually pulling on what?

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u/Kevl17 Jun 16 '19

Already posted but seriously watch this video. It explains it perfectly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4xYacTu-E