Banter RDT CXCI - Time for a new RDT thread

[squashface]

People I have talked with also said that it left a lot of questions unanswered, but we couldn't discuss at the time as we were with someone who hadn't seen it.

Spoiler

I assume as there was no explanation about what the f*ck the tree was, and how she was harvesting her victim's energy or lifesource or whatever.

Spoiler

Also the random floating gun in Josh Brolin’s dream scene? Unless I’m just a dumb campaigner who didn’t get it

 

[Bender_]

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Also the random floating gun in Josh Brolin’s dream scene? Unless I’m just a dumb campaigner who didn’t get it

No I didn't get that either.

 

[Keys]

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I haven’t even watched the trailer so have no idea what you’re talking about but just wanted to add a spoiler tag of my own

 

[Dazzler9]

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Also the random floating gun in Josh Brolin’s dream scene? Unless I’m just a dumb campaigner who didn’t get it

I'm sure there's some metaphorical meaning behind these things that needs explaining to 99.99% of movie goers

 

[Dazzler9]

What's the point of daylight savings? It just throws everything out of whack.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

What's the point of daylight savings? It just throws everything out of whack.

Prevents the cows from fading.

 

[Bender_]

What's the point of daylight savings? It just throws everything out of whack.

I'd prefer to take advantage of an extra hour of sunlight at 8pm than at 4am.

 

[Dazzler9]

I'd prefer to take advantage of an extra hour of sunlight at 8pm than at 4am.

That's too close to my bedtime!

Love it in peak summer when it's light at 5am.

 

[Astro7]

I saw it last week.

There were some genuine tense moments there that sent the shivers through the body, but a lot of it made you wonder what was the point?

Won’t spoil it for others, but there were a couple of red herrings that were included to throw you off the scent, but then you never really got any answers or things weren’t fleshed out.

I liked it enough though.

Yep, saw a youtube review and he said there was so much going on, lots of reference points from other movies etc, it was a real feast of a movie, but with loose ends, yet the overall feeling was satisfying, like a good meal.

 

[THE A5]

Keys and the lads polishing off two covers in one

 

[twadds]

General relativity posits that the closer something is to a massive object, the slower that time runs relative to something further away from that object. Time dilation.

Fun fact: Earth's core has aged 2.5 years less than the surface over the course of the planet's 4.5 billion year history, due to this phenomenon.

(I heard this on a respectable YT channel. Fact checks welcome)

Wouldn’t that make the core older if being closer to the massive object makes time run more slowly?

 

[Ochre]

I made the mistake of having seen people rave about Weapons online for weeks before seeing it. Was good but my expectations were too high in hindsight.

Saw The Ballad Of Wallis Island the other day, highly recommend

 

[Mr Eagle]

What's the point of daylight savings? It just throws everything out of whack.

What if everything is already out of whack, and daylight saving puts it back into whack?

 

[Dazzler9]

Wouldn’t that make the core older if being closer to the massive object makes time run more slowly?

No

 

[Dazzler9]

What if everything is already out of whack, and daylight saving puts it back into whack?

 

[twadds]

No

Ok. I don’t get it.

I’d assume if time moves more slowly then so too aging and the flip side if time moves by more rapidly then so too aging

 

[Dazzler9]

Ok. I don’t get it.

I’d assume if time moves more slowly then so too aging and the flip side if time moves by more rapidly then so too aging

Yes that's right.

So at the core of the planet time moves fractionally more slowly, therefore the core ages slower and is younger.

Relativity is not an easy concept to wrap your head around.

 

[twadds]

Yes that's right.

So at the core of the planet time moves fractionally more slowly, therefore the core ages slower and is younger.

Relativity is not an easy concept to wrap your head around.

I get the idea that time can move at a different rate due to relative distance away from a massive object i.e. the sun but your initial statement mentioned “the closer something is to a massive object (Surface of the earth?),the slower that time runs (ages more slowly?) relative to something further away from that object (the core?).”

I must be missing something here.

 

[Dazzler9]

I get the idea that time can move at a different rate due to relative distance away from a massive object i.e. the sun but your initial statement mentioned “the closer something is to a massive object (Surface of the earth?),the slower that time runs (ages more slowly?) relative to something further away from that object (the core?).”

I must be missing something here.

Other way around. The core is the centre of the massive object so experiences more gravity than the surface, which is further from that gravity.

 

[twadds]

Other way around. The core is the centre of the massive object so experiences more gravity than the surface, which is further from that gravity.

Oh so you’re saying the further away from the middle (core) of a massive object (the earth NOT the sun)

With you now.

I assumed the massive object was the sun.

 

[Bender_]

Massive objects?

Sex life mate.

 

[Dazzler9]

Massive objects?

Sex life mate.

Supermassive black holes are my favourite.

 

[Bender_]

Supermassive black holes are my favourite.

I heard you were a white dwarf.

 

[Dazzler9]

I heard you were a white dwarf.

something something Uranus.

 

[Ochre]

Times definitely moved slower reading this last page. Am I right!