• tyler@programming.dev
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        2 days ago

        it most definitely would not. you ever switched the direction of a lazy river? doesn’t take that many people. Your ignorance is showing.

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            1 day ago

            You literally stated that 8 billion people couldn’t stop the flow of the Mississippi river. Aside from the fact that the Mississippi ebbs and flows from 20 ft wide to a mile wide, 8 billion people take up a lot of mass. 8 billion people could reverse the flow of the river if they wanted.

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              10 hours ago

              I get that your argument is basically “You don’t realize how many people 8 billion people is”. My argument is “You don’t realize how big the mississippi is”.

              Bringing up 20ft implies you are including the headwaters which is not my argument. I’m referring to downstream.

              Even if in theory you managed to dam it - the Mississippi is so large and fast moving it would EASILY find another route. Like there would not be a “bay of Mississippi” or whatever.