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can the weight of millions of balloons be heavy enough to pop the balloons at the bottom? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like, say you had a grain silo or some theoretical structure that would allow you to fill the structure as high as you wanted, full of balloons, all inflated with regular air, not helium.

Is there a point where the balloons' collective miniscule weight would be enough to pop the balloons on the bottom? Or would they just bounce/float on top of each other forever and ever?

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[+] flossdaily 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A balloon does not pop at 14 grams of pressure. My toddler of 14 kilo grams can stand on one without popping it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

14 g seems way too low. Have you ever tried popping a balloon without a pointy object?

Except maybe if you had a device that can fill and knot a balloon right at the edge of bursting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Party balloons won't burst with just 14 grams. Judging from the party games involving popping balloons by sitting or bumping body parts together, they seem to support a couple kilograms rather than a few grams.

Edit: asked several AIs about this, they all confidently said "14 grams". It seems they're mixing how much weight a balloon can lift with how much weight it can stand before popping.