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Is nobody going to mention that scene in DCeased where the Flash and Superman collided and answered this in their own way?

Sure it does. Destroying it causes parts of it to be moved. If possible, the object can be broken down into really fine pieces, but they still will not be moved.

Because it's larger than an electron?

Ahh so the unstoppable force is made of neutrinos

Everything gets easier with phase mechanics

G-

"I'll take 'Quantum Tunneling' for $1000 Alex!"

Neutrinos don't give a shit what you call your house.

Like, it missed?

The combination (matter/antimatter) just creates a whole new universe where someone else has to ask the same question ad testudo demum.

Neutrinos and mass?

I have always believed that they are only observed definitions. At point of impact , and the aftermath, the observed definitions can be updated. (A boring answer, sorry)

Oh look, it's my last relationship.

This is just vintage XKCD "wow he really summarized something that's been way at the back of my mind for a long time" stuff. Bravo

Dark matter's gonna come into play here somewhere...

Nothing about this paradox said the unstoppable force had to move the immovable object so it just passes through since it cannot be stopped.

Game theory time, they dont need interact to meet. Like, the immovable object could be ethereal. Literally immovable because you cant touch it. In such a case anything could pass through it without betraying its title.

this revelation really will upset the meta

Fuck it. Quantum tunneling time.

Electrons are always moving =P Ill see my self out

I do this in the bike lane every day

It didn’t stop and it didn’t move - works out.

This will forever be how I visualise this from now on.

"I don't see why people find this scenario to be tricky."

Rather, what would happen should you get caught between an unstoppable force and an unmovable object? Does the universe break? Do you get dragged through the gaps between the particles that make up the block? Would that cause unmovable fusion? What is unmovable fusion?

it's just extremely unlikely given quantum mechanics tbh

Didn't MinutePhysics say this exact thing before

how to explain the joke to a twitter user:

So the unstoppable force is just neutrinos. Makes sense lol.

Either that or they release enough energy to make the Big bang look like a firecracker.

I was thinking about this the other day, and came to the same conclusion.

A plot point in the book I'm listening to right now - Walking on Glass by Iain Banks

Whose house? unstoppable Force’s House

Fair point

The Bx HS of Science Facebook Alumni site would definitely appreciate this.

Makes perfect sense!

I actually had this thought a long time ago, and when I said as much to someone who asked that to me they just stared at my dumbfounded. 'Twas funny.

It is true that they never state whether the immovable object is tangible or that the force interacts with it

WHAT

It's because of the LIES. Too many people make too much money from the philosophy scam.

That's not an unstoppable force. That's an unstoppable chunk of momentum. I don't see anything accelerating after all.

Throwback. youtu.be/9eKc5kgPVrA

Isn’t that what happens when two satellites collide? They behave as liquids?

Yo momma so ugly the unstoppable force took a detour around her

hooo boy belated day 21 of factoring xkcd 3084 is 2×2×3×257

Logically this makes sense

Easier than renormalization

Neutrinos:

Gravitational waves

I've been saying this for years. Unstoppable force goes through immovable object.

OK, but what if they're coming through the rye?

GTA V train

Wait...wait wait wait...can you just DO that?!

‘Cuz we just want a big ol’ fiery explosion like on TV. Duh. 🙄

Matter is mostly space, after all.

Good to know immovable objects are frustum-shaped.

Bastard! How to destroy the underpinning axioms of western thought in three panels. (Congratulations, brilliant)

People forget "solid" matter is not literally solid but made of vibrating molecules, atoms and subatomic particles with a measure of space between them. So ...

But would indestructible object would cause collision and avert the path of unstoppable force? I think so

The unstoppable force is made of neutrinos.

Not necessarily. Impenetrable to photons or energy shifts. I didn't say what it was impenetrable to, just that it was.

i saw this with a thread with cats just below and thought the picture of a cat was part of the original post lmao

Finally, someone gets it.

That's how I've always looked at the glass half full vs half empty. It's half a glass of water. Unless you watch someone pour in the liquid (half filled) or drain half away (half emptied) it's just half a glass and neither has more weight than the other!

Isn't this comic like... a week old? Why's it only being posted now?

Essentially

Well, you’re not off on your thinking there

Oscillation Overthruster

ah yes classic 5D space - thanks bungie!

THANKYOU!!!

THIS IS WHAT IM SAYIIING

Oh. Oh yeah, like light passing through a window. That makes sense.

Wouldn't an immovable object be zero kelvin?

Is this a metaphor for arguing on the internet?

NOBODY finds it tricky - it's just tricky to 'find'... (As in 'notice' or 'recognize'...)

🤔 hmmmm... Maybe the Center of the black hole then. They say those don't move.

I laughed entirely too hard at this

Definitely my favorite approach

Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about unstoppable objects and immovable forces?

I have questions about the Z-axis of this picture

That's a very good point, actually.

Now do, “Can God make an object so heavy they can’t lift it?” Did you see what I did with pronouns there?

Like the dark matter.

A big part of matter is empty space.

No. The conflict you describe is between two OBJECTS. Nothing needs to be 'moved out of the way' of a force; upon encountering an object, the force becomes an ATTRIBUTE of the object, and will usually exit the object BY transferring to another.

@scottmccloud.bsky.social did this one three decades ago when he had two nerdy high schoolers talk about what happens if Thor throws Mjolnir at the Juggernaut. ("Thor's hammer doesn't become intangible!" "I know! But it HAS to. See?")

Steph Curry meet LeBron James.

Now do it in a videogame and let me know if it stays stable

Nah, the real answer to the question is: neither, because they would never fight as they are very good friends and care about eachother

Neutrino

:set collision_detection=0 problem solved 🫡

gotta be aligned in 3 dimensions you cant fool all of the people all of the time and youre Randall Monroe, NOT Donald Trump

I just see it as a 3-D model drawn in 2-D. Unstoppable is in front of or behind Object.

Title text: "Unstoppable force-carrying particles can't interact with immovable matter by definition." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3084#Transcript

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING!