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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:00:59 PM EDT
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When you fart, do you gain or lose weight? With farts being mostly methane, which is lighter than air, do you gain or lose weight when you move the methane out of your system? Thank you. yes |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:01:34 PM EDT
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IN! For teh science
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:03:54 PM EDT
[#3]
You lose weight.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:04:37 PM EDT
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You lose weight. is that because your boyfriend got off of you? 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:05:18 PM EDT
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tape a ribbon from a big helium baloon to a food scale it should have negative weight. put some tape on the balloon and poke it with a pin. the tape will keep it from exploding.
my guess is the scale will register more and more weight, even though mass is being removed. wouldnt the same thing be going on here? |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:05:27 PM EDT
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it).
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:05:50 PM EDT
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You lose weight just less than if it was air.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:06:07 PM EDT
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Gain weight, lose mass.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:06:26 PM EDT
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You lose weight. What about the oxygen filling in the space left by the methane? You now have a heavier gas there. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:06:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You lose weight. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:07:58 PM EDT
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:09:47 PM EDT
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Why would oxygen fill up the space?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:10:31 PM EDT
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Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:10:44 PM EDT
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Do the people you just crop dusted lose or gain weight?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:11:57 PM EDT
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What happens if you are running on a treadmill and fart?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:12:41 PM EDT
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If you expel one nanogram of methane, you are now 1 nanogram lighter, both in terms of mass and weight.
Relative density is why objects float, or not, in any given medium. Methane floats in air, but when it's part of the system of you, the relative density of your fat ass makes the system of you not float. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:13:59 PM EDT
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With the right shorts and enough farts, you could float.....which means chili with beans. One debate solved.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:14:10 PM EDT
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If the couch I was on was a scale, it would lose weight when my wife got up.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:15:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What about the oxygen filling in the space left by the methane? You now have a heavier gas there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You lose weight. What about the oxygen filling in the space left by the methane? You now have a heavier gas there. If you are sucking in air after you phart is may be a sign. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:15:54 PM EDT
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when I was a kid my little brother and I farted into a tennis ball can
for like a whole summer and it didn't seem to get any heavier... I'd say no, no weight lost 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:16:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you expel one nanogram of methane, you are now 1 nanogram lighter, both in terms of mass and weight. Relative density is why objects float, or not, in any given medium. Methane floats in air, but when it's part of the system of you, the relative density of your fat ass makes the system of you not float. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:16:38 PM EDT
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Lose weight, the methane still has mass and probably doesn't get replaced by air
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:18:29 PM EDT
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Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Umm, no thanks. I don't need to assume that. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:20:11 PM EDT
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Umm, no thanks. I don't need to assume that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Umm, no thanks. I don't need to assume that. Ok no need to assume. He is in-fact, naked and hairless. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:21:32 PM EDT
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Not everyone actually produces methane in flatulence. Most people produce oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:23:24 PM EDT
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Not everyone actually produces methane in flatulence. Most people produce oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide. So what is your answer? Lose weight? |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:26:55 PM EDT
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Not everyone actually produces methane in flatulence. Most people produce oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide. good point, the composition of a fart is roughly Nitrogen: 20-90% Hydrogen: 0-50% (flammable) Carbon dioxide: 10-30% Oxygen: 0-10% Methane: 0-10% (flammable) along with any solids that have the potential to expel with the gases |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:29:22 PM EDT
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Does it really matter? Even after you fart, your still going to be a fatass...
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:30:04 PM EDT
[#29]
Nothing
The fart is compressed inside your body so that it has the same density as the air around you. If released your body would lose mass but not change in weight. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:30:45 PM EDT
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Ok no need to assume. He is in-fact, naked and hairless. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Umm, no thanks. I don't need to assume that. Ok no need to assume. He is in-fact, naked and hairless. It is true, if it weren't for COC I'd post a naked hairless proof on my whiteboard. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:31:55 PM EDT
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What if you gambled on the fart and lost?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:32:01 PM EDT
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How da fuk the OP know I was experiencing the aftershock of a Fiber One Carmel Nut Bar?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:32:13 PM EDT
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Farts go up:
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:32:57 PM EDT
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The fart has mass. So, assuming we are expelling the fart on Earth, subject to Earth's gravity, the mass has weight, and it's being lost.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:33:42 PM EDT
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lol, I needed this today! you guys are good for the soul
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:34:27 PM EDT
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Quote Historydamn! when my dog was alive, he would have a 30 foot kill radius
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:36:27 PM EDT
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Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Bwaaaa ha ha ha - this thread wins the internet today. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:36:55 PM EDT
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Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lighter than air does not equate to negative mass (which is an interesting concept in itself now that I'm noodling on it). Some of it will get caught in his shorts, which will partially inflate. IMO, you must allow for the balloonage. Assume he's naked and hairless so the gas is free to escape. I prefer not to imagine my friends in such fashion; at least, not the ones who use the pronoun he. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 6:39:17 PM EDT
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if you lit the fart you would be propelled upward.
FATO |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:00:28 PM EDT
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I would have to check for brown stains on the underwear before I answer. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:03:07 PM EDT
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Note that the farts in the video are also pulled off to the side. The presence of air currents, probably from HVAC, is cause to dismiss this video as evidence that farts, in general, go up.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:05:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The fart has mass. So, assuming we are expelling the fart on Earth, subject to Earth's gravity, the mass has weight, and it's being lost. 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:17:14 PM EDT
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Note that the farts in the video are also pulled off to the side. The presence of air currents, probably from HVAC, is cause to dismiss this video as evidence that farts, in general, go up. Video has to be fake. Gas escaping would be white (body temperature)...not black. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:20:04 PM EDT
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Wait... are we on Millers planet or Manns?
The the science in this thread sucks and your are all too ignorant to understand it. Oh... wait wrong science thread. Sorry
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:21:53 PM EDT
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Wanna be poop thread
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:23:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Video has to be fake. Gas escaping would be white (body temperature)...not black. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Note that the farts in the video are also pulled off to the side. The presence of air currents, probably from HVAC, is cause to dismiss this video as evidence that farts, in general, go up. Video has to be fake. Gas escaping would be white (body temperature)...not black. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:26:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:27:11 PM EDT
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When you fart, do you gain or lose weight? With farts being mostly methane, which is lighter than air, do you gain or lose weight when you move the methane out of your system? Thank you. 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:33:08 PM EDT
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Just remember, if you fart in zero gravity, you can actually propel yourself form place to place. True story.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:35:54 PM EDT
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Lighter and denser. Your asshole is dividing by zero.
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