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So you're not happy with how Earth is going right now? Well, we've just started Earth 2! ...Just need infinity more turtles. But we'll eventually get there! Might take a while! (We're turtles y'know.)
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Rose slrpnk.net umbraroze@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-09-18
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Three turtles standing on top of each other on grass.

Never ceases to amaze me that Wikipedia has photographic illustrations for weird things. Like the concept of "turtles all the way down". Image source.
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Zensate lemmy.world Zensate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-15
#2 · Quote Reply

I love the idea that after extensive research, scientists concluded the solution to the old earth's problems was more turtles

Honestly, they're not wrong
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JJCurtis05 lemmy.ca Joseph662@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-09-19
#3 · Quote Reply

It's about to get literally out of this world
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BeatTakeshi lemmy.world BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-12
#4 · Quote Reply

Nice towertle
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NaibofTabr infosec.pub NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-18
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

"I’ll build my throne higher! I can and I will!
I’ll call some more turtles. I’ll stack ’em to heaven!
I need ’bout five thousand, six hundred and seven!"

https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/global2.vic.edu.au/dist/5/77421/files/2019/10/Yertle-the-Turtle-and-Other-Sto-Dr.-Seuss.pdf
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phonics lemmy.world phonics@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-15
#6 · Quote Reply

If there was an infinite stack of turtles, and they all took a step forward at the same time, the top turtle would break the speed of light.
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Rose slrpnk.net umbraroze@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-09-18
#7 · Quote Reply
phonics wrote:
If there was an infinite stack of turtles, and they all took a step forward at the same time, the top turtle would break the speed of light.

Yes, but turtles wouldn't care for ephemeral human concepts like scientific research results. They'd just go "WHEEEE! SPEEEEEEEDDDDDD!"
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CentipedeFarrier piefed.social CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-21
#8 · Quote Reply
phonics wrote:
If there was an infinite stack of turtles, and they all took a step forward at the same time, the top turtle would break the speed of light.

If it’s infinite, there isnt a top turtle, but there would be a point at which every turtle above breaks the sound barrier, then another point for the speed of light. According to what I understand about time travel and light speed, that might cause moving backward in time, so if thats all true, some of the turtles really far above the point at which they all move faster than light would end up taking their step forward weeks, months, years, even aeons before the bottom turtle hatched.

And that’s pretty neat. Infinities are fun.
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ayyy sh.itjust.works ayyy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-20
#9 · Quote Reply
phonics wrote:
If there was an infinite stack of turtles, and they all took a step forward at the same time, the top turtle would break the speed of light.

This is assuming turtle feet have infinite friction as well lol
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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
#10 · Quote Reply

The turtle moves
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boaratio lemmy.world boaratio@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
#11 · Quote Reply

It's turtles all the way down.
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phonics lemmy.world phonics@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-15
#12 · Quote Reply
CentipedeFarrier wrote:
If it’s infinite, there isnt a top turtle, but there would be a point at which every turtle above breaks the sound barrier, then another point for the speed of light. According to what I understand about time travel and light speed, that might cause moving backward in time, so if thats all true, some of the turtles really far above the point at which they all move faster than light would end up...

Thank you for 'yes and'ing with me. This has made my day. I forgot about the vetical stack making time move slower the higher you go.
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phonics lemmy.world phonics@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-15
#13 · Quote Reply
ayyy wrote:
This is assuming turtle feet have infinite friction as well lol

Well they are compressed by infinite turtles which would help with friction. Their calf muscles though.
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Tar_Alcaran sh.itjust.works Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-06
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CentipedeFarrier wrote:
If it’s infinite, there isnt a top turtle, but there would be a point at which every turtle above breaks the sound barrier, then another point for the speed of light. According to what I understand about time travel and light speed, that might cause moving backward in time, so if thats all true, some of the turtles really far above the point at which they all move faster than light would end up...

If it's Infinite turtles, there could be either a top turtle, a bottom turtle, or neither, depending on what kind of infinity it is!
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Kertyna feddit.nl Kertyna@feddit.nl
Joined: 2025-03-01
#15 · Quote Reply

I got a fever!
And the only prescription...
is MORE TURTLES!
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Stolas lemmy.ca Stolas@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-27
#16 · Quote Reply

I want to pet them and feed them lettuce.
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#17 · Quote Reply
Stolas wrote:
I want to pet them and feed them lettuce.

And name them George
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