Editing 3086: Globe Safety

{{comic
| number    = 3086
| date      = May 7, 2025
| title     = Globe Safety
| image     = globe_safety_2x.png
| imagesize = 255x448px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = Frankly, given their extreme gravitational fields and general instability, even 12-inch globes should probably be banned.
}}

==Explanation==
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The {{w|Schwarzschild radius}} of a given object is the radius of the {{w|event horizon}} of a {{w|black hole}} with the mass of that object. The Schwarzschild radius of the earth is about 0.35 inches, meaning if you could hypothetically compress the Earth into a ball that small it would collapse into a black hole (among other effects).

{{w|Globes}}, in this context, are miniature recreations of planet Earth, in order to show the features of planet Earth on a map without any of the [[977: Map Projections|typical problems of a flat map]]. [[Randall]] claims that globes are manufactured at specific sizes above the Schwarzschild radius of the Earth, as if to suggest any globe of the Earth shares the same mass as the Earth and hence the same Schwarzschild radius. This would indicate that globes are made by creating a literal 1-1 model of Earth and then compressing it until it have a size that fits on a desktop. This would of course give the most perfect maps, however, for each globe like this put on Earth, the Earths mass would double...  

In the title text takes Randall suggests that already globes down to 12-inches should be banned, due to their extreme density and gravitational field. Since each of these globes, no matter their size doubles the Earths mass, any of those kind of globes should probably be banned, except the original one we live on.

==Transcript==
:[A standard globe of the Earth is shown. It stands on a typical stand which holds it by two arms at the poles, so it can turn around like the Earth does. The Earth is turned so it shows Australia at the bottom and most of Asia, including the entire India to the left. Only the very tip of Alaska can bee seen of the Americas. Above the globe there is a double arrow that goes to two small lines that align with the edges of the globe (indicating the diameter). The arrow has been split in the middle and two lines of text is written in the gab. Above this text there is another line of text.]
:Remember:
:4 inches minimum

:[Beneath the globe there are two small drawings. The left shows the Earth and to the left of the Earth there is a double arrow ending at two lines that indicated the diameter of the Earth going from top to bottom. The distance of this is written in inches to the left. From the Earth an arrow points to another drawing, this time the typical depiction of a black hole, with the "hat" shape. A warning sign is shown a the top right of the black hole with an exclamation mark inside.]
:7/10"
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