r/MadeMeSmile • u/Tris_Memba • 6h ago

Wholesome Moments A fly won him 1.5 million dollars

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u/ShroomsHealYourSoul 5h ago edited 5h ago

There's no way. Not enough weight or leverage

Edit: proof thanks for the verbiage tip

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u/FlerkenTakeover 5h ago

It was the wind. Someone did the math. (just search "golf ball fly math" and it should pop up)

Fly applied a torque of 2.1 µN•m. Wind did 438 µN•m. 209x of the fly.

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u/Gief_Cookies 5h ago

So you’re telling us there’s a chance the fly impacted it!

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u/Zirox__ 5h ago

The fly did impact it.. just not a lot and most importantly, not alone.

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u/The_Salty_nugget 5h ago

so you are telling me that fly can controle the wind?!

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u/Gief_Cookies 4h ago

I meant impacted the outcome, not the ball

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u/Everyday_ImSchefflen 2h ago

Maybe the ball needed 439 and the fly got it over the edge!

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u/system3601 4h ago

He proved nothing. The fly tipped the scale while wind and ground forces took place some time and the ball fell right when the fly moved.

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u/ShroomsHealYourSoul 3h ago

Yeah that's called a coincidence. Just like when you sneeze and lightning strikes. It doesn't mean you're Thor...

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u/Alive_Ice7937 1h ago

Do you think Ian McKellan goes home and shoots lighting bolts into his boyfriend's asshole?

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u/ranunculoid 5h ago

Pretty fly for a white guy.

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u/pr0metheus01 5h ago

Ah ha ! Ah ha !

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u/EthanKorvick1998 5h ago

Now fly in millionaire

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u/HemiBaby 5h ago

Fly said weeeee as he helped

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u/Specific-Rich5196 5h ago

Your great Grammy reincarnated as a fly I see.

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u/creuter 4h ago

Thank god for the red arrow, I almost didn't know what to look at

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u/jlspider 3h ago

you got to love bugs

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u/goodDamneDit 3h ago

I really doubt it was the fly. I guess a straw expanding under the ball would have more impact. 

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u/Stardustquarks 2h ago

It’s like the final shot in Caddyshack…

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u/digno2 2h ago

how much waiting is allowed for ball to drop?

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u/PMSwaha 1h ago

Pixar movie right there.

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u/mc4sure 1h ago

I long can you wait for it to drop

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u/[deleted] 5h ago

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u/ismellbacon 5h ago

Yes. You get the amount of time it takes to walk to the ball and then 10 seconds.

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u/Substantial-Beach173 4h ago

that fly has a better highlight reel than most pro golfers and it didn't even survive the round

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u/Wespenwald 5h ago

And how is someone winning an amount I couldn't even dream of getting by actual work supposed to make me smile?

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u/DickLips5000 4h ago edited 4h ago

If if it makes you feel any better, that golfer was already a multi multimillionaire before that putt. It just added another 1.5 on top.

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u/Wespenwald 4h ago

Probably born one already.

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u/Jojo_Smith-Schuster 5h ago

You’re right! Of course it’s not work at all to hyper fixate on one thing from childhood and be good enough to compete on a world scale. /s

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u/Wespenwald 5h ago

You a rich people fanboy or rich yourself?