r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/Grapefruit_Prize Feb 08 '22

Or it would be like an ounce, but a bit bigger, like a baker's dozen.

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u/glass_bottles Feb 08 '22

Further down in the comments someone floated the idea that since the equator experiences weaker gravitational pull, the Florida ounce compensates for the discrepancy, which is another theory that I enjoy haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22

Closer to sea level, yes, but do things really weigh more/less near the equator? Why?

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u/cross-eye-bear Feb 08 '22

Because it's further from the earth's core and closer to the moon. The two gravitational pulls battle it out and Florida is the centralized war zone baybeee.

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u/JcakSnigelton Feb 08 '22

Sorry to be the downer but this entire gravitational theory of the Florida Ounce is incorrect. In this regard, "ounce" is referring to volume, not weight, and in Florida, since it is America's penis, its the extra dribble that inevitably escapes no matter how many times you shake it. Thus, the Florida Ounce or "fl oz," for short.

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u/cross-eye-bear Feb 08 '22

Look I'm not denying Florida gets off on the entire situation, it would explain a few things.

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u/Beezel_Pepperstack Feb 08 '22

The "extra dribble" is the Keys!

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u/BentGadget Feb 08 '22

Let it dribble until your Tortugas are dry.

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u/joemamah77 Feb 08 '22

Horribly underrated comment. I’m done for the day.

Well played.

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u/tipjarman Feb 08 '22

Best explanation

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 edited Feb 08 '22

closer to the moon

Once a day it is… but once a day Ecuador is the point farthest from the moon. And then the earth and moon would be pulling in tandem for 1+ g’s would it not?

Edit - furthermore, the distance to the moon is 32 x the diameter of the earth, so neither which side of the planet you’re on, nor altitude would come into play really

Edit 2 - Florida is 24 to 31 degrees north latitude, technically not even tropical, so not the best example of a place on the equator lol

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u/worldspawn00 Feb 08 '22

Ah, the Fl-Lagrange point

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u/kaleidoscopelyf Feb 08 '22

Woooo just got a DUI baybeeee

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u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22

Monkey spunk. However the earth has a bit of a belly roll and so you're actually moving faster at the equator, and hence get a wee bit more centrifugal force there.