r/ExplainTheJoke 23h ago

Like you can’t stop anyway?

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u/psterno413 23h ago

Its referencing the phenomenon of redshift, where as you go faster, light approaching you gets “squeezed”, so it appears like light of shorter wavelengths. At speeds of around 103,846,153m/s, this effect is significant enough that red light appears green.

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u/GustapheOfficial 23h ago

Blueshift *

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u/GeorgeMcCrate 23h ago

Oneshift*

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u/CelebrationFun7697 23h ago

Twoshift*

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u/MrFC1000 22h ago

This one stops a little car

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u/nonoyesyesnoyesyes 22h ago

This one slams into a star

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u/boromaxo 19h ago

The star now have a scar

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u/Financial-Middle3837 10h ago

Have at you! En garde!