What's stopping the pegasi from crapping on other ponies?

[PiratePony 8,486]

 

 

It would likely not have enough mass to be lethal. Just did the math in my head.

 

You have that power?

 

 

Nopony lives under Cloudsdale.

 

 Is this truth? I assumed it just...floated around and moved. 

[Shanks 10,816]

The same thing that stops me from dropping my pants and dropping a duce on the front porch of various imbeciles that I am sorely tempted to do that to, in other words a mix of common decency as well as potential consequences. We know that the ponies use bathrooms like humans do so if said pegasus had to go they would probably wait until they reached the nearest bathroom, though if a pegasus had an accident while in midair it would be most unfortunate for anyone below them.

 

 

Now if you added the velocity Rainbow would impart to "The Package" to it reaching terminal velocity downward do to whatever rate applies to Equestria's gravity well, it would very likely be a lethal impact.

Talk about a shitty way to die, speaking of which that would make a rather hilarious comedy fic. Rainbow Dash craps on someone and accidentally kills them.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,324]

It would likely not have enough mass to be lethal. Just did the math in my head.

 

I also stumbled on this gem if you want to determine trajectory and initial splash.

 

http://dugieeltie.tripod.com/theorems.html

 

 

 

Also best topic ever!

My life is now complete just knowing that such a website exists!

 

Just one little thing. Horses make pretty solid, uh, packages. That's where the term "Horseapples" comes from! I still think one could take you out if it struck at near Sonic Rainboom speed!

Talk about a shitty way to die, speaking of which that would make a rather hilarious comedy fic. Rainbow Dash craps on someone and accidentally kills them.

Rainbow would be faced with either a rather lengthy prison sentence, or the removal of one wing.

[L1ghtn1ng_Flash 213]

Nothing keeps them from doing it other than a honor code... Probably.

[KillerKingBakudan 702]

Like I said, common decency just isn't that common. Otherwise, there wouldn't be cops.

 

Now if you added the velocity Rainbow would impart to "The Package" to it reaching terminal velocity downward do to whatever rate applies to Equestria's gravity well, it would very likely be a lethal impact.

Derpy dropped an anvil, a wagon full of hay stacks and a friggin piano on Twilight without killing her, so this couldn't be that serious.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,324]

Like I said, common decency just isn't that common. Otherwise, there wouldn't be cops.

 

 

Derpy dropped an anvil, a wagon full of hay stacks and a friggin piano on Twilight without killing her, so this couldn't be that serious.

But that was accidental, and had a comic flair. Real physics may apply if it's an intentional bombing run.

 

"Target sighted! Just let me, uh, arming the p-package. Almost ready...Huughhh! "Bomb's away! Phew! Now I feel better.""

Edited May 24, 2016 by cuteycindyhoney

[Dakcka 182]

Simple answer.

 

Cause poop is disgusting.

The same thing that stops me from dropping my pants and dropping a duce on the front porch of various imbeciles that I am sorely tempted to do that to, in other words a mix of common decency as well as potential consequences. We know that the ponies use bathrooms like humans do so if said pegasus had to go they would probably wait until they reached the nearest bathroom, though if a pegasus had an accident while in midair it would be most unfortunate for anyone below them.

 

 

Talk about a shitty way to die, speaking of which that would make a rather hilarious comedy fic. Rainbow Dash craps on someone and accidentally kills them.

"shitty way to die" 

 

I see what you did there

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

Now if you added the velocity Rainbow would impart to "The Package" to it reaching terminal velocity downward do to whatever rate applies to Equestria's gravity well, it would very likely be a lethal impact.

Well, RD's speed would only help the poo-bomb get to terminal velocity. If RD was moving faster than the TV of poo, the poo would slow down to it's TV. Or more likely break in to a nasty cloud that would fall even slower (or could even float on the wind). The lack of mass in poo, and it being amorphous (it would most likely tumble) and small (high surface area vs volume) would give it a slow TV. So, no, it wouldn't even hurt much to get hit by poo like that.

 

Also, I imagine that poo-ing (or even peeing) while flying would prolly get the one doing the dirty deed more messy than any one on the ground. (Think how easy it would get in to the tail...)

[Frostgage 7,978]

I don't think the show's viewers would appreciate that too much :V

[Grepper 3,193]

Like the past dozen or so posters have said, it's common decency and potential consequences that prevent it from happening.

Or because it's nasty and wholly inappropriate for a kid's cartoon.

[Cwanky 17,652]

When I read the topic's title I almost thought it was meant figuratively. Either way though they have manners and norms they follow. I don't even think Gilda when she was a jerk would have done something as mean and lewd as poop on someone. 

 

Besides that there's probably laws and stigma against such behavior, especially if its blatant enough. Even assuming that someone like Rainbow Dash did do something so crude and didn't get caught, the law would still catch up to her. She would be fined, perhaps heavily, and dragged into court.

 

I don't think its that easy to hide either, unless it was a discreet one time crime. Pegasi would eventually investigate and catch the crook if the harassment continued.

 

"You can't outrun the long arm of the law."

- Kenny Rogers. 

[That Guy with the CMB 5,876]

What if it happens off-screen and ponies don't find poop as repulsive as we do so they simply shake their fist-hoof at the pegasus in question.

[Sketchy Tail 206]

Oh, well this is interesting...

They probably have decency, or manners.

And I'm sure they would get in serious trouble if they did.

 

Man this is a weird conversation ....

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

The TV-Y rating is probably to blame.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,997]

The TV-Y rating is probably to blame.

Yup.  Remember kids; Nobody poops. Ignore what that one book says.

[scilightversiontwo 13]

If earth ponies get shat on, pegasi get no foodstuffs.  The tribes were never always at peace.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,324]

Well, RD's speed would only help the poo-bomb get to terminal velocity. If RD was moving faster than the TV of poo, the poo would slow down to it's TV. Or more likely break in to a nasty cloud that would fall even slower (or could even float on the wind). The lack of mass in poo, and it being amorphous (it would most likely tumble) and small (high surface area vs volume) would give it a slow TV. So, no, it wouldn't even hurt much to get hit by poo like that.

 

Also, I imagine that poo-ing (or even peeing) while flying would prolly get the one doing the dirty deed more messy than any one on the ground. (Think how easy it would get in to the tail...)

The horizontal speed would be formidable. Think about this. If you fire a high power rifle over a perfectly flat surface with absolutely nothing in the way, and drop a bullet at the exact same time, they would both strike the ground at the same time. The "package" would retain much of the velocity Rainbow imparted to it, even as it fell. Too bad Mythbusters came to an end!

(They actually did the drop a bullet when firing another one experiment!)

[KillerKingBakudan 702]

What about the rating? Yeah, it is a kids show. But that's not very tangible, is it? The X-Men cartoon from the 90s was made for kids, and even that had a good reason for things like why Wolverine couldn't kill people with his claws (the bad guys always stopped him). But we all know that realistically, he couldn't just not do that.

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

The horizontal speed would be formidable. Think about this. If you fire a high power rifle over a perfectly flat surface with absolutely nothing in the way, and drop a bullet at the exact same time, they would both strike the ground at the same time. The "package" would retain much of the velocity Rainbow imparted to it, even as it fell. Too bad Mythbusters came to an end!

(They actually did the drop a bullet when firing another one experiment!)

Air friction, which is what determines terminal velocity in relation to the force of gravity, would still do the above to poo moving fast horizontally. As soon as it is released, it is no longer under and horizontal force, and due to the shape and makeup of poo, would either rapidly drop to a much lower horizontal speed, or if very high speed would turn in to mist. Remember, we are talking about poo here, not something hard like a bullet.

 

Also, why ARE we talking about poo here?

[cuteycindyhoney 13,324]

Air friction, which is what determines terminal velocity in relation to the force of gravity, would still do the above to poo moving fast horizontally. As soon as it is released, it is no longer under and horizontal force, and due to the shape and makeup of poo, would either rapidly drop to a much lower horizontal speed, or if very high speed would turn in to mist. Remember, we are talking about poo here, not something hard like a bullet.

 

Also, why ARE we talking about poo here?

Air friction from a wet object traveling at near Rainboom speed would boil off the liquid and leave a baked clay like substance behind. I am still confidant that this would be a lethal strike. 

 

(We're talking about it because it's there?)

[silvadel 1,393]

You have that power?

 

 

 

 Is this truth? I assumed it just...floated around and moved. 

 

 

Cloudsdale does have a place on the map and it has typically always been in the Ponyville-Canterlot-Cloudsdale metro area for episodes.  Yes it can and does move for specific weather events(like replenishing its water supply), but when it is not busy elsewhere, it docks in the same spot.  I'd figure moving Cloudsdale around is a big deal.

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

Air friction from a wet object traveling at near Rainboom speed would boil off the liquid and leave a baked clay like substance behind. I am still confidant that this would be a lethal strike. 

 

(We're talking about it because it's there?)

I'm calling Pegasus crap on that. Due to the small mass of the poop, the forces on it would slow it down or blow it apart instead of allowing it to boil away any water. The only way this works for space born objects is because of their large mass. Smaller massed space born object entering earths atmosphere do not even get burned up. And it isn't the air friction that burns meteorites up, it is the air PRESSURE, which for objects of low mass would very quickly bleed off any kinetic energy they had. Air lacks density to a point that the faster you move air past an object the more it cools it (this is how the ancient dome refrigerators worked, and why airplane wings can snap frost over when hitting takeoff speed), but anywhere on the object that experiences positive pressure (compression) will heat up.

But let's pretend the above did not exist: What would happen if the poo somehow had the mass to stay moving fast, and didn't blow up. And what if it somehow heated up enough to "boil all the water off". One, poop is 75% water. http://www.britannica.com/science/fecesfirst few paragraphs. And of the 25% of the non-water mass only 10-20% of that is inorganic compounds. So if that happened you would lose 75% of the mass, and would potentially end up with a foam of bacteria/protein/fat and a little mineral content. One, this foam would act as an insulator, preventing heat from getting to the inside. Two, this foam would disintegrate.

Either way, there is nothing that would make the poo be deadly unless released right next to the pony under attack, and going at speeds near the speed of sound that close to a pony would be more dangerous than the poo. The sonic boom at such close proximity could kill on its own.

[Leave a Whisper 703]

Decency and respect for others. That and a bird's turds are liquid. A horse takes a little more effort to err...push them out.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,700]

What's to stop people from Pooping on other people's lawns and running away in real life?

[Red Cedar 1,408]

I would hope common courtesy would be enough, but if not, a range of penalties from bylaw infractions for accidental pooping on personal property to criminal assault charges for deliberately dive bombing another pony would be appropriate.