glasspshr (@glasspusher@beige.party)

@amiserabilist @tehabe@norden.social @Alice OK so one cubic foot is 28.3 cubic liters or 28.3 kg of water or (at earth's surface) 62.43 pounds so if you're saying buoyant wood is 30 pounds per cubic foot, that's a density of 0.48 g/cc or a buoyancy of 0.52 g/cc so you're saying a popsicle stick is 1.5g and then would then have a volume of 1.5g/(0.48 g/cc) = 3.125 cc per stick and each stick would have a buoyancy of 3.125 * 0.52g/cc =1.625 g/cm³ 1.625 g/stick so a person of 68kg mass would need 68kg/(1.625 g/stick ) = ~42000 popsicle sticks so my number is about 10% less than yours (note this is for freshwater, salt water is about 1.027 g/cc so you'd need a bit less to float your boat in that case(so to speak)) See me after class, Mr Amiserabilist