What Would Life be Like if the Earth Stopped Spinning?

[@progunil]

i finally figured it out. simon isn’t just trying to take over youtube. he’s planning to destroy the planet and telling us how he’s gonna do it and we just laugh and laugh and fund it by watching.

[@carmenplangger9417]

Whatever he does, it'll be an improvement.

[@MLG85]

@@carmenplangger9417😂😂 it’s funny coz it’s true!!

[@waynedieckmann9840]

On mmmillionn dolaars. 😅

[@anyawillowfan]

Why would he destroy the world when he can make so much more money from doing what he's doing?

[@fullmetalmerkin]

The opening few minutes reminded me of a quote: "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." - Jeremy Clarkson.

[@BojanMilic84]

Pure joy in Simons eyes at 0:40 when talking that consequences would be "so much worse than you can imagine" is so like him , I love it!

[@mlee6050]

Also "so that's nice"

[@AllTheHappySquirrels]

"We're still going to need you to come to work unless you can find someone to cover your shift."

[@prasselboll]

2:26 I love car-Simon. I have no idea what you just said, I've just been enjoying watching this.

[@jacquelinemanton553]

Car Simon’s head gradually got bigger and hands smaller

[@ncryptd]

This is why I have the "Earth Handle" from Peeman Industries.

[@LostAmericanJ]

Hey Simon, Don't mean to call you out or anything in the comments or anything like that, but I just wanted to say it's Turkey Day where I'm at bud and I just wanted to say thank you for all the years of quality, wholesome (well mostly!) and honest entertainment sir! Just wanted to say hi from a longtime subscriber and behalf of all of us, thank you. Thanks Simon and staff, For all the goodtimes and laughs! Thanks from America! 🎉🇺🇸🎉

[@jon9021]

8:03 -48…welcome to Canada mate!

[@nHans]

I know for sure that if you reverse Earth's spin, you reverse time. I saw it in a movie. So my guess is that if Earth stopped spinning, time would stop.

[@BigMobe]

Hell of a time to find out you're a highlander.

[@amongkey3964]

I keep thinking ive found all his channels and then suddenly a new one shows up on my feed

[@stuartclifton4764]

I think it'd put a downer on my day, just a little bit

[@bradlevantis913]

Really good to see new content here. I was getting worried

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Don't worry, we're not going anywhere...as far as I know.

[@georgejones3526]

“The Man Who Could Work Miracles” by H.G. Wells. It was also made into a British comedy film in 1937. The protagonist accidentally stops the earth rotating.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Lol, how did he do that, and were there any serious consequences? Was it accurate in any way at all, lol?

[@ajar1900]

Thats your best channel, please do more vids here. I'm always so happy for every new video. They are all amazing

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Why thank you, I appreciate it! There was a little bit of a pause while I tried to figure out what the Hell videos you all actually wanted to see, but there's a few more already written and in the pipeline, and there will continue to be more!

[@ajar1900]

Really looking for it, thanks for writing them, can't wait for the next ones. And it's so great that everything is coming from a trustworthy source and you don't have to check if it's true or not.

[@anyawillowfan]

The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H. G. Wells is a great short story where the main character decides to stop the night, inadvertently stopping the rotation of the Earth - I remember being impressed by how well thought out this piece of science fiction is. A more recent book is The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker which imagines an Earth that starts rotating slower - fascinating magical realism story.

[@maryhildreth754]

You didn't tell us about this channel, Simon. I had to just happen across it, like some kind of peasant. Don't let this happen again. 😅

[@lilesmw]

Same same

[@julzmusic8708]

Same here! I thought I’d counted all of his channels, alas - I had not haha

[@jacksonstarky8288]

This particular video reminds me of a book by Randall Munroe (former NASA engineer and creator of the webcomic xkcd) that would provide some glorious material for this channel if you can find a copy: What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. And while searching for it just now online, I learned that there is a sequel that I now must find for myself.

[@jorgelotr3752]

He also has some of the Q&A in a section of the xkcd website.

[@AllTheHappySquirrels]

That's a great book!

[@stephengrummitt9079]

Well that was suitably scary ..now off to work lol

[@vampiro4236]

Wait, what?! ANOTHER CHANNEL!!!! I shouldn't be surprised, Simon is the God King of KZbin ... 🤣

[@rlbrown]

Whoop!

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

I must say, I find it hilarious to have Simon’s head clipped on random objects in the video.😅

[@ihopethiscommentisntabusiv4670]

The last few nice facts helped relieve any potential anxiety over this actually happening, thanks Simon!

[@mel1552]

I love it when he's so happy about death 😂

[@judywanda]

He explains it so well and yet I understand it so little.😳

[@Jencediggity]

How am I still finding new Simon channels?!?! 😆😆😆

[@NataliaCh93]

I've heared not long ago about this topic in the podcast StarTalk with famous astrophysic, very interesting topic and I like to learn new things in this way, so Thank You for this 😍😊

[@SquishySenpai]

We'd also lose our megnetosphere, thus losing protection from the suns UV rays.

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Guess you didn't watch to the end of the video

[@SquishySenpai]

@@ThatWriterKevin With how tired I was when I saw the video, it wouldn't surprise me if he mentioned that and I missed it.

[@awgates85]

I'm not so sure the poles would be safe either, the winds and waves may not make a direct line towards you, but they will probably still hit these areas in a swirling vortex of death and destruction. Not to mention the ripping effect on the antarctic plate and continent with the outer parts being more heavily effected than the inner part, and the change in depth and flow of the magma underneath the plate itself.

[@nmxsanchez]

I appreicate u made simon look like megamind at 3:45

[@Flashfox_Prime]

If you were at the poles, the impact of the earth stopping would be survivable.

[@jasontoddman7265]

There is only one way I can think of to make the earth suddenly stop spinning: a very large mass impacting it. The only other way to slow it down more gradually but still very quickly by normal standards would be a similarly large mass passing by the Earth but missing it -slowing down Earth's rotation, in which case we and everything else would be slowed down right along with it.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

"Where were you when the world stopped spinning?"

[@majinvegeta9280]

Imagine seeing the earth come to a sudden stop from the iss and you know that everything on the planet just died. Even if you were skydiving when it stopped you would still be flung at the corresponding rotation speed but if the sudden jolt to your system survives and you can pull the parachute I would imagine the earth would look like a literal hell in your decent

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Yeah, I'd rather be flung at 1,000 mph that be on the ISS, see the Earth stop rotating, then suddenly realize both that everybody was dead and there was no way to get back home

[@majinvegeta9280]

@@ThatWriterKevin yea. It would suck but at least you have a front row seat to the end of the world. Just put on the space suit and open the airlock and just float around until your air runs out.

[@chrisconner5777]

You missed 1 possible scenario: what if the Earth halted to a tidal lock with the sun?

[@Baldevi]

What about gravty changing? The rotation also influences gravity, yes? We'd be hurled east like drunken superheroes, and the atmosphere would start to escape into space, I believe. Gravity holds the air here, which is why air is 'thinner' [actually less dense] at high elevations. Still this was so much fun! Thank you Somon and Team!

[@ThePredator32]

Nah mate gravity is a result of mass. Mass doesn't change with rotation speed.

[@markkarasik2211]

😎you beat me to it. Centrifugal force comes from spinning, not gravity

[@ThaBeatConductor]

@@markkarasik2211 I mean, they aren't technically wrong, spinning mass does affect gravity differently than non-spinning mass, it's just that for the Earth it's a negligible change, where-as with something like a black hole, it's a much larger effect. Look into "frame dragging".

[@georgejones3526]

I believe that the opposite would be true. The faster the earth spins, the harder it tries to fling you off so if the reverse happens with the spin stopped you’d actually be slightly heavier.

[@markkarasik2211]

@@georgejones3526 😎absolutely not the way it works.

[@steveaustin4118]

you could in theory have a movable farm on the back of a large truck bed and then you'd have all year long growing season, I think water would be the big problem as all that would remain would be salt water

[@Truckkundesu]

Those bacteria wearing sunglasses 😎: WEAK

[@eddsson]

Santa's like "lol vacay".

[@zodarian6705]

Except for the fact that the laws of physics say that simply impossible

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

There's a documentary about this in National Geographic, its called "Aftermath".

[@jctamer]

You missed the loss of the magnetosphere

[@ThatWriterKevin]

No I didn't, but it sounds like you did.

[@calebturnbow1538]

2:03 big head little body Simon ftw

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chapter 1 - A screeching halt 5:20 - Chapter 2 - A slow burn 10:40 - Chapter 3 - Could this actually happen PS: For a future episode *What Would Life be Like if Simon's Dome Stopped balding?

[@GarryCox-tx5mw]

Are you sure that sea level at the equator is 21km higher? 8:21

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Yes.

[@balinthavlik7238]

​@@ThatWriterKevininsert ron burgundy "I dont believe you" meme

[@terryenby2304]

Do not pass go, do not collect £200, go directly to YEET!

[@LoPhatKao]

oh crap, stumbled into the whistlerverse again ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@j.p.6932]

3:04 Why would wind suddenly go east? I get that it’s in the atmosphere, but it’s not ON the earth like people and everything else, but the wind isn’t fixed or dependent on the earth’s rotation. It moves north, south, and west.

[@awgates85]

I'm not 100% sure, but wouldn't there still be climate? Energetic hot winds from the day side, strongest at the equator assuming this happened at the equinox, pushing into the night side which would move the cold moist winds north or south and into the day side. This should warm more of the night side for longer than the twilight, strongest at the equator, and produce epic storms, while cooling and sending rain towards the day side, probably strongest near the 45th parallel. These jet streams wouldn't push all the way to the other side, and deflection would be caused by masses of opposite temperatures of air instead of rotation, but it might give the habitable areas longer time, it would also probably make the near equator near unlivable with the near constant powerful storms.

[@therealbettyswollocks]

Is it possible that I just discovered another Simon W channel!?!

[@kx4532]

No to Tidal power plants.

[@RefreshingShamrock]

They actually did a documentary about this topic

[@wigglyjiggly4498]

Oh look, yet another Simon Whistler production. At this point I’m honestly surprised there isn’t an SW media Corp.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Are there even any planets anywhere in the universe (that we know of) that don't spin? I'd be very surprised if there were any!

[@QBCPerdition]

Depends on what you mean by "don't spin". As with everything in space, you have to have a reference point to compare it to. There are planets that don't spin relative to their stars, these are tidally locked planets. As for planets that don't spin compared to, say, the center of the galaxy, I'm not aware of anything that would hold a planet in that position, especially something stronger than the star it orbits. There may be some rogue planets out there that don't orbit any star, and, depending again on what you compare it to, some of those may not spin in the traditional sense, but I'm sure there is still some sort of movement to their surface relative to any other point you could reference in the galaxy.

[@themotorcyclemasswhole]

Great video, but it lacks the glorious cocaine fueled mania of some of your other channels content ☹️

[@SaschaVIE]

If everything travels due east, why is the planet in the background of the carride rotating in the wrong direction?

[@Djanimals5346]

Lolol 😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 sounds like a normal day in Florida

[@tinxe6821]

Would the g force on us be more with the planet not spinning

[@garyb9167]

For a basic idea, watch The Core.

[@sheila6808]

This made me want rotisserie chicken

[@jack00scarecrow]

nice

[@miltonb4522]

If the earth becomes tidally locked to the moon, wouldn’t that make one rotation equal to approximately 28 days now? It would follow the current moon cycle as it revolves around the earth would it not?

[@georgejones3526]

Yes.

[@vic5015]

Oh, ok. This is more about the long-term effects.

[@ThePredator32]

Another channel!? How am I still coming across Simon Whistler channels I don't know of!? When does he sleep!?

[@antiisocial]

Wow

[@RECTALBURRITO]

"faster faster faster"

[@markkarasik2211]

😎 what if the world stopped turning while you’re watching “Reefer Madness?”

[@HoundMonkey]

Check out a movie called The Wandering Earth where they did this intentionally.

[@georgejones3526]

2:00 - Why is the earth shown mirror image? You have it swapped east to west.

[@RCAvhstape]

If I had a machine that could suddenly stop the earth from turning, it'd probably be able to stop all the air water, soil, and everything and everyone on earth as well. Then, just for fun, I'd restart the spin but end over end instead. Then I'd use my god-like powers to fling all people who talk in movie theaters into space.

[@majinvegeta9280]

What if earth suddenly sped up?

[@Thegreatresetoflife]

Minus 48 C lol I'm Canadian..grab your sled boys lol 😂😅

[@pdxmusl1510]

How you would solve this is mostly live below ground. And use hydroponics. You could build mobile farms and tracks or roads around the planet. Such that it keeps pace with the sun and is always in an optimal position on the earth. Strict population controls would be in place. This would totally be survivable.... I mean... not the instant stop part. But say we slowed the earth by like 0.5 o 0.25G until it was stopped. That.. might be survivable. More realisticly is being tidal locked. But.. not as interesting. 😀

[@sirius4k]

Lets just stop it and see what happens in practice.

[@Derekzparty]

The traveling nomads wouldnt need to travel as far each day to stay in perpetual twilight at higher latitudes. In fact at some latitude that I'm sure Neal Degrasse Tyson could calculate the earth's day would be exactly 24 hours. With some napkin math of 24 hours / 6 months or 4320 hours we get 0.0055. Take that number and multiply by 90° of latitude and we get 0.5000004. This means that at 89.5 degrees north latitude and 89.5 degrees south latitude a day should be exactly 1 current day 24 hours long. (Take a few steps closer to a pole if you want your magical 23 hours 56 minutes!) Of course with the poles flooded it would be closer to the movie Waterworld at the poles ... but at least they made it work! In the event the world does stop please have Neal review my numbers first!

[@ronin_gthayc3020]

The earth rotates once an day Simon.

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Cheerie start...'ere stop..lol. 👍👍

[@brovid-19]

How many KZbin channels do you need?!

[@garygup]

But how would a flat earth be affected?

[@lilesmw]

Your hands were so small lol. 😂

[@julianaylor4351]

I'd like to see a disaster movie director try to make a film of this. 🤔😁

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Considering that there are movies about the Earth's core "shutting down" and the moon crashing into the Earth, I'm surprised this hasn't been done yet!

[@ThatWriterKevin]

The problem is that movies about stuff like this usually hire some sort of scientist, and those scientists would explain that the movie would last less than a minute

[@julianaylor4351]

@@ThatWriterKevin But you could build up a story, like that film where everyone ignores an impending deadly meteor strike, then like in that film, it happens in the last few seconds.

[@Banks4004]

The crazy editing seems to be core to this channel, but I can't watch because it's so over the top. I wish there were a few dozen other simon channels I could watch.

[@timoconnor4282]

Simon, you missed one of the more interesting and less realized effects, eotvos.

[@_Ben___]

I would be sober

[@TheRedjack77]

Fact Boy, really ? you really need another channel. I seen this thumb nail thinkin g "oh this looks interesting" and bang you incredibly smooth head is on my screen.

[@leegoddard2618]

Wouldn't we die. ? I think we need the spin to survive.

[@sheila6808]

Astronauts seem to be fine

[@leegoddard2618]

@@sheila6808 uhm. They're spinning with the earth. D.A. 🤦

[@iveBENwatchin]

Migrating animals would be screwed

[@lilesmw]

How many writers do you have!?

[@ThatWriterKevin]

For this channel it's just me, though there were a few scripts early-ish on by other people. There's a lot more of us on other channels

[@jamesslade3743]

This video was more terrifying than a Republican debate.

[@Touhou20246]

So basically the deserts of Africa could possibly become green rainforests?😅🧐🤔🤨

[@julianaylor4351]

There was a grassy plain with trees like Kenya, in what is now Sudan, thousands of years ago and when the dinosaurs were alive Antarctica had a rainforest.

[@ThatWriterKevin]

Yes

[@waynedieckmann9840]

You forgot about the moon. 🌒 You know the thing that protects us!! Just as I said it. This is a very shallow conversation. I'm off crack so I can't watch anymore.

[@Rod-yw6gj]

Um.. the image of Earth was spinning West. Just sayin'.

[@Rod-yw6gj]

Oh nevermind. The image of the Earth is reversed for some odd reason so I guess.. wait.. no that means that.. whatever.

[@AcornElectron]

Since it’s not going to happen in our lifetime let’s not worry about it. Off to a more useful video, take care fact boi fans

[@ThatWriterKevin]

I applaud your scientific curiosity

[@uberbeeg]

Yawn, pointless ' what if's ' with the predictable, we all die, ending.

[@skullman0819]

Doesn't earths rotation create electromagneticspere? Wouldn't that dissappear and the entire planet dead with radiation in an instant?