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I wish reporters would get this right. It's blown, not sucked. Vacuum doesn't exert a force on anything; there's nothing there. It's the high pressure air inside that does the work.



I believe the word "suck" was used correctly.

The distinction in use between 'blow' and 'suck' seems to be the direction of travel.

If items are moving away from some centralized point in random directions, we refer to them as being 'blown'. As in blown up.

If items are moving TOWARDS a single point, we refer to them as being sucked.

As all the items in the plane -- including the poor passenger -- were momentarily being impelled towards a single point (the window), the use of 'suck' is appropriate.


OK but then the word "sucked" can't ever be used. Inhaling? That's the atmosphere blowing air into your lungs.


”How did you drink your milkshake?” ”It was blown to my mouth via a straw” ?


Capillary action. I'm a slow drinker.


You're essentially saying that suck is invalid at a conceptual level.


If you want to split hairs: It's the pressure differential that's creating the air flow. I doubt the plane was flying in actual vacuum with a turbofan engine.


This sort of pedantry blows.


False. It sucks.


So does this spring in Seattle :-D


Ironically, I made this account in Spring 2015, probably one of the nicest Springs Seattle has ever seen.


Huh, what's wrong with it? This is my first spring in Seattle.


It has been raining heavily during past several weeks.


In physics, push is the same as pull. The only difference is your metaphysical visualization. It's the pressure differential that does the work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum


Are you my freshman year highschool physics teacher? He also thought this distinction was extremely important.




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