• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Technically, the passenger was partially blown out. Cabins are pressurized, the outer atmosphere is not a vacuum.

    • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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      3 days ago

      When you suck in your breath, your lungs don’t form a vacuum either. “Sucking” refers to the movement of air across a pressure differential through a rigid opening, and thus fits this scenario.

      If the passenger was blown out, it would imply that the pressure was the cause of the opening, which is not the case here.

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          Yes! You’re brilliant, here are another 12 forms of sucking according to the various sources I have available to give you answers from. But first let’s take two minutes to create an account with us!..