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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Most cars have a tery but what is it called in the batmobile?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Oh. God damnit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Bat-tery. Battery.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Next to the 710 cap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Electric current is actually carried by a bunch of microscopic bats. A battery contains thousands of these microscopic bats. A tery is a former battery that has been depleted of its bats i.e. a dead battery.

Batteries are extremely dangerous because bats are known to carry rabies. Additionally, Harry Nyquist et. al. figured out on April 20th, 1969 that batteries with rabid bats can deliver more energy than batteries with healthy bats, so they are more dangerous now than they used to be. The bats are so rabid in home power systems that the rabies can kill you instantly if the bats get to you.

As a result, batteries may only be used in devices that cover the batteries in a protective case. Additionally, the protective cover helps shield the bats' echolocation from loud noises from outside the case so that current doesn't get lost. Actually, this effect is why telephones sound so distinct: the current-carrying bats are getting lost as they fly towards the speaker because their echolocation is being disturbed by your voice.

/joke.