A "Vortex" Query

[mythusmage]

How many people here remember when carnivals and amusement parks had their own homemade vortex? Belmont Park here in San Diego had one. After the place got converted into a shopping mall the old vortex has caused no one any problem. At least nobody has spilled any drinks because gravity is acting wonky again.

 

[phildonnia]

The thing is, even if gravity were acting wonky, you wouldn't notice it.

If gravity were, say, coming down at a 45 degree angle to the ground, your brain would just figure that you were standing on the side of a steep hill, and it would never occur to you to place your drink on a "horizontal" surface, since it would not appear horizontal.

Speaking of beverages and gravity, I remember late nights at Denny's where they used to have glasses with a ridge around the bottom, so that a glass with the right amount of ballast in it could be balanced at about a 45 degree angle. Several such glasses, all tilting the same way, and joined by some artfully tilted ketchup bottles would create quite an illusion.

 

[mythusmage]

The thing is, even if gravity were acting wonky, you wouldn't notice it.

What about situations where you think gravity is acting weird?

 

[phildonnia]

What about situations where you think gravity is acting weird?

Those situations also generally involve beverages.