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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Capital G is usually used for gravity. The meme is referring to grams, which are lower case g, and milligrams, which is lower case mg. Capital MG could be interpreted as megagravities, which is a hilariously large acceleration.

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Isn't g typically used for the gravity of earth? And G for the general gravitational constant (independent of mass) in Newton's gravity law?

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

100Gs

I think they were jokingly talking about this