Eli5- Why isn’t everything upside down when your in the South Pole? How come we feel upright despite living in the globe earth?

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Sorry if this is an incredibly dumb question. I remember it having something to do with the size of earth and gravity?

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Gravitational pull works in the way that you’re pulled towards the center of a large mass. The large mass being Earth, you’d be pulled towards the center. So whether you’re standing in the South Pole, Australia, or a plane 50’000 feet in the air, you’ll feel as if you’re standing upright.

Even though technically there is no up/down, left/right as far as the universe is concerned.

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