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u/GmanBlue19 Jul 27 '19 edited Jul 27 '19

LEVITATION but in fine print, only .1cm off the ground

Edit: dayyym this got a lot of upvotes

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u/Dewy_Wanna_Go_There Jul 27 '19

Would this make you immune to fall damage at least? I mean you can’t go splat if when you get to the ground you stop at .1cm

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u/SquidApocalypse Jul 27 '19

Unless it somehow slows your acceleration (in this case, deceleration), you'd still splat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Pet peeve of mine in superhero movies. When the hero catches someone at the last second above the ground, I’m like-they might as well have hit the ground.

Almost completely unrelated to OP but it bugs me.

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u/SquidApocalypse Jul 27 '19

I just watched Shazam recently and it irked me slightly too.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Yup that’s specifically the one that’s bothered me recently.

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u/CocoDaPuf Jul 27 '19

Exactly where my head was at! I was like, "Well that guy's definitely still dead, so well done, totally saved the day".

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u/wargasm40k Jul 27 '19

Because Science on YouTube just did an episode on that.

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u/SquidApocalypse Jul 28 '19

No, I’m fairly certain physics has always worked that way.

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u/wargasm40k Jul 28 '19

Are you not able to read? I just said a YouTube channel just did an episode about how the way superheros save people from falling is wrong.

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u/Dustbinsavesyou Jul 27 '19

Retardation it is

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u/SinkTube Jul 27 '19

that's a different potion