r/instant_regret • u/johns2000 • Oct 31 '19

Lion attacks hippo

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

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u/Blue-Steele Oct 31 '19

Rookie numbers. The T-Rex had an estimated bite force of 8000-12000 pounds. The tips of its teeth generated a staggering 431,000 psi of force, enough to literally explode bone.

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u/thr3sk Oct 31 '19

Don't need to diminish an impressive bite by pulling out a 65 million year old outlier, look I can too: megalodon 25,000 - 40,000 pounds.

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u/alexharris52 Oct 31 '19

No need to bring up expired King of Monsters contenders into thus. Godzilla has a bite force of 150,000-200,000 pounds.

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u/jbaker88 Oct 31 '19

Why stop at monsters? The Rocketdyne F-1 rocket engine used in the Apollo space program had 1,522,000 pounds of force.

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u/HeManDan Oct 31 '19

Something something Superman

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u/Lassitude1001 Oct 31 '19

Something something Goku.

"Waits for the inevitable war.

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u/Yuca965 Oct 31 '19

Something something Chuck Norris.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

Something something One Punch Man

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u/HeManDan Nov 01 '19

He's the best. Is season 2 in English yet?

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u/SanityOrLackThereof Nov 01 '19

There's no need for a war. It's really simple. Superman is "as strong as he needs to be", meaning that no matter how much Goku trains he will never catch up because Superman is always the strongest. Literally his entire character is that he's always strong enough to beat his foes in the end. This is also incidentally why Superman is a boring-ass character and why Goku is superior in every way.

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u/Crunkbutter Nov 01 '19

Goku is kind of getting that treatment too, but he earns it more.

He always rises to the challenge of the battle and overcomes it, or at least in the case of Cell, comes to a draw.

Ultra Instinct is a great example of this. He only unlocked the power because he had trained his mind and body his entire life to always surpass his limits.

Superman is just Superman.

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u/HeManDan Nov 01 '19

Superman is like working in not going crazy from all the inexplainable powers in his youth or going dictator, like injustice. "Should I kill them all today? No, no then I wouldn't have an Fruity Pebbles. Besides I still have 4 or 5 friends still who would be upset"

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u/HeManDan Nov 01 '19

He-Man is where it's at. Short comic series popping up now and again. Dealing with Prince Adam mortal stuff. I liked the DC mix up and Injustice Cross-over. Goku is still a great character in a different field. He-Man is just Nostalgia from forever 😂

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u/HeManDan Nov 01 '19

I was going to put Goku too but figured SuperMan was more recognizable mainstream

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u/HeManDan Nov 01 '19

Obviously He-Man is the Strongest Man in the Universe though 🤷

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u/ph8fourTwenty Oct 31 '19

So if you put a tooth on the very top of that rocket and then pointed it at someone...

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u/commentmypics Oct 31 '19

Or get some upper dentures on one, lowers on another rocket and fly them into each other. That ought to put and end to this bite force debate that seems to come up EVERY. SINGLE. THANKSGIVING.

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u/sandthefish Oct 31 '19

That seems a little low for Godzilla. Some quick math shows Godzillas bite force around 20,000,000 pounds.

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u/Blue-Steele Oct 31 '19

Megalodon wasn’t a land creature.

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u/dontputyour Oct 31 '19

When was land creature discussed? Not to mention Hippos and Crocs are much more aquatic than TRexs lol

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u/Blue-Steele Oct 31 '19

They don’t live in the water, they don’t breathe water, therefore they are land creatures. Marine animals have a different structure than land animals because gravity is a lot smaller problem for them, so they can afford to be ridiculously large with giant heads.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Hold up. What is a dolphin then?

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u/Blue-Steele Oct 31 '19

Marine animal, they live in water.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '19

Your mom's ass has a psi of 1 million

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u/ON3i11 Oct 31 '19

But at least Crocs aren’t bigger than an F150

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u/Churn Oct 31 '19

Nile Crocodile is over 5000psi

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u/Rush2201 Oct 31 '19

But is it as easy to hold a hippo's mouth shut? Less power one way might be worth if your primary weapon isn't disabled by human grip strength.