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[–] superduperenigma 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But also Jimmy (or whoever saved him) now has two broken arms thanks to a human sized object falling onto them at terminal velocity.

... Two broken arms...? Oh no... I remembered that Reddit post.

[–] alquicksilver 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are some things that should remain in the garbage~~reddit~~. This is one of them.

[–] idunnololz 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Should the crossed out word appear before the word you meant? The way it's written, it looks like you planned to call reddit garbage before you even typed it. :o

[–] alquicksilver 1 points 9 months ago

it looks like you planned to call reddit garbage before you even typed it

Accurate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Abucketofpuppies 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A guy broke both his arms, which made him angry and sad. But then his family helped him become happier. He told the story online and it made everyone else sad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Something something mom with the good arms.

[–] Wilzax 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

His brain definitely would NOT experience the same g-forces as hitting concrete. You have less than an inch of deceleration space against a surface that hard, whereas getting caught by superman would probably give you at least twice as much space, if not way more, which would reduce your g-forces by more than half

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But superman is flying pretty fast to catch Timmy, so Timmy would get hit from 2 sides.

[–] Wilzax 10 points 9 months ago

Force is a vector so that's a VERY different g-force if it's in a new direction