• PDFuego@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pretty sure everyone my age who saw the episode of Dragon Ball Z where Gohan teaches Videl how to fly all sat there that day and fuckin tried our hardest.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      One of the consequences of getting older is that you forget what its like to simply not know things.

      My two year old son is constantly climbing up stuff and tumbling off it without any regard to the possibility that gravity might be holding him back. Every time he lands hard, he looks at me with tears in his eyes, as though the whole world has betrayed him. If you could just fly by not understand gravity, everyone under the age of six would be levitating constantly.

      Although, in Andrew’s case, it might be less “getting older” and more “getting repeatedly concussed”.

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          3 days ago

          It’s not true teleportation, it’s just incredible acceleration. It’s easy to mistake one for the other, if you make the mistake of blinking.

          I can also note that their top speed is still limited. They can’t run on water, for example. (Guess how we found THAT one out!)

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        3 days ago

        Well, it’s not enough to not understand gravity, or Isaac Newton would be the most hated human of all time. You have to fall and miss the ground, for example by being distracted in just the right moment.

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      4 days ago

      I do remember thinking something along the lines of: “… that… sounds weirdly do-able…?? … Shut up, brain… Unless…”

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      3 days ago

      Dbz is the first thing I thought of. Powering up and screaming while all the other kids laugh at you. Idk how I ever got a girlfriend