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at least no more trolley problems

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  • 5ibelius9insterberg5 5ibelius9insterberg

    I understand what you are saying, but I strongly disagree. Karens weaponize their karen-ness sometimes to a lethal degree. So „murder of Karens“ is quite fitting imho. A group of Crows on the other hand should be called something entirely different, that does their beauty and intelligence justice. Something like: A „conference“ or a „council“ of crows.

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    hikingvet@lemmy.ca
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    Then it couuld be an Assault of Karens or a Homicide of Karens.

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    • S skyezopen@lemmy.world

      Trolley problem? How about a trolley solution?

      Just released, cheap as heck. Played 15 minutes so far and laughed my ass off.

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      Carl
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      I saw that yesterday. But it had mixed reviews.

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        rattlersix@lemmy.world
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        Why is he staining so hard? He’s freakin’ superman

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        • I imwaitingforretcons@lemmy.world

          It’s long been a fan Theory that Superman can cover some form of durability to the items he handles, otherwise a lot of the larger items he handles would crumble/collapse under their own weight, or people he carries would be crushed/chopped to chunks.

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          Macchi_the_Slime
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          Didn’t they try to make something like that canon years ago? That Superman has some kind of field he extends to objects he touches that in part dampens some of the physics implications of the movements he’s shown to be able to do carrying objects and people that don’t immediately rip themselves apart from G forces? Or am I misremembering?

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            Then it couuld be an Assault of Karens or a Homicide of Karens.

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            prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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            I believe it’s called a HoA

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              Why is he staining so hard? He’s freakin’ superman

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              Macchi_the_Slime
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              The idea is he’s straining so hard because he’s trying to use the exact amount of force he needs to stop the train without harming anyone inside. Too much force on the train and everyone in the train gets injured or killed, too little and it doesn’t stop in time to save the kid, and I believe in this one he didn’t have the option of just grabbing the kid because he would have been hurt too badly from the sudden acceleration.

              If you’ve ever tried to assemble something where you’ve gotta snap together two pretty fragile pieces it’s a similar idea. You absolutely can generate way more than the force needed to get the job done, the difficulty is in having the pieces survive the attempt.

              I can tell you I have experienced it with models and computer components and you’d absolutely think I was arm wrestling a God with how much I was straining trying to push those parts together without breaking them.

              Edit again: I think I found where this is from. I guess it’s from Action Comics 1000 with the actual thing that’s happening being like a deja vu flashback of Superman’s comic history. Like the current canon Superman of the time is seeing flashes of things he personally hasn’t done but were part of the history of the character.

              So this would have been from a significantly less powerful Superman and was most likely a situation where the train was going to crash so stopping the train without hurting the people was the main goal with the kid wandering into the path of the train while he was already trying to keep the train from crashing

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              • H hikingvet@lemmy.ca

                Then it couuld be an Assault of Karens or a Homicide of Karens.

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                Macchi_the_Slime
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                I personally like “Litigation of Karens” for how often their involvement tends to involve them threatening to sue or press charges on someone.

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                • M Macchi_the_Slime

                  I personally like “Litigation of Karens” for how often their involvement tends to involve them threatening to sue or press charges on someone.

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                  hikingvet@lemmy.ca
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                  Oooh, that one is good.

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                    remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world
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                    /Kidsarefuckingstupid

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                    • 5ibelius9insterberg5 5ibelius9insterberg

                      I understand what you are saying, but I strongly disagree. Karens weaponize their karen-ness sometimes to a lethal degree. So „murder of Karens“ is quite fitting imho. A group of Crows on the other hand should be called something entirely different, that does their beauty and intelligence justice. Something like: A „conference“ or a „council“ of crows.

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                      rumba@lemmy.zip
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                      • M Macchi_the_Slime

                        The idea is he’s straining so hard because he’s trying to use the exact amount of force he needs to stop the train without harming anyone inside. Too much force on the train and everyone in the train gets injured or killed, too little and it doesn’t stop in time to save the kid, and I believe in this one he didn’t have the option of just grabbing the kid because he would have been hurt too badly from the sudden acceleration.

                        If you’ve ever tried to assemble something where you’ve gotta snap together two pretty fragile pieces it’s a similar idea. You absolutely can generate way more than the force needed to get the job done, the difficulty is in having the pieces survive the attempt.

                        I can tell you I have experienced it with models and computer components and you’d absolutely think I was arm wrestling a God with how much I was straining trying to push those parts together without breaking them.

                        Edit again: I think I found where this is from. I guess it’s from Action Comics 1000 with the actual thing that’s happening being like a deja vu flashback of Superman’s comic history. Like the current canon Superman of the time is seeing flashes of things he personally hasn’t done but were part of the history of the character.

                        So this would have been from a significantly less powerful Superman and was most likely a situation where the train was going to crash so stopping the train without hurting the people was the main goal with the kid wandering into the path of the train while he was already trying to keep the train from crashing

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                        explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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                        But then isn’t he accelerating the people on the train just as much?

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                        • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksE explodicle@sh.itjust.works

                          But then isn’t he accelerating the people on the train just as much?

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                          serenesadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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                          There’s a whole locomotive between them to dampen the impact.

                          Same reason why modern cars are designed to crumple. It absorbs more of the impact before it reaches the people inside.

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                            That goes for the people on the train too though. If he had so little time that he couldn’t move the kid 2 meters without giving him whiplash, then stopping the train in that same amount of time would send everybody on the train flying to the front of their cars at whatever speed the train was going.

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                            finitebanjo
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                            Why are we assuming it’s a passenger train? It’s probably just a choice between a small child or a middle aged conductor who did survive according to the illustration if only because they decided to draw him in afterwards as a form of censorship.

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                            • S serenesadie@lemmy.myserv.one

                              There’s a whole locomotive between them to dampen the impact.

                              Same reason why modern cars are designed to crumple. It absorbs more of the impact before it reaches the people inside.

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                              jcbazpx@lemmy.world
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                              So only the first ten or so cars will be scenes of unbelievable carnage. Meanwhile, he could have simply picked up the kid and cushioned him from the impact.

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                              • M Macchi_the_Slime

                                Didn’t they try to make something like that canon years ago? That Superman has some kind of field he extends to objects he touches that in part dampens some of the physics implications of the movements he’s shown to be able to do carrying objects and people that don’t immediately rip themselves apart from G forces? Or am I misremembering?

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                                jcbazpx@lemmy.world
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                                They did that for superboy at one point. He is said to have tactile telekinesis.

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                                • F finitebanjo

                                  Why are we assuming it’s a passenger train? It’s probably just a choice between a small child or a middle aged conductor who did survive according to the illustration if only because they decided to draw him in afterwards as a form of censorship.

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                                  magnetosphere
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                                  Please pardon me if I’m missing something obvious. I don’t understand how censorship is involved.

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                                  • magnetosphereM magnetosphere

                                    Please pardon me if I’m missing something obvious. I don’t understand how censorship is involved.

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                                    finitebanjo
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                                    Well if they didn’t draw him in we’d all be assuming Superman murdered that guy just like user Oops just declared.

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                                    • F finitebanjo

                                      Well if they didn’t draw him in we’d all be assuming Superman murdered that guy just like user Oops just declared.

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                                      magnetosphere
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                                      Okay, thank you. I didn’t understand your use of the word “censorship”. That’s not common usage in American English, which is all I speak.

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                                      • magnetosphereM magnetosphere

                                        Okay, thank you. I didn’t understand your use of the word “censorship”. That’s not common usage in American English, which is all I speak.

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                                        finitebanjo
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                                        Look, if you were to retroactively remove implications or references to morbidity, gore, and death then that would be censorship exactly how everyone uses the word.

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                                        • F finitebanjo

                                          Why are we assuming it’s a passenger train? It’s probably just a choice between a small child or a middle aged conductor who did survive according to the illustration if only because they decided to draw him in afterwards as a form of censorship.

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                                          0ops
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                                          I only assume that it’s not an autonomous train. And I’m not making any points about morality here, that sounds exhausting and I’d rather leave that to a lawyer or judge. I’m just saying, from a physics standpoint, moving the girl instead of stopping the training would’ve saved no fewer lives and not damaged any infrastructure. Just some constructive feedback Supes, I love what you’re doin ♥️♥️♥️

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