Why You Don't Want Super Speed
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Published 2018-04-19
Super speed is one of the coolest super powers in comics because of heroes like the Flash, but would it really be that great in real life? Kyle has the fast facts on this week's Because Science!
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All Comments (21)
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This one was a lot of fun. Keep up the nerdy comments so I can feature them in the next vlog! Let me know if these "You Don't Want ____" episodes come off too negative, because that's not what I want. Also, I have something very special for you all next week...like...really special and awesome and I'm psyched for you to see it. And why spaghetti? Because The Onion: (voices.clickhole.com/the-problem-with-the-flash-wh… -- KH
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I just watched a guy crushing my dreams for 14 minutes straight
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Oh well. So who’s gonna help me build the particle accelerator?
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You forgot 1 thing, You would also watch everyone age while you don't.
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With my nerdiest friends, we loved to find downsides to superpowers, such as superspeeds issues with inertia on our inner organs, friction on our skin, or just around us. Or Superstrenght's problem of not having super bone mass.
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Speed force is the ultimate plot armor of Flash , nullifying all ill effects
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Random speedster going on a run: Housefly: im about to end this man’s whole career
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The super speed the flash has is because of the speed force,it also protects him and the people he touches from dying because of "speed force protection"
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13:33 That scared the hell out of me. I was passively listening and didn’t expect him to call me out like that
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Super power: exist Kid: I wish I had those powers... Because science: Here is why you don't want to do that...
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Having Thor Odinson explain the science of why super speed would be detrimental while writing backwards perfectly is something I didn't know I needed.
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The speed force has a protective field to stop you from dying instantly plus the field also makes it easier to see and protects everyone else you touch for that amount of time
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I think this would be more of a problem for Marvel’s Quicksilver than for The Flash the speed force gives Flash a protective bubble to stop friction and the suit is specifically designed to not burn up after running whereas Quicksilver is a mutant who’s only power is speed Flash would be fine though
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Surprised he never mentions the amount of calories a human body would need to sustain that much energy
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The ability for this dude to write backwards is impressive.
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12:20 Even "super perception" will only be useful if you can turn it on or off whenever you want. If not, you will die of lonely and madness because you basically live in a static world alone.
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i was just bored then saw the eye catching title. congrats on having a new subscriber!! i really like how you deliver your thoughts well and explain the consequences of having only super speed without and super powers protecting you.
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Actually, speed like the flash wouldn't be that bad, considering the Speed Force negates all negative effects.
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The flash doesn’t just have speed he has a multi dimensional force protecting him from friction and drag and other forces
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I’m surprised that he didn’t cover the amount of kilocalories he would need to generate that much energy and speed.
