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cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Mental voice-over

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Mental voice-over

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 7 days ago
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  • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
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    You can’t hear the scream, but apparently you can hear the “Bam!” of a nut kick.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      Sound does conduct, though.

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    from where in frictionless space did the port astronaut get the momentum to move forward for the kick? how did this person then return to their original position (their airhose has folded back over in panel 3)

    and why hasn’t the starboard astronaut floated out through stage left with the momentum of that kick?

    • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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      I think he just had the space to move around in.

    • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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      I was waiting for this useless observation. The comic isn’t reality, its a comic.

      • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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        but the comic would have been so much funnier if they had followed these simple principles of inertia!

        there could have been a whole row of panels showing the kicker inching towards the kickee. and the silent scream is so much better personified with the kickee floating away out od the panels.

        it’s like the reek-reek-reek loading of the next camera exposure in shaun of the dead when the protagonists encounter their first zombie. it’s a minor detail but it adds so much more to the scene. it’s that pinch of spice that completely transforms the dish.

        but, hey, i guess a lot of people do prefer the blander foods. so let’s just chalk this up to creative differences.

      • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I thought it was an instruction manual in case I ever go to space with my pal.

    • voldage@lemmy.world
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      suction cups

  • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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    Everything today is “ow my balls” jokes huh?

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    There’s a theory that astronauts may be able to communicate in space without their radios by touching helmets together. Don’t know if it’s ever been tried.

    And speaking of touching helmets, I can imagine another version of this comic where Bob is making a sexy scream, instead.

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      • logicbomb@lemmy.world
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        that’s hot

    • Synapse@lemmy.world
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      That’s how you do it beltalowda!

    • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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      Isn’t that in the movie called The Deep?

    • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
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      your helmet is so big

    • danekrae@lemmy.world
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      touching helmets together.

      What if you’re not into that?

      • Grabthar@lemmy.world
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        Hey, get on board, man. It’s for science.

    • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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      Searched a bit and surprisingly couldn’t find any agency communication about this. I found that they use some gestures though.

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        I saw somebody do the math and say that this method would dampen the voice so much that it might as well be said not to work. But I don’t know much about this topic, and I can’t say whether the math is correct, either.

        I mostly brought it up because it was interesting and let me make a joke about “touching helmets”.

        • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
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          It is essentially the same concept as trying to listen in on a conversation in another room by putting your ear up to the wall.

          It technically works, but making out what is being said is not easy unless the other party is being exceptionally loud.

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            In that case, it seems like the saying would be “In space, people can only hear you scream.”

        • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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          Maybe some special physical interface could be built in the helmet, but if space agencies never came up with a solution for this, it probably means it is not needed.

  • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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    The silence of agony.

    • Mac@mander.xyz
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      And it’s sibling that’s unrelated in this context:
      The agony of silence.

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    In space I doubt he was able to get enough momentum to kick through a space suit to do much. Which makes the last panel a WTF look.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      The jet pack jets are not visible, but evidence suggests they’re there.

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      Aren’t these suits inflated for pressure, so there’d be an air cushion between the suit and his actual balls? It’d be like kicking an air mattress. Also, why aren’t they both spinning like mad after that maneuver?

      (I mean, if we’re making physics jokes … )

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        For the sake of argument, maybe the balls are not insulated to improve radiant cooling. Who wants sweaty balls in space?

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          But then, shouldn’t the crotch of the suit be black to further improve emission?

          • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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            You’re underestimating just how brave astronauts need to be. A second reason there’s less padding there: to make room.

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              This is the best theory.

    • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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      He has a hand on Bob’s shoulder for leverage.

  • Hazmatastic@lemmy.world
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    All I hear is the Tom scream

    • NerfHerder@lemmy.world
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      Same. Every time I look at the dialogue free panels, I lose my shit.

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    I thought the joke was related to the “AI” written on right’s helmet that was revealed in the last panel, but apparently that’s not it.

    • morphballganon@mtgzone.com
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      The joke is that we can’t hear right scream after the nut kick

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