• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    13·
    2 months ago

    If we’re talking pure elements at room temperature, people can die from extended contact/eating/breathing beryllium, fluorine, phosphorous, hlorine, chromium, cobalt, arsenic, cadmium, antimony, cesium, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, radium, thorium, uranium, plutonium, and americium. That doesn’t even count all of the heavier than air gases that will kill you in a couple of deep breaths. People are very squishy and prone to getting injured by things.

  • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    “What if I pretend like people are saying something stupid and then cleverly refute it? Yes, that will make an excellent meme.”

  • slappyfuck@lemmy.ca
    7·
    2 months ago

    I don’t understand. The point isn’t that we are not vulnerable to something similar, it’s that Superman is nearly invulnerable. So, my brother in Christ, this is not a retort.

    • Johanno@feddit.org
      5·
      2 months ago

      What I wonder: according to lore the conditions, where supermans people live, on krypton are so harsh that they are a strong race that is like humans under those conditions.

      Now sth. With the sun is there too, but lets put that aside for a moment.

      So Supermans weakness is a rock of krypton. Because the rock itself must be super radioactive or sth like that.

      Anything that harms superman should kill every human in the area instantly.

      • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        Must be super radioactive…

        Should kill every human in the area instantly

        Counterpoint: What if Superman has an element in his body that is crucial to his makeup that is specifically destroyed/harmed by the radioactivity, while that radioactivity passes harmlessly through any other element?An anti-krypton element of sorts, if you will.

        Krypton, for example, could be emitting a wave with incredibly low amplitude, but incredibly high frequency. This combination would struggle to make contact with the atoms in normally-dense objects here on Earth, but would strike an ultra-dense object like anti-krypton like a truck.

        • Johanno@feddit.org
          4·
          2 months ago

          Theoretically possible, but doesn’t work with our current understanding of physics.

          However when you add aliens and other magic bs it doesn’t matter what physics say. So your explanation could actually work here.

          • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            Doesn’t work with our current understanding of physics.

            Hang on I can nerd this harder. It could sort of work if it’s a data signal that exists as noise which disrupts the nervous system of a Superman, but is ignored by the nervous system of a Human.

  • Oppopity@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 months ago

    Yeah but I’m not super. How’s he supposed to call himself super if he’s weak to the same shit I am.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Been through two medical fears already, catheter up my dick (3 times) and a broken femur. Kidney stones are still on my bucket list!

      Boss brought his to work one day for show and tell.

      “That came out your urethra?!”

      • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        As someone who has passed about a dozen over my lifetime… I wish you may never have to go through it. I’d rather have the catheters.

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Doesn’t kryptonite just rob him of his power and severely weaken him? It’s like uranium both the time accelerated.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I mean yes, but so is to much air, to little air, time, gravity, the sun, pointy sticks, our own biology every form of life in existence and failure to poop correctly.