Super Speed is the WORST Super Power

[@ddsmitty1]

when we used to play super heroes as kids, the kid playing as the flash would make a "fweeeee" sound when he was running super fast, and that would signal the rest of us to move in slow motion. he ended up being able to hold that note for like 3 minutes straight by the time we outgrew the game.

[@smickothesmickest]

What's stopping him from just saying fweeeee again immediately

[@birdmcturd1626]

@@smickothesmickestHonour

[@touchme138]

​@@smickothesmickestcatching his breath, I guess. it's like holding your breath for too long, it'll take a couple seconds at least to recover

[@ddsmitty1]

@@smickothesmickest I don’t remember. But really, we were kids playing and having fun. I don’t think anyone tried to game the system. I imagine a kid who tried to cheat and ruin everyone’s fun ended up playing alone.

[@smickothesmickest]

@@ddsmitty1 oh, so just common etiquette? That's actually... Pretty good.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

lmao i love that Barry, the Forensics doctor, didn't realize he was starving to death this whole time time

[@rsrt6910]

I mean, technically, he WAS dying.

[@maxwellquipey1]

@@rsrt6910 Everytime i stop breathing, i feel like im being strangled, so i inhale some air and it makes me feel better, idk why tho.

[@zer0-2inf63]

​@@maxwellquipey1 yo same, i think something is wrong with me

[@nicktaylor2391]

It kinda makes sense that, the most obvious answer wouldn't register as the cause. I mean... dudes literally traveling at super speed, and has smarts. Eating tends to go on the back burner, of why "I feel bad." 😆

[@hythunza1811]

@@maxwellquipey1 Every rime I stop drinking, I feel very dry, out of energy, dizzy, and also very sick. But then I start doing it and I feel better. Some absolute witchcraft.

[@dionettaeon]

This reminds me of an episode of Dexter's Laboratory where he slows down time to be able to get ready for school and finish a paper before the school bus arrived. He found that being super speedy meant that pretty much nothing he did could keep pace with him. Breakfast took forever to make, water took forever to fall out of the showerhead, and he had to take forever to write his paper because it burst into flame from the friction.

[@faytleingod1851]

I remember that one it was great. Every scene your described rushed back into my memory. He grabbed the water from the shower head and rubbed himself with like four drops of water lol. I forgot about that episode along with like most my childhood. Thanks for the good memory 👍❤️

[@Aldenfenris]

That, I thoughts was a surprisingly realistic consequence of the speed l. And a detail usually ignored in such cartoons.

[@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo]

Shit, you awakened a memory for me. Haven't watched Dexter's in years.

[@RyanStansberry]

*_Core Memory: Unlocked_*

[@ChronoSquare]

Super speed is such nonsense when you try to real world it like that as well. I guess conveniently Dexter just happened to make himself immune from the friction of the air moving around him at those speeds 😂

[@megetal100]

If anyone has read the quantum prophecy books this is actually a concept they explore. A speedster has to deliver a cure to the entire planet but it can only be administered by skin to skin contact. He’s able to do it but afterwards he’s completely insane due to essentially living in slow motion world for what to him felt like years.

[@sumnahlennon5449]

Some speedsters dont have that weakness. Check DBZ characters. DC comics tries to be all scientific

[@Sepums]

​@@sumnahlennon5449 and that's why DBZ is boring and childish

[@theworstcatholic7247]

@@Sepums No it isn't. The concept that a super power 'must' be as realistic as possible is nonsense. Both because it's a story and whatever is best for the story is paramount and because there is no end, you'll always be wrong. Any speedster would end themselves just from the g-forces, or the friction on wind, snap their ankles on whatever surface they moved on, or in this case, blasting through the people they need to save if they needed to have skin contact through super speed as your hand would be worse than a mag dump. Ironically unlike most speedsters DBZ at least gives the crew the durability to survive their own speed unlike most. But the fact is, it's all magic. Hard magic systems are neat, but soft magic systems work for a reason.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

@@theworstcatholic7247 y'know it's really neat that anybody relevant in dbz has like a whole cavalcade of superpowers simply because they're all part of the standard "be relevant" package. like, there's a reason goku and superman is such a common matchup, they can both fly, they're both basically invulnerable to any human attack, they're both so fast that, in-universe, the 5 minute time limit frieza gave when he blew up namek was a fib by only about two minutes and basically everything in the fight was still within the span of seven minutes even if to the viewers, goku and frieza it was like ten episodes and 200 minutes. sorta something people forget, honestly, it's noted in the original dragon ball and not mentioned again afterwards which is likely the reason why it's such a misconception because a lotta people never watched dragon ball. also of course being realistic at all means any speedster is either a god or should realistically kill themselves as soon as they first try their powers out, i don't really see flash tanking missiles like his immunity to g-forces should suggest.

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

​@@theworstcatholic7247who are you quoting when you used ' ' for must? No one said that. He just said that's what makes DC more mature.

[@hoobadoobamaster8551]

Fun fact: flash slows down his super thinking when living and chilling with his family or offguard so he wont go insane from everything being in slow motion

[@arikrex9978]

what about superman?

[@kylespence417]

LMFAO

[@Wertsir]

@@arikrex9978Superman has Super-Sanity.

[@just_a_tepig3611]

I imagine flash has the advantage of tapping into the speed force, same applies mentally

[@haixaldonix4945]

​@@Wertsir This is not a joke, it's the truth, I recommend emperor joker

[@deltacosmic5358]

The fact that it take the flash years to charage up the world wide punch kinda makes it even more badass because this man is so pissed he is willing to take at least a year to bake a punch just for you

[@Pellz]

CW lied to u that punch doesn’t carry the power of his family it is baked with white hot hatred😂

[@mudkitz]

Didn't Wally in TAS throw multiple wind up punches at a Brainiac/Lex fusion?

[@TheHighborn]

​​@@Pellzwasnt it called the infinity mass punch in the animation?

[@mrguy89]

Another thing to think about: if Flash is traversing the circumference of the globe in like a second, he is so far past escape velocity that he'd shoot off the planet.

[@Epicwin-bn1hi]

​@@mrguy89 He can slow down at key moments though.

[@lx5323]

“I guess me not having superpowers isn’t such a bad thing after all” “No you still stuck” Justice League funding: $0

[@ethanstyant9704]

Reminds me of that vid on who should be the leader of the justice league. Superman goes "oh I'd definitely contribu" "Clark I own the building you work in you're paying me with my own money"

[@tonyblake7569]

* LAUGHING AT THE ORPHAN *

[@TupocalypseShakur]

Aquaman and Green Arrow have money too

[@MF-_-MOON1]

​@Nzosaba_Matenge Yeah but not so MUCH money that he could buy the moon or buy a mansion for superheros a whole ass big mansion and still have enough money to have a cave that has super technology and ANOTHER whole ass mansion if they do have that much money than I understand your argument also I'm pretty sure batman has nearly a trillion

[@N.I.A23]

They could've just used leftover kryptonian technology, and hal could've asked the guardians for help, and they would have an even better tower. Heck, maybe Captain Marvel could ask the wizard shazam for help, too? Make it magic proof. Not to mention rich ass aquaman and wonderwoman who had control over entire nations. Nations that have highly advanced technology too. Just saying....

[@arkasha6649]

2:18 laughing at the orphan goes hard.

[@pretro6136]

fun fact: flash's powers can randomly activate. it happend during a conversation and he had to wait for so long for his powers to turn off that he fell asleep while waiting, which made it seem like he just fainted in the middle of the conversation

[@toseeupload8855]

How does he not go insane?

[@drstrangelove307]

@@toseeupload8855he suppresses some of his speed thinking to avoid going crazy

[@Theonixco]

@@toseeupload8855 So now that I think about it, that Flash casting Ezra Miller wasn't too far off then, dude was just method acting.

[@gogeterdone]

That's horrifying-ly hilarious 😂

[@valiang8867]

"So as I saying-" BOOM Face full of cement

[@Cyro_Snow]

“Super speed is the worst super power” Aquaman: finally, some respect.

[@zellaus2649]

The super speeders: nah, you still suck

[@CyanRooper]

*continues laughing at the orphan instead of Aquaman* What's funny is that Superman is also technically an orphan but no one makes fun of him for being adopted.

[@DonArlington]

Superman is technically an orphan

[@riroufudo]

@@CyanRooper batman has got no parents PERIOD

[@riroufudo]

@@DonArlington yeah but he was wnated by people unlike batman

[@Абдулло-щ3е9э]

Interesting thing to consider. In the event of a bomb, your only option is to read the manual. Because you can flip pages in super speed, but you can't use a computer or smartphone to search for the answer because those are subject to loading times and computer responsiveness and refresh rates.

[@toddkes5890]

As long as the pages of the book are strong enough to be flipped at super-speed. It'd be annoying if you flipped a page too fast and your fingers went through it, or set the paper on fire.

[@Abedeuss]

*Flips page at speed of light* *Book explodes from friction*

[@MadMax-ii8gq]

Good point.

[@Mereologist]

Something similar happened in an episode of 'Stargate' and one character wrote a book by typing at super-speed until the laptop's buffer filled up, and then doing something else while it slowly (to her) filled in the pages and pages of text.

[@eclipserepeater2466]

@@toddkes5890 Superman has x-ray vision, so he doesn't technically need to open the book or flip the pages to read it. Though having to read half the pages backwards only contributes to his annoyance.

[@CosmicMumenRider]

"being faster than light means you constantly live in darkness"

[@ibbusinessmanagementmadeea991]

no, that would only be if the light is behind you. If you are running towards the light, it would be blue shifted and the radiation would kill you.

[@Kevoc_Studio]

If you were faster than light you would fucking be vaporized

[@Pyxis10]

Wouldn't you also live going backwards in time?

[@DACHICKENN]

@@Pyxis10that is just a teory tho.

[@Pyxis10]

@@DACHICKENN Einsteins Theory of Relativity? It's the reason the GPS system works and gold is gold. A theory in science is very different from the colloquial version of it.

[@jreese2474]

There was an issue of X-Factor back in the 90s that had Quicksilver discussing this with a shrink. He describes a normal day like being in a bank line filed with elderly people who all have arthritis. He eats sandwiches and salads all the time because waiting for food to cook drives him crazy. He has to mentally prepare for a date night for that alone. Just sitting in one place at normal speed and waiting, waiting waiting. They did address when moving at that speed he does enter a different state of consciousness so he actually looks forward to all the fights and crazy stuff associated with being a superhero. It's the only time he feels "normal."

[@DeathnoteBB]

Sounds like Super ADHD

[@toddkes5890]

Slowing down his speaking so he is understandable. Waiting for his date to respond to the comment, then having to wait for their entire sentence to be complete. Then deliberately delaying his response so even though it took a millisecond to think of a response it doesn't seem that way.

[@marthlink5015]

And STILL he is a disappointment. Not because he's bad, or useless... but simply cause his dad won't give him love and shit talks his poor poor pietro XD. He'll always be running--- from his daddy issues.

[@feritperliare2890]

​@@DeathnoteBBI mean everyone has some limit

[@juannaym8488]

​@@marthlink5015and he'll always be outclassed by his sister

[@noahjahnsen7841]

So instead of picking up the bomb and throwing it to a location where it won't hurt anyone, he sits and takes the boring route of learning out to defuse it instead of just chucking it... I think Superman just likes reading.

[@genevievedisemelo5584]

it seemed like his main problem was that the presence of the bomb ruined the reading vibe he was used to didn't it?

[@Chameleonred5]

Dead Man's switch. Unviable.

[@saphironkindris]

@@Chameleonred5 That isn't what a dead mans switch does, but even if it blew up if moved, the guy can move at superspeed and fly. Like, it would be unpleasant for him to have to carry an active bomb around, sure, but when you can fly it into space in a second, do you really need to read?

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

​@@saphironkindrisAlso, at Superman and the flashes speeds, it wouldn't matter if the bombs were designed to go off on movement because the trigger mech and the reaction aren't instantaneous. Supes would be just carrying a glorified expanding mattress as he flew, and flash being able to move faster then the speed of light would mean he'd be able to move faster then the flash point of both the starter and the expansion of the explosion

[@saphironkindris]

@@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq yeah, that's my point, the explosion itself would be in such slow motion they probably wouldn't even notice

[@jordanloux3883]

That explains a lot about Thawne. The dude runs through whole timelines and across centuries. It's amazing that he's even able to speak in complete sentences.

[@atomic747]

I guess his pettiness gives him that willpower to not crack.

[@hecrosegreat3943]

​@@atomic747hate is one hell of a fuel

[@ashtonchane6126]

@@hecrosegreat3943Ask Guts, Azura, Kratos, Doomguy/slayer, Hulk, and any Red Lantern in existence. They can back up that claim.

[@Star1ightEmpresss]

@@ashtonchane6126 don't forget all the Sith

[@uwo1331]

They can... Turn it off.

[@FloatingQuaker]

I feel like this would be a fun conversation to see in an actual piece of superhero media. Would give both other characters and the audience perspective on how incredible power doesn't always come with amazing perks.

[@WhyIsEverythingTaken]

in invincible season 1 (one of the beginning episodes) they explore that a tiny bit where a speedster has issues with his relationship. Sitting still and going on a date is torture for him because a single sentence takes incredibly long for him.

[@chrisdonnell7200]

​@@WhyIsEverythingTaken yea, I wish we'd gotten a little more time with Red Rush because that was a neat take, his perception never slowed down.

[@Starpotion]

Honestly this was really informative, I genuinely had the same line of thinking as Batman until they broke it down and made it easier to understand

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Eh, you'd start deconstructing the fantasy elements to the point of rendering everything impossible. Without magical bs concessions, reality just breaks apart when you start picking at it. I just get annoyed at some nerd arguments with the "reality" of fiction with clearly impossible stuff because then the question is where do you stop? None of these powers would exist in the first place if you were "realistic."

[@zaparine]

‘The Incredibles’ must be for you then

[@Max_Ivanov_Pro]

The Flash: saving the world from evil villains, but also from the existential dread of living faster than light.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Also The Flash: Hoarding the power of super speed for its one true major benefit; makin the orgasms of sex last farrrrr longer Sure sure, he has to walk to antarctica for days on end, but he can also have sex whilst processin things so slowly that his 15 secs of it turns into 15 days

[@briang3598]

​@@SylviaRustyFaeArguably a worthwhile trade-off.

[@matthewgallaway3675]

Going faster than light means you live in darkness

[@Marsproject11]

Justice League touched on this in the episode "Only a Dream", Flash was dreaming and then the villain Doctor Destiny infiltrates his dream at the point where it turns into a nightmare of Flash moving around while everyone else in Central City was stuck in place. Was a pretty good episode and kinda funny because Batman had to find some way to stay awake to get to where the the guy was and stop him, like busting into a busy coffee shop and ordering black coffee, punching out the windshield on the batmobile and turning on his radio and just blasting obnoxious pop music.

[@CatBxtchNami]

@@SylviaRustyFae Alright, you convinced me, super speed is awesome.

[@eattheleaf8198]

fun fact: the super speed perspective thing for speedsters can be triggered by a lot of things, including boredom. one time the flash was talking with the in-laws and got so bored that it activated and he had to stand still for what felt like hours.

[@emochick6666]

so it CAN be turned on and off. cuz ive been here reading the comments for the past 10 mins because of superman's contradictory statement, trying to find an answer

[@navonmyhand7999]

​@@emochick6666 In the comics and most media it's definitely an on/off thing otherwise it would be very weird and impractical for the characters. I've also seen people say they think they their brains can kinda go autopilot and do monotonous things or go far distances without having to fully process/remember everything.

[@stewartmullings1552]

@@emochick6666 yeah, otherwise every speedster in DC connected to the speedforce would be absolutely insane and useless to themselves. Also technically he doesnt turn it off, he can't turn it off. The energy is always being channeled through his body. He just knows how to "slow down" as it were so he can interact with people normally.

[@monsieurtoutlemonde1549]

​@@emochick6666tbh it wouldn't make sense for superman to be able to turn it on and off, but again, it wouldn't make sense for super to be actually that fast, he can move really fast, he has amazing reflexes, but he shouldn't be able to get to a 1000th of flash's speed, while for flash it makes total sense for his perception of time to be altered at will, because of the speed force

[@tearenn3046]

To be fair, they must be able to turn it off. Otherwise to communicate they would always have to speak extremely slowly in order to be understood by the people around them. Not only that, but they'd have to speak slowly just the right amount. If you want to experiment this on yourself, record yourself speaking slowly knowing that later you'll listen to the recording at double speed. I can guarantee you won't sound human.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Seriously once they brought up the whole “You go regular speed, everything is just slow to you” in X-Men: First Class all I can think of is how hellish that must be to live in. Everything takes a damn eternity for you.

[@Mereologist]

I feel that way every time I'm driving, lol.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Well, its not that seriouss for people woh can turn on and off LIKE THE FLASHHHH

[@yami122]

@@slevinchannel7589 Even then it would suck really bad because every time he has to use a speed to help save the world or stop a villain he's having to endure hours days or even decades of lonely boredom like think of how long it would take a human being assuming they could walk on water to go around the world Every time he's doing that from his perspective it's those years of just walking in a straight line no one to talk to nothing really to look at or enjoy because everything's frozen to you From his perspective he's probably centuries old

[@supersonicxth]

I remeber this one comic where quicksilver is eating with friends or family and trying to eat as slow as possible taking his time with every bite so he wouldn't finish immediately and have to wait for everyone else and I remember him trying to be so slow it was like torture to him. When he finishes I think even with all that effort he stills finishes way before everyone else and I think about that from time to time.

[@Coygon]

Now imagine a speedster standing in line at the DMV.

[@paokarasre]

Bleach had a guy who poisoned his enemy with a superhero drug that made his perception thousands of times faster and then stabbed him in the head. And then, from the perspective of the enemy, he was feeling getting stabbed for decades, wishing it all to be over.

[@Twevine]

Ohh, i remember that, mad scientist vs a fan of scienc, man that scene was so terryfying in the perspective of enemy.

[@LazyMofos]

Mayuri

[@ASingleSpaghetti]

Reminds me of the Dredd remake with Karl Urban when he forces the antagonist to take a similar drug then tosses her off a roof

[@jjjenwade1120]

Reincarnated as a slime had a scene like this. Some dude with a mental speed boost was beaten by the MC's samurai ally. He had his head cut off before he could switch the ability off. People theorized he was stuck waiting for his death for millennium. I'm barely remembering this so I'm very likely wrong.

[@azekia]

This is also a concept in Katana Zero. The people with the time drug can control their perception of time and predict most of the foreseeable future _as long as they have enough of the drug._ When they overdose or start withdrawal they suffer a complete loss of their perception of time, when they finally die they either experience it for years, or are lost in their prediction of what "decades" into the future looks like.

[@youryoutubeyoda]

Imagine spending decades running across the earth and oceans, without stopping for a drink, without eating, without sleeping, without doing literally anything else just to land a single punch to your enemy.

[@KuroTheDesigner]

Kinda makes sense now, if you spend a year walking around the planet, you'd be hungry af after lol I'm surprised he doesn't die from Hunger, wouldn't his body do it's bodily functions at a relatively normal pace? Imagine every time the flash has to run to save someone , he has to take like 3 shits 6 pees and 3 meals cuz it takes him a day to walk from central city to somewhere else

[@kaybee328]

luckily, all the flashes have the plot armor called "the speed force" in literally every modern iteration​@@KuroTheDesigner

[@Ytinasniiable]

It's even harder to imagine because you also have to imagine doing it and not feeling thirsty or sleepy for that time period, your concept of "how long it takes to starve" would warped to hell lmao

[@vukkulvar9769]

@@KuroTheDesignerJust think about it: he would also have to shit every "day" too. Do he shit on the ground? Do he break into people's home to shit?

[@mateushenriquepinheiro3197]

The more science advances, the more we discover the laws of the universe and physics not to mention our own body, as such it becomes less appealing to have super powers like super strength or super speed because we discover the horrible curses that come with them.

[@stachu5049]

When you say you want superspeed, what you really want is time stop and teleportation

[@charles9489]

Sadly the flash is even faster than that.

[@Necromitzu1]

@@charles9489 How could he possibly faster than stopping time? That doesn't even make sense

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

Hiro Nakamura for the win.

[@SalmonRow]

@@Necromitzu1 he literally won a race against people who can teleport

[@lokensicarius9347]

yeah but even they have their own weird hang ups. Time stop could screw with your own time axis an physic's would make no sense, like how would you breath, see? no light hitting your eyes except what you walk into it. Teleportation would be wonkey, like what if someone is standing where you boop too? do you create a implosion from the space you vacated? i donno lol

[@JJ_R]

This whole conversation must be taking up the equivalent of a decade, in Superman & The Flash’s mind.

[@MJ-teamup]

Ouch.

[@Skivv5]

i see you everywhere, we've had whole conversations, how are you always everywhere!?

[@ParaAladin]

a century to the flash

[@deathnote9625]

They can turn on and off they power but i understand the joke.

[@gibusmibus9468]

@@Skivv5 you both have similar interests and end up in the same videos

[@Kyleplaysgames567]

Ironically, if you use superspeed, you need super patience.

[@Maximidos]

“We’re falling apart guys this isn’t sustainable” is so unbelievably funny to me

[@aidangordon2713]

Same. If Perry taught Clark anything, it was solid business sense. *The exact thing this League currently LACKS.*

[@lior1222]

I snorted SO HARD after he said that.

[@That-guy-with-a-croc-profile]

@@lior1222 Mind giving me some of what you're snorting? (This is a joke.)

[@StealthTheFoxz]

​@@That-guy-with-a-croc-profile Maybe he was snorting some of that good ol' GamerSupps! (Use code Solid)

[@justanotheremptychannel2472]

Solid JJ is a fucking comedy genius, someone should pay him handsomely

[@figo3554]

The problem with being faster then light is that you can only live in darkness.

[@blazerplaythrough]

*insert child in sonic costume looking depressed*

[@Notorious_Grey]

Than

[@Muxeroth]

*than

[@HahaFunn1Naem]

*Tahn

[@brandontherabboat4850]

…Unless you allowed the light to catch up.

[@alpinemarten]

"10,127 years, 5 months, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 48.521 seconds have passed down here… While 10 years, 3 months, 4 hours, 45 minutes and 12.852 seconds passed on the overworld… And one million years passed for me, who was built to perceive time 100 times slower…" "What’s more, you’ll vividly remember everything you see and experience…"

[@black_m1n825]

"That's that and this is this"

[@punanilover4934]

Where's this from?

[@mhpmfa]

​​@@punanilover4934 its from a game, its called Library of Ruina

[@everlastingdarkness108]

​@@punanilover4934 its from lobotomy corporation by a robot designed to help you run an scp like facility

[@dagda1180]

​@@punanilover4934From Bleach, I think?

[@freyathedragon899]

I like to imagine that when you have Superspeed your perception accelerates when you activate your abilities, sort of a ‘I’m going into the zone’ type of situation

[@MrDonalds_employee]

I love how green lantern is just fucking sitting there. There’s no light between his eyes.

[@jamesbernardini9063]

Ironic for a guy named LANTERN

[@OniContraverum]

At the end "Is Hal okay?" "I don't think he's breathing" "Fuck"

[@1PercentDaily]

Fitting considering his insanely trash imagination

[@segismundosaulalex3065]

​@@OniContraverum So that's why they have so manny Green Lanterns, they are like Goldfishs

[@brunop.8745]

the lights are on, but nobody is home

[@bigyoshi5170]

To be fair super speed is great for being petty, I mean just ask Thawne

[@brandoncastellano1858]

IT WAS ME, BARRY

[@thecatladytm7172]

​@@brandoncastellano1858 I spoiled all the produce in your fridge!

[@MrDj232]

I changed all your passwords.

[@Smile200-z4y]

I committed credit card fraud by buying several 6.5 graded charizard cards off ebay

[@CyanRooper]

I ruined your credit score.

[@DrAOblivian]

I love how this whole time green lantern is just sitting there staring right at us

[@moharshad6882]

Now his faster is actually a useful powerful that has no consequences

[@trollster7133]

If you stay to the end you get a simple “Is Hal still breathing?” No. No he is not.

[@rosebrosent]

honestly i didn't even notice him

[@ghostriderfrommultiverse1035]

Well thats because superman and flash is talking someone who has superpower and its running or thinking speed, while green lantern actually traveled from earth to sun in minutes

[@kuncorotri5217]

Well, not at me because I'm wearing yellow.

[@pokerus1359]

I think speedsters can usually control how fast their brain processes stuff; this way they can process stuff at a slightly faster pace while moving at super speed, meaning flash can look quick to himself as well, just not as fast. And when I say a little faster, I mean JUST enough so it doesn’t take a whole year.

[@Toxicity1987]

I mean it depends, for example Quicksilvers grumpiness in the comics is due to the fact that everything is extremely slow around him. That makes him very irritable.

[@PaintingWinterMusic]

Everything these days requires higher education. Even if you want to become a superhero, you probably still have to get a PhD to handle your superpowers correctly.

[@uchihabomber1296]

I honestly agree cuz from the looks of it a ton of superheroes are just coincidentally already super smart so their able to actually do more incredible things with their powers compared if it was given to some regular guy like me who would have NO idea how to make a web shooter

[@HellishSpoon]

i mean every super villains seems to own some kind of PHD alot of Doctors you know gotta match up

[@helton3425]

@@uchihabomber1296 that happened in the "What if Flash became Spider-Man" For some reason Madame Web decided not to give Flash the innate capacity to make any type of webshooter. So Flash has to do everything without webshooters

[@subzero112]

this comment alone is why the anime My Hero Academia exists

[@Sewblon]

Think about what getting a PHD actually entails: You must write and publish original research, teach classes, and write a thesis. None of that would really help you learn to handle your super-powers. To become an Olympic swimmer, you need to swim a lot. To become a first rate brain surgeon, you have to actually perform brain surgery. To become a first rate physicist, you need to actually create new physics. To become a speedster, you practice using your super speed. Don't get me wrong, the best paid professions are still doctors, lawyers, and physicists. So if you want to make bank in the real world, then that will usually mean graduate school. But not every skill is best honed by doing a PHD. Not everything is academia or just a watered down version of it. My dad has 2 degrees from Duke University. He works as a proprietary trader. But he says that he doesn't use what he learned in school in his trading. He relies on what he learned working as a clerk for a trading firm.

[@Custerd1]

And can you imagine if you’re in super speed mode and you’re talking to everyone in regular speed? You have to space out your voice in equally slow motion. That alone would drive anyone insane.

[@isiahs9312]

Maybe that is why Thawn was so angry all the time.

[@coletrain41]

​@@isiahs9312 its definitelly the reason why Quicksilver is angry all the time. I remember a page (cant remember the x-men issue) where ends up getting so angry that he starts talking super fast, which he probably didnt even notice. Magneto tells him that nobody can understand him when he does that.

[@JamesCPotter13]

I think there's a show currently that covers this exact thing. A bany was born with super speed and had to learn how to live with her powers. She learned how to speak normally by listening to a recording of her parents and mimicking how slow it sounded to her.

[@halincadenza7165]

They point that out in Invincible with Red Rush

[@emochick6666]

by chance could you tell me the name of the show? @@JamesCPotter13

[@Profile__1]

My head canon for super speed running is that you kinda enter a flow state when traversing huge distances. Kinda like when you're having fun, and sometimes the day just goes by super fast? It's like that. So you don't need to process every single split nanosecond of your run to Antarctica, your brain kinda just enters that "flow state" where you don't notice the time. Also, it would explain why sometimes speedsters fall for the "trip" attacks, like sticking a pole out in front of them or oil spills.

[@azzlackguhnter5635]

I mean,its gotta be that way Otherwise that would mean that they would willingly trip over something and eat massive shit due to falling to the ground with super speed momentum

[@Basedbrawler]

Also I think there’s a way to regulate how much they’re aware of when speeding. Look at A Train in the Boyz, bro accidentally killed Hughies girlfriend by running too fast, don’t you think he would’ve avoided her if he was seeing everything in normal speed in his POV? My guess is it’s like acceleration in general, if they want to notice what’s going on around they can, but they can also just yeet themselves around at high speeds just for the hell of it

[@kiwik3313]

​@@Basedbrawlerexactly my thoughts

[@Blox117]

the only way to resolve it is that it doesnt exist

[@syppy7416]

That makes the most sense

[@VastDisappointment]

I like how the flash is sitting there watching and smiling there the whole time.

[@Spoougle]

“I’ll figure it out” is the tagline for any man in a bad situation.

[@user-uo8mx3cv5k]

in other words "fuck it, we ball"

[@HC-qx7kf]

He has that dog in him

[@ItsMeThatGamer]

The Flash is just thugging it out

[@steveweast475]

Samurai Jack: I always find a way

[@assfuckerthejointpounder5834]

"O o okay then, killing a tiger bare handed" "Ill figure it out" T h r o a t

[@xXFuzzeeXx]

I feel like percieving things in slow motion is the speedster equivalent of "you are now breathing manually". Like, you draw attention to their perception of time and suddenly everything is super slow until they stop thinking about it.

[@samueldimmock694]

Yeah, just making them perceive the world slowly wouldn't work because it would be impossible for them to interact with normal-speed people. I think something like increasing the maximum speed at which they can think and react is probably the way to go, most of the time, and the thing about time slowing down for them is basically the same thing that some normal people experience during extreme adrenaline rushes, but with a much, much higher baseline.

[@Dexuz]

Except if that happened to them mid-action they'd fuck everything up. The equivalent of us getting distracted and sometimes feeling as if you've skipped time, that's a real phenomenon, when alert, our reaction time speeds up, and thus time slows down for our brain, the opposite for when we're off-guard. If this logic applied, Superman could get distracted mid-flight and before he realizes it he's buried 2 miles under a mountain.

[@samueldimmock694]

@@Dexuz I could totally see something like that happening, though.

[@dizmodiamond790]

i like this take, its actually feasible

[@FractalSpaces]

OH COME ON

[@TheWaffleEdits]

“Does the speed apply to all aspects of life? If it does, think about dead puppies. A LOT of dead puppies.” -Cisco Ramone (The Flash)

[@archivist_13]

I don't remember that quote lol

[@subzero112]

pov while cisco ramone and flash are talking they're going insane from how slow everything is

[@subzero112]

​@epsithe flash: who are you? and why do you look like a bootleg captain America?

[@paulb5571]

This was early in the series, when Barry was dating for the first time since getting his powers. It was a reference to a common joke about how the Flash was too "fast" in bed. He was worried about how his powers would affect him during the date and their minds naturally jumped to that scenario.

[@davidhong1934]

@@subzero112 *Flash:* Wait a minute (actually several hours in Speedster time), why am I talking to a Marvel character without incurring trademark infringement?

[@SpecificVoice]

Bruce with super speed would literally be Bruce with prep time

[@xandertreelimb]

Fun fact: there is a bug called the tiger beetle, which has the ability to run at 5.6 miles per hour(which is incredibly fast for a tiny guy). This bug could easily be the flash of the insect world, except for the fact that it moves so fast that its brain literally can’t process where it’s moving, so it has to stop before it does anything.

[@catbatrat1760]

Cool!

[@Hyperdisk]

Tiger Beetles are cool

[@logicplague]

Wow, that's a design flaw lol

[@Motorata661]

Evolution is great at making things that survive. Improving beyond that isn't its strong suit@@logicplague

[@melvinfranco2142]

​@YuckFouTubeXLunatic.

[@FrankM]

2:56 "We're falling apart guys. This isn't sustainable." An apt description about the DCU.

[@B-52H]

Considering Aquaman 2 is the last movie that is set in the DCU yeah superman is too late the DCU os already gone.

[@faidzeelhisyamhattar2133]

Self-Deletion Squad seems unsustainable too.

[@super8bitable]

@@B-52HThe original one is the DCEU. The DCU is the new one with Superman Legacy.

[@B-52H]

@@super8bitable yeah my bad

[@frozenfactory04]

@@faidzeelhisyamhattar2133Nobody was saying it was looking sustainable, you’re fighting ghost dude.

[@FleezyFliits]

To be fair, Batman would probably be the one person who would actually never get tired of super speed, since he would just keep being the edgelord lone wolf detective that he always is, but just faster.

[@badbloodkiller3471]

He's Batman, brooding at the speed of light!

[@jonathanprisbrey9473]

That's probably would be a problem Billionaire Bruce Wayne is growing gray at 27! And if that did not happen I imagine his mental state would massively deteriorate because without a regular day night cycle time as Bruce Wayne to distract him from being Batman he would probably lose his mind as he would gain the power to put himself entirely in his work

[@genisisbeing]

right up until he has to take notes or test something. like theoretically with speed force he could solve all crime but realistically he has to wait for somputers to run and so wild shit would happen

[@badbloodkiller3471]

@@genisisbeing Ha! True, Flash commented saying a super computer was too slow.

[@kekero540]

@@jonathanprisbrey9473ngl I think this would be a great comic series, just have Batman destroy himself when he gets the flashes powers because he’s just that much of a workaholic and mentally deranged.

[@lemonadesnake]

2:25 shinji?

[@tenokats]

i can never escape this damned anime

[@Mono_Autophobic]

​@@tenokatshuh?

[@daviddamasceno6063]

Reminds me that story where Supergirl stood still for litteral centures so she could fight a villan that could go back in time. Everytime he tried to escape to the past, she was there. Amazing from the readers perspective, but I can't even imagine how it must have been from hers.

[@melvinfranco2142]

She must have been waiting at regular time.

[@zeeb2190]

im confused how'd she get to him in the past if she was just standing there

[@melvinfranco2142]

@@zeeb2190 You have to trust their science at this point.

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@zeeb2190 Supergirl traveled back in time, and then just stood still until modern time as way of trapping time travelling villains. That way, if they ever travelled back in time, she would be there to stop them.

[@whochecksthis]

@@SergeantExtremewhat the everloving fugg? Seriously? What an INSANE solution…

[@Slayerthecrow]

Now the drawback of super strength explaining by Superman form JLU "I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard. Always taking constant care not to break something. To break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control, even for a moment, or someone could die."

[@hipstercaden7739]

"What we have here is a rare occasion for me to cut loose, to show you just how powerful I really am." *proceeds to absolutely body Darkseid in the most epic punch of all time*

[@hoki0624]

At least you have some measure of control over it, and super strength is the easiest superpower to master. Now, mind reading on the other hand, is absolutely terrifying to me.

[@rorschac009oo8]

​@hoki0624 it's still a pain in yhe ass to control tho. Ever had to carefully handle origami crafts or something so fragile it would deform or break with the lightest force? You would need to walk on eggshells for your whole life without going insane

[@hafirenggayuda]

​@@hipstercaden7739"But you can take it, can you big man?"

[@Tylerjms7]

Best quote ever

[@ElectricalMatthew]

It’s interesting how Green lantern is just sitting there completely silent and I’ve never thought about how super speed could be a terrible power

[@jawaunw1]

The funny thing is Green Lantern does have super speed with the ring on so he's probably just out of it

[@generaldemon2730]

3:14 😂

[@affegpus4195]

This is super friends green lantern. He doesn't do much

[@Kaszkieciorz_TG]

He wouldn 't expierience the same thing. Ring transports him and puts him in coma for longer flights

[@Marvelfanatic3658]

If you go to the very end they try to see if Hal's ok and Bruce says "I don't think he's breathing..."

[@shavellyn]

The ending is killing me 3:14

[@dabatman5187]

I just rewatched this and realized Hal in fact, didn’t say a thing. My head canon is that’s just a cardboard cutout or something

[@bumpersincapped]

didn't he laugh with everyone else

[@BurgerSoup]

For Green Lantern's voice they got the actor who plays him in the Justice League movie!

[@clumsypanda7433]

Laughs in lack of voice actor.

[@kingbash6466]

Superman: What if you actually were dying? Like what was your plan? Flash: I'd figure it out. The craziest thing about it is that Flash can and has found was to cheat death multiple times.

[@ronaldshelby]

Yeah by out running it and sometimes throwing it down a rather deep hole.

[@jackofclubs6229]

Man has a whole arc about seeing DEATH APPROACHING and decided to best solution is to RUN FROM IT and it _WORKS_

[@fromtheotherguy3284]

so much so that death had to create a speedster just for him (and others)

[@vex6298]

one of those, is that when a speedster dies, speedforce will just reform their bodies inside of the speedforce, even tho it takes sometime he will still comeback to life, hopefully he CAN die of old age, otherwise speedforce is never going to stop bringing the mback

[@thecollector4753]

​@@fromtheotherguy3284And then Wally West proceeded to run *to the literal end of time* so he could outrun it.

[@SomeGuyOnThisPlatform]

There’s also the fact that Flash has to eat a bunch of food a day to even stay alive which means he has to ingest the same amount of food daily not to mention the massive amount of cash he would be spending on the food.

[@mscomies]

He could just steal it. Not like anyone could stop him and it's for the greater good and all that.

[@wingspantt]

​@@mscomies he could also just eat expired food. His body can digest it faster than mold and bacteria can even enter his cells

[@LaffyTaffy04]

That's only when they first get their powers. Once they properly tap into the speed force, it doesn't effect them unless they really push it. Running super fast becomes less like running a sprint and more like flying a kite and you're the kite.

[@affsteak3530]

There is no way The Flash has to pay for food anywhere in Central or Keystone City.

[@PopeMical]

​@@mscomiesits the flash, he might honestly rather starve then regularly steal food to live. He's the buying majority of the food he's eating.

[@Last_Strawman]

The fact that this is actually cannon fact to the flash is crazy.

[@fergalosanchez7675]

Flash comforting eating and assuming he’s going to die and then randomly feeling better lmao

[@emcat52]

This reminds me of Metroman's flashback in Megamind where he used his superspeed to clear his head and you do see him sitting down and reading a book

[@spacevagabond4017]

He even stopped for a snack at a restaurant (still with the book). Guy literally read that book end to end, probably in several places throughout the city.

[@22Tesla]

​@@spacevagabond4017 Yeah, and not just that book as he had multiple books out at the time.

[@AlbionIronGuy]

@@spacevagabond4017 This reminds me of when Superman read every medical book ever written in seven seconds

[@NiskiNiski555]

Hey man could you make a sketch about the justice league revealing their identities and everyone is just underwhelmed by Clark just being a reporter while Barry is a scientist, Hal is a pilot and Bruce is a billionaire? I can picture your voices with this idea perfectly

[@danner.l4484]

Liking this to the top

[@stevenscott2136]

"Hey, I'm a Pulitzer-Prize investigative journalist! I put crooked politicians in jail and save lives!" "Okay, but you're still just typing for a living. You can see how uncool that looks." "Like you can talk, Mr. Send All My Samples to the FBI Lab and Go To Lunch Early." "Hey, it's not my fault CCPD has budget issues! I've put in a requisition for a gas chromatograph six years in a row." "Did you ask for the Chromatech 3200? That's what I have in the Batcave. Nice machine. I'll send you the specs for a couple of mods, if they ever get you one." "Well, let's be honest here -- test pilot is clearly the coolest job." "Don't astronauts tend to come out of that?" "Yes! Lots of them. Armstrong, Glenn, the whole Original Seven, in fact." "So what did you do to FAIL at becoming an astronaut? I mean, you only have your job at Ferris because your boss thinks you're hot." "I've seen Hal fly a jet -- adequate but not impressive. Dick and Tim are both at least as good, and Tim is half Hal's age." "Did you just name your sidekicks? Isn't that a secret?" "Oh crap."

[@ta_pegandofogo]

Bump

[@ta_pegandofogo]

Bump

[@ta_pegandofogo]

Bump

[@PrincessMatrix]

The Speed Force is basically DC's out to a lot of the logistical issues the Flash presents. It basically does allow him to speed up or slow down his perception of time, it lets him move at super speed without burning all his clothing off, it lets him hold people and run without them getting super whiplash, etc, so the world isn't always in slow motion for him. As for Superman, yeah, he just has to deal with it.

[@The_guy907]

one of my favorite super hero quotes from super man is when he says he feels like he's living in a world made out of paper that he has to constantly be careful to not break and that he's grateful to dark side cause now he finally has someone he can cut loose with and go all out against

[@miguelrobb5719]

@@The_guy907he says “I feel like I live in a world made out of cardboard “

[@Doddleproductions]

You’re a seasonal super hero.

[@goofyboyjoi]

And you... your weakness is the color yellow?

[@momodu3247]

Yu'ore*

[@canoafurada9499]

iul'arrrgh*

[@Stxr45]

@@goofyboyjoiwait are you serious ?

[@decmyster9101]

​@@Stxr45Yeah so what? If a meteor is crashing down to earth I'd like to see you stop it

[@louaidz1929]

Speed Force, I ain't gotta explain shit

[@grapesoda4281]

real

[@zelky1394]

"Fuck you" - Speedforce, 2014

[@sr.brigadeiro7718]

based

[@DraconianBS]

Flash writers in a nutshell

[@jonathanprisbrey9473]

Good news is that it probably could explain this by just saying less speed force went to the mind or he could control how much speed force went to the brain so that way he could underclock like a computer

[@bastionunitb7388]

It's like that horror story where this guy takes an experimental drug that's supposed to help you think faster. At first it's great and he has these inhuman reactions. But he takes a Xanax which causes it to ramp up to the point where he's experiencing thousands of years in mere seconds and just goes absolutely insane.

[@Valendran874]

Love that one.

[@JM-mh1pp]

Title...please

[@athath2010]

@@JM-mh1pp If you’re armed at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me there's a really good sfm animation for it on youtube

[@leyrua]

​@@JM-mh1pp I would like to know the title of this as well.

[@pearlpixel]

@@JM-mh1pp It's called: "If You're Armed and at the Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me".

[@NaveeSeal]

Flash's predicament is the premise to the creepypasta "If You're Armed And At The Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me"

[@luckytrap897]

"The worst power" That one mutant whos only power is he can kill himself (via explosion)

[@justnoob8141]

Motherfucker is wild mage but all he got on surge table is level 36 Fireball

[@GeorgeMonet]

I'd feel like that is the power you use as soon as you find out about it because you just want to see what will happen when you do.

[@udaykadam5455]

Remember when flash was processing and moving through auto-second, well, he basically outlived the age of the universe several times. Imagine outliving the universe for every millisecond for minutes, hours or something. It could also be considered as the worst punishment ever devised

[@weeblordgaming6062]

Ah yes Osama prime Bin super laden

[@MetalHopper]

Bro thinks he is Vegeta

[@Maswartz226]

This is literally the reason Quicksilver gives for being in a bad mood all the time.

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Also Red Rush from Invincible

[@affsteak3530]

"Imagine your entire life is waiting in line at the post office for stamps behind the slowest person ever. That's my entire life." 90s X-Factor was great.

[@adambump5297]

I mean it makes sense.

[@stonefree7973]

I love the fact Sanderson addressed this in Mistborn with Sliders and Steelrunners. A Slider is a blur to anyone outside of their super speed bubbles, but a Slider is actually just walking around or changing clothes. Anything outside of the bubble is moving in slow motion. A Steelrunner blitzes people, but from the speedster’s perspective they’re taking a walk.

[@cara-seyun]

Do we see a Steelrunner’s perspective? Closest I remember is when Sazed taps steel for a short burst

[@SamJNE122]

It does help that those are powers that they explicitly turn on and off; rather than just constantly having them.

[@Federico-mj3si]

​@@cara-seyunWayne in Era 2, I'm quite sure we see his perspective a few times

[@cara-seyun]

@@Federico-mj3si he’s not a steelrunner

[@haldalas]

There’s a moment showing a steel runner at the same time Wayne is using his powers and they’re both just moving regularly while everyone else is slow. That’s the closest I think we have to seeing their perspective

[@ksaraf23]

You see, THIS is what I enjoy most about superhero stories. Not the epic battles, but the guys just sitting at the the table talking about their powers and contemplating the really hard questions.

[@arcee2499]

This skit made me recall of a plot hole in Boboiboy. In the episode where a girl named Ying who has the power of super speed ran all the way to the North Pole to get some ice for the coffee shop and she also took the penguin from there as well for proof that she actually ran to the North Pole. Couple seasons later, a new alien villain found out that her power wasn't running super fast but she instead, slow down time and just ran at normal pace. I guess going to the North Pole might have shaved off a few years of her life.

[@DkKombo]

It coupd be a perception thing. Like, she just ran, and at the same time she experienced herself doing it at that rate of super speed instead of like just slowing it down. Hmmm a slowing ability that acts like super speed...interesting.

[@HS-ts5wf]

​@@DkKombo While in theory slowing down time and running super fast that time looks slow to you would look the same to the outside perspective, one has the insane disadvantage of aging you years every time you use your powers.

[@sirnikkel6746]

How in the hell you get penguins from the NORTH pole

[@arcee2499]

@@sirnikkel6746Idk, it's been a while since I've watched the show, and I usually get mixed up between the North and South Pole

[@spacevagabond4017]

I mean, me and some others have often stated/joked that The Flash family may as well be chronokinetics. To use Reverse Flash as a morally bankrupt, yet limits free example: he's stolen people's speed, making them freeze in place as living, unaging statues (all while they were aware of everything going on around them, the sadistic bastard); he's sped up people's aging, and also has stolen people's youth for himself, assuming there aren't times when he's basically halted his aging (cue him surviving despite a massive hole through his head); and of course, he and other speedsters have travelled backwards and forwards through time, though RF remains the one one to basically become a living paradox.

[@tropicalbreeze1164]

Being able to control all your levels of speed at any point super speed? Best thing ever Being stuck at "max speed" at all times super speed, HELL

[@mr.cantplayaninstrument8402]

well i mean it's established here that even having to go to the other side of the earth would suck having to walk (or jog) a distance, of which a plane would normally take days, hella sucks

[@LEOODARTHVADER2]

​@@mr.cantplayaninstrument8402 unless you also perceive things fast, that way you're essentially teleporting

[@Dexuz]

@@LEOODARTHVADER2 If you perceive things super fast, then time effectively slows down, that's what it means. And we experience this throughout our daily lives, when we're distracted, time flies, as our brain slows down its processing, the opposite happens when we're alert.

[@SammyRenard]

True story: when the fifth harry potter book came out the french translation was exactly 960 pages long, and I read the entire thing in exactly 24 hours, not sleeping that night. Today I remember nothing about it other than "it's the one that sirius black dies in"

[@crypticlol]

excuse me... 960 pages long?

[@SammyRenard]

@@crypticlolRight? and it wasn't a pocket book either

[@crypticlol]

@@SammyRenard damn how didn't you get insane?

[@SammyRenard]

@@crypticlol The fact I went through the book like that should tell you how much of a HP fan I was back then lol

[@crypticlol]

@@SammyRenard bro, it's fucking 960 pages I think you aren't understanding my point

[@ianfinrir8724]

I did some quick math, and it would take Flash just under one year (roughly 330 days) to walk around the Earth by his perspective.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

Probably longer. He would have to stock up on food became there is none for huge swaths of territory. He would have to haul it somehow because there's no way for him to carry all that food and water. Meaning he would "borrow" bikes and carts of some kind, along with "borrowing" food itself. Oh, and of course he would have to sleep every day, making his journey longer.

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@NJ-wb1cz I said the math was quick, I didn't say it was accurate.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@ianfinrir8724 I did some quick reading and I agree with you, you do look like a pterodactyl

[@generaldemon2730]

Love how at 3:14 they finally acknowledge how hal hasn't spoken a single time 😂

[@Tea-sz5jb]

I never saw the ending but even I was wondering if people were gonna talk about that

[@Dovorans]

Come on Superman, you don't have to read all 500 pages of the manual, we put an index in there for a reason!

[@khalifazizb6121]

Unless the index clearly marks the disarm section, and the "how to disarm even after someone has absolutely tampered with any and every component" section...

[@GeorgeMonet]

Maybe he wanted to be prepared for the next time he had to disarm a different bomb.

[@fairystail1]

@@GeorgeMonet also best to double/triple check everythig cause if you make a mistake then Metropolis will look like a slightly better Gotham

[@ianyoder2537]

Man has the will power to make a whole journey around the earth without food or water just to punch a guy. Just give him the green lantern ring.

[@CuppaLLX]

Blue. He got the hope ring

[@roto361]

Does that mean that when they are talking, flash and superman have to be really patient and speak very slowly from their perspective?

[@_w.a.l.t]

I’m a Virgo handled this scenario perfectly

[@CZ-PC]

@@_w.a.l.t Noone cares.

[@quixote_7]

the part where flash zones out is actually canon. sometimes his power just kicked on. it happened while he was having a conversation and It felt like talking to someone for hours in slomo

[@moosevelt9148]

>Batman arriving at the nuke about to go off "Somedays you just can't get rid of a bomb" >leaves >superman arrives a minute later

[@subzero112]

>superman reads a book on how to disarm a bomb and while it looks like he's reading it super fast it actually takes him an hour to finish reading the book

[@unprolifictoad6899]

@@subzero112 What kind of book do you read that takes an hour? Those are small books with a 100 pages maximum. And you pretty much do not understand everything. He most likely spends at least half a day reading everything really slowly to make sure he does not screw up by forgetting one thing. So multiple reads are even possible.

[@almondmagnum8604]

@@subzero112 What if no one's written a book on how to disarm the particular bomb that's about to explode? Or what if it's all online? It's not like typing super-fast will give the internet super-speed.

[@Ripplistic]

@@subzero112A hour? It’ll take days for me to read this Honda Civic manual.

[@subzero112]

WHY IS EVERYONE BITCHING AT ME ABOUT MY COMMENT?? it was just a comment bro

[@tahaj3022]

Reminds me of an episode of Cyborg 009 called “Frozen Time” where Joe’s Accelerator malfunctions which causes the world to be frozen in time as he waits for his body to slow down, and he spends the entire episode trying to keep his sanity as he is unable to interact with anyone or anything.

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

Glad someone else mentioned this episode.

[@KrazyStargazer]

I was thinking of that to. Crazy to think how Super Speed would be kinda terrifying in that way

[@infiniteraide1642]

Kind of reminds me of that other episode in Penguins of Madagascar that had a somewhat similar plot, only this time with two people and the cause for the freeze to be undone was gum

[@Lans32485]

Or the episode of Dexter's lab where he builds a speed suit to get things done faster...only to have to deal with the fact that everything else is still moving normally. Like he goes to take a shower and he has to wait for enough water to come out to even just wash off.

[@MintJammer]

Oh yea, member that one. He has to watch a fire kill people because he's going so fast, he'll explode their flesh like a ant slapped against the wall from the slightest touch. He even disintegrates a paper sheet in a test for how much heat he's generating so we're saved from the image.

[@shreeshayelameli]

I know this is just a silly sketch, but this is actually great dialogue. The interruptions, the stammering, and the phrasing. Just amazing work. Keep it up!

[@BloxTheMvp]

It's funny how Flash does have a villain that, instead of using the speed force, can speed up or slow down his own personal time, so he would have to go through this every time he wants to keep up with Barry

[@one8119]

Zoom?

[@BloxTheMvp]

@@one8119 I think his name was Paradox

[@NerdStreetBoys]

The Turtle

[@Deathwing2788]

@@BloxTheMvpor was it Reverse Flash?

[@dialdude3770]

Hunter Zolomon: the Reverse Flash after Eobard Thawne.

[@yaloolah42]

The song "Seems So Slow/The Ballad of Barry Allen" actually is all about this. It's actually a whole song from Barry's POV that brings up this existential crisis... and how everything else seems slow to him and he can't connect with people.

[@spacevagabond4017]

"When things change in an instant, it's almost fast enough for me." is simultaneously the biggest flex of Flash's powers, while also the most tragic cry for help one could imagine.

[@hexry1139]

Thank you for making me discover such a great song

[@kiwithecartographer2218]

Thank you, I checked this song out and I loved it!

[@gepettogreco]

"We're falling apart guys, this isn't sustainable." I'm cutting that out as a forum weapon, it's amazing.

[@deadbeef576]

Woah look at this guy Forums I havent heard that word in a decade

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

​@@deadbeef576 they've actually had a major resurgence in the past couple years

[@Briskeeen]

You know you're just gonna get ignored if you unironically use that as a "weapon"

[@ChibiTails]

I don't know why, but the way Flash comes in at 1:15 with "Yeah, I can speak to that" just seems so good to me somehow. Despite how ABSURD this situation is, it somehow feels like a natural discussion.

[@dragenfire68]

A justice league episode touched on this once. The flash dreamed he kept getting faster and faster until the whole world just stopped moving even when he was standing still.

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

You mean the show before JLU? Which episode was it?

[@willchurch8376]

@@ibrahimihsan2090 It's got to be the one with Dr. Destiny, that's the one where he trapped them all in dream worlds except for Batman. Who pulled into Starbucks to order a triple espresso or something.

[@willchurch8376]

@@ibrahimihsan2090 According to Dr. Destiny's page on fandom, the episode was called 'Only a Dream'.

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

@@willchurch8376 Oh? Yeah that episode was creepy to say the least. Yeah, I am starting to remember Flash's dream. Wasn't that more like time froze for him?

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

@@willchurch8376 Yeah, I rewatched that scene on KZbin. It was exactly how I described it.

[@dazzlethestar151]

2:45 C: "And what if you actually were dying? Like what was your plan?" B: "I'd figure it out." Love the confidence Barry.

[@Artemas_16]

"Oh, sweet, innocent Barry"

[@constantdemonics]

when the flash is running long distance he’s actually working just off autopilot. So he’s thinking at a regular humans pace but his instincts are keeping him from dying.

[@Devonte-w8o]

Thats a good way to make this not horrible. Just say that he's doing all the things he would've chosen just not having to bother waiting through all of it and actually having super speed

[@MrSluFa]

That means flash is the fastest talker ever but he can’t show it because it looks normal from the outside

[@kadelin3318]

I've always had this thought where a speedster is waiting for something to happen but because it's so slow compared to him he gets distracted and misses it.

[@super8bitable]

Just like me fr 💀

[@spacevagabond4017]

The song "The Ballad of Barry Allen" actually explores this, and some of the lyrics mention how he moves on to the next crime because people thanking him or even blinking seems so slow.

[@garrtoons4303]

0:55 SOMEDAYS YOU JUST CAN'T GET RID OF A BOMB Moment.

[@ultimapower6950]

But why would you wanna get rid of one in the first place?

[@SirsasthNigam.]

1:47 I had this thought morning that Flash can't run all time , if he walks , he still is fast enough and takes less time to stop and momentum and consumes less energy overall

[@wooptydo6241]

Walking might take more energy than running at super speeds because of the shorter strides that need to happen way more rapidly. Then again I don’t know how the speed force works, the answer changes depending upon whether physics apply at normal speed or super speed.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

at walking , you won't have to stop abruptly@@wooptydo6241

[@spacevagabond4017]

I mean let's face it: if he isn't fighting another speedster, it's the more practical thing to do. When everything is frozen or slow-mo around you at base, there realistically shouldn't be anything for him fear or push himself for. Heck, using basic physics (force = mass x acceleration), him lightly poking someone would be like getting hit by a prime Tyson at his worst, but more likely akin to a bullet or car on average. Only real counter to it is, again, another speedster, or someone who's nigh indestructible.

[@ryancasey9763]

This felt so realistic of a conversation omg hahah

[@lilacdragon44]

2:23 The “Kubrick Stare” is one of Stanley Kubrick’s most recognizable directorial techniques, a method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that the character in question is at the peak of their derangement.

[@spacevagabond4017]

While I doubt superheroes would have been Kubrick's preferred subject to make a movie for, I do think he would be amused by the idea of a Flash or time traveller type of character that perceived the world slowly.

[@liu3chan]

Kubrick did it but the anime added the fisheye lens effect. It's like one of the most used anime tropes.

[@numatruehome100]

2:38 flash being ambiguous about this answer is dark as hell

[@johno1544]

Seen a few comics with quick silver where he always processes info at super speed and conversations with normal people are excruciatingly painful for him.

[@genevievedisemelo5584]

thats what it feels like to have a high iq whilst having both autism and adhd. sometimes i understand the evil robots who berate humans and call them worthless. like please, as much as yes; each person faces their own struggle you are literally creating a new struggle for me to face by complaining about you having to wait in line CHANDLER! (the nuance of my legitimate suffering, is too well... nuanced for me to explain, but summarised im considering selling my soul to the devil [designing weapons for the us government]. and my morality is being challenged by humanity everyday, picture an oppenheimer who knows exactly where his weapons will be used) but anywho being smart sucks especially when your brain chemicals literally work differently than other humans. it is difficult to view my as human sometimes and oh no i've rambled "DAMN YOU AUTISM!!"

[@tronicalli7587]

There are 2 kinds of super speed. 1; "I see the world in slow motion." And 2; "My brain and body can process information and react at very high speeds as well as move incredibly fast."

[@lalalei2001]

The Flash having to eat a lot cause of being so fast was actually a thing Wally West had to do back in the 80s and 90s. He really loved...FAST FOOD! XD

[@Voxenov]

It might be that way for Clark but the Speed Force doesn't only work like this. Barry is capable of decelerating his higher brain functions the same way he is able to accelerate them and he can manipulate how they factor in to his motor and speech functions at will. He's also been seen cononicaly moving at a speedster pace while communicating with non-speedsters. The speed reading bit sounds solid though, can't separate the mind from itself.

[@smugdarkly]

It honestly just depends on the writer. There's even a comic in which Superman consciously adjusts his senses to those of Flash and the entire room stands still.

[@obsidianfrost9514]

They were having lunch and also needed to have a private conversation. They accelerated their perception to have that conversation and then sat there for a bit longer before leaving so as to not freak out the other pateeons

[@udaykadam5455]

Moving at speedster pace and talking with non speedsters doesn't actually make sense. He can slow down or fasten his talking speed, but non speedsters can't

[@Voxenov]

@udaykadam5455 you can say that all you want but you're wrong, it's already happened canonically.

[@Voxenov]

@udaykadam5455 I'm just rereading that and I never suggested non speedsters can manipulate their rate of speech so you clearly missed my point.

[@sosomadman]

1:24 that final frame with flash looking glum killed it 😂

[@VAFLEG]

2:50 -Apart guys -Sustainable ඞ

[@purplelibraryguy8729]

I did this hike/pilgrimage thing called "The Camino" a couple years ago, and I can testify that walking just a few hundred km takes weeks and is just a massive slog. Really put into perspective for me what it would feel like to do some of these "long distances in a moment" stunts. If I had super-speed I would really need a portable extra-dimensional storage thing, so I could bring stacks of books with me everywhere. "Wow, you ran from New York to San Francisco in a second?!" "Yeah, and I read the whole Wheel of Time, Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events while I was doing it."

[@spacevagabond4017]

I guess Quicksilver (in the movies that is) kind of gets around it by essentially having super speed in super speed. A bee's wings slowly move while he's moving at a "normal" pace, but then he can start zipping around like Dash from The Incredibles while everything is slowed down on top of that. They don't really delve into if he needs to eat more like Flash, but he seems to get along well enough (when he isn't screwed by bad writing).

[@samueldimmock694]

Ah, but running super fast isn't the same thing as walking while everything else is in slow motion. It's the same thing as running while everything else is in slow motion, except that you don't run out of energy for some reason and can probably make much tighter turns than should be physically possible even at normal running speed (or at least the Flash can, but that's because he runs too fast for anyone to enforce the laws of physics). It's easier to run without thinking and not get bored than it is to walk without thinking and not get bored.

[@KylarStern244]

@@spacevagabond4017 Which is funny cause I love when that happens with Quicksilver, I hate when it happens with CW The Flash. The scene : Barry and Jessie Quick currently in Flashtime, exposition, Jessie has to run off to get Jay Garrick. As theyre already moving at super speed and we're seeing it from their pov (everything else stopped in time) then Jessie should just, jog away, or sprint away. Nope. She *super speeds away* literally becomes a streak of lightning *mid flash time* which makes her just exponentially faster. If shes going 'speedster looks like a blur to a normal person' to a speedster? Just whuh? Thats too fast for their to ever be an issue ever agai:- ooooohhhh thats why they wrote her out.... I always viewed Quicksilvers as him...idk almost staying in hyperspeed or w.e, but accelerating and decelerating, which as is powers are kinda vague in the movies, is fine. But when CW goes into so much (albeit useless) power explanation etc, it falls on its face rather spectacularly.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

¿El camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela?

[@purplelibraryguy8729]

@@AlfredoPuente8 Yes, that's the one.

[@arcanefury3666]

That whole," i felt like I was dying thing," reminds of how i will never get over the fact i once skipped eating for like 2-3 days, went for a walk, on the way back i was thinking," man, my eyes are weirdly heavy." Then i got home raided the snack drawer, ate whatever was in there, took a nap, and i woke up feeling pretty good.

[@LilacMonarch]

how do you just casually skip eating for 2-3 days

[@arcanefury3666]

@@LilacMonarch by the time i realised i was hungry it was late and i thought, "whelp might aswell eat something tomorrow," 2 days in a row.

[@davidalejandrogomezfernand2730]

.... Dude​@@arcanefury3666

[@CommenterMr922]

I remember going through a similar situation. I think I was so self-starved that I got a food high from the unintentional fasting being broken. Idk how long I went without food, but I felt inhuman with my ability to eat nothing for so long.

[@android19willpwn]

@@LilacMonarch sometimes you just forget

[@Jarakin]

"Two hundred and fifty nine days Bruce." "What?" "That's how long it takes to walk around the world Bruce. Two hundred and fifty nine days. I hit Braniac ten times with that in our last fight. Two thousand five hundred and ninety days. Seven years. Alone. No rest. No distractions. Nothing but walking alone through a silent statue garden for *years*. You dare ask me what I would do if I was actually dying Clark? DO YOU REALLY THINK I FEAR DEATH?"

[@brunokopte1347]

I'd become a very ardent believer after the first month, chanting all th time: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..."

[@assfuckerthejointpounder5834]

The great equalizer effects all men.

[@theflash-lx8pb]

LOVE the reference to the episode of "divided we fall" from jlu!! but i like to imagine that superspeed doesnt actually work like this 😅

[@villain9482]

I get the joke but to be fair. The Flash actually does see things super fast and he has super reactions. It's not taking long for him.

[@fairystail1]

its worth adding, his stamina is fucking incredible too. Imagine being physically capablof walking that distance

[@Insightfill]

0:14 "Just believe me, Bruce." Really, CLARK?! Are we using real names now?

[@josedavidgonzalezramirez7411]

Yeah? It’s not like there are strangers around lmao.

[@mikesdynasty1]

They're all strange from time to time to be fair