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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17951: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:35:39 PM

[up][up] Katchin. It's dense as fuck.

edited 2nd Jun '15 1:36:47 PM by unnoun

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#17952: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:36:40 PM

That was only introduced at the tail end of the series. And it might not be a good material for clothes being metal an all.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17953: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:36:58 PM

You put it in the clothes.

We have characters that can literally make clothing from nothing.

Piccolo could singlehandedly run a goddamned Martial Arts Supply store.

edited 2nd Jun '15 1:39:01 PM by unnoun

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#17954: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:39:20 PM

But the clothes are still fabric.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17955: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:40:37 PM

That's how weighted training clothes have always worked.

Goku's wristbands had bits of metal in the fabric.

And Piccolo's shoulder pad thing.

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#17956: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:41:32 PM

Because gravity training does the same thing better.

edited 2nd Jun '15 1:42:04 PM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17957: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:42:33 PM

Weight is a function of mass times the acceleration of gravity.

Doing both wouldn't be difficult.

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#17958: Jun 2nd 2015 at 1:58:56 PM

Why do both when you can just turn up the gravity?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17959: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:05:32 PM

Goku has worn the weights while training in advanced gravity.

I'd assume there are benefits to combining them. If you can move at high speeds while wearing the weights in 300 times earth's gravity, then imagine how much of a beast you'd be without them in normal gravity.

As for Katchin, we don't know enough about it to know if it'd be good for weighed material in clothing. Goku did seem to briefly react when Supreme Kai tossed it to him, but he was able to throw it easily enough, so it might not actually be very heavy.

Now, it's quality as armour however, might be higher.

edited 2nd Jun '15 2:05:52 PM by HandsomeRob

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#17961: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:11:37 PM

Yeah, Goku had no problem with throwing a two cubic meters of the stuff so a shirt made out of it would be no problem. Hell, I couldn't throw two cubic meters of clothe.

[up]Why are those character assigned as Super Sayian 4 Goku and Videl?

edited 2nd Jun '15 2:13:21 PM by Shlugo_the_great

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#17962: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:19:30 PM

This thread moves so fast.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17963: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:21:26 PM

[up][up]

To specifically mess with your head.

[up]

Then you need both weighted clothes training and gravity training. You gotta speed up.

edited 2nd Jun '15 2:21:57 PM by HandsomeRob

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#17964: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:27:10 PM

Should only take you four months.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#17965: Jun 2nd 2015 at 2:49:58 PM

And in that time, we'll be even farther.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#17966: Jun 2nd 2015 at 3:53:19 PM

Does anyone in this series have normal hair?

It seems like everyone's either bald or has an extreme case of Anime Hair.

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Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#17967: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:08:15 PM

God i hate sexism discussions. Only thing they actually do is make me wish Toriyama never bothered introducing any women into the series at all. Have it be a dickfest like Jojo. Show a woman losing or being weak? "Oh my god so sexist"! This logic is what causes shows like Korra and Fairy Tale to exist and be so terrible.

Anyway, Super Saiyan God, unlike Ten, was useful in that it was what convinced Beerus to only destroy a part of Earth instead of the whole.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17968: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:09:49 PM

[up] I think I disagree with every single thing you said in that post.

This is some kind of record. I'm actually impressed.

Although, well, I've never actually seen Fairy Tale, so. I guess I don't have an opinion there. Nevermind.

And not being interested in telling stories about women doesn't do anything to combat sexism, and I for one would be talking about how there should be female characters.

edited 2nd Jun '15 4:23:30 PM by unnoun

Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#17969: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:24:30 PM

Don't try to act you have some kind of moral high ground against me.

That aside, a lot of stuff I like would be better-served just eschewing female characters since people on the internet seem to think female characters all need to be just female counterparts of prominent male character OR be completely infallible, and anything less is sexism.

Dragonball can't escape it, Bleach can't escape it, Star Wars can't escape it, Magic the Gathering can't escape it. It's just fucking ugh. I hate tumblr and this "logic" it has let spread like wildfire across the internet.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17970: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:28:18 PM

Don't try to act you have some kind of moral high ground against me.

...I'm confused by how you think that's a description of anything I've done.

I mean, I try not to act like I have the moral high ground over anyone. I have certain beliefs about right and wrong I hold strongly, and I argue passionately about them. But I honestly always try to respect other people. Even if I can't always respect their arguments in some rarer instances.

Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.

That aside, a lot of stuff I like would be better-served just eschewing female characters since people on the internet seem to think female characters all need to be just female counterparts of prominent male character OR be completely infallible, and anything less is sexism.

...I'm more confused by how you think that's an accurate description of any discussion about sexism on the internet.

Like, I've seen some stuff but not. That. Not that at all.

Dragonball can't escape it, Bleach can't escape it, Star Wars can't escape it, Magic the Gathering can't escape it. It's just fucking ugh. I hate tumblr and this "logic" it has let spread like wildfire across the internet.

See, what I've seen on tumblr is a lot of stuff about how women should be able to be more fallible and be jerks but still be liked by other characters and the audience. Like. Well. Like Vegeta.

But there's a difference between "fallible" and "tortured for the gratification of the audience".

edited 2nd Jun '15 4:30:36 PM by unnoun

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#17971: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:30:46 PM

I agree with both of you to varying degrees. Can we talk about something else?

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#17972: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:34:22 PM

Evidently not.

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#17973: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:35:55 PM

Can we jump to future when the discussion gets less tedious and annoying?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17974: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:37:07 PM

I like how selfish Bulma is. I like how flawed and larger than life this cast of characters is.

...I feel like there's a bit more diversity in the flaws of the male characters, and get frustrated over how the female characters tend to converge around shallowness, fashion, shopping, sex, and, especially, motherhood. It's like a black hole or a riptide, no matter where they start it draws them in.

Launch was lucky, she got out before it was too late. tongue

There's a similar trend with the male characters and perversion, but. I mean, if anything Krillin started there and moved away from it.

Can we talk about something else?

We were for like five minutes.

See, what I hate about sexism discussions is how someone else digs them up again a page later and I'm the bad guy for feeling like my deeply held personal beliefs I spent effort arguing are being misrepresented.

Go figure.

I still like Vow of Z.

Wish I knew what they were saying.

Can we jump to future when the discussion gets less tedious and annoying?

I would love a future where it was no longer necessary.

edited 2nd Jun '15 4:38:42 PM by unnoun

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#17975: Jun 2nd 2015 at 4:38:25 PM

[up] I agree with that. You can sort of say DB is basically a cast of terrible people doing good things. Except Gohan and Krillin who are just good guys.


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