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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28301: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:34:08 PM

uh

hey rob

where did that salvaged ship come from

guess what it was made

(also i meant the nameless namekians' spaceship as well as Goku's)

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#28302: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:34:21 PM

[up][up][up]To be fair, two out of three of those are alien tech :V

edited 14th Nov '15 9:34:35 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28303: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:36:27 PM

I know.

I could have used the various examples of Earth technology I already mentioned, but I decided to instead point out how this technology is all over the place without being told where it all comes from.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#28304: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:37:31 PM

[up][up][up]

Outer space.

We all know there's crazy shit out there.

Ok, I guess Earth has impressive tech......

You all know where this is going right.

WHERE'S MAH POWERED ARMOUR!?

Getting serious, Earth tech is pretty impressive. I suppose the only thing left to ask why they didn't have their own space ships.

edited 14th Nov '15 9:37:45 PM by HandsomeRob

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#28305: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:38:52 PM

[up][up] But its ALIEN tech, not human tech.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28306: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:39:30 PM

They do, they just sucked. The way technology works is that it's rare to be good at everything.

Earth space travel being the worst works the best with the series, as Earthlings also have the least space contact.

[up] Which doesn't actually matter to the point I was making: human or alien, we don't get explanations on any of the tech were are introduced to.

edited 14th Nov '15 9:40:00 PM by Saiga

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#28307: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:41:47 PM

In this week's episode of Dragonball Super...

Welp, for those expecting to see just how Frieza is gonna train, you're out of luck, because apparently next expisode has Jaco arrive to warn Bulma about Frieza's arrival, like in the movie.

The only real difference now is apparently Goten and Trunks are around to meet Jaco, so maybe we'll see a Gotenks vs. Frieza after all.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28308: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:42:35 PM

It's doubtful, as other summaries indicate only RF's five fighters will show up.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#28309: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:45:28 PM

[up][up][up] True, but Alien tech has shown to be superior to human tech in this series.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28310: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:46:19 PM

No it hasn't. Only in the field of spaceships and healing pods.

Where's the alien capsules, time travel, shrinking devices?

Alien tech has shown some impressively suped up versions of existing concepts. Earth tech flat out does the impossible.

edited 14th Nov '15 9:46:56 PM by Saiga

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#28311: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:48:44 PM

Also, Gero somehow managed to create an infinite energy generator. Such an invention would be what power levels are post-Freeza.

edited 14th Nov '15 9:49:32 PM by Zelenal

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#28313: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:50:20 PM

But that's only because the Alien tech we saw was relevant at the time, and it was shown to be superior to earth tech. Like, if it was relevant to anything, I'm sure aliens could easily do things like that.

Remember, Aliens taught Goku how to literally teleport to any point in the universe at whim, including the afterlife.

I don't think making a few small capsules is out of the question.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#28314: Nov 14th 2015 at 9:54:57 PM

And alien healing pods are only better because they're essentially obsolete on Earth. Why they don't cultivate more of those beans I'll never know.

Aliens knowing how to teleport with their special abilities is basically magic, not science.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28315: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:01:28 PM

That argument makes no sense. The alien tech we've seen is superior to its Earth equivalents, but the Earth tech we've seen is just flat out superior to its non-equivalents by being a far more impressive standard.

We have absolutely no evidence to assume that aliens could make capsules. None of their technology resembles capsule in any way, and Bulma's family are veeeerry special geniuses.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#28316: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:49:57 PM

What technology DO aliens have that the humans don't? Scouters and Regeneration tanks. Things which the humans have equivalents or or just don't need.

And @Bacon, I'm Australian.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#28317: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:52:24 PM

Android 16 could detect power levels.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28318: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:52:52 PM

there are more australians in this thread than i thought

excellent. we strike at dawn my brethren

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#28319: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:53:45 PM

I always knew Australians were the scourge of all that was good in this world.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#28320: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:56:23 PM

I'm surprised they let you use the internet in prison.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#28321: Nov 14th 2015 at 10:58:38 PM

It's an Australian prison. It's about 90% more deadly due to the nature of being in Australia so the prisoners get more rights.

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#28322: Nov 14th 2015 at 11:00:22 PM

Dawn your time, or dawn America or Europe's time?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#28323: Nov 14th 2015 at 11:02:44 PM

[up] shit, i was hoping no-one would think of that

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#28324: Nov 14th 2015 at 11:07:43 PM

Remember that time travel was thought to be 100% impossible and had never been done in any universe before Future Bulma made it happen. Earth geniuses >>>>> all other planet's geniuses.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#28325: Nov 14th 2015 at 11:11:47 PM

Yeah that's really the big factor in Earth's favor. THEY DID THE IMPOSSIBLE.


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