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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#25026: Feb 18th 2017 at 9:59:14 PM

[up][up] That would fall under the definition of "killing Rob", I'm afraid.

Hell of a pagetopper.

edited 18th Feb '17 9:59:37 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#25027: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:00:38 PM

Can't say I tried to kill just one person if I'm trying to kill everyone!

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25028: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:01:29 PM

[up]

I feel like your missing the point Mage.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#25029: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:01:54 PM

Blowing the planet up wouldn't count as murdering Rob. At that point the burden is on Rob to figure out how to survive a planetary explosion and breathe in space. Not Mage's fault if he can't do it in time.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#25030: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:02:37 PM

I never said anything about trying - it was a blanket "Don't kill Rob".

If you're going to destroy the world, then you have to do it in a way that doesn't kill Rob.

[up] Alright, how about this: "Do not partake in any action that might possibly cause the death of Rob."

edited 18th Feb '17 10:03:40 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#25031: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:04:21 PM

Fine, I'll have to do it then.

-picks up Rob and uses Kamui on him to trap him in a pocket dimension-

There, let it rip.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#25032: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:06:48 PM

[up][up]By breathing, you consume oxygen that might have prevented him from suffocating to death at some point.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#25033: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:07:20 PM

Don't worry, I've gathered the Dragonballs. Wishing for Rob to be immortal now...

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#25034: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:10:34 PM

You know, fuck it, I'm too tired for this.

Rob, you're on your own. Godspeed, my friend.

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#25035: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:11:29 PM

[up][up] Oh bitch please, I'll just kill his soul in that case. You can make the body immortal, but the soul never will be.

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#25036: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:18:27 PM

Pretty sure that's the opposite of how it traditionally works.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#25037: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:38:11 PM

Okay, clearly I let this get out of control when I started this joke.

My bad.

Let's get this back on track with a nice, civil, Dragon Ball related topic.

WenBojack?

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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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#25038: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:46:37 PM

Wen Rildo?

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#25040: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:48:48 PM

Obviously they couldn't have possibly known this would have ever been a thing when they originally made the jokes, but now I wish that instead of a stereotypical pirate captain, Bojack and his entire crew was one extended, sustained Bojack Horseman reference.

You could probably get Will Arnett to do it.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25041: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:55:08 PM

Just wanted to add before - I know Cell was blow up planets due to how DB's power scaling is linear and much weaker characters can do it, my response was just saying that being so specific about Superman's feats would be like doing the same thing for Cell. DB and DC both get a lot of their strength comparisons from statements/descriptions/comparisons to weaker characters etc.

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#25042: Feb 18th 2017 at 10:56:45 PM

Wen Borly 2nd cumming?

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#25043: Feb 18th 2017 at 11:08:42 PM

Lewd.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#25044: Feb 18th 2017 at 11:34:58 PM

This convo got me wondering what an actual plot with Superman meeting Cell would look like.

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#25045: Feb 19th 2017 at 2:52:08 AM

Idle thought: characters in Dragon Ball are supposed to be moving super fast when fighting and only characters close to their power can follow the action, because having a higher battle power means you can perceive things faster or something.

This is true when they're hitting each other, but what about when they're just standing there staring at each other and trading verbal barbs? Are there ever instances where, like, Frieza delivers a goddamn monologue on how awesome he is while Krillin's just standing there like, "What are they doing? I can't keep up!"

edited 19th Feb '17 2:52:21 AM by TobiasDrake

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25046: Feb 19th 2017 at 3:01:00 AM

Nope, and we have examples of characters reacting to the monologues of more powerful characters (though it doesn't come up as often in the manga).

The 'too fast to see' concept is one of the things that is not kept very consistent in the series. People in the 25th Budokai can perceive the fight that Goten and Trunks have despite them being way stronger than Goku was when he fought Freeza so fast Piccolo couldn't see it.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#25047: Feb 19th 2017 at 3:13:26 AM

Kinetic Action should be used a lot more in this series than it really is...

Unfortunately that'd mean less beam attacks...

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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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#25048: Feb 19th 2017 at 4:04:06 AM

Or the fact that the characters were moving too fast to see at the 21st Budoukai yet the Announcer and audience could tell what was going on during the 23rd Budoukai just fine.

Really, by the time we get Super Saiyan Goku VS Freeza, the fights should be lasting fractions of a microsecond.

At least we have Goku and Beerus fighting at what I believe to be near light speed in BoG.

edited 19th Feb '17 4:06:13 AM by Zelenal

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#25049: Feb 19th 2017 at 7:14:53 AM

On-topic commentary of the previous little digression:

Son Of Sharknado = Vegeta

Handsome Rob = Lazuli

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25050: Feb 19th 2017 at 9:10:41 AM

Man.

That conversation got crazy while I was gone. Good thing I'm Captain Scarlet now. Indestructible and all that.cool

Huh. I never realized just how inconsistent the flash stepping and moving so fast no one else can see you is in this series. I suppose that's just how it is.

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