Mental voice-over
Mental voice-over
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You can't hear the scream, but apparently you can hear the "Bam!" of a nut kick.
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Sound does conduct, though.
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The silence of agony.
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And it's sibling that's unrelated in this context:
The agony of silence.
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from where in frictionless space did the port astronaut get the momentum to move forward for the kick? how did this person then return to their original position (their airhose has folded back over in panel 3)
and why hasn't the starboard astronaut floated out through stage left with the momentum of that kick?
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I think he just had the space to move around in.
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I was waiting for this useless observation. The comic isn't reality, its a comic.
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but the comic would have been so much funnier if they had followed these simple principles of inertia!
there could have been a whole row of panels showing the kicker inching towards the kickee. and the silent scream is so much better personified with the kickee floating away out od the panels.
it's like the reek-reek-reek loading of the next camera exposure in shaun of the dead when the protagonists encounter their first zombie. it's a minor detail but it adds so much more to the scene. it's that pinch of spice that completely transforms the dish.
but, hey, i guess a lot of people do prefer the blander foods. so let's just chalk this up to creative differences.
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I thought it was an instruction manual in case I ever go to space with my pal.
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suction cups
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In space I doubt he was able to get enough momentum to kick through a space suit to do much. Which makes the last panel a WTF look.
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The jet pack jets are not visible, but evidence suggests they're there.
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He has a hand on Bob's shoulder for leverage.
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Aren't these suits inflated for pressure, so there'd be an air cushion between the suit and his actual balls? It'd be like kicking an air mattress. Also, why aren't they both spinning like mad after that maneuver?
(I mean, if we're making physics jokes ... )
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All I hear is the Tom scream
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Same. Every time I look at the dialogue free panels, I lose my shit.
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Everything today is "ow my balls" jokes huh?
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I thought the joke was related to the "AI" written on right's helmet that was revealed in the last panel, but apparently that's not it.
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The joke is that we can't hear right scream after the nut kick
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There's a theory that astronauts may be able to communicate in space without their radios by touching helmets together. Don't know if it's ever been tried.
And speaking of touching helmets, I can imagine another version of this comic where Bob is making a sexy scream, instead.
that's hot
What if you're not into that?
Hey, get on board, man. It's for science.
Searched a bit and surprisingly couldn't find any agency communication about this. I found that they use some gestures though.
I saw somebody do the math and say that this method would dampen the voice so much that it might as well be said not to work. But I don't know much about this topic, and I can't say whether the math is correct, either.
I mostly brought it up because it was interesting and let me make a joke about "touching helmets".
That's how you do it beltalowda!
Isn’t that in the movie called The Deep?