In season 1 he says he could travel from Naples and back and keep a pizza in his possession as hot as it came out. Do you think it’s true? Why or why not.

  • 420CowboyTrashGoblin@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Yes but the reason is pretty stupid and complicated. It’s the same reason why they don’t get cold from flying through the clouds or burn up on impact when reentering from space. The episode where omniman teach Mark to fly. Remember how he talks about being able to freely move off of air and space. Viltrumites don’t fly by overcoming gravity, but by removing themselves from it entirely, they move the space around them, the same way Aquaman swims in water. In that space the force of this ability creates cavitation, like a forcefield, that cuts through the space around it. So that would, relatively, keep food being delivered roughly the same temperature(and possibly balance) as when it began cavitating.

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    11 months ago

    Yes Omni-man’s ass is extremely adaptable he can fit anything inside of it and it maintains a constant temperature.

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    11 months ago

    He could definitely move fast enough, the question is whether or not his speed would cool the pizza down. If he puts it in a box maybe, but it’s still not air tight and when he flies higher up the air gets colder. I’m not a scientist so I can’t come up with a realistic scenario here but idk someone else might be able to figure this out, would the pizza stay hot if it was in a pizza box?

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      11 months ago

      Well, when air passes by something, it creates friction. Friction in turn causes heat to happen. I assume that at the speed and distance he is flying when getting the pizza, the friction of the air is enough to keep it hot

  • billy_in_4C@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Yes. Because it’s a cartoon/comic and the space alien flying around the world can do that.

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    11 months ago

    Also, similar to baking, you won’t leech all heat from something by moving VERY fast for a few seconds.

    I say similar to baking to illustrate you won’t get cookies faster by baking them at 10000 degrees

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    11 months ago

    Before Omni Man was a writer, he moonlit as an Uber eats delivery person. He probably had to buy one of those delivery boxes or he wraps the food in his cape

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    11 months ago

    This is my favorite discussion I’ve ever seen on this subreddit, I love seeing everyone working out the science on how it is or isn’t possible 😂😂

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    11 months ago

    Do you think it’s true? Why or why not.

    Yes it’s true. Why? Because it’s fiction. He said he could and probably has.

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    11 months ago

    Bet he probably has a purpose-built takeout container that can withstand travel at those speeds. Uses it for everything