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Comic Book Physics

An anonymous reader writes "Seems many of the feats of SpiderMan, Superman and other superheroes obey the basic requirements of physics. So says a University of Minnesota physicist who uses nothing but comics to teach the subject. 'Comic books get their science right more often than one would expect ... I was able to find examples in superhero comic books of the correct descriptions of basic physical principles for a wide range of topics, including classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and even quantum physics.' Especially cool: Why Krypton *had* to explode."

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  1. GNAA Comic Book of Nigger Characters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    1. Re:GNAA Comic Book of Nigger Characters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Jenny needed to pee. It wasn't an extremely urgent need (at least not yet, anyway), but it was enough to cause her some discomfort. She had been bagging groceries nonstop for the past 2 1/2 hours, and it wasn't even an hour and fifteen minutes into her shift that she began to feel that familiar sensation of painful pressure weighing down on her urethra. Jenny was an attractive Caucasian girl, with a slim body and shoulder-length dark blonde hair. But now her cute face was beginning to show the strain caused by the increasing heaviness in her bladder.

      A customer noticed her furrowed brow and pursed lips and asked her if there was anything wrong.

      "Oh, it's nothing," she replied. "I just need to use the bathroom, that's all."

      The customer chuckled and said, "Well, I hope you get to go soon."

      Jenny said that she also hoped so and put the last of her groceries in the cart.

      After he left, she turned her attention to the next customer, a rather dull, unintelligent middle-aged woman who couldn't decide whether she wanted paper or plastic. Jenny started to assist the dim bulb customer when she spotted her manager walking toward the checkout area. Jenny knew from the past two weeks that she was working at the supermarket that he was a bit of a loser, but she thought it wouldn't hurt to ask him if she could go relieve herself real quick. She politely asked the customer to wait a few moments and walked over to her manager to ask if she could go pee.

      "Could you please take over bagging for me so I can go to the bathroom?" she inquired. "It'll only take a couple of minutes."

      "Look, I have some work to do in the office," the manager snapped back in an irritated tone of voice. "You'll just have to wait." Then he quickly walked away.

      Exasperated, Jenny went back to what she was doing. Geez, I was just asking, she thought. But then she figured she could hold it until her half-hour break, which was an hour and twenty minutes away.

      As the minutes passed, Jenny continued the repetitive task of bagging groceries and trying to ignore her need to urinate, which was becoming more urgent. The fact that the store was getting busier didn't help either. I knew I shouldn't have drunk all that tea before coming into work today, Jenny thought regretfully.

      When her break time finally came, Jenny was now very desperate to pee. But her manager was nowhere to be found and she couldn't leave the checkout area until he gave her permission. A minute later, he finally showed up again. Jenny hurried over to him and said it was time for her break.

      "No, you don't get a break," he exclaimed unexpectedly. "The store's busy and we need more people up front."

      "Please let me go," Jenny pleaded. "I have to go pee really, really bad!"

      "Well, that's tough. You're just going to have to hold it until the end of your shift. You're not a little kid. Now get back to work."

      As he walked away, Jenny stood there flabbergasted. She couldn't believe that her break was denied. She walked slowly back to her work area, trying not to pay attention her bursting bladder.

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      Nearly two hours passed as Jenny bagged more groceries and struggled to keep from losing control of her bladder. More customers started to notice the strained expression on her face and asked her about it. She said it was nothing and went filling up their carts. Jenny could not remember a time when she ever had to pee this badly! She was so desperate that she kept shifting foot to foot, and she desired to press her hands into her crotch, just to tem

  2. good job penisbird by W32.Klez.A · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:good job penisbird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Second Post by dominick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2nd post

  4. frosty piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Mondee Funnee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:Mondee Funnee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm sorry, but please mod this up.

      That was the funniest thing that I have read in a long time.

  6. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bah! thwarted by those dang GNAA

    I submit to your ereetness GNAA-bot...
    (hangs head in shame, and sits in a corner)

    and to the mod that modded that failed FP as a troll - have you got nothing better to do? its hardly a troll - its *almost* on-topic... offtopic would be better, but troll?! I once got FP and it was modded flamebait - wtf is that all about? there should be definitions next to the mod values for dipshits like yourself..

  7. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not a bot, dumbass. -penisbird

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  9. WHAT KIND of physics???? by DonaldDuckBigO · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What kind of physics are needed for Donald Duck to have a SCREAMING ORGASM ????

  10. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    im just a smart nigger with skilz

    -penisbird

  11. Re:Hulk and Xmen2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're the kind of ass-boner that everyone hates at the movies. Please never watch any movies again.

    Also, I just noticed that you use the word "frelling." Please jump off the Earth and don't come back.

  12. Re:A Big Mystery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  13. Re:Bullet Physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    But I could be very wrong. and the article could explain it infact. It's too busy for me to read at the moment.


    AND YET YOU HAVE THE TIME TO WRITE A RELATIVELY LONG RESPONSE TO A COMMENT? ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING?

  14. Re:Bullet Physics by nametaken · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You sir, are why I love slashdot. Someone actually took the time to answer what seemed like a silly question. Well done. :)

  15. FUCK OFF(2)!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MICHAEL?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!? ARE YOU HAVING ANAL SEX AT WORK AGAIN?!?

    TELL TACO TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!

    FOAD! FOAD!

    you are a fucking idiot. go to hell! more on this interesting topic LATER!

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    FOAD!!

  16. FUCK OFF!!(3) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MICHAEL?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!? ARE YOU HAVING ANAL SEX AT WORK AGAIN?!?

    TELL TACO TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!

    FOAD! FOAD!

    you are a fucking idiot. go to hell! more on this interesting topic LATER!

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  17. TESSELATE PARENT ONTO A HYPERTOROID by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thanks for the tip holmes

    watch out for gargamel

  18. FUCK OFF FOUR!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MICHAEL?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!? ARE YOU HAVING ANAL SEX AT WORK AGAIN?!?

    TELL TACO TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!

    FOAD! FOAD!

    you are a fucking idiot. go to hell! more on this interesting topic LATER!

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  19. FUCK OFF (V)!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MICHAEL?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!? ARE YOU HAVING ANAL SEX AT WORK AGAIN?!?

    TELL TACO TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!

    FOAD! FOAD!

    you are a fucking idiot. go to hell! more on this interesting topic LATER!

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