• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Or going fast enough that air friction would decelerate the guy this much.

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        11 months ago

        He would need to be gripping extremely hard with his feet and somehow keeping his body rigid in the first panel

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          11 months ago

          I’m imagining him having taken a bit of a run-up and this is the moment when he’s momentarily at the same speed as the car. Obviously, it is still somewhat of a stretch…

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      11 months ago

      Fun fact for anyone reading this, the time derivative of position is velocity, the time derivative of that is acceleration, and the time derivative of that is jerk. Then after that comes snap–>crackle–>pop