The watercooler: a place to chat

[Kelheor]

I always suppose it's because they are ridiculously strong, so it doesn't matter for Wonder Woman whether she lifts up a man or a pencil, which won't shift her balance (of course) =)

[tired_programmer]

It has nothing to do with strength. It has to do with the center of the gravity. Even if you would create a solid sculpture like this from the mold steel:

so her hand would be connected with his neck super-strongly, this sculpture would still be not able to hold on her feet. It would still topple.

But of course, this all is said in assumption, that she has a normal human weight, comparable to the weight of the guy (and, correspondingly, in the case of the sculpture, that the sculpture is made from the homogeneous alloy). If she would have a weight >> his weight, like, Idunno, 1 ton, then, of course, their center of gravity would still be between her feet, and they would be able to stand like here.

[LCT_m_a_d]

Im gonna try to keep my Exit_Success project and 3D style going. I'm considering that even though it's culturally a bad approach for comics nowadays, but people secretly still want it to be "there" for variety.

I'm gonna continue focusing on semi-realism for one-offs just because it's easier for me to consistently gage my improvements.

[skicoak]

But of course, this all is said in assumption, that she has a normal human weight, comparable to the weight of the guy (and, correspondingly, in the case of the sculpture, that the sculpture is made from the homogeneous alloy). If she would have a weight >> his weight, like, Idunno, 1 ton, then, of course, their center of gravity would still be between her feet, and they would be able to stand like here.

In the DC universe, they addressed situations like this with Superman by explaining that he has an automatic psionic power that affects gravity/mass/molecular bonding by tactile telekinesis. Wonder Woman could be doing something similar here by some combination of reducing his mass/weight and increasing hers.

It was mainly written into the mythology to explain scenes like them holding up falling buildings or grabbing planes in mid-air. Pseudo science for those who engage their suspension of disbelief automatically.

[vothnthorvaldson]

Well, some of the imbalance can be compensated by contraction of muscles at adequate places (which a statue cannot do), but still it does not look believable. There is something very artificial and immersion-breaking in this drawing imo.

[LCT_m_a_d]

This is why I prefer when people create from concepts they know a lot about personally from a starting point.

Instead of trying to do research on an already exciting topic, why not try to create from aspects of their personal lives and make an interesting concept out of it. Then you don't have to backtrack every detail and mechanic to dodge silly errors

I mean, no knock on these creators. But as we can see, they made this mistake so we can learn from.

[kitschensyngk]

This is why I prefer when people create from concepts they know a lot about personally from a starting point.

Instead of trying to do research on an already exciting topic, why not try to create from aspects of their personal lives and make an interesting concept out of it. Then you don't have to backtrack every detail and mechanic to dodge silly errors

"Write what you know."

[vothnthorvaldson]

I find "write what you know" extremely claustrophobic, so I could say I go by "write what you know and/or what you are ready to research extensively". Only, once you did rearch extensively, you know. So the distinction is short-lived.

[LCT_m_a_d]

I like to think of research as the tool to make ideas sharable through accepted language and media.

However, personal experience/interaction/play is in my opinion the best way of truly knowing something (even if you can't prove it. So I usually caution people about trying to research their way to a good idea especially when you have so many resources and interactions readily available to you.

But play and imagination are in my opinion on par with direct interaction. Just a differnt type

[vothnthorvaldson]

Well, I suppose there is a balance to find, here.

Our own experiences are true and real more than anything when it comes to feelings, emotions, but not necessarily when it comes to facts.

For eg. I was super surprised to realize how many preconceived ideas I had on life in my country of birth, for example, once I went back there after years living abroad. And I'm a scientist trained (and naturally inclined, from an early age) to fact check everything. But that's not enough to be exempt of (more or less absurd) beliefs (as opposed to actual facts).

I'd say, I like to use my experiences and the special, personal sensitivity that comes from them, to reach out to other experiences, would they be practical or entirely theoretical.
But yep, at the end, what really counts to me is find that good balance of known/unknown - comfort/novelty etc...

[Panqiuyan]

i'm bored. i don't want to study anymore

[LCT_m_a_d]

What are you studying?

[nostalgicroxas]

i got shoesss two new New Balance's. a pair for walking around work all of the time, and a pair with decent tread for running and interesting neither of them have tread like what my old pair has (which was meant for trails or something. it's more hardcore treads for rocks, hills and such).
I hate getting used to new shoes, aside from the whole re-lacing them x_X;

[Panqiuyan]

I am studying Macroeconomics

[Shanny8]

Over here kinda dying a little...went to the dentist yesterday & got some deep cleaning done. I couldnt really eat anything yesterday so I drank(ate?) a smoothie- it wasnt fulfilling enough; def stopping off this morning & grabbing some breakfast.

[tired_programmer]

The most of old people (~ older than 60), especially women, cause me disgust. Obviously, I don't tell and don't do anything bad to them because of this; I just have no desire to communicate with them or to help them in anything, so I avoid them when I can. It wasn't always that way; when I was young, I believed that we should be kind to them, but the more I grew up, the more I got them know, the less this believe became.
Why? Because the most of them are extremely stupid, extremely conservative and extremely ugly. Extremely. Not saying about being callous toward problems of younger people, total lack of critical thinking, lack of personal hygiene and total lack of taste, which make an important contribution into their ugliness. And, despite all of this, they think that we all owed them.

Of course, there always were, are and will be rare exceptions. For example, I feel deep respect to people like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernestine_Shepherd, this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Atiyah and toward several old professors in my University as well. Obviously, I would never miss the chance to talk with people like these or help them when it's necessary. A couple of people at this forum (and at least one person IRL) also told me about their old relatives, who feel interest to new things, groom themselves, behave decently, participate in sports and intellectual activity; I also saw old people, who were friendly toward younger and sincerely had fun with them on concerts, etc (but, unfortunately, only a couple of times in my life). These categories don't cause me negative emotions as well...

...but, unfortunately, as I said, all these people are exceptions. The most people of old age are not like them and match my description above instead. And, in the same time, everyone pretend, that it's not true. Everyone pretend that old people are not extremely stupid, ugly and just unpleasant as persons. Everyone support this hypocrisy, because everyone know that they will become old, too (if they will not die before this). And after this, everyone want their younger relatives to pretend, that they respect and love them as well. Society is built on hypocrisy, which continues from generation to generation, and everyone are fine with it, no matter how absurd is it.

I don't have any solution to this problem. Just wanted to blow off steam.

P.S. You ask, what will I do, if I'll become extremely stupid and disgusting, when I'll become old? Well, if I'll turn into something, which cause me such an emotions, it will not be me anymore. I don't care about "future me" of this type. If this "future me" will die in loneliness and suffering, I don't care, because it'll be deserved. But I don't think it'll happen, because: 1) I can put my efforts to become different, to become like those old people, which I respect; 2) If, despite of this, I'll feel that I'm becoming a person, which I despise, there is always a thing like suicide.

[LCT_m_a_d]

@tired_programmer
Anything sparked this revelation or just a random thought

@Penqiuyan
Ever figure out your post grad delimma or come up with ideas

@Shanny8
I have one more dental procedure this thursday. Not thrilled but it should be the last one for a while.

[Panqiuyan]

nope not yet...........

[Shanny8]

@LCT_m_a_d this is the start of MANY procedures. While I'm glad to have gotten my cleaning done, I still side-eye dentists altogether; at best, they are a predatory lot...at worst, they gaslight the hell out of you. These reasons alone make me wish we can turn the medical industry on its head over the next several years(and adapt some form of universal healthcare)...it makes no sense that I'm being gouged like this.

[tired_programmer]