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[-] SomeRandomNoob@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well ... Flash burns a shit ton of calories when he runs. So the bike saves him like 20 Pizzas/Day

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 112 points 3 days ago

he gets tired sometimes ok

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Wants to save money on food ok.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

In a lot of Flash canon, his metabolism is/was insane. That might have been before the Speedforce took root as the extradimensional power source.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

my bro ain't aging very gracefully

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[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Beats the shit outta walkin'.

[-] boobs_@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago

Not being an expert on the lore, I'd be willing to bet it exists solely for merchandising

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Dude probably just gets tired of running everywhere.

[-] YonicTonic@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He can run around the world in a second, but the catch is he has to run around the world.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

And if he's able to react and avoid running into things, it means he's experiencing more time, so that 2 seconds might feel more like the normal amount of time it would take to run that far.

And hopefully his reaction time increases with his speed, otherwise every 2 seconds would seem like they are long enough to run around the world in.

[-] sheridan@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I had a Batman action figure with a bright prison orange suit. The least stealthy suit possible. But I was 8 and thought it looked cool and begged my mom for it.

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[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For picking up chicks. Dude may be the fastest man alive but no lady gonna give him the time of day unless he got a sweet ass ride.

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 18 points 3 days ago
[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago
[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 7 points 3 days ago
[-] moopet@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Godspeed! You sweet ass ride.

[-] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

They also ain't calling him back because of how fast he is.

[-] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

People bring this up a lot, but given the way his body works he can probably reload and go again. His partner would drown in jizz.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

The man can vibrate every part of his body, just saying.

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, vibrate through molecules. Doubt they have fun with that.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

He doesn't need a motorbike for that.

[-] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Maybe they should start a club.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 13 points 3 days ago

Spider-man had a spiderbuggy that could drive up walls and hop between buildings, later used more practically by Deadpool, who can’t innately do any of those things.

[-] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

There was way more usage than I even realized for this thing. Spider-Cycle

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 days ago

Shouldn't Flash be faster if he used an actual bicycle?

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wonder if it could physically withstand being pedaled that quickly

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

His body and everything else around him can handle it, so why not a bike? Like at a certain point, he'd be accelerating fast enough to just step out of his shoes and costume from his leg movement. Though he's often shown going from a standstill to moving faster than your eyes can follow, which should probably leave his clothes behind.

Probably bits of his body, too. Like the iterarions of him that could hit or exceed the speed of light are moving fast enough that running into air would probably feel more like a cement wall, plus a bunch of ionization effects just from the sheer friction.

There's that ask xykd about a baseball being thrown at some high portion of c and iirc, the conclusion was that everyone in the stadium and in some radius of it would die and that was just for a baseball. A full person would be an order of magnitude bigger. Even The Boys didn't quite get it right in their premiere, it would have been more violent than just his gf getting vapourized (though not sure that guy was going close to c, so it might not be "everyone within 100m of him dies when he runs", but he wouldn't need to run into someone to affect them at "just" faster than you can follow with your eyes).

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Speed force. That's it. There's a magical power called the speed force and I don't know the details but the bottom line is it lets then handwave literally anything related to going fast.

[-] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

My understanding of most Flash material is that he runs fast but then meets villains who run faster so then they have a fast-off and then the Flash unlocks new fast-ness to be faster than the villain. This keeps happening until they are basically breaking space-time.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I imagine that his perception of time is also affected when he uses his super speed. Yes, he can run from one side of the continent to the other and back in a fraction of a second. But from his perspective, he just ran nonstop for an entire month.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Subjectively, a stop light or stop sign must feel like an eternity for this guy. Or conversations, for that matter.

[-] hayvan@piefed.world 15 points 3 days ago

There is a storyline about Quicksilver constantly being frustrated because of how slow everything and everyone is.

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

This is just what having ADHD is like

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 3 days ago

Because they can charge more for the bigger toy, obviously.

[-] PDFuego@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

He also bought a van once, but that was when he was single and it was for uh... other stuff.

[-] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago

Warframe recently added bikes you can use in normal missions. The player character already has acess to like a million other movement options that are way better than bikes in practically every environment. It makes good noises though!

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Satisfactory added in a cybertruck that can only turn left an has square wheels that aren't matched to each other!

Useless things can be fun!

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It's not a bike, it's a velocipede.

[-] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago

Doesn’t Flash just wanna cruise sometimes? Also, it’s probably great after workouts

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

He enjoys the sensation of driving,

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Didn't one of the variations of Flash burn calories when he used his powers. The dude was always eating.

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[-] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago

I always imagined him riding this for a race, but fully Fred Flintstoneing it when no one is looking.

[-] D06M4@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Superman would like someone to hold his beer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKwzhY_HzU

[-] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

tbf kids don’t employ logic when playing. to them it’s just a cool bike with a recognizable character

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