If Superman (or whoever) uses the remaining distance between you and the ground to reduce the impulse on your body. But they also have to be careful about their speed coming in to grab you, because they could easily substitute your impact with the ground for an impact with them.
I think their thought was if Spider-Man came swinging in for the catch, at that point it’s basically out of his control how hard he hits. But he could potentially save the person via other spidey means
See, that’s how you know people here have never touched grass. Otherwise they’d know how big of a difference it makes to fall on grass vs concrete. All over a few mm of yield.
Also anecdotally I’ve seen videos of people catching falling children (back in the day in/r/DadReflexes). It works, empirically.
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I disagree, the difference in deceleration from hitting concrete vs being caught could make a difference.
If Superman (or whoever) uses the remaining distance between you and the ground to reduce the impulse on your body. But they also have to be careful about their speed coming in to grab you, because they could easily substitute your impact with the ground for an impact with them.
Superman could do it. Spiderman could not.
Spiderman could web the falling person from above like a bungee cord, or even catch them in a safety net style web.
Tell that to Gwen Stacy.
That was a bit of a deep cut for me, but TIL.
But he’d have to do this before she is 2 feet above the gound.
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I think their thought was if Spider-Man came swinging in for the catch, at that point it’s basically out of his control how hard he hits. But he could potentially save the person via other spidey means
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Can Superman rip off his own head?
See, that’s how you know people here have never touched grass. Otherwise they’d know how big of a difference it makes to fall on grass vs concrete. All over a few mm of yield.
Also anecdotally I’ve seen videos of people catching falling children (back in the day in/r/DadReflexes). It works, empirically.