• We are currently rolling out incremental alterations to the forum. Don't freak! You aren't going crazy.

What are your mental shortcuts for guesstimating feats you see in media?

Edward Nygma

Illustrious
Not everyone has the time or skillset to math-out every little thing they see in their favorite show or game. But that doesn't mean you can't get a general idea of their power level. I'm sure I'm not the only that one who has a list of physics and cosmology factoids, or maybe a well-known calc or two, that can be used as benchmarks for cool shit we see on the day-to-day. What you got?

Speed:
  • Semi-automatic handgun fire: Mach 1+. Subsonic - supersonic reactions from any distance greater than point-blank, hypersonic reactions from point-blank
  • Natural lightning: ~Mach 200. Hypersonic - MHS reactions from any distance less than max, supersonic reactions from max distance (lightning seen leaving clouds)
  • Electricity in copper (most wiring): ~99% lightspeed
  • Light: Is top shit. Sub-rel+ from any distance worth mentioning. Loops the Earth ~7.5 times in 1 second. Reaches Earth from the Sun in ~8.5 minutes. Reaches nearest non-Sun star in ~4 years. Reaches Andromeda (nearest "large" galaxy) in ~2.5 million years

DC
  • e=mc^2: Humans = ~1tt, Stars = Solar System level+
  • Human vaporization: Building level+
  • Clouds: City to continet+. Everything they do is relevant. If they move, appear, or disappear, you probably aren't dealing with less than a few megatons. All Might [1], Mael [1][2], and Saitama [1] all make up a perfectly diagonal line graph of cloud feats running from city to continent level.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top