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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 135 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't even need to be a magic rock. A regular one thrown at your head also does wonders.

[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago

Shit, even a crack rock can do it.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

In fairness, Doomsday beat Superman in a straight knuckle dust up, no kryptonite required. So that's also a Superman weakness.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 65 points 2 months ago
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 42 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In Superman The Animated Series Batman (and the Joker) discover that a jade dragon is actually made out of kryptonite because the owners die after a few months.

And in some of the stories Lex Luthor loses his hair because of his kryptonite experiments.

So at least in those universes it's also harmful for humans.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

And in some of the stories Lex Luthor loses his hair because of his kryptonite experiments.

In Smallville, the spacecraft carrying Superman brings a kryptonite meteor swarm with it. Lex's exposure to the meteors is the cause of his premature baldness and a partial reason for his resentment of The Alien.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

And in some of the stories Lex Luthor loses his hair because of his kryptonite experiments.

In the mainline comics of the ‘80s and ‘90s, wearing a kryptonite ring day after day gave him incurable cancer.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lex and Superboy are friends until Lex starts and gets caught in a chemical smoke party, which Superboy blows out with his super breath. In the process, he blows smoke into Lex Luthor's hair, which falls out. Then Lex swears to, "use all of my scientific genius to one day destroy you."

Voice acting: 3/10
Animation: 3/10
Writing: 2/10
Overall rating: 10/10. No notes

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 34 points 2 months ago

Everybody's weakness is a rock if you hit them with it hard enough.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah man I've not heard Kryptonite in years

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

I have a short playlist of Superman songs.

  • Kryptonite - 3 doors down
  • Jimmy Olsen’s Blues - Spin Doctors
  • Superman (Its not easy) - Five for Fighting
  • Superman’s Dead - Our Lady Peace
  • (Wish i could fly like) Superman - The Kinks
  • Superman - REM

Always looking for more.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

What about "(I'm No) Superman" by Lazlo Bane, aka the Scrubs theme song?

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce isn't directly about him but does give good advice on treating this wardrobe with respect.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Silvergun Superman - stone Temple pilots

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 2 months ago

Superman - Love Spit Love

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

How could you miss Superman by Goldfinger

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 months ago

Kryptonite lays him out right away even from a reasonable distance.

Even the plutonium demon core won't kill us right away.

A little touch of hydrogen cyanide and we're gone though. We're fragile AF

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If we're talking pure elements at room temperature, people can die from extended contact/eating/breathing beryllium, fluorine, phosphorous, hlorine, chromium, cobalt, arsenic, cadmium, antimony, cesium, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, radium, thorium, uranium, plutonium, and americium. That doesn't even count all of the heavier than air gases that will kill you in a couple of deep breaths. People are very squishy and prone to getting injured by things.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, if you throw them hard enough, all the other elements will kill you too.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"What if I pretend like people are saying something stupid and then cleverly refute it? Yes, that will make an excellent meme."

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Anything solid of decent mass can basically do us in. A glass bottle with an I love Kitty logo on it at 70mph right to the skull for example. So yeah, a rock, so long as it is large enough, could do it.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's all about the joules imparted.

A small enough rock going fast enough is just as deadly as a large one traveling slower.

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[–] pipe01@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Hmm what if it didn't have the hello kitty logo?

[–] subterfuge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Been through two medical fears already, catheter up my dick (3 times) and a broken femur. Kidney stones are still on my bucket list!

Boss brought his to work one day for show and tell.

"That came out your urethra?!"

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yeah but uranium kills you after a bit, kryptonite takes him out instantly.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If that was the case, Superman would have died more than once.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've not read the comics but I imagine hr has, a few times?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I only know of 1 time and kryptonite wasn't even used. Doomsday just beat him to death.

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[–] Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

I remember in a Lobo comic, Lobo grips a chunk of Kryptonite in his fist as he punches straight thru Superman's chest and heart, right out the other side! Don't fuck with the Main Man!

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Arsenic and mercury, both commonly occurring metals present in rocks, can kill humans immediately. Especially if vaporized. Uranium can kill and disable quickly in high enough concentrations.

Also, keep in mind it's a plot device about a fictional flying space alien with laser eyes. It doesn't need to follow the laws of physics.

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[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t understand. The point isn’t that we are not vulnerable to something similar, it’s that Superman is nearly invulnerable. So, my brother in Christ, this is not a retort.

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

What I wonder: according to lore the conditions, where supermans people live, on krypton are so harsh that they are a strong race that is like humans under those conditions.

Now sth. With the sun is there too, but lets put that aside for a moment.

So Supermans weakness is a rock of krypton. Because the rock itself must be super radioactive or sth like that.

Anything that harms superman should kill every human in the area instantly.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago

Dude it's comic book magic and bullshit, don't overthink it.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Must be super radioactive…

Should kill every human in the area instantly

Counterpoint: What if Superman has an element in his body that is crucial to his makeup that is specifically destroyed/harmed by the radioactivity, while that radioactivity passes harmlessly through any other element?An anti-krypton element of sorts, if you will.

Krypton, for example, could be emitting a wave with incredibly low amplitude, but incredibly high frequency. This combination would struggle to make contact with the atoms in normally-dense objects here on Earth, but would strike an ultra-dense object like anti-krypton like a truck.

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Theoretically possible, but doesn't work with our current understanding of physics.

However when you add aliens and other magic bs it doesn't matter what physics say. So your explanation could actually work here.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

You can brain anyone with a rock.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

That's my kind of rock right there!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

One big rock from space can wipe out the entire planet.

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Rock + Isaac Newton = death

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Most rocks are my weakness, if thrown hard enough

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I mean yes, but so is to much air, to little air, time, gravity, the sun, pointy sticks, our own biology every form of life in existence and failure to poop correctly.

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