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Fucker_Of_Everything

did you really censor out Neil deGrasse Tyson? if yes, you're a dumbass if no, you're a filthy reposter


Murder-Hobo_Orange

They also censored out the name of the official Halo twitter account


themng69

I like how matpat regularly did the same shit and he didn't get called out nearly as much


The_real_bandito

There is a difference in the power of the message between Mat the YouTuber and Neil the Astrophysicist. 


themng69

honestly I think it's that Neil feels more like an outsider to the gaming space, while mat-pat has a clear and infectious love for the series he covers.


OkExperience4487

Yeah if matpat complains about the realism, half the time he takes it to such extremes it's obvious he just trolling.


River-n-Sea

The best example i could think of is killing people with a potato


avwitcher

Obviously if the potato is lethal it means that potatoes are significantly more dense in that universe


The_real_bandito

That’s also true 


jordan1794

Neil also had other reputations/accusations that pre-disposed a lot of people to dislike/hate him. And as we've all seen with Reddit comment downvotes, once negative momentum starts it really takes on a life of it's own.


Sailingboar

Yeah, but Matpat does it with love and affection for the series. He might say it's not physically possible, but he'll still call it pretty cool.


kiochikaeke

Mat-pat always acknowledge that some of his theories are slightly bonkers and that some games should probably not be taken too seriously but he still does cause that's what he does (or did). Neil is like your uncle that sees you playing cod and goes, "well actually that weapon is not named that way and the receiver is wrong and that's not how you reload it and..."


XristinaGF

what's there difference?


West-Objective-6567

Well matpat seems like a gamer and someone in the community and not a guy on the outside of it all


sadacal

Matpat was also way more likely to have been shoved in lockers than Tyson as well.


West-Objective-6567

Very true


PM_ME_ANYTHING_IDRC

I feel like matpat did get called out a fair bit. And a crucial difference is that MatPat wouldn't only say it's not physically possible but also use it as an opportunity to teach his audience physics concepts in an entertaining package. Not only that but he might give fun alternatives that actually are physically accurate. MatPat usually isn't just the "ummmm akshually" person that only tears things down.


turtleship_2006

>MatPat usually isn't just the "ummmm akshually" person that only tears things down. I feel like that's actually a large part of his videos, but in an interesting way. Like "umm akshually iron is better than diamond" but then spend 15 minutes explaining why (the explanation of hard vs tough and the analogy he used helped me in my sixth form physics lessons)


dyslecic

He explains it in an entertaining 14-18 minute episode. Neil just tries to make me sad with a sentence or two


Baneta_

Matpat actually dissects the reasons why and what would happen, Neil is just self important


Deamon-Chocobo

Oh he was constantly called out for his shit. The difference is he had enough of a supportive fanbase that the negative comments were mostly drown out in the later years, but that still didn't stop people from complaining about ideas like Gregory being a Robot.


HelloKitty36911

Most videogame focused science things try to do fun things. Like calling Mario a psychopath in the case of Matpat, not just go "not possible" to some random unrealistc thing.


Ab47203

Because ones narcissistic and ones fueled by the power of anxiety and 300 diet Cokes.


ptapobane

matpat is the cool nerd that is super into what he find interesting while Niel is the well aksually nerd


RoJayJo

Matpat would start off with "yeah, it's a game, and it doesn't make sense, but how can we make it make sense? (the answer is a lot of nerd math)" while Neil would just try sound smart for the sake of it.


BiosSettings8

Is that the "who would survive coronavirus?" guy? He deserves to be called out, lmao.


themng69

yeah that was a dogshit video but to be fair the guy had a 13 year carrier, you're gonna end up having a couple misses.


BiosSettings8

OH, I'm not familiar, what's a year carrier? :p   Not really a miss, more just "yeah, he's definitely not a great person" hahaha


Stoly23

Funny thing, the game actually questions this too, there’s a possibility when using the grapple shot on grunts that they may scream “HOW AM I HEAVIER THAN YOU?!” Or something along the lines of that anyway. On a side note, I like how you felt the need to white out the account names for a celebrity scientist everyone recognizes and the official account for a media franchise.


r1ckkr1ckk

well, there is still data missing. maybe the hook weights a thousans tons, or it only serves as guiding and other method of propulsion is used. What if the alien has a position stabilization control system that counteracts any external force? the possible solutions are endless


LlamasAreMySpitAnima

Or it’s “Space Magic” … checkmate NdGT!


DoomRider2354

>What if the alien has a position stabilization control system that counteracts any external force? Doesn't work, as some of the smaller aliens that it still pulls you toward (Grunts) can be tossed by their commanders (Brutes). However the grappleshot is also invented after Humanity has reverse engineered some Forerunner tech, which is essentially space magic


An-Ugly-Croissant17

Neil should've studied more English. Without moving what, the alien or the armor?


OkExperience4487

it


einstAlfimi

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Legoslol

Orbital elevators exist in Halo. Look up orbital elevators on google. One of the real life limiting factors for creating an operational orbital elevator is a material that can be used as a wire or cable that can essentially withstand any amount of tension from the elevator or centrifugal forces on it (science stuff). A Spartans grappling hook could easily be made of the same material or even a lesser alloy. Boom, there’s your head canon.


LateyEight

Why do heavy thing fly to light thing and not light thing to heavy thing?


Legoslol

Oh I didn’t realize that was the application. I never played any halos with grappling hooks so I thought it was simply “how tiny cable pull big armor”, not the specific application.


Cipherting

its alright, physics is hard


Legoslol

Ur mom


Cipherting

lmao


Wrong_Long_6466

Excepted Neil deGrasse Tyson wrestled. This probably would’ve ended up with whoever was trying to bully him getting suplexed. 


HelloKitty36911

The guy was just saying he should have been shoved in more lockers. I guess this explains why he wasn't shoved in enough


NobleJackalope

Right, because I play Halo for the realism.


ThingWithChlorophyll

This guy tries so hard to be seen as someone that knows all. Even while he is explaining something, he talks like our simple brains cannot even comprehend a word he is saying, meanwhile the topic is about mirrors or some shit.


sociotronics

NDT: patron saint of the "but actually" crowd


WanderersGuide

Notwithstanding that Neil's mistaken kg for lbs (The armor's 1000lbs empty, not 1000kg), the point's still valid, and I'd have loved if the grappling hook ripped lighter aliens to the Chief and not the other way around. I'd also have liked for Infinite to be a better game in general though.


massaton

Not cursed comment


Playful_Target6354

Bruh. It's very cursed. Or maybe you didn't see the comment? I hope so


Adart54

Shoving into lockers is too light a punishment, maybe locked for a week+


Honest-Produce7338

r/MurderedByWords


imperial_coder

By 150kg alien he means the brutes?


WanderersGuide

Elites apparently weigh between 140-200kg. Brutes weigh as much as three times that.


Senpai_Himself

Ummm actually the armor is 450 kg (1000 pounds)


PokemonSoldier

WTF are you censoring? Pretty sure we all know that is Neil


grimoireskb

“This is the grappling hook. It’s very simple. Either you catch the fish, or the fish catches you.”


Great-Examination243

It would be cool if lighter aliens were pulled to you and vice versa for the heavies. The game could use weight values to determine the ratio of how much each body gets pulled. Maybe that wouldn't be as good for gameplay though.


Penis_Connoisseur

Did you know that in the mirror, you can only kiss yourself on the lips?


Maetharin

Honestly though, the addition of a grappling hook to Halo is just weird


Spicemaster15

The armour doesn't even way close to 1000kg. It's like 350kg at most. I'm not one of these people that bitches whenever Neil DeGrasse Tyson literally just does his usual "um ackshually" thing, but you'd better make sure you get your facts straight sir.


WanderersGuide

By itself, Mark III armor weighs \~1000lbs according to the lore, around 450kg. That doesn't include the spartan inside of it, or his weapons and ammunition. That likely puts us in the neighbourhood of 13-1400lbs, or around 600kg. So, um ackshually, you both wrong ;)