Originally posted by Diesldude
The thing you don't understand is that I never said that Thanos and drax applied lesser force. On the contrary, they applied greater force than that created by Hulk and Betty colliding by just grappling.It's easier to create greater disturbance, by colliding objects than by grappling. Hence, Clap and handshake analogy. A thunder clap, or 2 bodies colliding against each other causes disturbance by air and sound.
Now consider how much force must be applied to grappling in order to cause the same amount of disturbance and collateral damage.
I'll use your "light" clap and strong man example, no matter how lightly you clap you will create a greater disturbance than 2 strongmen grappling.
Now think about it, how much force the strongmen need to apply in order for them to do what you did with a clap by just grappling. That's what Thanos and Drax did.
In essence, hulk and Betty clapped (collided) to blow out a planet and Thanos and drax clenched their fist (grappled) to do the same.
So thanos and drax displayed more strength and force than WBH and Betty in their respective feats.
I understand fully well. Ill break it down. The issue remains that the analogy is indisputably terrible from the get go. I know you never said thanos and Drax applied lesser force. The main point is that a candle being blown out is NOT an accurate mutual indicator of force when comparing a handshake and a clap and thus invalidates the whole analogy. A candle being blown out as I said has to do with air pushing away the heat from the flame when the clap is done at the right angle and less to do with amount of force used than the method in which it is applied (through a swift clap as opposed to continuous grapple). The method of force application in this case is what is significant as it is the type/nature of disturbance created, ( air) that induces the gaseous reaction that puts the flame out in the case of the clap, and the lack of that same type of disturbance that prevents the flame from going out in the case of the handshake. Hence the flame being blown out is not a phenomenon that you can use to do a comparison regarding the amount force applied in the handshake vs that applied in a clap Rather a better example would be seeing what could actually damage the candle itself, as that would actually involve causing an object (the candle) to undergo change or deform and where we would actually be able to guage the amount of force in the two respective incidents.
Similarly, In the part of my post you didnt quote, i mentioned how an accurate mutual indicator of the amount force was the damage done to the planets. Now while rapid collisions, do create disturbances in air and sound, its irrelevant as whether or not the planet gets deformed/damaged in one instance vs another is directly dependent on the [B]amount of force applied and total area of application irrespective of the method through which it is applied[/B] . Hence whether it be through the air or soundwaves it is irrelevant as the important thing is the actual amount of force acting on the planet divided by the area on which it is acting. Now, in this scenario, we dont know the respective sizes of the planets, but for the sake of argument and comparison I will assume they were exactly the same. With area of application equalized, the only relevant point of difference will be force applied.
Now the fact that Hulks feat took place miles in the air with no contact with the ground means that After acting on Hulk and Betty, who are the two initial objects the force acts upon, the force had to travel through the air in a huge area of outward radiation (inefficient) before reaching the characters involved as well as the planets surface. However, because it was a collision that happened in midair, the force contained in that outwardly radiating shockwave would have dissipated exponentially when it finally does make contact with the planet and thus be astronomically less than what was actually in the first collision. Conversely, Thanos and drax were on the ground already, and the nature of their interaction (a continuous grapple) also means that the forces area of outward radiation would be far smaller. This means that by the time the force from their grapple acts on the planet it would have dissipated far far far far less than in the case of Hulk and Betty as the force application is more efficient AND the distance it travells is far far less.
Ergo, and in simpler terms, Hulks feat is definitively and considerably more impressive.