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So, after taking a deeper look at the concepts of irrelevant speed and strength on this website, there's a few things that's bothering me.
I think the two should be renamed to Absolute Speed and Absolute Lifting Strength. Reason being is that the term "irrelevant" is another way of saying things like "unrelated to the matter being considered" or "having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue", whereas the term "absolute" means things like "having no exceptions or restrictions" and "being entirely without fault or flaw". If some character had a lifting strength or speed level that was "irrelevant" it just sounds as if such statistics wouldn't be applied to them, but in the case for "absolute" it sounds more like their speed and strength is unlimited. Also, after glancing over the two statistics on the Superpower wiki, "irrelevant" isn't really another way of saying "absolute" in the Also Called sections. And according to The Free Dictionary, the term "absolute" is applied to physics and mathematics rather than "irrelevant" and seeing as how physics and mathematics are reoccurring subjects when it comes to calculating speed and lifting strength, it would make more sense to use a term that deals with the two aforementioned.
I think the two should be renamed to Absolute Speed and Absolute Lifting Strength. Reason being is that the term "irrelevant" is another way of saying things like "unrelated to the matter being considered" or "having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue", whereas the term "absolute" means things like "having no exceptions or restrictions" and "being entirely without fault or flaw". If some character had a lifting strength or speed level that was "irrelevant" it just sounds as if such statistics wouldn't be applied to them, but in the case for "absolute" it sounds more like their speed and strength is unlimited. Also, after glancing over the two statistics on the Superpower wiki, "irrelevant" isn't really another way of saying "absolute" in the Also Called sections. And according to The Free Dictionary, the term "absolute" is applied to physics and mathematics rather than "irrelevant" and seeing as how physics and mathematics are reoccurring subjects when it comes to calculating speed and lifting strength, it would make more sense to use a term that deals with the two aforementioned.
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