What if Captain America's Shield Hit You?

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Written, directed, hosted & edited by Jake Roper

VFX by Eric Langlay

Music by Jake Chudnow

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[Vsauce]

Now that I don't have to go to the hospital every day I can get to making more Vsauce more often! I'm BACK...for good!

[Arpin_Lusene]

As a wise man once said: "That shield doesn't follow the laws of physics at all"

[hi]

Now, Captain America is back, and he's not skipping leg day.

[Recabilly]

So many times have the enemy said "you're nothing without that shield" in the shows... Boy were they wrong

[IntrigueAndWhimsy]

I feel bad for that dude who got drop kicked in the beginning of Civil War

[codekillerz]

What if he kicked his shield at you with his foot?

[khxml]

If Captain America's foot didn't kill you, the wall you crashed into afterwards did.

[goranim]

I guess you could say he's a... Foot soldier

[TrainTsarFun]

When Captain Anerica wields his mighty Heel, all those who chose to oppose his Heel must yield

[chelseafcfanisy]

Captain America would be a great soccer player.

[gavinwarner]

Wow Jake's search history must look pretty shady.

[TheMinecraftMan]

♫When Captain America throws his mighty shield...♫

... VSauce makes a video about it. Yay!

[trollstheking]

+Vsauce3 I really want to know what type of affects would living forever, being immortal, have on your mind? Would your memory have a limited amount of years until you forget something permanently? Or would you be able to remember things from your 20s when you are 500? Just how much information or memory can the human mind hold until it starts to permanently deleting memories or information? Or would your human mind adapt and boost its potential over the course of hundreds/thousands of years?

I would love to see a video on this.

[HamodNiko]

How fast do I need to go to make an afterimage??

[psych]

"That thing does NOT follow the laws of physics" -Spiderman, Civil War

[B.treveton]

its good to see Jake looking so much better.

[Godzillarex]

So Captain America's push kick could literally blow your head off. Awesome!

[themrfj]

Cap kills way too many people and gets away with it with a "They probably didn't die." Thanks for putting your foot down, instead of shielding him.

[kibromfesseha]

So what would happen if you got Falcon Kicked then?

[thechimichanga]

Well, Captain America is stronger than the average man, able to lift up to 2 whole tons, so that makes a lot of sense that he COULD kill you with a kick.