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How come elevators and 45mph car rides made him nauseous but not...

posted 10 years ago by Cinemaskype
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...being spun around in that centrifugal force chair/gravitron thing-y being tested by the doctors prior to his eye test?

[–] zyggums 9 years ago

The same reason elevators stopped bothering him, he acclimated to earth's gravity.

[–] nephihaha 9 years ago

Like Zyggum's said. It was motion sickness to begin with...

Or if you want to interpret it the other way, it's because of his drunkenness.

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