Jupiter

We make hair dryers that blow their own air and measure it in airs per second.

He's not wrong.

Watts per second is equivalent to J/s^2.

A watt-second is a Joule.

What would be a more appropriate measure in this case and how would you go about getting the variables?

J/s^2 is nothing

energy/time (J/s = W) is what you're trying to say
analogous to how much water flows each second in a river

J/s^2 looks to my like a change in the Rate of Energy over time

just what was he trying to say

Yeah, that's per second per second. Meaning it increases by that amount every second if I'm not mistaken.

I unironically heard a guy talking about "just now understanding that" after about 3 years of studying

probably more than 2 millions for sure

Has he never asked questions in a physics class?

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