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  On 1/29/2025 at 5:46 PM, Armybrat said:

Last known surviving participant from the 1936 Olympics passed away:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Cummings

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Such a critical games.  RIP Jesse Owens, who figuratively gave the US's collective middle finger to Hitler and his horrific ideas and actions.

There's a great podcast series from Malcolm Gladwell on the 1936 Olympics, including the critical decision to actually attend those games, when much of what Hitler was had already been revealed to the world.

It's season 10 of Revisionist History, which you can find on any podcast platform.  Here's the link to their webpage, in case you don't want to go through a podcast app:

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/introducing-hitlers-olympics

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  On 3/27/2024 at 2:53 PM, 52-80 said:

Call me Simple Jack but why is there such a profession as Golf Course Designer or Race Track Designer?

Theres no platonic geometric configuration of a golf course or a race track thats so complex its unsolvable by a normal person. 

The fact that one course or hole or curve is easy or difficult or smooth or technical is all part of its essence. Variety is its very nature and we dont have consensus on one that is optimal. 

If a 5 year old draws a bunch of right-angles…hey thats Long Beach street course.  If he draws an oval thats a world famous nascar track. 

So why would we need a “designer” to make one?

 

 

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Tell me something there slick: If the turn radius of a nascar track is 150 m, what's the maximum angle the turn can be banked at so that the driver doesn't get dizzy from experiencing too much centripetal acceleration during the turns?

Or, how much water does a 200 yard long by 25 yard fairway need during the summer in bumfuck alabama? What should the diameter of the pipes be to deliver that much water? Horsepower of the pump?

 

edit: fuck I just realized I'm replying to a year old post. 

 

 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 9:52 PM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Tell me something there slick: If the turn radius of a nascar track is 150 m, what's the maximum angle the turn can be banked at so that the driver doesn't get dizzy from experiencing too much centripetal acceleration during the turns?

Or, how much water does a 200 yard long by 25 yard fairway need during the summer in bumfuck alabama? What should the diameter of the pipes be to deliver that much water? Horsepower of the pump?

 

edit: fuck I just realized I'm replying to a year old post. 

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1. The drivers conform to the track, the track doesnt conform to the driver. Whether you take a curve at 200mph or 100mph is up to the limit of your vehicle and your skill, but its your choice. 

Tracks are not designed with a G objective. See prima facie evidence of variety of tracks in F1, and even nascar (ovals vs street). And anyway, nascar drivers are subjected to half the G load of F1, so theyre not at threat of being anywhere near the human limit. 
 

2. Jack Nicklaus isnt doing hydraulic engineering, I can guarantee you that.

Did you think Giorgetto Giugiaro builds engines too?  

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  On 1/29/2025 at 11:55 PM, 52-80 said:

And anyway, nascar drivers are subjected to half the G load of F1, so theyre not at threat of being anywhere near the human limit.

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Remember that first practice session for Indy’s first time at TMS?

I do. Poor bastards were  screaming the corners and some almost passed out. Wild, wild weekend. 

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  On 2/7/2025 at 5:13 AM, Superhero said:

Just watched Mississippi Burning for the umpteenth time. Gene Hackman was such a great actor. Too bad he stopped acting 10+ years ago.

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He's 95 years old now. Not to many opportunities for even 85 year old's and I'd imagine he got it out of his system by then. I watched the French Connection the other day. He is great. 

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  On 2/7/2025 at 3:05 PM, Crapinon said:

He's 95 years old now. Not to many opportunities for even 85 year old's and I'd imagine he got it out of his system by then. I watched the French Connection the other day. He is great. 

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When did "LET'S GO!" become the de-facto thing to yell out when you get excited? Who made this decision? What happened to "WHOO HOO" and "ALL RIGHT!" or even "YEAH!!"? 

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  On 2/7/2025 at 6:21 PM, Sandman said:

When did "LET'S GO!" become the de-facto thing to yell out when you get excited? Who made this decision? What happened to "WHOO HOO" and "ALL RIGHT!" or even "YEAH!!"? 

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Don't ask me. I lost track of everything popular culture at least two decades ago.

Also, I really shouldn't belabor this, but... So Gene Hackman has had two wives, and has been married 30 years with each. That's actually kinda sweet.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 9:52 PM, High Plains Drifter said:

Tell me something there slick: If the turn radius of a nascar track is 150 m, what's the maximum angle the turn can be banked at so that the driver doesn't get dizzy from experiencing too much centripetal acceleration during the turns?

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Doesn't banking the turns reduce G force?

  On 2/7/2025 at 5:41 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Chick-fil-a changed something about their french fries lately and now they taste like shit

 

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I noticed they started giving less fries out recently. Like - the packaging size of the medium changed.

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  On 2/7/2025 at 8:15 PM, ztejas said:

Doesn't banking the turns reduce G force?

I noticed they started giving less fries out recently. Like - the packaging size of the medium changed.

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No, banking the turns allows you to take the turn faster without skidding. The faster you take the turn, the more "G force" you experience. When the car is banked, so is your body (head tilted inward, legs outward) which results in the G forces pushing your blood toward your legs, and you get tunnel vision, dizzy, and can even blackout if the G forces are too high or last too long. This can be ameliorated by making the turn radius greater (in other words making the turn less sharp), but that would mean a longer track. 

Fighter pilots wear special flight suits that inflate and squeeze their legs and lower body to keep the blood higher up in the body and help prevent blacking out when they make insanely high speed, sharp turns. 

Its similar to (but worse than) what happens when sometimes people suddenly stand up after laying down for a long time and get dizzy (or even faint in extreme cases). 

 

 

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  On 2/7/2025 at 5:41 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Chick-fil-a changed something about their french fries lately and now they taste like shit

 

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Yes, they use pea starch now to keep oil from seeping into the fry and keeping the fry crispier.  People have noticed it has changed the taste and made them dry.  

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My toddler occasionally watches this Blippi show and I swear to god this Blippi guy is just the creepiest motherfucker in kids programming. Dude radiates total pedophile energy. 

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i write lowercase y in two completely different ways for no apparent reason. and that's before my terrible penmanship kicks in and tosses out the random badly-formed is it a j or maybe a g or a y wtf?

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  On 2/12/2025 at 12:58 PM, 52-80 said:

My toddler occasionally watches this Blippi show and I swear to god this Blippi guy is just the creepiest motherfucker in kids programming. Dude radiates total pedophile energy. 

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That thought WAS actually worth a thread:

 

 

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  On 2/15/2025 at 8:11 AM, Rimbo said:

That thought WAS actually worth a thread:

 

 

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I never clicked on that from 5 years ago because i didnt recognize “blippi” and wasnt curious and am so glad i saved myself an extra 5 years of torture

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  On 2/15/2025 at 6:15 PM, Im_smarter_then_you said:

I’m traveling with a lululemon bag and idgaf

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must be popular for some reason

for decades I've used a Wenger laptop backpack for travel that had these little side pockets that were, shall we say, completely TSA-proof; you could fit a family sized toothpaste tube in there, and never you mind.

Been a while since I've been on a plane and I'm taking the most recent incarnation of that bag with me and... toothpaste spotted. No luck. 😭😭😭 NO MORE TOILETRIES SMUGGLING

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  On 2/15/2025 at 7:08 PM, Rimbo said:

must be popular for some reason

for decades I've used a Wenger laptop backpack for travel that had these little side pockets that were, shall we say, completely TSA-proof; you could fit a family sized toothpaste tube in there, and never you mind.

Been a while since I've been on a plane and I'm taking the most recent incarnation of that bag with me and... toothpaste spotted. No luck. 😭😭😭 NO MORE TOILETRIES SMUGGLING

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Apparently only chicks wear them.   But I’m carrying a wallet, passport, car keys , sunglasses, planet fitness card and a free slurpee coupon.  So far nobody in the international terminal at Dulles is man enough to step up and mock me

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  On 2/15/2025 at 7:12 PM, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Apparently only chicks wear them.

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Also, I find the whole "only girls do..." logic nonsense when I grew up with heterosexual male heroes who dressed like this:

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So like. Whatevs. You're just jealous that I look better than you do in purple lipstick.

and tbh that's one of the least feminine photos of Nick Rhodes from that era

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  On 2/15/2025 at 7:17 PM, Rimbo said:

Also, I find the whole "only girls do..." logic nonsense when I grew up with heterosexual male heroes who dressed like this:

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So like. Whatevs. You're just jealous that I look better than you do in purple lipstick.

and tbh that's one of the least feminine photos of Nick Rhodes from that era

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Yep. That’s been my mindset all my life.  Question

My manhood etc but I’ll be the dude that still has his passport and reading glasses.  
 

 

 

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One time I watched this short documentary on the japanese harley/lowrider motorcycle subculture. It was said how they were emulating the american motocycle gang culture, so that it was linked to the yakuza and participated in bullying and violent extortion and racketeering and all that socially stigmatized stuff. 

One scene had this motorcycle “gang” gather in a parking lot. The bikers were walking around gathering up trash and turns out its just a bunch of 50 year old accountants and such, and theyre all like “oh yes, we rike motos please, sound is very very good thank you, haiii.” 

vicious thug people, these japs.

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  On 2/16/2025 at 1:20 PM, 52-80 said:

One time I watched this short documentary on the japanese harley/lowrider motorcycle subculture. It was said how they were emulating the american motocycle gang culture, so that it was linked to the yakuza and participated in bullying and violent extortion and racketeering and all that socially stigmatized stuff. 

One scene had this motorcycle “gang” gather in a parking lot. The bikers were walking around gathering up trash and turns out its just a bunch of 50 year old accountants and such, and theyre all like “oh yes, we rike motos please, sound is very very good thank you, haiii.” 

vicious thug people, these japs.

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So not that different than American aging boomer Harley crowd. Not to be confused with the true biker gang crowd, who will rip your head off and crap down your neck. 

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  On 2/16/2025 at 2:28 PM, nnm said:

So not that different than American aging boomer Harley crowd. Not to be confused with the true biker gang crowd, who will rip your head off and crap down your neck. 

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Ive been watching The Pacific and trying to reconcile how the people who did Nanking one generation ago are now the people who apologize to everyone for the train arriving 2 minutes too late. 

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