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Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Gorilla Salad posted:

If you have an image resizing extension (like SA Last Read) you can set the maximum vertical size of images.

Trust you me, SALR is awesome in a lot of other ways too.

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gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands



Even if it's fake it's funny.

Euphoriaphone
Aug 10, 2006

Captain Lavender posted:

The eclipse is something I hope that many people can safely enjoy.

Though, part of me does want to see some hyper-enthusiasts disappointed by cloudy weather. A la that classic trainspotting video

Is it just me or can you hear 3 different people say "bollocks" just before the trains cross?

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Euphoriaphone posted:

Is it just me or can you hear 3 different people say "bollocks" just before the trains cross?

I caught at least one, but truthfully, I wasn't listening that closely.

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo

SubponticatePoster posted:

Welp how the gently caress do you mulligan that one?

You don't. Group stops are a normal part of cycle racing.


Yes, that's what it looks like. They've stopped the race to piss.

The breakaway group at the front got pulled back in, which would have probably happened eventually, anyways. Breakaway groups any time other than the last few kilometers are about getting your sponsor on camera, not winning. Maybe some stragglers caught up with the group. In the end, it doesn't matter a whole lot unless that stoppage at the bridge was near the end. The dynamics of cycle racing is a bit odd. Like, if the race leader blows a tire halfway through the race everybody is going to slow down and let him catch back up.

I've personally witnessed the breakaway riders do their thing. A few riders rocket off, like the first 4 girls in that video, and lead the group for a while to get on camera and the mass group (peloton) leaves them alone. Eventually they tire out, the group catches up, and they finish waaaaaaaaaay back in the pack. Race organizers even have a separate group of motorcycles to beep their horns to clear the road for the breakaway group because they know the breakaway group is going to happen.

cnut
May 3, 2016

L. Ron Mexico
May 14, 2005

MisterOblivious posted:

You don't. Group stops are a normal part of cycle racing.


Yes, that's what it looks like. They've stopped the race to piss.

The breakaway group at the front got pulled back in, which would have probably happened eventually, anyways. Breakaway groups any time other than the last few kilometers are about getting your sponsor on camera, not winning. Maybe some stragglers caught up with the group. In the end, it doesn't matter a whole lot unless that stoppage at the bridge was near the end. The dynamics of cycle racing is a bit odd. Like, if the race leader blows a tire halfway through the race everybody is going to slow down and let him catch back up.

I've personally witnessed the breakaway riders do their thing. A few riders rocket off, like the first 4 girls in that video, and lead the group for a while to get on camera and the mass group (peloton) leaves them alone. Eventually they tire out, the group catches up, and they finish waaaaaaaaaay back in the pack. Race organizers even have a separate group of motorcycles to beep their horns to clear the road for the breakaway group because they know the breakaway group is going to happen.

all of this has nothing to do with what happened in that video though? as you can see, it's 5 km from the finish (so, you know, near the end), and that bridge was raised because someone thought to let a random tourist on a sailboat pass was more important than some womens bike race

Slugnoid
Jun 23, 2006

Nap Ghost
my absolute favourite cycling schadenfreude;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi24TVdZFyc

Tarantula
Nov 4, 2009

No go ahead stand in the fire, the healer will love the shit out of you.

L. Ron Mexico posted:

all of this has nothing to do with what happened in that video though? as you can see, it's 5 km from the finish (so, you know, near the end), and that bridge was raised because someone thought to let a random tourist on a sailboat pass was more important than some womens bike race

According to this article the organisers had arranged for the bridge to remain shut until 6pm, the riders were 15 seconds too slow to make the deadline so that's a little extra freud.
http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1054306/vos-claims-ladies-tour-of-norway-lead-after-bridge-causes-havoc

e; I always get a laugh out of pro cyclists crashing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQj31Y86_P0

Tarantula has a new favorite as of 11:00 on Aug 21, 2017

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Slugnoid posted:

my absolute favourite cycling schadenfreude;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi24TVdZFyc

He's holding onto the car right?

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Humphreys posted:

He's holding onto the car right?

It's usually called a 'sticky bottle', the car driver hands them a water bottle and they hold onto it for a little too long. Usually they don't do something as blatant as this that though.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
http://i.imgur.com/j1XlWDt.mp4

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
http://i.imgur.com/jxc8Mwc.gifv

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

canyoneer posted:

https://twitter.com/thedirtysports/status/899008361907142656

I'm going to punch this huge dude in front of me.

respect to the 24 dude who was nice enough not to punch him in the back of the head

Slugnoid
Jun 23, 2006

Nap Ghost

http://i.imgur.com/wCVFL2Q.gifv

HelloIAmYourHeart
Dec 29, 2008
Fallen Rib

MisterOblivious posted:


Yes, that's what it looks like. They've stopped the race to piss.

Here is an article about sports peeing. Apparently football players just pee their pants all the time.

quote:

Players drink gallons of water but can't leave the field for even 30 seconds for fear of a turnover happening midstream. Over the years, Gross had tried every technique NFL players and other hyper-hydrated athletes use to surreptitiously relieve themselves during games. He'd experimented with the time-honored slow release into his pants, but they were white, for starters, and it just left Gross feeling soggy and slow. He kind of enjoyed the "T-Pee curtain" method, going inside a hut of towels or parkas. But worrying that his teammates would prank him by walking away midflow occasionally gave Gross stage fright -- aka paruresis, or what urologists refer to as "ballpark bladder." His tight pants, no-fly spandex and all the tape on his gloved hands and mangled fingers made it cumbersome to kneel behind the bench and pee into a cup (a method that was so popular among his teammates that rookies often had a hard time differentiating which cups contained actual Gatorade).

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
Paying these people millions of dollars to piss themselves. smdh

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
So why are they allowed to pee in public but I'm not? :colbert:

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

lmao what th efuck

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Ak Gara posted:

So why are they allowed to pee in public but I'm not? :colbert:

because something something mumble mumble SPORTS

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Ak Gara posted:

So why are they allowed to pee in public but I'm not? :colbert:

Move to a civilized country.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

How kind of them to document their vandalism charge.

How it feels to chew 5 gum.

XTimmy
Nov 28, 2007
I am Jacks self hatred

"a scene featuring a bike-riding raider slamming into a car, flying off his motorcycle, smashing his legs into the car and then hurtling before the camera. The stuntman—Guy Norris—was not supposed to bounce his legs off the car. Unfortunately, upon impact, the car rose into the air and met Norris’ legs full-on. The poor man had just recovered from a previous leg injury and this particular incident bent the steel pin in his leg 20 degrees in the wrong direction. A slow playback of the scene actually shows his leg at an unnatural angle. "

-Source

The Mad Max series is as Australian indie as they come: Bikies being used as extras, shipping in talent via motor-bike, knicked set-dressing, oh and no crash mats, Norris is landing on cardboard boxes there!

XTimmy has a new favorite as of 15:23 on Aug 21, 2017

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

canyoneer posted:

https://twitter.com/thedirtysports/status/899008361907142656

I'm going to punch this huge dude in front of me.

loving lol

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDSo28Oeaqw

No purer schadenfreude than nutshots.

10 Beers
May 21, 2005

Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

The Secret Service is rapidly running out of money.

Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says - CNN
https://apple.news/AXTMIp_UOTb6UDGl96nGJLA

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

10 Beers posted:

The Secret Service is rapidly running out of money.

Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says - CNN
https://apple.news/AXTMIp_UOTb6UDGl96nGJLA

Now is the time to counterfeit.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

10 Beers posted:

The Secret Service is rapidly running out of money.

Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says - CNN
https://apple.news/AXTMIp_UOTb6UDGl96nGJLA

He'll defund the SS like the Republican congress did for the State Department (rip vilerat)

He doesn't seem to need Secret Service agents

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-securitys-use-of-force-questioned-234396

Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
That'd work out p good I'd say. He's worth more alive than dead, to his enemies.

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

Straight into the iris!

That cricket one looked pretty brutal.

gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands

syscall girl posted:

He'll defund the SS like the Republican congress did for the State Department (rip vilerat)

I misread that completely and went "wait, he would absolutely fund the Nazi SS" for a second.

Transmogrifier
Dec 10, 2004


Systems at max!

Lipstick Apathy
Another series of statues removed, this time at the UT of Austin: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/ut-austin-removes-four-confederate-statues

Ape Has Killed Ape
Sep 15, 2005


I absolutely love just how hard that Nazi rally backfired.

Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
Those statues should be preserved, preferably in a way that generates revenue instead of them just being dead capital. I'm thinking maybe like a museum should buy them and be caretaker of them. Or a pornogapher? How much would a nazi pay to see a porn with gen lee in it? I honestly don't know but I'm thinking a lot?

Magnus Manfist
Mar 10, 2013

Renegret posted:

respect to the 24 dude who was nice enough not to punch him in the back of the head

... the guy who punches him in the back of the head twice?

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Karate Bastard posted:

Those statues should be preserved, preferably in a way that generates revenue instead of them just being dead capital. I'm thinking maybe like a museum should buy them and be caretaker of them. Or a pornogapher? How much would a nazi pay to see a porn with gen lee in it? I honestly don't know but I'm thinking a lot?

The car or the person?

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/dY6duoi.mp4

Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
Oh sorry maybe that was disrespectful. I'll go right ahead and flip that line of thought right around shall I. For every 100k I get, I will not make a porn with gen lee in it. Terribly sorry.

Karate Bastard has a new favorite as of 19:29 on Aug 21, 2017

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Devdisigdu
Mar 23, 2016

The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
Today's schadenfreude is brought to you by the eclipse:

https://twitter.com/drewtoothpaste/status/899696251700170752

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