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I love how the announcer is so tunnel visioned on the lead horses that he doesn't notice rich strike until the 11th hour
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Inceltown posted:Next you'll try telling us that the Mesopotamians song by They Might Be Giants isn't accurate and the ancient Sumerians didn't drive around in Econoline vans? (and no one's even heard of their band)
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May 11, 2022 12:26
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Milo and POTUS posted:I love how the announcer is so tunnel visioned on the lead horses that he doesn't notice rich strike until the 11th hour Well, no one was expecting it. Rich Strike was originally an alternate pick for the lineup and the longest of long odds at 80:1. And the fact all that ground was made up during the final furlong is nothing short of amazing. A lot of horses keep a little in the tank for a surge, but that much energy and that much acceleration during the tail-end of a race is incredible.
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May 11, 2022 12:46
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It’s like Rich Strike didn’t know how the race was supposed to work. “Oh, this is the final furlong?” 
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May 11, 2022 12:55
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I expected him to pop positive for horse meth or something. That was just such an incredible final run.
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May 11, 2022 12:56
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Poor Sham is completely overshadowed by Secretariat. If he is remembered today, it’s usually for keeping Secretariat company in the first part of the Belmont Stakes, only to finish dead last after an injury. What I think is remarkable about Sham’s career is that he ran the Kentucky Derby in under two minutes. Put that performance in any year other than 1973, and he wins the race. He’s not just the second fastest horse of 1973. He’s the second fastest horse ever to run the Derby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MycODLdqcg
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May 11, 2022 13:37
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I've always heard stories about horse racing being terribly corrupt. Things like owners/jockies making fast horses run slower in prelim races to increase the betting odds for the big races.
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May 11, 2022 14:29
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https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1524104402440704001?t=8n5y3tf7mltBBYMg48y4Pw&s=19
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May 11, 2022 15:21
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Of course there are several goons who understand horse racing in detail.
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May 11, 2022 15:44
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I expected him to pop positive for horse meth or something. That was just such an incredible final run. I think there was a rumor of that but in the opposite direction: Final Strike was so hyped up they gave him tranquilizers that wore off just as the race was underway.
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May 11, 2022 17:14
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SerthVarnee posted:Malice because she showed a way for anonymous people on the internet to harm someone with repercussions (jokes on them, this can count as attempted murder if it hits her hard enough). A MAGA troll agreed to pay 100k to Kurt Eichenwald for giving him a seizure on purpose via twitter, to avoid being convicted of aggravated assault. Assault by Twitter? Guilty plea expected in attack targeting Dallas author Kurt Eichenwald A tweet containing an animated strobe image triggered an epileptic seizure and amounted to aggravated assault, prosecutors say.
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May 11, 2022 17:35
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mds2 posted:I've always heard stories about horse racing being terribly corrupt. Things like owners/jockies making fast horses run slower in prelim races to increase the betting odds for the big races. Pretty much anything that involves gambling has some kind of shady poo poo going on.
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May 11, 2022 17:46
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ekuNNN posted:A MAGA troll agreed to pay 100k to Kurt Eichenwald for giving him a seizure on purpose via twitter, to avoid being convicted of aggravated assault. And of course a bunch of nutjobs decided to give it a couple of extra tries: from the article: "Eichenwald has said that dozens of copycats on Twitter sent flashing images to him in the aftermath of the incident, adding that he had passed them along to authorities. Authorities found a number of direct messages to the account where the first tweet originated that made reference to Eichenwald, according to a criminal complaint against Rivello. Two such messages read: “I hope this sends him into a seizure” and “let’s see if he dies."" So yeah, if any of those had managed to kill him? (which to be clear here, they absolutely could have if for instance he was sitting on the toilet while checking his phone and the seizure sent him smacking head first into the floor) I sincerely believe that would be a murder charge right there (or an attempted murder if he only just barely managed to survive through an extended hospital trip)
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May 11, 2022 18:42
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mds2 posted:I've always heard stories about horse racing being terribly corrupt. Things like owners/jockies making fast horses run slower in prelim races to increase the betting odds for the big races. Have I got a read for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Cotton TLDR: Aussie dudes painted a horse to resemble another. And it pretty much worked.
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May 11, 2022 21:12
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ekuNNN posted:A tweet containing an animated strobe image triggered an epileptic seizure and amounted to aggravated assault, prosecutors say. It's no different than poisoning his Tylenol or putting a bomb in his mailbox it's a parcel intended to cause him harm or death
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May 11, 2022 21:26
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Beastie posted:Have I got a read for you. There is a Dollop episode on this and it's amazing.
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May 11, 2022 21:32
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By popular demand posted:There is a Dollop episode on this and it's amazing. Anytime Wil Anderson is on you know it's going to be a banger.
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I love Potoooooooo not only because of the pun but it's also the way I always say what this bird is its a potooOOOooo
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May 12, 2022 00:47
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mds2 posted:Holy cow what a run. it's a horse tho
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May 12, 2022 00:57
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2009 Kentucky Derby Can you see what the announcer didn’t? Watch the ‘8’ horse in yellow, making a move from the rear at 2:24 on the inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is4q1L6JiSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDaRM1hcWXw
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Horses all look alike to me
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-Zydeco- posted:https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1525190636307107840 Look at this magnificent thing we poured plaster into
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Feral Integral posted:Look at this magnificent thing we poured plaster into What point are you trying to make?
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Atticus_1354 posted:What point are you trying to make? gently caress ants.
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May 14, 2022 01:41
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Feral Integral posted:Look at this magnificent thing we poured plaster into It was an abandoned nest. Pouring cement into didn't affect anything other than to allow us to see its complexity.
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May 14, 2022 01:43
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Xun posted:Where did they go  Who can say?
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May 14, 2022 03:22
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Why does that anteater have a panda for a leg?
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May 14, 2022 03:55
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Why does that anteater have a panda for a leg? Camouflage. If they find a large group of pandas they can move around virtually undetected.
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May 14, 2022 05:37
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That nest painted for me a horrifying mental picture of the ants' size, so I googled them. But nah, they're just regular ant sized.
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Beastie posted:Have I got a read for you. The wikipedia article you linked says there were already suspicions before the race even started due to absurd betting patterns, and they got caught immediately after the race was finished? Interesting to note is the involvement of the most famous horse/bookmaker family in Australia, the Waterhouses. Who are still, to this very day, complete and utter scum!
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Lady Disdain posted:That nest painted for me a horrifying mental picture of the ants' size, so I googled them. But nah, they're just regular ant sized. Bullant nests aren't that large, but they are.  Bite loving hurts, too.
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May 14, 2022 13:53
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Bullant nests aren't that large, but they are. From some of the descriptions I've read, "loving hurts" kind of undersells the pain I think. According to the Schmidt Pain Scale, it's one of the most painful Hymenoptera stings you can experience. quote:Pain Level 4 is the highest level in the Schmidt sting pain index. Schmidt's original index rated only one such example, the sting of the bullet ant, as a 4. Schmidt has described the sting as "pure, intense, brilliant pain...like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel." The bullet ant's venom primarily contains poneratoxin, a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index
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Proteus Jones posted:From some of the descriptions I've read, "loving hurts" kind of undersells the pain I think. That's the bullet ant. The pic is a bull-ant. Bull-Ant's look much fiercer, with their huge pincers, but any pain from their bite is purely from the physical aspects of a bite. The bullet-ant delivers it's pain from venom.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:That's the bullet ant. The pic is a bull-ant. Bull-Ant's look much fiercer, with their huge pincers, but any pain from their bite is purely from the physical aspects of a bite. The bullet-ant delivers it's pain from venom. Yeah, I misread because I saw "Bullant" as "Bullet" (and my mind supplied the "ant" part)
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:That's the bullet ant. The pic is a bull-ant. Bull-Ant's look much fiercer, with their huge pincers, but any pain from their bite is purely from the physical aspects of a bite. The bullet-ant delivers it's pain from venom. Nah, like most ants, bull ants have plenty of venom in their sting. The bite serves to get a grip in order to sting, even if it is an uncomfortable bite. https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/bull-ants/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecia_gulosa
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