ultrafilter posted:

You probably wouldn't be able to do it with a chain that's as short as a standard whip.

Mister Speaker posted:

Seat-of-the-pants I feel like the tapering size of the chain links is also a big factor.

Carthag Tuek posted:

i saw a biker whip another biker with the lock chains from his motorcycle once, but it just made some really ugly noises. no whipcracks.

Robobot posted:

The end of the giant chain whip is probably leather, so I’d think all the giant chain does is add more mass to maybe make the crack stronger?…maybe?

I’m sure there’s some goon whip expert that has been working/making whips for decades that can explain this all to us.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

https://i.imgur.com/9oNCFMa.mp4

Milo and POTUS posted:

Does it look likes it cracks pretty close to his face at first

Blue Footed Booby posted:

???

Inceltown posted:

Members of the Madras Engineering Group display their martial arts skills during the 75th Republic Day parade. The event commemorates the date when the constitution of India came into force in 1950 and the country began its transition from a British dominion into a republic

Ballbot5000 posted:

Was that BBQ sauce? What the gently caress?

BrianBoitano posted:

sound
https://i.imgur.com/FBpEBYR.mp4

BrianBoitano posted:

sound
https://i.imgur.com/FBpEBYR.mp4

FreudianSlippers posted:

I bet his mom is hot

Milo and POTUS posted:

Why do I see werewolf nick cage

020124 posted:

Ommin posted:

I understand that sexism doesn't really have an honest rationale, but what was the reasoning behind "women can't run long distances"?

Ommin posted:

I understand that sexism doesn't really have an honest rationale, but what was the reasoning behind "women can't run long distances"?

Ommin posted:

I understand that sexism doesn't really have an honest rationale, but what was the reasoning behind "women can't run long distances"?

freeedr posted:

Race officials try to stop Kathrine Switzer from officially running the 1967 Boston Marathon by attacking her to steal her race number. They say women can’t run such a long race even though Bobbi Gibb has already done it the year before and this year, just unofficially since she wasn’t allowed to register and get numbers. Switzer makes it through and becomes the first woman to officially complete Boston.

freeedr posted:

Race officials try to stop Kathrine Switzer from officially running the 1967 Boston Marathon by attacking her to steal her race number. They say women can’t run such a long race even though Bobbi Gibb has already done it the year before and this year, just unofficially since she wasn’t allowed to register and get numbers. Switzer makes it through and becomes the first woman to officially complete Boston.

Elias_Maluco posted:

Women are inferior and also weak and fragile. We cant have them doing stuff that might prove otherwise

Cocaine Bear posted:

How would Johnny Chain Smoker feel if he lost to a girl? Think of Johnny.

Ommin posted:

I understand that sexism doesn't really have an honest rationale, but what was the reasoning behind "women can't run long distances"?

marshmallow creep posted:

because if she can do it then obviously he can do it without any marathon training

hawowanlawow posted:

did he say that?

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Two weeks later, my boyfriend, a 235-pound ex–All American football player and nationally ranked hammer thrower known as Big Tom Miller, announced that he was going to run Boston, too, and didn’t need to train because “if a girl can run a marathon, I can run a marathon.” Tom was an authority on all things athletic and would not be dissuaded.

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We were just falling into the rhythm of Arnie’s stride and beginning to relax when Tom, still fuming, turned to me and blurted out, “You’re getting me into all kinds of trouble!”

It was out of the blue.

“What are you talking about, Tom?”

“I’ve hit an official, and now I’ll get kicked out of the AAU.” Tom had aspirations of competing in the Olympics in the ham¬mer throw.

I felt really sad, but I was angry, too. “I didn’t hit the official, you hit the official, Tom.” I said it quietly. I thought it totally crass of him to pick a fight in public with me, his steady girl¬friend. Everybody looked embarrassed.

“Oh great, yeah, thanks a lot for nothing. I should never have come to Boston,” he answered loudly.

“It was your idea to come to Boston!” I shot back.

But with that Tom ripped the numbers off the front and back of his sweatshirt, tore them up and threw them to the pavement, and shouted, “I am never going to make the Olympic team and it’s all your fault!” Then he lowered his voice and hissed, “Besides that, you run too slow anyway.” And with that, he took off and disappeared among the runners in front.

I couldn’t help it. I felt so ashamed, I was crying. Again Tom had convinced me I was just a girl, a jogger, and a no-talent like me now had bumbled the Olympic Dream out of his life. I thought I was a serious girlfriend to him, and so I guessed that was over, too. It was a helluva race so far, that’s for sure, and we still had over 20 miles to run.

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Now we were halfway and in the famous Wellesley Hills, where in one of Arnie’s theories, “the race began.” Suddenly ahead in the grey mist I could see an orange sweatshirt. It was Big Tom, and he was walking. We caught him quickly, of course, surprising him. “Walk with me a while,” he pleaded. “I’ll get it back.”

“I can’t, Tom,” I answered. “As slow as I’m going, I’ve got some momentum here,” thinking if he had to walk at 13 he should call a taxi. Then I drifted ahead. He screamed after me, “I’d never leave you!”