• jadero@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      21
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      9 months ago

      Anyone who hasn’t followed that link needs to do so now! It’s got human cadaver arms manipulated with fishing line and guitar tuning knobs. It’s got a link to an article titled “Your Face: Punching Bag or Spandrel?”

      You can’t possibly find a better way to spend 10 minutes!

        • jadero@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          Oh that’s not good. Obviously, I’ve chosen to allow js, but basic stuff should work without it.

        • jadero@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          9 months ago

          Heh. I gave up trying to figure out voting a long time ago. I find it both fascinating and disturbing that there are people out there who see anything I write as worthy of a dowvote. :)

      • jadero@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        9 months ago

        Gauges measured stress on the metacarpals during punches and slaps on padded-dumbbell targets created with a pendulum-like device.

        I take “a pendulum-like device” to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.

        • fidodo@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          9 months ago

          This whole device sounds morbid but hilarious. Did they like strap dead bodies to a swing and position them like Superman and swing their bodies into a wall fist fist?

          • jadero@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            9 months ago

            That would have been awesome, but I suspect that it was just the arms and that it was powered in some way, hence “pendulum-like”.

      • thefartographer@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        9 months ago

        You read the same article I did, so I’m also a little fuzzy on the exact details other than attaching fishing lines to tendons and possibly tightening them with guitar tuners. I’m not sure how they launched an attack.

        • jadero@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          9 months ago

          Gauges measured stress on the metacarpals during punches and slaps on padded-dumbbell targets created with a pendulum-like device.

          I take “a pendulum-like device” to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.

          • thefartographer@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            edit-2
            9 months ago

            Fucking dangling modifiers. I thought they were saying that they manufactured targets using a pendulum-like device. I kept reading that statement thinking it was such an oddly specific detail to vaguely reference. But using a pendulum to ensure consistent force and accuracy makes sense.

            Although, for my money, I’d rather strap a dead hand to a rocket-powered sled.

  • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    9 months ago

    Humans evolved chins shortly after inventing pillow cases. No other animal has a chin, nor do any other animals have pillow cases.

    It’s just science.