Mildly interesting
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
In all fairness, it’s not like the pole vaulter gets multiple events to compete in. In a single Olympics Phelps won a gold for 100m Butterfly, 200M Butterfly, and 2 different relay teams where he swam the Butterfly… That’s impressive as hell, but it’s still 4 golds for being the best in the world at 1 thing. The pole vaulter only gets 1 event. There’s no relay with the long jumper, sprinter, and javelin thrower…
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wrote on 17 Jan 2024, 14:27 last edited by
True that.
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wrote on 17 Jan 2024, 14:30 last edited by
Mark Spitz, whereas Michael Phelps.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
True that.
Course, he was also the best freestyle swimmer, which also won him multiple golds.
And since he was the best at both, he did won a bunch of golds for IM…
But I’m still going to be bitter because the guy was/is(?) a jackass…
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Fantastic to watch.
Wow, how can it control its flight that well while flying so slowly? Impressive.
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@kluurs said in Mildly interesting:
Not exactly accurate, unclear if it was murder accident or suicide. And he knew his invention was world changing.
Read this book
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Football ping pong
Link to videowrote on 22 Jan 2024, 15:13 last edited by@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Football ping pong
Link to videoThere is a game in Thailand called Sepak Takraw, which you can see played a lot in parks and in villages. Kind of like volleyball but can only use your feet. I tried once, and only once!! LOL Quite difficult.
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@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Football ping pong
Link to videoThere is a game in Thailand called Sepak Takraw, which you can see played a lot in parks and in villages. Kind of like volleyball but can only use your feet. I tried once, and only once!! LOL Quite difficult.
Link to videowrote on 22 Jan 2024, 15:40 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Football ping pong
Link to videoThere is a game in Thailand called Sepak Takraw, which you can see played a lot in parks and in villages. Kind of like volleyball but can only use your feet. I tried once, and only once!! LOL Quite difficult.
Link to videoI've never tried it. I guess I'll never know whether I have a latent talent for it, which might have propelled me to international stardom. The road not taken.
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I think it was Bill Gates who said we overestimate the amount of change coming in 18 months and underestimate the amount of change coming in a decade.
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@mark said in Mildly interesting:
That’s interesting. But it’s still a fucking planet. So is Australia.
