The Random Image Thread (keeping it PG-13 at the worst)
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Kirk wrote: Yeah, the ship came out fine but I bet in a real life situation, the humans inside would have broken bones at the least. Still its awesome life boats can survive this.
Not only can they survive this, this is how they're designed to be launched. Everyone inside would be wearing a 5 point safety harness, sitting backwards, and I believe have a head strap to help prevent whiplash.
jkahless wrote:Kirk wrote: Yeah, the ship came out fine but I bet in a real life situation, the humans inside would have broken bones at the least. Still its awesome life boats can survive this.
Not only can they survive this, this is how they're designed to be launched. Everyone inside would be wearing a 5 point safety harness, sitting backwards, and I believe have a head strap to help prevent whiplash.
even with a safety harness, 220ft is one hell of a drop
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TOS wrote:jkahless wrote:Kirk wrote: Yeah, the ship came out fine but I bet in a real life situation, the humans inside would have broken bones at the least. Still its awesome life boats can survive this.
Not only can they survive this, this is how they're designed to be launched. Everyone inside would be wearing a 5 point safety harness, sitting backwards, and I believe have a head strap to help prevent whiplash.
even with a safety harness, 220ft is one hell of a drop
I understand that those things are designed for oil platforms, so if there's a fire, you want to be able to get to that thing, and take the drop.
ukimalefu wrote:TOS wrote:jkahless wrote:Kirk wrote: Yeah, the ship came out fine but I bet in a real life situation, the humans inside would have broken bones at the least. Still its awesome life boats can survive this.
Not only can they survive this, this is how they're designed to be launched. Everyone inside would be wearing a 5 point safety harness, sitting backwards, and I believe have a head strap to help prevent whiplash.
even with a safety harness, 220ft is one hell of a drop
I understand that those things are designed for oil platforms, so if there's a fire, you want to be able to get to that thing, and take the drop.
yes but ... 220 ft is one hell of a drop
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DukeofNuke wrote: got an attribution for that?
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1 ... ago_so_my/
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radarman wrote:DukeofNuke wrote: got an attribution for that?
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1 ... ago_so_my/
Ok, then. Just wanted to make sure we weren't violating any copyrights ...
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Wait? A pop star didn't find a cure for all of humanity's ills?
What a loser.
What a loser.
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Séamas wrote: Wait? A pop star didn't find a cure for all of humanity's ills?
What a loser.
Nobody'd be saying anything if so many people didn't take the song as a profound message.

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Kirk wrote: Lennon vastly oversimplified the problem. War has its uses and reasons. If he'd thrown in a few verses (many would probably really be needed) to address those issues, it would have been better received.
my grandfather-in-law, who served in the royal navy during wwii and saw more combat than either of us could imagine and was tough. as. nails. would always cry when he he heard that song
always
it's not meant to be a frigging blueprint, man, just a statement of ideals
or better yet: a song
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That looks far more like the Galley-oh-hoop-hoop than Cookie Monster.
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