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biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i get so freaked out by like. pictures of really big rope

clintwaffle

I’d like to say that’s normal but I’m a frayed knot

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i’m so fucking annoyed at this, just for that you don’t get photos of the rope

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i changed my mind, this is just too horrifying not to share

it’s called a Hawser and is the thick cable or rope used for towing/mooring a ship

in conclusion, i have nightmares beyond description

arithmeticanimaniac

NO it would NOT be cool

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

well i fucken disagree

goeswiththeflo

@scumrunner do you have any cursed facts about hawsers to share ?

As a fiber nerd, i am personally very enthusiastic about them….

scumrunner

Ohhohohoho DO I EVER. Meet the “snapback zone,” not an area with cool hats, but instead the unintuitive range at which a hawser can kill you if it breaks under tension.

cloud-and-proud

What if we kissed in the snap-back zone? 😳 😳 😳

talus-the-broken

I don’t think you guys understand how much force this is, a tow rope used to move a 20 foot boat snaps under tension with enough force to dent metal, shatter glass and seriously injure anyone in its way. A Hawser on the other hand… Well I’ve seen a concrete pier with a chuck the size of a sedan ripped out of it by a line failure, and anecdotally, I’ve heard of a 2 ton heavy cargo forklift being skidded sideways, then knocked over. These lines snap with enough force to noticably dent the hull armor of navy ships.

This is a line designed to hold in place a moving object that can be easily in excess of 10000 tons. AND THEY CAN BREAK FROM THAT TENSION ALONE.

THESE THINGS ARE TERRIFYING RUBBER BANDS FROM HELL.

butch-of-the-blades

Nope Rope

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

NOPE ROPE

jeremy-ken-anderson

I’m once again reminded of its much smaller cousin, the haywire.

You’ve heard of the term, “Going haywire,” right? Ever spared a thought to why that term exists?

See, time was there was a prototype automatic hay-baler. But this was in that magic period juuust before we really got into standardized sizes. So calibration of the machine was handled manually - a mix of guessing and learning from the results of guessing. If you’ve read Raising Steam by Sir Terry Pratchett you know that many people don’t get to learn from the results of their own guesses, due to being dead.

A poorly calibrated hay-baler had the mechanical strength to smush the hay into a tight bundle, wrap the wire around it, and tie that wire off to maintain the bale’s form. But the pressure of the over-packed hay was a constant outward force. Each bale made by an over-tight baler was potential energy in physical form. We have a word for “potential energy in physical form” and that word is “bomb.”

So sometimes, a man would toss a hay bale and it would land with a twang and the man who’d been reaching down to pick it up where it landed was dead.

And that is what “haywire” means.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

oh nice. i knew hay bales occasionally spontaneously combust, didn’t know they used to have an explosion factor too

marlynnofmany

I am learning multiple things today

Normally I’d expect wet plant matter to be less likely to go up in flames, but not hay bales! Those pesky bacteria really like to party in damp conditions. And by party I mean “create heat.”

vetchtibbles

a moment of silence for my roommate who has to endure me doing linguistics homework. out loud. making sounds with parts of my mouth and throat I didn’t even realise I could use to make sounds. repeatedly and with passion

teacupsandcyanide

i think the moment of silence needs to come directly from you on this one

themysteriousmurasamecastle

hey.. two people were asking about you… so i gave them your address and phone number… their names were Skeletal Warrior and Skeletal Ice Mage

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shencomix

thatsbelievable

shimamitsu

ppl are so mad in the replies to this tweet but op is literally right

edgar-allan-possum

xxxdragonfucker69xxx

a hex key should be an implement for performing dark magics albeit small ones. a method of breaking into the hidden hours of heaven to throw misfortunes down on those who displease you. instead of a thing to assemble furniture with

rathayibacter

the gates of death are held on by allen screws. you know what must be done.

the-haiku-bot

the gates of death are

held on by allen screws. you

know what must be done.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

medievaljournalist

every bad thing in the entire world is due to the dark sorcerer if we just kill the dark sorcerer i bet everything will be amazing something amazing will happen

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rarebritney

at the grocery store i bought 2 limes and a lemon and the checker said to me "two limes and a lemon... Anything could happen"

enchantedbook

"Comet Donati", colour lithograph by Philippe Benoist, from Amédée Guillemin's Le Ciel (1877).

keepcalmandcarriefischer

I feel lied to. This is where the bugs bunny NO meme cokes from

an-enigmatic-mind

liquid-geodes

Ah lads they fucking rotated him

keepcalmandcarriefischer

kalianos

yan-town

ythok

Me, reading this whole post:

pope74220

NOW it’s you

keepcalmandcarriefischer

Oh yea? Well guess what bro

polyphonetic

fallenwillow44

Best post I've seen all day

dat-physics-gal

keepcalmandcarriefischer

ericvilas

null-the-void-monarch-offical

LEAVE ME FOKIN’ X-AXIS ALONE

yourunusalartist

"Cokes from"

evilsoup

how do i put this. I think it's important to take some responsibility for the state of the world. I think it's also important not to feel guilt over it. That you are obliged to take some responsibility does not imply that you are guilty of something; it's just a matter of being an adult human being in society. The responsibility is to act to change things for the better on the basis of your actual ability & capacity. Guilt for things you did not do does not help you in that.

robinstome

there's no fucking way

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i-am-a-fish

they need to start selling horse milk in grocery stores

i-am-a-fish

I forgot normal people follow me I'm sorry

hungry-hobbits

"get ready for video games to become unaffordable" video games haven't been affordable for the last 10 years

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