I’m surprised that even needed clarification. Like, we’re not watching a couple of red pandas in M1 Abrams playing water polo with telephone poles, what the fuck about that picture is baffling to you?
I’d imagine that when your forward velocity is that great, your desire to not become human luge paint is generally such that you can eat charcoal and produce only the finest of Tiffany cuff links. Not sure what that says about the Lego brick below you, but they made their choice.
where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons.
Wait, when you say "ride", which position did you want to... Oh well, erm, never mind, forget I asked. Uhm.. Yeah, bro, whatever, sounds fun. I'm there for you, bro.
Jane Wickline has singlehandedly breathed new life into SNL for me. Previously it was Pete Davidson (RIP his career choices) that made me feel represented there. Made me excited to watch.
What's he done? I haven't seen much from him since his comedy special a few years ago.
And yeah, I've been loving Jane's stuff as well. Her songs can be kind of hit or miss but she's so great in general. I loved how she played off the reaction to the Trumpet mom in the recent sketch
Sometimes I think the real miracle is that some only-a-little-bit-gay and some not-even-noticably-gay events have finally been accepted into the Olympics.
Edit: unless we stretch our imaginations to imagine that the ancient Greek origins of fit naked men wrestling in public might not have been terribly sexually charged, I guess.
I had a friend who lived with a few dudes in a house, and I go over to her place and she's getting ready and one of her roommates is sitting in the kitchen eating a chicken breast and broccoli. We get to chatting, and he tells me he's going to Olympic trials for luge, and so obviously I ask how you get into that.
He ends up telling me he ran and was successful at track, and he basically got poached, mainly because of his size and his running ability.
My best friends Brandon and Jonathan discovered they were pretty good at this while they were in the restroom at the Handy Down Bar and they're celebrating their 3 week anniversary next Friday! So, it DOES happen more often than you think.
I'd assume more size = more wind resistance. But if there are any players that lose because of it, I can give them a participation award that will annihilate some silly troply or medal...
I'm fine with going fast on a sled being a sport. That's cool. But, it seems like something where it's only valid if everybody involved is actively doing something on the way down, not just being ballast.
One person sledding makes sense. But, in this sport, the guy on the bottom can't possibly be anything but ballast, can he? He can't see anything, so he can't be steering or braking, right?
Same with bobsled, the guy at the front is steering. Maybe the people in the back help with something, but they can't be too actively involved because they can't see.
In bobsled, the other people at the back are important for the initial pushoff, since you're allowed a running start. And then I'm pretty sure everyone helps steer, based on what the guy in the front is doing/commands he gives.
Granted, all my knowledge of bobsled comes from Cool Runnings, so take all that with a grain of salt
Seriously. For both events, I feel like the skill curve starts at "try not to die" and just keeps climbing in degrees of "get better at not dying" and "point your feet in the right direction".
A Dutch talkshow host absolutely wrecked the notion of this sport, and skeleton as well. It's basically just going down a slide one at a time on a little sled, was his point. And the difference between these sports is the way you lie on the sled.
The main difference between Luge and Skeleton (beyond the obvious) is that in Luge you launch and accelerate with your hands and arms. In Skeleton you do so with your legs. That's a big reason why they're both valid as olympic sports.
123 Comments
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 170 pts · 193d
Just two bros, nuts to butts, at breakneck speeds.
X@piefed.world · 18 pts · 193d
I’m surprised that even needed clarification. Like, we’re not watching a couple of red pandas in M1 Abrams playing water polo with telephone poles, what the fuck about that picture is baffling to you?
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 20 pts · 193d
My only question is how terrifying is it being the top in this scenario? Looks precarious at best.
X@piefed.world · 17 pts · 193d
I’d imagine that when your forward velocity is that great, your desire to not become human luge paint is generally such that you can eat charcoal and produce only the finest of Tiffany cuff links. Not sure what that says about the Lego brick below you, but they made their choice.
mondoman712@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 193d
At least on top you can see where you're going.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 193d
At only the most incredibly uncomfortable neck angle.
wieson@feddit.org · 1 pts · 193d
I mean yeah, you're going 115 km/h in an ice channel.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 193d
Well I'm sold
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 113 pts · 193d
Me: "It's the hot dog luge"
Wife: "What? Why?"
Me: "Weiner rests in the split of the buns"
Wife:
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 85 pts · 193d
where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons.
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 193d
Pretty standard, really
davidagain@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 193d
There's nothing quite like a fully shaved scrotum. It really is quite breathtaking.
xorollo@leminal.space · 16 pts · 193d
Lol, I definitely did not fully appreciate this when watching as a teen. Hilarious.
orangeyouglad@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 193d
Mr Evil?
Snowcano@startrek.website · 31 pts · 193d
That’s Doctor Evil to you.
tektite@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 193d
I didn't spend six years in evil medical school to be called Mister, thank you very much.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 193d
No actually the boy is quite astute. I really am trying to kill him, but so far unsuccessfully. He's quite wily, like his old man.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 82 pts · 193d
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 193d
This feels like a Peep Show sketch
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 193d
“Please don’t pop a boner, please oh please god no!”
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 193d
Or maybe do?
Bgugi@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 193d
Geeze, who do you think these guys are, ski jumpers?
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 193d
They gotta go half chub or it won’t make the suit bigger.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 193d
Speed boner!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 193d
That's how they lock in
CrystalRainwater@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 193d
Somewhere above they were talking about weight distribution. You think theres a team that would be faster if one of them popped a boner?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 193d
"Too late now. Fuck it, I'm going for it."
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 193d
looks like hes about to bust.
INeedANewUserName@piefed.social · 68 pts · 193d
someguy3@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 193d
Starts solo, and then your buddy asks if he can join.
HelluvaKick@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 193d
Or you are too scared to try it yourself, so you ask your friend(me), to hold you so you feel safe going down that big hill
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 193d
I looked up the origins of the luge double and you're not too far from the truth!
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 193d
I would have thought it was a lighter weight dude guessing how much faster it would be if he weighed double.
I’d have tried it with lead weights in the sled, but whatever.
Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
Was copious amounts of alcohol involved?
errer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 193d
I’m too scared bro. Can I ride you bro?
davidagain@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
As long as you keep your socks on.
Wait, when you say "ride", which position did you want to... Oh well, erm, never mind, forget I asked. Uhm.. Yeah, bro, whatever, sounds fun. I'm there for you, bro.
mkhopper@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 193d
:: halfway down the run ::
Top: Ok, you know, that's making it really hard to concentrate.
Bottom: Well if you would not bounce us around so much...
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 21 pts · 193d
I have cackled loudly and now I need to explain why to my children.
Thank you.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 193d
I always say "I read something funny on the internet. You wouldn't understand."
towerful@programming.dev · 10 pts · 193d
"think of it as an extra safety restraint"
Atlas_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 193d
Top/Bottom in which sense?
Viceversa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d
Yes
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 193d
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 193d
I'm a bit confused. Which one is the top here?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 41 pts · 193d
The one on the bottom.
towerful@programming.dev · 15 pts · 193d
And yet the guy on top technically finishes first
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 19 pts · 193d
He's called the power bottom because he's generating all the power.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 193d
Is that how the circular economy becomes self-sustaining?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 193d
Big "who's on first" vibes
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 193d
The bottom man is the top man, obviously.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 193d
Oops, All Tops.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 193d
"Bro you wanna do butt stuff but on ice going really fast in front if everyone?"
Prolly like that
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 193d
r/brandnewsentence
Bratosch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
Checks out
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 193d
Alexander Skarsgard was great on SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky63j4VUjSc
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 193d
Jane Wickline has singlehandedly breathed new life into SNL for me. Previously it was Pete Davidson (RIP his career choices) that made me feel represented there. Made me excited to watch.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 193d
Haven't been huge on SNL in a while, but I fucking love Sarah Sherman's stuff.
Absolute fucking maniac
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 193d
What's he done? I haven't seen much from him since his comedy special a few years ago.
And yeah, I've been loving Jane's stuff as well. Her songs can be kind of hit or miss but she's so great in general. I loved how she played off the reaction to the Trumpet mom in the recent sketch
https://youtu.be/-wQhY5CMMl4?t=247
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 193d
He did the Riyadh Comedy Festival. He was judged especially hard since his dad was a 9/11 victim
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 193d
I never understood the popularity of Pete Davidson.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 193d
You know...that actually looks kinda gay if you ask me.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 193d
why else would you watch it?
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 193d
Sometimes I think the real miracle is that some only-a-little-bit-gay and some not-even-noticably-gay events have finally been accepted into the Olympics.
Edit: unless we stretch our imaginations to imagine that the ancient Greek origins of fit naked men wrestling in public might not have been terribly sexually charged, I guess.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
There was a lot of gay shit in Ancient Greece
socsa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 193d
It's not gay if you're underway
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 193d
or wearing tight skin suits.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 193d
I'm like 97% sure that this sport started on a dare.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 193d
"I double dog dare you bro to sit on my shaft"
"But what about the sled?"
"I've got the brakes on, don't worry about it bro"
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 193d
I had a friend who lived with a few dudes in a house, and I go over to her place and she's getting ready and one of her roommates is sitting in the kitchen eating a chicken breast and broccoli. We get to chatting, and he tells me he's going to Olympic trials for luge, and so obviously I ask how you get into that.
He ends up telling me he ran and was successful at track, and he basically got poached, mainly because of his size and his running ability.
So yeah. That's it.
Naich@lemmings.world · 30 pts · 193d
You start off with a bit of spooning and before you know it you are in the winter Olympics.
Hedup@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 193d
Probably like this
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 193d
That seems more like a bobsled though
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
"New rules dave. The sled is half the size of last year"
altphoto@lemmy.today · 23 pts · 193d
The top guy is solidly connected to the shaft. Good for cornering.
Leather@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
Isn't weird that the twink is on top?
davidagain@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 193d
You've gotta spice up your love life, dude, change things around every so often, try something new occasionally. You might both like it.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 193d
Yes exactly! One position gets boring after a while.
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 193d
My best friends Brandon and Jonathan discovered they were pretty good at this while they were in the restroom at the Handy Down Bar and they're celebrating their 3 week anniversary next Friday! So, it DOES happen more often than you think.
glitchdx@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 193d
i will not apologize for saying that looks like a sex position
doenietzomoeilijk@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 193d
Now that you mention it.... It kinda does, doesn't it?
CaptainCapy@piefed.social · 14 pts · 193d
This is just a normal Friday night for me
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 193d
Ever do it with the visor up?
bibbasa@piefed.social · 13 pts · 193d
boys will be boys
mech@feddit.org · 11 pts · 193d
Is a bigger bulge a competitive advantage in this, too?
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 193d
I'd assume more size = more wind resistance. But if there are any players that lose because of it, I can give them a participation award that will annihilate some silly troply or medal...
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 193d
I think it’s actually the opposite, with the suit materials they decrease friction with a larger bulge
bunkyprewster@startrek.website · 7 pts · 193d
Bulge in the bottom guy, holds the top guy in place.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 193d
I'm fine with going fast on a sled being a sport. That's cool. But, it seems like something where it's only valid if everybody involved is actively doing something on the way down, not just being ballast.
One person sledding makes sense. But, in this sport, the guy on the bottom can't possibly be anything but ballast, can he? He can't see anything, so he can't be steering or braking, right?
Same with bobsled, the guy at the front is steering. Maybe the people in the back help with something, but they can't be too actively involved because they can't see.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 193d
They count how often the bottom nuts and add that to the score
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 193d
Maybe the guy on top looks and the guy on bottom steers, and the hard part is communication
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 193d
Just use a joystick.
Soup@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 193d
ahem
shai_hulud@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 193d
is it two boinks for left and one boink for right, or is it two boinks for right and a hip thrust for left?
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 193d
That hard (if not impossible) part is to make it not looking weird.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 193d
In bobsled, the other people at the back are important for the initial pushoff, since you're allowed a running start. And then I'm pretty sure everyone helps steer, based on what the guy in the front is doing/commands he gives.
Granted, all my knowledge of bobsled comes from Cool Runnings, so take all that with a grain of salt
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 192d
I think one bobsledder steers and another one runs the brakes.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 193d
Luge is confusing enough. This is just moreso.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 193d
Seriously. For both events, I feel like the skill curve starts at "try not to die" and just keeps climbing in degrees of "get better at not dying" and "point your feet in the right direction".
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 193d
But for real, it's a dumb sport. All sports are dumb, but this one more so than most others for sure.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 193d
A Dutch talkshow host absolutely wrecked the notion of this sport, and skeleton as well. It's basically just going down a slide one at a time on a little sled, was his point. And the difference between these sports is the way you lie on the sled.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 193d
The main difference between Luge and Skeleton (beyond the obvious) is that in Luge you launch and accelerate with your hands and arms. In Skeleton you do so with your legs. That's a big reason why they're both valid as olympic sports.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 193d
Now, hang on to something here, I'm about to blow your fucking minds - what if we have a different name, and we get to use all our extremities?
We could call it, uh, Gofastdownhill. Write that down. WRITE THAT DOWN!
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 193d
We have that, it’s bobsled.
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
Yeah it's like louge doubles but doubles and sitting up right.
supamanc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 193d
And skiing is just sliding down a hill with 2 wooded planks strapped to your feet... What's your point?
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
And if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike
someguy3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 193d
Same with bobsled.
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 192d
ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 193d
The sport for the Ambiguously Gay Duo
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 193d
"bro you getting hard? I told you to wear a cup"
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
"But step-brother, I am wearing a cup"
(ʘ言ʘ╬)
slickgoat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 193d
I watched a comedian say that you could force a guy onto one of those things and he could probably win an involuntary gold medal
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 193d
I'm guessing there's a rule against a crotch cam, so the top can leave his head down?
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 193d
Tobogganing.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 193d
Tobogooning*
JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 193d
Competitive republican convention
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 193d
MAN SANDWICH
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 192d
Have a sibling and only one toboggan.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 193d
What lugers
Pupscent@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 193d
Just the tip.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
I think you know.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d
You know what? I think I could really go faster with a dick in my back…
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 193d
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 193d
It's what happens when they try to flirt but you keep missing the hints
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · -1 pts · 193d
If only a billionaire would be a bottom you’d have a MAGA fuckface winning a gold medal.