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It’s going to space!

direct to VHS

No. Videotape, sure, but not VHS.

Years ago, I read the book Empire because I had been a fan of OSC and didn’t know yet what a dickhead he was. The book describes more or less exactly what you said, it was comical, but also kind of sad.

I put my leftover pizza in a Ziploc bag, it doesn’t dry out even after a week (and probably longer, but at that point something else is eating it…)

Which side is the front? I don’t think it’s fallen off yet.

The sun isn’t space, it has plenty of oxygen.

Me. And I only ever saw part of it when it was on TV.

It’s older than the Simpsons for sure. Flushing your (mostly/presumed) dead pets down the toilet was how the urban legends of alligators in the NYC sewers came about…

Lock picking takes skill. I’ve defeated a deadbolt and doorknob with a cordless drill in ~15 seconds. And it’s not even all that loud.

stills from an uncompressed video are that clear

All video is compressed, it’s just a question of how much. That said, they released the video, someone linked it, it is remarkably clear, so I concede that he did have a knife. However, it doesn’t look like he “charged at the cops” with it, rather he was running away, but didn’t realize one of the cops had gotten on the other side of him. You can really see his oh shit moment when he realizes the person he’s running toward is another cop, and he stops, but they’re already shooting him (and each other, and several passengers) by then. What was the rush? The train wasn’t going anywhere.

Ok, fair enough, he had a knife. I’ll still criticize the cops for fucking shooting each other and bystanders over it as motherfucker tries to run away.

Suspension is great for smoothing out low frequency unevenness, but not so much for high frequencies, like something the size of gravel- a spring will ring like a bell.

Also, we had a deaf girl working with us. If someone exploded a tire (it didn’t happen often, but it was more than never) it would startle her too, she didn’t hear anything, but she said she could feel it.

I’ve got one better… I used to work in a bike shop. When building new bikes, it’s common to overinflate the tires (to get the bead seated nicely all around) and then let the excess out. I did that one day with a flat repair, and blew the side of the rim off, it had been worn so thin by the brakes. (This was many years ago, before disc brakes were common)

Don’t be silly, there are no women on the internet.

Also “she gave me her number.” And? Did you call her?

(I guess I’m dating myself here because texting is a thing, but…)

“hack hack,” hackened he.

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Can you?

No, if you fall off the rollers, your wheels just stop. Bicycle wheels don’t have anywhere near enough mass for their momentum alone to move your body.