rainynight65

joined 5 months ago
[–] rainynight65 23 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Michael Phelps is taller than the average pro swimmer, has an unusually long upper body and short lower body, longer arms and bigger feet than a regular person of his size would have, all this giving him more pulling power and less drag in the water. His muscles produce less lactic acid than the average athlete, shortening his recovery time.

Nobody has ever called him a freak. His success is attributed to willpower and skill.

[–] rainynight65 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you're playing the "you're new to the internet" card.

Should have seen that coming.

Oh well, nobody ever credited people who claim to be part of the "PC master race" with an abundance of self-awareness. That's just a fact.

[–] rainynight65 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Because

I’m a PCmasterrace since birth.

is just about the most infantile thing you could say in almost any context.

[–] rainynight65 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Ngl I downvoted you because I’m a PCmasterrace since birth.

So - you were born some time after 2014?

[–] rainynight65 24 points 3 months ago

What I most respect about Andy Murray is how unhesitatingly he has taken stances against sexism in the sport, as well as other systemic problems.

[–] rainynight65 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't watched a Kevin Smith movie since the atrocious 'Zack and Miri' and the nightmare fuel that was 'Red State'. I wasn't even aware there had been a second Jay and Silent Bob.

My tastes have changed though, I don't know if I could still stomach 'Dogma' today.

[–] rainynight65 2 points 3 months ago

Media literacy has never been a thing with conservatives - to this day they don't understand what the Bruce Springsteen song 'Born In The USA' is really about. Reagan famously wanted to use it for his campaign in 1984.

Also somehow conservatives have been so keen on appearing as 'not the establishment' that by now they have terminally deluded themselves into believing that they really aren't part of the establishment. How their voters believe this is anyone's guess.

And let's not talk about how the self-proclaimed defenders of free speech constantly take issue with speech they don't like.

[–] rainynight65 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the explanation. Vinyl seems like an odd choice of material for exterior cladding, where I live it's normally timber, brick or sometimes steel sheeting (mainly for sheds and garages).

A railway siding is a piece of rail track that is commonly used for storing, loading or unloading trains away from the track where regular traffic runs.

[–] rainynight65 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Is 'siding' the stuff the walls are made out of? (Sorry, me being a railway enthusiast, 'siding' means something completely different).

What material is that?

[–] rainynight65 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It just looks like there's barely any natural light in the areas where you'd want it. The house interior, aside from everything else that's wrong with it, feels dark and cramped. A recipe for depression.

[–] rainynight65 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'd say being able to hit an intended target and not just praying and spraying is part of firearm safety. Errant bullets can cause a lot of damage. It's been over a decade since I've owned a firearm but it wasn't for nothing that one of the four fundamental rules of firearm safety I was taught is "be sure of your target and what's behind it".

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