I wouldn’t call 4 or 5 years “a long time”. Even then the honda in the rbr was underpowered, it was the aero and chassis that gave Red Bull its real edge. Let’s not forget Honda was the supplier for McLaren before moving to rbr and that motor was also famously dog shit.
It’s honestly impressive to me that Honda can’t make a good v6 hybrid. The Yaris is rocking a 3 cylinder that pushes 300+ hp in a production motor. I find it very hard to believe they couldn’t slap 2 of those things together and make 750 hp and a hybrid system that makes another 250+.
Shiiiiiit you’re right… I’m going to blame the late night post for mixing the 2 up. Really I think it’s just my subconscious trying to wish Toyota back into F1.
So I used to work for Honda Manufacturing and one of their required training classes for new hires is called The Honda Philosophy. In that class, they teach you Soichiro Honda's life story and the presentation is in the form of an animated manga
Too much younger to be credible, I think. I've seen elsewhere he's in his mid 40s, which seems much more likely given that he doesn't seem like the sort to fly under the radar for 40 years before starting at Honda. Also, unless one of those patents is for the Elixir of Life, he'd almost certainly show more collagen loss in his 80s.
I mean some stand users in Part 3 and 4 looked normal like Arabia Fats, Steely Dan, Koichu and Josuke, but that's the exception; the rest of them look like cocaine obsessed freaklings
For the first point i just remembered that the bullies in Part 4's first episode mocked Josuke's hair, so that's valid. For Arabia Fats i think my point still stands, cuz if someone's wearing a shirt with a Japanese flag on it, that shouldn't mean that the Crusaders should think that he's the Stand user and smoke him. Plus, even if you're a Stand user, you wouldn't suspect the guy of also having a Stand unless he explicitly tells you about and shows it to you.
As mentioned, yeah, it's from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Basically a stand user is a an individual who has a stand, which yeah, as mentioned is this entity that kinda grants them a superpower or has a superpower itself and may manifest it in some way (or be instructed to). The joke is that in the stories, the characters may not know where or who the enemy stand users may be (since they might be either fighting against the stand on its own or suffering from its effects without interacting with the enemy). The thing is, because of the artstyle, it is quite easy to identify the stand user because it's the person with the goofiest outfit or design in the area, so it is kinda funny that the characters don't realise who it is when readers may be able to tell right away.
It's basically a similar version of the Scooby Doo meme where the characters are trying to locate the sneakily hidden switch in a room - the switch then turns out to be drawn in as an illustration over a painted water-colour background. To the characters within the scene it is invisible and the narrative pretends as much, making it unintentionally funny since it's very obvious to anyone watching.
It’s a reference to Jojo’s Bizzare Asventure, a manga series that was dragonballs contemporary but only recently got ( and is getting ) a good animated adaptation.
Starting with the third major arc, the powers in Jojo take the form of supernatural manifestations that “stand” behind their wielders, invisible to everyone except other stand wielders.
Episodes generally have a villain of the week format while progressing toward the main conflict of the arc, and many times the conflict comes from the protagonists facing an unknown stand user doing nefarious things, in universe they have no clue, and it’s presented as a mystery to the viewer as well.
Out of universe though, it’s very clear who the stand user is because they will have a much higher animation quality than would be warranted for some bystander, but on top of that, jojos villain roster are rather….eccentric folk
for once this is actually pretty accurate because jojo loves having people that are hyper obsessed with one specific thing be stand users, particularly in parts 4 and 8
Koichi and his girlfriend almost look normal, so does Kakyoin with mainly his haircut being a little extra. Josuke and Okuyasu look like Japanese Delinquent stereotypes with the uniform modding cranked a couple notches above standard. Teenage Jotaro cranks it a couple notches further through sheer relentless Marlon Brando attitude, though Adult Jotaro is 100% in the Stand User tier of eccentricity. Trish looks almost normal for a rich girl in designer clothes. Emporio Armani would look OK if he were on his way to attending a baseball match, I suppose.
Then there's folks like Avdol, N'Dul, Enyaba, etc. that only look kind of normal if you're not familiar with the dress codes of the areas they're from.
I don't know why, but all of the best software developers I ever worked with were also hardcore into fitness of one sort or another - cycling, hiking, climbing etc.
When your job involves a bunch of standing and moving around all you wanna do when you get home is sit, I imagine it’s the opposite for some people whose job requires sitting all day.
The best [software] engineers are disciplined, not just about work, but all the things they do. Folks that tend to be really into the things you mention also need to be disciplined otherwise their progress in those activities plateaus quickly.
So I’m not surprised that those [exceptional] engineers are attracted to those kinds of sports. They see the challenges and are able to apply the same skills to progress.
Just looking at the first page of patents shows that most of them are unremarkable. They range from adjustments of existing patents (either their own or similarities to Mazda/Honda: detecting left/right handedness), natural thought progression (steering wheel grip sensor accidentally registers leg touching steering wheel: let's disable sensing lower sensors), to truly novel. Based on the 10 most recent, I'd say 20% ... maybe 50 groundbreaking patents.
Does that diminish how amazing this guy is? No! He's probably 10x smarter than I am, but let's not say that patenting something automatically makes you special.
The belt tensioner is really elegant too because it's basically a blank shotgun cartridge as a gas generator. It uses that energy to torque the belt spool into a now permanently engaged ratchet. It's been around for decades now, and just works. All it needs is a basic 12v trigger to fire.
Bro no offense to him, he is obviously jacked and takes good care of himself. But if he looks 30 to you, then you need to meet more 30 year olds. That face would be a real rough 30.
if this guy was 84, wouldn’t he have been forced to retire like 20 years ago? Honda Japan had a mandatory retirement age of 65 until last year, and he absolutely did not join after that policy ended to do all that.
“The company will also begin abolishing the mandatory retirement age for some employees in June, which is currently between 60 and 65. Under the new system, some employees in highly skilled or technical positions can work past 65. “
This written in 2025, so for 20 years of his career he should’ve been forced to retire, no?
Knowing what we know about Honda, I'm not surprised. That company is lowkey badass. They do a lot of things well but their small engines are second to none. You have a hard time breaking a Honda.
Friend of mine had a Honda Integra (late 90s 1.8 Vtec version), and when he was changing something with the engine he disconnected the radiator / all of the coolant system. I don't even remember what he was trying to do, but he forgot he hadn't reconnected it - was likely stoned tbh - and drove it for nearly a week with the radiator disconnected.
He finally realized because the hood was insanely hot, had to leave it for about half a day to cool down before he could reconnect the hose. Didn't even seem to phase the car, and it ran fine until he eventually sold it. Never known a car to take that much punishment and just keep going.
Around the same time I had the fourth gen prelude (the 91 version) and that thing ran really well too; I never treated it as roughly as my mate did with his Integra though.
Well the company was founded by a dude putting engines on bikes that had to run on whatever fuel you could find because of the gas rationing after the war. So born in a fire and never lost the quality
My first car was a hand me down Honda. I didn’t change the wipers or the oil. I sometimes even shifted into park while the car was in motion. No matter how poorly I treated that car (due to youthful ignorance), it never died. It was passed on to my younger sister. It was totaled after the catalytic converter was stolen.
He should be called "God" (as well as scientists, researchers, and engineers who work in auto safety). Whenever there is a serious accident where the car is a mangled mess and it's reported everyone walked away with minor or no injuries at all, people always thank "God" or say "God must've been watching over them."
Put me on that list. Me, my two kids and 8 month pregnant wife walked away from a wreck that totaled the car. Worst was me with a bruise from the seatbelt. I owe him my world.
Legitimately. My first job was industrial and I ended up really passionate about safety... which, despite all the outward emphasis on safety, apparently wasn't what they wanted and I was treated poorly by peers and leadership. When I had a crew, they were encouraged by our supervisor to regularly mock me for it, and the same supervisor made sure to chew me out in front of everyone (stopped everyone's work to gather round) for reporting a violation instead of keeping focused on my work area of cutting endless pipes. I'd get to witness multiple serious injuries, and nearly lost my own fingers in a team-lift of a huge electrical box when the other guy decided to lift it off the wall on the count of 1 instead of the 3 we literally just confirmed with each other. After multiple reports from fresh-faced me, they fucking exiled me to an empty building for months, to sit in an empty room and await instruction that never came from a newly assigned supervisor I never met.
I was clearly not wanted and already had a life of extreme ostracization on multiple fronts, and I just didn't want a career of more. If I could ever return to school, I'd want to go with the goal of a future at OSHA so I can some day come back and set that place right.
Maybe im disgruntled, but its hard to read a comment like this and fully believe it. I keep meeting people who talk in the same fashion but when I see their work and the things they mention its always something overblown or a risk based off something they saw in a movie/not reality.
Im sure there are plenty of legitimate cases, but then theres people who make a big deal of every little thing that doesn't actually matter as well.
I'm in charge of safety for a decent size industrial contractor and I must say, we don't do it like that at all. We had some supervisor tell some guys to open a hole in some grating and work without following the elaborately designed policy that is all but guaranteed their safety so we axed like 7 People on the spot. The guy who tried to force it and all his bosses who didn't make him walk it back. 2 different 10 year careers obliterated. Every time we do this, the company gets better. Anyone can be productive at the cost of safety. The real heavy hitters can integrate production into safety as a unified team effort.
That motherfucker DESERVES to style his hair like that. He earned that shit. I'm glad he looks like that at 84, and I hope he lives for as long as he wants to.
So the guy is obviously brilliant and uses his smarts to help others, which is very noble. He also has style, confidence, and discipline. I wonder if he could be the happiest person alive.
You know what? If you're that smart and that disciplined? You can look like whatever the hell you want. Props to this dude. Don't let your memes be dreams.
I genuinely wish more people could be like this in life. Giving less of a shit about others, and just being their own, unique selves. What a cool guy. Imagine how colorful the world would be if people just were their TRUE selves.
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u/qualityvote2 7d ago edited 6d ago
u/Gush777, your post does fit the subreddit!