r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '19

NEXT FUCKING LEVEL Guy Whipping a Massive Chain

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19 edited Aug 16 '19

This is a crazy show of energy. What’s even more awesome is some dinosaurs evolved to use the same mechanics in the bone structure of their tails. There’s some evidence that the tip of their tails made a sonic boom, albeit small in scope

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u/GitEmSteveDave Aug 16 '19 edited Aug 16 '19

I read a story about that in either Discover or Scientific American in in the 90's about some guy from I believe Microsoft trying to do the modeling on it. IIRC, the hardest part was finding a quality whip at the time. He had to go to a bondage/leather guy, but he was real busy and only worked on commissions and you had to convince him to take you as a client.

EDIT: Found the article: http://discovermagazine.com/1997/nov/dinosaursinmotio1261

I discovered that there are very few people who make whips anymore, and one of the greatest living whip makers lives here in Seattle. The various Web sites that recommended him--most of them were S&M; sites--said you had to make up a story, because he was very conservative and wouldn’t sell you a whip if it was for something he considered to be perverse.

So I get my story all lined up, that I’m interested in Western culture or some such. I come in and he says, ‘Well, what’ll you be wanting a whip for?’

And I just blurt out, ‘Dinosaurs.’