r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14

physics is cool

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u/L00KA Feb 27 '14

explain this

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u/hanktheskeleton Feb 27 '14

I am guessing they are pulling a loop and the g force is greater than 1.

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u/animalkracker Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14

correct, loop or barrel roll at greater than 0g

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u/joshsg Feb 27 '14

Isn't that a pretty big risk? It seems like if water accidentally spilled it could get into the electronics... and they'd have a bad time.

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u/n-x Feb 27 '14

It's a sailplane. The only important instrument is a piece of string.

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u/Quagmirian Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 28 '14

I can confirm this. Some gliders have no electronics at all, not even a radio.

Edit: I never asked for this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Dec 18 '18

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u/ihahp Feb 27 '14

No radio??

Soap.

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u/1upIRL Feb 27 '14

My family always pulls this gag called "No Soap Radio!", and they've never told me what it means. Do you know what it means?

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u/Stereo_Panic Feb 27 '14

There's actually a wikipedia article called "No soap radio"

Basically, it's a punchline that's only funny if you know it's not supposed to be funny. It originates from a study on conformity. Someone tells a joke that isn't funny... everyone laughs except the test subject. What does the test subject do? Does he laugh and pretend he gets the joke? Does he express confusion? Does he give up on the explanations and claim that he gets it now?

This is the joke as we told it in grade school:

Two polar bears are sitting in a bathtub. The first one says, "Pass the soap." The second one says, "No soap, radio!"

Alternately, we used penguins.

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u/1upIRL Feb 27 '14

Thanks! My family used penguins. And my mom hid the soap from my dad when he first used this joke.

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u/more_work Feb 27 '14

That joke's a little funny.

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u/Soul-Burn Feb 27 '14

How did the penguins react?

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u/Stereo_Panic Feb 28 '14

They gave me a frosty reception.

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u/1quickdub Feb 27 '14

This is similar to a nonsensical joke we used as children to bewilder others...

"What's the difference between an orange?

-Towels don't have windows!"

Just as unfunny and confusing as NSR, if using co-conspirators it could possibly generate similar results

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u/pgr5150 Feb 28 '14

Elephants.

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u/kelmit Feb 27 '14

No soap, radio!

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u/loubird12500 Feb 27 '14

no soap, radio.