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Reply to Can you experience g-force without acceleration? by tenminutes101010

Their claim:

"Giant Rider is capable of punching out 1.5G acceleration while the competition can only deliver 0.5G acceleration! "

That "punching out" was certainly carefully chosen. For a very brief period (fraction of a second?) they could jerk the whole cabin to give you the feeling of actual acceleration for that brief time, but absolutely not the feeling of sustained acceleration unless they are suspending the cabins and whirling them up to speed like amusement park swings.

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Reply to comment by Longjumping_Virus818 in [OC] Religion in Europe: Public Faith, Private Faith, and Polish People Go to Church a lot more than others by whatweshouldcallyou

I wonder what percentage of Poles have been conditioned to give the "correct" answer when answering surveys?

Question: "Do you pray every day?"

Suspicious Pole: "Uh... who's asking? I mean, sure! Yeah, I pray every day. That's right. Every day."

Though I suppose a lot of people mutter a little "please God" when they buy a Lotto.

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Reply to comment by memorialmonorail in Taking an electric vehicle for a test drive boosts some prospective buyers’ identity as early technology adopters – and that strengthened self-perception translates into a higher likelihood the test-driver will want to buy the car, new research suggests. by memorialmonorail

> the test-driver's self-perception as a user of new gadgetry

It's a shame so many people want that feeling. Too many gadgets are replaced before their time just because people feel good about wearing a "user of new gadgetry" badge.

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Reply to Why do teeth have nerves? by ileiskit

You need teeth. Nerves preserve teeth.

  • If teeth had no nerves, you'd chomp on unchompable things -- "me eat rock" -- until your teeth wore down, broke, and fell out. Then you'd die and not have children whose teeth have no nerves.
  • If your teeth have nerves, you're a bit more careful about your teeth -- "ow, me NO eat rock" -- and you live a healthy life and get laid and have children whose teeth have nerves.
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Reply to What is the best position to hang the clothes on the clothesline so that they dry faster? Place the clothes on their middle or at their end? by apanteli

If you're using multiple parallel lines (or a clothes drying rack), drape pieces of clothing so that each piece goes up and over one line, across, and then down over the adjacent line, leaving space in between.

That trades space for speed, so don't do it for everything; just do it for the stuff you need relatively quickly.

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Reply to comment by snapmyhands in How do we know the purpose of small statues and figures? by [deleted]

> You are probably right that a lot of people (not necessarily historians) are overly keen to identify something as a ritual item

If it looks like a dildo, it's a dildo. There's no need to concoct an elaborate non-dildo theory to explain the existence of a dildo. (Though they may indeed have used their dildos in rituals.)

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