The Shitposter Formerly Known As Blondude

2/19/19

Huh? Wheel arch features have been around for a very long time. The modern trend is to make a flat, but having some feature there goes back a long time. Typically something for unibody cars but exclusive by any means.

2/19/19

Meanwhile, on the Delta flight: “If you look outside the right side of the plane you’ll see Southwest Flight 214. Give the poor folks packed in over there a big wave using all of your available elbow room.”

2/19/19

So the exact opposite of the colloquial interpretation of “to winnow.”

2/19/19

It eventually leads you to Marlboro website.

2/19/19

Those twitter post look like predictive text writng vague deep quotes

2/19/19

I think Mission Winnow’s actual mission is to see how many words they can write without actually saying anything.

2/19/19

That website was the purest example of corporate gobbledygook Nuspeak distraction-through-boredom focus group bullshit I’ve ever encountered.

2/19/19

That’s Bobby Breeden’s plane. Watching them do gravel bar and glacier landings and takeoffs never gets old. We’re a special kind of weird up here.

2/19/19

I always liked “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for flying SouthWest. If you look out the left side of the plane you’ll see Delta Flight 176. Give them a wave so they can see what a full airplane looks like.”

2/19/19

If you closed the wheels, they would be faster. Having the wheels open just makes them look fast. Its very very very slow to have the spinning tire in the path of airflow.

2/19/19

Open-wheel racing also makes car-to-car contact between racers basically impossible without total disaster. Which, while it may not be as entertaining, still requires more skill and patience to pull off at high speeds.*

2/19/19

Me too. We have RACECARS!!!

2/19/19

yes, I also want berets and googles and scarves instead of the helmets.

2/19/19

Looks like a Pitot Tube turned the wrong way.

2/19/19

My car came with one of these on the roof near the rear glass.

2/19/19

A practical demonstration of the same concept in reverse (flying into a strong headwind)

2/19/19

Obligatory:

2/19/19

Broke the barrier. No longer Virgin.

2/19/19

I bet the pilots were giddily requesting their ground speed readout from ATC, only to be one-upped by some asshole in an SR-71.

2/19/19

I have an uncle who talks like this. He has some really choice words to say about that “lady judge” who ordered him to anger management therapy.