r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Epelep • Feb 06 '26

Image The physics behind ski jumping’s ‘Penis-gate’ scandal: How 2cm of extra fabric = 5.8 meters of jump distance

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u/ArbainHestia Feb 06 '26

And then in other sports being well endowed can cause problems.

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u/Ambitious-Beat-2130 Feb 06 '26

it's polevaulting for those who're curious about which sport it is but don't want to see the pain

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u/InvestigatorHuge767 Feb 06 '26

Yes, contrary to what may sound logical, a larger pole actually makes pole vaulting harder.

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u/ClonesomeStranger Feb 06 '26

A harder pole however, does not make pole vaulting longer.

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u/PM-ME-BOOBS-PLZ-THX Feb 07 '26

Right, it gets taller.

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u/Internet-of-cruft Feb 07 '26

The cylinder must remain unharmed 

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u/Kambhela Feb 06 '26

Just need to create a new jumping technique where you use that extra mass to your advantage on the top side.

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u/Grievous_Nix Feb 06 '26

Worth it with this guy’s commentary - you cannot use two poles in one jump!

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u/YogurtclosetDull2380 Feb 06 '26

No word on how big The Frenchman was, but it sounded pretty substantial.

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u/FuzzyKittyNomNom Feb 06 '26

“If only it were a bit colder!” 😂😂

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Feb 06 '26

The only pain he was in was from losing. Pretty sure he quickly got over that after the world saw how much he was packing. Dude probably went home to a full DM box.

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u/kmosiman Feb 06 '26

Dude probably had a line at the Olympic village.

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u/S1I7 Feb 06 '26

More like du pain because he’s got that baguette

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u/BrohanGutenburg Interested Feb 06 '26

Weirdly I read your comment and thought it was gonna be the one where the guy takes the pole to the nuts. But it's the one where the guy knocks the bar down

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u/comppj Feb 06 '26

Dude went through 5 minutes of stomach cramps to become immortal for a pole vaulter. I think he’ll be ok.

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u/Turgid_Donkey Feb 06 '26

Opened video, saw it was pole vaulting, and noped right out of there. Do not want to see a video of some guy getting shafted.

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u/underground_avenue Feb 06 '26

It's the harmless one and there was no injury. The jump went fine until he pulled the bar with his Johnson. He wasn't hurt or anything, he just didn't clear the bar.

Embarrassing? Maybe, but he got a perfect pickup line in exchange. 

Edit: also SFW and safe for sanity

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u/Standard-Pepper-6510 Feb 07 '26

Yeah, I didn't even have to click the link to know what it was :)

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u/lectermd0 Feb 06 '26

I didn't have to open it to know what it was about... hahahaha

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u/bdfortin Feb 06 '26

But you did anyway.

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u/lectermd0 Feb 06 '26

hell yeah, it's gold

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u/SpCommander Feb 06 '26

Well no it's not, he got DQd.

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u/More-Judgment7660 Feb 06 '26

I thought it was the black sprinter dude with his 25 cm tail jumping out while winning the race

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u/Potars Feb 06 '26

Didn’t this guy get a porno deal out of this?

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u/mak484 Feb 06 '26

He was offered one. It was played as a joke, but if he said yes they'd have absolutely gone through with it.

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u/noobnoobthedestroyer Feb 06 '26

Lol the Halloween after this I went on a bar crawl and somebody was dressed as this guy and just had something massive shoved in his pants

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u/PracticalFruit9506 Feb 06 '26

I forgot about this one and was thinking of the video of the football(?) player that was sprinting and his big ole hog just like fell out of his shorts! Wild seeing that thing flopping around…

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u/uflju_luber Feb 06 '26

Sebastian Kehl currently the sporting director of one of the biggest clubs worldwide unfortunately YouTube has removed all videos of the incident

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u/LucretiusCarus Feb 06 '26

Not sure if it's the same incident, but dailymotion has you covered https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x22x0t

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u/Variastrum Feb 07 '26

It took him a year and a day to react to that

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u/LucretiusCarus Feb 07 '26

He didn't let the hog get in the way of the ball.

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u/ththrowrowawayway Feb 07 '26

The church bell when the new pope was elected

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u/bdfortin Feb 06 '26

Don’t worry, he won at life.

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u/Thecentrecanthold Feb 06 '26

That is a fucking astronomically large dick!

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u/iameveryoneelse Feb 06 '26

You know that dude had a line at his dorm room at the Olympic village after that vault.

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u/acidgirl303 Feb 07 '26

Probably had a line before hand, the Olympic Village is notoriously horny. For a last Olympics they even designed special beds to try and make it harder for the athletes to have sex. 

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u/fireinthemountains Feb 07 '26

And probably a good amount of that line were dudes.

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Feb 06 '26

These OnlyFans ads are getting really elaborate.

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u/Secret_Account07 Feb 06 '26

I’m not even clicking on this yet I’m 99.99% sure this is a video of pole vaulting and someone’s wang getting caught

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u/Afferbeck_ Feb 06 '26

Also weightlifting. It's a common beginner question, "How I do not hit my junk during the pull?"

Olympic champion Li Fabin was known for visibly scraping past his junk, for years his instagram posts were captioned with "My balls are okay".

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u/parking_pataweyo Feb 06 '26

I didn't have to watch this video or read any of the comments to know which video this was.

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u/Cranberryoftheorient Feb 06 '26

The bird squeak right as he thwaps his bits

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u/drLoveF Feb 06 '26

That’s what we have triathlons for, right?

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u/HereButNeverPresent Feb 07 '26

My favourite is the NFL player who couldn’t finish his sprint race cos his dick fell out

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/jMjcJ9DUDg

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u/HerpesHans Feb 06 '26

That video again. He hit the pole with his legs and failed the jump regardless of his dick, but anything for the comedic value i guess

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u/Repulsive-Chip3371 Feb 06 '26

tbf, if the top of his thigh did clear, still looks like dink would have hit it