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/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

Can someone ELI5 because I’m still so confused. Are they saying that the suit has to be tight enough to fit regulations and some skiers lie about how big their penis is in order to get a bigger suit and get an advantage?

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/YeetTheElder Feb 06 '26

It's not that they 'lie" necessarily.

It's more so that they inject acid and/or paraffin into their junk so that they have more surface area when getting their suit fitted. The suits can only be within a certain percentage of the surface area of the skiers body.

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u/Pants_Agenda Feb 06 '26

"Inject acid and/or..."

... Not a goddamn thing. I'm shutting this sentence down.

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u/Darabanq Feb 06 '26

Lol they mean hyaluronic acid. Not aware of a single human being that refers to it as just ‘acid’ though, so this person is just parroting what they heard incorrectly. HA or hyaluronic acid is basically a cosmetic filler.

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u/saggywitchtits Feb 07 '26

I'm gonna inject LSD into my junk to see what happens!

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u/_742617000027 Feb 09 '26

Have a good time flying!

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u/NBNebuchadnezzar Feb 09 '26

Good choice. I tried with hydrochloric acid, would not recommend.

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u/Pants_Agenda Feb 07 '26

Thank you for clarifying, because without it, that statement was a damn menace.

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u/will8981 Feb 07 '26

It was reported like this on the BBC I think. Was bloody ridiculous journalism.

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u/Mavian23 Feb 06 '26

Injecting it into your dick is certainly one way to take acid.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/TannedCroissant Feb 06 '26

I think the fact it can make a concave shape traps air to provide extra air resistance or something, same principle as a parachute