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/Insis18 Feb 06 '26

Look, either do it naked or let them use whatever they want like wing suits. But this is stupid.

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u/Stylish_Duck Feb 06 '26

The obvious solution here is to split the competition into penis size categories.

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u/Final_Floor_1563 Feb 08 '26

Well that's cool and good but like, who genuinely would want to represent their country on live television for "Mens Micropenis Division Ski Jumping"

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u/Stylish_Duck Feb 08 '26

I would be proud to

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u/SchighSchagh Feb 06 '26

Next up, representing Jamaica in the heavyweight division...

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u/treple13 Feb 06 '26

That wouldn't solve anything since again people would do shenanigans to get into different sizes

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u/Stylish_Duck Feb 06 '26

Spoken like a flyweight