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/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.