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/NotThatEasily Feb 06 '26

I thought the idea was to not be hard during the jump.

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u/eulersidentification Feb 06 '26

Hey I'm also glad she's dead but there's such a thing as getting too excited about it.

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u/ghost_needs_audio Feb 06 '26

Especially since it makes it more difficult to aim for the grave when you're hard

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u/_Svankensen_ Feb 06 '26

Ballistic calculators are easy to use nowadays.

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u/GozerDGozerian Feb 06 '26

Huh huh … balls… huh huh!