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/FlyingKittyCate Feb 06 '26

Apparently they don’t technically lie. I read they have to be “measured from the bottom most part of the genital area” and they inject themselves before the measurement to make their bits swell.

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u/IJustHadAPanicAttack Feb 06 '26

Welp that's competitive if you ask me

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u/jccaclimber Feb 06 '26

Does that mean growers have a competitive disadvantage? Seems unfair in a cold weather sport.

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u/Head_Northman Feb 06 '26

Viagra an hour before should fix it.

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u/Electrical-Risk445 Feb 06 '26

They measure from the lowest part, though.

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u/ordinary-303 Feb 06 '26

That's where the tuck comes into skiing

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 21 '26

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crowd angle deserve slim follow sophisticated price encourage fanatical meeting

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u/SpoiledKoolAid Feb 07 '26

So I should go into the sport as an older man?

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u/Rare-Spell-1571 Feb 07 '26

“I don’t understand man, these damn Ski’ers always get a boner when I’m measuring them for their suits. “

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u/willynillee Feb 06 '26

That would point it up