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TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You left your SI in the link

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[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

What's the SI?

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[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

A Google tracking code that tells them who clicked on whose links, so they can track your relationships and social movements on other websites.

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[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago

Thanks friend.

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[–] olav@theweird.space 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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The movie was funny when I was 13. It wasn't funny when my kids were 13. That was over ten years ago.

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah, lots of movies from that era are problematic now. I'm not going to apologize for them, trivialize the problematic parts, or forget about them. All of those characters were gross parodies of stereotypes and that type of humor is no longer palatable to many people. But, this particular scene felt relatively devoid of any actual malice.

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[–] olav@theweird.space -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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True. It only mocks gay people

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago

Does it really? The whole group of main characters is a bunch of stereotypes, over the top affectations, and worn out tropes. This shows the group explicitly accepting Lamar for who they are and celebrating their accomplishments with a level of physical contact and intimacy that literally was making homophobes at the time cringe.

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