• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      82·
      20 hours ago

      Retronym.

      A new name for something that has changed because of technology. Acoustic guitars and prop planes are examples. Silent movie, black and white movie, antenna televison, etc, etc.

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    19 hours ago

    Inexperienced here, but after a certain age, the flopping and bouncing around becomes problematic.

    For all sexes.

        • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          18 hours ago

          If manufacturers specifically marketed those for running, then they’re at fault, yeah. Otherwise, if you take the basic idea of how it works, you’d know it probably won’t cut it for running. Anti-skip works by basically reading ahead (faster than playback) and caching a few seconds of playback (in a place that’s not the disc so it’s not affected by vibrations) so that when a sudden shock happens every once in a while, playback will continue from the cache and the normal disc reading will have time to catch up; if however every step you do while running is potentially a shock big enough to disrupt the reading of the disc, the caching just won’t have time to catch up.

          P.S. Sorry if that sounded a bit rant-y.

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
    44·
    2 days ago

    I had a similar problem with a cafe bar doing a “Bottomless Brunch”.

    Anyway, it turns out it’s some weird, trendy new phrase for “all-you-can-eat” or “buffet”.

    It is not in any way along the same lines as a “Topless Beach”.

      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
        2·
        1 day ago

        Yes, it does appear that “all-you-can-drink” seems to be part of the offer in many (perhaps all?) cases.

        Anyway, definitely don’t start taking off your trousers and underwear.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
    382·
    2 days ago

    I played naked frisbee on the front lawn of my college once. I thought it would be effortless but in fact it’s extremely painful to have your nuts bouncing around unsupported like that. But I kept at it until the Dean of Students came up to me and asked me to put my clothes back on because it was prospective weekend and there were a bunch of high school students with their parents standing off to one side. I thought I was accurately representing what the college was all about but he thought otherwise.

    I felt bad years later when I found out the Dean’s brother had been murdered in Mississippi during the civil rights era (they even made a Hollywood movie about this incident). He must have felt great knowing his brother had been killed fighting for black people, and he was busy making stupid white boys put their pants back on.

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      21 hours ago

      I played naked frisbee on the front lawn of my college once. I thought it would be effortless but in fact it’s extremely painful to have your nuts bouncing around unsupported like that.

      I had a similar discovery about kickboxing practice and boxers. It’s not fun when you’re holding a thigh pad for your partner to practice kicking, and you realize that your legs can transmit energy, much like a newton’s cradle.

    • Rooty@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 day ago

      We make sacrifices so other people don’t have to. I’m sure his brother would not have minded that he has a high paying job and that he can tell stupid white boys to stop making fools of themselves.

  • hOrni@lemmy.world
    95·
    2 days ago

    This reminds me of a time when I was drunk, and said to my mate “Hey, wanna go run naked on the streets?” and he said “obviously”. So we were running naked in the middle of the night back and forward along the street, and another mate looks out the window, shakes his head and says “you idiots, without me?”. And he also stripped naked, jumped out of the window and joined us. Good times.

      • M137@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 days ago

        Nothing is stopping you, I don’t think you’d get in trouble for long so in most of the world. And if it’s not where you are it’s easy to go to a forest or anywhere else that’s secluded enough.

        • Poik@pawb.social
          2·
          19 hours ago

          In the US, in most states, getting caught or recognized is enough to put you on the sex offender list. Even if you’re in private. (Again, in most states.) And that means you can no longer move into a new home without informing all your neighbors that you’re a sex offender for the rest of your life, among other penalties. There’s no difference to the US between this and people who actually do sexual crimes when it comes to this punishment.

    • f314@lemmy.world
      67·
      2 days ago

      I did not expect the, ahem, instructional images under the “purpose” heading 😅

      • slaacaa@lemmy.world
        16·
        2 days ago

        I can’t help but think some guy’s realizing his weird fetish by showing his junk to unsuspecting people on the internet in the name of history education. The visualization is definetely helpful, as otherwise I wouldn’t be able to imagine this, but maybe a drawn image would have been more fitting.

        • 0xD@infosec.pub
          2·
          23 hours ago

          It’s wikipedia and it’s the human body - I don’t think that drawings can do it justice as a repository of information.

          I don’t see anything sexual with it. There’s also videos of proper fucking and creampies on some pages - I find those weirdly unsexual as well.

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
      38·
      2 days ago

      Modesty and decency demanded that men who showed themselves naked in a public setting, such as athletes or actors, must conceal their glans.

      Naturally.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        There are peoples in New Guinea where the men walk around with their penis attached to a cord tied around their waist. I had assumed the cord was tied to the head of their penis, but in fact the foreskin was tied around the cord. Hard to fathom for a circumcision victim like myself.

    • hOrni@lemmy.world
      191·
      2 days ago

      Wh… Why… Why not just wear pants? I know it was ancient times, but didn’t they have something? Briefs, a diaper? Anything seems better than stripping your dick to your neck.

      • thedarkfly@feddit.nl
        191·
        2 days ago

        Now we have elastics and stretchy fabric. I guess it was more difficult to have a firm and comfortable hold with loose fabric.

        • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
          101·
          2 days ago

          I mean they have a string right there. Just loop that around over your hips to keep them up

          • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            211·
            2 days ago

            Nah bro it’s better to lynch your dick for several hours while doing intense athletics. Trust me bro.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
        12·
        2 days ago

        They were naked when practicing athletics. I don’t know if it was a cultural thing or an actual lack of good options for sportswear, but I’ll bet you can find out with 5 minutes of searching online. My bet is it was just a cultural thing.

        • General_Effort@lemmy.world
          9·
          2 days ago

          I guess, when you have to make all your own clothes from scratch by hand, the advantage becomes apparent. People without armor also fought naked in battles. Understandable if you need to handwash and mend your clothes.

        • Naz@sh.itjust.works
          9·
          2 days ago

          I mean can you imagine sweating into the same clothes you then need to wear to the Spartan assembly?

        • hOrni@lemmy.world
          1·
          19 hours ago

          Dude, I’m no prude. I have been known to be naked in public spaces. Just the idea, of tying a string to Your Johnson seems impractical. Either let it hang or cover it up with something comfortable.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        We should definitely make this a thing …… but I seriously doubt it’s practical for running

    • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      one time i went to a park with a guy wearing a skirt and no panties, we improvised one of these (tied to his stocking)

  • save_the_humans@leminal.spaceEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    They do a naked run every semester at Berkeley the week before finals. Its called dead week, where there’s no classes, and its a time for students to cram for their exams, or, you know, run naked around campus.

      • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        18 hours ago

        We never understood why one of the local convenience stores advertised this little arm bands that had a pouch built in roughly the size of a wallet. Then we learned the local uni had a big naked run enthusiast community and they regularly invited us you guys from the military base every year they did it.

        Mostly people went barefoot but some had on slip ons. Vast majority of people had those arm bands though with an mp3 player or their phone shoved into the pouch, some girls wore sports bras, and some others had what I can only describe as a phanny pack across their middle. My group all wore the arm bands and camelbaks. Good times, would probably kill me to try that again.