Such a good theory it needs a quota of certain implied people groups…
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It doesn’t matter how I answer because you aren’t going to do it regardless. I won’t play your fool.
I like the chart.
“Know nothing but can google” should be the updated left of the bottom axis; it’s going to get worse now that AI is spreading.
Jet fuel definitely burns hot enough to severely weaken steel at least (1800-2000 degrees F). Possibly hotter in the enclosed space with no where for the heat to escape.
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And heat accumulates.
And… it doesn’t need to liquify. People always derp about the melting temp without understanding that there are phase transition temperature ranges , not one magic number at which it goes poof, blurp, clink, squoooonk, etc.
Cuz they’re dumb and can’t read a simple goddamn graph that compares the strength properties of various formulas of steel at different temperatures.
Forgive me. I just got done with a week of welding ¼ in. 2000 series aluminum to ⅛ 6000 in a bunch of goofy positions, and I really want to get violent. 
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There’s really two ways in which the jet fuel doesn’t burn that hot argument is completely ignorant. On the one hand, steel can weaken at lower temperatures than its melting temperature. On the other hand, the temperature at which something burns is the minimum temperature that it can burn, not the maximum temperature it can generate while burning.
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How to Make Thermite: A Fiery Mix of Iron Oxide and Aluminum.
Then there’s the incidental synthesis of thermite, for which there was plenty of material available to create.
But theres no need to even reach that far.
What did you do to deserve that kind of punishment?
I have a hard time saying no.
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This reminds me of when bodybuilders think they can fight because they can bench 315 for reps etc.
They’re dangerous from a grappling standpoint (but have no technique) for MAYBE fifteen to thirty seconds but one stiff jab from even a remotely trained boxer will have them folding like a lawn chair. Five minutes with someone who grapples two to three times per week will have the bodybuilder choked unconscious or thrown onto concrete.
Who is the “stronger” athlete here?
If your body can bench 315 for reps you can do a lot of damage to another person. If the strength and size disparity is great enough, no amount of training can overcome it.
In the case of Israel, their military capabilities are well beyond the 315 for reps benchmark.
In the case of Hamas, their military capabilities are that of a 110 lb malnourished teenager who throws rocks at the strength athlete while hiding behind small children in the hope that the stronger man harms as many children as possible in his attempts to make the rock throwing stop.
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I, too, keep tabs of posters’ suspected religious and ethnic identities.
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Before my body broke down I could bench maybe 280 and deadloft 495 (I have connective tissue disease and didn’t know it at the time)
There was acquaintance of mine who was a purple belt in bjj but could only bench 135 for maybe 5 reps and deadlift 225 for maybe 5-6 reps. This individual also wrestled a few times per week.
Guess who DESTROYED me in sparring (and I had combat sports experience). I was much, much stronger gym wise.
@unreal24278 It’s not a good idea to pick fights, even if you are a purple belt with a weak bench press. Starting fights with really big, really strong dudes is even dumber, because they can usually hurt you more than someone who is not big and strong.
Dumber still is picking a fight with a modern military who is fully competent in combined arms mechanized warfare.
@jshaving I thought I was the only one. I think this is really important because I need to imagine the right stereotypical accent to read everyone’s posts with. Your posts get read in Wes Studi’s voice as Magua in Last of The Mohicians. @Bauber sounds like Boss Hog from Dukes of Hazzard in my head. @mnben87 sounds like Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. And so on…
It really enriches the forum experience for me.
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Similar accent probably, but many octaves deeper. I sort of sound like a smoker, but I have never smoked.
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Street fighting is juvenile
But all things considered if there is a very large skill gap between the smaller guy and the bigger guy the smaller guy still wins. I came from a predominantly striking background and this guy came from a background of striking and ten years of grappling.
My bench press wasn’t going to help. It wasn’t a fight either, it was a friendly spar.
If all is equal the bigger guy wins 100% of the time.
I was raised around too many white people so I don’t have a very Native-sounding accent, but if it makes you happy, I’m okay with this.
If anything, I probably sound like people from Fargo too.
You’re, what, Polish? Gotta be honest, I’m thinking, but I can’t come up with a Polish character from anything…
@zecarlo is like the great, great, great grandson of Julius Caesar or someone, or at least I’m pretty sure. Either that or maybe it was just that his grandmother was from Italy. Either way, he reminds me a lot of this guy:
(Just kidding, zecarlo, you’re kinda funny sometimes.)
I don’t know @cyclonengineer’s ancestry but he makes me think of Culver’s and cheese.
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Not far off, mostly german ancestry and from southern Wisconsin. So I say things like “bubbler” and “bagel” (with a short a).
Body by milk and cheese here… I was doing 1/2 GOMAD before i knew what it was. My grandfather was one of the last door to door milkmen.
So was I. They made me wear stone washed jeans and bright neon shirts. Dragged me around to strange festivals celebrating things like corn and covered bridges. I had to write in cursive for some reason.
Mostly Polish but European mongrel would be more accurate. American is most accurate.
I sound like a Tom Hanks kinda white guy with a little bit of Bill Swerski’s Superfans mixed in.
I think it’s great how we can use racial stereotypes to overcome racism by picking on everyone, not just those shifty Jews.
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