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Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by SamBam » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:47 PM UTC

slingnow wrote: post #45

michaelhoffman wrote: post #27

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People will also do all sorts of things for fun.

What percentage of these people do you think do this and then DON'T post an image / video of it somewhere to get views? I would guess it rounds down to 0%. It's pure attention seeking. And it also might be fun.

This can be explained by the fact that it's clearly a communal sport, though practiced individually. The social and sharing aspect is clearly a part of the sport.

Is commenting on this thread also "attention seeking," because no one does so without making their comments public? Or is it a form of social behavior?

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by cbozeman » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:47 PM UTC

rnd420_69 wrote: post #9

For some reason I read it as extreme ignoring and now wonder what that sport would look like

> wonder what that sport would look like

Your love life.

(just kidding!)

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by drittich » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:48 PM UTC

bmmayer1 wrote: post #37

It's clear that people are just doing this...ironically.

I'm getting board of this, I have more pressing concerns. Like collaring some criminals to de-crease the number wrinkles in our society.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by rogual » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:50 PM UTC

marcellus23 wrote: post #28

elliekelly wrote: post #14

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I mean if this is true it really just calls the validity of the whole sport into question. You obviously can’t iron without heat.

Uh, do you think the point of the sport is to de wrinkle clothes?

Ironing clothes -- actually getting them flat -- on a mountain peak or underwater is interesting because of the difficulty. Finding out the person isn't really ironing, but just pretending, detracts from it and takes it from "that's quite an accomplishment" to "so what?". It goes from an interesting logistical challenge to "can you take an ironing board and an iron up the mountain / into the sea with you?"

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by drittich » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

Lio wrote: post #59

belter wrote: post #56

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Is this like the ...iron man competition?

Go on, keep the jokes coming. I'm interested to see how far you can go before you, wait for it ...run out of steam! :P

Button your lips, this thread is done.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by SuoDuanDao » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

This takes me way back. When I was in high school, one of my classmates had a job in a call center, and one of the surveys he was contracted to do was for a website dedicated to extreme ironing. Unlike most surveys he had to punch in phone numbers himself, so he called a friend who was in on the joke just to get some interesting responses.

"How much time do you spend ironing?" "one or two hours a day, I try not to overindulge"

"What's the strangest place you've ever ironed?" "A bass boat"

I don't remember any of the other responses, but everyone who heard that story got a good chuckle out of it. Interesting to hear that it's stayed around so long!

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by nicoburns » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

banana_giraffe wrote: post #61

dangerbird2 wrote: post #54

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try: ... except BaseException: return "yolo"

Visual Basic was a world leader in this field: On Error Resume Next

In BASH, you don't even have to do that: it's the default!

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by moron4hire » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:57 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #70

moron4hire wrote: post #58

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Smart contracts on the Blockchain

If the smart contract says the iron gets hot, it must get hot. Smart contracts are bound by the iron laws of cryptography.

The iron has a miner inside it. A Mironer.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by cryptonector » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC

angrygoat wrote: post #17

A fairly good example, from the RAF in the Falkland Islands https://youtu.be/xyA9hpfBsB4?t=149

Perfect timestamp for this.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by duckmysick » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

Mildly related: I'm curious what are the latest advances in consumer irons and ironing boards. Something that improved them in the last 10-15 years, even incrementally.

For example SSDs became much more common and affordable over the past 15 years and their parameters also improved. Are there similar improvements in household appliances like irons? Where would one look for an industry overview?