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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.
No need to get so hot under the collar.
Extreme Ironing
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Albern, Dumm, Lächerlich? German has words for silly and the concept of silly.
No, parent is right. There is no word for silly in german. Instead, all german words pertaining to silly, also have an untranslatable connotation, a flavour to them, such as "silly, but with a deep undertone of contemplative thought as to how I ended up in this predicament", and so forth.
But then is 'silly' translatable into any other language at all? With all its exact meanings, and nothing more?
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#83Mildly 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?
I don’t think consumer cleaning technology products like this keep up with the rate of change of underlying technologies. People get used to doing certain things (e.g. ironing) and want to keep doing it the same way their parents taught them.
I’d instead look more at commercial cleaners (e.g. how shirts are cleaned/pressed for shipment to stores) if you want to see the bleeding edge of cleaning technology.
(It’s sort of like home consoles vs. arcade machines in the 80s/90s. Home consoles had to optimize for affordability, while arcade machines could essentially be expensive operationalized prototypes as long as they paid for themselves.)
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#84This article reminds me of the fake cities that Rand McNally puts on maps to see if someone else is copying their work. I feel like this is probably a fake article put into Wikipedia to see if somebody else is copying their work....
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#85Mildly 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?
There's a market niche for "steam generator" irons specifically for use when sewing (where you need the iron sporadically while assembling a garment from pieces). This is sort of a "pro-sumer" space.
These typically have an offboard water tank and boiler that doubles as a stand for the hot iron. This also lets the iron itself be lighter in weight.
A key feature for this market is the absence of the automatic shutoff that's commonly found in consumer irons.
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#86> extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt."
This was some of the humor that I didn't know I needed today. Had me laughing out loud.
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#87Someone needs to host a legit tournament called the "Extreme Ironman". Although confusing, I bet some tri-athletes will appreciate the humor and actually sign up.
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#88Mildly 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?
I have discovered the joy of having no clothes you need to iron.
That’s real progress!
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#89A fairly good example, from the RAF in the Falkland Islands https://youtu.be/xyA9hpfBsB4?t=149
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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?
It's one of the things judged on the extreme ironing competitions: https://youtu.be/jZ6Yo0cVMP0?t=205