this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024
789 points (98.2% liked)

Science Memes

10940 readers
3356 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
789
Anatomy Pickup Lines (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

That last one has me stumped.. Their hands look like they're good at sprinting from a standstill? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It means their limbs look strong (they look fit)

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact tapairs have prehensile cocks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dolphins do too. Ducks have ones that are shaped like a corkscrew.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Did you also know that female hyenas have cocks? And that male hyenas get boners as a sign of submission, which other hyenas acknowledge by licking it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

So do human penises.

That's why they're mushroom shaped

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Fair ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they only talked about torque and nothing about sprinting.

In case you learned about torque from a gearhead, torque is essentially a measure for the rotational effect of force around a fulcrum. So, since most (all ?) of our limb motions are turning around some pivot point (joints), we can measure torque for all of those.

Now I realise how hard it was for them to define torque to me as a child.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In case you learned about torque from a gearhead

Yeah, English isn't my first language and the first time I heard the word was watching Top Gear as an adult a decade or two ago, so that's my most immediate association ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What does toque have to do with sprinting from a standstill? Torque of more like, capacity to put out mechanical energy. I read this as "your arms look capable of lifting heavy weights".

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I first learned the word in relation to cars where torque plays a big part in acceleration ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Torque (at the wheel) multiplied by the wheel radius will give the force that the car exerts on the ground, parallel to the ground. That will finally determine the acceleration of the car.

Though from what I remember, torque - as given with a car's information - is measured at the flywheel, so there's more calculations you will have to do to get the correct answer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Whereas the torque of my limbs are measured at the fly of my pants, am I right? Up top!

(I am not right)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It looks like they have strong hands. Based on this joke I think.