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by 082349872349872 681 days ago
to be fair to WAYX, unlike Utah they weren't being hypocritical, in that I don't recall any part of the bible that claims it's more popular* than the Beatles.

(for creatures that the creator had an inordinate fondness for, even beetles get short shrift; all I've found is Lev.11:22 "ye may eat ... the beetle after his kind ...")

* how should we measure popularity? By Google hits, Jesus wins, hands down, but by platinum record multiples (Amy Grant being in the single digits), John had a point.
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mysterydip 681 days ago
Reminds me of a joke:

"A shark could swim faster than me, but I could probably run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the better cyclist."

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082349872349872 681 days ago
On first thought, a shark would make a pretty good roadie: they don't need to shave their leg hair, for instance.

However, it appears that both basking sharks and great whites peak at only 5.5 W/kg, while professional human cyclists can sustain such output.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30209042/

(incidentally, everything old is new again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41179954 )

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