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[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Imagine the jar you can't open is the swear jar and you yell out FUCK and put a dollar through the slot and try to open it and then yell FUUUUUUCK and then put in another dollar...

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The payoff will be HUGE, especially as you keep adding 10% grip strength with every swear.

Assuming an initial grip strength of 100kg[0]:

  • After 10 swears, you've more than doubled your initial strength (100 * (1.1^10) kg = 260kg)
  • After 20 swears, you're gripping a grand piano
  • After 50 swears, you're gripping a fully grown adult African elephant
  • After 100 swears, you're gripping the Statue of Liberty
  • After 500 swears, you're gripping the planet Mercury

0: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7197498/

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

how many swears for freddie mercury

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I'm a Celsius man.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

how many swears for celsius mercury