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[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 77 points 1 day ago (4 children)

10 whole seconds? that's some goku shit

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1 like and ill open the jar in the skreets

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

next time on dragon ball z!

frieza has given us 5 minutes before the planet blows up, it will take 20 episodes

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

They fully spec the buff duration increase and put more in Endurance stats.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How is F*CK even pronounced?

Will it still work if I yell Fuck instead?

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 day ago

Fasteriskck

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Any vowel is permitted - so fack, feck, fick, fock, fuck and controversially fyck are all valid.

[Edit] International readers should feel free to say fåck, fæck, féck, fîck, fõck, fœck, fück etc

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
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[–] NoFood4u@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe it's just RegEx. 0 or more "F"s allowed. e.g. CK, FCK, FFCK, ...

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 day ago

"Firetruck"

[–] janAkali@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

+1 shitty superpower ideas
I should really start writing them down at this point.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

One Punch Man but it's all C-class

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[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I wonder if it's really the swearing. It would be interesting to compare to nonverbal grunting or groaning around the same intensity. Something similarly emotive and forceful but without the underlying language meaning.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The root is heightened aggression/anger levels i would guess. Same thing with boxers and power lifters slapping the shit out of themselves before a fight/competition. Anything that gets your blood pumping and adrenaline levels up.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would hope the 'neutral word' was said at the same volume/rate/tone. Otherwise, yeah, it would definitely be a factor. Just like we can make ourselves angry with our thoughts, there must be a large difference in adrenaline released depending on how you emote.

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[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

It could even be related to breathing. In karate exhalation breath work is important as part of a strike or kick for a number of reasons including maximizing force.

Made me think of tennis players. The sounds may really increase their power.

[–] oyo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

It's called a kiai...

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[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"FUUUCK!"

$java -jar app.jar

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

My thoughts exactly.

My other thoughts were, every time I see corporate BS in my company am I better off ignoring or swearing.

Now I have inspiration for what to do.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The science behind all this is pretty simple honestly.

When you shout you have to inhale first, and that act of inhaling gives you a burst of muscle power. But when you also combine that with a loud exclamation or a shout or curse, you actually startle yourself on some level. Your brain listens to you, always remember that. So when your brain hears you shout or scream, it drops everything and goes into survival mode. IE: a burst of adrenaline.

When you combine adrenaline and oxygen you can do almost super-human things like smash cinderblocks with your bare hands and lift cars off trapped people.

If you want to try charging your muscles for something strenuous like opening a tight jar lid, you can skip the cursing and shouting and just take three deep breaths, and on the last breath draw it in as fast and hard as you can and hold it for a moment as you try to exert the force, it will feel astonishingly easier.

[–] mal3oon@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

This guy breaths!

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is literally chaos magic

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago

This is like a special moveset of self-buffs for a brawny no-magic character in a JRPG

[–] 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 1 day 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 1 day ago (1 children)

how many swears for freddie mercury

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

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

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember a Mythbusters episode where they proved that cursing also helps alleviate pain.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Curse 24/7 and you're basically a superhero

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Profanity Man to the rescue!

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So it boosts STR, does it also boost INT? Maybe it debuffs WIS?

It boosts DEX and STR for your next fight action and/or gives a +1 to your next saving throw, but only if you’re at least two levels in Barbarian.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Also exhale just as you do it. 👍 Learned that the other day from that maths professor whose name escapes me just now. Redhead, adorable, red nails always. YouTube, Instagram, she's on all of it.

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[–] montechristo@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sport climber here. "Power Screaming" is a well- known technique to boost power during individual hard moves. Adam Ondra is famous for his strategic screaming, see his ascent of Silence. I regularly use it myself to increase core and grip strength.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Taught martial arts for many years, yes shouting does boost energy in specific circumstances. There's a whole art to it, and really it amounts to raising adrenaline levels in yourself (shouting startles yourself) and oxygen. The inhaling before the shout charges your muscles.

In fact, you can get a fantastic demonstration of this without the shouting or cursing. Next time you have a jar lid or anything that you need to manually move that's just slightly more difficult than your muscle power can comfortably move, take three very deep breaths, then on the last breath inhale as hard as you can and hold it for a moment as you try to open the jar or turn the thing, you will have a very noticeable burst of muscle power.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Lmao I didn't get through the first sentence without picturing Ondra.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

He even has a screaming coach: https://youtu.be/Ugvw3pBbYqY

[–] Thrydwulf@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swears are MMORPG buffing spells. Let them all rip simultaneously for burst and maximize jar DPS.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Fuck, shit, cock, ass, titties, boner, bitch, muff, pussy, cunt, butthole, Barbra Streisand!

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

So swearing is the natural human booster and it is scientifically demonstrated?

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the secret to where Roy Kent gets his power!

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And to think, this whole time I was using the rubber band trick like a sucker.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

I find that Yosemite Sam-style incoherent muttering of curses throughout the pickle-jar opening helps a lot.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

FASTERISCK!

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fuck yea! ^+ 8 grip strength^

I have a goddammned motherfucking super power, bitch! ^degreelessnes mode on^

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago
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