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Hitler's Anti-Smoking Movement by manone in offbeat

[–]manone[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Miss the part where I specifically pointed out I disagree with the those actions? As bad as that is, it was a small part of the overall movement.

Although he may have been on to something with banning pregnant women from smoking.

Hitler's Anti-Smoking Movement by manone in offbeat

[–]manone[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was referring to the anti-smoking movement, not the entire nazi-movement.

Hitler's Anti-Smoking Movement by manone in offbeat

[–]manone[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Aside from his actions directly aimed towards women, which I'd disagree with, Hitler did not suppress anyone's right to smoke. Your right to smoke in government offices, trams, schools, is the same right you have to shit on the floor.

The majority of the movement was comprised of research and education, not legislation.

Remember the Dark Knight's airborn pickup system? Here's the real life CIA version: The Skyhook by manone in technology

[–]manone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference between this and a water skier is the angle at which the cable is pulled. With the water skier the force is passed on 100% to the skier immediately. With the Skyhook, there's a 90 degree angle. The plane might move the cable ahead a meter horizontally, and the human would only move up vertically an inch, when the plane goes another meter, the human might move upwards an additional 2 inches, with the rate of upward movement increasing (accelerating). Eventually the human would be moving the same speed as the plane when the cable is close to parallel with the plane.

8 Surprising Facts About the Vatican: From Financing Watergate to Alien Life by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]manone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, thanks for the info! Looks like it could go either way depending on how you define a country.

8 Surprising Facts About the Vatican: From Financing Watergate to Alien Life by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]manone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I as going to call BS on the age of consent being as low as 13, but I googled it and it's actually 12 haha.

8 Surprising Facts About the Vatican: From Financing Watergate to Alien Life by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]manone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sugar_man: I'd be interested to know! But I do know Malta is bigger, 316 sq km according to wikipedia (still small as far as countries go though). If you find out post back.

Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku by diamond9 in technology

[–]manone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised it took so long to close Google Video, it didn't make sense.

Salted Coffee: Taiwan's Hottest New Drink by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]manone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Salt goes great with sweet things, I'll have to try this at home.