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Nordick posted:I'd say that's not totally uncalled for, considering that he's literally one of the strongest men in the entire world. It's not so much strength, though. Mariusz Pudzianowski won the World's Strongest Man competition five times, and had a pretty underwhelming career in MMA. The issue here is more that Hafthor outweighs the other guy by at least 200 lbs.
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ultrafilter posted:It's not so much strength, though. Mariusz Pudzianowski won the World's Strongest Man competition five times, and had a pretty underwhelming career in MMA. The issue here is more that Hafthor outweighs the other guy by at least 200 lbs. That's nearly a quarter Thor.
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Rough Lobster posted:Since he broke that historic record, he's actually one of the strongest men that's EVER lived. Different Mountain, it's been played by a few people. You're thinking of Hafthór Björnsson, who would have qualified for this thread for his name alone even if he didn't break a thousand year old viking record.
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verbal enema posted:What was the record Walking with a log on your shoulders for five steps. I was dissapointed, cause they were totally babysteps. Still impressive.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpUrXJNcS_8 From this very thread.
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Bombadilillo posted:Walking with a log on your shoulders for five steps. Wasn't there something about a previous guy who tried this and broke his back?
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Ozz81 posted:Wasn't there something about a previous guy who tried this and broke his back? I don't see how you could with the setup they have. You might smash a disk, but he only lifts it a tiny bit. Safety first, like a proper viiking.
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Bombadilillo posted:I don't see how you could with the setup they have. You might smash a disk, but he only lifts it a tiny bit. Safety first, like a proper viiking. The dude who did it a thousand years ago took three steps with it and broke his back.
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Beardless posted:The dude who did it a thousand years ago took three steps with it and broke his back. Pussy.
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Well yeah. They didn't have things like "safety" back then.
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Soulex posted:Well yeah. They didn't have things like "safety" back then. Yeah. That guy probably had to actually pick the log up. The setup of the modern recreation didn't feel genuine to the legend. While still being impressive, just world's strongest man random gimmick challange, not 1000 year record impressive.
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Soulex posted:Well yeah. They didn't have things like "safety" back then. Or steroids
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These dudes ain't no Eric The Viking
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If anything what The Mountain did was more impressive, I'm sure if the legend is based on fact AT ALL the old guy had one end leaning on the ground as he picked it up.
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Bombadilillo posted:Yeah. That guy probably had to actually pick the log up. The setup of the modern recreation didn't feel genuine to the legend. I remember reading that the first chap picked it up the same as the modern one (off a trestle) but didn't have one to support it if he fell over, so when he went down the log went crossfit on his spine.
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 This is the M2-F3, a lifting body aircraft built by NASA to drop from planes to see if they worked. All of the lift is generated by the shape of the fuselage, so it doesn't need wings which is why it looks like something out of Star Wars. The previous model didn't have the third tail fin which meant it was much more prone to start rolling uncontrollably like this: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/discovery-presents/videos/wild-ride-m2f2/
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XMNN posted:
Dude! The air and space museum put in new things? Gonna have to visit my friends soon.
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VendaGoat posted:Dude! The air and space museum put in new things? I'm kind of concerned about the juxtaposition of that rad sled and a dirty communist fuel tank or whatever that is.
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syscall girl posted:I'm kind of concerned about the juxtaposition of that rad sled and a dirty communist fuel tank or whatever that is. Looks to be the display commemorating the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, which itself was pretty badass. US/Soviet co-operation in space while the Cold War was still going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz_Test_Project 
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ajheretic666 posted:Looks to be the display commemorating the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, which itself was pretty badass. US/Soviet co-operation in space while the Cold War was still going on. Okay, yeah that qualifies as badass. My bad.
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Brian Blessed has done a heck of a lot of kick rear end stuff, here's just one example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9c05bvN6Z0 He's got the record for being the oldest person to have reached the North Pole on foot and although he's failed in his three attempts to climb Everest he did set a record by reaching 28,500ft without oxygen at the age of 68. His hobby is climbing mountains: quote:When, in his book Quest for the Lost World, he is interrogated by Argentinian checkpoint guards, understandably suspicious of a portly old actor's story that he intends to climb Aconcagua, Blessed's riposte is to slide a hand, without warning, between the legs of his startled guide and hoist the man up above his head, roaring: "Fifty-seven years is Sweet Fanny Adams!" "This broke the ice," he observes. He currently lives in a log cabin on eight acres of woodland where he has an animal sanctuary with over 1,000 animals, many of which have been rescued from circuses and similar places.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Brian Blessed has done a heck of a lot of kick rear end stuff, here's just one example: You should note that he's trying to climb Everest without oxygen as well. He's also sparred with the Dalai Lama and has recently passed his Cosmonaut training so he can go into space. He also reportedly helped deliver a baby in a park in London and bit through the umbilical cord. He really is the man, the myth , the legend.
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Aramoro posted:You should note that he's trying to climb Everest without oxygen as well. He's also sparred with the Dalai Lama and has recently passed his Cosmonaut training so he can go into space. He also reportedly helped deliver a baby in a park in London and bit through the umbilical cord. He really is the man, the myth , the legend. This is truly the most interesting man in the world.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Brian Blessed has done a heck of a lot of kick rear end stuff, here's just one example: Most impressively though is that he and I share a birthday. Is he relished in England as much as he should be? That dude should be met with applause and admiration everywhere he goes....and ear plugs. Dude's so important god made him louder than everyone else.
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Aramoro posted:You should note that he's trying to climb Everest without oxygen as well. He's also sparred with the Dalai Lama and has recently passed his Cosmonaut training so he can go into space. He also reportedly helped deliver a baby in a park in London and bit through the umbilical cord. He really is the man, the myth , the legend. Please, you forget his greatest gift to humanity. By making children laugh as...  Grampy Rabbit
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Crow Jane posted:The correct spelling of his name is actually BRIAN BLESSED Needs to be shaking and at least two time bigger.
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Fun fact: Destruction in Sandman is based on Brian Blessed, that's why all his speech bubbles are surrounded by thick black lines. And he's undoubtedly the coolest of the Endless.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Is he relished in England as much as he should be? More or less. He is fantastic at more or less everything he ever does. This is one of my personal favourite things I have ever seen him in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlx5EvGQ-jI. He completely upstages everyone else.
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BRIAN BLESSED just released an autobiography, and there's an audiobook version with the legend himself reading it. He's 78, and bench presses 300 Ibs. Says he's going to go down swinging. I love him so loving much.
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This is good Blessed. I heard that he got the part because he already owned a full set of fitted armour and I can believe it. Man is a legend. (Kenneth Branflakes Henry V) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHihAPr2Rc
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volcultsmer posted:More or less. He is fantastic at more or less everything he ever does. This is one of my personal favourite things I have ever seen him in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlx5EvGQ-jI. He completely upstages everyone else. Also, thank you so much for posting this. I hadn't seen this episode and I'm loving crying with laughter here. This is the best thing, the pro-est of clicks.
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He also hunts yetis. Basically, he's a madman. But the GOOD kind of mad.
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Brian Blessed knocked Dr. Who the gently caress out. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-09/the-day-brian-blessed-punched-and-knocked-out-peter-capaldi
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BRIAN BLESSED came to the archives I work at as part of a documentary into his family history. He had some photos taken with the staff for press purposes, and while they were getting the lighting sorted he kept jumping up and shouting that our (small and fairly timid) archivist was goosing him. The guy is a one-man wrecking ball. He power walks everywhere too.
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