"Please S T O P saying this" thread.

[RemCharger]

I think it derived from a " ****- hook" , which turned into " pulled a shitter" and now a " shittie.

 

[Detective D]

I understand the action, it is the terminology that sounds completely stupid to me. I don't find tossing a car around to be "shitty". I really enjoy it.
I used to call it "getting sideways" before the term drifting caught on.
A general theme for me is that I often see phrases and terms in the literal sense.
Don't say "How are you?" unless you really want my answer.
When you tell me that you need to take a piss, my first thought is Why would you want someone else's piss?
"This tastes like ****"....How do you know that for sure?

It must be because I am wired to look for what I find funny, absurd, silly and entertaining.

It's not quite like that. When done correctly, it isn't just the back of the car power sliding. Picture the very center of the car, traveling in a straight line. Now picture the front goes left, the back goes right, and the center continues on in that same line. It is a full revolution, multiple 360's. Full rotations, all 4 tires have no semblence of grip. Multiple rotations, violent, tight rotations like the car was an airplane propeller, but also moving forward at like 30mph.
It is betond getting sideways, and is essentially impossible to replicate on dry pavement. You can hoon out a car burning the tires and making it go crazy, but not like this.

A lot of the finer points have been lost on today's kids because they don;t have 25 foot long big block powered mega cars to do this stuff in.

 

[DeltaV]

Something will happen in a "Month of Sundays". I heard it all of the time in the 1980s, but I still hate hearing it now.

Also, stop saying "laser focused". It's coherent (highly collimated) light. Ok, my nerd statement for today and you can stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[Fran Blacker]

It's not quite like that. When done correctly, it isn't just the back of the car power sliding. Picture the very center of the car, traveling in a straight line. Now picture the front goes left, the back goes right, and the center continues on in that same line. It is a full revolution, multiple 360's. Full rotations, all 4 tires have no semblence of grip. Multiple rotations, violent, tight rotations like the car was an airplane propeller, but also moving forward at like 30mph.
It is betond getting sideways, and is essentially impossible to replicate on dry pavement. You can hoon out a car burning the tires and making it go crazy, but not like this.

A lot of the finer points have been lost on today's kids because they don;t have 25 foot long big block powered mega cars to do this stuff in.

Maybe KD doesn't have much snow to play in.

 

[Kern Dog]

No snow here.
Regardless, the word "shitties" makes me think of turds. NO thanks...

 

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Why must it always be a problem?

 

[moparsaver]

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I wanna Rock!!

 

[DeltaV]

I remember watching the space shuttle launches, listening to the crew saying "main engines throttle up at 104%".

If I recall correctly, some of the space shuttle turbomachinery parts came from the Saturn V / Apollo Program. The space shuttle ran the Saturn V turbomachinery beyond the original, intended design...104% of the Saturn V parts. Ran at 104% of the intended speed if I recall correctly. They would have tested the design for the space shuttle application in a requalification program of course.

I do not recall if the Saturn V parts were the LH2 pumps or LOX pumps, but I want to say it was the LH2 pumps.

 

[Photon440]

If I recall correctly, some of the space shuttle turbomachinery parts came from the Saturn V / Apollo Program. The space shuttle ran the Saturn V turbomachinery beyond the original, intended design...104% of the Saturn V parts. Ran at 104% of the intended speed if I recall correctly. They would have tested the design for the space shuttle application in a requalification program of course.

I do not recall if the Saturn V parts were the LH2 pumps or LOX pumps, but I want to say it was the LH2 pumps.

Although I can't say it didn't happen, I would think unlikely. The Saturn V Rocketdyne F-1 engines had three times more thrust than the RS-25 used in the space shuttle, it wouldn't be logical that the turbopumps would need to be run over the original design speed to provide enough fuel for the smaller engines. They weren't the same type of pumps either, as the Space shuttle engine used liquid hydrogen for fuel while the Saturn V main engines burned RP-1 rocket fuel which is kerosene based.

So, checking the internet, I see that the RS-25 was refined and increased after the original design. STS launches called for a range between 67 -109% power, with the max being used only in emergency. 104.5% seems to be the operational power setting used after STS-95, throttling down as the rocket climbed to account for lighter vehicle loads as the propellant burned off.

 

[DeltaV]

They weren't the same type of pumps either, as the Space shuttle engine used liquid hydrogen for fuel while the Saturn V main engines burned RP-1 rocket fuel which is kerosene based.

Saturn V second stage is H2 and LOX. So is the third stage, but much smaller

 

[Photon440]

Saturn V second stage is H2 and LOX. So is the third stage, but much smaller

You are of course correct in that, I wasn't thinking of the second stage. I was on my way back here to amend my previous post but I see that you beat me to it.

 

[Kern Dog]

How about THIS one.....

"Can you go to my house and get my wallet? I know it is a big ASK but I really need it."
No, it isn't an ASK, it is a request, a favor....ASK is a verb.

 

[Photon440]

How about THIS one.....

"Can you go to my house and get my wallet? I know it is a big ASK but I really need it."
No, it isn't an ASK, it is a request, a favor....ASK is a verb.

Depending on how informal you want the word usage to be...

ask

noun​

chiefly British, informal

: something asked for, requested, or required of someone

—used especially in phrases like a big ask and a tough ask to say that what is being asked for or hoped for is difficult or unlikely
It's a big ask, I think, demanding audiences recall a plot from two years ago, and while normally I don't mind a big ask … this particular ask utterly defeated me.

(Merriam-Webster)

 

[Kern Dog]

Oh, I know the misuse of the word. I hear it too often.
I also understand that the language evolves. Part of what annoys me is that some people glom onto some new phrase and say it as if trendy words and such make them interesting or edgy.

 

[440 4 speed]

Oh, I know the misuse of the word. I hear it too often.
I also understand that the language evolves. Part of what annoys me is that some people glom onto some new phrase and say it as if trendy words and such make them interesting or edgy.

Remember (Bring it On!) or recently Super something.

 

[Photon440]

Oh, I know the misuse of the word. I hear it too often.
I also understand that the language evolves. Part of what annoys me is that some people glom onto some new phrase and say it as if trendy words and such make them interesting or edgy.

But it isn't really a new phrase, I've heard it often for many years. I think it is only misused if people apply it to a trivial need; a 'big ask' should be an important request.

Here's an example that I hadn't heard because I wasn't born when it was written in 1781: “I am not so unreasonable as to desire you to take notice of all the stuff I scribble, or answer all my asks.”

I think its usage now is an acceptable idiom.

 

[Kern Dog]

Maybe it is just gaining greater use as of late. I still don't like it.

 

[YY1]

How come no one ever corrects forum members that say- "...but I am bias because...."

I see that quite frequently.

You are biased.

 

[dadsbee]

If I had wanted English lessons I would have listened to my Grade 6 teacher instead of chatting with the gal next to me...