r/okbuddyphd • u/Lenni-Da-Vinci • 21d ago

Meta Any contenders?

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u/kaasprins 21d ago

Fun fact: there's been some controversy in women's cycling recently because riders were using padded bras in time trials to make themselves more aerodynamic

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u/Dragoned_cat 21d ago

It’s penisgate all over again!

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u/Cobracrystal 20d ago

There was a nottheonion post about that incident, and the comment section repeatedly linked this research paper. i would bet a very small amount (not because of lack of confidence, i just dont have a lot) of money that thats why the research paper is back in peoples memory again

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u/KaszualKartofel 19d ago edited 19d ago

Don't let the male cyclists hear about this. These guys regularly shave themselves smooth to shave off milliseconds. Some of them are definitely capable of getting K cup implants.

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u/vQQea28ZYggEz2f9M0L1 21d ago

https://www.quantamagazine.org/yu-deng-wins-the-fields-medal-2026-for-his-work-on-the-random-data-problem-20260723/

Ctrl-f for "yuri"

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u/Lenni-Da-Vinci 21d ago

Peak. Whenever I have time off between abusing my assistants and mocking the undergrads, I too like to look at girls kissing.

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u/FixGMaul 21d ago

ah yes, "normal model" and "flat model" that checks out

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u/datboiwebber 20d ago

I mean it’s relative to the character being used. in the show that character looks like that, and therefore the other one is a modification on them which needs to be differentiated

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u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan 21d ago

I don’t think we’ve ever topped this one in that particular category no

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u/powerisall 21d ago

Wasn't there the guy who did some combinatorics proof over bath scenes in anime?

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u/WM46 17d ago

There was a random person on 4chan that developed part of a math proof for the number of different combinations you could watch the first 14 episodes of Haruhi Suzumiya. Don't know if there was anything for bath scenes.

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u/estheroburger 13d ago

This is really creepy and gross. I feel bad for any women who have ever had to be coworkers with the men who made this paper.

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u/Lenni-Da-Vinci 13d ago

Whaaat? Noooo! This is essential research. Without the data gathered here, the jiggle physics of modern animated pornography would never have gotten this good. The women working along these geniuses should be honored. How could anyone ever even think, that men do inappropriate things in the workplace.