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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

Retronym.

A new name for something that has changed because of technology. Acoustic guitars and prop planes are examples. Silent movie, black and white movie, antenna televison, etc, etc.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had a similar problem with a cafe bar doing a "Bottomless Brunch".

Anyway, it turns out it's some weird, trendy new phrase for "all-you-can-eat" or "buffet".

It is not in any way along the same lines as a "Topless Beach".

[–] SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought bottemless brunch was a socially acceptable way to get shitfaced before noon on free drinks.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

Yes, it does appear that "all-you-can-drink" seems to be part of the offer in many (perhaps all?) cases.

Anyway, definitely don't start taking off your trousers and underwear.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I played naked frisbee on the front lawn of my college once. I thought it would be effortless but in fact it's extremely painful to have your nuts bouncing around unsupported like that. But I kept at it until the Dean of Students came up to me and asked me to put my clothes back on because it was prospective weekend and there were a bunch of high school students with their parents standing off to one side. I thought I was accurately representing what the college was all about but he thought otherwise.

I felt bad years later when I found out the Dean's brother had been murdered in Mississippi during the civil rights era (they even made a Hollywood movie about this incident). He must have felt great knowing his brother had been killed fighting for black people, and he was busy making stupid white boys put their pants back on.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

We make sacrifices so other people don't have to. I'm sure his brother would not have minded that he has a high paying job and that he can tell stupid white boys to stop making fools of themselves.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I played naked frisbee on the front lawn of my college once. I thought it would be effortless but in fact it’s extremely painful to have your nuts bouncing around unsupported like that.

I had a similar discovery about kickboxing practice and boxers. It's not fun when you're holding a thigh pad for your partner to practice kicking, and you realize that your legs can transmit energy, much like a newton's cradle.

I thought you were going to say something about naked kickboxing and I was preparing my hardiest "duh".

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 26 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I mean obviously it means those things. Where would you keep them while naked?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

I always keep music in my ass. Not technology, just the music.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's where I keep my binoculars!

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[–] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Back in my day we just called this "running"

[–] Domino@lemmings.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Back in my day we had to run uphills both way, naked, in the snow!

[–] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Damn straight and coach would make you run the whole thing again as a cool down.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Well that was what we called naked running

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They say it's not what you know, it's how soon you know it.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

And how many groups of joggers you run up to join before you know it.

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Im old enough to remember when "naked running" meant Streaking. There was even a hit song about it back in the 70s.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago

Boogidee boogidee

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Inexperienced here, but after a certain age, the flopping and bouncing around becomes problematic.

For all sexes.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's just how we did it before mp3 players

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I remember portable cassette players and some mad people running with those.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or those expensive CD players with supposedly anti "scratch/jump" features.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

If manufacturers specifically marketed those for running, then they're at fault, yeah. Otherwise, if you take the basic idea of how it works, you'd know it probably won't cut it for running. Anti-skip works by basically reading ahead (faster than playback) and caching a few seconds of playback (in a place that's not the disc so it's not affected by vibrations) so that when a sudden shock happens every once in a while, playback will continue from the cache and the normal disc reading will have time to catch up; if however every step you do while running is potentially a shock big enough to disrupt the reading of the disc, the caching just won't have time to catch up.

P.S. Sorry if that sounded a bit rant-y.

yeah i'm not running with a belt on and a walkman would not be great for keeping my pants up.

[–] save_the_humans@leminal.space 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They do a naked run every semester at Berkeley the week before finals. Its called dead week, where there's no classes, and its a time for students to cram for their exams, or, you know, run naked around campus.

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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 6 days ago

Where did he expect to keep the tech devices while naked?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You mean like the 90s? Without a walkman/CDman?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Soon: running-porn.

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