Cookie Thread Act 9: i like origami

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#8684

that being said 90% of “buzzer races” are knowledge checks in disguise. you just also want to win the other 10%

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#8685

best injury prevention advice I’ve ever received is to run barefoot 5-10 mins a week :skull:

it actually worked tho

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#8686

just know more than them :brain:

#8687

most running I’ve done is prolly about 10 miles a day (to and from rowing practice twice a day) and I haven’t ever really been compelled to push further

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#8688

i’m in college quizbowl sometimes you just run into someone who’s been doing college quizbowl for over 10 years. then what

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#8689

oh interesting

what’s the science there?

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#8690

is it just to get yourself into good form?

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#8691

so you aren’t like stomping because of your shoe padding?

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#8692

just don’t play college qb!! :)

or you could just be a better player than them

or you could quit

#8693

It’s actually really really interesting I could yap about it for hours I’ve read a bunch of books and articles on it

Basically humans are evolved to be the best long distance runners on the planet, and it’s theorized that that’s how we used to hunt (by basically running animals to death)

And our feet are actually really well engineering to be shock absorbers, but the modern running shoe takes all of that away and forces us to run in a way that’s actually kinda inefficient

But if you practice running without shoes on, it helps your body get used to proper form because it automatically adjusted around how your feet are supposed to naturally land on the ground

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#8694

And that idealized form prevents injuries because it helps you better absorb the shock from impact on the ground

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#8695

or you can learn to win some bullshit buzzer races. this occasionally works

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#8696

never said this wasn’t fun

my teammates are known for being extremely fast :sob:

#8697

(not that i’m complaining)

#8698

I say this like it’s fact but it is just a theory rn (a game theory)

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#8699

here’s the survey about hair color & parts of speech if anybody’s interested. Again you should really stop after the first ~8 ones unless you have strong opinions

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#8700

I do not know half these parts of speech.
My seventh grade ELA teacher is crying.

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#8701

I kept it to all the ones I know. Might not have been a good idea to keep in morpheme & neologism tbqh

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#8702

I went to Montessori school where parts of speech are associated with colours and shapes

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#8703

Let’s play “Parts of Speech or Drug Compound”!

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