Question the First: If you throw a compact disc and a LP with the same amount of force, which will fly farther? The CD is lighter with greater throw-ability, but the LP has greater surface area and may not wobble as much. So which is it?
Question the Second: Has anyone noticed that second-tier porno mags like Hustler are now employing many MANY more pictures of their nude models urinating? Why did this happen? Are their more water-sport enthusiasts than before? Is Larry Flynt getting letters? “Love the smut, MORE URINE!” Was this a conscious decision? (Submitted by Sal, my barber)
To answer your first, a CD would fly farther in most cases. I guess that one might be able to get a perfect toss with an LP and have a “frisbee effect” - testing this with warped discs would be something to check out as well - but the vinyl would most of the time get caught up in the airflow and nosedive. A CD could do this too, but it would be less likely to do so.
Yes, I have thrown both CDs and LPs…
To answer the second, porn always goes in new directions that are more outrageous and taboo. This is the same geographically as well; in the SAouth, interracial porn is bigger and anal sex was the “hot” porn trend when I was writing for porno magazines.
So, the golden showers thing must have just evolved ass the latest taboo. I hope we don’t get to brown showers though… Bleech!
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Okay, the compact disc/LP flying farther… you may be the Prince of the Underworld, but it seems like you’re guessing. I need a little science here. Wouldn’t a CD, since it was smaller and lighter, be more likely to wobble? I don’t think being made of vinyl has anything to do with it.
As for the pee-pee porn question, it’s seems obvious that taboos are being broken in order to keep the skin pix fresh, but urination, while not terribly subversive, seems an odd subculture to which to pander. The question remain unanswered. Why urination? Why urination and not something else? There seems many more less unsavory fetishes to feature.
Speaking as a consumer, (and partially almost a distributor sort of) the pee-porn thing has many reasons for increasing popularity (or at least more widespread consumption).
A) The Internet has shown it to be the fastest growing fetish available in photographic and video form.
B) It’s a fetish that is seen to be relatively harmless, and accessible.
C) Models are willing to do it.
D) You don’t need any expensive equipment or props, a second model, or anything else, in order to achieve the shots.
I’m not so sure about it selling in the mainstream though. Penthouse featured a golden shower of the month pic for a couple months, but it was discontinued due to lack of popularity. Perhaps its gaining ground in the underground(not the best word, but I can’t think of a better one at 4:30 am) porn area. Certainly not mainstream though.
I’m completely pleased with the detailed explanation of the inner workings of the porn mag industry, but when I toss in a Science and Nature question, I get told that a CD would fly farther that an LP because it’s less flimsy. A glider is more flimsy that a school bus; which do you want to drive off a cliff?
My hypothesis is this; see if you agree or no. An LP, because of its wider area and greater weight would give you a greater mean distance when tossed because it would be less likely to catch the first wind current and spin out. A light-weight CD would wobble like a muth. If I don’t get a good answer to this, I’m going to the park and bringing Frampton Comes Alive with me.
An LP record from the recent era is big and floppy. Almost like a hat brim. If it didn’t catch an updraft, then it is more likely to crash and burn when hit with a downdraft.
A CD is firmer, and has smaller surface area. I would imagine that it is much more likely to be successful in even getting distance.
If you throw with the same force, the CD would have a much higher acceleration because of its lower mass, and fly faster. Difference in aerodynamic effects are, I’d guess, pretty small since their shapes are very similar. So a CD would fly farther.
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“Difference in aerodynamic effects are, I’d guess, pretty small since their shapes are very similar. So a CD would fly farther.”
“An LP record from the recent era is big and floppy. Almost like a hat brim.”
I’m not buying either of these. As in life, size matters. By this logic, you should be able to throw a poker chip farther than a CD. But you can’t. It wouldn’t “fly” at all. A larger diameter means more POTENTIAL lift.
An LP isn’t floppy at all. You can only bend a 10" record a few inches in either direction. The bend of a LP vs. a CD is negligable, I believe. It’s mass, lift, ability to stay horizontal in varying air currents, and condusiveness to being thrown or THROWABILITY.
Please please please, somebody clear the smoke here. I only own one LP, and it’s an early pressing of XTC’s classic “Skylarking” and it’s not going to the park!
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I’ve thrown both LPs and CDs (although not on the same occasion), and from my experience the LP flies much further because it’s denser/heavier and thus less prone to the caprices of side-breezes. It’s also easier to aim.
Think about this: Which flies further, a full-sized frisbee or one of those dinky ones that you get as a consolation prize at the county fair? Granted, frisbees operate on slightly different physics (curved top creating lift, etc) but you get the idea.
