I dunno, car chases aren’t that rare. Decades ago, a friend of mine lead the cops on a multi-county car chase where he spent most of his time over 100 MPH (the car could reach those speeds very quickly, even by modern standards). He would have probably gotten away if the car hadn’t vapor locked and stalled when he stopped to turn at a red light. He waited outside the car for a good minute and a half before the cops showed up and beat his ass for his effort - that’s a lifetime of a lead at those speeds. He did all of this to avoid a speeding ticket. He’d done it before and succeeded, but our teenage engineering bit him in the ass that time. Soon to be completely archaic advice: suspend your fuel lines away from the engine block, kids.
Never underestimate the stupidity of a 17 year old, or a 21 year old, or even a 35 year old. People run from the cops for stupid reasons and car chases sometimes ensue. And heck, sometimes they don’t even know that they’re “running”. I’ve known two people who were eventually stopped by cops who had apparently been chasing them for awhile. Due to visibility on the twisty roads they were driving, they had never seen the pursuing police.
That’s fairly common among young girls who ride horses astride (what you might call sitting normally on the horse). Allegedly, that was one reason for the side-saddle, in that it would avoid that “problem”. (It was also a way to ride in long, bulky skirts while retaining cultural modesty)
There’s a plethora of TV shows based on actual footage of police car chases. Hundreds of real life chases have been televised. I don’t know if the number is enough to call it “extremely common” , but is certainly well above “almost never happens.”
For most females, it’ll happen eventually, one way or another. Not to speak for @Broomstick, but I thought she was alluding to the fact that some cultures have valued an intact hymen as “proof” of virginity. It’s only a “problem” in that particular way if you go along with that way of thinking.
I’m aware that was debunked long ago. But having no experience in this area myself, I can’t help wondering if it’s painful or otherwise inconvenient when it occurs.
In my state they have narrowed down the criteria for when a pursuit can happen. They still start because the bad guy is the one that starts them but most don’t go very long. But even the ones that do happen don’t look like TV or the movies. For that you would need professional drivers and multiple well planned stunts edited together.
As a general rule it’s not dragged out of your vagina with a rake or something equally horrific. There are a number of ways the hymen can be “torn”, that is, the hole that’s already in it being made larger. Riding horses astride actually can do that, not tearing but rather stretching it over time until it no longer poses an obstacle to anyone attempting entry. Speaking from experience (I rode horses from age 12 to 17) this process is not at all painful, indeed, one does not even notice it occurring and from my viewpoint the fact my first sexual experience was not at all painful (rather fun, in fact) was a bonus.
In this case I’d say you captured my meaning quite well. Retroactively you may speak for me.
Not usually and it shouldn’t be. It can be if it involves something like rape or a clueless, selfish oaf for a first sexual experience. “Tearing” the hymen via sports like horse riding (as I’ve already said, it’s more a stretching) is not painful.
A few unfortunate women are born with an imperforate hymen, or one that does not naturally have a hole in it. This is a problem. It’s also very treatable, and these days we even use anesthetic so that doesn’t have to hurt either.
Because people are the only species (that I know of, anyway) that have a vaginal hymen, there’s been a lot of speculation as to why. The best theory I heard came from a gynecologist who said she believed it was there to protect the vagina from urine and stool until the child was potty-trained. It makes as much sense to me as any other.
Female hyenas also have a pseudopenis that they use to mate with, and also have their babies THROUGH it, something that outright kills about 10% of them with the first litter.
Using the Emergency Stop button in an elevator, so you can have a private conversation.
I am deeply afraid of that button, and feel like it’s akin to pulling a fire alarm. I could be in a dead quiet office, my own apartment building basically being the only person there, and I wouldn’t touch the thing, not even seriously considering it for a moment.
Heheh, I used to work overnight all alone in a data center with an elevator. Nothing too terrible happened when you pulled the emergency stop in that elevator, but the alarm was going to preclude you having a conversation at normal volumes. It was a very loud bell.
