Comments on: Why would you want to do this? https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: infamous https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549729 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549729

It is really spiffy, but it does look like a Darwin Award waiting to happen.

…kinda like this?

]]> By: becca https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549728 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:09:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549728 First I thought “why wouldn’t you want to do this?”
and then I thought “Why wouldn’t you want to do this with a roadrunner around?”

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549727 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:05:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549727 I think what this guy doesn’t understand is that women aren’t asking him why he’d want to make explosions. They’re asking why he’d want to compete with anvils when he could be blowing up all sorts of stuff whenever he wants.

]]> By: GaryB https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549726 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549726 My wife loves that stuff as much as I do. There is only one thing more fun than watching other people blow shit up.

]]> By: stripey_cat https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549725 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:59:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549725 Female here, and my thought was “wow, where I can I do that for myself”. Things that go kaboom are *fun*, regardless of the gender of the observer. In fact, I’m just about to email this to some (mostly female) friends.

]]> By: cpsmith https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549724 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549724 It is really spiffy, but it does look like a Darwin Award waiting to happen.

]]> By: natural cynic https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549723 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:07:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549723 You can bet your bottom dollar that Adam Savage would love it [and more than Jamie, too]

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549722 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:10:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549722 Kammy, yes, I saw Ares, that was cool.

]]> By: Tony P https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549721 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:09:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549721 Now that is spectacular! Yes, I’m male and I immediately understood it.

]]> By: orion https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549720 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:13:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/28/why-would-you-want-to-do-this/#comment-549720 There’s a world championship for anvil shooting?

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