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Physics discussion ends in skateboard attack

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A disagreement between 2 homeless men, during a discussion on quantum physics, has landed one of them in the hospital, after the other one bashed him in the head with a skateboard.

Seems that one of the homeless men forgot an important principle of physics. Momentum = mass * velocity, which is why don't piss off somebody with a heavy object in his hand.

Personally, I believe in the holographic universe theory. Now quit bogarting that Mad Dog before I...... AIIIIEEE!!! You didn't have to hit me with that, did you? :mrgreen:

Article is here.
 
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Didn't read the article but hilarious premise. :mrgreen:
 
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Fava also fell and broke his ankle, although how this happened wasn't known, authorities said.
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Goddamnit! It was ****ing gravity, geniuses! Where's my skateboard!
 
Well......that's just f***ing retarded
 
SO these guys are smart enough to discuss quantum physics, but not smart enough to have jobs?
 
UtahBill said:
SO these guys are smart enough to discuss quantum physics, but not smart enough to have jobs?
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You give them too much credit. I believe they were discussing Star Trek episodes and calling THAT physics. LOL.
 
danarhea said:
You give them too much credit. I believe they were discussing Star Trek episodes and calling THAT physics. LOL.
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and that may be describing a related problem....our politicians think because they can SPELL energy policy that they must also understand energy issues....:shock:
 
UtahBill said:
and that may be describing a related problem....our politicians think because they can SPELL energy policy that they must also understand energy issues....:shock:
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Okay #1) Utah, you'll get no argument from me on that one.

2) That is funny as hell

3) I could just see the victim doing the math in his head just before he got knocked upside it by the skateboard. Homeless guy "Mass = 1.5g, velocity approx. 1.5mph, resisitence is unknown, so force should be......" POW.
 
LaMidRighter said:
Okay #1) Utah, you'll get no argument from me on that one.

2) That is funny as hell

3) I could just see the victim doing the math in his head just before he got knocked upside it by the skateboard. Homeless guy "Mass = 1.5g, velocity approx. 1.5mph, resisitence is unknown, so force should be......" POW.
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soon to be demonstrated on an episode of "Big Bang Theory"....
 
UtahBill said:
SO these guys are smart enough to discuss quantum physics, but not smart enough to have jobs?
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A lot of these older homeless guys are pretty smart.
I met a lot of them because I didn't drive until I was pretty old, and rode public transportation for the majority of my life. A lot of them basically live at bus stops. And they don't mind talking to whoever's there.
Some of them claim to have university degrees, and I found no reason to doubt them. Nearly all of them suffered from substance abuse issues and/or mental illness, to one extent or another. Neither of those things wipes out everything you ever knew, though. They still know some stuff.
 
1069 said:
A lot of these older homeless guys are pretty smart.
I met a lot of them because I didn't drive until I was pretty old, and rode public transportation for the majority of my life. A lot of them basically live at bus stops. And they don't mind talking to whoever's there.
Some of them claim to have university degrees, and I found no reason to doubt them. Nearly all of them suffered from substance abuse issues and/or mental illness, to one extent or another. Neither of those things wipes out everything you ever knew, though. They still know some stuff.
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So true.

I know many an intelligent and well-educated person who've been redered homeless and/or jobless because of a) mental illness and b) substance abuse.
 
1069 said:
A lot of these older homeless guys are pretty smart.
I met a lot of them because I didn't drive until I was pretty old, and rode public transportation for the majority of my life. A lot of them basically live at bus stops. And they don't mind talking to whoever's there.
Some of them claim to have university degrees, and I found no reason to doubt them. Nearly all of them suffered from substance abuse issues and/or mental illness, to one extent or another. Neither of those things wipes out everything you ever knew, though. They still know some stuff.
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I believe that.

Story is still funny tho, b/c of the unexpectedness of it. The article has an update link - << Update: Transient found not guilty in skateboard attack >>

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Apparently, the jury couldn't sort out the conflicting stories of the witnesses :mrgreen:

I have no trouble believing that either!
 
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