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I have somehow managed to resist the urge to check. Probably have to turn in my ADHD badge now
True off my chest: I love my child, but after she's been throwing a tantrum for an hour because she couldn't do [thing she wanted to do] in *exactly* the way she wanted to do it, while also not even knowing how she wanted to do it...
(shouldn't it be "dish goblins"?)
Regarding the alt text: a windmill-powered winch would combine true wind and apparent wind, so *theoretically* be able to go faster upwind than the speed of the wind, no? Ignoring energy losses
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The same thing happens to large panes of glass being carried by two workers, but at least they're still making those.
In case you hadn't seen this yet, one of my favorite answers on /r/AskHistorians ever:
"How did the Ming Vase become the deFacto "priceless" object often broken in comedy? Why specifically Ming Dynasty crockery? How is it exceptional, yet common enough for a bunch of people to own?"
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6ijmg2/how_did_the_ming_vase_become_the_defacto/
"How did the Ming Vase become the deFacto "priceless" object often broken in comedy? Why specifically Ming Dynasty crockery? How is it exceptional, yet common enough for a bunch of people to own?"
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6ijmg2/how_did_the_ming_vase_become_the_defacto/
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