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xkcd #3264: 720 Ollie

Title text:

This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X Games.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3264/

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[–] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.zip 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Since Tony Hawk is not a subatomic particle,^[citation needed]^

[–] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He is a system of subatomic particles

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"We are all individual systems of subatomic particles!

"I'm not!"

  • The Monty Python/Big Bang Theory crossover that nobody asked for or wanted once they got it
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

He's not a system of subatomic particles, he's a very naughty boy!

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 6 days ago

After turning on the LHC: "Strange, that spin-1/2 fermion looks just like Tony Hawk."

Spin-1/2 fermion: "I get that very often."

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

First ollie 720 over a gap: https://youtu.be/1fmfsZ3Ye-g

First ollie 720 on vert: https://youtu.be/dGScJcp-Y3c