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[–] kali_fornication@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

that's what the pinewood derby was like at my school. all the kids with engineer dads had the fastest cars. hmmmm i wonder why hmmmmmm

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

We got DESTROYED in pinewood derby one year when someone's engineer dad carved the body into a smooth, irregularly shaped U, with contoured weights. He said he used CAD software, did wind-tunnel tests, and used a special CNC machine to shape it.

Most kids were happy the wheels stayed on.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

didn't realize Lamarck had a lemmy account

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So that's why I can't get laid.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why your Dad and/or Mom couldn't get laid.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Their mom got laid at least, not sure about dad.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We don't know this for sure, maybe the dad just split in half.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the dad had something to do with it too, or it wouldn't be their dad.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You clearly don't know about mpreg yet

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

Is it open source?