The 9/11 attacks were significant here in Australia. It was all over the news for ages and also directly led to other major changes such as a real stepping up of our airport security measures, a swathe of legislation in the name of anti terrorism, and us getting dragged into the war in Afghanistan.
It's reasonably acceptable I guess, what people would hate me for is making jokes about getting a gnu name...
A soft drink bottle seems a good choice - they're designed to handle pressure.
People without pocket knives when they want to get into a box:
Looks pretty thin to me:
The narrow point is about as wide as driving to my nearest beach and that's a reasonable day trip distance.
I'm quite happy to not see emojis spammed everywhere, I can deal with an emoticon or two - more so if actually useful for setting tone - but much more than that and you're pushing it.
I tend to associate posts peppered with emojis with either immaturity or those out of their depth when it comes to technology. I'm sure it's not always true but it does seem to correlate well with either kids or those whose typing method includes just tapping on the emoji whenever their phone keyboard suggests it.
I have mine set to one of the tracks from Simcity 2000. I was a bit curious to see if anyone would recognise it but nobody has so far (though some people have said it sounded familiar).
Most calls I get however are through my work phone and that just stays on silent to the point I can't even think of what the ringtone actually sounds like.
It's very possible if you're travelling at normal road speeds. If you ever gave yourself a carpet burn as a kid you'll remember that sliding from simply falling over at a running pace on carpet generates enough heat to be painful - on a motorbike you're generally hitting the ground with a lot more speed and therefore have a lot more energy to dump into whatever slows you down.
Note also that in the video he's travelling quite slowly and therefore can slide noticeably further before high heat levels build up than one would in a crash at even at 50km/h let alone 100km/h.
Descent was one of the first games I had to play, I remember it fondly. It came bundled with my family's first computer (along with Lemmings and Simcity 2000) so I spent a fair amount of time on it. The freedom of motion you had in Descent was impressive - albeit easy to confuse yourself with - and something I have rarely seen since.
People sign up to app intended to share personal information about others without their permission, end up having their own personal information shared without permission - the irony is impressive.
Better not let any clean freaks see this - they'll have a cow!