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How does it being motorized prevent injury?

> Today's Spirit of Ecstasy, from the 2003 Phantom model onward, stands at 3 inches (7.6 cm) and, for the safety of any person being accidentally hit, is mounted on a spring-loaded mechanism designed to retract instantly into the radiator shell if struck from any direction.

I don't think that mentions it being motorized

The motor allows you to raise it after it has been retracted.

Then why is it spring-loaded?

> For the safety of any person being accidentally hit

(the spring handles the retraction)


But if a motor is needed to counter the retracting spring, doesn't that mean any impact must overcome the motor before the spring will engage?

Presumably the motor runs once to extend it and then it locks into position (with some kind of mechanical catch that's calibrated to come loose if you hit anything), rather than being constantly running.

The secret is to pre-write all your talking

Is this Nathan Fielder?

piss on your feet (not in the sauna)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae doesn't even have muscles but it can pull 100,000x its own weight

it also helps avoid Neptune's kiss

but the result is loud, crass and distasteful so...

"Your Pet Cat Has a Smaller Brain Than Its Wild Ancestors"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cat-brains-have-sh...


more developed frontal cortexes

And smaller brains

Aren’t mutually exclusive


Yeah it probably shrank as it developed

> In 2024 alone, the FCC fined major U.S. carriers $200 million for illegally selling subscriber location data.

Was that "you didn't put that in your privacy policy" or "your policy is illegal"?


cats hate stairs

I've had cats that love stairs. They'd play and slide down them on purpose.

Pretty sure cats love climbing things, and stairs are no different.


I lived in apartments for a long time then moved into a house. I thought my cat who had never seen stairs would take some adjusting. Nope, he look up them, wiggled his butt, then ran full tilt to the top. Ran full tilt down them too.

One of our cats has arthritis and before we got her treatment she didn’t like them, but she’s perfectly happy now.


so you probably never had cats that run up and down stairs 10 times at 6am.

Carpetedness may make a big difference in this case.

But then you did get one?

Yes. After buying a house with a yard, a pool, and a few trees.

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