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[-] [email protected] 180 points 1 week ago

A guy on YT actually tried it experimentally a few years ago (how many slaps, not how fast one slap); and it works to some degree! The main problem becomes to make a slapping machine that can survive long enough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFhnnTWMgI&pp=ygURc2xhcCBjb29rIGNoaWNrZW7SBwkJzgkBhyohjO8%3D

[-] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago

YouTube is truly a wonder of stupidity. Sometimes in good ways

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

This slap question was a big meme several years ago, and when that video came out (years after the meme), it was an instant hit.

The fact that this discussion is still going shows how popular it is

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