I'm not a physicist, but I'd imagine the difference is between a sharp slow down and a more gradual one. When you're using the wet rag, the point of impact is a few milliseconds longer than when rapping it on a hard surface.
You'd think. I'm in the suburbs of NY, and during this last snowstorm, my neighbors and I all made sure our cars were off the streets for the plows. The plow came once, in the middle of the storm, got the middle of the road and left. Infuriating.
To be fair... I feel like "buried under a metric shit ton of snow" to be extenuating circumstances. How are Canada's bike lanes when it gets this bad? Because I'm not sure how to solve the "plow makes piles of snow" problem
Yeah, I hate the whole "taxation is theft" argument. Motherfucker, taxation is cooperation. I want our roads paved, our children educated, our people healthy, our science interesting and our infrastructure strong. I'm willing to chip in for that.
I do agree with OP though that the current system and government is fucked.
So, I've been getting calls from scammers telling me someone stole my identity. I've been trying to hurt them psychologically. My two favorite:
"Did your grandma die knowing you're a peice of shit, or did dementia take her mind first?"
And then when they start cursing at me
"Whoa, dirty boy! Your brother let's you suxk him off with that mouth?" (Homophobia seems popular with these chuds, and while I hate to denigrate my LGBTQ+ comrades, I aim to hurt)
I would be honored if people used my shit talking to bully these subhuman shit-turds.
I just finished reading "a game of birds and wolves" about the anti-uboat war game that came up with the tactics that eventually won the battle of the Atlantic, and my biggest takeaway is that Germany could never have won. Eventually, Fascist regimes fall to infighting and paranoia. It happened then, it will happen now.
I'm not a physicist, but I'd imagine the difference is between a sharp slow down and a more gradual one. When you're using the wet rag, the point of impact is a few milliseconds longer than when rapping it on a hard surface.