#Haas posting

[supermaks]

Kmag and Nico committed absolute atrocities in a team wid the aerodynamic budget of 3 unripe peaches, a pit wall that cud be assembled by a child, a pit crew that was sometimes uncertain of constituted, in fact, a tire, an unhinged team principal who called them 'wankers' on several occasions, an energy drink sponsor that branded itself #BetterThanRedBull , was not available for purchase anywhere in this mortal realm, and whose twitter acc called the haas car ((that haas was paying it to sponsor)) a MILK float. They saw that and accepted the vision, not because they hoped for wins, or podiums, or God forbid, a working race strategy, they did that because that was America's team. That was gene haas' dream. Because in Canada, 2024, they sent both drivers out in full wets, overtook half the grid, and then immediately fucked it all up wid an 8 second pit stop. 10 cars in 6 laps. For nothing. Neither of them even finished in the points. Kmag told Nico to suck his balls in 2017 and 4 years later Nico wud park himself in front of bitches just so Kmag wud go ahead and target the men in front of him like he worked for Lockheed martin. This was perhaps one of the most important, significant, life altering driver pairings of current Formula 1. And I thank them for their service, and I´ll never forget it.

[seldompathic]

Bro's experimenting

[flowersarepoisonous]

have some hulknussen textposts cause i was bored :)

[octo-blobs]

termina doodle page 🥰🙏

[libraryfag]

🎸Aw Nuts 🤬!🤘 There goes my sister's fucking skull 💀. Guess I screwed up again 😡⚡ . tried to drive her home 🚗 from that cool party with my friends 😎 but i tried to get a nut 🥜 NO 🙅‍♂️ not that kinda nut 😳 because she tried to eat a walnut that pole kicked her butt. now her head flew off off the ground 🤯 I am gonna get such a pound 😡 from my MOM 🙄 who's Toni Collette 👱🏻‍♀️ . she's never 🚫 gonna Toni Coll- LET me live this down 😭⚡🎸 Gonna put her in the ground ⚰️🕳️ ⚡🎸 Gonna put her in the ground!!!!🎸⚡ Guess it runs in the genes 🧬🤷🏻‍♂️

[catboy-beckett]

[itsmeyourmentalillness]

I just need more Smosh shenanigans in my life (I say as someone who spends literally every day watching Smosh shenanigans)

[alexturntable]

HaasF1Team A certain Charles Leclerc got his first taste of the BrazilGP in an F1 car back in 2016 🤩🇧🇷

[wishywashysmoshy]

Not all heroes wear capes....

...Some create playlists for every video that each individual Smosh cast member shows up in

[hipsternumbertwo]

My favorite kind of Reading Reddit Stories introduction (Part 2) (Part 1)

[haneensab005]

Here are some f1 memes I made pt.3:

(I posted this yesterday but tumblr ate it)

[supermaks]

Kevin: hey can I have some sim data to help with my setup

Gene haas: what the FUCK are u talking about. Can you do this

Kevin: ya ok

[heart-of-the-card]

Types of Smosh arches:

Damien: spiteful

Arasha: confused

Trevor: slightly afraid

Amanda: enthusiastic

[smoshmonker]

inspo (plus some extra tags i found)

[straightline-bow]

I know everyone is mostly joking with the whole ‘oh the GPDA should strike’ thing after their statement in instagram, but I really think we should be having a conversation about how actually, they can’t strike, and that lack of ability to use collective bargaining can be and may be incredibly dangerous.

The issue with the GPDA as a union is that it only covers the twenty current Formula 1 drivers. Now, many people see no issue with this - why would anyone else need coverage? - but this is what sort of hamstrings the GPDA as a union. Should the members go on strike, there would be backlash in the press, pressure on the FIA, FOM, Liberty and the teams - but there are other drivers, who have the super licences needed to drive an F1 car. And could you even blame them? We’ve seen how hard it can be for rookies to get a seat - Colapinto looks a lot like he may be able to get on the grid, either for next year or the year after, and that is a swansong MIRACLE that came out of nowhere for him. Lawson and Piastri had to wait on the sidelines, as did Doohan. The only Driver’s Academies that seem to be working are Ferrari’s (A Leclerc off to WEC, Bearman in Haas), Mercedes’ to an extent (They tossed Aron aside when he’s been doing fantastically, but Antonelli has a seat) and sort of Mclaren’s (Bortoleto was under them in F2, but he has now severed ties to sign for Audi.). And even then they CLEARLY have their failures. Can you truly blame young drivers for taking any and every opportunity handed to them when so few succeed at all?

A strike would be very easily defeated by the FIA and Co - and there would be no guarantee of contracts post strike, and although the WDCs and highest level drivers could probably weather the storm, there is no way the rookies and those from smaller teams would be able to, and they could likely lose their seats over it. Quite frankly, the only way for a strike to work in the drivers favour in this day and age would be for them to vote to include all drivers who have superlicences in the union, and then for all of them to strike together.

A reminder: every driver who has an official contract with a team entered into the F1 championship can apply for a superlicence, if they hold the other requirements (usually a certain number of points plus a driver’s licence pluse a competition licence plus a theory test on first sitting), which means drivers from IndyCar, WEC, lower formulas, Formula E and test drivers are all usually eligible, or can be. I think the official number is around 70ish drivers are eligible, plus any retired F1 drivers who keep up the fitness standard and 100km of practise across a year - so drivers such as Jacques Villneauve could potentially still have a valid superlicence, so long as he proved he did enough practise.

Aside from the sheer unlikelihood of the GPDA being allowed to vote to include all holders of valid superlicences - which could possibly lead to the core members facing severe consequences, possibly the same as striking on their own - there are a lot of drivers who would not strike for safety precautions, purely they don’t think they are necessary (Brundle on the halo) or because they know if they broke the line they could get a drive, and because the GPDA has so little political power it very rarely is able to intercede to set minimum wages etc the way other unions are able to, any drivers breaking the line would know they weren’t losing out on anything but a moral argument, and potential safety issues. Some people don’t think about safety until they need it.

The current state of affairs is just incredibly concerning, and I think that although it’s fun and fine to make jokes about it, we should definitely remember both the driver’s own lack of agency, and that even though some aren’t satisfied with the statement they put out, it is perhaps one of the only things they can do.

[brakken]

The bright spots of my 2023 were both thanks to Metroid ⚡

I worked hard to develop my fan design for Samus - happy with how she turned out, and excited to draw more of her (and her armors).

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And back when it released, I had a blast with Metroid Prime Remastered - my first time playing a Prime game.

I'd wake up before sunrise each day and trek through that mysterious planet - it was a singular experience that I will treasure.

Here's to more exploring in 2024! See you next mission ✨