#chamionships

[artibirdi]

Decided to doodle some funny happenings in the skeptic championship.

Btw for those of you who are new around here, asks are open. I can't guarantee I'll get to it, but it's there.

Text is under the cut in case the writing is hard to read))

Everyone fighting for a 3-way tie

Get in Archivist, we're annoying the mods

[Vote for Archivist, Owl and Pine Tree]

Gruff accidentally intimidating everyone

Why is he looking at me like that... get me out of here

They seem to be on edge, do they need a cigar? (Can they smoke?)

[Vote for Gruff and Constrained]

Disheveled simping over his competition (Confused)

[Vote for Disheveled and Confused]

Crow (itsonlypolite) losing in the second round (again)

[Vote for Crow and Trench Coat]

@voice-of-the-sexyman

Designs belong to @graynide @sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now @everestgale @forgottensoulsart @fluxeris @ghostie-dragons @mjlegends @itsonlypolite @remaking-machine

I have 3 screenshots of the 3-way tie. Let's make it 4

[theanticool]

Was curious what heavyweight ONE could find for Kryklia to fight for the Muay Thai Heavyweight title and was not disappointed

[frostythefrostedfox]

Man has beaten the bottling allegations for the night, lets see if this a one off or he finally got good.

Lovely race, masterfully crafted, lots of strategy, the 10 car undercut from Sainz was amazing, pretty great strat, ferrari could have fucked it up or played it safe, but they took a risk and it paid

The McL championship is real. I think that Ferrari skimmed a few points out of RB too

-8 to Verstappen's lead, which is shrinking fast, we have a championship, which might end in the last race, just like Max's, what a load of karma that would be

[collegefootballcountdown]

SEVEN

[vamppeach]

i am doomed to be enraptured by mediocre media

[dream-this-nightmare-over]

does anybody know if tickets for euro24 will have name of buyer on them? if so it means that no one can buy for someone else a ticket? if i buy for a friend a ticket will my name be on ticket so they wont be able to get in stadium?

[gemgem084]

I once had someone try to bring their dog in the museum and when we said no they were like but your websites says you can. When the website says service dogs only which is why I started my question when they walked through the door is it a service dog.

Also all the cars at the museum have do not touch signs on them. I have seen someone open a car and say I wasn't going to get in when I politely said you can't touch the cars. Like touching includes opening a car not just sitting in the damn thing, you didn't just open it telepathically my dude. Same when they honk the car horns like my dude that is 100 years old keep your filthy hands off, not only is it annoying you can break the leather.

Also when people try to come in with dripping Mr whippy ice creams when no food or drink is allowed and roll their eyes when you say sorry can't come in with that. Like if I came into your classic car or even modern car with an ice cream dripping down my hand you wouldn't be happy about it.

one thing working in museum taught me is that you can have as many signs & as many explanations as you so wish people still will not read. "it's not clear at all on your website!!!" it sooo so is i promise my colleague was even kind enough to color-code the tabs & add a little image that shows what "group" means. my sister in the allmother's wide arms you might just be dumbfuck stupid. and mean and entitled as well. at your big age.

[waggle100]

Truck race will not end. Overtime 2 incoming

[slutforpringles]

Finally someone at Red Bull acknowledging that Perez has almost singlehandedly cost the team the constructors chamionship and thus every team member their bonus. 🙃

[lousycapy]

How statistics can easily be manipulated to fit a certain agenda in Formula 1

Hello! I’ve seen a lot of f1 fans or media sources bring up statistics incorrectly to prove their points recently, which is really getting on my nerves. So here is a comprehensive guide, with examples, of how statistics work and why they are not the be-all and end-all some people might think them to be. This is a pretty long post, so the explanations are all below the cut. With that, I hope you find this useful!

Multiple factors come into play when analyzing a statistic, so I’ve separated them in different categories: what data set is used to make the stat, how the stat can be interpreted and how being factually correct doesn’t equate a valid argument :

THE DATA SET

To make a statistic, you first need values which correspond to a data set. What said data set is made of is very relevant to the exactitude of the stat and how much regard should be given to it.

For example, to determine the average lap times of a driver over a stint you would need to divide the sum of all lap times by the number of laps executed. Which means that theoretically you could use a single lap as an average, e.g. 1:57:325/1 which gives an average lap time of 1:57:325s.

However, as you might imagine this stat is not representative of a driver’s stint, since the lap chosen to be analyzed could very well be an outlier. That’s why sample sizes matter, the more values make up your data set, the more representative of reality the result obtained is.

It is also important to know what the data set consists of. Let’s reuse our average lap times of a driver over a stint example, are outlaps/inlaps included? Is it based on clean air, dirty air? Are there laps excluded due to driver mistakes (e.g. going off track)? A stat being presented without any explanation of how it was calculated is absolutely worthless.

Finally, comprehension of the data set is very valuable as well.

Let’s imagine this fictional scenario where Ferrari makes Charles and Carlos compare average lap times. They both use the same car, on the same track, on the same tires, at the same time, for a stint of a total of 10 laps. Both drivers average a lap time of 80.125s over their whole stint, so is the conclusion that they have both done the exact same thing accurate? No!

Despite having the same average lap times in this scenario, the data set suggests a different conclusion, and different trends. Considering stints in a race are going to be longer than 10 laps, it can be assumed that Charles would average better lap times thanks to his consistency compared to Carlos, who would get worse lap times as time passes as can be observed thanks to the trend line in his graph.

2. INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA

Now that we can recognize the importance of the data set and its constituents, it is time to understand how the data provided can be used to make a statistic.

More than one answer can be correct based on the same sample of data. Despite using the same set, depending on how the data is used it can lead to different statistics that drive different arguments both being factually correct.

For example, I’d like to refer to the wonderful basspro24chevy World’s Destructor Chamionship from Brazil 24 on Reddit in an effort of determining who is the most destructive driver. Here is a chart I’ve made which also includes number of races each driver took part in (Ollie not included I was too lazy to recalculate how it affects the drivers he’s replaced’s damage bill) and the average cost of damage per race of each driver.

Based on these statistics, both arguments could be made to justify either Checo being the most destructive driver, since he’s the one who’s cost his team the most damage over the whole season, or Franco, since he’s the one who on average costs the most for his team per weekend.

Depending on someone’s biases, they could make some drivers look better than others despite using the same data set as another person, and depending on how their argument is justified even if they end up with a different conclusion it doesn’t mean they aren’t right as well.

3. FACTUALLY CORRECT ≠ VALID ARGUMENT

Even if you are factually correct with your statistic’s interpretation, and it is based on an acceptable data set, it doesn’t mean it has a direct link of causality with your argument and provides validation to the point you are trying to make.

For example, someone could argue that Checo is a safer pair of hands in races than Pierre, because over the course of the 2024 season he has DNFed 2 out of 21 races, meanwhile Pierre has DNFed 3 out of 21 races. However, the point being argued here is which driver is a safer pair of hands, and other variables than the drivers come into play when discussing those two’s DNFs.

Indeed, Checo drives a RedBull with a Honda engine, whilst Pierre drives an Alpine with a Renault engine. Out of Checo’s 2 DNFs, 2 were caused by driver mistakes. Out of Pierre’s 3 DNFs, 3 were caused by engine issues. The World’s Destructor Championship can also be used as a counterpoint to Checo being a safer pair of hands than Pierre by comparing damage bills.

Thus, instead of the conclusion being that Checo is a safer pair of hands than Pierre, the DNFs statistic is more appropriate to conclude that the Honda engine is more reliable than the Renault engine.

Which means that to make a valid argument, you need to be able to explain why the statistic presented is relevant and what it suggests. Alleviating circonstances also need to be taken into account to solidify the point being made.

For example, let’s imagine a scenario where Fernando is 1.235s off Lance during a qualifying run. To use this stat in an argument, you need to be able to justify why he was so far off. Was it genuine pace? Did he make a mistake which ruined the lap? Were they on the same tires? Was it track evolution? Are they on the same setup? Did Fernando come across traffic? Did Lance get a significant tow?

Contextualization matters twice as much as the actual statistic being presented, because the statistic without context can easily be manipulated in a way to drive a certain agenda.

4. CONCLUSION

All in all, what I’m trying to say is that even maths can be used to drive agendas. Statistics can not be taken at face value, because there are multiple factors that can influence their relevance. I hope you found this little guide helpful, and that it will help you analyze better the information you see online on how drivers are performing (or argue better with crazed fans, you do you 🫡)

Thanks for reading and have a good day!

[thirdofdxcember]

guys i need ur help to decide so my school (obviously) has letterman jackets like yk the stereotypical american high school jackets. and i earned the academic letter from good grades, which is black. our school colors are black and yellow. the varsity letters are yellow. now pretty much everyone who has a letterman has a yellow letter from making the varsity team. but as much as i try, i know realistically i'm not gonna make varsity swim so im never gonna get the yellow one. some people have both, like they layer the academic and the varsity letter. but no one just has the black letter. so im trying to decide if i should get a letterman. they're crazy expensive, but i think it would be really cute. the thing is if i only have the black letter, which people will know is NOT the "normal" letter, it'll be kinda weird. no one gets a letterman with just the academic letter. but also like. its spirited and fun. and like how can i be an american teenager and not have a letterman?? but im not sure if i should bc ill lowkey get judged. and since i dont do swim that well, im not making it to state or any crazy chamionships so i wont have many other patches besides the letter on the front, my last name on the back, and the school name in the corner or something. so idk im conflicted. i WANT to, but i dont know if i SHOULD. like socially yk.

[jeevasworld]

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[littlefoldedpaperstars]

up the wolves by the mountain goats IS in fact the most foxhole court-aftg-foxes winning the chamionships coded song ever. I mean come on:

"there's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet/no matter where you live/there'll always be a few things maybe several things/that you're gonna find really difficult to forgive" being the first lyrics

and at the end...

"I'M GONNA GET MYSELF IN FIGHTING TRIM/SCOPE OUT EVERY ANGLE OF UNFAIR ADVANTAGE/I'M GONNA BRIBE THE OFFICIALS/I'M GONNA KILL ALL THE JUDGES/IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU PEOPLE YEARS TO RECOVER FROM ALL OF THE DAMAGE"

a little corny and on the nose? maybe, but it still shakes me to my core.

anyway i am ILL over this song and how it simply embodies aftg. when that last part plays i simply ascend im sorry i never thought i would be obsessed with the mountain goats but here we are.

[collegefootballcountdown]

COUNTDOWN 126

[forzafe44ari]

i need lewis to win eha chamionship so he can show his dad he can do it AND be in a relatioshop. being happy and in love is not a distraction!!

abu dhabi, abu dhabi, abu dhabi!

😊😊😊

[secretcatpolicy]

The Bertone styling house is probably the most influential in creating what a 'supercar' looks like. The late '60s and early '70s was the golden era of the wedge-shaped one-of-one concept car and one of the pinnacles of the paradigm, in my view, is this: Marcello Gandini's space-age concept, the Lancia Stratos HF Zero, named to evoke the edge of the stratosphere, the border of space.

This is the very extreme of car design, way beyond utility and into art. When it was first shown, this car was a metalflake copper orange, and was intended to appear carved from a single block of bronze (note the lack of panel seams visible anywhere) but was later resprayed silver. This car is, it must be acknowledged, ludicrous; it's actually hard to fully take in without comparing it to known things like people or other cars because its form is so different. Here are some charming period shots of the car alongside a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and an apparent cowgirl aviator who's just finished her bombing run and is keen to get home in her Stratos Zero:

The Ford GT40 is so named because it's only 40 inches tall, a fact that clearly made a big impression for that to be the origin of it's name; the Stratos Zero is 33.3 inches tall, due to the remit given to Gandini being to make the lowest possible car, and the occupants (there is a passenger seat) essentially lie down to drive, like luge riders, sliding into the oncoming world feet first.

The windscreen is the door and hinges open at the top like a glazed trapdoor, allowing the steering column to hinge forward on hydraulics. You step inside and duck under the roof sill as you recline on the chocolate bar-like seats. The black panels to the rear of the front wheels are the side windows, allowing you to see the ankles of pedestrians and wheel nuts of other traffic in perfect detail, along with the wing mirrors housed inside the front wheel arches.

While cars like this would become the main application of the pop-up headlight, this doesn't have them. Instead there are ten small lights across the slot on the front, and the rear lights house 80+ tiny red bulbs (well before the advent of LEDs, after all). The car is in fact the first use of sequential indicators, opting to animate the front and rear lights instead of using anything as vulgar as orange indictor lights.

Few concepts before this were this extreme yet functional. Bertone showed the Alfa Romeo Carabo in 1968, and the month before this was shown, Pininfarina displayed the almost equally spacecraft-like Ferrari 512 S Modulo. This car is built from the crashed remains of a Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.6 HF rally car, the modest (113hp) but rally-tuned 1.6L V4 engine housed beneath the side-hinged triangular louvres, and was constructed without Lancia's knowledge. A couple of months prior to the reveal, Nuccio Bertone came clean to Lancia and asked to put a Lancia badge on what his firm had built. Lancia wanted to see it, so he drove it through Milan, which looked like this:

As I heard it, the gate guard at Lancia was only aware Bertone had arrived when he drove under the barrier, not bothering to sign in. It's the kind of car where these possibly apocryphal stories are made plausible by the implausibility of the car itself; if impossibilities like this could be real, who knows what can happen? In a way the point of one-off concepts like this is to make us dream, push us to imagine better futures where cars like this roam the streets. It certainly pushed Lancia, who observed the buzz around this car and commissioned Bertone to co-build with them a car to replace the Fulvia Coupé that would improve on the Fulvia's already impressive rally record.

That, Bertone did, and even retained the name; a straight line exists between this car and Lancia's legendary status in rallying. The Stratos HF prototype was first shown in 1971, entered production in 1973 and was homologated for rally in 1974, winning the rally chamionship for three years running until internal politics at the FIAT group meant factory support for Lancia rallying was pulled.

The Stratos Zero also caught Lamborghini's eye, and Gandini was hired to design a successor for the Miura. Along with the wedge profile, the early Countach shared the upswept cowling on the rear wheel and the chocolate-bar seats, and the flat, extremely-pitched windscreen, although Gandini reused the scissor doors from the Carabo rather than retaining the hatch-like door/window.

I've been waiting for this model for about 30 years. It appeared in a favourite book of mine in its silver guise, and compared to the copper orange I think it's immeasurably better looking, even if that's its original look. When the recent Hammer Drop series debuted the casting in orange I was disappointed, but luckily I was able to find this silver version from the Marcello Gandini two-pack on its own on ebay for barely over the price of a single car (I already had the red Countach 5000QV from the Jay Leno series, naturally). I understand the Stratos Zero is kind of unpopular compared to other cars in that series, but the only reason I can imagine is that people perhaps understandably don't realise it's not a fantasy car, or at least not entirely. I think it's a stretch to call it fully real either.