Please hear me out. I am a fan of RuPaul's drag race and have recently introduced my boyfriend to it. He is absolutely FASCINATED!!!!!! He has however one question. Does constant tucking cause testicular torsion? He is not trying to be derogatory or anything like that. He is just extremely curious if it could cause it.

Ps. Our favourites of S13 so far are Elliott and Gottmik.

I know that circles have constant curvatures but I'm not sure how the introduction of a constant torsion makes it a circular helix (or how to begin proving it).

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Hello, I’m a high school student interested in doing a physics experiment around a torsional pendulum.

I was inspired by this website:

https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/IYearLab/Intros/TorsionPend/TorsionPend.html

I want to do something similar to example 2 or 3, however the website is vague on what the ‘torsion constant’ listed in the equation actually is. I’ve looked around online, and there are an abundance of ‘calculators’ to find the constant, but then I read experiments that found different values for the constant based on material, diameter and length of the wire.

I will use a copper wire of ~2mm diameter, if that helps. If someone could explain how the torsion constant works, and whether I can find a value of it prior to my experiment to validate or compare the results, I’d be really grateful.

Hey, so I know this sounds just ridiculous but ever since I learned about this happening I keep on thinking that it will happen to me. It's lost me sleep, I have lost appetite and I end up thinking about it way more often than I'd like to and I don't know how to stop. My anxiety has started relatively recently but it's been very strong and it's honestly been the most frustrating thing I've ever had to deal with. Any advice on either assuring myself that nothing is wrong or anything else?

By torsional constant, I mean the value of κ in the equation τ=κθ, where τ is torque and θ is the angular displacement. I would've thought that the value of this constant for different materials could be found on the internet, however, I haven't managed to find any values. Does anyone know how I could calculate the value of this for a piece of string (without doing an experiment), or does anyone know a source which states the value of κ for a string?

Thanks

• DOI/PMID/ISBN:

• [URL]https://trid.trb.org/view/101948

I am in desperate need of this book/article for research purposes. Thank you in advance.

Is it ok if I change torsional constant from 1 to 0.001? What change does this make? The beam seems to pass shear when I make change.

I am designing an object with rotational retractability, and I know I eventually will need one of these springs- the problem I have run into is I have no clue what size spring I will need- the force I need to get out of the spring is important, and I can't go much farther on the 2 inch outer diameter, although the width of the coil can be increased.

I haven't been able to find much information at all about rotary springs/Power Springs/Clock Springs, despite them being more and more common these days, from retractable clotheslines, measuring tape, and retractable power cords. I also am uncertain on how to calculate the torque being applied, although I'm fairly certain of the total system weight, the direction of the travelling object is less so radial from center rather than parallel in length.

Any resources about this topic would be a great help, or towards a manufacturer; as will probably be necessary- these aren't the type of springs I can make on a lathe, to my knowledge.

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Humans are Weird – High Waves

Original Post: http://www.authorbettyadams.com/bettys-blog/humans-are-weird-high-waves

Ellipsoid Horizontal Major Five was far and away the most developed of the Undulate colonies. The first of it’s wild rivers had been tamed and nurtured into life generations before the Undulates had encountered any of the other sapient species. There were genuine tangles of family lines swimming though the carefully grown reefs, generations of Undulates whose appendages had never known the warmer and gentler waters of the homeworld. Clingspersistantly could be forgiven the welling of happy pride she felt as she draped over her friend’s broad shoulders.

“There’s a cluster of the brittle coral coming up,” Clingspersistantly gently nudged into her friend’s back.

“Thanks Cling,” Human Friend Susan replied as she shifted the angles of her velocity to avoid the section.

The colony was not short of human friendly sections. Far from it. The sprawling uplands, where the water was nearly prohibitively cold, swift, and lifeless were downright attractive to the giant mammals and attracted many as tourists separately from the allure of visiting an alien culture. However human bipedalisim sometimed did not mix well with the more brittle, or more jagged reef-forms that had been grown with only the sturdy membranes and dispersed surface area of the Undulates considered. Despite that several of their giant friends were wandering about the safer sections of the main agricultural cluster today.

Human Friend Susan had had a rather serious accident several days ago. The very concept of the accident was difficult for Clingspersistantly to grasp. The cause was fairly simple. Gravity had pulled down on Human Friend Susan’s foot with the full weight of her massive frame. A brittle section of reef had given way under the concentrated force. Her body had toppled forward at a rate, that combined with her having to be mindful of the damage the surrounding brittle coral would do to her unprotected palms, resulted in her twisting some portion of her lagging end in such a manner as it was not medically advisable to twist it. This had resulted in torsion damage to all of those mysterious points of connective tissue linkage. A sprain, the human medic had called it. There was apparently little even human medicine

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

(18yrs old when symptoms started, 19 now.)

Hello all,

Roughly 5 weeks ago I was diagnosed with Chlamydia, I was given 1 week of doxycycline twice a day, and the symptoms cleared up and it seemed it was eradicated.

A week after I finished this course of doxycycline, I had a sudden excruciating pain which I thought was torsion, so I went to the emergency department and they checked my and done an ultrasound and concluded it wasn’t torsion and was epididymitis, they did blood/urine tests which showed CLEAR and gave me the same course of doxycycline I was previously on.

I started the doxy that night and the day after, the severe pain was gone but i was left with a constant medium pain in my left epididymis, and I took the whole week course as i thought it would go away.

The pain remained much the same and on the 7th day of the course I was booked in to see a urologist who said it could be epididymitis that’s housed into my epididymis, which is why my urine/blood tests show clear, he prescribed be a month of doxy on half the dose I was previously on.

During this first week of doxy my heart rate was more rapid than usual and by the time I went to start the new month of half dose, I was getting aggressive panic attacks, I went to A&E and they told me to stop the doxy, and gave me cipro.

The rapid heart stopped as a result, but 5 days into cipro my tendon behind my knee became very painful (which I’m still dealing with) and I was told to stop it, and was given Erythromycin 2g/day.

I took Eryrthromycin for a few days and my heart started to go rapid again, so as of today I have stopped it.

By this point I’m losing hope as I’ve had a constant pain that hasn’t went away at all which is just about bearable, and sometimes it becomes unbearable.

I’ve seen many urologists privately and none can fully tell me what the problem is, yesterday one agreed to open my scrotum and do an exploration surgery.

Can anyone give advice?

Maybe worth mentioning:

while I was on the cipro I had a huge varicocele which came seemingly out of nowhere and went away after I stopped cipro.

I’ve smoked weed twice since this pain started, and it makes the pain quite a lot worse.

Sometimes my right epididymis become sore aswell.

Thank you, and I wish you all the best as I have read other people’s stories on here and I feel full empathy towards you.

Around 5 years ago when I was 23, I was admitted to immediate surgery that revealed I had an ovarian torsion. I was lucky I didn't lose my ovary. I got diagnosed with PCOS and the beginning of endometriosis as there was presence of endometrial tissues. They recommended I got an abdominal shot of Zoladex every 6 months. That's when my true hell began. Amongst the constant disturbances of the "false menopause" state my body endured, I was still feeling severe pain. My OBGYN and the nurse practitioner that worked within his office both told me to either keep trying the medicine, get pregnant (I do have a long term boyfriend but I still feel like that's extremely invasive,) or "learn to live with the consequences of not having children and possibly not being able to later in life due to scar tissue or other damage done by the endo." I didn't want to accept this.

They recommended a new drug called Orilissa and that was just like Zoladex, just hell in a cute pink pill form instead of a shot. Also apparently super boujee, as it was $900 a month even with insurance (my doctor's office helped me get it down to $15 so that was a plus). I took that for a year and a half and was absolutely miserable, and still in so. much. pain. pain that distracts EVERYTHING.

I stop taking Orilissa, a couple months go by, and the pain worsens so much I have to go to the ER because I cannot stand up. The doctor at the ER was probably one of the worst doctor's I've met. Nobody treated me for pain management, I laid there writhing in the hospital bed for hours. When he examined me I felt like I was being raped with how he forced his utensils inside of me. Even the nurse in the room asked him if there was anything she could do for me and he quickly snapped with a "No." He told me I probably had "a uti, or pelvic inflammation," and was surprised I wasn't "fat," or had facial hair for someone diagnosed with PCOS. I found that very off-color amongst other comments he made. He sent me home with over the counter nsaids. I never felt so misunderstood or mistreated.

I was angry, and in extreme pain. I stayed up the whole night until my OBGYN's office opened. I told the nurse at his office my concerns and she had my doctor speak with me about setting up a 3rd laparoscopy, which I wasn't excited about but that's sadly the only way us endo people get answers. Surgery went ok but the results weren't. My endo had spread to my intestines, and I went from stage III to stage IV. It's been a yea

For the past decade I've been really sick, but in the past 3 or so years it's been awful. I was in hospital at least 3 times a year for weeks with non stop vomiting and agonising pain but last year I was taken in 5 times via ambulance in 3 months. It turns out I'd a lot wrong but the main issue was a twisted bowel causing torsion that was on the verge of bursting, the surgeon that finally fixed my issue told me my prognosis was bleak and I'd probably not have seen next Christmas.

I'm feeling so much better now but I don't know how to function normally anymore. I'm living in constant fear of illness and accommodations I needed (pillow wedge to stop sickness, tons of meds, walking stick etc) are all things of the past but it scares the hell out of me because it's all I've known for so long. I don't remember how to be healthy and now all my comforts that made me feel safe (like my pillow wedge) aren't needed and I feel so exposed.

I know I sound like I'm complaining and I'm sorry if it seems that way, I'm genuinely so thankful that I'm doing so much better but navigating this whole new world is so frightening. Thank you for reading/listening and apologies for the text wall. I just needed to get it out.

Do your worst!

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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

My boyfriend has been looking for answers so I asked him if he’d be okay if I asked here and he’s cool with it.

• He’s 28 years old
• He’s vegan mainly
• He takes adderall for his adhd
• Hasn’t been to the gym in a long time
• Has a super high libido
• Has tried a round of antibiotics prescribed to him thinking it was an infection. Seemed like they were working and then flared up again. ** We’ve also assumed it might be an aggressive infection where one round wasn’t enough.

Symptoms:

• Way less semen on ejaculation (Less than a teaspoon)
• Constant dull pain in right testicle that goes towards lower abs/in groin

We’re hoping it’s just a really aggressive infection and the one round just wasn’t enough but wanted others opinions while we wait for an appointment.

We don’t think it’s testicular torsion because the pain doesn’t grow in intensity and the sensitivity to touch in his right testicle is only small and doesn’t grow.

Who should he see? We thought planned parenthood since they’re sex related and could get in faster but urologist probably would be better? Would take longer though to get in though.

Anyone have an idea of what this is?

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

I'm new to the printnc design and outgrowing my hobby cnc and wondering if anyone has done any deflection tests like this, particularly with force applied to and deflection measured at the tool end of the spindle (collet nut) like it has been done with the shapeoko:

https://community.carbide3d.com/t/backlash-deflection-and-vibration/28669

https://youtu.be/kviLMaMJJLU?t=142 (especially the test at 2:22)

I don't think the exact force matters as long as it's a known constant force since you're essentially measuring a spring rate in each direction/configuration. The interesting thing about these tests are that it finds X/Y deflection are not the same and deflection changes based on the location of the spindle and gantry. If we think about deflection as a weakest-link problem, then clearly the axis with greater deflection needs to be prioritized. Also that if thinking about deflection as the result of a series of springs, then the machine should not be arbitrarily stiffened up, but the weakest links should be targeted because that will make the biggest difference and everything has a drawback, whether it be travel, gantry mass or cost.

I'm thinking of either building one that's mostly stock because the performance is already admirable, or building one that exceeds my immediate needs which means more stiffness for cutting steel and extra z height, which unfortunately results in loss of stiffness. So far I've been thinking about the following:

Y supports: I ran some FEA on this, taller Y supports obviously result is greater deflection, but thicker 0.188 walls pretty much make up for deflection of the 2"x4" rectangle as a parallelogram (not a beam) from being taller. This doesn't solve the issue of nodding due to a greater lever arm acting on the Z axis and gantry though. I don't see that shortening this will result in a stiffer machine other than increasing the density of X supports per length of Y support. although it will be cut short due to space constraints. Obviously increasing density can be done by simply increasing the number of X supports.

X supports: I'm not sure if this is even a weak point, or if it suffers from beam deflection or localized wall deflection at the point of contact. It would likely see higher forces, but I plan on leaving this alone because more can always be added later unless this is a known deficiency.

**S

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

For the past decade I've been really sick, but in the past 3 or so years it's been awful. I was in hospital at least 3 times a year for weeks with non stop vomiting and agonising pain but last year I was taken in 5 times via ambulance in 3 months. It turns out I'd a lot wrong but the main issue was a twisted bowel causing torsion that was on the verge of bursting, the surgeon that finally fixed my issue told me my prognosis was bleak and I'd probably not have seen next Christmas.

I'm feeling so much better now but I don't know how to function normally anymore. I'm living in constant fear of illness and accommodations I needed (pillow wedge to stop sickness, tons of meds, walking stick etc) are all things of the past but it scares the hell out of me because it's all I've known for so long. I don't remember how to be healthy and now all my comforts that made me feel safe (like my pillow wedge) aren't needed and I feel so exposed.

I know I sound like I'm complaining and I'm sorry if it seems that way, I'm genuinely so thankful that I'm doing so much better but navigating this whole new world is so frightening. Thank you for reading/listening and apologies for the text wall. I just needed to get it out.