• jadero
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    5 months ago

    Gauges measured stress on the metacarpals during punches and slaps on padded-dumbbell targets created with a pendulum-like device.

    I take “a pendulum-like device” to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.

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      5 months ago

      Fucking dangling modifiers. I thought they were saying that they manufactured targets using a pendulum-like device. I kept reading that statement thinking it was such an oddly specific detail to vaguely reference. But using a pendulum to ensure consistent force and accuracy makes sense.

      Although, for my money, I’d rather strap a dead hand to a rocket-powered sled.

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        5 months ago

        Yes, it was very badly constructed. I had to read it a couple of times to decode it, and I have the advantage of having graded essays :)