Predators and Prey

[Groggy]

*endorses the rock/metal facts with motivational Shia*

 

[Thrashy]

Ok then ^^

Well, since this community is LGBTQIA+-friendly, let's start with a fact of this category

Rob Halford, singer of Judas Priest, was the first Heavy Metal singer that outed himself as gay, in 1998. Newspapers expected fans to get rid of records and being mad about, but none of this happened. Most of the Metalheads were just like "whatever". For them this didn't made any difference, as Judas Priest is a legend in Metal Music.

Although this outing was a surprise for a lot of people, Judas Priest has hidden a lot of innuendos in their songs, even back in the 70s when they just started. One example for such a song is Raw Deal:

"Raw Deal"

I made a spike about nine o'clock on a Saturday
All eyes hit me as I walked into the bar
The steel and leather guys were fooling with the denim dudes
A couple cops playing rough stuff, New York, Fire Island

I cased the joint, straining at the seams

I moseyed up to the counter and the tender came a-grinnin'
I snapped the smile off his face and snarled "Give me a bourbon"
The mirror on the wall was collecting and reflecting
All the heavy bodies ducking, stealing eager for some action
The scene screwed me up, I saw some contact

Then the big boys, saw me and knew that

I'd had too much, floating around
Statues alive, seconds are hours

Sex like a hurricane, wrapped in and shattered
I was barely holding on to this flying body symphony
I guess I dream in pictures, not colors
The true free expression I demand is human rights - right

I gave my life, I am immortal

I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss

Nightmare, just a bunch of goddamn, rotten, steaming, raw
Deal

 

[Simo]

Ah, I had always thought the Judas Preist guy was gay, even back when...had that look.

It is odd: there wasn't really much, in the way of gay role models, in the 1980s, and 1990s, all in all...if anything, it was kinda trendy to be bi, in the 70s-80s, or to 'swing both ways', but to simple be gay was pretty much unheard of.

Silly question:

But since there is heavy metal, is there a genre called lite metal? (maybe diet Metal?Or something like that!

 

[Breyo]

Ah, I had always thought the Judas Preist guy was gay, even back when...had that look.

It is odd: there wasn't really much, in the way of gay role models, in the 1980s, and 1990s, all in all...if anything, it was kinda trendy to be bi, in the 70s-80s, or to 'swing both ways', but to simple be gay was pretty much unheard of.

Silly question:

But since there is heavy metal, is there a genre called lite metal? (maybe diet Metal?Or something like that!

I'm curious as well. I always kinda considered Rock music to be like "lite metal", but there has to a quieter(?) Heavy metal-ish music genre with an actual name.

 

[Thrashy]

Ah, I had always thought the Judas Preist guy was gay, even back when...had that look.

It is odd: there wasn't really much, in the way of gay role models, in the 1980s, and 1990s, all in all...if anything, it was kinda trendy to be bi, in the 70s-80s, or to 'swing both ways', but to simple be gay was pretty much unheard of.

Well, of course a lot of people had suspicions before, I mean Rob didn't really hide anything looking at his clothes he worn on stage:

The thing is, after Rob bringing them in, those leather clothes became the traditional cloths of many Metalbands and fans ^^
So part of our clothing comes from the 70s SM- and gay community
(The battle jacked has a different root though)

Silly question:

But since there is heavy metal, is there a genre called lite metal? (maybe diet Metal?Or something like that!

*gently baps the other stripey at the back of his head for his silly question*

I guess anything Glam Rock or Glam Metal related could fall under such a term, as it's mostly everything else than heavy ^^

Probably something like this:

(Uargh, I need some Slayer to cure my ears!)

 

[Thrashy]

I always kinda considered Rock music to be like "lite metal"

Hmm, Metal developed from early (Hard) Rock made by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, so it being called "lite metal" kinda wouldn't make sense. ^^
For both Rock and Metal, there are harder and softer sub-genres ^^
Both are just key terms for a huge variety of different genres

 

[Cosmic-FS]

*joins a heavy metal band*

 

[Ravofox]

Random aviation fact.

During the battle of Britain (on 15th of September 1940) a Hurricane pilot called Ray Holmes found himself facing a Dornier bomber which seemed intent on bombing Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately Holmes was out of ammunition so he did the only thing he could, he rammed the bomber, taking the tail off, crippling it along with his own aircraft.
He managed to bail out and survive.

This reminds me of a similar incident. An American pilot, Alan Magee, was shot down over Germany in WWII and couldn't use his parachute. he fell a long long way, crashed through a glass ceiling (no, sadly not that one, ladies) and landed on the floor. Despite bad injuries, he survived and recovered.

*Returns from class*

I see we've won. Enjoy this complementary fact:

38 years ago in today's in aviation history, Air Florida 90 encounters severe icing on takeoff and crashes into the Potomac River in Washington DC, striking a bridge and seven cars on its way down. The cause is borderline incompetence on the part of the pilots (or frankly, full-on incompetence) as the pilots had:

1) Forgotten to turn on their anti-ice systems by skipping through their checklists;
2) Used reverse thrust to taxi, which not only blew snow onto the wings, but is generally a stupid move to begin with, and;
3) Tried using the exhaust from planes they were following to melt their ice instead of THE AIRCRAFT'S BUILT IN DE-ICING EQUIPMENT THAT THEY DIDN'T TURN ON.

The crash killed 74 + 4 on ground, with 5 survivors being pulled from the Potomac in some rather famous rescue efforts involving a police helicopter dipping its skis in the water.

That WAS extraordinary! My special commendations go to the bystander who jumped in to save the woman at immediate risk of drowning and the passenger who passed the line to the other survivors and sadly died before he could be rescued.

Oh, and if you want to hear about the most extreme pilot negligence, in fact recklessness, I have ever heard of, look up Aeroflot Flight 6502 - Wikipedia. Aeroflot flight 593 has nothing on this!!



OWO, heavy metal?

you guys need to see this!!!

 

[DRGN Juno]

Oh, and if you want to hear about the most extreme pilot negligence, in fact recklessness, I have ever heard of, look up Aeroflot Flight 6502 - Wikipedia. Aeroflot flight 593 has nothing on this!!

I remember reading about that! I thought it was more recent for some reason.

E: Because looking for "Aeroflot Tu-134 crash" nets you at least 10 different results, with the latest crash (with RusAir) in 2011.

 

[TR273]

Here's an interesting aviation fact...
During the development of Concorde the RAE at Bedford had been developing a takeoff director using the Mk 1 Vulcan XA899. The idea was to have a 'climb out law' which would enable the pilot to fly at the optimum climb speed even if there were some engine failures during the takeoff. The system worked and was tested by commercial airline pilots who had never flown the Vulcan before, with the system in place none of them had a problem getting the Vulcan off the deck in the correct climb attitude. However for reasons not stated the Concorde team chose not to use the system.
I can't help but wonder they had used it could the Concorde crash have been avoided.

 

[DRGN Juno]

Here's an interesting aviation fact...
During the development of Concorde the RAE at Bedford had been developing a takeoff director using the Mk 1 Vulcan XA899. The idea was to have a 'climb out law' which would enable the pilot to fly at the optimum climb speed even if there were some engine failures during the takeoff. The system worked and was tested by commercial airline pilots who had never flown the Vulcan before, with the system in place none of them had a problem getting the Vulcan off the deck in the correct climb attitude. However for reasons not stated the Concorde team chose not to use the system.
I can't help but wonder they had used it could the Concorde crash have been avoided.

Possibly, but not likely. Keep in mind there was more than the loss of power at play, the flight crew had to contend with extra drag from the gear stuck down and the weakening wing structure from the heat.

 

[Ravofox]

Possibly, but not likely. Keep in mind there was more than the loss of power at play, the flight crew had to contend with extra drag from the gear stuck down and the weakening wing structure from the heat.

you know what's also not likely...

A PREY WIN!!

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[DRGN Juno]

you know what's also not likely...

A PREY WIN!!

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Can't argue with that.

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[Cosmic-FS]

Here's an interesting architecture fact for ya'll

The John Hancock Center in Boston was the winner of the prestigious National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1977. It also rained glass on unsuspecting pedestrians.

The building had a serious design flaw: the connectors for the curtain wall windows couldn't stand up to intense wind. They would brake off, sending 500 lb 5' by 12' panes of glass crashing onto the sidewalk and the roofs neighboring buildings. The problem got so bad that whenever winds exceeded 45 miles an hour, police would close off the entire area around the building for public safety. During one windstorm in January of 1973, over 60 windows were knocked loose from the building's facade. By April of that year, more than an acre of the building's exterior windows were knocked off and were replaced with plywood boards. They initially painted the plywood black to try and hide it, but they couldn't keep up with demand and ultimately installed the boards unpainted.

The John Hancock Center became known as The Plywood Palace.

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[DRGN Juno]

Here's an interesting architecture fact for ya'll

The John Hancock Center in Boston was the winner of the prestigious National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1977. It also rained glass on unsuspecting pedestrians.

The building had a serious design flaw: the connectors for the curtain wall windows couldn't stand up to intense wind. They would brake off, sending 500 lb 5' by 12' panes of glass crashing onto the sidewalk and the roofs neighboring buildings. The problem got so bad that whenever winds exceeded 45 miles an hour, police would close off the entire area around the building for public safety. During one windstorm in January of 1973, over 60 windows were knocked loose from the building's facade. By April of that year, more than an acre of the building's exterior windows were knocked off and were replaced with plywood boards. They initially painted the plywood black to try and hide it, but they couldn't keep up with demand and ultimately installed the boards unpainted.

The John Hancock Center became known as The Plywood Palace.

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Reminds me of a condo in Toronto that randomly kept shedding windows (not as bad as this, obviously). I think it was called the Shangri-La or something equally pretentious.

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[Pygmepatl]

All these facts are really interesting.

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[TR273]

you know what's also not likely...

A PREY WIN!!

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False!

(Ok maybe not this round since I seem to be alone and need to get some sleep soon, but the prey will rise again!)
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[Breyo]

False!
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(Ok maybe not this round since I seem to be alone and need to get some sleep soon, but the prey will rise again!)

Oh, we're definitely not winning, but at least you aren't alone
2v4 is better than 1v4!
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[DRGN Juno]

So it wasn't a single condo, but a bunch of them. Because when it comes to overpriced accommodations, quantity >> quabity.

Class actions for falling glass panels from Toronto condo buildings will go to trial | The Star

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[Pygmepatl]

*Does some handstands*

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[TR273]

Oh, we're definitely not winning, but at least you aren't alone
2v4 is better than 1v4!
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Smol Potato!
Upward! to victory!
(Or at least not a crushing defeat. )
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[Pygmepatl]

*Helps the prey*

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[DRGN Juno]

*Helps the prey*

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*Questions your 'help'*

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[TR273]

*Posts something*
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-3?

-4?

 

[Pygmepatl]

Hey, I'm helping the prey by giving them emotional support.

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