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"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 04/24/2015 at 20:29 • Filed to: None

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This took me the whole day to finally understand.

TheOnelectronic > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 20:37

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I got it pretty quick, but that’s only because the cones told me it was an AutoX-specific joke.

The shirt I have the flummoxes everyone is the “Get in Line” shirt with the I6 firing order above it. Now THAT is esoteric.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > TheOnelectronic 04/24/2015 at 20:42

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I’ve got the Porsche, Stuttgart one...

People tend to be somewhat stymied..

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 20:42

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Explain, please.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 20:43

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I thought it was just DNF.. Am I missing something?

TheHondaBro > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 04/24/2015 at 20:44

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Autocross

Flattened cones

DNF

Eff (as in Fuck)

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 20:44

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Anyone else bothered that based on the image it would just be +1 cone? If go the wrong way around then it’s a DNF. An almost DNF but still hitting the cone is just the cone and a valid run

TheOnelectronic > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/24/2015 at 20:47

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YEP, me too. I get a lot of confused looks

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 20:49

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Saddest thing, this applies to me racing bikes...

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/24/2015 at 20:52

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Hooray for taking a linguistics class and learning the IPA phonetic alphabet!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius 04/24/2015 at 20:54

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Is there a class you have to take for that? Pretty sure I learned that in English class when I was 16 or so.

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/24/2015 at 20:57

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Only people I know who have ever formally learned the IPA alphabet have taken linguistics classes or advanced language classes in college. Of course, anybody who’s done a fair bit of reading or spent some time with a dictionary can acquire a basic understanding.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius 04/24/2015 at 21:01

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I guess it depends on where you live as well.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/24/2015 at 21:05

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It is DNF, but that still doesn’t mean a lot if you don’t know autocross and how it applies to cones.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 04/24/2015 at 21:07

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Ahh.. See.. I did not think about that, my bad.

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/24/2015 at 21:08

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Yes, I was speaking only for Americans of course. We are ignorant in the ways of other languages haha

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius 04/24/2015 at 21:15

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Yes and no. If you live close to the Mexican border I bet you speak (or at least can read) Spanish pretty well. If you live in Minnesota or Wisconsin you can probably read/understand Scandinavian pretty well. And we’ve got Boston, ain’t a soul that can understand what THEY say right? What about NY NY and Italian? You ‘Muricans got such a rich heritage it ain’t even funny, and many of you do understand plenty of languages, you just seem to think all ze words be english :P

nafsucof > TheHondaBro 04/24/2015 at 21:17

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Only problem is in my club a cone is +2s. Not dnf.

Wurrwulf > nafsucof 04/24/2015 at 21:18

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If you miss a gate, it’s a DNF.

nafsucof > Wurrwulf 04/24/2015 at 21:21

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But if you hit a cone as I said and the picture depicts it's only +2 secs.

nafsucof > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 04/24/2015 at 21:23

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I agree it's plus two seconds not dnf but yeah still valid run

Wurrwulf > nafsucof 04/24/2015 at 21:32

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It must have been a judgement thing when I used to autocross because if you were clearly outside of a gate but still hit a cone, you got a DNF. If the only the nose or ass of the car hit the cone, but the entirety of the car was outside of the gate, it was flagged as a DNF.

Then again, it’s been nearly a decade since I’ve autocrossed.

nafsucof > Wurrwulf 04/24/2015 at 21:36

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The club I'm in only has gates in some spots usually just a cone and a pointer cone to show which direction to go around the cone. You can typically go as wide as you like I believe figuring that the wider you go you'll probably be slower and it won't matter any how. The gates are to coral you towards a section of slalom. You should get back to the Autocross, I did it ten years ago too and got back into it last year and caught the bug...just bought dedicated wheels and tires and konis!

XJDano > nafsucof 04/24/2015 at 22:46

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2 seconds each. I see 2 dead cones.

yamahog > TheOnelectronic 04/24/2015 at 22:47

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I also have the straight 6 shirt... took even my dear old dad a minute to figure out

nafsucof > XJDano 04/25/2015 at 08:34

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I was hung up on it not being a dnf lol but +4 sec