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Thnickels
- kshehab1 1y agoSadly I missed the window for thnickle pre orders but hopefully I'll be around for the thennies if the fog doesnt get me by then
- PaulHoule 1y agoIt's an urban legend at the very least that you can improve the power of your punch by grasping a coin roll. I'm not so sure it's good for your hands but unlike a knife or brass knuckles you have some deniability. (Reminds me of the time that the store manager of a supermarket wrongly thought I was shoplifting and he followed me out with his clipboard which I'm sure he planned to whack me with and say it was an accident if I gave him any trouble.)
- sandworm101 1y agoA roll of coins, or any other heavy object, will significantly increase your punching power. Short of ninjas or mma fighters, the average person doesnt have the twitch ability to throw a significant punch. By adding mass, you increase power without needing the speed. Hands are very light. Even a small mass increase will make a big difference.
- TZubiri 1y agoNice, this knowledge will help me grab my keys in some self defense scenario. Will practice on sporting bag to avoid injury and verify force increase.
- vunderba 1y agoYup. In fact, while boxing gloves are ostensibly for the protection of the fighters hands, the increased mass (approx 10oz for heaver weight classes) significantly ups the chance of a concussive strike and/or knockout. So... it is kind of a mixed bag in terms of if they actually make fights safer.
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- bichiliad 1y agoRelatedly: - The padding in fights is much lighter than in practice or sparring. The added weight is good for conditioning, blunts sharp impacts, and slows down your speed. - If you spar anyone, you're expected to have at _least_ 14oz gloves. If your gym says otherwise, don't spar there (and arguably, don't train anywhere that doesn't take safety seriously). - Luis Resto, a boxer, was jailed for swapping the padding in his gloves with plaster. He ended the career and permanently damaged the eyesight of his opponent, Billy Collins Jr.
- dmurray 1y agoThis seems a bit arbitrary since MMA gloves are lighter than boxing gloves. If you spar someone at an MMA gym you'll be throwing the exact same punches, but you won't be using 14 oz gloves.
- globular-toast 1y agoI thought it was more because they can punch harder without breaking their hands.
- sandworm101 1y agoModern gloves are to spread out the impact to prevent cuts, blood, which was not allowed on TV once upon a time. The big puffy gloves only appeared when boxing looked to mainstream itself, to move out of the bars and become broadcast-quality entertainment.
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- com2kid 1y agoLearning how to throw a punch isn't that much work and gives you a huge multiple on power output. Also throwing a bare knuckle punch against someone's head has a large likelihood of the puncher breaking multiple bones, though depending on the outcome that may be preferable to other alternatives.
- thechao 1y agoMost people tend to punch with a loose hand to the top of the head: this simultaneously increases the chance of breaking their hand; reduces the impact force; and, strikes one of the most insensitive & hardest parts of the body (the skull). Trained fighters are targeting an untucked chin with a short high acceleration punch (jab, uppercut), with a tight fist. It is technically very challenging to do this, even for professionals. In general: use your sneakers; if necessary, push opponents away with with your palms and tightly held fingers.
- com2kid 1y ago> In general: use your sneaker This is indeed the 1st, 2nd, and frequently 3rd, suggested strategy from any good self defense teacher!
- jasonjayr 1y agoWell, you're right about ninjas. They have Real Ultimate Power, this website told me so: https://realultimatepower.net/ https://realultimatepower.net/ (Don't click unless you're ready to get pumped!)
- pierrec 1y agoOK, "urban legend at the very least" is a confusing way of putting things, it's kind of like saying "this is false at the very least, possibly even true!" (in this case it's true)
- PaulHoule 1y agoI’ll concede it was a poor choice of language. I heard about it first in the 1980s but looking for confirmation I could only find low quality evidence such as discussions on Reddit, quora and the like. No newspaper reports, no confessions that “I broke somebody’s nose”, no criminal charges, no discussions by martial arts instructors, nothing.
- xnx 1y agoHow does this website load so fast? Must be some advanced framework with JIT edge hydration. /s
- eclipticplane 1y ago> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98
- TZubiri 1y agoYou know how antiques have a binomial distribution of value over time? They are valuable when new or very old, but trash when freshly obsolete. I think classic style websites are going to come around. Not quite space jam whacky era but better mother fucking website for sure
- stego-tech 1y agoThe success of NeoCities and static blog sites in general suggests you’re correct. Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible - it’s a hallmark of authentic human creativity, under construction banners and all.
- zxexz 1y agoI can’t produce a website that is half as endearing and fun as my 8yo self’s first attempt around y2k after earnestly reading my dad’s copy of “HTML For the World Wide Web” by Elizabeth Castro. The excitement of page counters, discovering CGI, even creating a really bad click which didn’t two time with JavaScript.
- williamdclt 1y ago> Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible I don’t have time (or enough interest) to try it, but I’d be surprised if they couldn’t with some half-decent prompting
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- waltbosz 1y agoI think this is a joke by Alan Wagner who goes by the handle truewagner. https://truewagner.com/ https://truewagner.com/ . You'll have to Google his socials to find his art.
- n2d4 1y agoAlmost — it was made by Legboot, who makes similarly weird stuff, but to my knowledge is not the same person https://x.com/LegbootLegit https://x.com/LegbootLegit
- idamantium 1y agoYup. This supposed exchange with his neighbor making the coins is pretty amusing. Explanations the note on the website about the neighbor not having given them back yet. https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192 https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192
- marssaxman 1y agoThanks for the pointer! I hadn't heard of Legboot. Ken M. is another name to watch out for, if you like this kind of thing.
- pierrec 1y agoI could not find any direct evidence but it's a good theory. Legboot and Wagner sometimes comment on each other's (uniquely similar) stuff. This also seems like an evolution of Wagner's "Williamcoin". Compare: https://old.reddit.com/r/Killtony/comments/1i9czr5/williamcoin/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Killtony/comments/1i9czr5/williamco... https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueWagner/comments/1ld4lix/big_update_on_thick_coins_huge/ https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueWagner/comments/1ld4lix/big_upd...
- mkmk 1y agoThe best giveaway is that the sentences are short and punchy. If it were made by the character it claims to be made by, it would actually devolve into a long ramble, and nobody would make it to the bottom of the page.
- Chant-I-CRW 1y agoDang...sure would like some thnickels of my own. After that tree fell on my house it is really windy here. I could use something heavy to hold down my punch cards.
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- CoastalCoder 1y agoI suggest buying a Three Wolves t-shirt. I once saw a guy in a similar predicament. To address this, he donned his Three Wolves shirt and stood in an empty meadow by his house. Within 15 minutes there were 10-12 attractive women (some single, some not) circling him in a tight formation. He returned to his house and sat near the pile of punch cards (or coupons, I forget). His ad hoc harem sat as well so they could study his chiseled features, which kept the coupons safe from blowing away. I've heard that although the coupons have long-since expired, the women happily remain.
- Chant-I-CRW 1y agoLegend. I could use a harem too. These punch cards aren't going to punch themselves.
- Mtinie 1y agoYour unexpected anecdote perfectly encapsulates why I love HN!
- IAmGraydon 1y agoI miss this web.
- komali2 1y agoApparently it still exists! My friend keeps trying to get me to join his webring, whatever that is, sounds like a potential way to connect together websites like this though.
- patates 1y agoStart something in neocities and join a webring!
- rambambram 1y agoNo you don't. The web misses you.
- gtbcb 1y agoHow much were they?
- CSSer 1y agoThe design is ancient, but the dates are current.
- theden 1y agoIn the HTML there's a cool comment <!-- Hello this is Theo. Yes I know how to do web design. --> <!-- You have found my secret message. --> <!-- It is a coin emoticon picture. --> <!-- ______________ __,.,---''''' '''''---..._ ,-' '`-. | ONE | | THNICKEL , |'-.._ __,,- | ''`---.....______________.....---'' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | '-.._ __,,-` ''`---.....______________.....---'' -->
- vpShane 1y agoEpic.
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- kmoser 1y agoThat "stretching" (!) the definition of "emoticon." I would call it ASCII art.
- bigyabai 1y agoIf it was emoticon-sized then you wouldn't be able to appreciate the tasteful thickness of some wide wampum.
- snarfy 1y ago()_)
- fitsumbelay 1y ago
- schoen 1y agoSince there's no specific verb in the Latin motto, perhaps it should be in the nominative ("nummi crassiores omnibus")?
- Freak_NL 1y agoRomanes eunt domus!
- theoreticalmal 1y agoPeople called Romans they go the house??
- yard2010 1y ago"Romanian people go home"
- 1-more 1y agoVery amateur latinist but I'd say it works as Accusative of Exclamation with an implied "dō"
- photios 1y agoSo, no "thicc" jokes yet? Come on, people!
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoNo need, the pun is in the title / on the website already.
- lqet 1y ago> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98.
- Mtinie 1y agoYou know it’s old school when it’s not “built with love”. :)
- alexjplant 1y agoI proudly built my grandpa's photography website with a sheet-fed scanner and a copy of FrontPage 98 when I was in the third grade. Sadly it was hosted on the municipal utility commission's site and wasn't crawled by Archive.org so it's lost to time :-(.
- gazpachotron 1y agoOne of the best things about FrontPage is the book that Charles Ferguson wrote about starting it, building it, and selling it to Microsoft: High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars.
- morkalork 1y agoTakes me back to grade 9 and doing a group project in the library where everyone had to make a website on their topics in FrontPage. Whoever came up with that idea must have a tech true believer gen-Xer. It was actually kinda fun.
- fergie 1y agoI like the vibe, but is this vibe coded?
- jcattle 1y agoI love where he describes his minting facility: "My new state of some art facility is equipped with several tools and a powerful workhorse (me)!"
- atomic_cowprod 1y agoTheo: I'm not sure if you still read this echo, but I've been trying to call you about my pre-order, but it looks like your BBS is still down. If you can get back to me, send me netmail. I'm at 1:342/76 for Fido and 11:420/69 for MJNet. -- SLMR/2 2.4b Origin: Sunnyside Acres -- (203) 555-1212 -- 1:342/76 Windows is not a virus, viruses DO something.
- crike 1y agoHe’s busy minting with his hammer.
- theodorenichols 1y agoHello Mr. Prod, I do not understand your message but you may send me an e-Mail or reach me here
- Aardwolf 1y agoI like the throwback 1998 design while it's created in 2025. They got it down even to the colored grain on the photographs and text with jpeg artifacts on them - even though that is something that actually did improve in 2025 :)
- qsort 1y agoIt might be 1998 design, but I'd much rather visit a 1998 website than the vast majority of "modern" stuff. My other screen has Teams on it and without a shred of irony and before accounting for the waste of resources, that website looks way better to me than an allegedly professional application does.
- bartread 1y ago> that is something that actually did improve in 2025 Aye, but the old skool way fits the overall aesthetic better. They've even got a few animated GIFs. I actually really love the way this site looks - I miss the days when most websites looking something like this, especially where they've avoided going full Christmas tree with the design. And look at how fast it loads.
- xnorswap 1y agoIt hotlinks geocities via the wayback machine cache. I'd tut but hotlinking others' random images is very on-brand for 90's web design too.
- 1oooqooq 1y agothe design is old but it's marketing is very modern. showing feet to get money from strangers is very contemporary.
- naikrovek 1y agoThis is one of the best things I have ever seen.
- nsb1 1y agoBut why not 'Thickel'?? It was right there!
- dasil003 1y agoShades of "you need a thneed"
- justusthane 1y agoBecause "thnickel" is funnier.
- layer8 1y agoToo close to thinckels. You might order the wrong ones.
- lproven 1y agoBecause it's a pun on his name, I would think. THeo NICHOLS -> THNICHOLS -> THNICKELS ... no?
- velcrovan 1y agoAdmins/mods: you should strip the Beehiiv link id from the link. https://thick-coins.net/ https://thick-coins.net/
- LeifCarrotson 1y agoAnd HN users should run the "ClearURLs" extension[1] (or similar) to automatically strip these and other tracking links from their browser. Or at least read the URL they've entered when posting and manually prune unnecessary parameters. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
- jxmorris12 1y agoMy bad. Do they make this for Chrome?
- mrguyorama 1y agoOnly until it affects Google's bottom line.
- WorldPeas 1y agoI believe brave has this functionality, and an adblocker
- lxgr 1y agoOr consider using Firefox, which has a native "Copy clean link" context menu option. Very useful!
- igor47 1y agoWhoa the list of required permissions for you extension is long and scary.
- RandomBacon 1y agoIt is a "Recommended" extension by Firefox which means: > The Firefox team, along with community input, handpicks each extension and conducts manual security reviews to ensure they comply with policies before being awarded the “Recommended” status. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-badges#w_recommended-extensions https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-badges#w_recomme...
- dmitrygr 1y agoThis is the internet i'll miss when it is fully drowned in ML slop.
- mhuffman 1y agoNo ridges on the sides? This could be be trouble!
- lordleft 1y agoThis what I miss about what the internet used to be.
- turntable_pride 1y agoyou know what -- hell ya
- theodorenichols 1y agoHello This is Theo. I have paused sale of the Coins to handle pre-orders. There are some left for Later. Thank You for your interest in substantial coinage
- sizzle 1y agoThe man, myth, and legend himself! Can I get a coin?
- theodorenichols 1y agoI will (benevolently) accept a trade of some of your thin coins for a thick one. Next week1 P.S. It will require aLARGE quantity of thin coins, due to their relative worthlessness and pathetic Nature
- lxgr 1y agoWould feeble personal cheques or money orders be acceptable too, despite featuring at least 50% fewer dimensions?
- theodorenichols 1y agoiF THE BANK ACCOUNT BACKING THE CHEQUE IS NOT SIMILARLY enfeebled
- lxgr 1y agoBacked by the full faith and credit of a person you met on the Internet.
- sizzle 1y agoWhere may I send the thin coins or will digital coins suffice?
- a_c 1y agoI like your page. Wish more web pages are like that. Would you ship to the UK when open to order again?
- cainxinth 1y agoIf you thought getting hit with a sock full regular nickels was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
- fitsumbelay 1y agothe Tweet about his neighbor suing him over thnickels self-injury tho ... https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192 https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192
- korse 1y agoHas anyone called the listed phone number?
- syedumaircodes 1y agoI want a thnickel so bad, hit me up when you start taking orders again
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- seniortaco 1y agoCoin.
- hitautodestruct 1y agoHeres my 2 nickels: https://thick-coin-renaissance.lovable.app https://thick-coin-renaissance.lovable.app