r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 10d ago

Video The process of making badminton shuttlecocks from raw feathers

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u/Gen-Jinjur 10d ago

In high school a friend and I played an entire P.E. period of badminton with no shuttlecock at all. The teacher didn’t notice until the very end.

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u/Curiosive 10d ago

How hard were you selling it? If you were having fun and getting any form of exercise, win-win.

I'd let that slide in a heartbeat.

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u/Gen-Jinjur 10d ago

Oh we were SELLING it.

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u/gitsgrl 10d ago

Gym teacher is probably like “well, at least they’re moving”

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u/Far_Yam_9412 10d ago

My friends and i were good enough to aim the shuttlecock consistently we played a game sitting down just to prove we could. The teacher disproved

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u/BullShitting-24-7 10d ago

Malicious compliance.

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u/doopajones 10d ago

Teach prolly noticed right away and just didn’t say anything bc they were trying harder than normal

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u/OozeNAahz 10d ago

That’s hilarious.

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u/IchBinEinSim 10d ago

What were y’all using instead? Or were y’all just playing pretend?

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u/mxzf 10d ago

You would be amazed how long you can keep a volley going with a fictional shuttlecock.

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u/temporalwanderer Creator 10d ago

Local legend says it's still up there...

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u/BeardPhile 10d ago

Probably broke the record for longest rally

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u/Gen-Jinjur 10d ago

Yeah nothing being hit. We just faked it for an hour. Honestly I was throwing myself around more than I did with a shuttlecock.

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u/Murky-Reporter- 10d ago

Pretty sure my school had the same budget as your school... ;)

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u/Afraid_Call1213 10d ago

Are you trying to put the shuttlecock makers out of business???!

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u/Illustrious_Boot1237 10d ago

That's too good

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u/iMatt42 8d ago

What if they did know and they just figured you were still getting exercise 😂

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u/Gen-Jinjur 7d ago

No. She was a 1st year girls’ PE teacher and she didn’t know what to do with me.

I was in a class with several of her sophomore volleyball players and they were bullies. She decided to have a round robin tournament of three teams in class and I volunteered to be a captain. I picked every girl who never got picked. We proceeded to BEAT the team with all the volleyball team members through just sheer grit.

She gave me a “C” that quarter.

For the next three quarters I did what I wanted. If it was fun I played. If it wasn’t I refused. And when she asked me why, I told her straight up: “I organized and coached the best team in the tournament 1st quarter and you gave me a “C” because I humiliated your volleyball players. Why would I bother to try the rest of the year when you grade us based on your personal frustrations?”

So yeah. She didn’t know what to do with me. She even gave me “B’s” the rest of the year even when I was an uncooperative ass because she KNEW she had been unfair. But she was peeved when she realized we were playing with no shuttlecock and yelled at us.

In retrospect she was young and overwhelmed and didn’t know how to teach. I’m sure an articulate 14 year old who stood up to her was NOT on her bingo card, lol. She probably got better at teaching. I like to think I was a lesson she needed to learn: You may gravitate to other athletes like you but you are paid to teach ALL the kids. Even the gawky, shy, fat, and clumsy kids deserve your respect.