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Arm Wrestling Machine Recalled for Breaking Arms

Posted by samzenpus on from the step-right-up-and-lose-a-limb dept.

Lucas123 writes "After three players broke their arms while wrestling with a Japanese arcade machine, the manufacturer promised to remove all 150 of the mechanized appendages. Said game maker Atlus' spokeswoman: "The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it.""

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  1. Re:Are you out of your mind? by fractoid · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    +1, Pure Awesome

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  2. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" by Forge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The formula used to calculate BMI breaks down once the subject is very tall. The most breathtaking example was when someone punched in Michael Jordan's stats and was told he was overweight. Patrick Ewing (At 7'1" 350 Lbs) was listed as Obese.

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  3. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" by fractoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I stopped working out, my BMI had me as clinically obese. I've got a fair bit more fat now, and don't look as good, but I'm back down to 'healthy'... time to hit the gym and get phat again! :P

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  4. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" by dal20402 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You don't even have to be tall, just muscular.

    The BMI formula says that Ichiro Suzuki, at 5'9" and 172 lbs. is (marginally) overweight.

    (I'm also muscular, 5'9", and 180 pounds... but I'm afraid I'm not as vivid an example.)

  5. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" by MPHellwig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well that is not true, the best weight is when you feel the fittest, healthiest and have a proven good condition. Everything else is really unimportant.