https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWOP
brennan@letkma
Facebook reminded me that 6 years ago today I found QWOP, so that's an exciting anniversary to celebrate
3:05 PM · Nov 22, 2015
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Scott Assen@scottassen
@norvid_studies Would play 10/10. Maybe with challenge modes for heavy exercise, alcohol intoxication, liver resection
3:30 AM · Oct 4, 2023 · 317 Views
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norvid_studies@norvid_studies
QWOP but for piloting an age of sail ship of the line with granular control over ropes and sail configurations
3:51 PM · Apr 26, 2026 · 375 Views
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https://thapen.itch.io/painted-ocean
🌌 Observer of Suns@ObserverSuns
@visakanv every able-bodied adult is playing QWOP too — we’ve just gotten remarkably good at it!
11:56 AM · Nov 10, 2021
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anton 🇺🇸@atroyn
this is why when athletes train they ignore any defects in form and just do random movements of their limbs until becoming michael jordan
Ayush S @ayushswrites
One of the most under-the-radar contrarian idea Peter Thiel ever articulated was that failures teach you nothing.
Just think of how much mythology exists around justifying failures as “oh well I learnt this and that”. It’s practically a PMC shibboleth to “learn from your
5:08 PM · Mar 2, 2024 · 296K Views
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Ryan Moulton@moultano
The next time you think a robot looks dumb trying to do things and failing, go play QWOP for an hour Then you will understand how hard it is to be a robot.
3:41 PM · Oct 30, 2025 · 585 Views
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Mariven@psychiel
It's kinda wild that horses are just born ready to go
kittens are blind for a week, and mice pups are basically on life support for the first few days, but foals are up and running in an hour
it must be like being unplugged from the matrix, but in reverse
8:36 PM · Aug 15, 2025 · 1.37K Views
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Name can't be blank (In London)@Algon_33
@psychiel But you need so many bits in order to get co-ordinate all the muscles needed for locomotion! Which implies pretty sophisticated sims. How could the genetic bottleneck encode sims of that fidelity? + If they could, the world would look pretty different IMO.
10:13 PM · Aug 15, 2025 · 139 Views
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https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/
