I am not denying that there are dumb idiots who are super into swords, I just think the internet propensity in general for shaming people for having a dorky picture taken is mean. If someone wants to open carry their sword, they can be safely mocked without collateral damage towards people who are just awkward and have bad taste in shirts.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I am not denying that there are dumb idiots who are super into swords, I just think the internet propensity in general for shaming people for having a dorky picture taken is mean. If someone wants to open carry their sword, they can be safely mocked without collateral damage towards people who are just awkward and have bad taste in shirts.
yeah you're right, i'll check myself on that in the future
I am not denying that there are dumb idiots who are super into swords, I just think the internet propensity in general for shaming people for having a dorky picture taken is mean. If someone wants to open carry their sword, they can be safely mocked without collateral damage towards people who are just awkward and have bad taste in shirts.
yeah you're right, i'll check myself on that in the future
I didn't mean to single you out, it's just something I've been thinking about lately when that stuff comes up. People do it all the time with different nerdy/dorky/unfashionable choices.
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I have a problem with people who "open carry" swords, thinking that they're in any way practical for self defense or that somehow pulling one out in public transportation is in any way a good idea and not incredibly absurdly dangerous.
I think that someone who would carry a sword for self defense is a big deluded dum dum and I am aware that is painting with a broad, potentially unfair brush.
I would say the only good thing about sword open carry proponents is they highlight how ridiculous open carry is as a concept. It's certainly absurd to ban open carry of swords and not guns.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I would say the only good thing about sword open carry proponents is they highlight how ridiculous open carry is as a concept. It's certainly absurd to ban open carry of swords and not guns.
It's a lot easier to accidentally cut someone with a sword than it is to shoot someone. And the gun could come in useful.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I would say the only good thing about sword open carry proponents is they highlight how ridiculous open carry is as a concept. It's certainly absurd to ban open carry of swords and not guns.
It's a lot easier to accidentally cut someone with a sword than it is to shoot someone. And the gun could come in useful.
i guess, but getting accidentally shot seems to be a lot deadlier than getting accidentally cut
I would say the only good thing about sword open carry proponents is they highlight how ridiculous open carry is as a concept. It's certainly absurd to ban open carry of swords and not guns.
It's a lot easier to accidentally cut someone with a sword than it is to shoot someone. And the gun could come in useful.
Swords are far more practical, from a tool standpoint. See, in a pinch you can use a sword to cut a cake, or perhaps some vegetables. You cannot say the same for a gun!
Swords are far more practical, from a tool standpoint. See, in a pinch you can use a sword to cut a cake, or perhaps some vegetables. You cannot say the same for a gun!
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Swords are far more practical, from a tool standpoint. See, in a pinch you can use a sword to cut a cake, or perhaps some vegetables. You cannot say the same for a gun!
How dare you
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MeeqeLord of the pants most fancySomeplace amazingRegistered Userregular
As an avid sport sword fighter... open carrying swords is really dumb, and a good way to get yourself shot/imprisoned. Brandishment is a thing, and the second you so much as twitch towards handling a weapon in public you open yourself up to all kinds of charges and physical risks. And as someone who teaches how to use on effectively... it takes years of training to get even passably proficient with one, and thats assuming you can get regular competent instruction. People are gonna get hurt over allowing them to be carried in public, and I get to be on the frontlines of the backlash. Yay!
Taking nerd photos with your sword is nothing shame someone over though, they were a major component of human history and I don't think an appreciation of that is any worse than any other hobby/collecting interest.
*stares nervously at his pile of swords/axe/spears*
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I think a certain level of sword scorn is associated with the person who is super into weaponry and has "self taught" themselves and is very vocal about it, but only owns display pieces and not functional weaponry. So they are trying to portray a certain image/lifestyle without being able to back it up.
For the people who love this stuff but arent being condescending about it, more power to them.
I feel the same things for folks who go about portraying themselves as loggers, farmhands, gangsters but who dont have any actual association with the thing theyre trying to be. Also to be clear im talking about the folks who go off the deep end trying to dress/act as subculture they know nothing about beyond media representation, then do nothing except talk your ear off about it.
I don't know; At least open carrying a sword gets you shot at first, opening a window of opportunity for the good guy with a gun to shoot himself in the foot.
If some guy at a party tried to talk to me about his sword collection and how he has studied the blade, I'd probably try and peace out of that conversation. That's probably a guy I don't have a lot in common with. I'm not saying anyone super has to like Sword Guy. Maybe Sword Guy open carries his fucking sword and is a huge douche about it. Judge him on those terms as and when he does that.
The problem I have is when that is extrapolated into "look at this picture of a guy with a sword, what a tool". I think it's judgmental and a form of bullying not only to that person but also to other people like them. It's the use of shame and ridicule to coerce people into conforming to a particular societal expectation and I don't think that's an ethical thing to do in this context. The fact that this particular meme has accompanying text of possibly spurious origin to make it look more ridiculous is telling, because it's an attempt to put more weight behind the ridicule. "This is what this guy is probably like!". Yeah, maybe, but you don't know that. You can't know that. Maybe he's doing a joke. Maybe his dad got him that sword, right before he died. Maybe that guy is a legitimate Kendo badass. Maybe he's just goofing around, like we all do. If you could get given a big prop sword and not strike a badass pose with it I unno, maybe you should regain some of your juvenile whimsy.
It's the same as "this guy wears an unfashionable hat/has a neckbeard/ is too fat or too skinny". People can come up with justifications for it, reasons why that person probably deserves to be ridiculed and any accompanying memes will always come with such justifications. All it ever really is though, is another form of "why aren't you conforming." and it's often delivered by people who should know full well how damaging knee-jerk calls for conformity can be. IE, literally anyone who posts here.
I'd probably be interested in a conversation with a sword nerd that was all into the history of swords and all that.
Not so much a dude that collects katanas and has creepy body pillows talking about how he could stop a crime and argue with me about katana vs whatever the one handed swords are.
I'd peace out of that conversation for sure too.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I would say the only good thing about sword open carry proponents is they highlight how ridiculous open carry is as a concept. It's certainly absurd to ban open carry of swords and not guns.
It's a lot easier to accidentally cut someone with a sword than it is to shoot someone. And the gun could come in useful.
Gonna be honest: I would be way less worried about the fuckin' white racists we have in Arizona if they carried around katanas instead of pistols and assault rifles.
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dunno, some seem pretty sincere about carrying and using their swords
I guess he did study the blade
yeah you're right, i'll check myself on that in the future
A bargain at that price, too!
I didn't mean to single you out, it's just something I've been thinking about lately when that stuff comes up. People do it all the time with different nerdy/dorky/unfashionable choices.
now then next up on the schedule we are going to pillory people who like video game dragons
what in tarnation..
but I like dragons
yesssss
I think that someone who would carry a sword for self defense is a big deluded dum dum and I am aware that is painting with a broad, potentially unfair brush.
That's what your nunchucks are for.
nunchucks seem almost impossible to use without injuring yourself in several different ways
i wonder how often they were ever used for any kind of practical self defense and how much training you'd need to actually make use of them
It's a lot easier to accidentally cut someone with a sword than it is to shoot someone. And the gun could come in useful.
i guess, but getting accidentally shot seems to be a lot deadlier than getting accidentally cut
No, I don't think so
How dare you
Taking nerd photos with your sword is nothing shame someone over though, they were a major component of human history and I don't think an appreciation of that is any worse than any other hobby/collecting interest.
*stares nervously at his pile of swords/axe/spears*
Yup, nothing weird about that at all....
For the people who love this stuff but arent being condescending about it, more power to them.
I feel the same things for folks who go about portraying themselves as loggers, farmhands, gangsters but who dont have any actual association with the thing theyre trying to be. Also to be clear im talking about the folks who go off the deep end trying to dress/act as subculture they know nothing about beyond media representation, then do nothing except talk your ear off about it.
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and it's also pretty different from co-opting fashion and culture from groups you're not a member of, that doesn't feel like a good comparison to me
The problem I have is when that is extrapolated into "look at this picture of a guy with a sword, what a tool". I think it's judgmental and a form of bullying not only to that person but also to other people like them. It's the use of shame and ridicule to coerce people into conforming to a particular societal expectation and I don't think that's an ethical thing to do in this context. The fact that this particular meme has accompanying text of possibly spurious origin to make it look more ridiculous is telling, because it's an attempt to put more weight behind the ridicule. "This is what this guy is probably like!". Yeah, maybe, but you don't know that. You can't know that. Maybe he's doing a joke. Maybe his dad got him that sword, right before he died. Maybe that guy is a legitimate Kendo badass. Maybe he's just goofing around, like we all do. If you could get given a big prop sword and not strike a badass pose with it I unno, maybe you should regain some of your juvenile whimsy.
It's the same as "this guy wears an unfashionable hat/has a neckbeard/ is too fat or too skinny". People can come up with justifications for it, reasons why that person probably deserves to be ridiculed and any accompanying memes will always come with such justifications. All it ever really is though, is another form of "why aren't you conforming." and it's often delivered by people who should know full well how damaging knee-jerk calls for conformity can be. IE, literally anyone who posts here.
Not so much a dude that collects katanas and has creepy body pillows talking about how he could stop a crime and argue with me about katana vs whatever the one handed swords are.
I'd peace out of that conversation for sure too.
but seriously weapons of war in a historical context and the reasons they evolved the way they did is mad interesting.
Gonna be honest: I would be way less worried about the fuckin' white racists we have in Arizona if they carried around katanas instead of pistols and assault rifles.
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