But imagine the doctor walking dramatically through double doors and telling your sobbing family that you'd lived, you only shot half of your dick off with the sling, they were able to save part of the shaft and one testicle.
But imagine the doctor walking dramatically through double doors and telling your sobbing family that you'd lived, you only shot half of your dick off with the sling, they were able to save part of the shaft and one testicle.
i'm having a lot of trouble imaging my family sobbing over my dick, i tell you what
But imagine the doctor walking dramatically through double doors and telling your sobbing family that you'd lived, you only shot half of your dick off with the sling, they were able to save part of the shaft and one testicle.
Make a kendama out of it.
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Picking up the art of slingin as an adult seems like a good way to cave in your own orbital socket
not me i ordered a bulk supply of distinctly shaped cowls from the internet specifically to prevent that from happening you should try being prepared next time
I was initially surprised that some of y'all didn't realize Ye was originally a nickname, because I'm pretty sure it shows up on a ton of his verses or from featured artists on his tracks, but then I realized Ye hasn't actually been primarily relevant for his music in like a decade and now I just feel kind of old.
I also have a hell of a time referring to him as just Ye because there was always one of those subtle conversational nuances where using "Ye" over "Kanye" signaled some imperceptible alignment I didn't fit into.
That dude trying to hit the watermelon looked around 120-140 km/h based on my estimates comparing his slangin to the millions (and millions!) of Pitching Ninja gifs I viewed this MLB season
This is just a guess but I would assume that with a sling, you're able to achieve those kinds of speeds consistently without tearing your shoulder apart the way that some pitchers eventually do. And maybe it's easier to keep the speed/accuracy reliable even with different shapes and sizes of rock that might be awkward to toss with your bare hands?
I'm pretty sure the stones are also noticeably heavier than baseballs, which makes that speed mean a lot more.
Sling bullets are typically ~1oz compared to 5-5.5oz for a baseball
The dude trying to hit a watermelon died after his first miss or after a hit on an armored enemy- obviously the slangers of olden times were much better than him. I just kept watching going “just throw the fucking stone my dude.”
Then the opening of the history video said the average speed of a slung stone was 100km/h and I was like losing my mind about how completely worthless it seemed as a weapon
I’ve since learned more and speed and distance are in fact much greater with a sling as you’d expect
Slinging seems like a fun (if impractical) hobby to get into
Would have to be very careful about how you enunciate when getting together your fellow hobbyists. “What’s up slingers!” Umm… Dave… why are your pants off?
Fun fact: Pineapples are both a symbol of hospitality and swingers. A bunch of people at work wanted to get pineapple tattoos and I was like
The Roman's used (american) football shaped lead shot with grooves cut into them to make them whistle.
Apparently they were so deadly they didn't even need to penetrate through leather armor, the blunt force trauma was enough to break bones and rupture organs. I've seen some claims they hit almost as hard as a modern .44 magnum bullet but I feel like that may be a stretch. Still, not a thing you want to fuck around with.
Also, sling shot has a one up on bullets in that you can inscribe much more vulgarity onto it than you could on a whimmpy little cartridge.
Slinging seems like a fun (if impractical) hobby to get into
Would have to be very careful about how you enunciate when getting together your fellow hobbyists. “What’s up slingers!” Umm… Dave… why are your pants off?
Fun fact: Pineapples are both a symbol of hospitality and swingers. A bunch of people at work wanted to get pineapple tattoos and I was like
"Yeeeeeeeeeah nah."
Makes sense as swinging is the pinnacle of hospitality
There are recovered Greek sling bullets with dexai ("catch!") inscribed on them, which just shows you that no matter what time in history it is, dudes are just Like That
This is just a guess but I would assume that with a sling, you're able to achieve those kinds of speeds consistently without tearing your shoulder apart the way that some pitchers eventually do. And maybe it's easier to keep the speed/accuracy reliable even with different shapes and sizes of rock that might be awkward to toss with your bare hands?
the big thing is that, much like with the bow and arrow or musket, you don't have to be accurate
you're generally not one guy trying to hit one other guy off in the distance, you're a hundred guys trying to hit hundred other guys - even if you miss one you're likely to hit the guy next to him, and if you don't then your buddy might
although that doesn't mean that you couldn't be terrifyingly accurate if you were trained, I guess:
A hundred slingers were sent for from Aegium, Patrae and Dymae. These men had been in the habit, as their fathers had before them, of practicing with their slings, with which they used to hurl into the sea the round stones lying on the beach. [5] In this way they gained a more accurate and longer range than the Baliaric slingers. Their slings, too, were not made of a single strap, like those of the Baliarics and other nations, but they consisted of three thongs, stiffened by beings sewn together. [6] This prevented the bullet from flying off at random when the thong was let go; when fixed in the sling it could be so whirled round as to fly out as though from the string of a bow. [7] They used to send their stones through rings at a great distance, as targets, and were thus able to hit not only the head but whatever part of the face they aimed at. [8]
Also, much like with archery in the ancient world, one ace slinger with perfect aim was not really the strategy. You had a whole bunch of dudes lofting those arrows or rocks out there en masse
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There are recovered Greek sling bullets with dexai ("catch!") inscribed on them, which just shows you that no matter what time in history it is, dudes are just Like That
It's kinda weirdly comforting?
Like, in 5000 years when we have retreated beneath the crust of the earth to escape the ravaged surface, a precious young mole-dude hybrid will absolutely use his gamma drill to etch a big ole peener into some igneous strata. His ancestors stretching back through counltess eons will all look on proudly and be like "lol nice"
Try getting into atlatls, like to see someone manage to hit themselfs in the face with a atlatl spear youd really have to put work in to fuck that up, slings much like nunchuks seem almost designed to assassinate the wielder
There are recovered Greek sling bullets with dexai ("catch!") inscribed on them, which just shows you that no matter what time in history it is, dudes are just Like That
It's kinda weirdly comforting?
Like, in 5000 years when we have retreated beneath the crust of the earth to escape the ravaged surface, a precious young mole-dude hybrid will absolutely use his gamma drill to etch a big ole peener into some igneous strata. His ancestors stretching back through counltess eons will all look on proudly and be like "lol nice"
personally I remember feeling this way when I read some of the graffiti from pompeii
shitposters have been shitposters for all of history
In one bar, a picture depicts two men playing dice. One shouts, "Six!" while his opponent holds up two fingers and says, "No, that’s not a ‘three’; it’s a ‘two’”. By the door of the bar, another picture shows a short man driving a group of men out. Above his head are the words, “Go on, get out of here! You have been fighting!”
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Try getting into atlatls, like to see someone manage to hit themselfs in the face with a atlatl spear youd really have to put work in to fuck that up, slings much like nunchuks seem almost designed to assassinate the wielder
The couple times I tried, an atlatl was shocking hard to use, definite learning curve to that thing.
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I didn't until just now!
Or, if you can, like, time to go set some world records for the discus.
I was pronouncing it The. Because thorn.
i'm having a lot of trouble imaging my family sobbing over my dick, i tell you what
Make a kendama out of it.
not me i ordered a bulk supply of distinctly shaped cowls from the internet specifically to prevent that from happening you should try being prepared next time
I also have a hell of a time referring to him as just Ye because there was always one of those subtle conversational nuances where using "Ye" over "Kanye" signaled some imperceptible alignment I didn't fit into.
That trailer rules!
I’ve seen 180 km/h in tests, but 100 MPH (aka, 160 km/h) is a more common figure I see.
That dude trying to hit the watermelon looked around 120-140 km/h based on my estimates comparing his slangin to the millions (and millions!) of Pitching Ninja gifs I viewed this MLB season
Yeah, also, fundamentally, if one could throw as fast as one could sling, people in history would… not have slinged.
People in history were smart people, after all!
Sling bullets are typically ~1oz compared to 5-5.5oz for a baseball
The dude trying to hit a watermelon died after his first miss or after a hit on an armored enemy- obviously the slangers of olden times were much better than him. I just kept watching going “just throw the fucking stone my dude.”
Then the opening of the history video said the average speed of a slung stone was 100km/h and I was like losing my mind about how completely worthless it seemed as a weapon
I’ve since learned more and speed and distance are in fact much greater with a sling as you’d expect
Fun fact: Pineapples are both a symbol of hospitality and swingers. A bunch of people at work wanted to get pineapple tattoos and I was like
"Yeeeeeeeeeah nah."
Apparently they were so deadly they didn't even need to penetrate through leather armor, the blunt force trauma was enough to break bones and rupture organs. I've seen some claims they hit almost as hard as a modern .44 magnum bullet but I feel like that may be a stretch. Still, not a thing you want to fuck around with.
Also, sling shot has a one up on bullets in that you can inscribe much more vulgarity onto it than you could on a whimmpy little cartridge.
Makes sense as swinging is the pinnacle of hospitality
not intentionally, i just didn’t know
Probably archery as well, at least casually
I'm gonna say "Yeh" with an emphasis on the soft h.
You may have an archery range by you.
If so, you may have an SCA group as well and they may have throwing weapon classes like javelins, axes and daggers.
Not seen slings before though (may be a self injury liability to teach?)
the big thing is that, much like with the bow and arrow or musket, you don't have to be accurate
you're generally not one guy trying to hit one other guy off in the distance, you're a hundred guys trying to hit hundred other guys - even if you miss one you're likely to hit the guy next to him, and if you don't then your buddy might
although that doesn't mean that you couldn't be terrifyingly accurate if you were trained, I guess:
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I do but like
That's an additional cost and probably an hour on the bus and all that
SCA folks are almost assuredly out in the suburbs and even more inaccessible as such
It's kinda weirdly comforting?
Like, in 5000 years when we have retreated beneath the crust of the earth to escape the ravaged surface, a precious young mole-dude hybrid will absolutely use his gamma drill to etch a big ole peener into some igneous strata. His ancestors stretching back through counltess eons will all look on proudly and be like "lol nice"
Ah yeah, it’s all luck of the draw. There happens to be a big SCA presence in the suburb I live in but, there are no garauntees.
personally I remember feeling this way when I read some of the graffiti from pompeii
shitposters have been shitposters for all of history also, well, this one feels extremely relatable
david (if he was real) would've killed goliath around 1020bc-ish
slings were around way longer than that!
The couple times I tried, an atlatl was shocking hard to use, definite learning curve to that thing.