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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoEveryone wants to be tall, but they forget that Goliath went down after being hit with a pebble.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoWith apologies for the pedantry, the sling stone was more likely "from the size of a billiard ball to a tennis ball.” and capable of “slightly less stopping power than a .44 magnum cartridge.” So yeah, being tall doesn’t stop you from going down from the equivalent of being shot in the head…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoTo a giant, that’s a pebble. 😌
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 months agomost pistol bullets are pebble sized for humans
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMost pistol bullets are shot from pistols, not slings.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoSo you’re telling me that dwarfs are immune to a thrown brick?
minus-squareteegus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agolower centre of gravity, less chance of toppling over
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYou want to fall over. The more energy goes into moving you, the less energy goes into destroying you.
minus-squareScott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIf you try to throw a brick at Bridget Powers, she’ll fucking stab you!
Everyone wants to be tall, but they forget that Goliath went down after being hit with a pebble.
With apologies for the pedantry, the sling stone was more likely "from the size of a billiard ball to a tennis ball.” and capable of “slightly less stopping power than a .44 magnum cartridge.”
So yeah, being tall doesn’t stop you from going down from the equivalent of being shot in the head…
Exactly. Sling yes, pebble no
To a giant, that’s a pebble. 😌
most pistol bullets are pebble sized for humans
Most pistol bullets are shot from pistols, not slings.
So you’re telling me that dwarfs are immune to a thrown brick?
lower centre of gravity, less chance of toppling over
You want to fall over. The more energy goes into moving you, the less energy goes into destroying you.
I mean… more than Goliath.
If you try to throw a brick at Bridget Powers, she’ll fucking stab you!
I like that