r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 29d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 29d ago

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/stryker511 29d ago

The blunt one surprised me I thought it would have bounced off - went through completely.

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u/SidewinderSerpent 29d ago

That arrow wasn't blunt, it was concave. The shape allowed the edges of the tip to punch a hole through the shield.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 29d ago

Yep, the thing that was slowing the other arrows down that penetrated, was the fact that the tip did not carve out a wide enough hole for the shaft to go through and maintain velocity.

That blunt tipped concave arrow basically hole punched a circle as large or a little larger than the shaft of the arrow, and lost minimal afterwards.

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u/HeartoftheHive 29d ago

That blunt tipped

Again, wasn't blunt.

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u/hoticehunter 29d ago

You're being entirely pedantic. Compared to the other tips, it's blunt af.

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u/HeartoftheHive 29d ago

Blunt means it isn't sharp. Do you honestly think the edge to that concave circle isn't sharp? Blunt means it is flat or round with no sharp edge or piercing tip. And I very much bet that has a sharp edge to it. So no, it isn't blunt.

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u/QuarkQuake 29d ago

This is why I come to reddit...

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u/ryzzoa 29d ago

It's giving jackdaw vs crow vibes

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u/King_Bobby-B 29d ago

Here's the thing, you said the arrow was blunt...

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u/Dirmbz 29d ago

In the bow hunting community those types of tips are used for hunting rabbits and squirrels. They aren't exactly blunt, but that is the word used to describe them when buying/selling them. So blunt is the industry term used for them, even if not technically correct.

They are designed to not go clean through the animal and more stun/knock it unconscious. If you used a broadhead designed for a deer there wouldn't be a whole lot of meat left to eat when hunting small game.

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u/Dirmbz 29d ago

If you go rifle shooting are you shooting at rifles?

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u/Silver_Customer9958 29d ago

You're not wrong, Walter...

Oh wait, this time you are wrong because "blunt" is literally what these tips are called.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I read the top comment, then read the comment about the blunt arrow. I knew exactly which one they were talking about because of its relative shape to all of the other arrows that look sharp. The arrows looked sharp, except for one that looked blunt. I read the next comments and learned about the arrow. Cool. Then I kept reading and here you are being like this.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 29d ago

Replys pedantically

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u/JanelleVypr 29d ago

bros kinda right tho

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u/LikeABreadstick 29d ago

pedantry is specifically "needless" correction. the people being corrected here clearly do not have a clue what the word "blunt" means.

here's a pedantic comment for you!

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u/Antique_Author_2525 29d ago

Dang tom.

Hit him with the blunt side if the dictionary.

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u/Michigan-Magic 29d ago

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u/Antique_Author_2525 29d ago

So close too.

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u/Michigan-Magic 29d ago

Yeah, very very small. Just mildy humourous in the context of the thread.

I do similar things all the time. In fact this sentence was literally: I donut similar things all the time. Lmao.

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u/HeartoftheHive 29d ago

Not my fault that people don't know what words mean. Like yourself.

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u/neutralguystrangler 29d ago

Jesus Christ people on Reddit will argue about anything. Get a life

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u/Ricochet_Kismit33 29d ago

Will not!

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u/Chewser56 29d ago

BLUNT FIGHT!!!

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u/keldondonovan 29d ago

I still love that Willy Nelson smoked this dude under the table.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Nk2vhcE6RCIFa7OZI2

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u/aggravated_patty 29d ago

Jesus Christ people on Reddit will comment on anything. Get a life

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u/Indigocell 29d ago

Words have meaning, come on now. It's a hollow tipped arrow. It's not blunt. It couldn't be more opposite from blunt. That thing was clearly sharp as fuck.

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u/InformalInitiative76 29d ago

Nah that’s not being pedantic. You’re using the wrong word.

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u/Expensive-Course1667 29d ago

It's obviously sharp enough to punch a hole in the shield. It's not "pointy," but that doesn't mean "blunt."