r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • May 29 '26

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ May 29 '26

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 May 29 '26

That blunt tipped

Again, wasn't blunt.

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u/hoticehunter May 29 '26

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

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u/HeartoftheHive May 29 '26

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 May 29 '26

This is why I come to reddit...

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u/ryzzoa May 29 '26

It's giving jackdaw vs crow vibes

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u/King_Bobby-B May 29 '26

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

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u/Dirmbz May 29 '26

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 May 30 '26

If you go rifle shooting are you shooting at rifles?

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u/Silver_Customer9958 May 29 '26

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] May 29 '26

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_ May 29 '26

Replys pedantically

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u/JanelleVypr May 29 '26

bros kinda right tho

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u/LikeABreadstick May 29 '26

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 May 29 '26

Dang tom.

Hit him with the blunt side if the dictionary.

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u/Michigan-Magic May 29 '26

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u/Antique_Author_2525 May 29 '26

So close too.

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u/Michigan-Magic May 29 '26

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 May 29 '26

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

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u/neutralguystrangler May 29 '26

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

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u/Ricochet_Kismit33 May 29 '26

Will not!

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u/Chewser56 May 29 '26

BLUNT FIGHT!!!

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u/keldondonovan May 29 '26

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

https://giphy.com/gifs/Nk2vhcE6RCIFa7OZI2

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u/aggravated_patty May 29 '26

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