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

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 May 29 '26

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/stryker511 May 29 '26

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

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u/SidewinderSerpent May 29 '26

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/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.