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Sadbutdru sopuli.xyz Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz
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Why is it always pointy sticks?

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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Why is it always pointy sticks?

Cause the armies fielding limp pool noodles usually lose.

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JoShmoe ani.social JoShmoe@ani.social
Joined: 2023-09-12
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Cause the armies fielding limp pool noodles usually lose.

“Usually” taps nose

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oyfrog lemmy.world oyfrog@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-09
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Every stick is pointy when it's travelling fast enough

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

If you think about it, bullets are just very small pointy sticks. Fired from a stick you point.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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If you think about it, bullets are just very small pointy sticks. Fired from a stick you point.

No, Patrick. A bullet is not a stick.
But Drones > Bullets
And Sticks > Drones
Therefore sticks are superior.

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ShadowRam fedia.io ShadowRam@fedia.io
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Pointy Sticks?

All high and mighty eh?

https://youtu.be/piWCBOsJr-w?t=38

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GodEmperorOfDuneUrMom lemmy.world matrixrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Do sharp sticks make one the ultimate badass?

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5715 feddit.org 5715@feddit.org
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Can pointy sticks heat water?

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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Can pointy sticks heat water?

Yes, of course. I'm glad you asked.

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5715 feddit.org 5715@feddit.org
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#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

Yes, of course. I'm glad you asked.

There should be an empire of crabs using pointy sticks to protect heating water.

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InvalidName2 lemmy.zip InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-10
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Stick? Figures.

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Ioughttamow fedia.io Ioughttamow@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-14
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All the way to rods from god

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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All the way to rods from god

Fuck, I forgot about those!

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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All the way to rods from god

are those pointy tho? or are they just sticks

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P1k1e lemmy.world P1k1e@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-29
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are those pointy tho? or are they just sticks

At that speed and distance, everything is pointy

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P1k1e lemmy.world P1k1e@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-29
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No, Patrick. A bullet is not a stick. But Drones > Bullets And Sticks > Drones Therefore sticks are superior.

Oh.....oh my God....

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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At that speed and distance, everything is pointy

my physics teacher told me at that speed and distance everything is a spherical cow. i know my physics teacher and you are the internet. i just don't know who to believe

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CanadaPlus futurology.today CanadaPlus@futurology.today
Joined: 2023-11-19
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

my physics teacher told me at that speed and distance everything is a spherical cow. i know my physics teacher and you are the internet. i just don't know who to believe

Spherical cows are pointy.

Maybe that seems contradictory, but I will now smugly refuse to elaborate.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Spherical cows are pointy. Maybe that seems contradictory, but I will now smugly refuse to elaborate.


no no i get it. cows are both daves and farticles

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CanadaPlus futurology.today CanadaPlus@futurology.today
Joined: 2023-11-19
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All the way to rods from god

Blunt plates just don't have as much penetrating power, I guess, and that's the other aspect ratio available.

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mortemtyrannis lemmy.ml mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-10-21
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If it ain’t pointy don’t stick it.

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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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RamenJunkie midwest.social RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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I mean, most guns and bows are just a way apply a pointy stick at a distance.

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Pman lemmy.org Pman@lemmy.org
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Do sharp sticks make one the ultimate badass?

The Dinkster seems to think so.

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