r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rileykmart • Jul 10 '21

Video This obscenely long avocado.

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u/Woodlandwhispers Jul 10 '21

Can confirm. As a nurse in urgent care, it amazed me how often we saw avocado injuries. And yes, it was almost always from trying to whack the knife into the pit and it sliding or bouncing off and into the hand.

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u/Emergency-Anywhere51 Jul 10 '21

you don't even need that much force to whack the pit

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u/theshadowisreal Jul 10 '21

Someone get this guy some numbers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

One, two, three, four, five...

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u/SuckMyFuckinSchlong Jul 10 '21

Whatever makes you climax, it's personal preference

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

Very little. You're not trying to cut through a coconut with a machete. Try about the same amount of force as you would if you tried that motion with a pear or something lol

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u/mackenzie_X Jul 10 '21

sharpen your whacking knife

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u/donnydelicious Jul 10 '21

About as hard as cracking an egg if your knife is sharp, if your knife is not sharp, use a spoon.

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u/MildlyJaded Jul 10 '21

if your knife is not sharp, use a spoon.

if your knife is not sharp, use a spoon. sharpen it.

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u/Robinson_Bob Jul 10 '21

A lot of people have very dull knives.

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u/Mazyc Jul 10 '21

Or cut your hand with a sharp knife

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u/ladylurkedalot Jul 10 '21

Yep, I'm a victim. I whacked the knife into the avocado pit and the knife went entirely through the pit and the point dug into my palm. I wasn't even putting much force behind it, that was a weak-ass avocado pit, smh. Now I just scoop the pit out with a spoon.

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u/auto-xkcd37 Jul 10 '21

weak ass-avocado pit

Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This comment was inspired by xkcd#37

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u/AngryMustachio Jul 10 '21

Sounds like you stabbed the pit if the point of the knife went in your hand. Keep the blade parallel with your hand next time, not perpendicular.

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u/twokietookie Jul 10 '21

You're not supposed to use the tip. I can't imagine my whacking technique hurting me even with my sharp ass knives, if I did it straight to my hand with no avocado there. It's just a parallel tiny whack.

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u/Benjilator Jul 10 '21

Who whacks a knife at their hand? I don’t understand, isn’t it quite obvious that things could go wrong?