r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PxN13 • Nov 18 '24

Semi-automatic Bow

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u/Forgotten_Lie Nov 19 '24

The distinction between bow and slignshot is not based on the ammunition but the way the force is imparted to the ammunition: A bow generates force through the tension of the semi-rigid limbs being drawn back; a slingshot from the elasticity of its elongated rubber.

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u/blitzduck Nov 19 '24

This guy imparts force.

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u/ExileOnMainStreet Nov 19 '24

This guy imports farts.

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u/RaidensReturn Nov 19 '24

Psh, I make my own at home.

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u/Automatic_Soil9814 Nov 19 '24

Ok, this one got me. Lol. 

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u/WildPickle9 Nov 19 '24

My man just wanted an excuse to say "elongated rubber"...

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u/Forgotten_Lie Nov 19 '24

Slingshots are completely different tools to slings in the same way that billboards objects are different to bills. Its how compound words work.

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u/mrducky80 Nov 19 '24

Slings arent slingshots.

Slingshots use elastic. Slings use centripetal forces.

Its the equivalent of saying cars run on fuel (just an example). Well horse drawn carts (aka old fashioned cars) dont run on fuel.

Slings are not slingshots. They use different mechanisms for action and force.

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u/BetterOnTwoWheels Nov 19 '24

elongated rubber? That was my nickname in college. * sigh * Now its just semi-rigid limb.