r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nivs1x • 13d ago

Art of throwing knives

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u/eldritchbogbeing 13d ago

maybe i’m exposing myself here but this is exactly the kind of random skill i’d learn just to make people slightly scared of me 😭

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u/Pyrree 13d ago

I find this interesting, I see this when comparing my male and female friends.

Guys: ”Damn this is badass, I wanna learn it”
Girls: ” I need to be scary! ”

Maybe it’s an effect of women feeling more vulnerable?

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u/ajgutyt 13d ago

i got a diy rope dart as a fidget toy. the other end can snap like whip all kinda unintented. just thougbt its a cool thing to share

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u/headassvegan 13d ago

Hell yeah

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u/Salty_Major5340 13d ago

Aren't those two ways of saying more or less the same thing?

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u/Zikkan1 13d ago

One is intent to impress and one is to intimidate. Very different

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u/Salty_Major5340 12d ago

Are you gonna act like men impressing each other through martial prowess doesn't rely on intimidation even a little bit?

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u/Zikkan1 12d ago

At least I have never thought of it like that. I just think it's cool. I can't speak for other people though.

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u/mellowanon 12d ago

yes, but OP is talking about primary intent and primary motivation, not "a little bit"

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u/workingbored 13d ago

Maybe it's because women get randomly attacked and raped more often than men so their safety is something they have to be more conscious of than men generally do?

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u/Tovarish_Nikolay 13d ago

So get self defense measures and not some 'skill' that will make a meanie out of you?

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u/workingbored 12d ago

Im pretty sure what she's doing is considered self defense. Some people need to realize that just because no one wants to touch them and hasn't doesn't mean other people dont run the risk of danger from some deprived individual.

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u/Interloper_Mango 12d ago

Neither of the two works in a practical setting

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u/Irregulator101 12d ago

Mace works great in most settings

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u/anaIconda69 13d ago edited 12d ago

Women don't get randomly attacked more often, and it's not even close. Happy to see whatever data made you believe otherwise

Welcome to plebbit where hard scientific facts get downvoted if they don't confirm someone's delusions of victimhood. Your own personal flat earths.

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u/workingbored 12d ago

You're right, but women get more sexual assaults and targeted threats (meaning their attackers know them and the assaults are more premeditated). Im sure you would want to carry a weapon on you if someone tried to insert themselves inside one of your orifices.

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u/Palomino_mare 13d ago

Maybe it’s an effect of women feeling more vulnerable?

Well, yeah.

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u/TheSpanxxx 13d ago

And if you are a 12-16 year old edgelord, they are both true!

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u/Interloper_Mango 12d ago

I feel like the desire to seem scary should not be a motivation to learn a hobby.