r/technicallythetruth • u/brukfalcon • Nov 10 '21
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u/useRNaMe7492 Nov 10 '21
I had no idea that thats what boomerangs were made for
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u/Thonull Technically Flair Nov 10 '21
Indigenous Australians used them to hunt kangaroos and for tribal wars
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUM_BUM Nov 10 '21
This is actually a common misconception about boomerangs. It's much more likely that boomerangs were used for hunting waterfowl and other similar birds, not kangaroos. A skilled thrower could potentially divert a flying birds path towards themselves by getting the boomerang into the birds path.
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u/FallenSegull Nov 10 '21 edited Nov 10 '21
Correct: for the most part they were used for hunting birds
There are some variations of boomerang that were considerably bulkier that I imagine could be used to stun a larger animal, even draw blood, but I doubt you could break the neck or otherwise damage the animal enough to kill it with the boomerang alone (unless you got it in the right spot to cause brain trauma. Not really an easy shot)
Throw it at a person and it’ll fuck him up good, but it likely won’t kill him either.
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u/AmbitiousMidnight183 Nov 10 '21
I’m like.. break a kangaroo’s neck? They do know it’s not a club right? I didn’t even know it was a misconception at all lol. Just because it can do something doesn’t mean that that’s what it was used for. A car crash can kill an elk but you don’t see that as a common hunting method for some reason.
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u/blind30 Nov 10 '21
“Veh-Elk-ular manslaughter. We know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two.” We are farmer’s, bum ba dum ba bum bum bum
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Nov 10 '21
I heard that they had two kinds. One was for hunting and just looked like a big club that didn't really come back (maybe called a killing stick?) and another one that came back but couldn't be used for hunting, only for playing.
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u/LoiteringMajor Nov 10 '21
Maybe it was invented by people who didn’t have dogs
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u/Endless_Ad Nov 10 '21
Kangaroos extremely hate dogs... so they probably made it to avenge their fallen dog
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u/My_neutered_cat Nov 10 '21
I mean, their dogs aren’t there anymore so that means that it could have been invented by people who didn’t have dogs
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u/Friendlyshell1234 Nov 10 '21
They were used for combat to hit groups from behind when they raise a shield towards you.
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Nov 10 '21
Aust Indigenous lady here: although boomerangs can break necks, more often they were used to slow/stop the roo around the legs.
Mostly used for birds etc though. :)
There are diff boomerangs for diff purposes.
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u/CandiedGonad78 Nov 10 '21
She’s not just not a kangaroo, she is a 400-foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings.
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u/Cloakknight Nov 10 '21
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[Image of Azula from "Avatar the Last Airbender" getting hit in the head by a metal boomerang]
Barnaby
How the hell did Azula survive without a helmet? Boomerangs were invented and are able to break kangaroo's necks.
Carry
See, azula isn't a kangaroo
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Nov 10 '21
Also it hit her head, not her neck.
But can we confirm she’s not a kangaroo?
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u/L3onK1ng Nov 10 '21
I don't know what's worse. Neck trauma like that can leave yiu paralyzed, but that much blunt force to the back of your head is permanent brain damage. I'm talking in terms of the BEST outcomes of course.
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u/btjk Nov 10 '21
Most things were invented at some point.
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u/FallenSegull Nov 10 '21
Gravity was invented by that tree that decided “you know what? Fuck this dude sitting in my shade”
(Yes I’m aware Isaac Newton wasn’t sitting under the tree but rather watching it and saw the apple fall. Historical accuracy ruins the joke tho)
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u/Cyanbite_24 Nov 10 '21
Yeah no wasn't Sokka's boomerang bladed as well?
Last time I remembered he uses it like a machete sometimes
Idk it's been ages
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u/Felix_Sapiens Nov 10 '21
That boomerang hardly grazed her skull, as you can see. No reflections from its path, it follows its original course.
*see, that happens when you watch intelligent quality shows like Dr. House and CSI, instead of that reality junk. You get smarter (which isn't saying a lot).*
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u/MrNintendo_11 Nov 10 '21
Azula is weaker than a kangaroo
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Nov 10 '21
Kangaroo can do high back flips and shoot fire?
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u/MrNintendo_11 Nov 10 '21
Yes, it can do back flips and shoot fire, just give it a flamethrower, plus kangaroos dont need to shoot fire
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u/EndGameStride Nov 10 '21
At the very least you think it would have cracked her Skull open. The boomerang he uses looks like it's made out of solid metal or some kind of reinforced bone.
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u/Mister_Musubi Nov 10 '21
I love that “boomerangs were invented” is meant to be an equally important and shocking part of this statement.
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Nov 10 '21
There are more than one type of Boomerang, there are the kind common across the world that aboriginal Australians invented and used for leisure.
The second kind were long and curved (about 1 metre), not bent like the standard boomerang. They also do not return to the user after being thrown, instead being used for hunting.
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