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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 hours agoEveryone wants to be tall, but they forget that Goliath went down after being hit with a pebble.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoWith apologies for the pedantry, the sling stone was more likely "from the size of a billiard ball to a tennis ball.” and capable of “slightly less stopping power than a .44 magnum cartridge.” So yeah, being tall doesn’t stop you from going down from the equivalent of being shot in the head…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoTo a giant, that’s a pebble. 😌
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 hours agomost pistol bullets are pebble sized for humans
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoSo you’re telling me that dwarfs are immune to a thrown brick?
minus-squareteegus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agolower centre of gravity, less chance of toppling over
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoYou want to fall over. The more energy goes into moving you, the less energy goes into destroying you.
Everyone wants to be tall, but they forget that Goliath went down after being hit with a pebble.
With apologies for the pedantry, the sling stone was more likely "from the size of a billiard ball to a tennis ball.” and capable of “slightly less stopping power than a .44 magnum cartridge.”
So yeah, being tall doesn’t stop you from going down from the equivalent of being shot in the head…
Exactly. Sling yes, pebble no
To a giant, that’s a pebble. 😌
most pistol bullets are pebble sized for humans
So you’re telling me that dwarfs are immune to a thrown brick?
lower centre of gravity, less chance of toppling over
You want to fall over. The more energy goes into moving you, the less energy goes into destroying you.
I mean… more than Goliath.
I like that