Comment on All downhill from there

• Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And THEN add to that that once you got hit with the spear and are running slower, a wolf just appears and starts hunting you too.

  Imagine being hunted by 2 different apex predators working together

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  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then later in history…

    An hawk flies down and attacks you, joining the wolves and the humans. They’ve got the fucks birds in on it now! God is dead.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I went on a hike and a coyote started hunting me on the last mile back to the car. I carry at least a large stick when I hike now.

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Shit that’s scary. I’m glad to be living in Central Europe. Scariest thing here is the Rabbit of Caerbannog (a.k.a. the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh)

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      • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I live where we have plenty of wolves and black bears around. Even a cougar or two now. Ain’t a one of them that like being around a human. Much like crocodiles and hippos, the crocs understand that if you mess with a baby hippo, a much large hippo WILL turn you into a nice pair of shoes, a purse, and a brief case in a heartbeat.

        Though to be honest, there are a couple of places I’ve bumped a cougar and seen tracks that when I go there alone, I do carry a pistol for self defense. Cats ain’t smart and it’s always better to have a means to be safe than sorry.

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    • FuckFascism@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Coyotes don’t hunt humans, though it may have been receiving food from other hikers which could cause that behavior.

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      • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        'Yotes ain’t so proud as to not scavenge a human encampment when no one was looking…

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• ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Atlanta!!! Here’s a random video i haven’t watched about it. The Atlanta doubles your spear throwing range youtu.be/YT_s1CEAhkA

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do you mean atlatl or do people in American Georgia just throw real good?

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    • ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like your version better

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      • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah yes, there is a surprisingly common mutation in Georgia that causes humans to be born with an additional elbow and forearm on each arm. The Atlanta mutation it is commonly called. This is why, famously, people born in the state of Georgia are prohibited from participating in any Olympic event that involves throwing or hurling objects.

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not according to Atlanta’s 39-50 record this season. They ain’t even going to make the wildcard round. Even my pathetic Minnesota Twins are 10 games better than that. And they are still under .500.

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  • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Atlanta!!!

    Atlatl. Or simply spear-thrower.

    It’s a bit like a fing-longer, but for your whole arm, and therefore more useful.

    Same principle as the sling: they make your arm longer so the “hand” moves faster when you swing it, allowing you to throw stuff at higher and more lethal speeds, and farther.

    We’re still quite lethal even without these tools though, just look at baseball pitchers.

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    • ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Atlanta. Dyac 🤦‍♂️

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