Atlanta!!! Here’s a random video i haven’t watched about it. The Atlanta doubles your spear throwing range youtu.be/YT_s1CEAhkA
Comment on All downhill from there
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 14 hours agoAlso our accuracy and reach when throwing stuff.
Especially when combined with our ability to make stuff sharp by banging it against other stuff and breaking it just the right way.
ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Do you mean atlatl or do people in American Georgia just throw real good?
ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
I like your version better
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 hours 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.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 8 hours 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.
ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Atlanta. Dyac 🤦♂️
Nikls94@lemmy.world 7 hours 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
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 hours 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 hours 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.
FuckFascism@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Coyotes don’t hunt humans, though it may have been receiving food from other hikers which could cause that behavior.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 6 hours 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)