100% somewhere in the arm (like assuming this isn’t in some test lab where “the ear” can be consistently guaranteed).
Foot could be serious, lifelong pain when walking.
Leg is extremely dangerous. Like maybe if I could get immediate medical attention it wouldn’t be terrible, but there are still better options.
Abdomen is obviously not a first choice.
Head and neck are obviously going to be the worst, and I even mean that in the sense that a shot to the head isn’t inherently some insta-kill. Lots of ways to hit the brain that completely debilitate you for life.
Hands seem like a great way to fuck up the nerves and have dexterity trouble for the rest of your life.
So arm it is, preferably right because it’s further from the heart.
Fair point. I’d still prefer the right arm*, but I think you could reasonably debate distal or proximal. Proximal has less chance of hitting the brachial artery and surrounding major nerves, but if you do hit them, you’re in bigger trouble than in the distal – where the median nerve and the brachial artery have split, making it easier to hit something but for that individual hit to be less severe.
* Another comment mentioned your glutes, which, yeah, fair if you could hit it from the side-on (and be fairly accurate, otherwise ouch, that tailbone).
I’ve seen somewhere that a morbidly obese person could stop a small caliber with just their belly fat before the round gets to anything marginally important.
Americans evolving bullet proof vests in real time
i think i would choose the calf. its similar to the arm in terms of potential bleeding out, but it doesnt effect your ability to work lots of jobs or use your hands. the really big arteries in your legs that risk bleeding out are for supplying your thigh muscles so they dont go all the way down to your calves. best case its a flesh wound and you recover fully. worst case you lose your foot and lower leg. theres always the risk of losing anything that gets shot, whether from damage or infection, and id rather lose part of a leg than anything else.
Honestly super fair re: bleeding out. I was considering the thigh there and forgot to mention my problem specifically with the calf, which would be chronic pain. I know that comes with getting shot anywhere and especially in the limbs (sort of Sophie’s choice if you want to gamble on the distal or proximal for the arms), but I figure the problem for me wouldn’t be potentially losing the leg as much as it would be feeling pain every time I walk due to the pressure. If anything, the shin protecting the tibial nerve seems like you wouldn’t be all that likely to lose sensation.
I feel like It would be easier to exercise with both feet intact and with a prosthetic arm. I do don’t want to loose (or hinder) my ability to walk, to go
The gut is notoriously one of the most painful places you can get shot. It’s fairly “safe” overall with antibiotics and medical intervention, although it would carry a higher risk of infection. Plus hitting a kidney seems like a pretty severe complication. So I think I’d rather take the arm.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
100% somewhere in the arm (like assuming this isn’t in some test lab where “the ear” can be consistently guaranteed).
So arm it is, preferably right because it’s further from the heart.
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
If it hits the brachial artery in your arm, you’re not going to have a good time either.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fair point. I’d still prefer the right arm*, but I think you could reasonably debate distal or proximal. Proximal has less chance of hitting the brachial artery and surrounding major nerves, but if you do hit them, you’re in bigger trouble than in the distal – where the median nerve and the brachial artery have split, making it easier to hit something but for that individual hit to be less severe.
* Another comment mentioned your glutes, which, yeah, fair if you could hit it from the side-on (and be fairly accurate, otherwise ouch, that tailbone).
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen somewhere that a morbidly obese person could stop a small caliber with just their belly fat before the round gets to anything marginally important.
Americans evolving bullet proof vests in real time
sundray@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
I’m not seeing the butt cheek on here :(
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The head
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
i think i would choose the calf. its similar to the arm in terms of potential bleeding out, but it doesnt effect your ability to work lots of jobs or use your hands. the really big arteries in your legs that risk bleeding out are for supplying your thigh muscles so they dont go all the way down to your calves. best case its a flesh wound and you recover fully. worst case you lose your foot and lower leg. theres always the risk of losing anything that gets shot, whether from damage or infection, and id rather lose part of a leg than anything else.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Honestly super fair re: bleeding out. I was considering the thigh there and forgot to mention my problem specifically with the calf, which would be chronic pain. I know that comes with getting shot anywhere and especially in the limbs (sort of Sophie’s choice if you want to gamble on the distal or proximal for the arms), but I figure the problem for me wouldn’t be potentially losing the leg as much as it would be feeling pain every time I walk due to the pressure. If anything, the shin protecting the tibial nerve seems like you wouldn’t be all that likely to lose sensation.
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I feel like It would be easier to exercise with both feet intact and with a prosthetic arm. I do don’t want to loose (or hinder) my ability to walk, to go
CyberTheProtogen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Wait but isn’t the gut a pretty okay place?
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The gut is notoriously one of the most painful places you can get shot. It’s fairly “safe” overall with antibiotics and medical intervention, although it would carry a higher risk of infection. Plus hitting a kidney seems like a pretty severe complication. So I think I’d rather take the arm.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Lol no. Very no. Getting gut shot is a wonderful way to die slowly and in agony.
CyberTheProtogen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Huh. I’ve heard you can lose a lot of blood in a… oh wait he meant that as a bad thing. Oops.