- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1361966
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*crashes, car bursts into flames, driver climbs out of wreck and walks through fireball, is fine except that the waistband on his underwear melted to his skin, thereby prompting F1 to require special fireproof underwear for their drivers.
‘Tis only a flesh wound
“Ack! You spilled my macchiatto!”
The soccer player doesnt even need to be touched. Just sorta get near him
It’s so much theater, might as well be professional wrestling
On topic of getting hurt in sports, there is this one called “jereed” where people on horseback throw javelins at each other.
It sounds fun except average game is 45 minutes of people missing each other in turns until one guy does some insane trick like catch the other guy’s javelin mid-air.
Then the announcer says in a monotone voice “2 points”, and game continues as-is with everyone missing each other in turns until the end.
Sometimes players fall off the horse and get injured for life tho.
Do the horses get impaled? I’d be so worried for the horses
In modern games they use bouncy-rubber tips to ensure safety. Old games were definetely cruel sadly.
Also the mentioned “insane tricks” includes hitting the other guys javelin by swinging yours in hand like baseball because horses can’t dodge. I seen it happen twice.
I feel like if I were a horse, I’d still go ouch if a big rubber-tipped javelin were thrown at me.
I’m not much into boxing, but I’m pretty sure the aim is more to punch than to be punched.
Sure, but if you participate in combat sports you’ve got to make your peace with the fact that you are absolutely, positively going to get your bell rung at some point.
get your bell rung
A.k.a. traumatic brain injury.
Indeed. Combat sports are fucking dangerous.
Not only that but even if you’re the one ringing the bell there’s a lot of impact force transferred on both sides. I delivered more hits than I received as a linebacker but still racked up several concussions along the way.
Not for Homer Simpson
No football (gridiron)?
Also the top one in the hopes of drawing a flag if possible.
What quote would you use for gridiron football?
Pretty much the same as hockey, first hit of the game sets the tone and starts the party
