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Is it more or less humane? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 114 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As a child I loaded an air rifle with pixie stix and shot my shirtless friend in the chest with it.

In my mind, it was going to be like some three stooges cloud of flour that would turn his face pink kind of like this. (Best I could find)

What happened instead was his entire chest was pouring blood and filled with burning pixie stix powder. I’m so glad I didn’t shoot him in the face. See, I was aiming for my brother who was the same height as me at the time and my buddy happened to be the one who came through the door.

He was a damn good friend too. The adults weren’t brought in on the matter. We cleaned the wounds with peroxide and waited years to tell anyone haha.

God I miss being a kid. I miss my old friends.

[–] ksigley@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Learning is fun.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spoken like a true Dwarf Fortress veteran

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Strike the earth!

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We would've gotten along famously lol. We used to treat cartoons like instruction manuals for fun and cool shit, none of it worked like on TV of course, but still lots of (often painful) fun to be had.

Bedsheets do not in fact make an adequate parachute for a second story jump, btw.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Bedsheets do not in fact make an adequate parachute for a second story jump, btw.

Learned second hand that umbrellas also don't work well as parachutes. My cousin was the first hand ~~victim~~ experimenter

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Die, Mary Poppins, die! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Were the stix still wrapped or did you dump the powder, and where did the burning come from in an air rifle?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Burning because sugar doesn't feel good in blood, not because it was on fire.

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The powder was dumped into the air rifle and shot at my friend.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And someone else clarified "burning" as in sensation, not fire, that makes more sense! Still wondering how that managed to break skin but the burning I understand now lol.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is the answer. He said over and over again, “it buuuurns, oh god it buuuuurns!” Haha

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We just used pellets or bbs and wore Canadian tuxedos. No head shots allowed. Airsoft and paintball didn't exist. But air rifles did.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Bb gun fights were the best. Topped only by Roman candle fights, and we had some epic, like 10v10 ones spanning entire parks.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What am I looking at?

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 98 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A shotgun shell loaded with Benadryl instead of buck shot (or rock salt)

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, I thought that object was some kind of lipstick. :D

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My stupid ass thought it was a different kind of shot. Was like "wow, they over-salted that rim!"

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Same, dont feel stupid though. Not everyone lives somewhere that home defense is a concern.

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm really dumb when it comes to guns. Would this actually work??

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes sort of. Anything loaded in a shell like this will come out of the barrel at high velocity and could definitely penetrate skin at close range. The pills will probably turn into fine powder, so the effective range is probably like 1m?

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Based on some quick research, the difference is more than 5x.

Bio-availability via oral dosage is 40-60% whereas as topical is less than 10%.

Intravenous is 100% bio-availability so open wounds should help so coating buck shot with it as others have suggested should be affective. It's also immediate, oral is 1 to 4 hours.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So you're saying to load this shell second.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

… yea, in case the buckshot to the face doesn’t put them to sleep first

[–] Mini@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s why you use rat or snake shot

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Depends, if the pills stay whole (or in large enough chunks) they don't need shot to help them penetrate.

You just gotta be extra close if you want them to go see ~~Mr Toppum Hat~~ an old friend.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or mix in some bird shot perhaps?

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

If they mixed ground benadryl with oil and coated birdshot inside the cartridge with the mixture it might work. Not sure if the drug would enter the bloodstream of the home intruder in a large enough quantity to cause hallucinations though

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Overdosing on benydryll will make you halucinate. And not the fun kind

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

DELIRIUM !!! WOOO

I do not recommend experiencing it.

I do recommend reading on it, so people who are curious can change that opinion themselves.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Benny overydose will have you seeing the shadowman

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

High doses of Benadryl can give you a REALLY dissociative high.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bang filled with boom, or a cartridge filled with ~~benzos~~ benadryl

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Why the fuck are you people using sleeping pills as antihistamines?

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Diphenhydramine is a better antihistamine than it is a sleeping pill

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not if you want to walk the nightmare astral plane

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Much easier to buy them at Costco h they come in a bottle, so no blister packs.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even better, get capsules and compress the powder in a shell like a breeching round.

Effective range goes way down, though

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But have you met the hat man yet?

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure OP is the hat man after seeing this

[–] ivanovsky@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Shoot them all. Let the Hat Man sort them out.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Introduce intruders to the Hat Man

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I abused diphenhydramine on purpose several times during my younger years, and I had a pretty uncomfortable time every time.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't find a clip but this reminds me of the Pirate from Venture bros that was hooked on tranq darts.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, I know why they're breaking in now.

You're hoarding ingredients to make drugs.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it's humane. More or less.

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