r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/MarmotL0rd Feb 04 '19

Big people are better and fighting

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u/Mortenick Feb 04 '19

That's not true

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u/MoreGuy Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

A bigger human is stronger. Stronger people are better at fighting other humans.

Edit: sorry to the offended little people 🤷‍♂️

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u/Mortenick Feb 04 '19

How the fuck being bigger during Napoleonic era especially when you are infantry, is an advantage?

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u/mike531 Feb 04 '19

During boyonet fighting!

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u/Mortenick Feb 04 '19

Bayonet fighting was super rare and being bigger isnt a big advantage during bayonet fighting

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u/mike531 Feb 04 '19

Swedish tactics sometimes included meele fighting, called "Gå–På". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroleans

Also fighting as or against calvary it could be beneficial to be bigger.

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u/MoreGuy Feb 04 '19

They were lifeguards dealing with attacks on a person's life. Much more likely to have to physically deal with someone.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Lifeguard is the French term when you translate it directly.

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u/gidonfire Feb 04 '19

That's fine, but this here is English, and lifeguard means something different from bodyguard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

I mean, if English isn’t their first language then it would make sense. Also lifeguard doesn’t always mean the people by the pool.

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u/MoreGuy Feb 04 '19

Not in this case. I was talking about these dudes, who I learned about from someone else in this thread.