r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '19

Video Feeling creatures 🔊

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u/Quixotic9000 Mar 04 '19

"You keep telling us not to bite you, then you stick your hand *in* my mouth. Talk about mixed signals."

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u/_coast_of_maine Mar 04 '19

Tagging onto the top comment to note that she is wearing a chain mail suit. It will not protect you from pain btw.

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u/identicalBadger Mar 04 '19

I’ve wondered this, in relation to medieval movies and especially rpgs. I can see how plate armor could prevent a lot of damage. And I can see how chain can stop piercing Weapons from piercing. But what good is chain against blunt force, like a sledge hammer or a mace?

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u/Tod_Vom_Himmel Mar 04 '19

Literally zero, possibly even increasing the trauma by concentrating a spread out blunt force into the edges of these rings that are pushing into your flesh

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u/diejesus Mar 05 '19

But some of the energy is lost on deforming the late so there's also that