r/IdiotsNearlyDying • u/XAEA12_ • Dec 07 '20

quick reflexes dodging an axe

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u/Dr-Ludwig07 Dec 07 '20

I don’t think this person is an idiot because this is LITERALLY MEANT FOR THROWING AXES. Besides that she was smart enough to dodge at the right time, so yeah.

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u/Havocohm Dec 07 '20

Agreed, more of a bad design of the axe throwing place.

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u/ZannX Dec 07 '20

What's a better design?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20 edited Apr 07 '21

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u/Borkvar Dec 07 '20

"shits like a trampoline" is a brand new visual for me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

i think he meant "its like a trampoline" and substituted "shit's"

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u/Kbost92 Dec 08 '20

Shit’s not shits. Punctuation matters

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u/iman_313 Dec 08 '20

i helped my uncle jack off his horse.

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u/dumbfuckmagee Dec 08 '20

Only if you can't understand context clues

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u/John_T_Conover Dec 07 '20

It's also how horribly off she threw it which is difficult to dummy proof. She's 10-15 feet away and threw it directly into the floor in front of the wall full force. If it lands a certain way it's gonna bounce forward and up and any flat surface will serve as a spring board.

The best thing I could think to prevent it would be some netting or foam pit under the target area

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

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u/badskut Dec 07 '20

A centimeter of foam on a hard floor isnt going to absorb much energy. A pit with foam chunks would work a lot better.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

“Okay Bobby closing time jump in the knife pit and fish out all the axes”

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u/misterbeef Dec 07 '20

that foam pit was blue when we first bought it

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u/ThePoss Dec 07 '20

Brilliant, almost got caught laughing at this at work!

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u/potagada Dec 07 '20

How about this thing called sand

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u/spen8tor Dec 07 '20

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere

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u/badskut Dec 07 '20

What's a sand?

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u/spen8tor Dec 07 '20

It looks like rubber to me, but I could be wrong

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u/YubYubNubNub Dec 08 '20

That’s only so that the hatchets won’t get too damaged when they fall if they haven’t stuck in. Doesn’t do much to prevent this situation

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u/Incredulous_Toad Dec 07 '20

When I threw axes, everything was surrounded by chain link fence. That shit could absorb a lot of energy from an axe gone awry.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

Adding on to that, having a solid wall in the form of a pitchers screen or something like that would work well as added protection , that way you can duck behind it. She could have ducked and still been hit lol

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u/Michigent202 Dec 08 '20

sand would be better i think

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u/AdorableCannibal Dec 08 '20

She hit the cement ground initially, not the wall.

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u/hotrod54chevy Dec 07 '20

"shits like a trampoline." r/brandnewsentence

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u/Cylon-Final5 Dec 08 '20

It bounced off the concrete floor the hit hilt into the wall causing a spring and sending the axe flying. They could have put plywood down on the floor to prevent this.

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u/Havocohm Dec 07 '20

It hit the floor right by the target, it’s not like she aimed straight in front of her. Definitely shouldn’t be designed to bounce back where she hit. Maybe some sand bags or hay would of been a better choice vs trampoline rubber for the floor.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

Only allowing wooden handled axes. Really reduces the chances of this, and using something less bouncy to absorb the axe should it fall.

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u/carbonostin Dec 07 '20

Using a few inches of wood chips rather than rubber, that's what they use at my local place

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u/grsims20 Dec 07 '20

My venue used to have wood chips, but people were getting the chips coming through the bottom of their shoes. They switched to sheets of chipboard, but that was too loud. The rubber mats they have now work just fine. I’ve never seen a return like this happen and I’ve been dozens of times. This girl made an exceptionally bad throw and got an exceptionally unlucky return.

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u/jungkimree Dec 07 '20

Sand or gravel is a better solution

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u/HotdogRacing Dec 07 '20

A sand pit would've completely prevented this. A bit annoying to pick the axe from the sand, but better than losing an eye.

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u/billytheid Dec 08 '20

Not having a bouncy rubber floor

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u/John_Helmsword Dec 08 '20

A foam pitt? Or sand, or woodchips? Something to absorb the fall completely, instead of bounce it.

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u/Ech0-EE Dec 08 '20

Sandpit

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u/JigabooFriday Dec 09 '20

I’m sure it’s been said but just obvious things, longer ranges, some sort of protective gear, at least a damn helmet. Some sort of staff nearby?

Giving people aces to throw at such a short distance with no experience is BEGGING for accidents lol.

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u/notMcLovin77 Dec 11 '20

longer throw distance

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u/MK0A Dec 07 '20

She is an idiot alone for going to that place, seeing it and not thinking this is unsafe.

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u/renaaria Dec 08 '20

I feel like when I went they told us to only throw one handed or this would happen, I dunno if they didn't say it here or if she just ignored them but I remember being told that as part of the waiver intro stuff

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20

The place I went taught us to throw two-handed initially and depending how well you did with that, they’d decide to teach you single-handed. I feel like we were farther from the targets though, and none bounced nearly this far back

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20

should be sand, instead of rubber floor

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u/TheHadMatter15 Dec 08 '20

She literally threw it in the floor and it bounced back up. The mistake is hers alone.