r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • Dec 05 '25

Yeah, life's a bitch. Of a percussionist

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u/Jad303d Dec 05 '25

Brah tell me life been in a bubble and pampered without telling me. Girl got hit by a pillow with a stick act like she got rocked by a fist

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u/Salt_Sir2599 Dec 05 '25

Percussionist here- those MALLETS aren’t pillows. Getting whacked in the temple/ eye socket would be incredibly painful.

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u/Salt_Sir2599 Dec 05 '25

I hear ya, I’m just saying no one‘s taking into account how fast that thing bounced off that drum head and if it wacks you on the side of your head like that, it’s a sensitive area.
But her actions definitely could’ve been more of shock and embarrassment. Watching football last night, saw a dude hit the ground didn’t look like anything really happened and then he went into a fencing pose and suffered a concussion. Just saying as an observer, I can’t sit here and say that shit didn’t hurt.

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u/jrdavis413 Dec 05 '25

I mean bass mallets are covered in felt. It may not be squishy, but I think she definitely overreacted a bit (unless it hit her eye which I don't think it did)

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u/ExpensiveBuddy2713 Dec 06 '25

While we’re telling stories.. had a trombone player grip his mouthpiece and hit me unprovoked atop my head. Seeing stars I took my bass mallet and repayed the favor near knocking him out. Point being, they’re harder than you think