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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

I've stabbed someone, too! I've also been stabbed myself. Unfortunately, when I was stabbed the blade was much bigger. Live every day like it's your last, because it was almost mine!

*goes back to playing videogames while listening to the late night movie*
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Karoshi · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Philadelphia, PA

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

A teacher friend of mine got stabbed during her class. The amazing thing was, she just kept on teaching until the end of the hour before going to the infirmary. The stabber in question really didn't seem to know what he was doing, as after the act, he was just taken aback and had no idea how to react, leaving the knife in. Teaching is a thankless job.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:10 am Post subject:

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

I can't believe we have a "stabbin' folks" thread. I also can't believe I'm taking part in it.

In 7th grade this kid accidently pricked me with something and I bled so he said I could stab him with a pencil in the hand, which I did in a way that I don't think he was expecting me to do. I regret to say that that's not the worst mistake that both of us ever made, but I can't go into that here for legal purposes.
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Karoshi · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Philadelphia, PA

dhex · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject:

jesus christ, what the fuck was his problem with you? you'd think a strict "do not fuck with" policy would have been enacted to avoid further slicing and dicing. maybe all that faux masonic homoerotic sadism messed up his brain.

and they rented you out to a private company as community service? that's seriously lame.

i've only been cut once (i was EXTREMELY STUPID and went to grab the pen knife; thankfully it wasn't very sharp, and neither was he) but i did once have people attempt to run me down with their car. that kind of sucked, even if i did have the last laugh. (this is in addition to the usual: baseball bat, chair, bike lock chain, frying pan, etc)
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wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

I was stabbed with a colored pencil many years ago, and I still have a colored spot from it under my skin.

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I'm always curious and mildly fascinated to know how people react when a knife is pulled on them, or around them. I have a truly primal fear of stabbing over all other ways to check out. It's just primitively intrusive.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

I used to stab the girls with my meat knife which I usually keep sheathed in my pants.
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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

OOOOOOHHHHHHH....

I wish I could stab the womenfolk with my meat knife.
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

One time I cut my hand open on a pizza slicer at work while I was washing dishes and didn't realize it because I have a really high pain tolerance. I got to wear rubber gloves the rest of the night. It was exciting. Not really.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

What colour gloves?
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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

dhex · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:06 am Post subject:

actually, i'm totally flipped out by deli meat slicers, and not just cause people eat baloney and olive loaf.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:26 am Post subject:

I used to have a recurring dream when I was twelve that I would stick my hand into one of those. It later got replaced by a dream where I stick my arm into a blender then even later that one turned into me sticking ym ehad into a tree shredder.
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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

That's one of the most messed-up posts I have read. I feel very bad for you.

I used to love olive loaf.

I also had a job during high school in a Super Stop & Shop deli, working the meat slicer. It wasn't that bad; I enjoyed the rhythm.

The reason why I asked the question about knife v. gun fear is that the sense I get from those who feel terrified if a knife exists in a room is the way I feel about guns. I even imagine at times while I am in a moving vehicle that some skirmish outside of the vehicle will result in my being shot in the head.

dessgeega · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:25 am Post subject:

i carry a knife. it's totally for defensive purposes, though, so it gets more use opening boxes than stabbin' folks. i trust it more than i think i would trust a handgun.
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I recommend getting an office job.
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dhex · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

fun nyc fact: you can't posess a knife that's longer than 4" (blade) in the city. you also can't have a "gravity knife" or anything with a springblade, anything you can use as brass knuckles and a knife at the same time (that's seriously how the statute is worded). so this encompasses stilletos, switchbacks, butterfly knives, etc. so a folding knife with a 4 inch blade (or a straight knife with a 4 inch blade) is as long as you can go.

not that you can't hurt someone with a 4 inch knife. and not that this has ever stopped occassional group machete fights back and forths over the past decade or two.

of course the ny assembly's legal search engine is down so i can't post the actual statute, which is 1000 words of nonsense from the late 50s and early 60s as a way of combating ethnic/regional youth gangs and their cutty ways.

man, i know a lot more about nyc weapons laws than i should. i could totally ace trivial pursuit!
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Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

oh my!

what a nice thread!

I've never stabbed anyone, though I've consider lying and saying I did.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

It's easier to fuck up with a gun when you're not trained, though. Even if you don't like them, I'd say it's a worthwhile investment of your time at least knowing the basics of how to handle one, loading them, securing them and such, and giving you an idea how natural a shot you are. Same for knives, really. I think it's plain irresponsible over here in the UK that citizens' defensive measures are so restricted.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

I've got a bat in my apartment.

Also I collect scars on my left hand from various fixtures and tools that I've had disagreements with.
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sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

I cut easily Sad

I got gouged on my right index finger yesterday by cardboard.

But aside from that, I was stabbed with a pencil once by a class bully. And once a pocketknife closed on my finger. Nothing so dramatic and interesting as some of the stories up here. My nastiest scar comes from scraping past a plastic package as I was carrying stuff to the packing lane.
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duomo · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 25

Well, I cut myself on a lightswitch once.

Mister Toups · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject:

this is like the best thread ever

I've never stabbed anyone or been (intentionally) stabbed.

unless you mean "stabbin" as a euphamism for doin' it... in which case I've still never stabbed anyone Sad

(or been stabbed, thankfully)

wasn't there a porn star who went by the name captain stabbin'?
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dessgeega · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject:

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dhex · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject:

because the nature of defensive weapon usage is a complicated field of study, and the implications therein have generally been obscured in the mass media for some time. why? eh, that's another story entirely.

i had a good study on injury tables from a period of 1983 to 1994 that indicated varying degrees of injury against various scenarios (shouting at an intruder, turning on the lights - which stops a surprising number of burglaries - unarmed resistance, armed resistance, and so forth) as well as against crime completion rates. rape, in particular, falls greatly both in terms of injury and crime completion, with armed resistance - specifically handguns rather than bladed weaopns.

there was another interesting survey of people incarcerated for violent crimes, and the rate of instances that they had been scared off or injured by citizen resistance. it's higher than you'd think.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Right, but that doesn't demonstrate that at the very least owning a weapon as a means of defense is reprehensible. Understand, I'm not one for advocating rash or impuslive decisions. But safety is a matter I'd rather not see rely exclusively on the police.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

no, what i mean is that there's a certain set of values communicated by the pro-control side which have succeeded - to varying degrees - in the culture at large:

1) guns are inherently harmful
2) resistance is dangerous
3) armed resistance is useless
4) no one "needs" to defend themselves

that the vast, overwhelming, whole lotta majority of all defensive gun usages (dgu's) are brandishments is another point worth pondering. by whole lotta we mean that out of 240 million guns in the u.s. (estimates run between 190 and 250, but most cluster in the 240 range) less than 1% will ever be fired in actual usage rather than target shooting.

i blame the rest on charles bronson for confusing us with his good looks and rugged voice.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Sorry, I misunderstood the context of your post.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

On a tangent, I have recently become enamored of the verb "stabulate".

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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

My friend had a club in his car, apparently it was a type designed for killing fish (!) once you brought them to the surface. It would make a good hand weapon though, it had a rubber grip and was only about 6 inches long.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Oh, I didn't know this thread was moved. I thought my post was deleted because people found it distasteful?

Anyway, my friend just bought a knife because he wants to stab someone and I'm worried he's biting off more than he can chew.

I'm terrified of accidently killing someone. When I studied martial arts, I found out just how easy it would be to kill someone accidently, and I only want to really hurt people that threaten me, mainly for all the legal implications plus I don't know who they really are. So I'd probably just run, unless I was worried about someone with me.

I've always wanted to go to a shooting range! I have a friend who wants to go with me, so I'll probably go next year sometime with her.

So who here thinks they could kill a man? I'm pretty sure I could, but I hope I don't have to.
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

I tripped while reaching for a beer bottle once. I was drunk and I was reaching at an awkward angle- leaning over too far.
The bottle broke under my weight but luckily I only got a cut on my hand.
I should have got stitches but it healed just fine on its own, leaving only a very faint scar.

It could have been much worse.

Watch for non-sequitors.

If you get lucky you might be watching this when Tevatron fires its mighty beam!
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shrug · . Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 10

I stabbed myself in the face with the first knife I ever made.

It was an accident.

It went through just below my lip. My beard currently covers the scar.

Actually the knifemaking has led to a lot of accidental stabs and cuts of my own person.

I've had a few shallow cuts from others but the only real stabbing I can recall was just a pencil. In high school. During class. From absolutely the sweetest girl you might ever meet who also stabbed people in the back in the middle of class for no apparent reason.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730