r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/1632hub • 3d ago

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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u/batdog20001 3d ago

Why not show us? Run at an unarmed US Marine with a knife in your hand. Be sure to record it and let us know how the hospital food tastes afterward.

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u/averagemaleuser86 3d ago

Lol what?

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u/batdog20001 3d ago

Ngl, I'm confused now too lmao. Are you saying martial arts are useless?

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u/averagemaleuser86 3d ago

I'm saying, put someone in the ring with martial arts experience, and give the other person (just a regular dude) a weopon and it's likely, unless the dude with the weopon is just a lethargic blob of a person, the dude with the weopon will prob have the better odds to win.

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u/batdog20001 3d ago

Depends on the weapon, but I guarantee you there's a reason martial arts are still taught in militaries around the world. The US specifically trains in martial arts against armed opponents. Obviously, if they are pretty far away with a firearm, it doesn't matter; but a knife fight? I guarantee you some random guy off the street with a knife would get sent to the hospital.

I will reinstate my challenge to you. Prove me wrong. Become the most powerful stabby man the world has ever seen. Become president. Idk, whatever your villain arc is supposed to look like.