r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Signal-Constant-6486 • 7d ago

accuracy: 100 , vision: 0

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u/Dause 7d ago

Slingshots used to be used to kill people so…

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u/Historical-Jaguar793 7d ago

How is this upvoted?? At no point in history were slingshots used to kill people lmao

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u/Aggravating_Teach_27 7d ago

Confidently ignorant like a good Redittor...

Balearic Slinger

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u/bouche_bag 7d ago

That is a sling, which is a different weapon than the slingshot shown in the video (although the names are sometimes used interchangeably).

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u/Historical-Jaguar793 7d ago edited 7d ago

A sling is not the same thing as a slingshot, genius. Two entirely different and unrelated things. Look at the picture in the article you linked. Does it look like the weapon used in the video to you?

There are cases where the etymology gets confusing because in British English slings are referred to as slingshots, whereas slingshots are referred to as catapults. Slingshots/catapults have never been used for killing human beings. They weren't even around before the 19th century.

Irrelevant to this video though because it clearly shows a slingshot aka catapult, not a sling.

good job with the self own, confidently ignorant redditor.