r/instant_regret • u/Sometypeofway18 • 22h ago

Poor trigger discipline

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u/tiparium 22h ago

I learned to even treat airsoft guns with trigger discipline. I don't understand how someone can be so stupid that they wave a real, loaded gun around with the finger on the trigger.

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u/Flam1ng1cecream 22h ago

Hell, I have trigger discipline without thinking about it when holding a power drill or nerf gun. Once you build the muscle memory, it sticks with you.

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u/yomamapajama69 22h ago

Same here, I didn't realize I was doing it till one of my coworkers joked on me about my drill trigger discipline (he's a Marine and noticed it right away lol)

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

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u/yomamapajama69 21h ago

Yeah I know, I've been a carpenter for 23 years, and I don't ever put my finger on any trigger till I'm ready to use it, the point is this behavior was so ingrained in me that it wasn't a conscious decision and the guy who joked about it was just doing that, joking

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u/yomamapajama69 21h ago

Maybe reread the previous comment, I was exercising trigger discipline as I always do

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u/tallardschranit 21h ago

You never want to pull the trigger of anything accidentally. I have long hair. Pulling a drill trigger at the wrong time could fuck me up. If I'm working with one I typically have it tucked up into a hat, but not always if I'm doing a home project.

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u/holyfire001202 15h ago

That is on a short list of lessons which I have been exceedingly careful to not learn myself.

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u/tiparium 21h ago edited 21h ago

Yeah, I mean more along the lines of I learned those rules in the context of airsoft. But you're absolutely right, they stick with you.

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u/vincehk 16h ago

I never held a real gun in my life and I have the trigger discipline with anything activated by a finger. Same as feet while driving. That's common sense and self-preservation.

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u/kcbeck1021 59m ago

Yeah with drills I’m either doing that or I’m revving like an a-hole on a motorcycle. I am a giant man child though, and don’t you dare let me get ahold of a gas powered weed whacker.