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Topic: I'm... Batman (Read 6650 times)
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Ratman_tf
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This is why people don't try to be Superheroes. Not because they'd get beat up, but because they'd just look ridonkulous and get busted before they do anything interesting.
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 "What I'm saying is you should make friends with a few catasses, they smell funny but they're very helpful." -Calantus makes the best of a smelly situation. |
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Ironwood
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Slyfeind
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Ratman_tf
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Those guys just walk around with pepper spray and make the cops nervous. They're a tresspassing charge away from being StinkyPitMan. |
"What I'm saying is you should make friends with a few catasses, they smell funny but they're very helpful." -Calantus makes the best of a smelly situation. |
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Slyfeind
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It's because they know where the line is.  Personally I think Phoenix is a bit psychotic, because he actually goes to shitty neighborhoods (Tacoma, Everett, etc) and chases gang members with a stun baton. Again, there's a line to be crossed, and if he went all-out war on the Crips or some shit, he'd be dead already. |
"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Sheepherder
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Coming from a guy who lives in Seattle...? I have to question the logic of wearing a neoprene suit to chase down anyone. I think a car thief should just double back and beat the fuck out of him on sheer principle. |
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VainEldritch
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Sheepherder
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Well yes. But that won't help him if someone beats the fuck out of him because he's fighting in a suit that limits range of motion, reaction speed, and the body's natural ability to dissipate heat. Unless the victor leave a phone number.
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MahrinSkel
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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Apparently he (Phoenix) is an MMA enthusiast, and your typical street thug's fighting skill is usually limited to swinging blunt or sharp objects vaguely in the direction of the opponent until someone falls down.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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The neoprene suit must be bulletproof, as well? Or is he living in some real-life version of West Side Story?
Renegade interrupt, bitch.
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WindupAtheist
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ITT: Professor Wikipedia tells us about "average street thugs" and what they do.
If this dude were getting into any actual crap on a regular basis and the locals decided they really didn't like him, someone would come up with some combination of guns/bats/friends and ruin his shit one night no matter how much fucking Brazilian Jiu-jitsu he might know. I suspect 75% of the reason nobody has kicked his ass just for looking like a retard is because cops follow him around waiting for him to do something stupid so they can arrest his dumb ass and get him off the street.
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"You're just a dick who quotes himself in his sig." -- Schild
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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Sand
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Sheepherder
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Apparently he (Phoenix) is an MMA enthusiast, and your typical street thug's fighting skill is usually limited to swinging blunt or sharp objects vaguely in the direction of the opponent until someone falls down.
--Dave Yes, which means he's totally outclassed. |
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Fordel
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Apparently he (Phoenix) is an MMA enthusiast, and your typical street thug's fighting skill is usually limited to swinging blunt or sharp objects vaguely in the direction of the opponent until someone falls down.
--Dave
Is he bullet proof? No? Well then! |
and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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angry.bob
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We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I.
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your typical street thug's fighting skill is usually limited to swinging blunt or sharp objects vaguely in the direction of the opponent until someone falls down.
Quite the contrary. The "average street thug" has spent their life in shitty, dangerous neighborhoods, has a poor temper, and even poorer impulse control. They also almost always require getting their way so they can get rent/food/drugs/pampers and formula for their baby. They've been getting in no-bullshit fights since they were little kids. They aren't going to use any MMA bullshit because even that's too much bullshit. They'll either knock you the fuck out with one hit or just stab/shoot you. Seriously, real world violent criminals aren't at all like they are on TV and movies. |
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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Ratman_tf
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"What I'm saying is you should make friends with a few catasses, they smell funny but they're very helpful." -Calantus makes the best of a smelly situation. |
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MahrinSkel
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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your typical street thug's fighting skill is usually limited to swinging blunt or sharp objects vaguely in the direction of the opponent until someone falls down.
Quite the contrary. The "average street thug" has spent their life in shitty, dangerous neighborhoods, has a poor temper, and even poorer impulse control. They also almost always require getting their way so they can get rent/food/drugs/pampers and formula for their baby. They've been getting in no-bullshit fights since they were little kids. They aren't going to use any MMA bullshit because even that's too much bullshit. They'll either knock you the fuck out with one hit or just stab/shoot you. Seriously, real world violent criminals aren't at all like they are on TV and movies. Sorry, everyone seems to be under the impression I was rendering a judgement on the matter. I was just paraphrasing The Phoenix's explanation for why he wasn't worried. Perhaps it needed more green. --Dave (sometime when I'm drunk and in person, ask me how I spent *my* youth in the less upscale portions of Seattle. Me and my friends would have thought the Phoenix was *hilarious*) |
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Paelos
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You're a pistol-wielding chimp. I assume your childhood was adorable.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Hawkbit
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Like a Klansman in the ghetto.
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Holy hell. I thought it was staged the way Batman was flailing his arms, then he started getting his head pounded into the pavement... which makes the whole first 2/3 of the video a lot weirder. |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Yeah, don't know what Batman was doing trying to slap fight like a 5-year old girl, but he needs to get some skillz if he's going to pull a crotchgrab on the Vegas city streets. He got his rapz0red.
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Fordel
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Really, if you wanted to be a vigilante, wouldn't your goal to be as generic looking as possible? Everything off the shelf and untraceable?
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Ingmar
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Really, if you wanted to be a vigilante, wouldn't your goal to be as generic looking as possible? Everything off the shelf and untraceable?
If that was what you really wanted, rather than attention, yes. |
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Fordel
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Is it possible to buy effective body armor without drawing suspicion? How much does that stuff even cost?
-edit- I guess you would have to carry a gun as well, that might be difficult to get around as well.
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Ingmar
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Fordel
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That won't actually work on bullets/knives though, no?
Like, if all we need to worry about is blunt force trauma, hockey pads will do it.
-edit- Also wouldn't a internet purchase leave a trail?
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Ingmar
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Fordel
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That would actually be really good for out theory vigilante. Just a generic looking black jacket.
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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MahrinSkel
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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Level IIIA is virtually every handgun short of the .500 (not something you find on the streets), and will do pretty well against most military rifles (AK47 at short range will punch through). Not bad for something that doesn't look like body armor, especially at $590.
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Merusk
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That won't actually work on bullets/knives though, no?
Like, if all we need to worry about is blunt force trauma, hockey pads will do it.
-edit- Also wouldn't a internet purchase leave a trail?
Gun shows, my man, gun shows. Cash transactions and no messy paper trail. Dave: I'm trying to remember where I first saw it, I think it was a History Channel show a year or more back, but Bulletproof Clothing has been covertly fashionable for years now. High-risk and high-profile targets wear it quite often, apparently. This here is a Today show article from 2009, but the vest looks ridiculous and bulky. I know I heard an NPR story or saw a YouTube vid where the reporter was wearing what looked like a normal 3-piece suit and took a bullet to the gut with it. The designer I'm seeing attached to it all is Miguel Caballero. |
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Xuri
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몇살이세욬ㅋ 몇살이 몇살 몇살이세욬ㅋ!!!!!1!
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One of the sponsored links on that page is called Forcefield Body Armor. I clicked on it, but it was much less exciting than I imagined it to be. |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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That won't actually work on bullets/knives though, no?
Like, if all we need to worry about is blunt force trauma, hockey pads will do it.
-edit- Also wouldn't a internet purchase leave a trail?
You could buy it with a prepaid Visa card, have it shipped to a post office box taken out in a false name provided you can fake the ID paperwork. |
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cironian
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So, who's founding the Batman Country guild for RL crimefighting?  |
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