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minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoRussian roulette with a semi-automatic.
minus-squareSalamenceFury@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDidn’t a guy win a Darwin Award for that?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·1 month agoThat just means it chambers new rounds automatically. You still have to pull the trigger for every shot.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou always pull the trigger in russian roulette. That’s the entire point. Which is why semi-autos can’t work. Or, rather, work all too well.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoTouché. You still have to chamber the first round though, so a person would have to be exceedingly stupid to do this. I just often see people talking about semi-auto as if they think it means fully-auto, so I was confused on the other commenter’s point at first…
Russian roulette with a semi-automatic.
Didn’t a guy win a Darwin Award for that?
That just means it chambers new rounds automatically. You still have to pull the trigger for every shot.
You always pull the trigger in russian roulette. That’s the entire point. Which is why semi-autos can’t work. Or, rather, work all too well.
Touché. You still have to chamber the first round though, so a person would have to be exceedingly stupid to do this.
I just often see people talking about semi-auto as if they think it means fully-auto, so I was confused on the other commenter’s point at first…