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accidentally hitting each other

• schoen 2y ago
  I can't really visualize the amount of momentum involved, or how sharp the chestnut is. Is that specifically about eye injuries, or could it hurt someone some other way?
  • lazide 2y ago
    If you whip it above your head at a good 100-200 rpm, anything is possible.
  • schoen 2y ago
    After writing the above comment, I watched videos of people playing conkers and now I understand how it could, in theory, cause an eye injury. It was hard for me to visualize how close the defender's conker is to the defender's body before seeing the video. I was somehow wrongly imagining that it was being supported on a much longer string or with the help of other objects somehow.
    • ryanjshaw 2y ago
      Literally the first video I watched, 2:28 min in, kid gets knocked in the teeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBjZaKNLuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBjZaKNLuc
• arethuza 2y ago
  Ah yes "accidentally"... ;-)