I (20m) am 6’5" tall. One of my female friends who’s 5’5" told me that my height makes my belly particularly vulnerable in case if I get attacked with a pocket knife, for example. Why is it so?

  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    40·
    1 month ago

    Honestly, if someone pulls a knife you’re fucked anyway. I like to say that the best sport for self defence is track running. Less risk of being injured, and no risk of dealing with legal consequences of injuring someone.

    • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      1 month ago

      The loser of a knife fight dies in the street. The winner dies in the ambulance.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, last time someone tried to mug me, I realized he had two buddies behind me forming a triangle around me.

      Like, I’m a big guy, the three of them added together might have had 50 pounds on me tops. And I was drunk and stupid enough I was just going to fight my way out of it.

      But after a punch to the face I sobered up enough to realize what was going on and that if either of those guys behind me had a knife I was completely fucked. And we were in a nightlife area where there was literally at least one stabbing a weekend.

      So I just made a path thru the one in front of me and gtfo.

      I don’t know if muggings are as popular as they used to be now that no one carries cash, but if I see a gun or knife I’m 100% giving it up.

      I’d probably try to take my ID out first. But even that’s a mild inconvenience, nothing close to getting shot/stabbed over.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 month ago

          My plan A was terrible tho…

          Plan B was throwing one into a bush and jogging backwards towards a busy area. That worked out much better than getting stabbed a block away from safety.