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minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoRussian roulette with a semi-automatic.
minus-squareX@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month ago(sniffs) “Well, mag holds 15 and I loaded just a single cartridge… 1 in 15 chance! Not bad.” (racks slide, takes pistol off safe) “Watch this shit!”
minus-squareSalamenceFury@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDidn’t a guy win a Darwin Award for that?
minus-squareX@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWith 8 billion+ meat popsicles wandering this planet, I’d be shocked if only one has done it.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·1 month agoThat just means it chambers new rounds automatically. You still have to pull the trigger for every shot.
minus-squareBlackDragon@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe point is Russian Roulette is impossible with a semi-auto since no matter how many rounds you load one is always going to go into the chamber.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoPlus it’s supposed to be done with a revolver, so the closest thing that would make sense is “dual-action”
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.
(sniffs) “Well, mag holds 15 and I loaded just a single cartridge… 1 in 15 chance! Not bad.”
(racks slide, takes pistol off safe)
“Watch this shit!”
Didn’t a guy win a Darwin Award for that?
With 8 billion+ meat popsicles wandering this planet, I’d be shocked if only one has done it.
That just means it chambers new rounds automatically. You still have to pull the trigger for every shot.
The point is Russian Roulette is impossible with a semi-auto since no matter how many rounds you load one is always going to go into the chamber.
Plus it’s supposed to be done with a revolver, so the closest thing that would make sense is “dual-action”
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…