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[–] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (12 children)

100% somewhere in the arm (like assuming this isn't in some test lab where "the ear" can be consistently guaranteed).

  • Foot would likely be serious, lifelong pain when walking.
  • Leg is extremely dangerous for bleeding out. Like maybe if I could get immediate medical attention it wouldn't be terrible, but there are still better options. (Plus avoids an accidental shot to the knee.) (Edit: Forgot to mention chronic pain in the calf when walking.)
  • Abdomen is obviously not a first choice.
  • Head and neck are obviously going to be the worst, and I even mean that in the sense that a shot to the head isn't inherently some insta-kill. Lots of ways to hit the brain that completely debilitate you for life.
  • Hands seem like a great way to fuck up the nerves and have dexterity trouble for the rest of your life.

So arm it is, preferably right because it's further from the heart.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If it hits the brachial artery in your arm, you're not going to have a good time either.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Fair point. I'd still prefer the right arm*, but I think you could reasonably debate distal or proximal. Proximal has less chance of hitting the brachial artery and surrounding major nerves, but if you do hit them, you're in bigger trouble than in the distal – where the median nerve and the brachial artery have split, making it easier to hit something but for that individual hit to be less severe.

    * Another comment mentioned your glutes, which, yeah, fair if you could hit it from the side-on (and be fairly accurate, otherwise ouch, that tailbone).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I've seen somewhere that a morbidly obese person could stop a small caliber with just their belly fat before the round gets to anything marginally important.

    Americans evolving bullet proof vests in real time

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  • [+] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    Honestly super fair re: bleeding out. I was considering the thigh there and forgot to mention my problem specifically with the calf, which would be chronic pain. I know that comes with getting shot anywhere and especially in the limbs (sort of Sophie's choice if you want to gamble on the distal or proximal for the arms), but I figure the problem for me wouldn't be potentially losing the leg as much as it would be feeling pain every time I walk due to the pressure. If anything, the shin protecting the tibial nerve makes it seem like you wouldn't be all that likely to lose sensation.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Wait but isn’t the gut a pretty okay place?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago*

    The gut is notoriously one of the most painful places you can get shot. It's fairly "safe" overall with antibiotics and prompt medical intervention, although it would carry a higher risk of infection. Plus hitting a kidney seems like a pretty severe complication. So I think I'd rather take the arm.

    Edit: Plus possibility of hitting the spine. oof, ouch, owie

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