This is the type of character you see in an anime and you scoff as unrealistic. I stand corrected
Heh. You made me use ten percent of my power, pretty good.
Someone starts getting close to his score, “interesting! I haven’t had a match like this in a long time,” and he switches gun hands.
Japan experiences a high number of earthquakes because of all the athletes removing their extremely weighted training equipment when facing tough competition and needing to get serious. Undo the bindings and casually allow it to drop to the ground and the only reason Tokyo is still standing is because they designed their buildings to account for this.
And then a character known for watching bullets travel from the gun to the target is shocked to realize he can’t follow the movement of the gun anymore.
Japanese athletes: 100 pushups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats and a 10km run every day.
That doesn’t sound absurd for an athlete.
And yet the results speak for themselves.
Wouldn’t such a regiment have a high risk of all your hair falling out?
Shameless YuYu Hakusho reference (I hope)
I know a professional assassin when I see one
We should make some “cash-lympics” where some random people from every nation within the desired age are invited for free to just compete, with no training whatsoever. It would certainly be as fun/exciting as watching this dude
Have it like The Price Is Right. Just call random people down from the crowd to do the hurdles.
I’m fat and slow. I’d start running toward the hurdles and then swerve around them at the last second.
At least slow down and gingerly step over them, like a distrustful dog on an obstacle course.
Sounds like the perfect show for a sports channels during slow times.
This dude is a professional sport-shooter and have been for decades.
People would straight up die
I think MXC essentially provides that experience.
I highly doubt it is, but is it still going? I miss that so much.
Iirc it got rebooted recently.
Right you are, Ken.
Huh, I thought that that looked exactly like a Takeshi’s Castle obstacle, and sure enough the whole thing with MXC is that they repurposed Takeshi’s Castle footage to make a new show? Wild
Yep, take a Tekeshi’s Castle episode, have a couple guys dub over it with silly voices, broadcast it on cable, profit.
Not that impressed, but still quite cool.
If somebody did the same in competitive rifle shooting I’d be astonished…and no, I don’t mean you need to keep one hand in the pocket.
wins silver at Olymics with a gear disadvantage “not that impressive” 🤡
So by your logic silver is something not often won by anyone in Olympics?
In 2020 there were 448 events at the Olympics, let’s round up to 450. Each event gives 3 medals, for a total of 1350 medals. The Olympics are held every four years, so that 337.5 medals are awarded in an average year.
There are about 8.1 billion people in the world. On average, 0.000004 % of the worlds population receives an Olympic medal each year.
If this were a completely random yearly lottery, and you lived for 100 years, you would have about a 0.0004 % chance of winning an Olympic medal in your lifetime.
I would count myself lucky if I won that by the time I was 50.
no no you see, there are hundreds of people who got silver medals, it is not a big deal.
Just to be a total pendant, some of the events give two bronzes, e.g. boxing. It won’t change the conclusion of your comment of course.
I love pedantry <3 I got the “three medals per event” from some Wikipedia page, and I know they love pedantry over there as well, so maybe you should make a contribution?
In that case, let me add that in team events, each member gets a medal.
How many medals do you have?
Personally none in the Olympics, but I have the same amount of Tour de France’s as Lance Armstrong (and one more ball)
yes
literally only one person can get silver in each category every 4 years? per 8 billion people out there
…but the comment was about quality and quantity of the disadvantage, not about winning silver in Olympics.
Should have sent this one for Trump
Don’t worry, with sniper rifle he can hit all the way from Paris
The US Army used to teach shooting similarly to that, minus the hand in the pocket of course.
They removed the soldier’s hand!? That’s serious dedication!
Once you sign the papers they can do whatever they want to you.
Both eyes make a huge difference if you want to switch between moving targets, so it makes sense in a military setting
If you have your hand in your pocket you go to the ‘target’ side of the range.
Even without a gun, that is an expression that says, “you will really regret it if you ever try to fuck with me.”
But he’ll never hear you coming.
I’m not saying it’s good practice, but you can fire .22 LR without getting ringing in your ears. I’d never do it all day, but I’ve definitely done it a couple times just to get an idea how loud it is. The dude can probably hear fine. I’m not saying it won’t catch up to him though.
Edit I hear he shoots air pistol? I don’t know if that’s correct, but it’s definitely even quieter.
Yep! He competes in (at least) 10m mixed team. They use PCP pistols for that, so you really don’t really need more than a pair of earplugs. 25m and 25m rapid both use .22LR though, and many competitors compete in both events and only bring the one pair of PPE, so that’s where the images of competitors wearing full ears vs. earplugs only in one side come from (and/or some people’s ears are stupidly designed so they can’t wear normal earplugs / earbuds and have to have the uncomfortable and bulky over-the-ear protection. Not that I’m bitter or anything. Stupid ears.).
Also, his shooting stance is 100% standard, here’s him & his partner Sevval Tarhan in identical stances. It’s really more for comfort than anything else, since rounds go for 1hr 15min. Ergonomic stance means you can keep up the consistent shots for that long a period
The meme format with him vs. the south korean shooter Kim Yeji looks so different because they are competing in totally different events, even though they’re both shooting PCP target guns.
Shooting .22lr without earpro isn’t great, but yeah… doing it occasionally shouldn’t be an issue.
I use 22 on invasive nutria around the property, and when I see one of the giant rats I’ll just grab the rifle and go shoot them. It’s not like firing a .308 or .223 where it’s loud enough to permanently damage your hearing from 1 shot.
But if I’m going target shooting a 22 I’m gonna put on eyes and ears. Especially for a pistol. For those who haven’t shot, pistols are generally way louder than rifles of the same caliber. Not only is it closer to the shooter, but more of the gas expansion and powder burning occurs outside the barrel.
Air guns can also be just as loud as a 22 BTW. It’s actually fairly common to have a integrated into an air rifle in the US since the legal definition of a silencer specifically involves being designed for use on a firearm (air rifles aren’t legally firearms).
how does it sound from a rooftop?
…like it does from a deck or a driveway. I’m not sure what you’re getting at.
They’re joking (I hope), about the attempt last month.
I see. In my mind I don’t really connect target shooting and varmit hunting with a 22 with violence, so I missed the reference.
It’s like connecting wood carving with stabbings.
I heard someone say that he was wearing regular earplugs and that these are compressed air guns so not nearly as loud as regular guns. I have no idea on either of those loudnesses
His name is Yusuf Dikeç, he was in the 10m air pistol men and mixed team events. The silver was in the mixed team event, won alongside teammate Şevval İlayda Tarhan. Despite what appears to be an exceptionally successful sport shooting career otherwise, he seems to have struggled in prior Olympic games (“struggled” relative to “qualified for the goddamn Olympics” of course) but apparently he was just on the ball this time
‘Parry this you fucking casuals’
And the other one is flicking a cigarette.
You you you oughta know
Even Texans fear him
“Have you seen this boy” insurance salesman edition
Being ruled by Turks for 400 years kinda makes sense now
Peak sport right there!
He has kitty!
I like him already.
He attacc He protecc
But most importantly, he passed the vibe checc
My experience from visiting Turkey is that they love cats. People even leave food and water out for the strays.
Well feed.cats hunt for fun. Hungry kitty hunts generally only enough to eat.
Aren’t dogs a dirty animal in Islam? Since Turkey is 90+% Muslim that’d skew stats towards cats as pets.
