I (24m) am 6’6" 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?

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 months 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.

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        5 months 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.