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The Hamas attack that left Israeli-Canadian Netta Epstein dead was chronicled in his phone messages with his mother.

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

PSA: Don't throw yourself on grenades. Lay flat on the ground with your legs facing the grenade.

[–] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Genuinely asking, how is that any better? And really, if you were trying to stop fragmentation from killing other people in a room wouldn't your actual core do a better job of that then your legs?

[–] SandroHc@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Different advice for different goals. If your goal is to survive, you want your vitals to be protected. If you want others to survive, might as well use your muscle and fat to absorb some of the kinetic energy.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 9 points 11 months ago

The idea is obviously for everyone to lay flat with their legs facing the grenade, not just one person. If there's just you and one other person just force them to the ground. If you live in a dangerous place explain it to them beforehand and maybe even practice.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

that then your legs

Well, not one THEN the other. It's a single blast and it's too quick to change positions.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

His goal wasnt to survive the blast, it was to protect the people around them so they could survive the blast.

Id love to a mark Rober on that. Will it actually stop fragments and enough of the shock wave or will they just go through you anyway?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good way to shred your legs and genitals

[–] drislands@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Better than your chest and head.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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