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A Boring Dystopia

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The pig sees her, turns, aims, and shoots her almost point blank.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

I'm curious to know what you think "point blank" means.

[–] Sciaphobia 8 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

I'll admit that before reading this comment thread I probably would have said that point blank is so close you could basically reach out and touch, or nearly touch, the target.

I do hope, however, that I would look it up before contesting how it was used.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

The technical term comes from archery. In archery, the arrow rises when fired, so when shooting at very close targets, you actualy aim lower than the point you want to hit. At distant targets, of course, you aim higher, because the arrow will start to fall.

"Point Blank" is the distance at which you aim directly at the target. Last time I did any shooting, it was about 22 feet, with my bow and my arrows.

[–] Sciaphobia 6 points 17 hours ago

Neat! That makes sense. Appreciate the learning moment!

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