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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 128 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Downvoted because we don't have to hear all the idiotic thoughts of this moron but:

I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat

Putin is a crazy fucker from the KGB. Strength in a fight is not about age, going to the gym, or all the things Elon believes. I have personally known skinny old guys walking with a cane who could kick his ass in a few seconds.

Ukraine will inevitably lose

Putin propaganda, I am not surprised. The rest of the text is the same shit.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Putin has a black belt in Sambo, and also Judo I think. He might be getting old, but the thing about both of those martial arts is that strength isn't necessarily that important (I mean, unless you're going up against a worthy opponent obviously), but it's all about leverage and using your opponent's momentum against them.

In other words, when you do it right, they kind of throw themselves... Putin would be tossing him around like a fucking ragdoll without breaking a sweat.

I would love to see someone knock Elon down a few pegs... Physically, I mean. Like beat the shit out of him. At least.

[–] commander@lemmings.world -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's my understanding that any martial art is pretty much only good against other people doing the same art.

Most people with black belts in x or y end up getting their asses handed to them by people with experience in real fights.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

People who practice purely competition stuff, yes. But there's a reason the military teaches a blend of martial arts. Combined with real experience it's even more dangerous. As a quick example, it seems ridiculous that the infantry trains to immobilize people with grappling. Until you remember that they run in packs and their buddy is just going to walk up to the immobilized enemy and shoot them point blank.

Now let's look at the fantasy fight card here. We have a geriatric billionaire who has never been in a real fight in his life versus a geriatric ex KGB agent who keeps his training current via martial arts.

I'm not a fan of Putin's international politics, (he keeps getting his ass handed to him), but he would obliterate Musk in a fight. This has all the same flavor of couch potato guys claiming they could hold their own in a tennis match with a woman pro player.

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 89 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget Elon chickened out on the 1v1 fight with Zuckerberg. He's all talk

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

He didn't chicken out, his mum just said he wasn't allowed! /j

What a loser

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 40 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Zuck would’ve destroyed him too. Dude actually trains in some mma discipline.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wanna see em both face Luigi.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

Only if Luigi gets two guns, and they get none.