The Trim Reaper

#1 - camzore**User deleted account**

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(02/19/2017)[-]

this what the grim reaper does on sundays as his part time job

#109 to #1 - jasir

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Actually he cut the grass blades one by one, that is the true reapers way. He is still faster than humans in cutting it down thou.

#110 to #109 - camzore**User deleted account**

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(02/20/2017)[-]

terry pratchett reaper gives me so many feels

#5 to #1 - amagicalwhimsy

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(02/19/2017)[-]

*correcting a mistake*
He loves reaping dat grass

#6 to #5 - camzore**User deleted account**

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(02/19/2017)[-]

i want to rape your ass

#7 to #5 - camzore**User deleted account**

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(02/19/2017)[-]

whoops i mean reap your grass, i'm a gardener at heart, haha. where do you live, btw? i want to cut your grass

#8 to #7 - amagicalwhimsy

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(02/19/2017)[-]

The green a pleasant land.. according to our own propaganda

#4 to #1 - amagicalwhimsy

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#11 - ponchies#232 on commentsRank#232

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(02/19/2017)[-]

very experienced man cutting at incredible hihg speed

#51 - concavenatorrex

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(02/20/2017)[-]

So basically using a farmer's gardening tool exactly in the manner it was meant to be used for... This model of scythe in particular was designed to trim low, not as a weapon as it is so often portrayed

#53 to #51 - joeblow

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Son you posted exactly 34 seconds before me

#54 to #53 - MuahahaOfLore#14 on contentRank#14 [OP]

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(02/20/2017)[-]

he found a picture tho

#55 to #54 - joeblow

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(02/20/2017)[-]

This is also very true

#89 to #51 - penileburglar

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(02/20/2017)[-]

I mean, lots of weapons have their roots in farming tools.

Yeah, anybody with half a brain knows they weren't designed for use as weapons. But when you don't have a weapon handy--or, in many cases, when a governing body takes your weapons away--you use what you've got. large scythes, hand scythes (kamas), kunai, nunchucks, tonfa, etc.

Hell, tonfa are still used as weapons today, modern police batons are basically modeled after an old farming tool.

#114 to #89 - jiacomo

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(02/20/2017)[-]

What was the tool used for?

#118 to #114 - putincanmeltcrimea

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(02/20/2017)[-]

if i remember correctly it used to be a handle or a lever on a mill. almost all japanese weapons associated with ninjas and such originated from agricultural equipment

#121 to #118 - jiacomo

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Well, the more you know. The best part with that kind of thing is any occupying army/government can't take them away. If they did they'd all starve.

#123 to #121 - putincanmeltcrimea

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(02/20/2017)[-]

yeah thats exactly the point. it was forbidden for peasants to own weaponry and their lives pretty much amounted to **** so peasants and ninjas who were mostly disguised as peasants had to utilize farm tools.

#134 to #123 - penileburglar

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Indeed.

What's funny, though, is the peasants weren't the ones who turned it into such a big martial arts thing. Ironically, the wealthy people who could afford weapons and bodyguards enjoyed the novelty of learning to fight with a farm tool.

#137 to #134 - putincanmeltcrimea

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(02/20/2017)[-]

yeah, mostly westerners or fanboys

#139 to #137 - teedoubler

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(02/21/2017)[-]

I think he means before that.

As in the actual aristocracy in Japan / China at the time when these were used.

Westerners wouldn't get involved until much later.

#129 to #51 - thathomestuckguy

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(02/20/2017)[-]

I mean, normally, sure, but War Scythes are in fact a thing.
Just rotate the blade so that it's vertical and you've got yourself a fairly decent polearm.
Just a shame that most authors/artists don't seem to understand this.

'cause I mean farming scythes look cool and all
but in combat, boy are they useless.

#126 to #51 - gabikak

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Isn't scythe for really thich grass that you can't use simple either mechanical or motorized mower on?
In this case it was really unnecessary and just wasted energy, like using chipped stones instead of scissors.

#9 - zekeon

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(02/19/2017)[-]

You usually see a scythe on an anime villain, not during its intended use

#103 to #9 - bluboyrulez

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(02/20/2017)[-]

~Are you telling me these weren't designed for use by anime villains??

#140 to #9 - anon id: 71ac6b9a

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(02/22/2017)[-]

Seeings these comments makes me feel like an outcast, because I would rather expect to see a scythe used for it's intended use than as a weapon.

#79 - geistenhaus

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(02/20/2017)[-]

wow, not a single rupee

#88 to #79 - zetsuboukamina

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Must be some kinda super Hero Mode in BoTW. You only get rupees through pots now

#52 - joeblow

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Holy **** someone using a tool in a manner for which it was designed

#2 - dooraddiction

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(02/19/2017)[-]

#49 to #2 - wdparsell#197 on commentsRank#197

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(02/20/2017)[-]

SUPER

#50 to #49 - retardedboss

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(02/20/2017)[-]

NEAT

#3 - amagicalwhimsy

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(02/19/2017)[-]

Scythe vs Brushcutter 1 South West Annual Scythe Festival June 2010

#13 to #3 - muffinssnuffims

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(02/19/2017)[-]

To be fair, this isn't really a reasonable "old vs new" comparison, because a weed-wacker is only really for getting into corners or removing weeds from mulched areas under trees and things like that. The real comparison would be between a lawnmower and a scythe.

#14 to #13 - chikibriki

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(02/19/2017)[-]

with grass that tall a regul-ar lawnmower would get clogged up to ****

#61 to #14 - muffinssnuffims

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Yeah you'd have to go over it 2 or even 3 times but even going over it 2 or 3 times would take half the time of the scythe if using a riding/mini-tractor mower. I always mowed the lawn for my family and it usually was that long, but changing the blade height on those mowers takes about 1 second. A full second, but a second nonetheless.

#62 to #61 - chikibriki

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(02/20/2017)[-]

yeah, with a riding mower it might be easier but making 2-3 passes would still probably tke longer than the scythe

#15 to #14 - goobyman#238 on contentRank#238

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(02/19/2017)[-]

..... no
lawnmowers also continually cut.

#16 to #15 - chikibriki

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(02/19/2017)[-]

until they stop cutting because they're so full of grass the blades stop

#20 to #16 - goobyman#238 on contentRank#238

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(02/19/2017)[-]

yeah buddy, you just blow in from stupid town?

lawnmower blades spin super fast. they not only cut the grass, they move it out of the way for new grass. it doesn't clog up, buddy.

#21 to #20 - chikibriki

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(02/19/2017)[-]

you've never cut grass that tall have you?

#30 to #20 - dohickey#253 on commentsRank#253

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(02/19/2017)[-]

Have you ever even used a lawnmower in your life? I don't know if it's because you're in Germany where all your appliances are indestructible but for the rest of the world tall grass is a nightmare on conventional lawnmowers

#24 to #20 - mondominiman#121 on contentRank#121

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(02/19/2017)[-]

If the grass is extremely tall you're machine will just get clogged up instantly.

#115 to #20 - freestyleristaken

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(02/20/2017)[-]

These peasants on FJ have only big lawnmowers with tiny collection bags, they don't know of big lawnmowers with big containers.

Still it its this tall, you wouldn't use the container, just cut it and let it fly out the back, then rake it up. Still faster than scythe.

#39 to #20 - jackpott

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(02/20/2017)[-]

As someone who cut grass for a living when i was younger using a lawnmower, I can confirm that using a handheld lawnmower on grass that tall would be a huge pain in the dick and constantly clog up your blades. You would have to run over it once with the blades set all the way up and hope that worked, then if it did you'd have to go over it again with the blades lower to make it a decent length.

#22 to #13 - ettne

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(02/19/2017)[-]

where i'm from we use weedwackers for everything 'cause only rich people can afford flat land.

#60 to #22 - muffinssnuffims

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(02/20/2017)[-]

Lol. Would be interesting to see this competition on your land though - I imagine a scythe would also have more difficulty on non-flat land but I'm not sure it would be enough to make it lose or not...

#17 to #13 - amagicalwhimsy

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(02/19/2017)[-]

Well you better get in contact with the shows organizer then..

#10 - billyblooper

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(02/19/2017)[-]

#12 - ragingposer

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(02/19/2017)[-]

BoStarr and the Champions of Galastrom lost scene

Relevant, because of grass.

#26 to #12 - rprol

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(02/19/2017)[-]

Wow.

#27 to #26 - ragingposer

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(02/19/2017)[-]

I know, I am grasping for straws here, to post something relevant.

That gardener will have more green thumbs than I ever will. So lettuce leaf it at that.