# Smashing things without a weapon causes hand and arm injuries?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [March 20, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585 "2016-03-20T00:24:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/1 "2016-03-20T00:24:44Z")

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It just seems a little ridiculous that my character can smash out a glass window with his bare hands and not slice up his arms in the process.

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/2 "2016-03-20T00:25:09Z")

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y? cant I kick things?

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/3 "2016-03-20T00:39:18Z")

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> [@pisskop](#):
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> y? cant I kick things?

Wouldn’t that hurt your foot, then?

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/4 "2016-03-20T00:43:23Z")

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if your barefoot. You aren’t kicking windows in barefoot are you? Besides, if you are intentionally breaking a window, its not difficult to keep from being cut in the process. Just smash and then recoil, and chances are the glass isn’t going to randomly fly towards you. Right?

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**Author:** ![jcd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jcd/32/338_2.png) [@jcd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jcd)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/5 "2016-03-20T01:44:24Z")

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At the vast majority of cases you’d be using something to break that window though, rather than bare hands…

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/6 "2016-03-20T10:22:14Z")

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> [@jcd](#):
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> At the vast majority of cases you’d be using something to break that window though, rather than bare hands…

Mostly this.

Unless you are playing a nudist challenge, you probably have a lot of stuff on yourself that can be used to break things.

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**Author:** ![vipches](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vipches/32/1856_2.png) [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/7 "2016-03-20T13:40:49Z")

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> [@Litppunk](#):
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> if your barefoot. You aren’t kicking windows in barefoot are you? Besides, if you are intentionally breaking a window, its not difficult to keep from being cut in the process. Just smash and then recoil, and chances are the glass isn’t going to randomly fly towards you. Right?

I’m back, buddy, how’s going?

by the way, I was make this subject on the last year, if I remember…

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/8 "2016-03-20T13:42:59Z")

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I have yet to try this, due to lack of glass I can break and not care about having to replace.

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/9 "2016-03-20T15:32:28Z")

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dont use bare skin.

wrap rags around your hand or be cautious and crack the glass first or go balls out and shoulder through it.

youll hurt yourself if you punch it. not all the glass has to break when you apply sudden conxentrated force to it…

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/smashing-things-without-a-weapon-causes-hand-and-arm-injuries/11585/10 "2016-03-20T16:04:46Z")

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if you strike and then withdraw… wouldn’t that do it? Using a rag or something to do so would obviously be wise, but if like our nude survivor you had nothing of the sort, and did not think to grab even a rock or something to smash it with… I don’t think a quick strike would yield any negative results.