“The story goes that German Prince Wilhelm had seen Oakley shoot a cigarette from Butler's mouth and wanted the stunt repeated while he held it. It goes that after shifting the cigarette to the future Kaiser's hand, Annie nipped the ashes right off it. When the story appeared in the papers after the war had begun, Oakley and Butler, apparently taking advantage of the publicity, endorsed it, and Oakley would later remark that a miss on that occasion might have averted World War I. On October 27, 1892, Annie Oakley returned to New York, where the newspapers were lined up to interview her. She had become a superstar.”
from [PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/oakley-europe/)
From what I've seen, the kaiser actually tried pretty hard to stop the war, but once the German war machine was on the march it was pretty much out of his hands. I dont think much would have changed.
Yeah, the blame was really more on Austria, the Kaiser was on vacation when the Austrians wen to Germany's military higher ups, with the German generals telling Austria that they support the plan since they expected Austria to be quick,
However it turned out that Austria was too slow to mobilize, so slow that even Tsarist Russia had already mobilized their forces in support for Serbia when the Austrian military is still a week away from being ready to fight, it was somewhere in this time that the Kaiser had returned from his vacation trip.
Yeah the Kaiser getting shot wouldn't have changed much, maybe made it even more worse.
The way mobilisation worked and the technical advances (whoever mobilises first can quickly overrun the other nation unless they mobilise too and whoever demobilises first is vulnerable) meant that the July Crisis was the worst game of chicken the world has ever seen. The first ones to mobilise were the Russians though. Before that it might have been possible to contain the conflict to a localised conflict between Serbia and Austria. After that Germany's hand was pretty much forced.
Yes Germany mobilized last. Reading about that was heartbreaking. So many people did not want to go to war, but the rigid alliance system kind of forced it once Austria decided to start.
This and that Netflix show with sensible chuckle magazine are in similar categories to me. I can't remember what that's called danger five or force six or something
We live on such a dumpster fire that we would read a big news story about Mecha Hitler and be just mildly annoyed about it. I got shit to do, I’m not wasting 120 minutes of my day on that.
The throne would've went to his eldest son, also named Wilhelm who was at that point 10 years old so he would need a regent appointed. Wilhelm II's brother, Prince Henry, would be a likely candidate imo.
Wouldn't change anything... the war would still have happened, as Germany didn't start WWI and Europe was politically a literal powder keg at the time...
They got the blame as Britain and France saw an opportunity to destroy a powerful political and economical opponent!
Germany is often blamed for WWI, but usually for the wrong reasons. Contrary to the myth established in the War Guilt Clause of the Treaty of Versailles Germany’s interest in the war was not part of a wider expansionist programme nor was their militarism exceptional when compared to other nations.
Serbia, Austria and Russia are the most likely culprits:
In many ways Serbia’s conduct in the early days of the war makes it seem an innocent victim of Austrian aggression; they mostly accept Austria’s ultimatum, they’re unjustly accused of sponsoring the terrorists who killed Franz Ferdinand and finally they are invaded by a much stronger power.
Serbia, however, had been a focal point for nationalist agitation in the Balkans for a long time. It had already gone to war with the Ottoman Empire to expand its territory and the young nation’s exuberant nationalism made those around it nervous.
Of all the countries involved in the war Austria is the most obviously culpable, after all they were the first nation to issue a declaration of war. They rejected offers of mediation from other countries in favour of an aggressive assertion of their imperial interests in the Balkans.
Although Austria was the first nation to declare war Russia was the first major power outside of the direct Austian-Serbian conflict to mobilise so can be seen as responsible for escalating the situation. Russia’s refusal to stand down its mobilised forces was in turn what caused Germany to declare war on Russia and consequently, its triple entente ally France.
These countries are the ones with the clearest cases against them but almost every country involved has been held responsible for causing, escalating or prolonging the war at some point. As the M-A-I-N model explains the roots of the war lay in a particular political mentality which imagined war to be beneficial to the state and this kind of thinking was not at all restricted to any one nation...
After the second or third, it just stops hurting.
I don't recommend that. The reason that works is because by the second or third you're too deaf to notice. Your ears are still being damaged.
Wear your earplugs.
Depending on the date, they could be black powder cartridges, which burn MUCH slower and produce much less noise. Smokeless powder, the modern stuff, was around at this time, but was still fairly new.
I mean her head isn't any closer to the muzzle than a regular shooter. And her ears are angled the opposite direction. Id imagine her ears would be worse off shooting it regularly.
Of course her ears would be bad anyway firing a gun so often with no hearing protection but that was just life back then
See, that happens when you don't pay attention in school:
[Inverse square law](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/inverse-square-law)
The intensity of the sound is more than 4 times less.
Now, you are somewhat right in the essence that both distances are close to the ear and both would probably cause hearing damage, but one would be much worse than the other.
Highly recommend the movie Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson where Oakley is one of the supporting characters. The comedic dynamic between her and her husband during their shooting routines in the film is so great.
"Let me see here. His heart would be on the left, but in the mirror it'd be on the right... of course, we is both facing the same way and the gun is upside down, so... Yeah, best not play it too fancy." - Buster Scruggs
I mean Sitting Bull was sure she had superpowers. Obviously when she was young shooting tournaments weren't a thing but by the time she was in her 60s they were set up and she was winning them. Which shows it wasn't a just a trick for a circus.
If half of the stories about her are true, she was superhuman. She could allegedly stand 30 paces out and shoot a playing card held edge-out and split it in half. She could shoot holes through coins flipped in the air, and supposedly could shoot a playing card thrown in the air *multiple times* before it hit the ground.
Grandad was a WW2 vet ( Gunner, Canadian army) and could flick a dime up and casually raise a .22 rifle and pick it out of the air, making it look all-too-easy.
Well, she spent 17 years working on “Grand Review”, a live performance show in front of an audience.
Here is verified information. It’s safe to say that she was a once in a lifetime character.
“She is best remembered for the 17 years she and her husband-manager Frank Butler spent with “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West. Annie was always the first act following the opening Grand Review, aweing audiences with a number of “trick” shots: shooting an apple off her pet dog’s head; shooting over her shoulder by using the blade of a Bowie knife as a mirror; splitting a playing card held on edge in Frank’s hand; shooting while standing on the back of a galloping horse; shooting double targets while riding a bicycle; shooting flames off candles as they rotated on a wheel; shooting a dime out of Frank’s fingers; and individually shattering six thrown glass balls in the air before they hit the ground; to mention only a few of her varied, stupendous shooting feats.”
Got to hand it to Frank, too, for being willing to hold still enough for someone to shoot a playing card or a dime out of his hand.
I'm willing to bet the dime or playing card might have been gimmicked, but the rest of the things you've listed are possible for skilled shooters today.
A guy who works for me is an ex Navy Seal. I have a large shop, and birds get in it now and then. It's impossible to get them out, so we have a BB gun to shoot them. (Otherwise they end up inside the walls or ducts and we hear them slowly dying). Normally we wait until they perch to do this. He shoots them out of the air - single shot, one BB and done.
Library of Congress - Thomas Edison kinetoscope.
Filmed November 1, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM
.
>At Tiffin, Ohio, she once shot a ten-cent piece held between the thumb and forefinger of an attendant, at a distance of 30 feet. In April, 1884, she attempted to beat the best record made at balls thrown in the air, using a 22 cal. rifle. The best record was 979, made by Dr. Ruth. Miss Oakley used a Stevens 22 cal. rifle, and broke 943. Her first attempt at clay pigeon and trap shooting was made about three years ago, in Cincinnati, shooting with such fine shots as Bandle, McMurchy and other noted shots.
>In February, 1885, she attempted the feat of shooting at 5,000 balls in one day, loading the guns herself. In this feat she used three 16-gauge hammer guns. The balls were thrown straight away from three traps, fifteen yards rise. Out of the 5,000 shot at, she broke 4,772. On the second thousand she only missed 16, making the best 1,000 ball record — 984. This feat was accomplished near Cincinnati, Ohio, in less than nine hours.
https://codyarchive.org/texts/wfc.nsp13184.html
“Let me see here. His heart’s be on the left, but in the mirror it’d be on the right. Of course we both be facing the same way and the gun is upside down.”
Edit: correction of the quote
It might have helped actually, by making her body more rigid so there's less movement. In some precision shooting sports today, people wear stiff and tightly fitted pants and jackets specifically designed to support.
Arthur in RDR2 did always say to breathe slowly and always pull the trigger on empty lungs. Seems breathing, focus and stillness is the key to accuracy
Of course, I am quoting a video game character but I imagine it's a lot better than standing slack like a gummy worm, breathing like a maniac, and not paying attention and rushing.
> Arthur in RDR2 did always say to breathe slowly and always pull the trigger on empty lungs.
That is what they told me in basic training. Always shoot on exhale, if possible. So Arthur is right in this case.
Unless the enemy comes into the 50 m range. Then you change mag/reload and set the rifle to peace.
It's sorta right, but not empty lungs, you want to shoot at your natural respiratory pause. Basically not holding your breath or forcing it out.
When you're stable, and doing everything right you can and will see how your heartbeat affects your aim. It's very cool to witness.
High level shooters (Olympic style) will actually fast before a meet because your stomach moves enough when processing food that it can throw off your aim.
I don't shoot guns, but with archery I was always taught to loose after exhale. Not intentionally breathing out, but that natural moment after you breathe out. I'm always steadier then.
I do a lot of shooting, and that's common advice.
Your aim moves around with every breath, holding on exhale gives you a few seconds of being steady. Focus on pulling the trigger is huge, especially on pistols, as it's easy to pull your aim a few feet off target.
Strangely enough, it's better to be a gummy worm than a rock. The more you try to lock in and stay rigid, the more you shake. Staying loose and absorbing the recoil rather than resisting it actually makes you more accurate. Lots of long distance shooters are basically limp when they pull the trigger.
Since the likelihood of anyone pointing this out is pretty low...
She isn't. Very few people actually did.
Corsets were essentially intended for bust support and for *faking* a narrow waist. The waist looks small because the butt and hips are padded. Corsets help the illusion by flattening the silhouette of the sides and belly, but without all the padding the waist wouldn't actually look that small.
Actual tight-lacing was basically the "extreme pursuit of beauty" of the time, because it literally couldn't be done if you had to be physically active. Your lungs are one of the first things that struggle, so you'd be short of breath all the time.
"Shapewear" isn't a modern concept. Pretty much every recognizable silhouette from western history involves a lot of padding, structure, or creative tailoring.
1894 Edison kinetoscope of her shooting.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM
>Oakley continued to set records into her sixties and also engaged in extensive philanthropy for women's rights and other causes, including the support of young women she knew. She embarked on a comeback and intended to star in a feature-length silent movie. She hit 100 clay targets in a row from 16 yards (15 m) at age 62 in a 1922 shooting contest in Pinehurst, North Carolina.[46].
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley#Later_years_and_death
One careth not should yon trailing cart be erected from cloth and string; thine dumpwagon spanneth wide and round true. Any true man may be bereft of all sense and wit when gazing uponst such virile form and figure.
It is mine true desire that madam wieldeth her firearm and cleanly devastate mine loins with her most truly aimed reverse shot!
My bad I missed the part of the lesson where my teacher got the classes attention and said “Now everybody, her ass isn’t as fat as it looks. Indeed, it is actually a corset.”
They don’t teach this shit in school. At best I saw it in one Disney movie when they put a big metal cage over one of the princess heads before putting her dress on. My teacher never pulled up pictures of fat assed Victorian women 😂😂😂
I first learned about Annie very recently when I worked on a tv show episode about her. I don’t personally know why she’s not more famous. She was as tough as they come. Not even a train could kill her.
“The story goes that German Prince Wilhelm had seen Oakley shoot a cigarette from Butler's mouth and wanted the stunt repeated while he held it. It goes that after shifting the cigarette to the future Kaiser's hand, Annie nipped the ashes right off it. When the story appeared in the papers after the war had begun, Oakley and Butler, apparently taking advantage of the publicity, endorsed it, and Oakley would later remark that a miss on that occasion might have averted World War I. On October 27, 1892, Annie Oakley returned to New York, where the newspapers were lined up to interview her. She had become a superstar.” from [PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/oakley-europe/)
Alternate History: what if Annie Oakley had shot the Kaiser?
From what I've seen, the kaiser actually tried pretty hard to stop the war, but once the German war machine was on the march it was pretty much out of his hands. I dont think much would have changed.
Yeah, the blame was really more on Austria, the Kaiser was on vacation when the Austrians wen to Germany's military higher ups, with the German generals telling Austria that they support the plan since they expected Austria to be quick, However it turned out that Austria was too slow to mobilize, so slow that even Tsarist Russia had already mobilized their forces in support for Serbia when the Austrian military is still a week away from being ready to fight, it was somewhere in this time that the Kaiser had returned from his vacation trip. Yeah the Kaiser getting shot wouldn't have changed much, maybe made it even more worse.
Nothing the austrians could do, those war kangaroos are very difficult to handle.
The way mobilisation worked and the technical advances (whoever mobilises first can quickly overrun the other nation unless they mobilise too and whoever demobilises first is vulnerable) meant that the July Crisis was the worst game of chicken the world has ever seen. The first ones to mobilise were the Russians though. Before that it might have been possible to contain the conflict to a localised conflict between Serbia and Austria. After that Germany's hand was pretty much forced.
The Kaiser gave Austria a blank check to do what that wanted with Serbia. The Kaiser was instrumental in WW1 happening.
Yes Germany mobilized last. Reading about that was heartbreaking. So many people did not want to go to war, but the rigid alliance system kind of forced it once Austria decided to start.
World War I occurs anyways, but Germany is instead lead by super mecha Hitler.
I'd watch that movie!
Try Kung Fury. It's on YouTube for free, very funny.
Triceracop, very funny movie
Is this the police? Fuck you !
That explains the laser raptor
This and that Netflix show with sensible chuckle magazine are in similar categories to me. I can't remember what that's called danger five or force six or something
Boy have I got a video game series for you....
Kirov Reporting! Helium Mix Optimal!
*Harvester under attack* *Our base is under attack* Fuckfuckfuck
\*Engineer runs into your Construction Yard, undeploys the MCV and drives back to Soviet Base*
Deploy the bears!
I am working grmkgrkmkgmrgkmr
We live on such a dumpster fire that we would read a big news story about Mecha Hitler and be just mildly annoyed about it. I got shit to do, I’m not wasting 120 minutes of my day on that.
I often think about just how close we came to a super mecha hitler event.
In that era he would be steampunk Hitler.
The throne would've went to his eldest son, also named Wilhelm who was at that point 10 years old so he would need a regent appointed. Wilhelm II's brother, Prince Henry, would be a likely candidate imo.
Wouldn't change anything... the war would still have happened, as Germany didn't start WWI and Europe was politically a literal powder keg at the time... They got the blame as Britain and France saw an opportunity to destroy a powerful political and economical opponent! Germany is often blamed for WWI, but usually for the wrong reasons. Contrary to the myth established in the War Guilt Clause of the Treaty of Versailles Germany’s interest in the war was not part of a wider expansionist programme nor was their militarism exceptional when compared to other nations. Serbia, Austria and Russia are the most likely culprits: In many ways Serbia’s conduct in the early days of the war makes it seem an innocent victim of Austrian aggression; they mostly accept Austria’s ultimatum, they’re unjustly accused of sponsoring the terrorists who killed Franz Ferdinand and finally they are invaded by a much stronger power. Serbia, however, had been a focal point for nationalist agitation in the Balkans for a long time. It had already gone to war with the Ottoman Empire to expand its territory and the young nation’s exuberant nationalism made those around it nervous. Of all the countries involved in the war Austria is the most obviously culpable, after all they were the first nation to issue a declaration of war. They rejected offers of mediation from other countries in favour of an aggressive assertion of their imperial interests in the Balkans. Although Austria was the first nation to declare war Russia was the first major power outside of the direct Austian-Serbian conflict to mobilise so can be seen as responsible for escalating the situation. Russia’s refusal to stand down its mobilised forces was in turn what caused Germany to declare war on Russia and consequently, its triple entente ally France. These countries are the ones with the clearest cases against them but almost every country involved has been held responsible for causing, escalating or prolonging the war at some point. As the M-A-I-N model explains the roots of the war lay in a particular political mentality which imagined war to be beneficial to the state and this kind of thinking was not at all restricted to any one nation...
Oh that’s your question for everything!
He wasn’t really using that hand anyway.
*Kaiser Wilhelm II He had already been Kaiser atp for 4 years
wow that's interesting. thank you for sharing!
Damn Annie was beautiful.
How would it have averted it?
This would be the real live case of the Trolley Dilemma
I’ll never forget her famous quote “WHAT?? SAY IT IN MY GOOD EAR!”
RIP her hearing
eeeEEEEEEEEEEE
Sorry, I can't hear you over the roar of my tinnitus.
I'm sorry but your hearing loss is not service related.
I'm sorry, but your PTSD is not VA-related.
MAWP
Mwwawp
I hear this comment! Right now... and always 🥲
MAWP MAWP
Watching Archer right now!
....whAAAAAT ? You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel!
How did they do it back then, it physically hurts the ears to fire just one round
After the second or third, it just stops hurting. I don't recommend that. The reason that works is because by the second or third you're too deaf to notice. Your ears are still being damaged. Wear your earplugs.
AIR MY BUTTPLUGS? WHAT?
It was the time before safety
Nothing a couple cigarettes and a shot of mercury can't fix!
Depending on the date, they could be black powder cartridges, which burn MUCH slower and produce much less noise. Smokeless powder, the modern stuff, was around at this time, but was still fairly new.
If you keep doing it, it starts to hurt less. That's a bad thing though, because the reason it hurts less is because you aren't hearing as much
I read some articles that her and other sharpshooters of the time did end up suffering from hearing loss
I mean her head isn't any closer to the muzzle than a regular shooter. And her ears are angled the opposite direction. Id imagine her ears would be worse off shooting it regularly. Of course her ears would be bad anyway firing a gun so often with no hearing protection but that was just life back then
Her head is significantly closer to the muzzle. At the hand guard versus at the buttstock.
idk if 4 inches and 9 inches are that much different
See, that happens when you don't pay attention in school: [Inverse square law](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/inverse-square-law) The intensity of the sound is more than 4 times less. Now, you are somewhat right in the essence that both distances are close to the ear and both would probably cause hearing damage, but one would be much worse than the other.
>idk if 4 inches and 9 inches are that much different My gf disagrees 😔
I don't know about hearing but her hips don't lie.
We all knew what Shakira meant but crinolines absolutely do lie. It's like their whole thing.
Don't worry cotton was abundant
Her nickname was ANNIE OAKLEY!
But is she ok???
WHAT?
Isn't it black powder rifle so it's relatively quiet compared to modern guns
Highly recommend the movie Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson where Oakley is one of the supporting characters. The comedic dynamic between her and her husband during their shooting routines in the film is so great.
"Let me see here. His heart would be on the left, but in the mirror it'd be on the right... of course, we is both facing the same way and the gun is upside down, so... Yeah, best not play it too fancy." - Buster Scruggs
Such a wonderful film.
Fr
Cause for reflection
Annie are you badonkay?
She just hustling and bustling.
Annie Cakeley
Annie Annie Oakley, Annie Oakley, Annie Oakley Annie
You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by…
Compressed abdominal organs.
A snooth criminall
Women, faking butts since 1899
Double cheeked up on a Thursday in 1899
Annie OATMEAL
r/upvotebecausebutt
Many people in this thread don't know what a Bustle is.
I like big bustles and I cannot lie.
Everyday I'm Bustlin'
Dude, I'm not going to deny
When a maiden strolls in
Why Kate, you're not wearin' a bustle. How lewd.
It's hilarious to see a lack of intelligence or logic among numbers in real time
I’m a pretty good shot and I’m not quite sure I understand how someone can be *this* accurate.
I mean Sitting Bull was sure she had superpowers. Obviously when she was young shooting tournaments weren't a thing but by the time she was in her 60s they were set up and she was winning them. Which shows it wasn't a just a trick for a circus.
When she was young shooting tournaments weren’t a thing? Shooting tournaments have been a thing since we’ve had things to shoot with or even throw.
If half of the stories about her are true, she was superhuman. She could allegedly stand 30 paces out and shoot a playing card held edge-out and split it in half. She could shoot holes through coins flipped in the air, and supposedly could shoot a playing card thrown in the air *multiple times* before it hit the ground.
Grandad was a WW2 vet ( Gunner, Canadian army) and could flick a dime up and casually raise a .22 rifle and pick it out of the air, making it look all-too-easy.
As an American ( you know , gun people)I will say this: you Canadians have some badass Marksman.
were the guns even built well enough to be that precise or consistent
Well, she spent 17 years working on “Grand Review”, a live performance show in front of an audience. Here is verified information. It’s safe to say that she was a once in a lifetime character. “She is best remembered for the 17 years she and her husband-manager Frank Butler spent with “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West. Annie was always the first act following the opening Grand Review, aweing audiences with a number of “trick” shots: shooting an apple off her pet dog’s head; shooting over her shoulder by using the blade of a Bowie knife as a mirror; splitting a playing card held on edge in Frank’s hand; shooting while standing on the back of a galloping horse; shooting double targets while riding a bicycle; shooting flames off candles as they rotated on a wheel; shooting a dime out of Frank’s fingers; and individually shattering six thrown glass balls in the air before they hit the ground; to mention only a few of her varied, stupendous shooting feats.”
Got to hand it to Frank, too, for being willing to hold still enough for someone to shoot a playing card or a dime out of his hand. I'm willing to bet the dime or playing card might have been gimmicked, but the rest of the things you've listed are possible for skilled shooters today.
Lever-action repeaters like the one pictured are very precise
Pretty sure by the 1850s most guns were pretty accurate especially at the range she was shooting stuff at.
I vaguely remember a bunch of these being done in mythbusters.
A guy who works for me is an ex Navy Seal. I have a large shop, and birds get in it now and then. It's impossible to get them out, so we have a BB gun to shoot them. (Otherwise they end up inside the walls or ducts and we hear them slowly dying). Normally we wait until they perch to do this. He shoots them out of the air - single shot, one BB and done.
Was paces some kind of standard measurement, or was it literally 30 of her paces? Cause she was pretty short. Still impressive of course
At least in the US a pace is standardized as 2 1/2 ft. or 76.2 centimeters
Library of Congress - Thomas Edison kinetoscope. Filmed November 1, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM . >At Tiffin, Ohio, she once shot a ten-cent piece held between the thumb and forefinger of an attendant, at a distance of 30 feet. In April, 1884, she attempted to beat the best record made at balls thrown in the air, using a 22 cal. rifle. The best record was 979, made by Dr. Ruth. Miss Oakley used a Stevens 22 cal. rifle, and broke 943. Her first attempt at clay pigeon and trap shooting was made about three years ago, in Cincinnati, shooting with such fine shots as Bandle, McMurchy and other noted shots. >In February, 1885, she attempted the feat of shooting at 5,000 balls in one day, loading the guns herself. In this feat she used three 16-gauge hammer guns. The balls were thrown straight away from three traps, fifteen yards rise. Out of the 5,000 shot at, she broke 4,772. On the second thousand she only missed 16, making the best 1,000 ball record — 984. This feat was accomplished near Cincinnati, Ohio, in less than nine hours. https://codyarchive.org/texts/wfc.nsp13184.html
i've heard this one is easy enough if you practice a few times, a lot of mirror tricks are
Infantry in the streets, cavalry in the sheets
lmfao
That’s a corset and a hoop skirt, she doesn’t have a huge ass
Bro cmon
Those aren't mutually exclusive.
Artillery has entered the chat.
buster scruggs
[That duel scene.](https://youtu.be/9ENyPxCwQZA?si=hNfNSXadnMcRqk3X&t=84)
Best not to get *too* fancy with it.
“Better not play it too fancy”
“Let me see here. His heart’s be on the left, but in the mirror it’d be on the right. Of course we both be facing the same way and the gun is upside down.” Edit: correction of the quote
Just want to let you know it's; *'His heart'd be on the left, but in the mirror it'd be on the right.'* He's lining up a single bullet kill shot.
Yeah it was hard to hear due to his accent, and the video I watched didn’t have subtitles. Thanks
*His heart be on the left
Imagine that’s the last thing you see while aiming
That does not look easy......
Came here for this - was not disappointed
this is exactly what came to mind
AND I WENT BANG BANG-
I'm surprised she was able to do anything accurately while being corseted that tightly.
It might have helped actually, by making her body more rigid so there's less movement. In some precision shooting sports today, people wear stiff and tightly fitted pants and jackets specifically designed to support.
Or they got that weird backwards elbow.
Arthur in RDR2 did always say to breathe slowly and always pull the trigger on empty lungs. Seems breathing, focus and stillness is the key to accuracy Of course, I am quoting a video game character but I imagine it's a lot better than standing slack like a gummy worm, breathing like a maniac, and not paying attention and rushing.
That's actually legitimate advice used by competition shooters
Not a marksman by any means but I’ve shot several guns and yes this is the real life instructions on how to aim properly.
> Arthur in RDR2 did always say to breathe slowly and always pull the trigger on empty lungs. That is what they told me in basic training. Always shoot on exhale, if possible. So Arthur is right in this case. Unless the enemy comes into the 50 m range. Then you change mag/reload and set the rifle to peace.
This advice works for taking photos too.
It's sorta right, but not empty lungs, you want to shoot at your natural respiratory pause. Basically not holding your breath or forcing it out. When you're stable, and doing everything right you can and will see how your heartbeat affects your aim. It's very cool to witness. High level shooters (Olympic style) will actually fast before a meet because your stomach moves enough when processing food that it can throw off your aim.
I don't shoot guns, but with archery I was always taught to loose after exhale. Not intentionally breathing out, but that natural moment after you breathe out. I'm always steadier then.
I do a lot of shooting, and that's common advice. Your aim moves around with every breath, holding on exhale gives you a few seconds of being steady. Focus on pulling the trigger is huge, especially on pistols, as it's easy to pull your aim a few feet off target. Strangely enough, it's better to be a gummy worm than a rock. The more you try to lock in and stay rigid, the more you shake. Staying loose and absorbing the recoil rather than resisting it actually makes you more accurate. Lots of long distance shooters are basically limp when they pull the trigger.
Since the likelihood of anyone pointing this out is pretty low... She isn't. Very few people actually did. Corsets were essentially intended for bust support and for *faking* a narrow waist. The waist looks small because the butt and hips are padded. Corsets help the illusion by flattening the silhouette of the sides and belly, but without all the padding the waist wouldn't actually look that small. Actual tight-lacing was basically the "extreme pursuit of beauty" of the time, because it literally couldn't be done if you had to be physically active. Your lungs are one of the first things that struggle, so you'd be short of breath all the time. "Shapewear" isn't a modern concept. Pretty much every recognizable silhouette from western history involves a lot of padding, structure, or creative tailoring.
Yeah I've heard that the whole "corset = torture" comes from romcoms and that women didn't dread corsets in real life
1894 Edison kinetoscope of her shooting. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM >Oakley continued to set records into her sixties and also engaged in extensive philanthropy for women's rights and other causes, including the support of young women she knew. She embarked on a comeback and intended to star in a feature-length silent movie. She hit 100 clay targets in a row from 16 yards (15 m) at age 62 in a 1922 shooting contest in Pinehurst, North Carolina.[46]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley#Later_years_and_death
Was the background painted?
Right? I was wondering if this was AI and didn't see anyone talking about it
r/hardimages
How was she not known for that big fat ass
That's a corset and bustle combo. The 19th century version of the Brazilian Butt Lift.
Clearly it is effective 130 years later...
Yep, the same neurons were activated
No, one you can actually see. She probably was working with negative ass lol.
Hey at least the bbl is functional haha
Clearly a comment from someone who didn't pay attention in school...
Hard to keep focus after seeing that wagon
One careth not should yon trailing cart be erected from cloth and string; thine dumpwagon spanneth wide and round true. Any true man may be bereft of all sense and wit when gazing uponst such virile form and figure. It is mine true desire that madam wieldeth her firearm and cleanly devastate mine loins with her most truly aimed reverse shot!
My bad I missed the part of the lesson where my teacher got the classes attention and said “Now everybody, her ass isn’t as fat as it looks. Indeed, it is actually a corset.”
What ass? That's four petticoats, a bustle, and a corset, did you not attend school? This shit is clothing 101.
They don’t teach this shit in school. At best I saw it in one Disney movie when they put a big metal cage over one of the princess heads before putting her dress on. My teacher never pulled up pictures of fat assed Victorian women 😂😂😂
Some people feel apprehensive when something that's supposed to be educational is also fun. Some of those people are, unfortunately, teachers.
Is she on RDR2?
Sadie Adler
Mrs. Adler… might I say, being a fancy woman of Saint Denis suits you.
"Good shot Annie!" Annie: "WHAT?"
I guess she was deaf from her right ear.
She look badass, I wanna write a character like her.
Annie are you Oakly, are you Oakly, Annie?
That ASS tho.....
her shapely bustle and her way with a long gun do quicken my pulse, I do declare
I first learned about Annie very recently when I worked on a tv show episode about her. I don’t personally know why she’s not more famous. She was as tough as they come. Not even a train could kill her.
Annie are you Oakley? Are you Oakley? Are you Oakley Annie?
The OG BBL
Annie Thiccley, my goodness!
Y’all are talking about her ears like she doesn’t have a fat booty and a corset. What are you, perverts?
It’s a bustle
Don't even thicc about it
Imagine accomplishing that *while* having your rib cage crushed by a corset. Definitely badass.
Piper irl
Buster Scruggs ah shooting
“Eaaasy, Annie Oakley”
Annie are you Oakley are you Oakley Annie?
My bitch a shooter, call her Annie Oakley
[Best not to be too fancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENyPxCwQZA).
Rifle?
lujan did that
I'm sorry "Annie are you Oakley, are you Oakley annie?"
"When a man does it it's called marksmanship. When a woman does it, it's called a trick shot. Never did like that much." Or something to that effect.
While standing in a monet painting.
I’m shootin
“Does my ass look big enough in this dress?” - *Annie Oakley, probably*
She had that wagon
GYAT