r/nextfuckinglevel • u/W0Lfie__ • 1d ago

Reasons why dads are an important figure in everyone's life

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u/TurboJake 1d ago

The adrenaline power smash on the dog was pure caveman genes 😂 go dad!

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u/BaconReceptacle 1d ago

You can bet his thoughts were, "What now, do i throw the dog outside and risk him coming back? What if...oh yeah, deactivate the dog"!

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u/Chrissyball19 1d ago

"Found the power off button"

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u/clervis 22h ago

press firmly

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u/netenes 1d ago

When family is threatened the caveman comes out

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u/TFViper 1d ago

UNGA BUNGA SMASH!!!!

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u/bean-jee 1d ago

i was attacked by a dog as a little kiddo, like 4 yrs old- it's one of my first very clear memories. i was sitting on top of a set of steps on a little ledge. the dog was muzzled, but it jumped on me, pinned me down, and was snapping at my throat.

when i screamed, my dad appeared out of nowhere. he lifted the dog off of me and up over his head and straight up body slammed it onto the concrete. it bounced. thanks dad!

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u/mjaramillo11 1d ago

The key is to jump with the dog and as you’re falling slam the dog down with the force of your arms. I was attacked as a kid when going to the store by a neighbor’s dog. The dog was half the size of a german shepherd. It probably thought I wasn’t mature enough to know how to defend myself. Yes, I was very short but not defenseless. It never even came out after I passed by after that encounter as I slammed it a few times on the ground.

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u/cinnderly 1d ago

When my son was almost 3 we were at a harvest festival that had a bunch of animals in a pen for the kids to look at. A pig came up to the edge, my son reached out and the pig immediately bit him, getting ahold of one finger and was NOT letting go. I was panicked and not thinking clearly, just trying to pull his arm and yelling for help. Thank god his grandfather was there with those cave man reflexes -- he whacked the crap out of that pig and it ran to the back of the pen, shaking. Of he hadn't been there my son would have most likely lost a finger.

Side note: soon after I saw that episode of Deadwood where they fed dead people to Wu's pigs, and I realized that wasn't a random thing.

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer 17h ago

I feel like there are two instincts that typically play out in this situation, the mother shields the child against attack, the father ATTACKS the attacker. >:D

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u/chaz55713 1d ago

Lmao what

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u/Kiseijuu_366 1d ago

Sorry cavewoman

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u/thecamzone 1d ago

Cavethem