Which sucks worse?

It all depends. I've sliced myself numerous times and never poked myself. That's the only reason I picked the devil that i know.

I imagine a poke couldn't really be much worse than a slice....

I'm most certainly wrong. That's my answer, however.

 

I can't recall ever accidently poking myself. Now slicing is another story.

 

How bad are we talking?...

Ive always heard it said people who get cut live, people who get stabbed die.

 

Poking = deeper = harder to heal = nope

 

getting cut with a sharp knife doen't
immediately hurt
imo the depth and length of the cut
corelates to the sensation felt.
a sudden or unexpected prick, poke or
puncture would imo be a jolt to the system.
i can tell you that stepping on a nail
is no laughing matter.... likewise
a stab from any object with a wider radius
i figure some folks have a higher level in regards to tolerence of pain.
perhaps they have nerve endings which
are dull or are high on intoxsicating
substances

so in answer to the question
pain is higher if you are
mentally unprepared
however becoming emotionally
overcomed with fear.
and panic might trigger adrenaline
that you forget the pain and concentrate
on the visual impact of seeing the wound

 

c: None of the above.

 

I have had the poking and the slicing. They both suck. What matters is the severity and the placement, not the mechanism of injury. My worst poke was in an extremity and took a damn long time to heal, but healed up well. My worst slice left me missing a good piece of flesh of my thumb, which also healed surprisingly well. Of the 2, the one that sticks out in my memory is watching a piece of my glove fall down knowing that there was still thumb in it. I vote NOPE on both options.....

 

Never poked, so academic question.
Sliced, of course - not my favorite past time

But my father was good poked, when young, quick and stupid.
He felt from church bell tower.
Not very tall at all.
But on iron wrought fence with "pokes" on top
Was literally impaled in tight and upper arm !!
People managed to remove him from that cozy rest.
But way too late to ask him - poke or slice ???

 

Slice. I am judging on the general area where it occurred: my fingernail. While poking through it was painful, slicing through was more memorable.

 

Nope nope nope. Both suck.

But impalement and slashing suck even more, that’s for sure.

 

I'll take a slice please (sounds like I'm ordering a pizza) I can see what I'm working with, a poke, not sure what I have for damage. Full disclaimer, I'm not really qualified to answer this question since I have never suffered a poke, plenty of slices though.

 

Neither please. But light slicing would be less damaging...

My friend slid accidentally his arm nerves while showing off Karambit skills in 2018 - When he did one more super-fast rotation it suddenly slashed his hand + vein + started pouring blood. The worst - Damaged nerve! Four surgeries after + $100K in medical bills and still his right arm is f**ked up. He might never get his healthy hand back. The nerve damage seems to be irrecoverable.

 

I don’t even want to think about it.

 

Talking about fingers or something else?

 

You meant lack of skills...correct.

 

You don't actually get to choose "slice or poke". What you can choose, on the other hand, and this is entirely up to anybody, is using a knife with focus, care and understanding of the task at hand. This eliminates almost entirely any "accidental" stuff.

 

Oh my lawd, this is why any man with a Karambit should always have a training Karambit. You gotta build muscle memory first. The problem is every beginner wants to be Iko Uwais or Doug Marcaida overnight.

What’s even more horrifying is when the newbie tries DUAL-WIELDING. Twice the weaponry, twice the surgery.

 

I've sliced myself as many times as anyone else here.. but u get near me with a needle and we gonna have a problem. But that said, for me a knife poke hurts worse for a few seconds.

 

I voted slicing due to this line of thinking ^.

I'm pretty good at not poking or slicing myself with my knives.