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		b0b0b0b on Feb 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley geeks have their own ‘Fight Club’. ... These guys got some press several years ago: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2006/05/fi... I was amused hearing of fights where they beat each other only with rolled up newspapers. It beats watching tv and eating pork rinds, I guess.

billswift on Feb 10, 2011 [–]

A tightly rolled newspaper or magazine can be an effective weapon; some schools of escrima or arnis demonstrate how to roll one and use it as a substitute for the short stick.

yummyfajitas on Feb 10, 2011 | [–]

Soccer hooligans use it as well.

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