Ninjas?

[longdayjake]

here is a thread I started. Some great pictures of what would be considered a mall ninja.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=388827&highlight=mind's+eye

 

[CapnMac]

no, he has it cleverly concealed, as it should be.

Wouldn't want to stand out in a crowd would ya??

rotflmao!

 

[AnthonyC.]

Hey Isher, I hope you didnt think that he was asking what a real ninja is......thanks for the wiki post but.....thats not what we are talking about, and I hope that was just a joke......lol

 

[B yond]

 

[Hush]

http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm
Great ninja page...and my reply to the guy asking about shooting 2 guns at the same time.

 

[John Wayne]

These people are generally easy to spot. Some signs to look for:

-A morbidly obese individual wearing Hi-Tec Magnum boots

-A preference for things like Extreme Shock ammunition, in the latest, greatest caliber

-A "rent-a-cop" type security job, in which they will usually not be allowed to carry a gun

-Knowledge of firearms derived from video games

-"High and tight" or other military-style haircuts despite having a BMI double what's considered passing in any military branch

-An individual who can't afford new tires for his primered-up Oldsmobile Tornado but carries a $210 SureFire light, $600 Microtech automatic knife (with $300 Benchmade "tactical" folder as a backup), can of pepper spray, etc.

-An individual so obsessed with 'security' they are willing to devote countless hours on the internet researching the latest breakthroughs in tactical gear. They will then go out and buy the stuff with the most accessories, ignoring the fact that the biggest risk to their personal safety is the 4 Jimmy Dean biscuits and pack of Camels they go through a day.

 

[66912]

2RCO, I am not sure how I missed that post but thanks for the link. That has made my day!

 

[Kind of Blued]

-An individual so obsessed with 'security' they are willing to devote countless hours on the internet researching the latest breakthroughs in tactical gear. They will then go out and buy the stuff with the most accessories, ignoring the fact that the biggest risk to their personal safety is the 4 Jimmy Dean biscuits and pack of Camels they go through a day.

Bingo.

 

[Weedy]

Wow, Gecko45 is my hero.

I agree with Jim_100, I think this was one funny-a$$ joke perpetrated by someone with a little bit of internet weapons knowledge. Reminds me of what Sasha Baron Cohen does (Borat, Ali G). Acts like a total idiot but man is it funny!

 

[tradja]

Unfortunately, I am a sucker for mall ninja threads. It is especially joyous to watch a new person discover this wonderful concept.

Kinda hard to pull it off at work, though. It's their coffee and their keyboard.

One of the many things I appreciate about THR as compared to other gun boards is the relative lack of MN's here. As long as I don't get swept, I cut mall ninjas a lot of slack. Like mljdeckard, I harbor a hope, perhaps naively, that their interests will eventually lead them to considering public service, an interest in national security issues, real training, or even physical fitness.

 

[swagner89]

return of Gecko45?

here's a clip from february of someone going by the name "Gecko45" shooting zombie nazis on a Playstation game. same guy??? good thing the mall was closed that day, or hundreds of innocent shoppers could have been sodomized.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szq0fJeLTWI

 

[MikePGS]

here's a clip from february of someone going by the name "Gecko45" shooting zombie nazis on a Playstation game. same guy???

Not necessarily him. When I play Counter-Strike I go by the name Gecko45 but alas no one has gotten the joke so far on there.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

I had some zingers I was going to deliver, but some of the above posts pretty much covered the landscape in question.

Basically, a mall ninja knows all about gear, and thinks he knows all about shooting, but wouldn't know how to survive in the woods or in the city by his wits for more than three days.

They also think in video game terms of kill or be killed, rather than in real world terms of surveillance, making and breaking contact, incremental response, legal justification and excuse, or most importantly, teamwork and division of labor. They know a bunch of (sometimes questionable) military history though they've never served, they distrust authority though they've never been oppressed, and they screech about the Constitution though they've never defended a criminal or gun case in court.

Noisy and useless, pretty much.

 

[maskedman504]

 

[jbkebert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUr9HHeaQYQ

Here is some more ninja gear i saw on you tube.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Oh, man. Maskedman504, that kid at the bottom looks like a seriously disturbed Michelin Man, or an engorged tick about to pop.

 

[Boba Fett]

I think that kid is at an anime convention and is supposed to be one of the characters from the anime Jin-Roh.

However, he might want to consider losing some weight so he can pull off the costume like these guys can:

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Those "anime" look like Marshall Foch's worst nightmare.

 

[JWF III]

Here ya'll go. Just what everyone (following this thread) has been waiting on. The Mall Ninja Apptitude Test.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/10/18/the-mall-ninja-apptitude-test/

I didn't do so hot. Only scored a 30. Some questions didn't give me an appropriate choice. So I had to go with the next best thing.

Wyman

 

[CapnMac]

Egads! 29% What will my friends at soopersecureco think ? <g>

 

[Justin]

You might be a mall-ninja if this set-up looks good to you.

At least there's no question about whether or not it makes major!

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I got a 38 on the mall ninja test. Though I really am in the Army, so whatever.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

I shot a 21 on the Mall Ninja Quiz. A few of the questions were ambiguous in their implication at best, but what the heck; I only "outscored" 12 percent of test takers, which isn't too terrible -- that means 88 percent of people are more mall ninja than yours very truly.

 

[hso]

For you youngsters, the infamous man of mystery himself is a THR member. Yes, the real one, not some teen poser.

 

[benEzra]

Ninja resources...

http://askaninja.com/
http://www.drmcninja.com/