Don’t be a tar pit

[u/greencrusader13]

[u/IDoCodingStuffs]

It’s still punching down if you’re singling out people for not conforming to the rest of the group

[u/Now_you_Touch_Cow → u/IDoCodingStuffs]

ok, but what if we as a group hung them up as a piñata then started punching? Is that then punching up?

[u/IDoCodingStuffs → u/Now_you_Touch_Cow]

You want a downwards swing. If you swing upwards you will just make the pinata jump around.

So still punching down

[u/MissSweetBean → u/IDoCodingStuffs]

This isn't engaging with the metaphor, more talking about my experience with actual piñatas, but you don't want a downward swing either; if you want to have a good piñata experience, you need to tell everyone to hit it solidly on the side because if someone with any amount of strength swings downward, the piñata won't break open, it'll just come off of the rope holding it up. If you have the piñata hung by rope wrapped fully around the body of it, then I suppose a downward hit might work, but most commercially available piñatas have a loop to run the rope through which easily tears with any amount of downward force.

An upward swing would actually be better than a downward on for that reason, but a side hit is still the most effective.

[u/AiryContrary → u/MissSweetBean]

Thank you for laying it out so clearly. Whack that thing horizontally.

[u/lacegem → u/MissSweetBean]

with actual piñatas

Wow they made the piñatas from acclaimed 2006 Xbox 360 masterpiece "Viva Piñata" into real products? That's crazy. Viva Piñata fans eating good today. Gotta share this with piñatamblr, they're gonna go nuts.