# Force De-Escalation (most to least powerful)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-de-escalation-most-to-least-powerful/475926 "2008-12-05T22:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-de-escalation-most-to-least-powerful/475926/21 "2008-12-21T17:15:06Z")

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Mr Rodgers  
**Threat of making out on National TV with Rosie O’Donnell. (Worse, 'cause you’d have to endure it for the rest of your natural life).**  
Chuck Norris **(at least you know your licks are coming)**  
The Tangle (destroys reality retroactively back to creation)  
Dalek Reality Bomb (destroys reality itself)  
The Deplorable End - press the button, a new Big Bang destroys the universe  
Core Implosion Device - galaxy physically destroyed  
Suicide Night - every sentient creature ( outside of bandersnatchi ) in the galaxy dies  
Gridfire  
Stellar detonation weapons - the Sun Crusher and so on  
Planetary Disruption (Death Star, the Lexx, etc…)  
Orbital Nuking (the only way to be sure)  
Batman (prepared)  
Batman (didn’t see it coming)  
Lazy Gun  
ICBM bombardment  
High Mark Bolo  
SLBM bombardment  
Low Mark Bolo  
Apocolypse Troll “blaster” - a handgun with kilotons-per-second firepower  
Conventional airstrikes  
Manticoran Marines in powered armor  
Knife missile  
Heavy Ground Assault  
Tribarrel  
Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range  
Star Trek phasers  
That trick Bug Bunny does where he puts his finger in the end of the gun barrel  
Conventional Firearms (automatic)  
Conventional Firearms (Semiauto)  
Conventional Firearms (Manual Action, revolver, bolt/lever action)  
Conventional Firearms (Single-Shot)  
Conventional Firearms (Black Powder)  
Trebuchet  
Archery (Compound bows/crossbows)  
Archery (Recurve)  
Archery (longbow)  
Boiling oil  
The Pen That Is Mightier Than The Sword - naturally has to go above blades  
Blades (swords/knives)  
**Enduring a three-hour standup routine by Fran Drescher and Gilbert Godfried** _(Why? Because their voices cut like a knife, but wound much, much deeper)_  
Melee weapons (Staffs/Nunchukau/Tonfas/Clubs/other blunt-force trauma weapons)  
Kung Fu  
Boards With Nails In Them  
Pointed Sticks  
Rocks  
Indian burns  
Can of RAID  
Fresh Fruit  
Cow bite  
A Hawaiian Punch  
Harsh Language  
A stern talking to  
The Look  
[del]UN resolution[/del] _(moved below)_  
Soft Language  
Handshake  
**UN Resolution**  
Hug

Tripler  
I wasn’t sure where to put in **US Airstrike**. I leave that for debate.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-de-escalation-most-to-least-powerful/475926/22 "2008-12-21T18:14:06Z")

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Heavy Ground Assault  
Tribarrel  
Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range  
**Finger of Death**  
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A Hawaiian Punch  
Harsh Language  
A stern talking to  
**The Finger**  
The Look  
Soft Language  
Handshake  
UN Resolution  
**Anakin Skywalker (whine-baby mode)**  
Hug

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-de-escalation-most-to-least-powerful/475926/23 "2008-12-22T16:14:51Z")

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> [@janis\_and\_c0](#):
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> Yeah, but Yoda Trained Obi wan, Who trained Anakin, who kicked Palpatines ass.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. I am informed that on any given Sunday, any NFL team can best any other NFL team.

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