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The pain tolerance part reminds me of the simple game where two players slap each others' hand in turn; the turn switches when the receiver manages to dodge a slap, but gets punished with a free slap if they twitch on a fake attack. More specifically the version with knuckle hits instead of slaps, which was somewhat common on bus rides between kids.

Not sure it's a great game mechanic, it usually stopped more out of “well enough of this”/“the teacher will notice that amount of blood” than out of winning or any feeling of success. At best you get a feeling of camaradery and very dulling pain.

Can't find videos, only of something called bloody knuckles which doesn't seem to be the same thing—anyway I don't recommend reproducing this game unless you're like a 12 year old child trying to fit in at the back of the bus.




It has many names, so you'll probably have to search a few to find videos, but wikipedia lists it's primary name as 'red hands'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hands




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