Why does a water balloon or paintball hurt so much if it doesn’t explode when it hits you?

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Was wondering why this happens. I figured the ball exploding would hurt more.

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If you throw a rock at someone it doesn’t explode, but it hurts, right? A mass going at a given speed striking you is going to exert force on your body, and in the case of a paintball it does it over a relatively small area.

That hurts.

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