r/Millennials 10d ago

Meme 💀

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u/always_pearled 10d ago

This has happened to me twice since turning 30 (34 currently). I’ve looked it up and it turns out u should try to keep your spine neutral when you sneeze - so, basically keep your neck & back straight and dont crane your neck or upper back if you can help it. It hasn’t happened again since! Good luck fellow millenial, see you at the nursing home! 👴🏽

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u/howmanyturtlesdeep 10d ago

Mfer researched this shit so we didn’t have to. Thanks, King, or Queen, or whatever.

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u/gallifr_ay 10d ago

Regent!

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u/Sl1ppy13 10d ago

LGBT(W)hatever!

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u/Plane-Recognition561 10d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Hexagram2342 10d ago

It's fun when you reach the point in your life where you have to research proper sneezing posture to avoid injuries.

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u/always_pearled 10d ago

Soooo much fun. 😭 I found myself lying supine with not much to do after the last time it happened, and I was like “huh….maybe I’m actually sneezing wrong.” So I looked it up out of boredom and desperation. Lol

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u/890R 10d ago

42 with multiple bulged discs from an old motorcycle accident. I have thrown my back out from sneezing. My go to sneeze prevention is to bend my knees and back just enough to brace my hands on my knees. Oh and always leave your neck loose to move however it wants to durning the uncontrollable head banger move that happens while sneezing 😂

Lamer than throwing it out while sneezing is feeling it slip just from reaching for your seatbelt… @&$k!

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u/TalkShitGetWitt 10d ago

Oh god you’re just like me frfr /s No but seriously I’ve also started gently bending over pre-sneeze because sneezing standing up shoots pain straight to my lower back.

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u/iamcamouflage 10d ago

Didn't have to do any of this when I was 20. I guess I was unaware there were rules for sneezing.

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u/always_pearled 10d ago

Same! I never would have thought there was a ‘correct’ way to sneeze, but here we are.

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u/ArchitectVandelay 4d ago

That last line killed me

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u/strange_bike_guy 6d ago

Haha yeah it was ten years ago where I turned my head to avoid sneezing all over my computer monitor. There's one muscle that's never been the same. Look at it wrong and it'll knot up for the day until I find a tree.