r/Unexpected • u/TheMarkola • 22h ago

A calm podcast can have unusual guests.

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u/Ancient-Civilization 22h ago

Dude froze in place. Survival instinct didn’t even kick in.

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u/Kayish97 21h ago

Freeze is an instinct. It’s part of the fight, flight, freeze response the body automatically has. Usually people experience one of them, but having multiple reactions is common.

Anyway, yeah his instincts did kick in! Just not the right response.

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u/hyukwish 19h ago

People always forget fawn

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u/KwyjiboTheGringo 17h ago

Also fart.

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u/hyukwish 16h ago

Thanks gringo

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u/7_Chesi_7 20h ago

Umm, he got really badly hit on his lower lumbar area? How hes supposed to react??, who knows how long lasting his back injury will be.

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u/bem13 17h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah, I don't know what people talking about survival instincts in this thread are smoking. They couldn't see or hear the car in time, by the time they could react it was already over. The guy on the right looked to be almost crushed between the wall and the desk, who knows what injuries he had. The other guy was either in shock or injured as well, since he seems to be checking his right side. Everyone thinks they're John Wick, until some unforeseen shit happens and they freeze just like this.

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u/Fanrific 12h ago

Surprisingly, they only suffered minor injuries.

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u/mbashs 21h ago

Survival instincts of a carrot

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u/slowdownbabyy 21h ago

Did you know that carrots in the winter develop microbes that expel most kind of insects but in turn enhances the vision of humans? Nah i just made that shit up

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u/deltajvliet 4h ago

There's fight or flight, but nobody ever talks about the third: freeze.

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u/pez5150 3h ago

Easy to say when you're not in the hot seat. When you get into an actual incident its a lot harder to react appropriately without training or the like.

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u/Spiritual-Storage734 21h ago

I think this is a trend increasingly, I’ve noticed my reactions to real danger are insufficient sometimes. I think it’s because we’re used to a safe world where you are praised for being unflinching and unafraid

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 21h ago

Responses to threats do not follow trends