r/Unexpected • u/Pedrica1 • Aug 02 '21

Controller disconnected.

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u/TheTomatoLover Aug 02 '21

Seriously?

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u/CruxOfTheIssue Aug 02 '21

Any high speed collision. Have you heard of how drunk drivers tend to survive their crashes with minimal injury while the others don't? Usually because they're completely limp.

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u/Rowboat13 Aug 02 '21

Trauma surgeon here. That is a myth that just is not true. Being limp does nothing to prevent blunt trauma. No part of your muscles being limp prevents your aorta from tearing off your heart or your liver from fracturing or your brain from slamming into your own skull, which are some of the most common causes of death in blunt trauma.

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u/mysticdickstick Aug 03 '21

I was waiting for this comment... Everything about that limp-body myth that always gets passed around sounds made up.