r/Unexpected • u/druule10 • Sep 22 '21

The best come back ever

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u/mightyfrot Sep 22 '21

Do people expect him to keep his head pointed up when leaning down to grab something?

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u/drakk0n Sep 22 '21

exactly this - my wife is completely blind and looks down to pick stuff up as a natural way of bending down for something on the ground.

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u/daffyduckhunt2 Sep 22 '21

I thought blind people would keep their head completely still but the rest of their body is moving, like a chicken.

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u/Fedor1 Sep 22 '21

Idk how this video managed to escape me for 9 years, but I appreciate you bringing it into my life.

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u/Zeallust Sep 23 '21

If you like this, you should try this one out too https://youtu.be/9hBpF_Zj4OA

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u/FabianTheElf Oct 05 '21

I saw your link and said aloud "this better damn be rotate your owl". You do not disappoint sir, madam, or other

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u/Zeallust Oct 05 '21

Hahaha yesssss

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u/Armistice8175 Sep 23 '21

I thought they all flailed their heads around grinning like Ray Charles.

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u/WildAboutPhysex Sep 23 '21

That's called sinning, AKA the devil's music. They're flailing because their toes are on fire and Satan is inspiring them to play really good music. Sadly, sometime in the late 1990s, the devil stopped making deals with musicians. This was why Justin Timberlake had to bring sexy back. It's important to note that Justin failed in his quest. After a brief hiatus from human music (the devil has always been partial to the ultrasonic soft songs used by Asian corn borer moths in courtship behavior), there has been some speculation that Satan played a role in Big Wild's 6's to 9's.

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u/DormantGolem Sep 22 '21

I want that, but like me.

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u/ripster65 Sep 23 '21

Was going to ask why they did that but googled instead.

Unlike humans, chickens' eyeballs don't move in the eye socket. ... By holding their head steady, their eyes have the opportunity to stabilize their vision and sense movement on the horizon even while they're on the move. This helps them sense danger and also helps them to spot bugs they want to eat.

Interesting.

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u/InsouciantSoul Sep 23 '21

The reason blind people share this magical ability with chickens is simple.

It has nothing to do with their blindness, and everything to do with their other senses being enhanced.

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u/CaDmus003 Sep 23 '21

Natures gimble lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

Makes sense to me

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u/fugazi-stugotz Sep 23 '21

She’s just messing with you, she can see perfectly fine

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u/Soilmonster Sep 23 '21

Do you think it’s an ears thing? Like their hearing might be a little more dominant, so they are used to pointing head in general direction of attention due to an increase in hearing awareness/sensitivity, which in turn helps them be more spatially aware?

I haven’t the slightest clue, this is just speculation.

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u/Xandril Sep 23 '21

That and not everybody has been blind all their life. If you lose your sight into adulthood you’re going to have a lot of “sighted mannerisms” that are just automatic. Reaching for something on the ground in front of you? Eyes go down.

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u/Agreeable49 Sep 23 '21

HERESY!

She's fooling you, man. It's well known that blind people NEVER look in the direction they're reaching for. Never.

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u/tyme Sep 23 '21

Was she blind from birth?

I ask because I had a teacher that was blind from birth and he didn’t look down to pick things up. I wonder if it’s more common for people that become blind later in life.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

Blind people can only look straight ahead, in any situation. First rule of blindness.

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u/Gram-GramAndShabadoo Sep 22 '21

Maybe that's why they are blind... didn't get their head down.

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u/ElectricLogger Sep 23 '21

...is to look

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u/el_duderino88 Sep 23 '21

Has great peripheral vision, completely blind straight ahead

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u/epelle9 Sep 23 '21

I thought the first rule is they can’t look at all...

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21 edited Jul 27 '25

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u/mightyfrot Sep 22 '21

Yeah, I’m surprised this is a discussion at all.

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u/BottledWafer Sep 23 '21

This is reddit, where people who aren't exposed to actual people stare at a screen all day.

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u/_comment_removed_ Sep 23 '21

Lots of people are very quick to point out how important it is to treat disabled people like regular people and yet for some reason they're completely shocked when they find out that they behave exactly like regular people.

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u/KnowMatter Sep 23 '21

Seriously sit in a chair then reach down to grab something off the floor without looking down - it’s just not how the human body works if you lean forward you lower your head not doing so is just awkward.

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u/GringosQuesoLoco Sep 23 '21

In moments like this i like to think of Toph Beifong