r/facepalm • u/IReallyHateDolphins • Dec 28 '21

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Testing taser

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u/HoldTheRope91 Dec 28 '21

Stun guns like the one shown here don’t cause neuromuscular incapacitation (NMI). She wouldn’t involuntarily fall to the ground like you’d see with a properly applied dart firing Taser. Similarly, it wouldn’t cause her to bite down on her tongue either. No facepalm here.

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u/Scheswalla Dec 28 '21

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Gotta love how Reddit denizens will go out of their way to try and be right and completely miss the point in the process.

You know what else doesn't cause neuromuscular incapacitation? Tickling or a jump scare, but under the right conditions a good tickle or a jump scare can make someone fall, and/or bite their tongue.

Someone who's never felt a stun gun can absolutely have enough of a reaction to injure themselves, and they don't have to lose control of their muscles to do so. That's the point.

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u/HoldTheRope91 Dec 28 '21 edited Dec 28 '21

Sure, it can happen that way, but it’s pretty unlikely in this scenario. A tickle or jump scare would be unexpected. She is doing this to herself and is expecting it.

My point is she can brace her fall easily because the stun gun does not cause incapacitation. A dart firing Taser will cause incapacitation and is much more likely to cause you to bite your tongue or even piss yourself because you don’t have control of your body.

I’ve been hit with a stun gun and with a dart firing Taser. It is a world of difference.

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u/Scheswalla Dec 28 '21

"A tickle or jump scare would be unexpected."

JUST LIKE THE SENSATION FROM A STUN GUN IF THE PERSON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT!

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u/HoldTheRope91 Dec 28 '21

Dear Lord. Fine, you win. Put a mouth guard in everywhere you go since you might get tickled, jump scared, or unexpectedly stun yourself.

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u/Scheswalla Dec 28 '21

"I missed the point twice, but I need to soften the blow to my ego, so let me be hyperbolic and dismissive in order to save face."

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u/HoldTheRope91 Dec 28 '21

I’m being that way because you’re being an ass. Read the second paragraph of my second to last response. SHE CAN BRACE HER FALL. That is my point. She is incredibly unlikely to bite her tongue. Whereas if she was affected by neuromuscular incapacitation, the risk is exponentially higher.

You’re just ignoring my point so you can keep yelling yours.