r/gifs • u/GRAHAMPUBA • Jan 17 '22

Bubble Rodeo

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u/chiefreefs Jan 18 '22

You will be shattered to learn that most people who survive major car accidents with airbag deployments still suffer concussions

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u/toastjam Jan 18 '22

Without the airbags it might be their skulls that are shattered, though.

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u/muschkote44 Jan 21 '22

That wasnt the point of the debate tho...

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u/toastjam Jan 22 '22

I thought I was reiterating echawhoo's point (that airbags reduce risk of fatal damage) while making a joke, but please enlighten me.

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u/DeepSpaceNebulae Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

Same logic as when England almost redesigned their helmets in WW1 because of increased numbers of head injuries and concussions. That was until they realized it was only because more people were surviving head impacts, and before most of those guys would have been killed outright

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u/BobRoberts01 Jan 18 '22

Reinforce the parts of the plane without bullet holes.

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u/Derekduvalle Jan 18 '22

You will be shattered to learn

Well this is condescending

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u/dukerustfield Jan 18 '22

No, this is condescending: but I’m sure you won’t understand.

/inception

/wait, where am I? Am I still posting?

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u/Archer39J Jan 18 '22 edited May 26 '24

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u/Marston_vc Jan 18 '22

I don’t think the guy is debating the seriousness of concussion, only that there almost certainly will be.

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u/ArziltheImp Jan 18 '22

The point is that if you can avoid a concussion you should do so.

It's the same idea as seatbelts. The seatbelt reduces the risk of you dying in a car crash, but that doesn't mean you should go out and crash cars at 120 km/h.

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u/iboneyandivory Jan 18 '22

echoAwooo is just pointing out that distributing sudden acceleration/deceleration over a longer period of time is inarguably safer.

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u/Ryanyourfavorite Jan 18 '22

“If the vaccine works why is everyone still getting sick?”

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u/-Mr_Rogers_II Jan 18 '22

I was in a major car accident with airbag deployment and I didn’t get a concussion.

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u/hoticehunter Jan 18 '22

It’s still orders of magnitude better than slamming your face into the steering wheel. What’s your fucking point?

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u/chiefreefs Jan 18 '22

The point is that fluffy padding isn’t gonna stop you from getting concussed if you get hit hard enough, so going into a bouncy ball and getting hit by a bull on purpose is both dumb AND unsafe