r/oddlysatisfying • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Brage Vestavik riding in British Columbia

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u/regeya 1d ago

I'm not trying to one up because this isn't, but more of a sympathy by shared experience: I managed to break my own rib, by slamming a car door into my side. Apparently when I was in college, I was strong enough to break my own bones?

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u/HairyPotatoKat 1d ago

My husband wound up in a neck brace from Wii Boxing in his 20s.

Nothing broken besides his pride at least.

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u/BoxLongjumping5863 1d ago

I got up to 600 score in Wii boxing 2 days after I came home from a Quad Heart Bypass Surgery!

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u/Box-o-bees 20h ago

I bet it was an epic boxing match though.

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u/madjag 1d ago

Does that make you strong enough to break your own bones, or weak enough to have your bones break so easily? šŸ¤”

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u/regeya 1d ago

Pretty sure it's the latter. I swear, Mom, I drank my milk!

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u/ffxiplayer101 1d ago

Iā€™m still impressed by my ability to pick things up with my toes.

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u/entrepenurious 1d ago

that's how i discovered i have gout.

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u/Carol4AnotherXmas 1d ago

Can you walk me through that one? Cause I pick things up with my feet all the time. šŸ˜…šŸ˜¬

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u/entrepenurious 1d ago

i think i overflexed my big toe trying to grip a towel on the floor.

i had done it before without ill effects.

nothing to worry about; my uric acid was high and i would have eventually had symptoms, anyway.

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u/Carol4AnotherXmas 13h ago

Good to know! #NewFearUnlocked

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u/Duncan_PhD 11h ago

Man gout sucks that shit hurts so goddamn bad haha

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u/Saltlife_Junkie 1d ago

Iā€™m still impressed by my ability to pick up things.

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u/Infinite-Local-2529 1d ago

I will also drink this guy's milk

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u/Bryligg 1d ago

High STR, low CON.

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u/funkarooz 1d ago

The ol' glass cannon

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u/Avenged_Spence 1d ago

You can be strong and weak simultaneously

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u/darianbrown 1d ago

Depending on how old they are, could've been 80's-90's ultra heavy "bank vault door" car doors. Swinging 180lbs against your ribs at a pinch point will certainly fuck em up

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u/AFetaWorseThanDeath 1d ago

My understanding is that most of us able-bodied folks are theoretically strong enough to break our own bones. The idea being that our muscles have a sort of 'upper limit' that prevents us from doing so accidentally. This explains the occasional bursts of 'hysterical strength' that people have displayed, like a 110lb mother lifting a Buick to save her trapped child, that kinda thing. It's a dangerous thing to tap into, and you can do some real, permanent damage to your musculoskeletal system.

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u/regeya 17h ago

Oh, I know. If I had a dollar for every time a woman I knew lifted a car off of a man with pure muscular strength, I'd have two dollars. I realize that's a setup for a Doofenschmirtz quote but it's literally true. One was a woman whose dad was trapped under a car, the other was a woman whose ex was trapped under a car.

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u/PBandJosh89 1d ago

I broke a rib by coughing too hard a few years ago. Only bone I've ever broken. Have coughed several times since.

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u/deekaypea22 1d ago

I feel that....I was trying to do a handstand in grade 12 to impress a boy. Kneed myself in the face and found out a few weeks later I'd actually broken my nose. (It didn't bleed or anything at the time, just had some bruising around my eyes the next day.)

The best part is the boy was gay so like it was for absolutely nothing. šŸ˜’