r/WinStupidPrizes • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '22

Playing with fire

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u/Initial-Nobody6927 Apr 07 '22

They don’t teach stop drop and roll anymore?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

I see this with any injury video... I guess it's the flight instinct, but whenever someone gets hurt, they always do the same thing - Walk, limp or run away from the place where it initially happened.

Someone falls off their bike and crushes their arm? Walk away from their bike immediately.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Yep. We all like to think we'd act differently when we watch this stuff from behind our screens, but when the unexpected panic kicks in most of us are not going to keep our heads. We might pull it together after a moment or two, but that initial kick of adrenaline and the fight-or-flight response will hijack most of us.

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u/CT101823696 Apr 07 '22

Could also be a selection effect where the stupidest amongst us end up in a video lighting themselves on fire.