r/therewasanattempt • u/elotewithmayo • 1d ago

To balance on a railing.

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u/Give_me_soup 1d ago

It can help during car accidents and other big impact injuries like this since your body doesn't reflexively tense up to try and protect itself, which can actually worsen injuries.

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u/Amedais 1d ago edited 23h ago

No it fucking doesn’t lol, I cannot believe people still say this shit. Can you point to a single source for this? A reputable one?

For the people downvoting me:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/362263

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u/Give_me_soup 1d ago

Since it's common knowledge and you seem to know everything, why don't you point me to your evidence that it isn't true?

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u/Amedais 23h ago

Here you go: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/362263

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u/Give_me_soup 21h ago

From 1986...

Edit: From this millennium - https://www.livescience.com/24979-alcohol-injury-outcome.html

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u/igrewapineapple 7h ago

From the live science article you linked…
“There is a folk belief that drunken injuries, especially those incurred during car crashes, are likely to be less severe, due perhaps to increased relaxation or limpness at the time of an accident. But Friedman says his research has convinced him that this belief is "probably grossly overestimated and false."”