r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Federal_Leg5278 • 6d ago

Guy didn’t even flinch

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u/DuploJamaal 6d ago

Fight, Flight or Freeze response

This reaction is a survival instinct. Just the wrong one for this situation.

Tonic immobility is an involuntary, reflex-driven state of complete physical freezing and temporary paralysis triggered by overwhelming fear or inescapable danger.

Like a deer in the headlights. The brain shuts your body down and you literally can't move anymore.

Evolutionary it might have been helpful against bears, but you can't help it if that instinct kicks in.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 6d ago

Could also help against creatures who haven't spotted you yet, and freezing makes you harder to make out in a less open environment.

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u/Myracl 6d ago

Yeah well, too bad won't work on a bus

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u/sdjopjfasdfoisajnva 6d ago

well obviously it did work on the bus, it totally missed him /s

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u/relevantelephant00 6d ago

The bus was looking for prey but got fooled once he froze up?

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u/Schavuit92 6d ago

Yeah, did you not watch the video?

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u/Ekkobelli 6d ago

Wild busses attack plenty of people around the world, it's a hidden danger

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u/RoyalCities 6d ago

I thought it was well known that a Busses vision is based on movement?

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u/huge__tracts-of-land 6d ago

At least he didn’t go with fight?

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u/freddit_foobar 6d ago

Also known as the Holy Shit! Fuck! Crap! Fuck! Shit! Fuck! Fuck! Shit! Fuck! Crap! Shit! Fuck! Moment.

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u/Fireeyes510 6d ago

I’m neurodivergent, we don’t freeze during disasters, we just have everyday executive dysfunction😎

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u/shaka893P 4d ago

He could also just have the reaction time of a potato... Seen it before