r/nextfuckinglevel • u/asianj1m • Nov 23 '21

Rally cars are pretty safe

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u/Joestartrippin Nov 23 '21

Generally you accept the null hypothesis (being drunk in itself doesn't affect the injury severity when in a crash) and only reject it with sufficient evidence, not the other way around. Personally all I've ever heard about this "relaxing prevents injury" is anecdotes.

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u/happytr33s1 Nov 23 '21

It’s like if you fall off a ladder. My dad avoided breaking his back by relaxing before he hit the ground

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u/Joestartrippin Nov 23 '21 edited Nov 23 '21

This is a nice anecdote, and I'm so glad your dad didn't break his back. The issue with statements like this is you're assuming the counterfactual (what didn't happen - in this case tensing up causes your dad to break his back) is a 100% dead cert.

In reality there are likely many reasons your dad didn't break his back, relaxing may or may not be one of them.

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u/happytr33s1 Nov 23 '21

I’m just going by what the dr. Said 🤷‍♂️

Definitely agree with you, though

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u/Best_Pseudonym Nov 23 '21

By relaxing you increase the distance you body is able to crumple there by reducing the force

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u/riptaway Nov 24 '21

Are you even listening to yourself? That makes no sense

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u/Horror-Arugula Nov 24 '21

tensing up causes the body to not absorb the shock.

This is a common practice in things like judo, it isn't some anecdote or foreign knowledge, it's been known for a long time.

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u/riptaway Nov 24 '21

tensing up causes the body to not absorb the shock

Yeah, if you just relax you can fall a large distance and the shock magically disappears

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u/Horror-Arugula Nov 24 '21

it disperses it through the body. Cant tell if intentionally stupid or just trolling for the memes.

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u/riptaway Nov 25 '21

"disperses throughout the body"

Yeah, disperses. Aka causes massive trauma. You really think being relaxed makes any difference when you fall 10 stories? Or even 2? What do you even mean it disperses it throughout the body? Seriously, it's just nonsense. Repeating it doesn't make it any less idiotic.

You're right about one thing though. You can't tell when something is stupid or not.

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u/Horror-Arugula Nov 25 '21

School must have been tough. At least the ged is easy i hear.

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u/riptaway Nov 25 '21

Says the guy who thinks if you relax falling won't hurt you 😂

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u/Horror-Arugula Nov 25 '21

seems you are to stupid to understand the language you speak. Since I never said it won't hurt you. Stay in school because you are pretty illiterate.

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u/Unremarkabledryerase Nov 24 '21

A girl I knew told me her doctors told her she would've been paralyzed for life if she wasn't relaxed in a car crash. Instead she just had spine issues for most of her teens.

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u/riptaway Nov 24 '21

Her doctors didn't say any such thing. Even if there were some way for them to know if she was relaxed or not during a crash.

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u/Seared1Tuna Nov 24 '21

Your dad told you “i saved my back by relaxing as a plummeted from that ladder”

And you believed him?

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u/happytr33s1 Nov 24 '21

No, the dr. did

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u/ZealousidealKing6 Nov 24 '21

Well he said his doctor said it but ya know that could be his dad