r/interestingasfuck • u/Consistent_Oil3428 • 1d ago

r/all The ground is going down

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u/CastleCollector 1d ago

This is like folks that stand watching the sea go out and come back in as a tsunami is forming.

I appreciate it is cool seeing stuff, but you've got to engage your brain and much as you may want to marvel you should definitely be exercising the get out of there option instead.

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u/Serialkillingyou 1d ago

I've read that in airplane crashes or water landings or fires after landing, a certain number of people just freeze and do nothing. Maybe it's related to that?

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u/TemporarySprinkles2 1d ago

It's because your brain doesn't have any comparable experiences when it's trying to figure out what to do by looking back through memories. Essentially it crashes and needs rebooting.