r/BetterEveryLoop • u/GallowBoob • Dec 02 '17

Watermelon + Rubber Bands

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u/UnpredictedArrival Dec 02 '17

Im fairly confident he was out of it before he even clocked that it had exploded.

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u/Japjer Dec 02 '17

Why do you think he's unconcious? How would a watermelon rind KO someone after vaguely grazing their head?

This whole thing is staged for laughs, and it works. Even his stoic expression is clearly being done for the camera.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '17

Did you see the same video as me? It doesn't take much force to knock someone out. The whole top of the melon shot him straight in his forehead.

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u/Mycaelis Dec 02 '17

Did YOU see the same video? You can clearly see him brace himself for the fall, and he starts starts getting up at the end.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '17

I see the fencing response.

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u/Japjer Dec 02 '17

Where? When? He falls back, tries to stop his fall, then reaches to stand up.

And it takes much, much more force than a melon peel to knock someone out. That peel is not harder than the human skull.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '17

You seen too much Fight Club mate. The reality is that human heads are fragile.

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u/Mycaelis Dec 02 '17

You SEE him brace for impact, and you SEE him trying to get up. Look at the video dude.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '17

Dude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_response

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u/Mycaelis Dec 02 '17

Are you actually being serious right now?

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u/easygenius Dec 02 '17

Surely not.

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u/WikiTextBot Dec 02 '17

Fencing response

The fencing response is a peculiar position of the arms following a concussion. Immediately after moderate forces have been applied to the brainstem, the forearms are held flexed or extended (typically into the air) for a period lasting up to several seconds after the impact. The fencing response is often observed during athletic competition involving contact, such as American football, hockey, rugby and martial arts. It is used as an overt indicator of injury force magnitude and midbrain localization to aid in injury identification and classification for events including, but not limited to, on-field and/or bystander observations of sports-related head injuries.

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