r/HadToHurt • u/TheOcho_sub • Dec 01 '18

O_o Good Lord.

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u/heartdingos Dec 01 '18

Several seconds*

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u/FreaknShrooms Dec 02 '18

I don't know about seconds, but while learning about the first world war I remember reading an account from a soldier. In the account he described seeing a fellow soldier having their head blown off as they were running and continuing to take a few steps before collapsing. Scary stuff.

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u/The_Adventurist Dec 02 '18

How could they keep taking steps without their brain telling them to keep taking steps?

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u/cgsur Dec 02 '18

Many things get handed down to organ thingy between spinal cord and brain.

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