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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 5 months ago (9 children)

it's actually the compressed nerve that's responsible for the numbness, not the loss of blood flow.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, if it was actually cutting off the blood flow, you'd have bigger problems

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's that phenomenon where as a child you were told a "fact", internalised it, and lived your life presuming it was true until someone points out how obviously wildly untrue it was that you momentarily question reality?

Because I was today's years old when I realised how ridiculous cutting complete blood flow would be. Thank you (genuinely!)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

That's called being human, I guess. Our brains wouldn't be able to function if we didn't outsource most of the processing power to the subconscious assumptions

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