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[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 108 points 7 months ago

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

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 65 points 7 months ago

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

[-] eighty@lemmy.one 19 points 7 months ago

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!)

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 10 points 7 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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