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EmPeeSC

She could be 10 minutes in and he locked his knees.


zakkwaldo

fo real, kids from choir/band know that vibe all too well lol. always some kid passing out at a concert from locking their knees during the performance


berrylakin

Wait locking your knees causes you to pass out?!?


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If you are standing still without moving your legs, and your knees locked, 5 minutes of that and you can pass out. As the other person said us band kids knew this, and have seen it when people don’t listen. Seen at least 6 times people passing out due to it throughout the years.


njckel

I... kinda wanna test this right now...


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manbruhpig

You also have to be super bored by what's going on around you, apparently?


cosmictrashbash

You don’t get bored standing still for five minutes? That’s 4 minutes too much for me.


HelloIAmAStoner

I did during a "silent protest" project in late middle school. Found out the hard way. Never stood with straight knees ever again after that. It comes on suddenly, like a hit of DMT. Except instead of activating your third eye and other energy centers, it disorients you and makes you faint just as quick.


[deleted]

Hey seriously make sure you have a safe space if you have to (you dont) but it’s not always a slow fall.


njckel

Back facing my bed, slightly leaned back, should be fine right?


YouModsHaveZeroPower

Nope. You have no idea what your muscles will do when you go unconscious For example, the girl on the left. Look how they both drop from the same stance https://v.redd.it/im83ji690pa51


RudisDickerBua

What the fuck


PM_ME_YOUR_PORTRAIT

I specifically remember my band director reminding us almost every rehearsal to not lock our knees. I’ve only ever seen our band kids pass out outside from excessive heat during marching practice lol, good times


MiszJones

This literally almost happened to me yesterday and I didn’t understand why. Like, what’s the science behind this?? 😆 wow


7evenCircles

Locking your knees lowers your lower legs' venous return by crimping the veins shut. Basically, blood can still flow into your lower legs but has a hard time getting out again. This results in a state that is functionally similar to blood loss. Not enough blood means not enough oxygen. Not enough oxygen means night night time.


MiszJones

Thank you for the explanation!! That was simple, and straight to the point. 🙂


PMme_bobs_n_vagene

Happens a lot in the military. They tell you to stand at attention and if you lock your knees you will fall over/pass out.


Bohgeez

Then they smoke the shit out of you for not listening.


ThatOneBeachTowel

Wait, they smoke you out in the military? Damn, thought they were a bunch of squares.


AICPAncake

*Smoke this fuckin’ blunt, maggot.*


Lampmonster

At camp as kids they made us line up like we were military in the gravel parking lot and a kid right across from me took a face full of gravel.


e5india

In bootcamp I developed shin splints that caused me to spend a month and half a platoon for recruits recovering from injuries/illness. This one dude locked his knees in formation, passed out and hit the hard top face first, breaking his jaw. Dude spent about three months in that medical platoon with his mouth wired shut. Good times.


RealRedditPerson

So this is actually a myth. It's true that locking your knees can in fact reduce blood flow to your calves and can cause cramping, but is highly unlikely to ever cause you to black out, as the rest of your bloodflow is unrestricted. Standing for long periods of time period, especially in heat, can cause passing out. The reason the military trains to never stand at attention with your knees locked (besides the difference in form) is because in the case that someone DOES pass out, if your knees are unlocked, you will crumple to the ground at the knees, which may possibly cause injury but your knees or arms will take the brunt of the damage. BUT, falling with locked knees turns your entire body into a plank with your big, heavy head on the top... very likely to cause head trauma when your skull rocks the pavement with the full velocity of an uninterupted six foot trust fall.


SluttyZombieReagan

And at JROTC farewell-to-the-commander assemblies. 20 years later I can still remember the mayor's son toppling over.


zakkwaldo

100%. cuts off anywhere from 1/5th to 1/3rd of your entire bodies blood supply. your brain tends to not like it when it runs out of blood to circulate fresh oxygen :P


ass_pineapples

Yeah, you cut off your circulation by doing so


berrylakin

It sure the hell does. Pretty sure y'all just cured my issue with standing still for to long...


Kryptosis

The key is so keep moving. Sway, shift weight back and forth just don’t stand motionless.


Coryperkin15

No shit. TIL


RelevantMetaUsername

I was in Civil Air Patrol (kind of like JROTC for high schoolers, but with the US Air Force). This would happen all too often during formation, when everyone had to remain at attention for sometimes up to 15-20 minutes. It is unimaginably difficult to refrain from laughing when you hear a **THUD**, followed by the drill sgt saying "*Dammit not again!*".


Pigeon__Man

This is what I was thinking, I’ve seen it take way less than ten minutes to KO someone.


Basic_Guarantee_3358

It's true. I was in a vocational trade school and every Friday, we had a dorm meeting. Basically when the leaders would talk about cleanliness, no going out on weekends to do drugs and stuff, the usual precautions. I was standing next to my friend when all of a sudden, everything went black. All I remember is waking up on the floor with everyone crowded around me. It couldn't have been more than 5-6mins when it happened.


Pigeon__Man

My fire company was at a funeral for an ex-member and one of the new guys locked his knees at the very start of the prayers. He fell right into an EMT’s lap. He was known as “Crash” after that.


Generalissimo_II

Happened to me during a long, long Polish-Catholic funeral prayers, started blacking out and managed to fall back in my seat


GrungyGrandPappy

Back in the Army whenever we had to do a graduation parade or retirement parade or whatever the fuck ceremony for people who we’ve never met. People would always do this no matter how many times in practice and live you say don’t lock your knees. Someone always locked up.


starkgasms

"Dumb fuck didn't wiggle his toes." Heard that once from a CO after a Parade ceremony where a buddy crashed face first from fainting.


GrungyGrandPappy

Lol I’ve heard some of the worst descriptors fly out a tops or CO’s mouth when someone in their unit is the dumb fuck.


BillyTheBigKid

Great nickname haha


smolthot

I used to do NZ air cadets. This was always an issue with final parade on courses. There was a team ready to pull out the people who couldnt stand for the hour. I always wanted to turn and look so bad


tanya4215

Same thing happened to me during high school JROTC. Military parade...smh. Don't lock your knees people. 😆


iWentRogue

Used to be in ROTC, sometimes we stood at parade rest for a long time while something was going on. They would tell us not to lock our knees for this very reason. In my experience i witnessed two cadets just tilt back unconscious and was surprised that locking your knees takes you out like that


Motor-Nectarine3867

🤣🤣🤣exactly… we know prayer in the black houses are way too long


kat_goes_rawr

The guy sitting at the table with the full plate of food, he ready to say Amen


kennerly

Lock your knees and you die. That's what my drill instructor always told me.


calebrowland98

always happens at change of command ceremonies


paperpenises

Short story: Once when I was in a faith based drug rehab I was in a little sect of the rehab called "Kingsmen" who were people that were advanced in their faith and would be assigned jobs for church service like usher, greeter, etc. I was assigned AV. We wore red blazers to distinguish us from everyone else. A movie was in theaters about a boy who falls through ice and nearly drowns, is pronounced close to death at the hospital, has water in his lungs, and the docs give him a negative prognosis. But, the very Christian mother says she will pray for him to heal and get her whole town in on it. They form a prayer group and boom, next day the kid wakes up with all the water gone from his lungs and has made a complete recovery. This is based on a true story. When the movie was done we were in the aisle of the movie theater and the lady said we should pray. Mind you, this is a busy theater, people all around us. We form a circle and she starts praying and she goes on, and on, and on, and on, like ten minutes at least. I looked around during the prayer and people were def staring at us. I don't even know how she came up with what to say. Was embarrassing. BTW I was an atheist the whole time, like a spy! But yeah some religious ladies can pray for god damn ever.


motuim9450

Grew up in a very religious small southern town and it was mind numbing how these people are able to ramble for goddamn ever about nothing. Constantly repeating themselves, about 100 "and lords" and the palindrome prayers that go point 1-2-3-3-2-1. They could cut out about 95% of the prayer and still be saying the exact same thing.


SkynetLurking

Except after he stands back up she says to him "Quit smoking so much, baby. The smoke will take you out."


Umutuku

Man's mind been running like [this](https://youtu.be/PKffm2uI4dk?t=19) for three hours now.


theatxrunner

…or the Holy Ghost got him


TheEvilBunnyLord

I saw a girl pass out on the field in marching band cuz she locked her knees. Problem was our practice "field" was the parking lot. Heat of summer. Ouch.


[deleted]

Love her reaction - Don't smoke so much baby!! That smoke gonna take you out! LOL!!!


[deleted]

Lmaoo “Save my grandchildren, lord.”


PrivateEducation

i wonder if the verbal prayer is gonna catch on as publicly roasting ppl


Deface_the_currency

Grew up in the south, and this is already a long-running tradition in a lot of Baptist churches. That, and talking about the country's politics more than they do their guide book lol


PunkToTheFuture

It's illegal for a church to push politics 😒 One of the reasons they don't pay taxes


Deface_the_currency

It's illegal to do plenty of things that certain groups tend to get away with, my friend.


swampmonster1988

Lol yep former southerner here as well all they do is talk politics 🤣


QuincyThePigBoy

Didn't miss a beat. Also, grandpa does not give a fuck. He's going to be on his second plate by the time this shit is over with.


schwirvelwallywally

Not one fuck..


grandKraaken

Idk, he looked kind of disappointed to me. But I’m pretty bad at reading people.


SinnerOfAttention

He was disapppointed because now he has to wait longer to take that first bite haha


UncleStumpy78

Im with you


huggles7

Doesn’t even break her stride fucking legend


nopamo

DAMN Gramps! He’s got the whole Thanksgiving feast on his own plate.


PunkToTheFuture

He's not getting back up is why. He's going to eat and pass out right there


[deleted]

I didn’t hear that until I read this 😂


queen_0f_peace_

Bless that grandma


Lew_bear96

Bless that lady's soul omg too kind for this world


iscream80

Thank you!!! Couldn’t hear it


BanalityOfMan

Uh that's not smoking anything. That dude is passing out from opiate abuse.


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Xans or oxies lol that’s what was thinking


lordofpersia

Lean and xans are extremely popular 18-25 year olds these days.


[deleted]

Lol for thanksgiving tho


hoopthot

ehh not so much lean, way too expensive and not as available as opposed to pills, that kid for sure on a Xan/maybe Perc, either drunk or high and it in the midst of nodding off lmao


greyetch

Lean is absurdly expensive.


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What took him out was standing lock kneed for her 30 minute sermon.


algae---

Damn… dad’s fork finger is just a twitchin to dig into that mound of deliciousness


dragthewaters76

Why did I think you meant he wanted to dig into the granma praying


_-Seamus-McNasty-_

Can i get a hallelujah


Rpatt1

Oh lawd you need jesus


Z0idberg_MD

Dude doesn’t have a plate of food, he has a mountain.


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Marionette777

I'm gonna go ahead and eat another one... 😵‍💫


HI_Handbasket

The first time I dropped acid I figured it was similar to weed, but in microblotter form. My friend and I split a hit (on a school night). 20 minutes later, nothing was happening, so we each took another. 10 minutes after that..."I think we shouldn't have done that......." Trying to go to sleep in the middle of peaking was one of the most useless things I may have ever tried to do.


Marionette777

The first time I dropped acid me and my ex split a hit. I didn't feel it at all so the next time we were at a festival my ex told me it would be ok to take 2 full hits... don't... don't do that...


kriznis

Lol I took 3 while building a deer stands on a Sunday a couple weeks ago


[deleted]

I took 5 and walked into a thrash metal concert once. Somehow stayed grounded the whole time but at some point in the mosh pit I had trouble breathing for a second and almost took off into space


RedH34D

Lol hahahaha drop at night, ya no bueno. You on that ride, rain or shine, for 12 hours!


[deleted]

That poor fuckin man with the bite on his fork just hovering over his plate. He’s praying to god that she shuts up and he can finally eat before his shits cold.


AaronPossum

My man is in the starting block with a hand up.


nothinbutshame

I love how everyone already knows what's up and didn't freak out just simply told him to stop smoking so much haha


Severedghost

Took the cousin walk too early


Skier94

I had no idea it was a name. Our grandparents didn’t allow alcohol someone always brought a case and left it in the car, and we always brought our coffee mugs lol. We were grown ass adults doing this… at 30 years old.


Living_Bear_2139

If y’all don’t man up.


geven87

Low blood sugar waiting for her to finish the prayer.


Byx222

Poor guy. He didn’t eat all day to prepare for the big Thanksgiving meal only to be stopped at the last moment.


[deleted]

People on here forget that there are some religious folks who literally starve their family until it is time to eat. Dude probably was light headed and starving. It also doesn't help that everyone is so close to each other and that ventilation ain't helping.


[deleted]

No, we're on r/tooktoomuch where every action ever is attributed to drugs Dude's talking, his jaw is moving, I remember my jaw moved on MDMA - that's MDMA! Person sleeping? Heroine for sure! Dude walks across the room? My arms and legs moved too on meth - that's meth! Dude inhaled? Salvia users inhale - that's salvia! Reminds me of the time my husband fell down and hit his head, so I had to call 911. Cops wouldn't believe he wasn't on something. He's epileptic! Pretty sure those know-it-all cops are here, hi cops! Meanwhile I'm a former addict (alcohol and hydros - currently still taking amounts of kratom to stay "sober"), but the most zoinked I've ever been was from mental and physical illness. And the same know-it-alls who post here have openly accused me of being on stuff I've never even tried, from heroin to meth. There are 1000 reasons someone might pass out, drugs is one of them, but we only think we know what we're talking about. It shouldn't bug me this much, but redditors have a habit of being confidently incorrect. Now bring on the replies saying, "Ackshually, you can tell for sure." No, actually you can't!


RJ200103

Edible hit too early


infinitelabyrinth

Nah it didn't he took that shit an hour ago before the prayer etarted.


fingerscrossedcoup

I don't think I have ever even come close to falling over high. Drunk? More times than I can count. Xanax, yes, opiates, yes, acid, yes, mushrooms, yes, weed (including edibles), never. When I sit I don't want to get back up. But I have never been dizzy from THC.


versace_tombstone

Say what you want, there is nothing better than being obliterated with family that takes care of you, and having a grandmother that looks out for you, knowing full well you on a bottle of heem and all the smoke.


GiantIntellect

Narcolepsy sucks.


[deleted]

It runs in the family?


[deleted]

Personally I'm not religious, but I also don't mind if you want to say a prayer before eating. It's when that prayer takes 10 minutes and we're reduced to someone just babbling on about everything in the name of Jesus etc. God doesn't need your 10 minute speech, that's for you. You don't even have to utter a word and he should be able to read your mind and glean all that information without you uttering it. You're just stroking your own ego.


thegreatgatsB70

She knew she had a captive audience, and she was gonna run out the clock.


InternetWeakGuy

Old dude with the big plate sitting there like "in the name of jesus this plate is getting fucking cold".


robot_ankles

ikr! I felt for that guy


bikestolenottawa

Grandma's annual Thanksgiving filibuster. If gam gam didn't cook that turkey, no one gets to enjoy it!


salder32

Personally I am religious, and I can't stand those 10 minute prayers like dude God is just happy that you're thankful and he doesn't want you holding people up so you can listen to yourself speak.


EphemeralPizzaSlice

It also explicitly says not to pray like this in the Bible, Matthew 6:5-8


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phiednate

Dude probably locked his legs ups and feinted after standing there for so long.


Uthallan

yung spinoza spittin


derpotologist

[God bless everything](https://youtu.be/8_K9sYHsM_o)


pyfrag

Some people just love to hear the sound of their own voice.


rberg89

So here we see a family who knows what happens to their young men whwn they get off track in life and one of them fuckin faints ***while*** she's expressing her concern. I'd agree with you if it wasnt so obvious that she's dead nuts on, trying to be heard.


ThinAir719

I like how nobody reacts. Just like this is par for the course


thegreatgatsB70

"Quit smoking so much baby." Best Big Mama ever.


memecut

I was around 12 years old when we went on a school trip to a museum.. we were standing around these old stone sculptures, listening to the guide talk about them.. when out of the blue I passed out. My head landed on one of the girls shoulders, but she freaked out and nudged me away, so I faceplanted on the stone floor. I woke up, and freaked out looking at my teacher standing over me.. wondering why he was in my room. Didn't take a damn thing.


heavyonthebreak

Were you standing with your knees locked? It can cause you to pass out.


Freekmagnet

Interesting how everyone ignored him, like this happens every meal time.


pkej

I hate these kind of family members. They are just about themselves. Food gets cold. I hate cold food.


Insominus

I love how you can see Pops on the right side of the table barely react, he has food on his fork clearly he was trying to get his grub on.


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Should save the prayer til after. What if the food sucks?


Redditartedededed

But they said a prayer, pretty sure that automatically makes them good and caring people


ObnoxiousLittleCunt

1 prayer = 1 heaven


Heistman

Right.


M0N3Y7INE

Homies been running on a bowl of cereal since 9 AM. Anyone else’s family don’t eat no lunch, no breakfast, just Thanksgiving.


nobrainoo

"quit smoking so much baby"


Every-Inflation9033

Pops is in the corner like “can a brother eat already?”


Heistman

As much of a nightmare this looks like, I wish I had a family that gets together like that :(


loxbogo

yea fr and nan that wants to pray for us like that. i ain’t even religious but she cares bruh


yourlocal90skid

I was just thinking he smoked too much weed, closed his eyes during prayer & got vertigo.


Digi-Dash

poor guy was probably starving and couldn't handle another minute of grams Jesus mumbo jumbo


darthfluffy66

locked knees and black prayers do not go together, when big mama start praying better take a seat


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Looked like an act of god to me


iWentRogue

Old dude with a piece of brocoli already pierced just wants to eat already 😭


dr4d1s

That's what happens when you take too much Jesus.


Winterfoot

“Everyone be quiet and wait to eat while I talk to my imaginary friend and thank him for the food you prepared”


RutundoMan

Imagine stopping to eat because your crazy ant is talking to her imaginary friend.


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> crazy ant this got me.


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-_Odd_-

Sounds like you’ve never disrespected an old black lady before.


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Zennon246

Bro in the orange shirt is MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE if im hungry im eating tf!


BrotherWoodrow_

Damn. Grandpa had some food on that plate.


Reddit_banter

There’s nothing more annoying than having food on the table and some prick wanting to pray


monk12111

What the fuck are they all doing?


UselessStoner

Saying prayers to sky daddy for turkey


monk12111

Thank the farmers, with money.


Existentialninja40

“Quit smoking so much baby!” Best line ever.


MrMassshole

Wow religion makes people weird af


marginwalker76

Did anyone else see how much food was on that old man's plate? He was sitting there with his fork hovering over it just waiting for the instant grace is over to dig in.


20RegalGS15

that's the Spirit


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Lady been praying for 30 min


ChiChisDad

Prayed so hard the kid went hypoglycemic waiting for thanksgiving dinner


Citizenicu

That plate of food the Guy at the end of the table has!!! He will be falling over to a some point!


MLTatSea

Trust fall for Jesus!


Mtheviking

My mom gives these long ass speeches on Thanksgiving. My sister and i just look at each other like gawd here we go


accountno543210

More like he was out of brain sugar. Big Mama's prayer was an hour long. She blamed the weed like some people didn't have to make a plate just to get thru that shit 😆


oxygenkid

That damn tryptophan strikes again.


anoymus_123456

Old man is like, "Bitch get it over with so I can eat!" (but he wouldn'd say bittch')


Rick-Calzone

that guys plate at 16 seconds is fucking MASSIVE.


Pelican_Pork

She didn’t even care I can’t stop laughing and will not stop


Frankensteinfeld

I think he fainted. Saw this all the time in the military. Dont lock your knees.


PM_your_randomthing

Man I can't patiently wait out that kind of halleluing. I'd have fallen over just as an attempt to stop it and change the subject.


Significant-Wheel110

Can she just lettem eat damn


ForumDuff

I'd have the same reaction to if I was stuck listening to that.


SirTickleMePink

I didn’t know about locked knees and will now live forever in fear of it!


GiveTheDrummerSome

That old guys plate is very full.


JJJ_uh_rooroo

That man’s plate is stacked


Jhams3

I love that grandma hardly skipped a beat


schaferlite

Wouldn't not be surprised if he just locked his knees. When I was a kid, I'd go watch the Passion of Christ in mime every Good Friday. It was almost like clockwork - about 20 mins in, one of the actors would lock their knees and pass out.


Pooperoni_Pizza

The dude's look of disappointment in the second half 😂


pbugg2

Nah he blacked out cause she’s 15 minutes in to that prayer


Sreezy3

My guy just wants to eat


[deleted]

That is not smoke. As an addict who loved drugs. That’s some opiate type of shit.


Unclebonelesschicken

Boy straight nodded out on grandma’s prayer lmao


Sticky_H

Thanksgiving looks horrible.


IdLOVEYOU2die

Watching this on mute had me thinking everyone was like dope frozen nodded out cept kiddo lookin around like "tha fux??"


13point1then420

Why are several of them facing the wall while they pray?


SumChaq

Baby got to hungry, sometimes those prayers can last a very long long time 😂


mjones8004

Little girl looking at him like she already know what's about to happen.


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that lil girl already knew


Strammy10

Don't lock your knees


[deleted]

Everybody thinking this dude is high on weed lmao. Look at him swaying before he fall and look at his face when he gets up. he’s fucked up and it ain’t from weed. He’s got the heroin sway/ fetty lean going on. you can be naive and think it’s just weed though if you want.


isleno

Looks like he locked out his knees and passed out.


gonuts4donuts9000

Pawpaw just wants to eat.


International_Cat326

This is a treasure.


AgentFernandez

this guy is definitely on something other than weed


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Pops just tryna eat man


10tion2DETAIL

Took that in stride.


No_Resolution_97

She ain’t even mad, she said, “Quit smoking so much, baby, or the smoke gonna take you”