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I just hope it was painful and not that quick, hopefully he had enough time to reflect on his actions and realize why he is in the situation he is now before the lights go out.
He had enough time to reach for his throat, so definitely enough time for a quick slideshow of his own life inside that awful cranium.
Sadly instant. Almost certain that movement is autonomic posturing from his brainstem being plucked like a rose.
quite the description
but did you ever hear about that thing from the French reign of terror? Aline of people waiting to be guillotined agreed to blink for as long as they were able after being decapitated. Apparently they went on blinking for a minute? Maybe more? Hard to say how much of that was conscious, but it really makes me question most "instant" deaths.
Yee thats very possible. On one hand i would think the force/cavitation of a bullet would be enough of a shock to scramble everything, but then again a 90lb blade on a track probably has more total energy and thats obviously not enough.
That's honestly really interesting.
I'm not sure it's entirely comparable as those people were expecting to be guillotined whereas ol Charlie wasn't expecting it. I doubt he had enough time to process what happened before the lights went out.
Hard to know also how much of it was true or bullshit, hopefully we won't know, cuz idk what kind of unit 731 BS humanity would have to pull to gain that knowledge
I see, that makes sense, maybe the reach with the hand was just an autonomous / reflex response... Well, if that's the case then the good news is it's final!
No way he felt anything. Good chance it severed his spinal cord, also the sudden dramatic drop in blood pressure means you lose consciousness pretty much immediately. There are lots of people who faint when they stand up too fast.
freeze frame
record scratch
Yeah, thats me. Bet youre wondering how I got here. Ya see, it all began when i started Turning Point USA....