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The movie version of being "knocked out".
Someone is knocked unconscious for long enough to be moved to a new location and probably tied up. And they wake up just fine. They're able to engage in witty banter with their captor. If they manage to break free they're able to fight effectively.
The reality? A massive concussion. Extreme disorientation. Likely to puke if they have to move much.
If you ever watch a "knockout" in boxing or MMA, the unconsciousness lasts a seconds at most, mostly not even a second. Someone's knees go wobbly then they recover, but they're still disoriented and uncoordinated. If they're out for longer than a second or two, everyone's concerned and the fighter is rushed to the hospital.
That one time i got unconscious, was when i stepped on a tennis ball, flipped over and hit the ground with the back of my head. I was out for 15 seconds, no memories of the 3 days after that and then still pucked for days without being nauseous. I was lucky that my brain didn't swell or i would have had permanent damage.
Unconscious is the emergency shutdown an inch before death, serious stuff. The trivialization in movies bothers me.
Its an excuse to not depict the killing of a bunch of bad guys. "We're the good guys" remember?
How so? Why is the alternative killing?