r/interestingasfuck • u/ThugLeeVoguee • 1d ago

The implosion of the Titan submarine (OceanGate) was so rapid that the pain wasn't even registered by the brain. They didn't feel anything at all. Utterly instantaneous.

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u/makina323 1d ago edited 1d ago

The implosion happened in less than 5 milliseconds, it takes a brain 300 milliseconds for the brain hardware to register and process a conscious reaction to it. They literally just stopped existing with zero knowledge that it happened.

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To those people disputing the time, this is an average human, yes you can lower your reaction times by training your reflexes, your brain can process visual stimulus in 13 to 16 ms, but you wont consciously comprehend it for another 100 ms at best and there is another 150-300 ms delay to physically react like saying oh shit or blink, and even still in this scenario the last image your eyes picked up when the sub imploded 3 milliseconds ago is still being formed in your retina.

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u/Zero40Four 1d ago

Yeah I’d take that. Pop, ur gone. Easy. No mess no stress.
https://giphy.com/gifs/PMV7yRpwGO5y9p3DBx

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u/MOXschmelling 1d ago

No mess you say?

https://giphy.com/gifs/MZQkUm97KTI1gI8sUj

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u/Zero40Four 1d ago

To shreds you say?

Also for context I meant the while out in the middle of the ocean my micro pop would be eminently less messy than tripping over a sleeping cat and falling with my jugular on a buttered corn holder and subsequently while unconscious slowly spritzing blood until my ultimately embarrassing demise

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u/HeadFullOfNails 1d ago

You've really thought about this.

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u/CampaignOver7871 19h ago

I hear you, you're more of a dog person...

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u/LilBooPeep 23h ago

You okay, buddy?

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u/Warm_Afternoon6596 1d ago

I'm glad of it for the poor kid who absolutely didn't want to be there....good to know he never had a chance to know he was about to die.

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u/KineticKris 21h ago

Sadly, don’t think that’s the case. They absolutely knew they were about to die before it happened.

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u/ChrAshpo10 6h ago

That's an awfully definitive statement for something nobody knows for sure

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u/TheComplimentarian 1d ago

Quite significant mess, actually.

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u/beerdude26 1d ago

Plenty of Mess lol

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u/ParadoXPlatypus 1d ago

Yeah, but the sea water ought to clean that sucker up in a jiffy

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u/tarion_914 1d ago

Sure, but why does it look like party confetti? Lol

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 16h ago

Lots of mess and literally Tons of stress (from a physics standpoint)

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u/GreatUncleTouchy 7h ago

You would miss out on the significant neurochemical release that happens when someone dies naturally. What's the point in dying if you don't experience it?