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/IHaveTeaForDinner 22h ago

The knowing that this is your end and there is NOTHING that can change that.

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u/Three-Sixteen-M7-7 16h ago

A pretty common thread from people who attempt and fail suicide, by jumping, is the realization, often immediately after jumping, that this isn’t actually what they wanted.

Horrifying

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u/95_lb_mole 4h ago

The documentary The Bridge has an interview with a guy that survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge and IIRC he said pretty much exactly that. Basically the instant his foot left the bridge he regretted it. Most don't survive that fall, though.

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u/machiavelli33 17h ago

The view from halfway down.

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u/OGBRedditThrowaway 21h ago

Isn't this any sort of death?

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u/MysticScribbles 20h ago

Only if you're actively aware of it. Plenty of ways to die where it blindsides you. Mainly foul play, but even tripping and cracking your head on the ground you may not even realize that you're about to die.

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u/LinearInductionMotor 20h ago

It’s terrifying to think about death. The pessimistic part of me says that, by all chances, i will know and it will be painful. Even cracking my head on the ground, there’s gonna be at least a few seconds of excruciating pain and terror, and a realization that you’re living your last moments. It’s so dreadful to think about, but the physiology of it is intriguing

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u/IHaveTeaForDinner 13h ago

It's terrifying thinking that at some point you'll just cease to exist.

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u/14domino 3h ago

I’ve had a moment where I thought I was going to die and it was actually strangely calm (high speed car crash). The car miraculously bounced in such a way that we lost a lot of velocity and there were no serious injuries. I’ve heard that this has been the experience for other people as well.

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u/VarashiOW 13h ago

Unless you can press a button and go back 10 seconds.