▲ 908 ▼ Quick rule of thumb (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] teslasaur@lemmy.world 74 points 10 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children) A horse rider I know once had to get an x-ray. They asked him when he broke his neck, since they couldn't find any notes about it. He didn't know he had broken it. Best he can tell, it was from a fall a few years earlier. He spent 6 months grumbling about how slow it was to heal at his age. All the while, 1 wrong twist and his spinal cord could have been cut. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago That's terrifying. Internal decapitation is one of those "wait stop I don't need to know this" facts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago I had a very similar experience except I knew about the fall in question that caused it. Got bucked off into a water trough, back-down, and hit my neck on the side of it. I have a vertebrae that is split vertically through the dorsal. It healed split open, such that the dorsal now forms a fork. The x-ray folks who found it were like uhmmmmmmmm so when did you break your neck? Happened when I was like 13, didn’t know it broke, but apparently very lucky I didn’t die. But it’s the only bone I’ve ever broken so that’s fun and interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children) A horse rider I know once had to get an x-ray. They asked him when he broke his neck, since they couldn't find any notes about it. He didn't know he had broken it. Best he can tell, it was from a fall a few years earlier. He spent 6 months grumbling about how slow it was to heal at his age. All the while, 1 wrong twist and his spinal cord could have been cut. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago That's terrifying. Internal decapitation is one of those "wait stop I don't need to know this" facts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago I had a very similar experience except I knew about the fall in question that caused it. Got bucked off into a water trough, back-down, and hit my neck on the side of it. I have a vertebrae that is split vertically through the dorsal. It healed split open, such that the dorsal now forms a fork. The x-ray folks who found it were like uhmmmmmmmm so when did you break your neck? Happened when I was like 13, didn’t know it broke, but apparently very lucky I didn’t die. But it’s the only bone I’ve ever broken so that’s fun and interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago That's terrifying. Internal decapitation is one of those "wait stop I don't need to know this" facts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago I had a very similar experience except I knew about the fall in question that caused it. Got bucked off into a water trough, back-down, and hit my neck on the side of it. I have a vertebrae that is split vertically through the dorsal. It healed split open, such that the dorsal now forms a fork. The x-ray folks who found it were like uhmmmmmmmm so when did you break your neck? Happened when I was like 13, didn’t know it broke, but apparently very lucky I didn’t die. But it’s the only bone I’ve ever broken so that’s fun and interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
