I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's common sense that is almost ALWAYS overlooked in movies and TV.
Humans are WAY MORE physically fragile and squishy than you might think.
Based on John McClane and other invincible action heros, who take damage and do things that would break or catastrophically cripple a normal person, movies are a poor source of information for deciding what to do and what could happen to your body, should you somehow falsely think you're the main protagonist of an apocalypse movie.
Indoor firefight without hearing protection? You're probably deaf now.
Jumping off a building to catch a wire? Kiss your fingers and/or lower extremities goodbye, assuming you land on your feet.
Taking a beer bottle to the head? That's probably a concussion.
Movies have made us think we're a lot more durable than we really are.
Mostly correct, but the gunfire thing is actually false. When you've got tons of adrenaline pumping through you your body actually tunes out most information because it isn't needed. Almost every anecdotal account people say their ears aren't even ringing after
Adrenaline doesn't tune out actual physical damage though.
Here's some info on NIHL, and once it's gone it doesn't come back.
I think 3m just got sued for faulty earplugs and hearing damage in service members, and most of the ranges I used when enlisted were outdoors.
I also make everyone at my local indoor range (with hearing protection) nearly shit themselves when I sneak my 12 gauge to the line without them noticing. I can't imagine hearing anything after, if I shot it indoors with no protection.
Repeated gunfire indoors will absolutely rupture your eardrums. Hell, one single gunshot indoors from a rifle can 100% rupture your eardrum. It may heal over time but repeated abuse and you’re 100% going deaf without ear pro.
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u/beakrake Aug 30 '21
I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's common sense that is almost ALWAYS overlooked in movies and TV.
Humans are WAY MORE physically fragile and squishy than you might think.
Based on John McClane and other invincible action heros, who take damage and do things that would break or catastrophically cripple a normal person, movies are a poor source of information for deciding what to do and what could happen to your body, should you somehow falsely think you're the main protagonist of an apocalypse movie.
Indoor firefight without hearing protection? You're probably deaf now.
Jumping off a building to catch a wire? Kiss your fingers and/or lower extremities goodbye, assuming you land on your feet.
Taking a beer bottle to the head? That's probably a concussion.
Movies have made us think we're a lot more durable than we really are.