Why We Faint (When Other Animals Don't)

Human: scared Body: oh yeah this is big brain time!!

Conclusion: It's healthier to lie down in your bed

Watching minute earth is like listening to a parent explain a question when I was young. Including the not funny but very funny dad jokes.

I think "World domination is for the faint of heart" is an astounding quote. Really shows that even big weaknesses can go hand in hand with amazing strengths which I think is something people often forget.

Another Fact You might feel dizzy When you need to walk immediately after you get up from bed. (Not necessarily from sleep) Because the same reason flow of blood will drop very low in very short time that our brain can adapt to. So it is advisable to first sit first before leaving the bed in some hurry.

So fainting goats will soon be our overlords.

Decades ago I had a job drawing blood for research in chickens. One day I was about to draw blood on one chicken, and before I touched her with the needle I saw her head flop over onto the table while I was holding her. She had fainted at the sight of the needle. She recovered after a minute and I finished the phelbotomy without problem. So, my experience of one showed that at least once, it has happened in a chicken.

What's my brain doing hogging up 20% of my blood flow when it's not working 95% of the time?

If you are wondering about goats like I was, that's apparently a muscle spasm and not true syncope

As someone who has suffered from syncope for years, a lot of things suddenly make a whole lot of sense. Idk why I never researched what caused it, but I'm glad I know now!

How ironic that before I watched this video, I actually fainted in the shower due to standing too long in hot water. Don't worry, feeling better now. Cool to know why that faint attack happened.

Who said so? Every Pokemon faints

I generally assume the answer to questions like this will have something to do with our giant brains being high-maintenance divas.

So, to counteract fainting.... Just lay down as low as your heart when your head feels heavy. And... If your foot bleeds, foot it above head to slow it down. You're welcome. I've done it myself though. ✌️

The jump scare actually frightened me.

Person: Scared Body: Let’s go horizontal!

also, if you feel like fainting (tunnel vision, gray vision, muscle weakness), try to sit down, or squat, not only it can prevent fainting entirely (since blood reaches the brain easier now), even if you faint you have a very low chance of getting injured now, since you won't fall while standing. A lot might think that it's hard to notice or react, and I can't really confirm since I never fainted, but it happened once to feel like I'm fainting when getting up from my bed at night fast, I remember this, squat, and after around 20 seconds, I felt normal again (I wouldn't have enough time to lie back in bed). 2nd time I almost fainted was when I cut my finger really bad, with a sharp knife, the knife was so sharp that I actually didn't felt any pain before seeing my finger bleeding like crazy, then I just sit down on a chair and support my head on the table. Magically the finger tip grown back with no scarring (I was scared to permanently loose my finger-tip, so I kept a wet sterile bandage every day, and every-time I changed it I first keep my finger into warm water until the wound would be opened again before putting new bandage)

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1:15 was I little confusing until I remembered human heads in this universe are just circles.

I see y'all there with the Justin McElroy jumpscare reference 👏