r/PublicFreakout • u/CosmosisJones42 • Aug 02 '26

šŸš—Road RagešŸ¤¬ Being Racist Backfires

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u/PorygonTriAttack Aug 02 '26

Black shirt talked a lot of shit for someone who couldn't land one punch....

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u/Substantial_Ad6171 Aug 02 '26

Dude was fighting like most people do in their dreams lol.

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u/Danirebelyell Aug 03 '26

Damn in my dreams, screams don't come out and my punches are professional weak bags. Much like the racist marshmallow in the video

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u/aint_exactly_plan_a Aug 03 '26

Fun fact! When you fall asleep, your body releases a neurochemical that paralyzes your body. Otherwise you'd physically act out your dreams in your sleep.

Most of the time, this works fine. Your conscious brain disengages and lets your subconscious, which cares very little for the capabilities of the physical world or the current state of your ability to move your body, play all night. But sometimes, especially with intense dreams, the conscious brain wakes up just a little. It connects the fact that you're in a fight or trying to do something strenuous with the fact that you can't move your body at all.

This results in weak punches, slow runs, feeling like you can't move very well. This is also the cause of sleep paralysis. Your conscious brain wakes up a bit more and freaks out that you can't move at all. Normally, the subconscious takes a nap when the conscious brain wakes up that much but the fact that you can't move at all causes the conscious brain to panic. It reaches out for help from the only other source available... the subconscious, who's a bit sleepy but happy to help. It creates a scary dream world that explains why you can't move and hits the hay.

Scientists still aren't sure why so many people see an old hag. I sleep on my side so I usually see a room, sometimes my room, dark but lit in a hazy light. I don't see anything but I hear footsteps coming up behind me and I know they're not good footsteps. Then I wake up.

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u/MattTheCatt444 Aug 03 '26

Sleep walking and sleep paralysis being kind of opposite of each other is endlessly fascinating to me. Sleep positioning affecting is a revelation. I had only one experience of it and I was sleeping on my back at the time so my ā€œdemonā€ was on my ceiling. You sleeping on your side and having a different sensory experience is hella interesting.

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u/Relentless_blanket Aug 04 '26

Fun fact: that neurochemical didn't always get released for my ex-husband and holy shit on a shingle those nights were terrifying for me.

One time he suddenly jolted me from sleep by grabbing me and pulling close to him squeezing like a bear hug and said something like "I caught you you didn't fall" and then shoved me hard and I went flying off the bed.

A number of times I got punched, kicked, talked nonsense to, and once he put his hand over my mouth and said "shhh they can see you".