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thisaintright

(17 posts) Mon Jul 15, 2024, 08:24 AM Jul 15

Did anyone else notice the crowd's reaction, or lack thereof... [View all]

Really bizarre to me that the natural human reaction when hearing gun shots and seeing someone on a stage react to said gunshots is to drop and run as fast as possible...

Nobody moved behind the stage...not a single one...didn't drop to the floor, didn't fall over each other to get the hell out of there...nothing...

Doesn't that seem strange?

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Did anyone else notice the crowd's reaction, or lack thereof... [View all] thisaintright Jul 15 OP

You mean in the movies? FBaggins Jul 15 #1

How fast would you react? bucolic_frolic Jul 15 #2

They had no place to go. Packed into the bleachers Emile Jul 15 #3

Yes and I suspect it's going to get harder tanyev Jul 15 #9

Convicts crowd sizes will now get smaller... Omnipresent Jul 15 #4

People generally react very slowly to things like this without some kind of training or prior knowledge. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 15 #5

They're not the sharpest bunch.... Think. Again. Jul 15 #6

The immediate reaction should be to remove yourself from the line of fire. magicarpet Jul 15 #7

You must have watched a different movie Fiendish Thingy Jul 15 #8

Game of Thrones - Season Five - Episode Nine FBaggins Jul 15 #13

Sometimes it's hard being a member of the reality based community. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 15 #15

Seems it was staged and the crowd was in on it onandup Jul 15 #10

You must have seen a different video - or didn't watch it at all. TwilightZone Jul 15 #11

I'm talking about the crowd behind the podium that just heard the shots which whizzed right by them... thisaintright Jul 15 #12

You don't hear shots "whiz right by you" unless they're inches away FBaggins Jul 15 #14

They didn't "whizz right by" the people on those bleachers Sympthsical Jul 15 #16

They're accustomed to flying bullets. NameAlreadyTaken Jul 15 #17

That's what boiling frogs do. They sit in the pot. LastDemocratInSC Jul 15 #18

What I think is strange: the reaction as a whole. shrike3 Jul 15 #19