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Comment on What's the deal with gasping? Is it an inherent reflex? Is it learned? Did I desensitize myself to the point of not gasping anymore? Do you gasp? Do certain groups of people gasp less commonly?

grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

If I’m startled, like a jump-scare or something, I’ll likely gasp, but if I see a car accident or someone falling or something explode, I’m far more likely to say “Oh shit” than gasp.

On a semi-related note, I really hate the people (mostly women, sorry ladies, and I say this as a woman myself) who scream when something bad happens, but the bad thing didn’t happen directly to them, they are just witnessing the bad thing. And they scream anyway. I hate that shit.

I think it’s some animal instinct thing leftover from our primitive days that’s supposed to draw attention to the bad thing? But at this point in our evolution it just feels like that person is drawing attention to themselves and away from the actual issue.

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MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Especially the people who scream for multiple breaths. I cannot help but to think, “uhhh, has your simple mind not caught up to the situation, yet!?”. Ridiculous.

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ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What made me starting thinking this was watching a lady film a boat going nuts in a marina trying to run over a guy in a seadoo and crashing into parked boats. She seems to be pretty far away from danger but keeps gasping and screaming with every hit.

You’re right about the screaming detracting from the real issue though, especially if there is already a group of witnesses and you hear blood curdling screams while someone gets knocked out and then the inevitable person running in to dribble the victim’s head to really make sure the spinal cord has separated.

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