Comment on Check mate, Libertarians

Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are you sure nothing moved? Perhaps they saw a twitch that was enough to confirm for them?

  I can easily cause this reflex to myself.

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s what I’m telling myself but everything I read about it suggests there should be very visible movement of the lower leg. Idk, I’ll have to remember to ask next time.

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    • Duranie@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The lower leg moving would be an obvious sign, but they may be watching above the knee (where the muscle is actually contracting to create that movement) for even a twitch. Even absent that, without other symptom complaints they may just not be holding much weight with that one test. If you came in complaining you recently started dropping things, tripping, or injured yourself in a fall, that would carry more weight.

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    • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I asked my doctor about this once, because my leg didn’t move very much when he’d do the test. He said “I can see a very small movement, which I confirm with a second gentle thump. I could hit you harder, but it wouldn’t be very nice.”

      And then he hit me harder and it wasn’t very nice.

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    • scholar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can try it yourself, sit in a chair or the edge of your bed, and tap your knee just below the kneecap with your fingertips. You should be able to feel your leg twitch.

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• Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Have you considered the possibility that you are, in fact, a zombie?

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ve never managed to rule it out entirely.

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  • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    More human than human?

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    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Let me tell you about my mother…

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patellar_reflex

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So I have some neural damage somewhere and none of my doctors care. I feel like there must be something else going on (⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠;⁠)

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    • moncharleskey@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m just so much an obstinate that I subconciously block the response I think. Started doing it as a kid to fuck with doctors and that’s just how it is. If I practiced I could probably get over the mental block, but doesn’t seem like I’m missing anything.

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That is nonsense. Like saying you can make your heart stop beating.

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I imagine it’s the doctor equivalent of clicking tongs

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Why not Zoidberg?!

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