drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 3 months agoOne of the royal family's living decorations fell down.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square175linkfedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down128
arrow-up1588arrow-down1imageOne of the royal family's living decorations fell down.lemmy.worlddrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square175linkfedilink
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoHe most likely locked his knees standing at attention too long. It’s not an uncommon occurrence in training. I saw one guy do it during a locker inspection and whack his head hard on a bench on the way down. The fall itself is the real danger.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI was in JROTC in high school and before some ceremony the colonel explicitly warned us about this exact thing. I don’t remember anyone passing out.
He most likely locked his knees standing at attention too long. It’s not an uncommon occurrence in training. I saw one guy do it during a locker inspection and whack his head hard on a bench on the way down. The fall itself is the real danger.
I was in JROTC in high school and before some ceremony the colonel explicitly warned us about this exact thing. I don’t remember anyone passing out.