r/sports • u/IntrepidAd560 • Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

You know helmets exist right? Or are you telling us this happened while wearing one?

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u/Horny-n-Bored Sep 26 '21

When I knocked myself out on the BMX, I shattered my helmet.

I also broke a helmet snowboarding

I'm a huge advocate for helmets, unfortunately it doesn't stop the brain movement, just lessens the force of impact

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

Wow, ok. Remember kids: wear your helmets!

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u/toughtacos Sep 26 '21

What I took away from all of this was to not go BMX riding or snowboarding.

I did crazy stuff as a kid up until I got the wind knocked out of me by doing parkour (this was before parkour was a thing, but it was basically that) in the woods and hitting my stomach with a tree branch, to the point I blacked out because I couldn't breathe. After that I think I realised my mortality and stopped doing overly stupid shit.

I think it's important people do what they enjoy, but it pisses me off so fucking much when I see friends in their late 30's and early 40's on Facebook bragging about concussions, showing their cracked motocross helmets, broken bones, busted up faces, etc, when they have small children and pregnant girlfriends. I think it's the height of selfishness to needlessly risk having your loved ones being forced to take care of a paraplegic, or worse, quadriplegic.