People were quicker to violence in the Wild West days because everyone was struggling with the effects of cumulative CTE brought on by brain-rattling horse-based transport on roadless surfaces
People were quicker to violence in the Wild West days because everyone was struggling with the effects of cumulative CTE brought on by brain-rattling horse-based transport on roadless surfaces
A single mildly bumpy ride won't turn you into an NFL domestic abuser, but over the course of 20+ years? And if you were on horses or in rickety carts from the time you were a squishy infant? Boom, curdled grey matter.
No horses = no war, no murder, just pure enlightenment and peace on Earth.
Beware the horse đź‘€
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that's not quite how that works. even at a gallop, you're more moving with the horse than being rattled by it, and carts/carriages/etc. had suspensions to make the ride smooth (mostly for the rougher, unpaved roads).
even then, CTE is believed to be caused by multiple, sustained impacts/shocks of a magnitude greater than what one would experience while riding a horse. speaking from personal experience, none of my horse-riding (or even carriage- or cart-riding) ever came close to being hit by an NFL lineman at full-speed or being on a bombing range.
none of my horse-riding (or even carriage- or cart-riding) ever came close to being hit by an NFL lineman at full-speed or being on a bombing range.
To be fair, you can get concussion symptoms from heading the ball too much in soccer. There doesn't need to be NFL or boxing type violence involved.
Clearly, you’ve never headed a ball in soccer. That’s quite a good bonk on the noggin, and still nothing close to riding a horse— which, I feel needs adding at this point: you don’t ride a horse with your head.
But now I’m reminded of back in the 90s before they banned the flip-throw and kids were breaking their necks trying it.
You sure about that?
wtf even is this? lol
I googled "headstand on a horse," and found this Daily Mail article
I played quite a bit of soccer back in the day, yes. It's nowhere near the forces of a clash in the NFL, which is what was being mentioned as a typical example of what can give someone a concussion. All I'm saying is that it takes less force than many probably think. I'm not saying riding a horse gives you a concussion.
even still, the amount of force of the impact to the head while doing a header is far more than what you experience while riding a horse.
I'm sure it is. I never said, nor did I mean to imply, that it isn't.