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bmitc · 2022-04-16 23:10:30

The human way: could easily prevent something but doesn't and then panic reacts to try and avoid the consequences once they've arrived.

wahnfrieden | karma 6701 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2023-10-18 09:39:50

What's panic have to do with taking safety measures?

marcosdumay | karma 27273 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2014-02-24 17:58:55+00:00

People have a tendency to reactly surprizingly fast once their inaction creates an emergency.

yoklov | karma 1767 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2016-07-01 12:56:35+00:00

It's also still possible to panic.

actionfromafar | karma 6262 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2023-08-02 18:19:19

Good thing humans aren’t prone to panic in stressful situations!

millzlane | karma 1673 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2018-04-17 18:08:09

It doesn't take much for people to panic.

anoncake | karma 1589 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2020-06-28 00:24:06+00:00

Because people are irrational panicky animals.

odkamkfn | karma 44 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2020-03-24 04:12:35+00:00

Reacting without panicking is possible.

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2019-06-26 19:02:59+00:00

That's literally the case that "panic" is there to handle.

brink | karma 4678 | avg karma 5.13 · | 2021-03-08 14:51:29

It's panicking that caused the issue in the first place.

SamPatt | karma 2379 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2023-02-11 22:13:47

Yes. This phenomenon happens all the time. Panics are human nature.

ebg13 | karma 4739 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2020-02-21 21:28:34+00:00

Panic and adrenaline? I think you must have missed the part where I said "humans are very dumb and make dumb mistakes all of the time".

alisonkisk | karma 500 | avg karma 0.24 · | 2021-04-18 21:05:14+00:00

It's fine to panic in safe situations.

nostromo | karma 47008 | avg karma 10.15 · | 2020-02-29 14:04:29+00:00

Panicking is also dangerous and has real costs.

How about we agree to be diligent but also not overreact.

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davidw | karma 63893 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2020-03-09 17:26:25+00:00

I listed some simple actions that many people can do. They're not 'panic'; they're a rational response to something that spreads between people: stay away from other people as much as possible.

baby | karma 14476 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2020-03-21 15:30:21

Yeah that's what is lacking from my comment: expect panics to happen and attempt to gracefully recover whenever that happens. This is not easy though.

lmm | karma 42440 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2023-08-14 19:12:32

What would panicing gain them? Honestly if anything it's more amazing that people still go into panic at all - it seems almost like a kind of learned helplessness thing.

ikiris | karma 1499 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2021-03-10 08:28:33

Some plans have a single step: 1) panic.

smackfu | karma 10800 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2013-04-10 08:18:48

They are Panic.

jovial_cavalier | karma 233 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2023-06-12 11:53:31

Therefore... panic?