Locked knees causes you to pass out. If I understand it correctly, while standing around casually, you still move around a bit, which causes muscles in your legs to contract and relax, which squeezes your blood vessels and helps pump blood back up to your torso. If you lock your knees and stand perfectly still at attention, your leg muscles are no longer doing that, so blood pools in your legs and you grey out at 1G.
From my own experience in marching band, this is worse in hot weather. I think it’s because in hot weather you’re more likely to be dehydrated, so less water in your blood = less total volume of blood, and your capillaries dilate in an attempt to circulate blood closer to the skin = more volume in your circulatory system, == less blood pressure in the first place. I never once remember someone passing out during the winter. Happened a lot in the summer though.
Especially on 9/11/2002. Our genius principal decided we were going to have a memorial service on the one year anniversary of the attacks, with all students and faculty in attendance. There was one facility on campus that could seat all 1200 students and 120 faculty at once: The football stadium. And even then it was a tight squeeze to get everyone into the Home side bleachers…no worries though, we’ll put the 40 student JROTC and 120 student marching band in uniform on the field itself. They’ll play the national anthem at the beginning and then stand there at attention for the entire 45 minute pointless speech. In the direct sun on a hot and humid Carolina morning. 5 JROTC and 4 from the band passed out.
Sounds horrible. Up until graduating from highschool, year closing ceremonies were a big thing in schools in my country (Europe). So in some of the hottest days in June-July, you have kids dressed in cheap suits stand on hot concrete in the school’s court, sweating under the scorching sun. Always had somebody escorted out when feeling ill, luckily nothing as bad as falling over. But still, what a pointless thing
My graduation took place in that same stadium, on a morning in late May. We were all facing East, wearing suits, jackets and ties under cheap polyester smocks. What a farce the whole thing is.
Intentionally misinterpreting the date on a post that very clearly indicates both geographically and by major world event where it was posted from isn’t funny or quirky, it just makes you look like a jerk.
I’m sure you’re quite a lovely person, but please post like it.
Locked knees causes you to pass out. If I understand it correctly, while standing around casually, you still move around a bit, which causes muscles in your legs to contract and relax, which squeezes your blood vessels and helps pump blood back up to your torso. If you lock your knees and stand perfectly still at attention, your leg muscles are no longer doing that, so blood pools in your legs and you grey out at 1G.
From my own experience in marching band, this is worse in hot weather. I think it’s because in hot weather you’re more likely to be dehydrated, so less water in your blood = less total volume of blood, and your capillaries dilate in an attempt to circulate blood closer to the skin = more volume in your circulatory system, == less blood pressure in the first place. I never once remember someone passing out during the winter. Happened a lot in the summer though.
Especially on 9/11/2002. Our genius principal decided we were going to have a memorial service on the one year anniversary of the attacks, with all students and faculty in attendance. There was one facility on campus that could seat all 1200 students and 120 faculty at once: The football stadium. And even then it was a tight squeeze to get everyone into the Home side bleachers…no worries though, we’ll put the 40 student JROTC and 120 student marching band in uniform on the field itself. They’ll play the national anthem at the beginning and then stand there at attention for the entire 45 minute pointless speech. In the direct sun on a hot and humid Carolina morning. 5 JROTC and 4 from the band passed out.
Sounds horrible. Up until graduating from highschool, year closing ceremonies were a big thing in schools in my country (Europe). So in some of the hottest days in June-July, you have kids dressed in cheap suits stand on hot concrete in the school’s court, sweating under the scorching sun. Always had somebody escorted out when feeling ill, luckily nothing as bad as falling over. But still, what a pointless thing
My graduation took place in that same stadium, on a morning in late May. We were all facing East, wearing suits, jackets and ties under cheap polyester smocks. What a farce the whole thing is.
weird thing, here we just go back to school to try to find our name on a list attached on a wall. Well now they check online
Europe isn’t a country
Your mom is a country.
why was your memorial service in November
Intentionally misinterpreting the date on a post that very clearly indicates both geographically and by major world event where it was posted from isn’t funny or quirky, it just makes you look like a jerk.
I’m sure you’re quite a lovely person, but please post like it.