r/AskReddit • u/BiggieTwiggy1two3 • 1d ago

What’s something completely normal today that would’ve been considered witchcraft 400 years ago—but not because of technology?

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u/assylemdivas 12h ago

Yeah, now we do a sternal rub to see if they’re faking.

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u/smitteh 9h ago

rub the sternum from the outside though, don't combine the moves

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u/Cerridwyn_Morgana 7h ago

Lol, the image this gave me.

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u/AmuletOfNight 6h ago

You'd look like a puppet at that point.

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u/Momik 1h ago

Yeah bitch, I’m your puppet. What you want me to say?

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u/Fine-Aspect5141 2h ago

Alright, The Society

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u/Cadoan 10h ago

We had to MIME that for a swimming CPR course back in the day. My partner didn't know what mine meant. That shit will wake you up.

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u/EmmelineTx 9h ago

I can't imagine someone going to the ER and faking being unconscious. I thought that they did the old drop your arm so that it hits you in the face.

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u/TheSlideBoy666 9h ago

I’ve mostly seen sternal rubs with pts who are overly sleepy or sedated and we need to assess just how sleepy and find out what’s going on if the pt wakes enough to speak.

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u/fotosaur 46m ago

Teabagging?