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Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent, make you feel dizzy and give you headaches (www.sciencefocus.com)
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[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 32 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

HOW TIGHT ARE THEIR TIES

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

Not tight enough for my tastes. I would tighten them all the way.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 3 points 16 hours ago

Yeah WTF actually

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They'd like to respond but they are choking.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I thought they said they were JOKING before they fainted!

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

I think they meant choking