i think some french aristocrats would disagree

Every body part has a major artery in it.

Get hit in the armpit, dead.

Get hit in the thigh, dead.

Get hit in the liver, dead.

Break a femur and it nicks the femoral artery, dead.

There certainly are ways to reduce the blood flow to survive a trip to the hospital, but if you don't get blood back in you soon, you just shut down forever.

Or it’s just bad luck. My great uncle died during that war because of engine failure at take off.

Yeah, and most of the time when you trip on a curb, you don't die. Doesn't mean we can't talk about the fringe cases.

Most of the time you survive a plane fall, you probably wish you hadn't

I mostly thought of it because after eye surgery I had to wear wrap around sunglasses that protected my eyes, but they also looked cool. I didn't realise how much shit got in my eyes before then, so I just never stopped wearing them. They've saved me from tree twigs and all sorts