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Grammar-Notsee_ t1_j2wl2uy wrote

He missed a chance to become part of the dead hand gang there.

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historycat95 t1_j2wodwe wrote

"A little something I like to call 'the stranger'".

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DadsRGR8 t1_j2wohtt wrote

Eh, dead arm is better than dead leg. At least you can get up to pee.

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Bleach_Baths t1_j2wpy7t wrote

This shit reminds me of that cartoon commercial in the early 2000s. The animation style freaks me out.

The cartoon had a woman using a giant paintbrush.

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dragunityag t1_j2wqk5k wrote

In highschool I feel asleep on the bus to school and I'm a tall guy and the bus had no leg space so I had to ball up.

When I woke up one of my legs was completely dead. Like I couldn't feel it at all, couldn't but weight on it. Had to do the most awkward hobble off the bus of my life.

The bus driver looked at me like I was crazy because I was using the seats as crutches.

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Anuttydeku t1_j2ws3h4 wrote

At night if id wake up and my arm is dead I usually just throw it where I plan to turn and just go back to sleep

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OathOfFeanor t1_j2wutj6 wrote

At one point someone was selling mattresses with grooves cut into them for your arms to prevent this problem

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JokersRWildStudios t1_j2xn731 wrote

You got to pick up your arm and hold it to get the blood flow back quicker

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CorrosiveBackspin t1_j2y3g99 wrote

I fell asleep with both arms above my head, I woke up and they were BOTH dead and flopping around, it was nuts

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apworker37 t1_j2y4f6n wrote

I answered my phone with a dead arm. I had to hold it up by the wrist with my.. living arm.

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TheW83 t1_j2y4ik5 wrote

I woke up once in the middle of the night to go pee and freaked out when a rat jumped on my leg. I smacked it away in a frenzy only to realize it wasn't a rat but my other hand. My arm was absolutely dead numb and it took about 10 minutes to get it back to almost normal.

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stink3rbelle t1_j2yi0g1 wrote

It sucks at first, but moving your limbs around a lot helps them "wake up" again after you've lost circulation.

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xXxPLUMPTATERSxXx t1_j2ylbnf wrote

Often I fall asleep with my arm off the edge but locked straight because the elbow is pointed down. Instead of being dead it's fairly painful and I have to bend my arm slowly to get back to normal.

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seanbrockest t1_j2ylc5o wrote

I still remember the first time I woke up with that, I was about 12 or 13 I think, and I freaked out so bad because I thought my arm had been paralyzed. It was such a weird feeling having a dead limb just hang, no sensation, it was like an extra piece of meat just hanging from my shoulder.

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BabiesDrivingGoKarts t1_j2yn0ww wrote

LPT: If it's asleep, rub the appendage. Anecdotally it seems to work for me. Like for example, if its my arm, I just take my other arm and rub up and down the length of it as if to stimulate circulation.

When something goes to sleep, I have heard that it's not a blood thing, but a nerve thing. My pet theory therefore, is that while you probably are stimulating some blood flow to some capillaries that were squeeze shut with pressure, it's moreso works because you're stimulating nerves or some bullshit. Also doesn't hurt that just massaging a limp appendage is a little more calming than panicking.

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jadrad t1_j2yubuq wrote

For some reason I only ever get dead arms when I eat gluten (it’s one of the symptoms that led me to discover I was celiac).

Since I cut out gluten a few years back haven’t woken up a single night with dead arms.

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Jmelt95 t1_j2z452j wrote

I have some nerve damage in my leg that causes it to permanently feel like dead leg. It’s a nightmare, and even worse when I get it from a laying on it wrong situation.

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Maxiorek t1_j2z6njb wrote

One morning I woke up and could not feel my entire arm at all, used other hand to move the arm and it moved looking as it was broken. I nearly shat myself. Never slept again with arm under my head again lol

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sukeroo t1_j2zjlib wrote

This made me snort because I’ve done the exact same thing. Didn’t think it was a rat though, just didn’t know what this heavy thing hitting my side was

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k20350 t1_j2zp98o wrote

They sell pillows for people with acid reflux that have an arm tunnel under them. They are popular with people 5hat have bad shoulders too because the wedge pillow takes the weight off the shoulder

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[deleted] t1_j2zrrn7 wrote

I also woke up with a completely numb arm this morning, it hurt a lot when it came around.

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Digivee t1_j2zwhn9 wrote

Joel Haver's stuff is done with a program that cant handle quick movements at all, even something like hands waving it smears everything around.

This seems to be rotoscoped by a human, albeit really poorly.

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christo334 t1_j2zx159 wrote

When I have a dead arm I try my best to jerk off it feels like someone else is doing it.

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DragonflyWing t1_j2zxir6 wrote

Oof, I did this too, except I jumped down from sitting on the back of my car because I didn't realize my leg was asleep. Sprained the shit out of my ankle and got road rash on my arms and knees because I went flying when my leg just refused to support me. That ankle hurt to walk on for a full year.

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jbraden t1_j30aem0 wrote

This was so spot on! Lmao

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Johnnyonoes t1_j3141oh wrote

Makes me want to play Another World (Out of this World) all over again.

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Televisions_Frank t1_j318lll wrote

I did that once in high school. Hear my alarm and go to shut it off... nothing, so I try the other arm and still nothing. Had to sit there adjusting myself until the feeling came back (and the pain of the feeling came back subsided) to turn that damn thing off.

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Breaker-of-circles t1_j31d38d wrote

This happened to me in the beginning but it also didn't last long. Since I have rounded shoulders from years of pc gaming, I always try to sleep with my arms above my head to stretch my chest muscles. Never happened again. Maybe you have circulatory problems too.

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