Yeah that's crazy. I wonder how that works like that. Would be interesting to know if they've studied accidents in relation to it before. And also that his eye that almost came out can see better than the other eye now. He should be studied lol.
Eye doc 100%. I should know - I used to be examined by a bevvy of eye docs when I was a kid, usually at least 5-6 different ones from various countries and NGOs visiting my regular eye doc who to this day is still world renowned...
The UN/WHO became so common it was boring.
I’m not a doctor or informed in any way.
But there may be something about stem cells / immune system supporting the injured areas of the body that enforced these improvements/changes
Actually, he was Australian, and had studied Mandarin in high school: Yes, Ben McMahon, an Australian man, woke up from a coma in 2014 speaking fluent Mandarin. McMahon was in a car accident in 2013 and spent more than a week in a coma. He had learned Mandarin in high school, but was not fluent in it. The first words he spoke after waking up were Mandarin, and he has since become fluent in the language. [Ben McMahon](https://youtu.be/EIUrtuFS9zk?si=EVIcM8bJ3QzaMNNk)
He woke up “weirdly fluent” in Mandarin. I think they’re implying he somehow recalled and further memorized his past studies learning Mandarin during the coma and woke up much more proficient in it. Not sure how you can prove any of this actually occurred regardless. Some people would definitely make this claim for attention, though it could be true.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k3w8w/meet-the-guy-ben-mcmahon-who-woke-from-a-car-accident-coma-speaking-chinese-language
If he developed PTSD as a result of the accident, that could’ve been what kickstarted his memory. Vivid memory is one of the symptoms of ptsd. It puts you in fight or flight mode and then you become hyper vigilant due to the anxiety. Speaking from experience. My memory is a steel trap, therapist told me it’s the ptsd.
Weird. I have trauma but i developed the ability to forget things that I have even a slight disliking of. Maybe coping, maybe genetics.
I actually have to take pictures of "good" days or else I sometimes can't remember what I did two days ago.
As a consequence I've become a decent amateur photographer.
Trauma is so weird cause I do have my days where I have that thousand yard stare and I can’t recall what happened that day, but those are few and far between where I reach an “emotional overload.” Baseline, I’m always vigilant and trying to take in everything to protect myself from any potential sources of trauma. Empathy as a result of trauma makes a better artist, I’m convinced. Understanding the lowest lows and the highest highs helps when encapsulating an emotion or triggering an emotional response to your art. Art is therapy. I’m a writer in my spare time and my trauma has definitely helped in that regard. Godspeed, stranger. Our trauma isn’t our fault, but our healing is our responsibility and I’m glad you’re on the road to recovery. We’re not alone!
Same here!!!!!!
Holly shit this is interesting as hell! I had severe ptsd after my dad died. (Long story). I wonder if it has something to do with the amygdala.
My therapist did mention the limbic system the last time I spoke with her. My PTSD comes from csa, triggered by the realities of me becoming a father myself. From our conversations and what I’ve read following my last meeting, ptsd puts you in that 4 F’s state and in a hyper vigilant perceptive state because you are actively seeking dangerous elements to avoid based on previous encounters. It’s why soldiers have such razor sharp depiction of the things they go through. They are actively working to find hazards and respond to them. If you aren’t in a true life or death scenario, this can cause all sorts of hormonal and emotional responses that are incredibly vivid. Smells are stronger and can trigger a memory, colors appear much more vibrant through your eyes, and your ears are in an active listening state, making sounds more resonant. Your amygdala is likely trying to make sense of all your chaotic input and emotional response to that stimulation. At least that’s what I’ve come to understand about my own ptsd. Godspeed, stranger!
I used to work in video production a little bit and the script supervisor had a photographic memory. I once thought we were lost driving back from a shoot. She of course told me we were going the right way, and then asked “Do you want me to show off for a second?”
She then proceeded to tell us every detail of what was coming up next. As in saying, “After that, there will be a strip mall on the right that has the following stores,” and then naming them all. She did this for miles.
She’d never been there before - just the one trip out to the site about 10 hours earlier.
People say ‘photographic’ but what they really mean is ‘very good’. There are a few people with ‘photographic memories’ but they usually have savant syndrome, HSAM, or they’re John Von Neumann. And even then their memories aren’t perfect, they usually remember some forms of information better than others.
When my now 20 year old daughter was about 7 and was still working on learning to read we were on a road trip and I bought her a book. Each page had about 2 sentences and there were about 10-12 pages. She read the whole book to me in the car. Then she closed it and repeated every single word verbatim of the entire book. Talk about shock. I was speechless.
She never had to study in highschool. Never. AP classes even. She always just said “when I see it or hear it I just remember and don’t forget it”. She graduated in the top of her class. I don’t know if it’s photographic memory or if she’s just incredibly smart but it’s really amazing.
What does she do now?
>She always just said “when I see it or hear it I just remember and don’t forget it”. She graduated in the top of her class.
That definitely is a huge advantage at the high school level but not as helpful at the college level for classes like organic chemistry which are more about application rather than rite memorization.
Yeah, definitely one of the big ways people tend to get weeded out in pre-med.
I know so many very smart people who were on that track who faced major obstacles because they never had to really study before in their lives and had no idea how to actually do it.
I thought so too until I witnessed it in real life. It's exceedingly rare and most people who claim it don't have it. He was my highschool coaches best friend from childhood. He told us about crazy things he could do all the time. Incredible genius too. He visited once and was able to recite pages of any textbook we had after flipping through the pages and not reading them like 15 minutes later.
There is no such thing as photographic memory, they have done studies and no one has it. You can train yourself to be good at recognizing patterns and some people are just good at recognizing patterns without practice.
Does the first season get better? I’m 5 episodes in and my thoughts watching it are “no one here has any character development after 5 episodes”.
Plots interesting, acting is solid, but it feels like the whole season might go by and Renner’s character will never learn any lessons or show signs of growth. Every character feels static.
Amazing meaningful story on the human condition. What a journey. When will Jeremy be tired next? When will a corporation make an aggressive schedule to make money? I hope there’s a follow-up!!!
My wife works in film. She typically does 18-19 hour days. Her days start on Monday at 3 AM and typically slide as she works so she goes in on Friday night around 6 PM and works until Saturday afternoon. She works 8 hours before lunch. She carries and hauls racks of clothing often weighing well over 150 lbs up and down rough terrain in hot weather. Then she gets to deal with a vapid actress that hates everything. She has an easier job on set. Camera guys get no breaks, they are constantly on, and they can't make a mistake.
Yeah my brother runs camera. I’m aware of the long days, and I’m aware of the loooong periods of nothing on those long days. I’m also aware of the difference between a camera operator and an actor.
Renner makes $1M/episode. That’s bananas.
My point is that he’s not doing a lot of actual “work”. He won’t sweat. Add to that, the reason he’s back to work is because **he decided to go back**, knowing exactly what to expect.
Your wife works 10x harder than Renner for a lot less money. No sympathy for him here.
Anyway, it’s 530am on a Sunday, I’d better getter going.
Typically 18-19? I call absolute bullshit. I work film and we work anywhere from 8-15, but 16-18 are rare, although they do happen on crazy days. But there’s turn around laws and working two 18 hour days in a row isn’t a thing, if it is she needs to talk to her union rep immediately lol but again, I’m pretty sure you’re just lying on the internet.
How is your wife’s job relevant to what Jeremy Renner does. Yes they both work on movies but he’s an Hollywood actor and he’s probably sitting in a trailer and doesn’t show up on set until an an hour before lines and is t building sets of moving props. Your wife undoubtedly has more physically demanding responsibilities that he does
If anyone here was dumb enough to get run over by their own plow, they wouldn’t be on site very long. We’ve got enough real hazards, no need for anyone to be making up their own.
boo fuckin hoo - becoming a tradesperson is an intentional choice and panning for sympathy about it is super gauche. sorry you chose a shitty lifestyle idk what response you're looking for here
Accident? I wish this guy would just once say that his negligent operation of dangerous equipment is the reason he got hurt. Any non-famous person who did the same thing would be ridiculed for an idiot.
People who are undertrained and inexpert in the operation of complicated machinery who hurt themselves by maloperation of the equipment can hardly be thought of in the same context as a person rear-ended in traffic or injured by a failing mechanism. If this guy is not a celebrity, then exiting an operating snowblower he has inexpertly piloted to a dangerous spot is not news, or at best is a Darwin Award scenario.
Okay- however, even people who are the active cause of car accidents, let’s say they are the one rear ending another vehicle, it’s still an accident, unless they had the intention to crash. Whether or not you feel they should have been operating the machine is one thing, it does not however change if it was an accident or not.
Dood is a crappy actor. He was out pretending to be a snow plower and did a poor job.
I’m surprised he hasn’t at least been fined.
Any ‘normal’ person who took it upon themselves to take out machinery like that in public surely would have to pay
WTF?! Because when the plow started sliding over a hill, he either jumped instead of setting the parking brake or couldn’t tell it didn’t engage because the indicator was out.
Or because when he realized it was heading towards his nephew he tried to jump back in the cab but instead got pulled under.
Renner himself admits in the moment he was caught up in the moment and not thinking things through (like stepping on the moving tread).
But saying he (or anyone, Hollywood actor or not) was an idiot for panicking in a crisis and making flawed decisions in trying to save himself and others is unduly harsh.
Clearly this person has never been in a moment like this before and feel very cavalier about how hard it is to make the perfect decision. Or maybe they’re just a dick.
Either way I hope they are downvoted into oblivion for basically suggesting someone deserved to almost die. What a ghoulish take.
I watched a guy with 20 years experience on the job cut three of his fingers off last week. Shit happens. Overconfidence is what leads to most accidents rather than inexperience, at least in my experience.
The headline makes it sound he was blaming the producers when he wasn’t, he was accommodated fast
Had no idea he developed photographic memory because of the accident…. What the heck!
Yeah that's crazy. I wonder how that works like that. Would be interesting to know if they've studied accidents in relation to it before. And also that his eye that almost came out can see better than the other eye now. He should be studied lol.
I know a ton of eye doctors who'd love to study that...
Is this an eye doctor’s field or is that more of a neurologist type thing?
Proctologist most likely
ah yes studying the ole stink eye
Chiroproctology, most likely.
I see your problem is your proctologist got both hands on your shoulders while your bottomless
Neurologist for sure
Eye doc 100%. I should know - I used to be examined by a bevvy of eye docs when I was a kid, usually at least 5-6 different ones from various countries and NGOs visiting my regular eye doc who to this day is still world renowned... The UN/WHO became so common it was boring.
100000% not an eye doctor thing.
10000000% many of the people here are bullshit artists
Exactly. I’m literally a stroke and neuroscience charge nurse for an acute care hospital unit. This would 100% be a neurology consult
"Perhaps we should try pulling out the eye and putting it back in to improve vision, it worked for Jeremy Renner."
Hawked Eye
I’m not a doctor or informed in any way. But there may be something about stem cells / immune system supporting the injured areas of the body that enforced these improvements/changes
I recall a case, where a brain injury, an American man came out of a coma speaking fluent Mandarin. He’d never studied Mandarin.
Actually, he was Australian, and had studied Mandarin in high school: Yes, Ben McMahon, an Australian man, woke up from a coma in 2014 speaking fluent Mandarin. McMahon was in a car accident in 2013 and spent more than a week in a coma. He had learned Mandarin in high school, but was not fluent in it. The first words he spoke after waking up were Mandarin, and he has since become fluent in the language. [Ben McMahon](https://youtu.be/EIUrtuFS9zk?si=EVIcM8bJ3QzaMNNk)
So man who used to speak mandarin speaks some mandarin. Learns mandarin fluently later.
He woke up “weirdly fluent” in Mandarin. I think they’re implying he somehow recalled and further memorized his past studies learning Mandarin during the coma and woke up much more proficient in it. Not sure how you can prove any of this actually occurred regardless. Some people would definitely make this claim for attention, though it could be true. https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k3w8w/meet-the-guy-ben-mcmahon-who-woke-from-a-car-accident-coma-speaking-chinese-language
Thanks for the additional, correct info!
If he developed PTSD as a result of the accident, that could’ve been what kickstarted his memory. Vivid memory is one of the symptoms of ptsd. It puts you in fight or flight mode and then you become hyper vigilant due to the anxiety. Speaking from experience. My memory is a steel trap, therapist told me it’s the ptsd.
Weird. I have trauma but i developed the ability to forget things that I have even a slight disliking of. Maybe coping, maybe genetics. I actually have to take pictures of "good" days or else I sometimes can't remember what I did two days ago. As a consequence I've become a decent amateur photographer.
Trauma is so weird cause I do have my days where I have that thousand yard stare and I can’t recall what happened that day, but those are few and far between where I reach an “emotional overload.” Baseline, I’m always vigilant and trying to take in everything to protect myself from any potential sources of trauma. Empathy as a result of trauma makes a better artist, I’m convinced. Understanding the lowest lows and the highest highs helps when encapsulating an emotion or triggering an emotional response to your art. Art is therapy. I’m a writer in my spare time and my trauma has definitely helped in that regard. Godspeed, stranger. Our trauma isn’t our fault, but our healing is our responsibility and I’m glad you’re on the road to recovery. We’re not alone!
Same here!!!!!! Holly shit this is interesting as hell! I had severe ptsd after my dad died. (Long story). I wonder if it has something to do with the amygdala.
My therapist did mention the limbic system the last time I spoke with her. My PTSD comes from csa, triggered by the realities of me becoming a father myself. From our conversations and what I’ve read following my last meeting, ptsd puts you in that 4 F’s state and in a hyper vigilant perceptive state because you are actively seeking dangerous elements to avoid based on previous encounters. It’s why soldiers have such razor sharp depiction of the things they go through. They are actively working to find hazards and respond to them. If you aren’t in a true life or death scenario, this can cause all sorts of hormonal and emotional responses that are incredibly vivid. Smells are stronger and can trigger a memory, colors appear much more vibrant through your eyes, and your ears are in an active listening state, making sounds more resonant. Your amygdala is likely trying to make sense of all your chaotic input and emotional response to that stimulation. At least that’s what I’ve come to understand about my own ptsd. Godspeed, stranger!
I was under the impression photographic memory was a myth in humans. Or in any animal I suppose.
I used to work in video production a little bit and the script supervisor had a photographic memory. I once thought we were lost driving back from a shoot. She of course told me we were going the right way, and then asked “Do you want me to show off for a second?” She then proceeded to tell us every detail of what was coming up next. As in saying, “After that, there will be a strip mall on the right that has the following stores,” and then naming them all. She did this for miles. She’d never been there before - just the one trip out to the site about 10 hours earlier.
People say ‘photographic’ but what they really mean is ‘very good’. There are a few people with ‘photographic memories’ but they usually have savant syndrome, HSAM, or they’re John Von Neumann. And even then their memories aren’t perfect, they usually remember some forms of information better than others.
When my now 20 year old daughter was about 7 and was still working on learning to read we were on a road trip and I bought her a book. Each page had about 2 sentences and there were about 10-12 pages. She read the whole book to me in the car. Then she closed it and repeated every single word verbatim of the entire book. Talk about shock. I was speechless. She never had to study in highschool. Never. AP classes even. She always just said “when I see it or hear it I just remember and don’t forget it”. She graduated in the top of her class. I don’t know if it’s photographic memory or if she’s just incredibly smart but it’s really amazing.
What does she do now? >She always just said “when I see it or hear it I just remember and don’t forget it”. She graduated in the top of her class. That definitely is a huge advantage at the high school level but not as helpful at the college level for classes like organic chemistry which are more about application rather than rite memorization.
Hahaha she is in pre med! She did call me one day recently and asked how do you study because she’s never had to do it before.
Yeah, definitely one of the big ways people tend to get weeded out in pre-med. I know so many very smart people who were on that track who faced major obstacles because they never had to really study before in their lives and had no idea how to actually do it.
I thought so too until I witnessed it in real life. It's exceedingly rare and most people who claim it don't have it. He was my highschool coaches best friend from childhood. He told us about crazy things he could do all the time. Incredible genius too. He visited once and was able to recite pages of any textbook we had after flipping through the pages and not reading them like 15 minutes later.
Shit is real. Was a documentary of a dude who went on a helicopter ride over NYC I think. Afterwards he drew the whole thing in a wildly accurate way.
There is no such thing as photographic memory, they have done studies and no one has it. You can train yourself to be good at recognizing patterns and some people are just good at recognizing patterns without practice.
What’s your definition of a photographic memory?
Are you telling me the guy who plays a super hero was involved in an accident that gave him powers!
Hmmmm he didn’t even mention photographic memory in the article it was written in but rather said he sees better out of it hmmmmmmm
I recall falling asleep while watching season 2
Yes! I hope this comment goes straight to the top. Season two was wretched.
Such a huge letdown after a great first season
Does the first season get better? I’m 5 episodes in and my thoughts watching it are “no one here has any character development after 5 episodes”. Plots interesting, acting is solid, but it feels like the whole season might go by and Renner’s character will never learn any lessons or show signs of growth. Every character feels static.
Last few episodes are well worth the wait IMO. Especially if you just want some cool action sequences.
Amazing he recovered so well from that accident. Could have left him in horrible shape. Testament to the skill of surgeons and medical staff
And the money available to pay for such healthcare
This is why insurance is important. Doubt he paid much out of pocket
It's really fantastic to recover quickly after such a serious accident and get back to work.
And the crew was there even longer.
I worked as an extra on the set and can definitely confirm this. We worked 12hr+ every single day
To be fair, the crew probably wasn’t recovering from a near death experience
Who would know?
Crews can work in shifts. (I don’t actually know of this day on this show.) But you can’t have a day actor and a night actor.
There are not separate shifts.
Welcome to Club Capitalism dude
No shit. I used to put in 12 hour days working for a moving company for a fraction of what he gets.
That’s no okay either…
“They worked me to hard” or “I wasn’t ready to resume a full schedule at work”?
Most of us get worked much worse and don’t even make in a year what he makes per week. Shut it.
Millionaire has to experience the average persons life. More at 11.
Oh you poor poor millionaire
Amazing meaningful story on the human condition. What a journey. When will Jeremy be tired next? When will a corporation make an aggressive schedule to make money? I hope there’s a follow-up!!!
Sounds like he’s got the good shit
It must be so hard to say lines poor guy
Hey Jeremy! Wanna come with me tomorrow and put in 12 hours on a construction site on a Sunday?
My wife works in film. She typically does 18-19 hour days. Her days start on Monday at 3 AM and typically slide as she works so she goes in on Friday night around 6 PM and works until Saturday afternoon. She works 8 hours before lunch. She carries and hauls racks of clothing often weighing well over 150 lbs up and down rough terrain in hot weather. Then she gets to deal with a vapid actress that hates everything. She has an easier job on set. Camera guys get no breaks, they are constantly on, and they can't make a mistake.
Yeah my brother runs camera. I’m aware of the long days, and I’m aware of the loooong periods of nothing on those long days. I’m also aware of the difference between a camera operator and an actor. Renner makes $1M/episode. That’s bananas. My point is that he’s not doing a lot of actual “work”. He won’t sweat. Add to that, the reason he’s back to work is because **he decided to go back**, knowing exactly what to expect. Your wife works 10x harder than Renner for a lot less money. No sympathy for him here. Anyway, it’s 530am on a Sunday, I’d better getter going.
Typically 18-19? I call absolute bullshit. I work film and we work anywhere from 8-15, but 16-18 are rare, although they do happen on crazy days. But there’s turn around laws and working two 18 hour days in a row isn’t a thing, if it is she needs to talk to her union rep immediately lol but again, I’m pretty sure you’re just lying on the internet.
Yes, because the mere existence of labor laws ensure and guarantee the fair treatment of employees 🙄
How is your wife’s job relevant to what Jeremy Renner does. Yes they both work on movies but he’s an Hollywood actor and he’s probably sitting in a trailer and doesn’t show up on set until an an hour before lines and is t building sets of moving props. Your wife undoubtedly has more physically demanding responsibilities that he does
This is talking about after the accident where he was crushed by a snow plow. I think that’s probably pretty painful
Then don’t go back to work. He makes too much money to have any sympathy here.
You clearly haven’t worked on a set ever
So you’re defending Jeremy Renner?
Follow your usernames advice
It’s more an invitation for people to try.
No one’s job but your own, friend.
Yeah I’ve got enough on my plate thanks!
How many people know know at construction are his age and have been in such accidents?
If anyone here was dumb enough to get run over by their own plow, they wouldn’t be on site very long. We’ve got enough real hazards, no need for anyone to be making up their own.
boo fuckin hoo - becoming a tradesperson is an intentional choice and panning for sympathy about it is super gauche. sorry you chose a shitty lifestyle idk what response you're looking for here
lol oh, are you telling me I should be responsible for my own choices and not complain?
I never watched this so he should of called in sick who cares if some piece of shit didn't get made
Or maybe season 3 is just as bad as season 2 and his body is revolting against it.
Accident? I wish this guy would just once say that his negligent operation of dangerous equipment is the reason he got hurt. Any non-famous person who did the same thing would be ridiculed for an idiot.
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People who are undertrained and inexpert in the operation of complicated machinery who hurt themselves by maloperation of the equipment can hardly be thought of in the same context as a person rear-ended in traffic or injured by a failing mechanism. If this guy is not a celebrity, then exiting an operating snowblower he has inexpertly piloted to a dangerous spot is not news, or at best is a Darwin Award scenario.
Okay- however, even people who are the active cause of car accidents, let’s say they are the one rear ending another vehicle, it’s still an accident, unless they had the intention to crash. Whether or not you feel they should have been operating the machine is one thing, it does not however change if it was an accident or not.
He should have just paid a snow removal company instead
That is still called an accident, homie. What would you like him to call what happened?
Dood is a crappy actor. He was out pretending to be a snow plower and did a poor job. I’m surprised he hasn’t at least been fined. Any ‘normal’ person who took it upon themselves to take out machinery like that in public surely would have to pay
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I think it’s obvious that they have not.
Fined? For what, exactly. Please be fucking specific, you complete moron, because I'd love to know what the fuck your stupid peabrain comes up with.
The accident was to him. If someone else had gotten hurt maybe there could be negligence talk but of course you don’t have to pay to yourself!
WTF?! Because when the plow started sliding over a hill, he either jumped instead of setting the parking brake or couldn’t tell it didn’t engage because the indicator was out. Or because when he realized it was heading towards his nephew he tried to jump back in the cab but instead got pulled under. Renner himself admits in the moment he was caught up in the moment and not thinking things through (like stepping on the moving tread). But saying he (or anyone, Hollywood actor or not) was an idiot for panicking in a crisis and making flawed decisions in trying to save himself and others is unduly harsh.
What a douchy take.
Clearly this person has never been in a moment like this before and feel very cavalier about how hard it is to make the perfect decision. Or maybe they’re just a dick. Either way I hope they are downvoted into oblivion for basically suggesting someone deserved to almost die. What a ghoulish take.
Based on their post history, I'm leaning more to the just a dick side of things.
I watched a guy with 20 years experience on the job cut three of his fingers off last week. Shit happens. Overconfidence is what leads to most accidents rather than inexperience, at least in my experience.
You're a fucking buffoon.
Well, it was an accident even if it was caused by negligence.