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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)
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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What an idiotic article (and website in general, looks Buzzfeed-tier). From its linked source:
No shit.
Nobody is wearing a tie that tightly, and even if it is deliberately made that tight when you put it on, it's not like a noose, it'll loosen on its own almost immediately as you start moving around. There are no springs in a tie maintaining the tension.
Shirt collars don't move the way necks do, so it really depends on posture and movement, I'd say my posture was about the best in my day when I was standing in front of a mirror putting the tie on and judging my appearance, and then 20 minutes later I'd be sitting at my desk hunched forward and it would be a lot less comfortable, so I could see it.
Also I remember from hours and hours of starting at old men's necks in church how their flesh would spill out the backs and sides of their collars while they sat there listening to the preacher.