The “Oh Crap” Reaction
Speaking of getting smacked in the face, how remarkable is human reaction time? Even with that baseball hurtling at hundreds of miles per hour, athletes have enough time to make idiotic faces like this one. Unfortunately, there isn’t always enough time to get out of the way.
We actually feel terrible about laughing at this since being struck in the face by a baseball at high speed is truly painful. However, insensitivity is an essential component of obtaining amusement from certain things.