I can’t really imagine what getting shot in the neck feels like, but I can easily imagine getting punched in the jaw and know how broken bones feel. When I watch the Kirk video, I picture a burning, puncturing pain and a quick fade to black, but watching this makes me imagine the feeling of getting punched hard enough to break your jaw twice. The latter is more unpleasant to imagine.

Kirk was far more harmful to society, so that makes sense.