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ELI5: How Does Waterboarding Not Drown Someone?
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the victim is tiled back so the water just pools in the nasal cavity, with a towel over the face making it harder to breath. This gives the sensation of drowning without actually having water in the lungs.

I had a friend do this to me as i was curious about how back it would really be, it is fucking horrible.