Answer Guy on Nostr: I've read that "straining on the pot" is an apt description of the technique that ...

I've read that "straining on the pot" is an apt description of the technique that figher pilots are trained in as part of developing their ability to withstand high G-force maneuvers without blacking out.

Laugh all you like. But that shit is serious. Their lives depend on it in some combat scenarios — and lives are lost if they're too dignified to do it regardless of how it looks.