Nerd thigh strangulation actually happens. Don't believe me? heres the article. it happened a few months ago.

http://www.statenewslines.com/X8d48253f382cec17a97a71de0e08f5df he managed to choke him at full force without even tiring for 10 minutes. he strangled him so hard his voice box fractured. he seemed to have been a fan of scissors holds and tried it on people (they refused, because they said they couldnt breathe properly and they panicked) days before the murder