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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And miss out on the sweet release from this mortal coil?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 59 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Probably not, because contrary to what video games would indicate, water does not prevent all fall damage.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

So the older video games told me the truth! - that the slightest contact with any body of water is instantly fatal from any height.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You lied to me, Aonuma san! ;_;

[–] hamFoilHat@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You TOLD ME THE TRUTH original Assassin's Creed.

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Sure, sure, water doesn't prevent fall damage, but a well placed hay pile and a properly executed dive will...

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

In fact, it prevents almost no fallcdamage beyond 20 feet

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

You might be able to get away with just broken legs if you landed right. Then you'd be in the middle of the ocean was broken legs.