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[-] _danny@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Truly a once in a lifetime offer.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 5 months ago

Interestingly, that's not always true. Supposedly there are things you can do to improve your chances of surviving a fall without a parachute, like spreading your shirt to increase drag, orienting yourself to land feet-first, knees bent, or aiming for bushes. Luck is a large part of it though.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 7 points 5 months ago

I've literally met someone who survived a parachute failure. She mentioned something vague about a skydiving incident, so I looked her up. Turns out she literally survived hitting the ground after her parachute didn't open. Lots of nasty injuries, some permanent, but nothing obviously debilitating.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Sometimes you win the lottery and get to keep breathing.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

If you're falling over farmland, aim for the giant stacks of hay, as well.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Falling out of a plane is literally safer than falling off of a skyscraper. Because at least with skydiving, you have a chance to direct your landing and pick something that isn’t solid concrete.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder if you could make a makeshift parachute by taking off your shirt. What's unclear to me though is just how rapidly you'd decelerate, and if the force associated with that would be manageable...or rip your arms off.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It would do nothing of consequence.

Best you could try to do would be to flatten yourself out.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

What if you're wearing a jacket and put your hands in the pockets and spread it out?

This is why Mythbusters needs to still be on the air

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Then you'll die looking cool.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wasn't there a guy falling 10 km out of a plane, landing on a pine with only minor injuries?

[-] ultra@feddit.ro 1 points 5 months ago

Or landing on fire ants

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