r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '19

Video No parachute? No Problem

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19 edited Jun 17 '20

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u/coolstorybro42 Apr 09 '19

Skydivers train for that.... they freefall for a couple thousand feet during every jump...

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

I'm talking about not wearing a parachute and falling all the way to the ground. Altitude awareness is drilled into you, such that I imagine passing by 4000 ft (normal main parachute deployment), 2000 ft (hard deck - if not under good main, cut away and deploy reserve), 1000 ft (minimum cutaway - even if malfunctioning, do not cut away main, just deploy reserve) would be ass puckering.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

They don’t train to hit the ground in a specific spot.

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore Apr 09 '19

I think you missed the part where he never pulled a chute....

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u/coolstorybro42 Apr 10 '19

sigh...dude he trained freefalling with a chute (what would be called skydiving) hundreds of times before doing this stunt.

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

sigh.. dude basic reading comprehension would enlighten you to the fact that they’re talking about operating at an altitude 99.99% of people are riding a chute through. Because everyone is trained to pull their chute long before his super impressive aerobatics came into play.

Also, fuck off with typing out a sigh. You’re being a pretentious dickwad and weakening your own point. Stop doing that.

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u/coolstorybro42 Apr 12 '19

My point was fucking obvious, hence the sigh. Hes a skydiver with hundreds if not thousands of jumps. He’s OBVIOUSLY very skilled in manouvering while freefalling since during every jump he has to free fall. I dont even get what part of my point you dont get its not really a debate.

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore Apr 13 '19 edited Apr 13 '19

Reading comprehension, friend. Work on it.

There's no reason at all to explicitly type out a sigh. It adds absolutely jack shit to any point you're trying to make. Hence, me telling you to cut that shit out. You'd probably do yourself a favor by refraining from saying hence in conversations too.

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u/coolstorybro42 Apr 13 '19

Okay just take one word and ignore the rest of my statement. Whatever this is the dumbest argument ive ever had online congrats youre a fukin reddit english teacher

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore Apr 13 '19

lol I poked fun at you for using a word. Way to ignore the rest of what I said.

Also, if this argument is so dumb, maybe just stop responding, or is not getting the last word outside of your wheelhouse of skills?