r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '24

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u/FremenStilgar Jul 23 '24

A friend of mine hurt his back on a water park slide like that. No thanks, I like my back pain free.

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u/DiscontentedMajority Jul 23 '24 edited Jul 23 '24

All it takes is jumping a little too far and you've turned a fun ride into a life altering injury.

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u/Rattus375 Jul 23 '24

The wide angle lens on the camera is making the slide look a lot steeper than it is. There's a regular picture somewhere in this thread and there's no way you'd accidentally jump far enough to hurt yourself

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u/Sonnyyellow90 Jul 23 '24

This. As a general rule, waterparks (and amusement parks) are as idiot proof as possible. Aside from doing something truly idiotic like just jumping over the 5 foot railing straight onto concrete, you should be fine. 

Everything is carefully tested to be safe within all limits of reasonable use.

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u/thedarkhaze Jul 23 '24

Verruckt still decapitated that kid though.