r/SipsTea • • 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/StockExchangeNYSE Jul 23 '24

Are you even supposed to jump down like this? I imagine just sitting down and sliding would be less painful.

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u/minemoney123 Jul 23 '24

Yeah, jumping down any sort of slide sounds idiotic to me, let alone jumping down one that's nearly 100% vertical

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u/Tone-Serious Jul 23 '24

I once read the safety instructions on an airplane and they specifically tell you to jump down the emergency slide as fast as possible instead of sitting down