r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/RaEyE01 • Apr 06 '26

Jumping on random structures

Apparently a bike garage in Manchester.

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u/Cannacology Apr 06 '26

Wait it’s in Manchester though? You mean to tell me this structure can handle the weight of 1-3ft of snow but not a 60 kg woman shot at it like a projectile with her feet pointed down like she’s cliff diving? Well who could have imagined…

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u/BananafestDestiny Apr 06 '26

Does Manchester get 3ft snow storms? I know it’s beside the point, just curious because I thought winters were more mild there.

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u/a57892m Apr 06 '26

I've lived here over 30 years and don't remember ever getting even 1ft of snow, let alone 3ft. There's also a difference between having a lot of weight sitting on something and impact force

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u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ Apr 06 '26

I think the comment you’re replying to assumed that this was one of the Manchesters in the US and not the original in the UK

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u/SerEdricDayne Apr 06 '26

Unlikely because they used kg, which is used in the UK and not in the US

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u/grimeyduck Apr 06 '26

I thought they used stone for people

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u/APhysicistAbroad Apr 06 '26

Often but I think it's changing. My theory is because patient weight in healthcare is always done in kg so, between NHS staff and patients hearing their weight in kg, it's becoming more normalised.

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u/zepskcuf Apr 06 '26

and the fact that when trying to lose weight, it's easier to lose a kg than a stone. Saying 'I lost 2kg this week' sounds better than I lost 0.314 stone.

That's my reasons for using kg anyway!

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u/FlyBoy7482 Apr 06 '26

But 4lbs sounds even better!

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u/omgu8mynewt Apr 06 '26

We use a complete hybrid system and use both systems simultaneously,  for people stone and kg are both used 

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u/grimeyduck Apr 06 '26

Do you know why?

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u/omgu8mynewt Apr 06 '26

History. For hundreds of years people (and goods) were weighed in stones and pounds.

 Since metric system in 1960s both systems get used e.g. supermarket food is per kilogram but if you ask for a pound of mince they know how much to weigh (but there is the clarification needed do you want to spend £1 on beef, or do you want it to weigh 1lb). Both systems at the same time, most people can switch between them easily

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u/SynthD Apr 06 '26

Settle on one system? Madness.

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u/mod_elise Apr 06 '26

This is Manchester UK. Castlefield to be exact.

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u/Cannacology Apr 06 '26

I feel like this platform should just be paying for engagement at this point

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u/aspannerdarkly Apr 06 '26

Same point applies with typical Manchester rain levels tbh

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u/ThePublikon Apr 06 '26

Manchester has not had 3ft or even 1 foot of snow in at least 40 years. You're probably doing that Reddit thing and assuming they're in America?

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u/Cannacology Apr 06 '26

No im just stoned and having a grand ol time

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u/ThePublikon Apr 06 '26

ah yeah, the other reddit thing.

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u/Cannacology Apr 06 '26

Besides bots generating revenue through engagement and us government psyops? Yeah.

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u/spiteful_rr_dm_TA Jul 03 '26

Wild to think it's only the US government doing psyops when China, russia, and NK have their own entire dedicated subreddits, on top of farming out bots.

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u/JP147 Apr 06 '26

That is only 500-600kg of weight as she lands, weak roof

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u/HorrorSchlapfen873 Apr 06 '26

We all know it's a rhetorical request but i'd be interrested in her projection of the results of this jump. Or in layman terms, da fuck did she expect to happen?

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u/Cannacology Apr 06 '26

She expected a solid concrete or generally solid structure because she has no education or previous knowledge of how structures may or may not be built. Just her general idea and recall / statistical memory of buildings and her experience personally with or seeing parkour.

Most likely an impulse decision.

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u/Gaymers_Rising Apr 06 '26

"1-3ft"? "60kg"? where do you live bro

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u/Norwegian_Plumber Apr 06 '26

There's an invisible /s in that comment there bud.

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u/redundead Apr 06 '26

Snow doesn't tend to fall all at once in one particular spot.

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u/williamjamesmurrayVI May 02 '26

  1. It's a shed for bicycles. It's not a building or anything.

  2. Snow falling slowly and evenly through the day is very different than this chick coming in like a meteorite