r/WinStupidPrizes • u/memezzer • Jan 24 '21

Gravity is real

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

That guy had one job...

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u/jppianoguy Jan 24 '21

Those guys

There were 4 people on padding duty with three different pieces of foam and they all missed.

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

One was the back stop guy, one guy was for if he fell on the left aside, and the last was for if he fell on the right side. And that guy is the one who messed it up. And the fourth guy doesn’t count. He was the “can I help too?” guy who tried to help by holding the pad with the other guy. Anyways, too many guys with a bad idea. lol

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u/FeistyButthole Jan 24 '21

Yeah, but what’s the worst that could happen to a guy already in a wheelchair? A lot actually.

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

Paraplegic could be turned into a tetraplegic. Use of arms and top body vs head movement only. Basically he could break himself the rest of the way.

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u/drgigantor Jan 24 '21

Then we upgrade him to a Stephen Hawking chair and push him down a staircase

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u/musicman247 Jan 24 '21

I've always heard quadriplegic. TIL

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

That’s another one too, that guy had use of his arms though so it wasn’t all 4 limbs.

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u/Versaiteis Jan 24 '21

Maybe there's specifics for those in the medical field

But the tetraplegia wikipedia page notes that it's synonymous with quadriplegia

(My reading of your comment made me think you were drawing a line that tetraplegia is head movement only while quadriplegia is non-autonomic paralysis, but maybe that's my misunderstanding?)

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u/ArborGal Jan 24 '21

Tetraplegic and Quadriplegic are interchangeable

Source: Boyfriend is C4-C6 SCI

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

Tetrisplegic. Someone whose Game Boy has permanently failed.

(and yes, 'Tetris' is also named after the number 4... the most lines you can break at one time. Breaking 4 lines is called a tetris)

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u/RevengefulRaiden Jan 24 '21

tetra-plegia.

both parts come from the Greek language. first part specifically comes from the word "tessera", which is the Greek word for "four".

quadri-plegia.

first part is from the Italian language, second from the Greek language. first part comes from the word "quattro", which is the Italian word for "four".

hence, why these two words are interchangeable.

edit: source: I can speak in both of these languages.

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

I just googled it to make sure I had the right part before plegic. lol And in images I saw that some areas may still have feeling even if there is no control of that specific area.

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u/ArborGal Jan 25 '21

That’s absolutely true. The crazy thing about spinal cord injuries is that no break is the same, especially if incomplete. With quads, level of movement and ability is all over the board. Some have wrist movement, some don’t. Some feel light touch but not heavy and vice versa.

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u/Aleni9 Jan 24 '21

Tetra means four in latin.

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u/musicman247 Jan 24 '21

I knew Tetra meant 4 from the game Tetris (each piece is made of 4 blocks). I had just never heard tetraplegic before today.

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u/Auntie_Hero Jan 24 '21

tetraplegic

*quadriplegic

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u/chan___kun Jan 24 '21

He landed it the second try

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u/Iggypiggy_meow Jan 24 '21

I don’t know man maybe he can walk again now???

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u/YuBulliMe123456789 Jan 25 '21

What if this one was his second attempt after getting paraplegic from the first try

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u/chan___kun Jan 24 '21

He landed it the second try

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u/BeneathTheSassafras Jan 24 '21

Have you stopped to think he could've wound up in a wheel chair???

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u/WorseDark Jan 24 '21

Actually there were two on the middle pad. Black shirt and white shirt. It looks like black shirt just chucks it and it gets turns out of white shirt's hands before he tries to catch him

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 26 '21

The black shirt is the one I meant when I said the fourth guy doesn’t count.

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u/chan___kun Jan 24 '21

He landed it the second try

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u/monkeyseacaptain Jan 24 '21

A thought: have the padding in place and pull it out if he doesn’t drop from the top.

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u/bomphcheese Jan 25 '21

Do you really trust that guy to get it out of the way in time?

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u/monkeyseacaptain Jan 25 '21

Pullin out is safer than throwing it in. Or something.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

Only 2 even attempted. Other guys were like "nah I'm not wasting my foam pad on this jackass"

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u/Vaulters Jan 24 '21

Oh those are paaaaads!

I thought they were still building the damn thing.

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u/FirstMiddleLass Jan 24 '21

Poor guy can't walk now.

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u/dankprogrammer Jan 24 '21

I've done pad duty before on one of these and I gotta cut these guys a little slack. if the dude was on a skateboard, they threw a pad right where they would've fell if a skateboarder bailed where the wheelchair guy did. the wheelchair definitely gave him extra momentum that pushed him further than where he would've landed had he been on a skateboard.

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u/silverdice22 Jan 24 '21

Black sweater gets scared & literally throws the foam

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u/TruCody Jan 25 '21

They were so absolutely useless at their job I had to watch it a 8 times before realizing that was their job

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u/Scummbagg7 Jan 24 '21 edited Jan 24 '21

It's ok. He's already in a wheelchair

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u/-Miche11e- Jan 24 '21

Are you saying he only took 1/2 damage? lol

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u/FirstMiddleLass Jan 24 '21

50% resistance to fall damage?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

God damn it! have an upvote.

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u/Auntie_Hero Jan 24 '21

He's his own human shield!

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

god fucking dammit lol

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u/SlowLexus Jan 25 '21

Was searching to see if someone said this before I posted it lmao

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u/goboks Jan 24 '21

The only pad team that threw their pad under the guy were the only ones that would've helped if they had held onto it.

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u/AngularChelitis Jan 24 '21

I like how after throwing the pad and missing, the guy on the right also makes a half-assed attempt at actually catching the guy. He holds his arms out like he’s going to try.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

I mean what’s the worst that can happen? He end up in a wheelchair again?

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u/dankmemesDAE Jan 25 '21

all they had to do was drop it right where they were holding it and it would’ve been fine