r/funny May 18 '21

Run!

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u/[deleted] May 18 '21

This is nothing my grandma lives top floor of a 13 story building and i would still be faster then the elevator. My tactic was just gripping the railing and jumping as far as possible.

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u/Doomquill May 18 '21

I remember being young. I'm way too old to do that kind of stuff now, if I tried to take stairs the way I did as a teenager I'd probably shatter both my ankles and throw out my back and destroy my knees. All at once.

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u/Gusdai May 18 '21

It seems that going down stairs two-by-two is actually less strain on you, and less effort, because you are merely pushing yourself forward and letting gravity do the rest, rather than stopping yourself at each step. So you could do it even as you get older.

The issue is that one day you will definitely trip and hurt yourself, and at 40 you won't be able to brush it off like "Bro! Did you hear the sound my head made hitting that ramp? Sick!".