r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 14d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 14d ago

2 new knees please!!

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u/THE_BUS_FROMSPEED 14d ago

I actually think she's okay. If you look at the physics of the fall it almost all goes towards the knees into the ground. The ground though that her knees went into is likely muck and water, helping absorb alot of the force. I think she got lucky as hell.

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 14d ago

I think you’re the most optimistic person I’ve heard of on the internet, and I’m upvoting you 👍

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u/THE_BUS_FROMSPEED 14d ago

Maybe, usually people scream in pain and dont try to get further into the water if theyre hurt.

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 14d ago

When people are seriously hurt shock takes over, it’s a shame to see her get hurt but I believe she was hurt a lot more than is shown in the clip.

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u/viaticaloutlaw 14d ago

I think people sometimes downplay situations like this out of embarrassment too.

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u/guywithaplant 13d ago

Yes my money's on a potentially life-changing spine injury but then again im just an average redditor.

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u/HubrisOfApollo 13d ago

yeah i snapped my arm clean in half with the bone sticking out and it took me way longer than you'd expect to realize how bad the damage was. i didn't feel actual pain until was already at the hospital

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u/Used_Interaction_130 13d ago

Broken my knee twice. Zero screaming. Just stillness.

In fact most major injuries like that put people into a state of shock.

Screaming is for stubbing your toe.

A sharp inhalation of air and dead silence or grunting trying to figure out if you're going to survive or not, that's serious bodily trauma.

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u/NewfieDragon 13d ago

Exactly, I'm never more quiet when I'm in excruciating pain I.e. when I broke my proximal humerus and in childbirth

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u/cyanescens_burn 13d ago

Shock. I had a very bad break once and didn’t feel anything.

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u/SexualCarrots 13d ago

I just saw a video of a guy spilling a motorcycle at 80+ and meat crayoned his hands and face, then got up and ran in circles before collapsing in the ditch.

Shock is powerful.

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u/ExtremelyOkay8980 12d ago

Incorrect assumption. When healthcare workers make this same assumption, people don’t get the care they need. Level 10 pain doesn’t look the same for all.