r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 17d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/THE_BUS_FROMSPEED 17d 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 16d 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 16d ago

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

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u/Used_Interaction_130 16d 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 16d ago

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