Guess a number...

Jul 12, 2021 8:22 PM

mibakr

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I wonder how bad his wedgie was

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This is a good article for those who don't know about the 1983 World Record High Dive Competition: https://twistedsifter.com/2021/03/1983-wo

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The whole time I was reading that article, I was dizzy. Thats a lotta yikes.

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Does he know that he doesn't have to do that?

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At least 2 or maybe 3

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417'319

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@UnitConversionBot

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No Triple Lindy? 2.5..

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I'll take "things that just aren't worth it" for $500 Alex.

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All that to TIE the record?!

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Yeah! Why wouldn't you go an inch higher!

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Oh so now an inch is acceptable ?

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More than zero

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The number is 2. As in what I’d be doing in my pants.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Ties world record at 172 feet!?!?! Ties!???!! One more foot dude. Wtf

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Nope is my number

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"Do a flip!"

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I guess 3 gallons of water went up his anus

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Like a human parachute...

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Poopchute parachute

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The face you make when you hope you don't die

5 years ago | Likes 688 Dislikes 0

Nah. Just catching his breath from that climb.

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When you’re hitting it from behind and trying not to nut

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The face you make when he’s insured for work related death

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I almost died watching

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Feels like Tim and Eric. Hope so. :)

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It would have cost you nothing to not post this. But here we are.

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Well, what the fuck is this?

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Casper & Mandrilaftalen (or Mandrillen for short). Funny absurd Danish sketch show from late 90s/early 00s

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's beautiful.

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172 feet

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“Ties World record, 172 feet” ... If you are going to attempt a jump that high, why wouldn’t you add one more foot and try to beat it?

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Me: that's not that high. Camera: zooms out. Me: oh, that's a background lake. Am I about to watch someone die?

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Too damn high.

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At human terminal velocity water hits like cement. Jesus how did he not die?

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Yeah they have some jet system frothing up the water to break the surface tension, u could easily still die.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

BUBBLES! no literally they were using bubbles to break the surface tension to avoid the impact like that.

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Barbie is losing her shit.

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In the 80s two other guys tried to break this record, one broke his femur, the other broke his back.

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For all their asshattery the Guinness Book of Records won't certify things too dangerous to break

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I wonder if they had water jets like here to break surface tension.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

What in the non-scientific nonsense? Water spray can show the diver where the surface is. Breaking the surface tension to increase safety?

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What rot.

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I mean what are the rules for breaking the record, do you have to do it bones intact?

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Apparently, you have to be able to swim out of the water on your own without assistance.

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Jesus!

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I'm pretty sure if he tried it, he'd splatter on the surface of the water.

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Cmon! This is gold, people!

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I noticed he has knee supports. Is that a thing with this.

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As someone with bad knees, that ladder would fuck me right up.

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Might be for the climb up?

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Well at least they broke something.

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How about tree fiddy

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I ain't givin' you no goddamn tree fiddy!

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That's the price for a shot at a local bar in my town

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I was hoping someone had edited in an explosion at entry.

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Or that shark

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At that height, water is closer to being cement than a pillow… belly flop could be fatal.

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Which is why he should have landed head-first: his eighties hair spray would have protected his brain.

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well, what was left of his brain after the fumes from 80's hairspray.

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Belly flops are always fatal. Some just take longer to get there.

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My grandfather died at the age of 95 after sustaining a bellyflop injury in the 5th grade

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Oof! Sometimes it's so fast!

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Sometimes not fast enough

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The force of water up the rectum can also cause a colorectal rupture and a lot of internal injuries.

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That’s why he wore the water tight butt plug.

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Yah, *that's* why.

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I think you mean concrete. Cement is a powdery substance made with calcined lime and clay.

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I stand corrected

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They'd probably feel about the same from a 120ft fall though. Ever slapped sand? Finer powders act ever more solid than that.

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That’s why the have the hose spraying the water to help break the surface tension. It helps a bit. There is a myth busters on it

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We do it with air bubblers now at sports camps that practice ski jumping in summer into pools.

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Splashing/disturbing the water below a diving board is standard (even for 1m dives) so that the diver can see where the surface is. (1/2)

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Perfectly still surface is effectively invisible, and diver doesn't know when to stop spinning. Might also effect surface tension, no idea.

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Water spray is for diver optics, you ninny.

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Pikachu shocked face*

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I could believe it has an effect. But ultimately, it comes down to the inertia of the water.

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It helps alot a bit. But modern bubbler systems do it by forcing air under the pool to break up surface tenson even more.

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You could aerate the water to help a bit. Like a super big aquarium bubbler. But idk if youd be able to swim out afterwards

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You keep the bubbles focused in one location…it’s not hard to get out.

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Just hopefully not too much so he doesn’t shoot straight into the bottom

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They could probably switch it off after the diver hits the water.

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They use that for training; I've used it before off a 3m board practicing a new dive. Someone turns it on, you dive, they turn it off

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That’s… brilliant. Would totally work, and should be able to swim sideways to get out.

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That username tho... Was it an impulse pick?

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What's terminal velocity of a vertical person and how long do they have to fall to get there?

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I think its about 120mph and it takes about 4 seconds of free fall to get there. Sky divers feel free to correct it

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Thats terminal velocity for someone in a prone position, if you're in a dive it can be as fast as 180mph.

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Tree-fiddy

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Terminal velocity for belly down ~ 120 mph, vertical ~ 180. Faster w/ more weight, ~ 10 seconds to reach. He fell 174' in 3.5 sec @~ 60mph.

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Galileo says: all solids fall the same speed, no matter the weight. But more weight makes a bigger splash.

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In a vacuum, yes. Weight-surface area plays a big role in air resistance. Volume increases by the cube, area increases by the square...

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So heavier people have less air resistance proportional to their weight and can therefore accelerate to higher top speed.

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Awesome, thanks!

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? it's nice to find a use for that esoteric knowledge.

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And yes, skydive instructor w/ ~5k jumps.

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Fuckin love the math for this. Is there any convenient approximation for clothes wind resistance?

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Not sure about aprox, but I'm 215 lbs with gear and fall 132 mph with a moderate drag jump suit. I've slowed to 95 with a giant baggy one

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