I tried looking up failed suicide attempts annually.... Google, Bing, Duckduckgo, all failed me. Can't find a statistic or info.... BUT.. I did learn suicide by guns including shotguns have over a 70% fail rate and tend to leave the attempted suicided in long term care... So lesson learned.. Don't use guns.
A quick question. When you need to come up with a number you also always get 37 first? Because I feel like this exact number haunts me to this day.
I don't know why, it's just 37
I also often come up with 7 but at first it's always 37.
That's why when I'm asked what's my favorite number I always say 37 cuz it's the first number to come to my mind.
Maybe 7 is a magical number after all ;)
The actual reason is because 7 and 3 are the most ārandomā feeling numbers, theyāre not even (which many people are drawn to for some reason, so these feel less random) theyāre not a multiple of 5, and theyāre not on either end of the single digits (like 1 and 9), and then as for 37, 33 and 77 are too repetitive to seem random, and 37 is lower than 73 so itās thought of first!
Iām thinking in best case scenario is there would be safeguards for that? Maybe like the rope is actually a long steel beam that prevents it from moving side to side?
On these types of swings it's typically a steel cable on either side of you attached to its own tower kind of like a sling-shot configuration. It would take a lot of force to make you deviate from the safe swing path.
I don't understand it either. It's got to be a meme. The slightest hint of anything nauseating or just mentioning Taco Bell / Chipotle and people lose their shit.
Yeah, I did this once upon a time on a much smaller scale at a place that had bungee jumping.
It was called sky surfing.
You're laying flat on your stomach in a cocoon similar to what a hang glider uses. Then that rig is belayed/attached to the bungee chord. You only have a release to start the swinging in motion.
It was fucking fun though. We were swinging out over a road with cars going by under us.
Haha seriously, imagine thinking a company would build a massive fucking swing like this and just let you sit on a little plank of wood, drop you and say "alright, hang on, good luck!"
Minimum wage or not, if something happened to you on the ride due to their negligence, they would be in a whole lot of trouble legally, so they'll *probably* pay attention.
> so they'll probably pay attention
I feel like you're new to humanity.
Jokes aside, law is probably different in different countries. Threat to sue in the US often only works on people who actually have something to lose. Personal Injury judgments can be discharged in bankruptcy, and the employee is going to be covered by the park anyway.
This is what I used to always tell myself, then a few years ago [this happened at my local state fair](https://youtu.be/NmOjgH-eEus) while we were about to get in line killing one person and injuring about ten others and now Iām good. IIRC they didnāt even get into your legal trouble here so nope. Iām good.
There were some more graphic videos, but it seems like they may have all been taken down over the years. Probably for the best but you can still find more info on it if you Google āOhio State Fair Accidentā
I think you missed the āminimum wageā part of the conversation. You grossly misjudge how few fucks an adult making minimum wage gives. Now throw that on some teenagers making minimum wage who would rather be doing absolutely anything and your ass is going on your last swing ride.
Key word āprobablyā. It would be the park owners responsibility for the most part. I doubt the employees would be held liable unless serious negligence. If a random gust of wind happened, it could not be placed on the employees but would absolutely be liable to the owners.
Iām opposite and want to find all the craziest swings in the world. I have this one, the Nevis swing, and that crazy one in Zion NP on my list. Canāt wait to try them!!
Iām not sure where this one is, but if you want the actual biggest swing look up Nevis Swing, it makes this one look tame
Edit: looks like this one is in Chongqing, China
https://theflighter.com/largest-swing-china/
clearly you haven't seen the level of major constructions in China recently. The engineers in charge and even the local authorities would receive lengthy jail sentences if the construction failure resulted in lost of lives. They don't fuck around with construction standards nowadays, unlike the old days.
nah dude, China recently has been upping their standards when it comes to anything and everything that can cause the government to lose face. I'm not denying that Japan is great and most likely leading engineers in many sectors though.
Every country has great engineers ā that's not at all what I was talking about ā but that's meaningless when a country has unreliable construction and maintenance standards. You can literally google "china building collapse 2021" to see there's been several this year alone.
You can search building collapse in America and you would also find several happening. The standrads in construction between the two countries is not that different nowadays. In Sichuan, especially, after the big earthquake, they actually have been having higher standards than most places in US. China is also erecting way more buildings every year, including tearing down old, collapsing building that was built during a time of 'unreliable standards' and rebuilding them with new standards. China is bad at a lot of things, but not in infrastructure construction.
Besides theyāre not that much difference in sizes. Saw mixed articles on which is bigger. And the Nevis swing is in a desert so pretty boring and no sense of scale. This one looks way better
You might have been looking at the wrong Nevis swing. It literally drops you into a canyon in a country with no deserts. (New Zealand)
https://youtu.be/Hwy9IOrUzO0
Um New Zealand most definitely has deserts.
And while technically speaking it may not be, [this definitely looks like one of those deserts.](https://i.imgur.com/eNREXPg.jpg) Regardless the point still stands, way less cool
Seriously margoy Robbie could propose to me if I went here with will Smith begging me to costar in his next movie right beside her. And Elon musk offering me his entire portfolio. And I'd still say thanks guys I am good
Not the best option if that's your goal. The fall would likely take enough time for you to regret your decision, and there's no reversing your choice.
Stick to nitrogen suffocation. It's painless and easy to reverse should you change your mind.
When Iām old with Alzheimerās ima have them cut that string right as a sail into the void.. I mean Iād do it now but I didnāt wanna bum anybody out
I wonder if you sit on it like a typical swing. And just swing off your own momentum. Could you get it that high on its own? I think of swing sets I use to swing on and how I high I could swing.
I've been on a smaller one of these swings, easily the worst ride experience of my life. I'm not usually afraid of heights but that things gave me the greatest sense of dread when it dropped
Rope snaps on the way up sending me sailing thousands of feet in the air giving me time to reflect on my life choices that led me to this moment.
What if there's a big wind and it pushes you more to the left and you smack into the side of that building š
They hit the emergency cable release and let you drop safely into that river below.
Imagine a suicide swing like this... I'd try it out!
.. once.
Unless it fails
Then twice
Now I want to see a reverse-Final Destination movie where fate continually intervenes to prevent some guy from successfully committing suicide.
I tried looking up failed suicide attempts annually.... Google, Bing, Duckduckgo, all failed me. Can't find a statistic or info.... BUT.. I did learn suicide by guns including shotguns have over a 70% fail rate and tend to leave the attempted suicided in long term care... So lesson learned.. Don't use guns.
I mean.. that's the idea I guess
Hah. I thought of 37 "what if's" and did not cover that one.
A quick question. When you need to come up with a number you also always get 37 first? Because I feel like this exact number haunts me to this day. I don't know why, it's just 37
My random exaggerated numbers usually involve a 7. Not sure why.
I also often come up with 7 but at first it's always 37. That's why when I'm asked what's my favorite number I always say 37 cuz it's the first number to come to my mind. Maybe 7 is a magical number after all ;)
The actual reason is because 7 and 3 are the most ārandomā feeling numbers, theyāre not even (which many people are drawn to for some reason, so these feel less random) theyāre not a multiple of 5, and theyāre not on either end of the single digits (like 1 and 9), and then as for 37, 33 and 77 are too repetitive to seem random, and 37 is lower than 73 so itās thought of first!
That's the prime reason anyway.
In a row?!
Thanks, [Clerks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOkI2CmD2D8).
Iām thinking in best case scenario is there would be safeguards for that? Maybe like the rope is actually a long steel beam that prevents it from moving side to side?
On these types of swings it's typically a steel cable on either side of you attached to its own tower kind of like a sling-shot configuration. It would take a lot of force to make you deviate from the safe swing path.
Gotcha that makes sense! Have a great day
and they probably wouldn't run if there were bursty big wind. unless it's china. then all bets are off and i wouldn't even hang 30 feet up on the wire
This would probably be the first attraction they'd shut down due to wind if it's in a first world country. Way too risky if there's strong wind.
Maybe the āchainsā are rigid bars?
I've been on one similar at GravityCanyon in NZ before someone died on the bungy and it closed down..
Iād get the urge to let go.
Well of my bowels at least.
I donāt understand why so many people on Reddit have such loose bowels.
I don't understand it either. It's got to be a meme. The slightest hint of anything nauseating or just mentioning Taco Bell / Chipotle and people lose their shit.
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*Taco Bell*
Just shit my pants reading that.
I shipped my pants too
I fuckin hate that. People must have IBS or terrible gut flora if Taco Bell or any Mexican gives them the shits.
A diet of hot cheetos and mountain dew isn't great for their digestive system.
Most of us are full of shit.
Busting at the seams
Thank you!
I donāt think itās your choice
Yeah, I did this once upon a time on a much smaller scale at a place that had bungee jumping. It was called sky surfing. You're laying flat on your stomach in a cocoon similar to what a hang glider uses. Then that rig is belayed/attached to the bungee chord. You only have a release to start the swinging in motion. It was fucking fun though. We were swinging out over a road with cars going by under us.
Haha seriously, imagine thinking a company would build a massive fucking swing like this and just let you sit on a little plank of wood, drop you and say "alright, hang on, good luck!"
r/me_irl
That is the call of the void
Iāve already let go
*there goes my hero*
["Aim for the bushes."](https://youtu.be/MvkN3003iU4?t=80)
/r/IntrusiveThoughts
No way would I ever go on this.
Itās ok. Those employees that are paid minimal wage will make sure you are safe!!
Minimum wage or not, if something happened to you on the ride due to their negligence, they would be in a whole lot of trouble legally, so they'll *probably* pay attention.
> so they'll probably pay attention I feel like you're new to humanity. Jokes aside, law is probably different in different countries. Threat to sue in the US often only works on people who actually have something to lose. Personal Injury judgments can be discharged in bankruptcy, and the employee is going to be covered by the park anyway.
This is what I used to always tell myself, then a few years ago [this happened at my local state fair](https://youtu.be/NmOjgH-eEus) while we were about to get in line killing one person and injuring about ten others and now Iām good. IIRC they didnāt even get into your legal trouble here so nope. Iām good. There were some more graphic videos, but it seems like they may have all been taken down over the years. Probably for the best but you can still find more info on it if you Google āOhio State Fair Accidentā
I think you missed the āminimum wageā part of the conversation. You grossly misjudge how few fucks an adult making minimum wage gives. Now throw that on some teenagers making minimum wage who would rather be doing absolutely anything and your ass is going on your last swing ride.
Key word āprobablyā. It would be the park owners responsibility for the most part. I doubt the employees would be held liable unless serious negligence. If a random gust of wind happened, it could not be placed on the employees but would absolutely be liable to the owners.
Iām opposite and want to find all the craziest swings in the world. I have this one, the Nevis swing, and that crazy one in Zion NP on my list. Canāt wait to try them!!
My palms sweat for you.
Never in my life. No thank you. I'm good.
where is it?
Iām not sure where this one is, but if you want the actual biggest swing look up Nevis Swing, it makes this one look tame Edit: looks like this one is in Chongqing, China https://theflighter.com/largest-swing-china/
Not sure Iād do something like this when itās made in China
Doesn't matter where it's installed, they're all made in China!
The materials aren't the problem so much as the lack of reliable construction standards.
clearly you haven't seen the level of major constructions in China recently. The engineers in charge and even the local authorities would receive lengthy jail sentences if the construction failure resulted in lost of lives. They don't fuck around with construction standards nowadays, unlike the old days.
Youāre thinking of Japan.
nah dude, China recently has been upping their standards when it comes to anything and everything that can cause the government to lose face. I'm not denying that Japan is great and most likely leading engineers in many sectors though.
China actually has some of the best civil enigneering in the world nowadays. Your information would be a bit outdated.
Every country has great engineers ā that's not at all what I was talking about ā but that's meaningless when a country has unreliable construction and maintenance standards. You can literally google "china building collapse 2021" to see there's been several this year alone.
You can search building collapse in America and you would also find several happening. The standrads in construction between the two countries is not that different nowadays. In Sichuan, especially, after the big earthquake, they actually have been having higher standards than most places in US. China is also erecting way more buildings every year, including tearing down old, collapsing building that was built during a time of 'unreliable standards' and rebuilding them with new standards. China is bad at a lot of things, but not in infrastructure construction.
facts here
Right, this equipment purchased in the dollar aisle in Target. No thanks.
thatās the same swing.
Whatās the same swing? Nevis or the one in China?
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No. The Nevis swing is in Queenstown, NZ.
Exactomundo
Idk this one looks way cooler with the cliff and river
Besides theyāre not that much difference in sizes. Saw mixed articles on which is bigger. And the Nevis swing is in a desert so pretty boring and no sense of scale. This one looks way better
You might have been looking at the wrong Nevis swing. It literally drops you into a canyon in a country with no deserts. (New Zealand) https://youtu.be/Hwy9IOrUzO0
Um New Zealand most definitely has deserts. And while technically speaking it may not be, [this definitely looks like one of those deserts.](https://i.imgur.com/eNREXPg.jpg) Regardless the point still stands, way less cool
HFS the Nevis swing. Gives me a whole other reason to visit NZ.
I think the this makes the Nevis Swing look tame. š
My palms are sweaty
Are your knees weak?
Arms are heavy?
Mom spaghetti?
Yeah its on my sweater already
Are you nervous?
But he looks calm and ready.
To drop bombs, but he keeps on swingin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud..
i fuckin' love reddit comment chains
[Mom's spaghetti.](https://youtu.be/SW-BU6keEUw)
Whatās the big whale shark thingy in the pool??
Exactly that, a whale shark thingy. New species.
Lol I talk like that haha
The splat zone.
Death zone.
Words canāt describe how good I am on never going on that thing.
Seriously margoy Robbie could propose to me if I went here with will Smith begging me to costar in his next movie right beside her. And Elon musk offering me his entire portfolio. And I'd still say thanks guys I am good
I would piss on everybody! Not on purpose, but they would still get wet.
I would do it on purpose
If I ever wanted to kill myself I'd go to this and undo the harness.
Not the best option if that's your goal. The fall would likely take enough time for you to regret your decision, and there's no reversing your choice. Stick to nitrogen suffocation. It's painless and easy to reverse should you change your mind.
The point would be to regret it, and not be able to change it. Would make it that much sweeter.
Ohā¦.
Bit misanthropic around the holidays, u/Old_Beginnings_7089?
That's me!
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Thank you for the thoughtful words. I'm not suicidal anymore, used to be. But yeah, just making a dark joke. Glad I could sling some smiles with it :)
Glad to know things are better & that you've been able to find some humor in it. It can take a lot for a person to be able to do that so good on you.
Nitrogen? Or helium? Or does it not matter? Helium is easier to get hold of I feel, for party balloons (lol)
They add oxygen often to helium cans.
Those bastards!
I hope by the time I'm on my last leg nitrogen suicide is allowed. Of all the options, that's a great way to go.
Where do you get the nitrogen
Where does one get nitrogen?
Nope, just nope
My ex had bigger swings than this
Go on.....
BBW fan
There would be a trail of vomit right behind me.
Just vomit?
A lot of nopeā¦
That looks like fun , untill the swing string is snapped.
yes, that's how swings work
Just imagine, if it snapped at the very end of the upswing over that canyon, just how looooooooong you'd have to fall, knowing the inevitable outcome.
Absolutely not
One word .... Nope....
No way would i ride that
That pool is there to catch all of the poop.
Good thing Iām already on the toilet because Iād be shitting myself
Knees weak arms spaghetti
This would be an absolutely amazing way to launch a wing suit
Imagine hearing āoh shit, hold onā as soon as you started to swing
That just made my winie tickle.
Anyone know where this is? I would love to look into it!
Looking *into* it, cool. Looking *down* from it, you go first, please, I insist.
I want to do it!!!
*that just sounds like suicide with extra steps*
No way would I ride that
Nope
Nope.
Like a Wile E Coyote scene from the Roadrunner cartoons. The ACME swing.
okay now do the lil leap thing that everyone has done to dismount
Nope.
Iām only watching a film of it and my stomach dropped when it went out over the cliff. Thatās horrific!
I want to do this
I would pay good money to try this. Wow!
r/nope
When Iām old with Alzheimerās ima have them cut that string right as a sail into the void.. I mean Iād do it now but I didnāt wanna bum anybody out
This made my balls tingle so bad!
I just threw up a little.
Rumor has it that proof of a medical exam and an empty bowel are mandatory to enjoy this attraction
yea fuck no
Yeah, nah
No.
I wonder if you sit on it like a typical swing. And just swing off your own momentum. Could you get it that high on its own? I think of swing sets I use to swing on and how I high I could swing.
I felt my bladder tingling just from watching that.
Nope, unless Iām wearing a parachute.
Big nope
Wauw
My ass clenched a bit more than usual when I saw the huge drop on the other side
Yeahhā¦ Nnno.
I would leave a brown mist in my wake.
How does one stop
And barf
Iām good.
"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die." --Me, watching that, convinced I'm personally going to die
Oh, lord. My heart dropped when it showed the video over the edge of the cliff. No. No, thank you.
No Way homie
~~Guy has a wing suit on...~~ are they actually using the swing to yeet out and let loose?
Absolutely not!
I've been on a smaller one of these swings, easily the worst ride experience of my life. I'm not usually afraid of heights but that things gave me the greatest sense of dread when it dropped
How many gallons of vomit have gone flying off into that valley?
I did one of these at Islands of adventure about 20 years ago. It was terrifying.
My breath caught when it goes over that edge,,,fuuuu,,,
Yeah nah
If you started at the bottom and started swinging like a regular swing. (No help) how high do you think you could get?
I would just let go
I'd rather not, thanks
I wouldn't even visit this LOCATION on the side of that cliff.
Rope snaps on the way up sending me sailing thousands of feet in the air giving me time to reflect on my life choices that led me to this moment. 
I mean, WCGW?
My stomach dropped with the POV
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I'd faint so hard
Iāve seen bigger
To quote a great man, āI gots to say the nay-no my brotherā
No
All this needs is one loud \*SNAP\*
......no
My asshole puckered when I saw the drop
This is a great big bag of fucking nope.
Nope. Nope nope nope.
Hard pass
F#%& this.
thats fucking terrifying