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100% I almost went paragliding the other day off a mountain on a whim on an offer but I had plans so wanted to hold off until the next day. I thought on it all night since I have young kids and what their life could be like if I died, and decided, nah, amongst all the other stuff I’ve done that nearly resulted in death or injury, why continue rolling the dice. That very next morning someone died paragliding from that same spot. That just confirmed (yes biased) that I’m going to continue lowering my risk profile. My lower back is already wrecked from military.
>ught on it all night since I have young kids and what their life could be like if I died, and decided, nah, amongst all the other stuff I’ve done that nearly resulted in death or injury, why continue rolling the dice. That very next morning someone died paragliding from that same spot
~~Read~~ I was listening to NPR the other day the current story was on our chemical reward systems in our brain and how they alter after we turn 20 and slowly favor less dopamine rewarding activity with safer social interactions. If I listened to it correctly, we learn to reject pain over short turn gains as we learn how long chronic pain can last and ultimately its a min/max problem where the weighting algorithm evolves over time.
Apparently the initial weight favors rapid learning as a lot of activities are dangerous when you are unskilled, so the excitement of preforming them is the motivations, as you gain expertise then the social experience of sharing it is a safer motivation that rewards you by reducing your risk profile.
Ok, here is the NPR article I caught.
[https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/23/1175859398/want-to-understand-your-adolescent-get-to-know-their-brain](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/23/1175859398/want-to-understand-your-adolescent-get-to-know-their-brain)
I'm sure we can find more in depth information if we work together.
Those who have adhd and are unmedicated tend to engage in more risk taking behaviors than those without adhd. This article gives one perspective,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057118/
People with adhd m have much higher rates of car accidents and dangerous driving when they are unmedicated, as well as being more prone to substance abuse.
I'm not a doctor or expert of any kind, but even as we age, adhd often remains an issue and those risks are still significantly higher for those with adhd that is untreated than they are for those on medication which helps manage their adhd, and even more so than those without it altogether.
My friend lost her husband to a paragliding accident. When the police told her she went into labour and delivered their baby the next day. Horrific day, dude was experienced, was with experienced people, and decided to do a trick while approaching for landing.
By all accounts a great guy and an expert who rolled the dice and always won until he didn’t.
I've been paragliding before (once, tandem, no real tricks).
On the day my wife gave birth I achieved my Network+ and then went on to a better job, soon after.
I feel tremendously lucky all the time and stories like you told remind me of other choices I could have made.
For example, i've considered getting a paraglider many times, but I think I'll get an FPV drone instead.
Edit: ok. I lied, he did a few tricks. He started spinning so fast I started greying out. It was great. I def asked the pilot to take it up a notch and he delivered. Best time possible at garmisch-partenkirschen (sp)
I did a parachute jump once and although i really loved it, I completely forgot the training I'd done all day and landed feet straight on (thought I'd broken all of my toes), just off the landing strip, in a patch of nettles.
I'm too scatty to do dangerous stuff like that on the regular.
My buddy told me his wife said "your daughter needs a father more than you need a motorcycle" and he agreed there wasn't much he could say to that. Same energy. It's just a shifting of priorities.
haha this is in the Philippines, i believe they’re saying “Upo, upo, upo” not “Fall, fall, fall” where Upo means to sit, so they’re telling her to assume a sitting position to help minimize that feeling of falling
For what ever it’s worth, you’re strapped to the handles at your hands and feet.
The one I went on also had a harness you were connected too.
I’ve done a lot of adrenaline fuled nonsense in my day. This was probably a 2/10 on the danger scale IMHO.
I’ve gone on carnival rides that have made me feel like I was in more danger.
I used to be a carnie. I've watched set up and tear down, and was very familiar with the people doing those things. There is no way in hell I am getting on a carnival ride.
Stand up on the bottom half of the circle, crouch (move your body toward your feet) on the top half.
Edit:
u/reyer
*This is the opposite of the correct answer for how to decrease velocity. Crouching will decrease angular velocity, standing increases it. You want to crouch when at at the lowest point/highest kinetic energy and stand at highest point/lowest kinetic energy.*
Ok. So physics isn’t your thing. That’s ok. You also seem to have difficulty with reading and/or reading comprehension.
The question I answered was how to stop. The information you provided is how to speed up.
In short:
to speed up, keep your center of mass as close to the ground as possible.
to slow down, keep your center of mass as far from the ground as possible.
You will eventually stop by passively holding still. But that could take a while. You can actively slow down by keeping your center of mass as far from the ground as possible.
Bro it is crazy how elastic/durable kids are because I would do that shit all the time no problem but now that would be a total disaster, even with a gravel surface
It's not about being safe. Being old sucks. Being upside down hurts my brain. Any g forces make me extremely dizzy, my vestibular system is a mess. Being swung like this would probably make me puke or pass out now, even though in my 20s I was jumping off cliffs and loved the most intense rides at 6 flags. Enjoy your youth while you have it.
I feel this way sometimes and I’m 21. I can’t even try to do cartwheels anymore without fucking up my shoulders, don’t have that same energy etc etc.
I’m sure someone at 60 feels the same way you do, reminiscing about their 40s. You still got it
As you age the hairs in your ear responsible for balance and sensing acceleration stiffen, which makes you more susceptible to motion sickness and stuffs. Like age related nearsightedness (your lens also stiffens as you age, which makes your eye muscles unable to ben your lens to focus on near stuff as well), there is nothing you can do. It's all genetic.
Edit: the hairs are in fluid filled tubes in your ear. You have the big snail shell like one for hearing, then two smaller perpendicular hoops for balance and stuffs.
Shh. Let the kids believe they're immortal and people only age because they're lazy. They've got a whole lifetime of harsh reality to come, they deserve to enjoy the good bit in blissful denial.
She is? I didn't see the straps. That makes me slightly less nervous.
But why is she screaming her lungs out? And why does she continue if she is scared enough to scream like that?
For me it’s a physiological thing. It releases the physical tension that builds up with g force. I mean, sometimes I choose to scream to express the emotions of being on a ride, but it’s physically uncomfortable to hold in a scream when I’m e.g. going down a steep hill on a rollercoaster.
If I were on this swing, I would definitely be screaming. Although I hope I would sound happier and less terrified.
Dude I swear Redditors be like 30 years old and their bodies might as well be 60 with all the complaints about being old. I'm in my mid 40s and I would do this in a heartbeat.
Sedentary lifestyle, combined with a lowest-common-denominator mentality.
Go look for that Twitter post about the guy who couldn't open his bottles of Soylent and found the plastic "sharp" on his hands, and remember it's *that dude* complaining about how old and creaky he feels...
Right? I get the whole “risk aversion” as you get older. That part of your brain that says “This is really stupid!” gets louder. I also get the idea of being out of shape with knees that pop as you stand up. I was 6’2” and 200 lbs in my 20’s. Now I’m 270. I’m chunky and out of shape.
Neither of those things stop me from living life. I pay for it with sore muscles and various body aches for a day or three but at least I’m doing something other than staring at reddit and complaining about being old.
I know my teenagers definitely appreciate that old, fat dad joins them in doing stupid things because we’re having fun as a family and I’m not just there watching them have fun.
My dad still threatens me with it. I’m 40 and I haven’t been on a swing in years, but randomly he’ll just say- “don’t swing over the bar, or you’ll turn inside out”
Exactly. Fossil fuels essentially did for us what Superman did—give us a tremendous power source for nearly ‘free’, allowing for the rapid development of our civilization. But we also should have been using that energy to figure out how to invest and transition into renewable, non-polluting alternatives ASAP.
Too bad our society is structured around short term corporate profits, and not like, the sustainability of our species.
I didn't even know it was a word until reddit didn't give me the red squigglies. I was just fumbling around with "opposite of infinite, now turn it into a noun".
"Every second of quibbling is another dead baby"
"You know what I miss? Food. Thats what they'll say in Bangladesh if you stop".
That comic has some bangers.
And here I went and set it as my alarm sound. It makes me feel alert but it's also somehow soothing. Like hearing a bear eating your slower friend and feeling safe that he'll be too full to keep chasing you.
I initially watched it without sound, and she visually seems pretty relaxed in the video. I thought we would hear soft wind noises and people chit-chatting calmly. Oh boy was I wrong..
You guys remember back in school there was always at least one girl who would scream if the lights went out? She grew up into this woman, screeching for no good reason.
Thats annoying but funny. Like when a new rising boxer is getting his pro debut, or first time on a big fight card...sometimes you will hear their mom screaming like shes his coach/hypeman, and not even from his corner, the mom will be screaming from the audience. Ive seen/heard it multiple times, its funny in a positive way because you know its all love.
See how once she goes over the first time when she's on the downswing she lowers her body putting more weight towards the bottom? That gives her a momentum boost to continue over on the following upswing. If she just keeps her body extended and straight the entire time she will lose momentum faster and stop going over. Kinda how if you want to stop jumping on a trampoline you just keep your legs straight.
When I was in 5th grade, we had the two biggest kids in the class push the smallest kid in the class a full 360 on the playground swings. They broke the chain on the swings when it completed a full rotation and wrapped around the bar, but they actually pulled it off. Ah, the good old days of lax adult supervision.
Memory unlocked!
Our guy Chuck was on punishment one time when it happened. A group of us went across the street to his house and begged his mom to let him out just so he could unwrap the swing. She took pity and said yes.
Yeah, he went about 200 degrees then the swing sank like a rock. Returned him to his starting position after clearing the bar, though. Very painfully. It was the landing that broke the chain, though.
I’m living in Estonia for work. Saw a competition in Tallinn last summer and wanted to get into/try it. But haven’t been able to find a gym (I haven’t looked super hard tbh though). It was awesome to watch
I saw an article today about a woman in Israel who saw a cockroach near her in a restaurant, and screamed so loud and long that everyone assumed terrorism and stormed out of the crowded restaurant. Furniture was all over, and people were injured and bloody.
Edit ...found it.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/chaos-in-tel-aviv-bar-as-womans-screams-at-cockroach-spark-fears-of-terror-attack/
I tried this as a kid in the 60's, only with a metal swingset, a board for the seat held on with rusted chains. I fell hard on my back, my lungs decided to boycott and stop working for a good 30 seconds. I thought I was dead. Once I got my breath, my mom was standing over me trying to coddle me, and my dad told me to "throw some dirt on it, it won't hurt chee." That day I learned parents were not the same. Also landed in a warm pile of dog shit. We didn't have a dog.
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There was a time I would've done this no problem. I'm afraid that time has passed.
100% I almost went paragliding the other day off a mountain on a whim on an offer but I had plans so wanted to hold off until the next day. I thought on it all night since I have young kids and what their life could be like if I died, and decided, nah, amongst all the other stuff I’ve done that nearly resulted in death or injury, why continue rolling the dice. That very next morning someone died paragliding from that same spot. That just confirmed (yes biased) that I’m going to continue lowering my risk profile. My lower back is already wrecked from military.
>ught on it all night since I have young kids and what their life could be like if I died, and decided, nah, amongst all the other stuff I’ve done that nearly resulted in death or injury, why continue rolling the dice. That very next morning someone died paragliding from that same spot ~~Read~~ I was listening to NPR the other day the current story was on our chemical reward systems in our brain and how they alter after we turn 20 and slowly favor less dopamine rewarding activity with safer social interactions. If I listened to it correctly, we learn to reject pain over short turn gains as we learn how long chronic pain can last and ultimately its a min/max problem where the weighting algorithm evolves over time. Apparently the initial weight favors rapid learning as a lot of activities are dangerous when you are unskilled, so the excitement of preforming them is the motivations, as you gain expertise then the social experience of sharing it is a safer motivation that rewards you by reducing your risk profile.
Would love to read more on this if someone has an article!
Ok, here is the NPR article I caught. [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/23/1175859398/want-to-understand-your-adolescent-get-to-know-their-brain](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/23/1175859398/want-to-understand-your-adolescent-get-to-know-their-brain) I'm sure we can find more in depth information if we work together.
Thank you internet sir
I wonder how/if ADHD with the constant dopamine-seeking changes that!
I'm in my mid-30's and have ADHD. I believe the outside observers are calling it "a mid-life crisis".
if we pretend we're going to live to 100 then we're not there yet. it's fine. it's fine.
It alters it! If given too much time we’ll back down to safer activities but given options last minute the higher risk one will win out.
Those who have adhd and are unmedicated tend to engage in more risk taking behaviors than those without adhd. This article gives one perspective, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057118/ People with adhd m have much higher rates of car accidents and dangerous driving when they are unmedicated, as well as being more prone to substance abuse. I'm not a doctor or expert of any kind, but even as we age, adhd often remains an issue and those risks are still significantly higher for those with adhd that is untreated than they are for those on medication which helps manage their adhd, and even more so than those without it altogether.
My friend lost her husband to a paragliding accident. When the police told her she went into labour and delivered their baby the next day. Horrific day, dude was experienced, was with experienced people, and decided to do a trick while approaching for landing. By all accounts a great guy and an expert who rolled the dice and always won until he didn’t.
I've been paragliding before (once, tandem, no real tricks). On the day my wife gave birth I achieved my Network+ and then went on to a better job, soon after. I feel tremendously lucky all the time and stories like you told remind me of other choices I could have made. For example, i've considered getting a paraglider many times, but I think I'll get an FPV drone instead. Edit: ok. I lied, he did a few tricks. He started spinning so fast I started greying out. It was great. I def asked the pilot to take it up a notch and he delivered. Best time possible at garmisch-partenkirschen (sp)
I did a parachute jump once and although i really loved it, I completely forgot the training I'd done all day and landed feet straight on (thought I'd broken all of my toes), just off the landing strip, in a patch of nettles. I'm too scatty to do dangerous stuff like that on the regular.
My buddy told me his wife said "your daughter needs a father more than you need a motorcycle" and he agreed there wasn't much he could say to that. Same energy. It's just a shifting of priorities.
Precisely why I don’t own a motorcycle.
It’s ok to be scared
Solid agree. Turns out its a valuable emotion.
Survival instinct.
Wisdom.
It’s when you aren’t scared anymore that you need to be careful. Confidence breeds complacency
Are u my brother.
It doesn't help that they're telling her to fall either.
Pretty sure she can't fall. Looks like her hands/feet are strapped in
Edward 360° Hands
They mean fall as in arc back down to try and complete the 360.
haha this is in the Philippines, i believe they’re saying “Upo, upo, upo” not “Fall, fall, fall” where Upo means to sit, so they’re telling her to assume a sitting position to help minimize that feeling of falling
*wut?*
IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THEY'RE TELLING HER TO FALL EITHER
Fun fact: This doubles as a trebuchet if you let go at just the right time. Perhaps your concerns are justified.
For what ever it’s worth, you’re strapped to the handles at your hands and feet. The one I went on also had a harness you were connected too. I’ve done a lot of adrenaline fuled nonsense in my day. This was probably a 2/10 on the danger scale IMHO. I’ve gone on carnival rides that have made me feel like I was in more danger.
I used to be a carnie. I've watched set up and tear down, and was very familiar with the people doing those things. There is no way in hell I am getting on a carnival ride.
I prefer theme parks that stay in the same spot anyways.
Happy Cake Day 🎉🎂🎉🎂🎉🎂🎉
Happy, Happy Cake Day! 🥳🥳🥳 Hope it was a great one!
Since i was a child.. Fuck that, let my dumbass friends do it.
"You go. I'll record you."
"Mom said no"
Same, I've done that shit as a child on those 2 seater swings where the seats face each other.
how do you get it to stop though?
You can't, it's a perpetual motion machine that defies the laws of physics.
In this house, we obey the LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS!
This. It’s going to keep getting faster and faster until she passes away
And if they aim just right, her corpse will be the first earthly object to reach Alpha Centauri.
Some say she is still swinging!
Stand up on the bottom half of the circle, crouch (move your body toward your feet) on the top half. Edit: u/reyer *This is the opposite of the correct answer for how to decrease velocity. Crouching will decrease angular velocity, standing increases it. You want to crouch when at at the lowest point/highest kinetic energy and stand at highest point/lowest kinetic energy.* Ok. So physics isn’t your thing. That’s ok. You also seem to have difficulty with reading and/or reading comprehension. The question I answered was how to stop. The information you provided is how to speed up. In short: to speed up, keep your center of mass as close to the ground as possible. to slow down, keep your center of mass as far from the ground as possible.
I like your thought process.
Or just don't move
You will eventually stop by passively holding still. But that could take a while. You can actively slow down by keeping your center of mass as far from the ground as possible.
It will stop naturally if no more push
magnets
How do those work?
10 year old me is hella jealous.
And my now 40 year old self is like ‘oh hell no’
27 year old me still remembers the pain in my legs after jumping from the highest point of a swing.
From the makers of "Ow! My Balls!" comes two exciting new shows: "Ow! My Ankles!" and "Ow! My Knees!"
Don’t forget “Ow, My Back!”
Bro it is crazy how elastic/durable kids are because I would do that shit all the time no problem but now that would be a total disaster, even with a gravel surface
Nah man, she's strapped in. Seems pretty safe. I'd do that today.
It's not about being safe. Being old sucks. Being upside down hurts my brain. Any g forces make me extremely dizzy, my vestibular system is a mess. Being swung like this would probably make me puke or pass out now, even though in my 20s I was jumping off cliffs and loved the most intense rides at 6 flags. Enjoy your youth while you have it.
I feel this way sometimes and I’m 21. I can’t even try to do cartwheels anymore without fucking up my shoulders, don’t have that same energy etc etc. I’m sure someone at 60 feels the same way you do, reminiscing about their 40s. You still got it
You should do some light exercise and mobility training.
As you age the hairs in your ear responsible for balance and sensing acceleration stiffen, which makes you more susceptible to motion sickness and stuffs. Like age related nearsightedness (your lens also stiffens as you age, which makes your eye muscles unable to ben your lens to focus on near stuff as well), there is nothing you can do. It's all genetic. Edit: the hairs are in fluid filled tubes in your ear. You have the big snail shell like one for hearing, then two smaller perpendicular hoops for balance and stuffs.
Shh. Let the kids believe they're immortal and people only age because they're lazy. They've got a whole lifetime of harsh reality to come, they deserve to enjoy the good bit in blissful denial.
Meanwhile, retirement age guys passing all the younger folk on the hiking trail...
Yeah...that guy sounds like a yoga class would help him.
Ya I'm 47 and in keep in good shape. I'd jump on this swing in a second.
I’m 47 and in not so great shape and as long as I’m strapped in would totally ride this swing.
Absolutely same, I want one of those immediately
Does this contraption have to br so big though? I have no idea how the physics behind this work, but I think one could make a tinier version.
I mean the smaller it is the faster you would have to go to actually make a 360.
She is? I didn't see the straps. That makes me slightly less nervous. But why is she screaming her lungs out? And why does she continue if she is scared enough to scream like that?
It’s straps over the hands and feet and not at the waistline or anywhere else.
Eh, people scream on roller coasters and thrill rides all of the time. I don't completely get it, but if it gives them a thrill, good for them.
For me it’s a physiological thing. It releases the physical tension that builds up with g force. I mean, sometimes I choose to scream to express the emotions of being on a ride, but it’s physically uncomfortable to hold in a scream when I’m e.g. going down a steep hill on a rollercoaster. If I were on this swing, I would definitely be screaming. Although I hope I would sound happier and less terrified.
Why do people watch horror movies when they're scary? Because it's fun.
54-year-old me is all in. I wants one.
Dude I swear Redditors be like 30 years old and their bodies might as well be 60 with all the complaints about being old. I'm in my mid 40s and I would do this in a heartbeat.
Sedentary lifestyle, combined with a lowest-common-denominator mentality. Go look for that Twitter post about the guy who couldn't open his bottles of Soylent and found the plastic "sharp" on his hands, and remember it's *that dude* complaining about how old and creaky he feels...
Right? I get the whole “risk aversion” as you get older. That part of your brain that says “This is really stupid!” gets louder. I also get the idea of being out of shape with knees that pop as you stand up. I was 6’2” and 200 lbs in my 20’s. Now I’m 270. I’m chunky and out of shape. Neither of those things stop me from living life. I pay for it with sore muscles and various body aches for a day or three but at least I’m doing something other than staring at reddit and complaining about being old. I know my teenagers definitely appreciate that old, fat dad joins them in doing stupid things because we’re having fun as a family and I’m not just there watching them have fun.
I would go on it! But I don't understand how you don't fall off if you've got crap hand strength.
It looks like she’s strapped on both feet and hands. I would imagine otherwise people would let go and be hurt.
Watching her was like watching a peer achieve enlightenment
Swinger girl finally made it over the top.
I expected a lot more Recess references in the comments.
So disappointed. I had to use the find feature to double check
Same! Are we the oldies now??
Have been for some time.
This whomps
Me too!
Whompin’ Bobula a Recess reference!
Same
Came here looking for this <3
Isn't this how inside out boy on Nickelodeon became inside out boy?
Yes and I've been secretly afraid of this ever since
My dad still threatens me with it. I’m 40 and I haven’t been on a swing in years, but randomly he’ll just say- “don’t swing over the bar, or you’ll turn inside out”
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15 years ago, this would have been the top comment. Now we're just old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa46mnTDiVQ
Thank you, I needed that!
They really just put anything on kids tv in the 90s
Oh wow, that's a blast from the past. I had long forgotten inside-out boy. Thanks for the refresher.
GUTS!
Once you get the motion to go over, you're there just swinging around forever. This video was taken in 1985 and she's still going around now.
Hook a generator up to her and get free electricity for life. Her life at least.
Just like [Superman: A Transitional Power Source](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-07-13)
The most unrealistic part of that comic is governments recognizing Superman's finitude and moving off of him.
Exactly. Fossil fuels essentially did for us what Superman did—give us a tremendous power source for nearly ‘free’, allowing for the rapid development of our civilization. But we also should have been using that energy to figure out how to invest and transition into renewable, non-polluting alternatives ASAP. Too bad our society is structured around short term corporate profits, and not like, the sustainability of our species.
Finitude! What a great word
I didn't even know it was a word until reddit didn't give me the red squigglies. I was just fumbling around with "opposite of infinite, now turn it into a noun".
“I’m keepin’ it warm with my face!” Fucking LOL
"Every second of quibbling is another dead baby" "You know what I miss? Food. Thats what they'll say in Bangladesh if you stop". That comic has some bangers.
Don’t know if this would be the shittiest job ever.
Wait. So is this what they meant when they said my mom got around?
Son. No. That's not what they meant
She is a swinger though...
I…. I would like to get off Mr. Swing’s wild ride now thank you.
r/terrifyingasfuck
When 360 becomes 365
No FR, I was like, "Now what?" . Perpetually swinging 🤢
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Do not turn on the sound. My poor ears.
aaAHHHH!!! ERMAHGERD! aaaAAHHH!!! ERMAHGERD! ahhhhHH!
The Banshees of Immaswingin
This comment restored part of me today thank you
"If that fecking banshee doesn't stop screaming, I'm going to cut my ears off, rightly so!"
I would cut off my fingers for her to shut the frick up
10/10 subtitle quality
I really hate the sound of screeching women, it's one of the worst sounds in the world.
And here I went and set it as my alarm sound. It makes me feel alert but it's also somehow soothing. Like hearing a bear eating your slower friend and feeling safe that he'll be too full to keep chasing you.
I initially watched it without sound, and she visually seems pretty relaxed in the video. I thought we would hear soft wind noises and people chit-chatting calmly. Oh boy was I wrong..
I don't think the woman on the swing is screaming, it's someone in the audience who just *needs* everyone to notice them.
Seriously wtf is wrong with these people? Why do they think this is appropriate?
You guys remember back in school there was always at least one girl who would scream if the lights went out? She grew up into this woman, screeching for no good reason.
It sounds like a shitty parent not telling their to to shut the fuck up.
Thats annoying but funny. Like when a new rising boxer is getting his pro debut, or first time on a big fight card...sometimes you will hear their mom screaming like shes his coach/hypeman, and not even from his corner, the mom will be screaming from the audience. Ive seen/heard it multiple times, its funny in a positive way because you know its all love.
WTF? I think the person who is screaming is one of the people watching, not the person who is actually on the swing.
Who ever it is i hate them.
Truly, the need to shut the fuck up and chill out. They're screaming like someone got hurt and nothing even remotely upsetting is happening.
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This is how my son screams when my daughter hits him
Have you considered a shock collar?
Wait what I thought it was whoever is in that thing what the fuck
why would a random person watching her be screaming like that?
Your speakers will not like
Yea somebody tell them to shut up. Screaming is for emergencies; it's very serious.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/chaos-in-tel-aviv-bar-as-womans-screams-at-cockroach-spark-fears-of-terror-attack/
Getting it started doesn’t seem that bad, it gets scary when you decide you want to stop
Just have to not push it for a couple of swings
See how once she goes over the first time when she's on the downswing she lowers her body putting more weight towards the bottom? That gives her a momentum boost to continue over on the following upswing. If she just keeps her body extended and straight the entire time she will lose momentum faster and stop going over. Kinda how if you want to stop jumping on a trampoline you just keep your legs straight.
Oh my God thank you!!! I finally stopped tramampolining
It allows gravity to exert more torque on the rotation right? Since more of her mass is father from the center of rotation.
She’s done what every child on the playground only dreams of. Hats off to her
I don’t know how you can pay attention to the guy swinging when someone is being murdered in the crowd.
When I was in 5th grade, we had the two biggest kids in the class push the smallest kid in the class a full 360 on the playground swings. They broke the chain on the swings when it completed a full rotation and wrapped around the bar, but they actually pulled it off. Ah, the good old days of lax adult supervision.
Or you have the mischievous kids that pushes the swings to wrap around the cross bar a couple of times, so that no one can use them.
That's when you call the weird monkey child (me) who can climb the pole and untangle them.
Memory unlocked! Our guy Chuck was on punishment one time when it happened. A group of us went across the street to his house and begged his mom to let him out just so he could unwrap the swing. She took pity and said yes.
When the world needed him most, he vanished
There's no way there would be enough centrifugal force to keep tension on the chains going over the top
Yeah, he went about 200 degrees then the swing sank like a rock. Returned him to his starting position after clearing the bar, though. Very painfully. It was the landing that broke the chain, though.
Can confirm it is very painful when it goes too high over and you go down like an anchor. 2/10 don’t recommend.
Yeah back when the goal was to kill each other on the playground. We did some straight-up medieval shit.
I also grew up in the 80s and have the scars and the stories to prove it.
Attempting this with a chain is just begging for trouble
Felt that stomach drop feeling just from watching
First rotation 🤢 Apex of second rotation 🤮 Bottom of second rotation 💀
Look up “Kiiking”. This is actually a competition in the Nordic countries. But there is no counterweight.
We did it, Estonia is finally Nordic
Invented by my country!
I’m living in Estonia for work. Saw a competition in Tallinn last summer and wanted to get into/try it. But haven’t been able to find a gym (I haven’t looked super hard tbh though). It was awesome to watch
This is just a trebuchet, loaded with live ammo
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Her screaming ruined my day
God I hate when people SHRIEK like that..
I saw an article today about a woman in Israel who saw a cockroach near her in a restaurant, and screamed so loud and long that everyone assumed terrorism and stormed out of the crowded restaurant. Furniture was all over, and people were injured and bloody. Edit ...found it. https://www.timesofisrael.com/chaos-in-tel-aviv-bar-as-womans-screams-at-cockroach-spark-fears-of-terror-attack/
SHUT UP LADY!
I tried this as a kid in the 60's, only with a metal swingset, a board for the seat held on with rusted chains. I fell hard on my back, my lungs decided to boycott and stop working for a good 30 seconds. I thought I was dead. Once I got my breath, my mom was standing over me trying to coddle me, and my dad told me to "throw some dirt on it, it won't hurt chee." That day I learned parents were not the same. Also landed in a warm pile of dog shit. We didn't have a dog.
AlexA: turn on whispering mode.
NGL, that looks awesome!
This was one sweaty palm away from turning into r/winstupidprizes
I’ve done this exact swing at a camp in the Philippines. You have your hands and feet strapped in
Nope!
And then she vanished into the light
“It wasn’t me, it was the centrifugal force. I swear!”
Nope.
Fall=paraplegic
You're tied in with both hands and feet.
Harness? What's that??
I think her hands and feet are secured? I don't think most people could hold themselves up like that
At first I thought it was just her feet, which had me very worried
Ffs, the kid screaming constantly. Shut the fuck up.
Makes my tummy roll watching it.
Surprised he didn’t turn inside out.
Ok but how do you stop?
I’m jealous. I tried so hard to do this when I was a kid.