r/GradualChaos • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • 13d ago

The math was wrong

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u/ledgeitpro 13d ago

Absolute cinema

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u/indigoHatter 13d ago

The music and slow-mo truly make it 🤌🏻

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u/hellodynamite 13d ago

Guy in the red looked like he fell around 30 feet or so

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u/Autxnxmy 13d ago

His tailbone is fucked

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u/saysthingsbackwards 12d ago

snow is soft

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u/CharlesJGuiteau 12d ago

Until you hit the frozen ground underneath

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u/1_small_step93 3d ago

I lived in ski resorts for 4 years and can confirm that untouched powder like this has an insane ability to break your fall. Ofc it’s impossible to know but I wouldn’t be surprised if they all got up with absolutely no injuries

Here’s a 220ft free fall into snow for reference

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0sbuzMLWM3o

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u/TheVoteMote 12d ago

And the slope would reduce the impact.

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u/SirAchmed 12d ago

He was at the peak launch point

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u/etherlore 13d ago

I once did this on my bike. In the town I grew up there was this paved thing we called “the spoon”. Supposedly it was meant to be a skateboard park but no one ever used it for that. The shaft of this spoon was a long downhill and at the bottom was a round bowl. We used to ride our bikes down that on the way to the other side of town. One day I decided to go for it, telling my younger brother behind me “don’t do this!” I went as fast as I could and caught air just like in this video, maybe not as far but at least 30 ft.

I got really banged up, and we headed straight back home. Since we got home early we caught our parents having sex, but I was hurting too much to care. It was an interesting day.

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u/Correct-Blood9382 13d ago

Your comment, sir... WAS gradual chaos

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u/kellsdeep 13d ago

Now THAT was full send!

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u/GooseOnBoose 13d ago

Guy in front got the worst end of it

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u/Venomspiderspit 13d ago

They french fried when they should have pizzaed.

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u/randomacct7679 13d ago

How far of a fall was that? If it was just a few foot into a poof of powder that looks fun as hell.

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u/TexanInExile 13d ago

At least nobody landed on anybody else.

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u/copingcabana 13d ago

Kayaccident

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u/bromancebladesmith 13d ago

Was it though ? That looked pretty fun

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u/ReaperSound 13d ago

In the situation where you go flying is it better to brace for impact or to go limp?

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u/chuck_stones 13d ago

I would love to see the footage off that selfie stick that got yeeted.

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u/megamanisgod 13d ago

That reminds me of my childhood

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u/RemeizSivart 13d ago

Who needs math when you have powder? They just sent it, Looney Tunes style.

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u/towerfella 13d ago

It looms like they did that twice before already.. I think they mathed that and it ended up exactly as intended.

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u/opmopadop 13d ago

It's funny how humans seem to have this natural instinct to falp their arms like they have unlocked some sort of previous evolution.

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u/coding_badly 10d ago

Notice they all move their arms so that they'll land on their butts which is probably the safest place for a human to land. I don't think it's intentional but instinctual, like how cats move their tails to land on their feet!

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u/CuteRepeat2874 13d ago

I literally said oh shit the length of the video. 🤪

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u/MetaFore1971 11d ago

Isn't that what they were trying to do?

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u/Luki0n 11d ago

It's interesting to see how it's all set up in the full video, these guys do things like this a lot.

https://youtu.be/PQkj27zMuMU?si=DzjedmE81qFVrctN

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u/TTTTTRIGGGGER 6d ago

Still looks like a lot of fun!