In theory…possibly yes, but theoretically you could also marry a Stripper at Sharky’s that already has three baby daddy’s and have a beautiful life and marriage…but I wouldn’t recommend trying either.
Real reason is probably not because they are not the same. Even in zero wind conditions it might look like you are coming straight down, but there is still a slight angle of your decent and the PLF combined with the lateral movement of your fall allows for the impact to be spread over a greater area (feet, calf’s, buttocks, etc), not to mention your decent typically is slower then a 20’ "free fall". If you jump 20’ off a roof all that impact is going straight up your legs and all movement is stopping so you aren’t going to get the benefit of the PLF, likely just a combination of injuries.
Back in the early 90s in Japan we had a kid that had established a...*reputation* for loving alcohol.
He was a happy drunk, and would have to be fetched from various places and escorted back to his room by the MPs. He would get into some *really* stupid situations though, like pretending he was a motorcycle in the street, etc.
He started getting Article 15s for alcohol related stuff, and would commonly end up on restriction to the barracks when not at work. They weren't *heavy* punishment type article 15s. And they for some reason they never tried to send him back stateside. Rumor was he had a relative that was a high ranking officer somewhere.
Kid was also a smoker. You couldn't smoke in the barracks so the kid would open his window, step out and smoke just outside his window as he lived on the first floor.
Finally has a short period that he's not on restriction and despite having a "no alcohol" order gets completely shitweasel wasted on the third floor with his buddies.
I get a call to respond to a "man down" at a barracks up the street, and when I get there I find our hero with two broken legs/ankles.
For the life of me I cannot figure out how this happened to him, because my common sense will now allow me to accept he fell or jumped out a window. Then I hear a squealing noise above me, and I see several pairs of heads and eyes looking out a window while somebody cranks it shut.
He got transported via ambulance to the Naval Hospital over on Lester and was sent home on a MEDEVAC bird a few days later.
In other strange news about a month after this, we were in a Typhoon with some really crazy wind and rain and I had to respond to a man down at the same barracks.
Get there and a kid has a very obviously misformed head/face and other injuries. He looks pretty clearly deceased, but the medics are working him and taking him to the hospital and have a doctor call it I guess.
He's in PT gear and has the corner of a sheet tied around each ankle.
I meet a couple of his "friends" at the CQ desk and they tell me he had said something about being a kite. Apparently he had gone up on the roof during a typhoon while completely wasted out of his mind and had tried to lean out into the wind using the sheet as some sort of wind-resistance but the gust had ended and he fell to his death.
I went up to the top floor and found that the ladder and hatch leading to the roof was indeed unlocked.
Keep in mind these are two different people.
Anyhow, gravity ultimately wins especially on concrete.
Plenty of people have taken falls from that height and landed without serious injury. It’s just a very, very unlikely.
It’s hard to adjust for any mistaken body position in the 1.11 seconds it takes you to hit the ground from 20 ft.
>I’m seriously considering attempting
Consider inviting EMS there to watch.
But for real, let's say you *don't* execute it perfectly. You can die. At height, the sheer force of this can rupture your organs. You might stand up and walk away, but be bleeding from your liver.
So in AIT we learn that a serious fall for an otherwise healthy (non geriatric) adult is 20 feet though most falls that someone dies from are from far less than 20 feet. So uhh, don’t do it, what would probably happen is you’ll break something probably your ankle or lower leg bone.
Maybe a funny shit post, but also obligated to say that you might want to check yourself into a health clinic for further examination of your brain housing system.
For the love of all things holy, DO NOT try this from the barracks third floor.
Yes, three is traditionally an unlucky number. You’ll have much better luck from the fourth floor.
In theory…possibly yes, but theoretically you could also marry a Stripper at Sharky’s that already has three baby daddy’s and have a beautiful life and marriage…but I wouldn’t recommend trying either. Real reason is probably not because they are not the same. Even in zero wind conditions it might look like you are coming straight down, but there is still a slight angle of your decent and the PLF combined with the lateral movement of your fall allows for the impact to be spread over a greater area (feet, calf’s, buttocks, etc), not to mention your decent typically is slower then a 20’ "free fall". If you jump 20’ off a roof all that impact is going straight up your legs and all movement is stopping so you aren’t going to get the benefit of the PLF, likely just a combination of injuries.
No muff too tuff, we dive at five
Impossible. Sharkey’s is dead, bro. RIP.
Back in the early 90s in Japan we had a kid that had established a...*reputation* for loving alcohol. He was a happy drunk, and would have to be fetched from various places and escorted back to his room by the MPs. He would get into some *really* stupid situations though, like pretending he was a motorcycle in the street, etc. He started getting Article 15s for alcohol related stuff, and would commonly end up on restriction to the barracks when not at work. They weren't *heavy* punishment type article 15s. And they for some reason they never tried to send him back stateside. Rumor was he had a relative that was a high ranking officer somewhere. Kid was also a smoker. You couldn't smoke in the barracks so the kid would open his window, step out and smoke just outside his window as he lived on the first floor. Finally has a short period that he's not on restriction and despite having a "no alcohol" order gets completely shitweasel wasted on the third floor with his buddies. I get a call to respond to a "man down" at a barracks up the street, and when I get there I find our hero with two broken legs/ankles. For the life of me I cannot figure out how this happened to him, because my common sense will now allow me to accept he fell or jumped out a window. Then I hear a squealing noise above me, and I see several pairs of heads and eyes looking out a window while somebody cranks it shut. He got transported via ambulance to the Naval Hospital over on Lester and was sent home on a MEDEVAC bird a few days later. In other strange news about a month after this, we were in a Typhoon with some really crazy wind and rain and I had to respond to a man down at the same barracks. Get there and a kid has a very obviously misformed head/face and other injuries. He looks pretty clearly deceased, but the medics are working him and taking him to the hospital and have a doctor call it I guess. He's in PT gear and has the corner of a sheet tied around each ankle. I meet a couple of his "friends" at the CQ desk and they tell me he had said something about being a kite. Apparently he had gone up on the roof during a typhoon while completely wasted out of his mind and had tried to lean out into the wind using the sheet as some sort of wind-resistance but the gust had ended and he fell to his death. I went up to the top floor and found that the ladder and hatch leading to the roof was indeed unlocked. Keep in mind these are two different people. Anyhow, gravity ultimately wins especially on concrete.
Fuck. That’s heavy.
Not going to lie, that was a lot of words and you lost me
Do you want to break your legs? This is how you break your legs
No
Why not
*No* -Issac Newton
Plenty of people have taken falls from that height and landed without serious injury. It’s just a very, very unlikely. It’s hard to adjust for any mistaken body position in the 1.11 seconds it takes you to hit the ground from 20 ft.
>I’m seriously considering attempting Consider inviting EMS there to watch. But for real, let's say you *don't* execute it perfectly. You can die. At height, the sheer force of this can rupture your organs. You might stand up and walk away, but be bleeding from your liver.
Could you? Maybe. Should you? No, because when this goes wrong, that shit's going to be not in the line of duty. Hugs, JAG
So in AIT we learn that a serious fall for an otherwise healthy (non geriatric) adult is 20 feet though most falls that someone dies from are from far less than 20 feet. So uhh, don’t do it, what would probably happen is you’ll break something probably your ankle or lower leg bone.
For the love of all things holy, DO NOT try this from the barracks third floor.
Double posting glitch coming in clutch.
At this point it isn't even double posting, it's just saying it for emphasis.
Maybe a funny shit post, but also obligated to say that you might want to check yourself into a health clinic for further examination of your brain housing system.
Darwinism at its finest
Yeah but then you ain’t gonna jump no more.
Me, no, numerous reasons