The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 10 months agoSavior [Light Roast]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down127file-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageSavior [Light Roast]lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareAutistoMephisto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoI mean, when a person suddenly falls, there’s really just no way to save them, is there?
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoThere is. You just need to spread out the deceleration from a few centimeters to a few meters in the falling direction, and make sure the force is being applied all over their body, not just a few spots (think bouncy castle vs rebar).
minus-squareFenrisulfir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThere is a video of someone jumping from a plane with no parachute into cardboard boxes
![Savior [Light Roast]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0d701124-5d9b-4ac7-95d4-a5bc943c39fe.jpeg){kind=link}
I mean, when a person suddenly falls, there’s really just no way to save them, is there?
There is. You just need to spread out the deceleration from a few centimeters to a few meters in the falling direction, and make sure the force is being applied all over their body, not just a few spots (think bouncy castle vs rebar).
There is a video of someone jumping from a plane with no parachute into cardboard boxes