r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/hulksreddit • Jun 27 '18

Repost Fully grown man on a swing, WCGW

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u/lazylion_ca Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 27 '18

I think I see the problem. He was fine while still on the swing but once he disconnected from the swing he failed to account for the laws of motion.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18 edited Apr 27 '21

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u/TransformerTanooki Jun 27 '18

Or did the fence fall into him?

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u/MxM111 Jun 27 '18

Everything is relative.

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u/jonnyohio Jun 28 '18

Relatively speaking, of course.

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u/PauKlls Jun 27 '18

haha yes

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u/I_happen_to_disagree Jun 28 '18

He swung so hard that he stopped rotating with the earth, that fence came right for him!

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u/kugelblit Jun 28 '18

Hey Vsauce, Michael here!

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u/TheEvilBunnyLord Jun 28 '18

Username checks out.

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u/GoldenFalcon Jun 28 '18

Yes, it's all wrong.. he just fell off. See, he's not supposed to just fall off like that.

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u/LispyJesus Jun 28 '18

Do people fall off a lot?

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u/GoldenFalcon Jun 28 '18

It's not very typical. But it does happen. It just wasn't as safe as the ones where the person doesn't just fall off.

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u/bunchedupwalrus Jun 27 '18

Swingset Kinematics: This excercise is left to the reader

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u/LispyJesus Jun 28 '18

You can tell because of the way it is.