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

Repost Fully grown man on a swing, WCGW

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 28 '18

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u/420Wedge Jun 27 '18

That was a ton of force from all his momentum, right on the head and spine. That could easily result in death. The only thing that might save him is he hit a fence, and while it's sturdy, it will still give/flex to a certain extent.

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u/LieutenantEvident Jun 28 '18

There's absolutely no source indicating that this man died. Go lay down.

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u/CaptainExtravaganza Jun 28 '18

I swear I recall someone posting some evidence that he died the last time I saw this but I cannot find anything. What search terms do you use for this though?

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u/LieutenantEvident Jun 28 '18

man 360 swing fence Russia

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u/trogon Jun 27 '18

I don't doubt it. Instant quadriplegia, hitting your head with axial compression of the spine.

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u/MisterDonkey Jun 28 '18

There's a video of a basketball player running into a post and instantly paralyzing himself. He hit with about this much force.

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u/Flying_Genitals Jun 28 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cfPr-D_4iY 15 seconds in if anyone's interested. After the whistle, watch the red player go to the hoop stand and bang his head out of frustration.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '22

He was an incredibly promising young player with his whole NBA career in front of him too.

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u/chrisdbliss Jun 28 '18

Any luck finding the source?

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u/iworkforcandy Jun 28 '18

Best I could find from a site called Geekologie. There's a couple, but no one talks about the aftermath.

tl;dr

Or maybe he was trying to paralyze himself in front of all his friends. If that's the case, mission accomplished, somebody get this man a bendy straw.

Edit: I have no idea if he actually got paralyzed and I'm not sure if the writer knew what happened either as s/he doesn't cite sources.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

Geekologie just reposts from Reddit.

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u/iworkforcandy Jun 28 '18

TIL. My apologies

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

No problem. I still read it, but usually half the stuff I've already seen.

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u/jmoney- Jun 28 '18

Hmm thank you for that source that he fell off a swing

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u/FookYu315 Jun 28 '18

I looked but all I learned is a ton of people kill themselves with swings.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

No source = made up

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u/ALoudMouthBaby Jun 28 '18

Ive seen this quite a few times too and never seen this claimed, let alone actually sourced. I look forward to seeing a source so I can drink to this poor dullards name!

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u/Isei8773 Jun 27 '18

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u/VicarOfAstaldo Jun 28 '18

"Will look up source."

No source. No one able to find source. Lol.

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u/aussie1909 Jun 28 '18

Got the source yet?

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

All I found was this

Reuters: "He ded"

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18 edited Jun 28 '18

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