Post #1416540

2026-02-17 19:16 UTC

I feel like in both events, the regular person would just go at a slow, life-preserving pace. There's no way to ski jump slower.

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@ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-17 19:39

Olympic athletes: does jump, lands, waves to audience and skis off to wait results. Normal person: visibly nervous when near start of ramp. Shaking. Gentle tears as they line up. Nopes out with open sobs and goes to hug family with a new found perspective on their appreciation of just being alive. I watched a video of one of the more benign ski jumping videos. Seemed like the first half would be easy, since that's just hitting a ramp. It's the not breaking your knees going up, falling over on the ramp. or landing on your head that's hard. Actually doing a trick is impossible, so I don't even count that against me.

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@GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 2026-02-17 21:18

I'd accept Eddie the Eagle as our representative.

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@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2026-02-18 17:04

parachute?

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