Philo@lemmy.zip to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGive a man a plane ticket and he flies for the day. Push him out of the plane at 3,000 feet and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down124
arrow-up1161arrow-down1message-squareGive a man a plane ticket and he flies for the day. Push him out of the plane at 3,000 feet and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.Philo@lemmy.zip to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThey did a randomized controlled trial and found that wearing a parachute did not significantly reduce death or major injury when jumping from a plane https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094 https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3m5d7/are-parachutes-safe-skydiving-deaths-randomized-controlled-trial
minus-squareJoeyMoo@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI hope you’re joking because the study is super tongue in cheek. They jumped out of an airplane when it was on the ground
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI did notice the pictures of people jumping out of planes on the ground.
They did a randomized controlled trial and found that wearing a parachute did not significantly reduce death or major injury when jumping from a plane
https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d3m5d7/are-parachutes-safe-skydiving-deaths-randomized-controlled-trial
I hope you’re joking because the study is super tongue in cheek. They jumped out of an airplane when it was on the ground
I did notice the pictures of people jumping out of planes on the ground.