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but wait in your parachute analogy a big % of parachutes would have to open and like cut the wearer or hurt them somehow. Deploy a parachute if you are falling

but wait in your parachute analogy a big % of parachutes would have to open and like cut the wearer or hurt them somehow. Deploy a parachute if you are falling from 30,000 feet and your other option is to SPLAT on the ground, sure. But how many kids are deploying a parachute but their problem has nothing to do with height free-falling and the ground about to splat them.

a_shovel 4y ago
The situation is more like: you've heard anecdotes about people getting strangled by parachute cords or using parachutes when they're not falling from a plane and hurting themselves, so you're not sure if you should pull the parachute cord. Plus, you're only 99% sure you're falling from a plane; maybe this is a hallucination, or a movie. So maybe you should wait 'til you're at 3,000 feet to make sure you're really falling. Or maybe 500 feet, can't be too careful. Meanwhile, based on the anecdotes mentioned previously, multiple states have proposed or passed bills banning all parachutes.