Only if you're absolutely insistent on playing chicken with the ground. You will, of course, lose -- probably badly. People have walked away from their parachut

Only if you're absolutely insistent on playing chicken with the ground. You will, of course, lose -- probably badly. People have walked away from their parachutes not opening, though. Most don't, and it's not an experience you should seek out, but it is something to be mindful of, should you ever find yourself in that situation. Your simile is inapt, though: funemployment is a ride you can step off as soon as you find one you like better. I've done it both ways, after a fashion, and can heartily recommend it, provided you've gotten yourself together enough to step off in time. Hell, I'd even recommend it (though somewhat more reservedly) if you don't step off in time. Nothing teaches you more about yourself than hardship, particularly when it's self-inflicted.