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And the ultimate lesson of all of this: If your friend jumps off a bridge, are you going to jump off of a bridge too?

gruseom 17y ago
Although your comment looks like a vacuous redditesque one-liner, I'll respond: I've jumped from similar heights under similar circumstances, i.e. a spot favored by locals, surrounded by people happily jumping and swimming. It's only in hindsight that what she did was an obviously bad move, and even then it sounds like a slightly different angle would have made it harmless. This aspect is hardly "the ultimate lesson of all this": if the post were merely about someone who jumped into a pond when they shouldn't have, no one would be discussing it.
- jimmybot 17y ago
  Three other people were injured that day from jumping, and the ambulance that was called wasn't even called for the heroine of our story. I don't know what the denominator is, but it doesn't sound good. I do agree though, that jumping or not wasn't the main issue here.
  - axod 17y ago
    Parents often do silly things for their kids :/ It's sort of beside the point as you say.
  - pyre 17y ago
    Seems like it was a 'hot spot' because people used it often. Sure she says that other people were injured, but how badly? It's possible that her injury was the worse injury anyone has ever sustained from jumping there. If that's the case, and parents still encourage/let their children jump from that bridge, I would say it's a problem. (Not that I would ever let my kids jump from a 50' bridge, at least not until they're old enough to make decisions on their own -- I'm not advocating 'babying' your children after they've left the nest.)
- DannoHung 17y ago
  I wasn't really trying to be funny; it's advice my Mother gave me, repeatedly. I think it's sound, regardless of the issue with the hospital. Here, let me repackage it for you so it's less topical: if people are doing something that you think is dangerous, don't do it just because they did it.
  - davidw 17y ago
    It's like that Paul B article: what's the worst that could happen, and what's the best possible outcome. IMO, the best possible outcome from jumping off a bridge is not really worth the worst possible outcome.
protomyth 17y ago
If my friends (who are sane and not dumb) decide it is best to jump off the bridge, I think I will jump also. I get the feeling that there is something on the bridge that will have a higher chance of killing me then the fall from the bridge. Also, it is always the idiot who stays and says "what's going on" that get killed in the horror movies.

Although your comment looks like a vacuous redditesque one-liner, I'll respond: I've jumped from similar heights under similar circumstances, i.e. a spot favored by locals, surrounded by people happily jumping and swimming. It's only in hindsight that what she did was an obviously bad move, and even then it sounds like a slightly different angle would have made it harmless. This aspect is hardly "the ultimate lesson of all this": if the post were merely about someone who jumped into a pond when they shouldn't have, no one would be discussing it.

jimmybot 17y ago
Three other people were injured that day from jumping, and the ambulance that was called wasn't even called for the heroine of our story. I don't know what the denominator is, but it doesn't sound good. I do agree though, that jumping or not wasn't the main issue here.
- axod 17y ago
  Parents often do silly things for their kids :/ It's sort of beside the point as you say.
- pyre 17y ago
  Seems like it was a 'hot spot' because people used it often. Sure she says that other people were injured, but how badly? It's possible that her injury was the worse injury anyone has ever sustained from jumping there. If that's the case, and parents still encourage/let their children jump from that bridge, I would say it's a problem. (Not that I would ever let my kids jump from a 50' bridge, at least not until they're old enough to make decisions on their own -- I'm not advocating 'babying' your children after they've left the nest.)
DannoHung 17y ago
I wasn't really trying to be funny; it's advice my Mother gave me, repeatedly. I think it's sound, regardless of the issue with the hospital. Here, let me repackage it for you so it's less topical: if people are doing something that you think is dangerous, don't do it just because they did it.
- davidw 17y ago
  It's like that Paul B article: what's the worst that could happen, and what's the best possible outcome. IMO, the best possible outcome from jumping off a bridge is not really worth the worst possible outcome.

protomyth 17y ago

If my friends (who are sane and not dumb) decide it is best to jump off the bridge, I think I will jump also. I get the feeling that there is something on the bridge that will have a higher chance of killing me then the fall from the bridge. Also, it is always the idiot who stays and says "what's going on" that get killed in the horror movies.