new metaphor just dropped

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@cabel uhhhh I can’t get over the fact that the timing is impeccable… listen to the music in the background… “proud to be an american” and the trees literally force the diver to do a “face dive” on the words “stand up”
There are so many ironies in this clip
At least they’re okay and DIDN’T DIE thank goodness for helmets, but they could have easily broken their neck with or without a helmet

[solitha@mastodon.social]

@cabel So uh... how was that supposed to work, even it went right, without dragging the flag all over the ground in complete disrespect as he landed?

[arcmother@kolektiva.social]

@cabel was this at the stupid trump fair?

[richpuchalsky@mastodon.social]

@cabel

Why would anyone send back out again a skydiver who thought it was a good idea to steer their trailing flag into a tree?

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@cabel did this happen in DC?!?!?

[transitbiker@urbanists.social]

@solitha @cabel shhhhhhhh. It was flawless.

[mcwabbit@tenforward.social]

@cabel
Love the Alpha Murica-male's scream: "YU-EAH!" at 0:06, followed up by: "OH SHIT!"

Sums it all up perfectly.

[robert_cassidy@urbanists.social]

@richpuchalsky @cabel Moar content.

[anselmschueler@ieji.de]

@cabel why did the cameraman not immediately drop the camera and run to help
a tacky failed parachute is still a failed parachute

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva @cabel

this was the folsom pro rodeo in folsom ca

i know because i was just about to post the same clip

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaWBp_FlBKG/

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@cabel

[voline@kolektiva.social]

@cabel

Long may she wave.

[billclawson@sfba.social]

@cabel apparently the jumper got away relatively uninjured, but that had to sting.

[dazzr@social.tchncs.de]

@cabel Ouch, that was close. Apparently the tents did slow his impact and saved his neck.

Gravity sucks, and physics always wins. Be careful when doing something stupid.

[pinnebaer@social.anoxinon.de]

@richpuchalsky @cabel Maybe people will pay to see that show again.

[fckusa@mastodon.social]

@cabel

[timagal@mastodon.social]

@cabel just imagine the stench coming out of that girl with jeans shorts and Texan boots. A truly aromatic fashion statement.

[karen5lund@mastodon.social]

@cabel Oh, you meant dropped. Literally dropped.

[kommen@hachyderm.io]

@Karen5Lund @cabel I came here to write this

[artharg@mastodon.nl]

@anselmschueler @cabel The parachute didn’t fail. It gave lift to the end. It’s the weight on the parachute that got caught in the trees. That turned a linear descent into a circular slamdown.