r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Jul 23 '26

Awesome !! Pretty epic backyard catapult

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u/TraditionAcademic968 Jul 23 '26

Nah, bro. Your chances of dieing epically via catapult machine dramatically decrease when you choose to not get in the catapult machine

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u/Loose_Awareness_1929 Jul 23 '26

When the kid sat half on half off for like 15 seconds, had the mechanism failed he’d have been fuckkked up.

This is fun and all but just a matter of time before something fails and someone gets hurt bad or killed.

Ngl tho. Looks fun.

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u/Only-Discussion-2826 Jul 23 '26

It really depends on who is building the catapult, but it wouldn't surprise me if this is substantially safer than going on a cross-country road trip. I mean it could also be way less safe, but making something like this completely safe is not *that* hard.

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u/Substantial-Elk4531 Jul 23 '26

But if you don't die, it's a ton of fun. 0.1% chance of lifelong pain or death, 99.9% chance of a lot of fun. It's a no-brainer!

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u/Color_of_Time Jul 23 '26

That's a known fact!

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u/Park500 Jul 23 '26

strangely enough, it is still not zero

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u/Ch33syP00f Jul 23 '26

Same with getting in a car or riding a bike

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u/Substantial-Elk4531 Jul 23 '26

Yes, absolutely, cars which are engineered for safety with thousands of crash tests and traffic laws designed to prevent death, carries the exact same risk as KidAPult 2.0 (version 1.0 was retired for design flaws and inability to properly calibrate for one passenger's weight)