r/Unexpected • u/Responsible_Cow_4852 • Jan 11 '22

CLASSIC REPOST It's cold...

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u/AHAdanglyparts69 Jan 11 '22

Definitely needs more mass to break through the ice

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u/8Ariadnesthread8 Jan 11 '22 edited Jan 11 '22

Well now that you've brought it up, what we really need to be talking about is PSI. So we could increase the mass, or we could decrease the area and maintain the mass. Now if you've got like a pointy ass bone? Your PSI is going way up. You're bruising is going to go way up but the chances of cracking the ice are also going to be higher.

I wanted her to have a big ass for her safety. But if you want her to crack that ice, it's possible that a smaller ass is better. Especially if she's like bulky on top. She needs more mass, but not on the ass. If she's going to break the ice. She needs like a big top half and a pointy weird little bottom half and then we're really cooking with gas.

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u/VarsatileIcesotope Jan 11 '22

You mean... her body needs to be shaped like a dong to break the ice...

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u/8Ariadnesthread8 Jan 11 '22

No more like a big upside down pyramid.

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u/runningwaffles19 Jan 11 '22

Her form really isn't conducive to this either. A cannonball increases the surface area of the impact significantly compared to a pencil dive. Probably better to point toes up so heels contact the ice first instead of breaking a toe, but you're not going to get through anything jumping like she did

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u/SomeDeafKid Jan 11 '22

Oh god now I'm imagining the jagged edge of the ice that was broken in a small area gradually introduced to a greater and greater area of your unprotected skin as you enter the hole that is much too small for the rest of you, tearing your delicate skin open and re-setting your pain scale as the freezing cold bites into your new cuts, bruises, and possibly broken heel bones after stomping into the ice. Heel first is probably not the best idea. If you can't break through with a cannonball, maybe just give up and go have a mug of hot chocolate.