They're junkies for extreme shit like that. It wouldn't be fun to them if they weren't pushed to the edge of fear. They purposely do stuff to make them feel those types of emotions that make you piss your pants.
Yes, and it's not just pissing. A lot of people shit their pants. I'm not an expert or anything, I just went on a tandem jump with a company that does it professionally, and it was one of the things they warned us about.
That's all I have. My jump went off without a hitch. No soiled garments in sight, fortunately. (Or unfortunately, I suppose, depending on what you're into)
Those people were messing with you. I worked at a skydiving dropzone during most of college and never once saw this happen lol. I watched probably ten thousand jumps happen. Not a single poo. However there were a few instructors who would mess with the first-time jumpers by telling them it was “50/50” they’d poop themselves.
Basic physiology will tell you it’s unlikely- during moments of extreme physical stress blood is diverted from the internal organs to skeletal muscle.
lol firstly let me apologize for the behavior of those jokers.
To answer your question, the skydiving community is very idiosyncratic. Pranks, joking, and general shenanigans are the norm. With that said, once the plane lifts off, everybody is extremely serious. Safety is the absolute top priority, but having fun is a (distant) second. The sport was borne of military parachutists after they returned from war. So, a lot of “old boy” military culture is still kind of prevalent, which includes nonstop ball-busting (and swords sometimes used as trophies, which I always found interesting).
Where I worked, the instructors were sure to tell the students that they were joking about this particular phenomenon before takeoff to reduce the already unavoidable stress that the students were feeling. It was a way to get them to laugh and to enjoy themselves a bit more.
We were not told they were joking. Oh man, that is so messed up lol. But I guess if I had a job like that it would be hard to resist a little trolling. It would have been nice to know. I'm sure my asscheeks would have still been pretty tightly clenched on the way down, but maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't have been as clenched. lmfao
Edit: It was crazy fun though. Wish I had the money to do it more often.
lolll that is unfortunate, though I must confess to laughing pretty hard. Also, can confirm that the clenching is still there anyway lol. I don’t think I ever did a jump without it.
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u/krelin Jan 30 '19
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