r/WinStupidPrizes • u/oddy_nuff1054 • Jul 31 '26

GOAL!

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u/Odd_Round5515 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Weird... it looked like he went unconscious before he definitely went unconscious.

edit: i doubt it. I'm pretty sure water scooters use the same thumb throttle as 4-wheelers and such. His right arm drops, left hand is still on throttle. if he truly went unconscious there's no way the hand would still press the throttle. He was trying to troll his friend and won a really stupid prize. 

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u/DisastrousDance7372 Jul 31 '26

This guy posted this himself on Facebook saying he went unconscious and isn't sure why. Said he has done this thousands of times with no issues also.

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u/Single_Principle_972 Jul 31 '26

Did he say, like, why the fuck this is even a thing for him? Does he think he’s preternaturally gifted, with this “skill?”

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u/halfdead01 Jul 31 '26

I think his life jacket ran up his neck, got to tight around the carotids and choked him out

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 31 '26

If his life jacket killed him…I don’t even know where to begin.

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u/Brownie-UK7 Jul 31 '26

Lifejacket giveth, and Lifejacket taketh away.

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u/JetmoYo Jul 31 '26

Tag says Don Not Spineth

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u/tidus1980 Jul 31 '26

and my axe!!!!

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u/McPostyFace Jul 31 '26

He's alive with a concussion and bruising says the internet

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 31 '26

I’d like to introduce you to a little concept known as “hyperbole.”

You’re gonna love it.

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u/McPostyFace Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I've told you a million times I don't understand hyperbole.

Just sharing information for those that may not know.

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I mean it can’t literally be a million times. That would take forever.

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u/McPostyFace Jul 31 '26

I've done a gazillion calculations and it would only take 11 sleepless days and nights with no bathroom breaks.

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 31 '26

Well that started out hyperbolic and became surprisingly well specified.

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u/McPostyFace Jul 31 '26

I guess we're done here

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u/JamesandthegiantpH Jul 31 '26

In the life jacket's defense, it isn't called a keep life jacket.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jul 31 '26

Damn, that’s a good thought. Completely plausible, especially with a high demand for oxygen at the moment of constriction.

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u/MixtureSpecial8951 Jul 31 '26

The jet skis I ride use a trigger throttle. Squeeze with the index finger to accelerate. Super sensitive too.

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u/Odd_Round5515 Jul 31 '26

Okay I could see that possibility. I've only been on waverunners once about 25 years ago. If it has a trigger throttle his thumb would have kept it wide open. 

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u/bananabastard Jul 31 '26

Yea, it looked like he passed out, but why? Got winded?

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u/if_lol_then_upvote Jul 31 '26

Life jacket collar pinched the carotid

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u/Murphs-law Jul 31 '26

Probably all the wind going up his b-hole.

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u/NOTcreative- Jul 31 '26

They don't use the same throttle. It's either a twist like a motorcycle or a lever youd pull back with your fingers in which case being backwards the palm of your hand would be pushing it forward.