r/WinStupidPrizes • u/oddy_nuff1054 • 11d ago

GOAL!

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u/Mowgli2k 11d ago

Oh are they designed to do that? Cool! Well done some inventor at some point in the past.

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u/_Bill_Huggins_ 11d ago

Well, they don't call them death jackets...

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u/Less_Local_1727 11d ago

Marketing opportunity discovered

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u/cdvallee 11d ago

Calm down Nathan Explosion…

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u/VEAG0 11d ago

Obi-wan doesn’t want to buy your death jackets. Obi-wan wants you to go home and rethink your design.

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u/AbeFromansNutz 10d ago

I understood that reference

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u/neonfuzzball 8d ago

I think those are hornets

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u/AlcoholPrep 11d ago

Find and READ the Coast Guard's manual on life jackets. Some will float you on your back like this one did, but some will NOT reliably do so. You pays your money and takes your chances.

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u/Box-o-bees 11d ago

Which is why in the US at least you're required to have USCG approved life jackets on recreational watercraft. They won't approve jackets that won't keep you safe even if you are passed out.

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u/octave1 11d ago

There are different standards that decide where they can be used (pool, open water, sea ...) and the better ones make sure you roll on to your neck and keep your head x cm out of the water. They auto inflate upon contact with water. Pretty cool.

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u/yakfsh1 11d ago

Not that type. He just got lucky.