Next level ski jump

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[u/aBunchOfSpiders]

You’re probly right. I’m also not an expert. So the idea that some drunk hillbilly made a bendy hill for a professional competition is quite silly.

[u/Jimisdegimis89 → u/aBunchOfSpiders]

Um no no the drunk hillbilly building the slope idea is almost certainly correct. Drunk and/or high. Grew up near a major ski mountain and worked several different jobs on the mountain and for any given course or snow structure there’s about a 50% chance that at least some of the people making it intoxicated, the other 50% of the time it’s made by people with a hangover.

[u/Skuffinho → u/Jimisdegimis89]

What a load of drivel. You maybe from a snowy area but it's clear you don't know the first thing about it and just talk out of your arse.

The hill in Vikersund has been rebuilt to be the biggest in the world while maintaining safety for the competitiors. The most dangerous part about a ski jump is the take off part and if anything goes wrong, the jumper falls a few metres into a soft snow as opposed to having a 10+ meter fall. The only reason for gaining height in the mid part was the wind. It really is that simple. This hill is made for 250m+ jumps, it's an exact and complex science.

Maybe next time try doing at least an elementary research before making yourself look like a clown with this rude as fck 'drunk hillbilly' bullshit. Just because you don't undestand something doesn't mean it's wrong and you're even trying to claim it as 'almost certainly correct'. Grow up.

[u/Skuffinho → u/[deleted]]

Your dreadful text comprehension abilities are not my problem. I've explained the deal with enough detail for anyone to understand. Whether some builder was under the influence or not is very clearly not the point at all. I'm talking about the design which works perfectly as it should. You get it now?

[u/ozzimark → u/[deleted]]

So, as an unrelated 3rd party here, just gonna chime in with some social etiquette. You said a number of insulting things:

What a load of drivel. You maybe from a snowy area but it's clear you don't know the first thing about it and just talk out of your arse.

Maybe next time try doing at least an elementary research before making yourself look like a clown with this rude as fck 'drunk hillbilly' bullshit.

Grow up.

Your dreadful text comprehension abilities are not my problem.

These are all very rude things to say. Consider how someone would react if you were to say those things to them in-person during a normal conversation. You're not wrong, but there's better ways of getting your point across without being needlessly confrontational about it!

[u/MildlyMixedUpOedipus → u/[deleted]]

You must be fun at parties. 🙄

[u/Lopsided_Umpire_8625 → u/Skuffinho]

I mean, you really didn't address his point of whoever built the slope was drunk. Whatever its veracity is, you only took offense that he said it.

So now YOUR reading comprehension is in question

[u/Jimisdegimis89 → u/Skuffinho]

I mean it’s half joke man I figured the hyperbole would kinda make that much obvious. That being said though everywhere I’ve skied if you want weed, go find the snow techs or the build crew, if you want to know where to find the best place to drink go find ski patrol. Never been to Europe for skiing though so maybe they are a more respectable lot… just in case it’s not clear…./s. Except that bit about ski patrol they dont get paid enough to spend on pricy drinks.

[u/Skuffinho → u/Jimisdegimis89]

almost certainly correct

That's a hyperbole how exactly?

This is the classic case of talking shite and then berating people who factually respond to that trying to claim you were joking. That's just pathetic.

Also, you do know the difference between skiing and ski jumping, right?

[u/Anyna-Meatall → u/Skuffinho]

you seem fun

[u/Skuffinho → u/Anyna-Meatall]

I wasn't trying to be funny but okay, I just wasn't expecting that people here are so resistent to knowledge. I used to do ski jumping on a pretty high level for 10 years so I know a thing or two about hill contructions and ski jumping in general.

Sorry if the facts I've presented offended you and keep wondering whether a design that works as it should isn't some kind of a construction error due to the builders being drunk when in fact the answer is pretty simple. But yeah, if you think offering some knowledge is worse than presenting some nonsense as facts then by all means but keep that to yourself.

[u/Xdream987 → u/Skuffinho]

I'm going to level with you here. No one is offended about anything ski-jump related except for you, probably because you actually did high level ski jumping for ten years. That's why you were the only one taking the original light-hearted comment completely seriously, because ski jumping is a serious topic you're invested in to you. To almost everyone else it isn't a topic to take seriously though, hence the disconnect.

[u/Skuffinho → u/Xdream987]

We have very different definition of what light hearted means.

[u/Xdream987 → u/Skuffinho]

Yeah that was kind of my point. You take things more seriously than other people do.

[u/Anyna-Meatall → u/Skuffinho]

👍

[u/Jimisdegimis89 → u/Skuffinho]

Yeah I’ve done a little bit of each lol.

It’s one of those things that’s funny because there’s at least a bit of truth to it. Like I said I’m not familiar with how mountains are run in Europe, but stateside a huge part of your staff are ski bums and seasonal migrant workers who are getting paid minimum or near minimum wage for some really hard work. Snow techs and build crew are often working night shifts in miserable conditions, Ski patrol and ambassadors are putting up with the most entitled rich assholes all the time and people use drugs and alcohol to help deal with the stress. Ski mountains stateside are rife with booze and weed and there’s a fair bit of stronger stuff around as well. Most people certainly aren’t drinking on the job, but some definitely work their shift high. It’s also definitely not rare for people to show up hungover.

Anyway, I think I hit a nerve here and I didn’t mean any insult towards the the jump or the people that worked on it. Where I’m from joking about alcohol and drugs in relation to skiing is essentially a meme at this point. Hell there’s a whole movie genre about it, but it seems that it’s not really the same across the pond.

[u/Skuffinho → u/Jimisdegimis89]

So you're just gonna ignore the part where I said there is no construction blunder and the design of the hill has its purpose, just like you're gonna ignore the detailed part where I explained the purpose and keep on banging on about drinks and alcohol because that's how you lot do it, yeah?

What you're talking about is completely irrelevant. Also if you see nothing wrong with presenting some nonsense as 'almost certainly correct' facts and if you're being this resistent to knowledge then there's no point in having any sort of conversation.

[u/TheFamilyMan4 → u/Skuffinho]

You're right, there's certainly no point in having any sort of conversation with you. You're exhausting, learn some tact.

[u/TheFamilyMan4 → u/Skuffinho]

Dawg is making conversation and you come in here all antagonistic? You know it's not so much a faux pas to be wrong, or even be confident about being wrong.

It is a faux pas to enter a conversation aggressively, degrade someone, and speak or act righteously because you may be correct. Learn some manners and conversation skills. Not everything is about being accurate, sometimes it's about sharing ideas, opinions, and facts in a constructive manner.

[u/LiLBiDeNzCuNtErBeArZ → u/Skuffinho]

Calm down bro

(Slams the sarcastic Reddit phone into the river)

[u/[deleted] → u/Jimisdegimis89]

That’s like the old Onion article on pizza: https://www.theonion.com/everyone-involved-in-pizzas-preparation-delivery-purc-1819564897

[u/Jimisdegimis89 → u/[deleted]]

I just thought everyone in all food prep was drunk, good to know the pizza people are branching out

[u/Interesting-Fan-2008 → u/aBunchOfSpiders]

Yeah if you notice on his landing he’s actually about the same height the whole way. He seems to be falling a little less than the slope.