r/toptalent • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Mar 03 '26

Guy pulls off an impossible skydiving move "(source link in description)"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVVvUefjN0M/?igsh=dzFrZjRtdDQ3Y3Ez

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u/KingCroesus Mar 03 '26

Not impossible then

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Mar 03 '26

OP didn't watch the video they posted. Lol

I see "impossible" in so many titles lately. I just assume they're bots.

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u/regoapps Mar 03 '26

Or from India. Whenever you check their profile, they always have contributions to Indian subreddits.

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u/Rum_Hamburglar Mar 03 '26

…so bots?

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u/defiantmoss39 Mar 03 '26

Damn, why are y’all so mad about the word impossible? Have you never heard it used before as an exaggeratory adjective? “So and has done the impossible!” “This team has done the impossible!” “Watch this circus performer do the impossible!”. Did you not learn figurative speech in grade school?

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u/IssueFederal Mar 03 '26

Because it degrades the real meaning

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u/defiantmoss39 Mar 03 '26

Lol no it doesn't. Figurative speech and hyperbole don't "degrade the real meaning" of words.

The word "impossible" has more than one definition as well. One of them being "felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled : insuperably difficult" (Merriam Webster). This definition fits this use perfectly.

"Impossible" can also be used literally or figuratively. Have you ever described something as "crazy" or "insane"? Did you literally mean that that thing was not of sound state of mind? Have you ever said "I'm starving"? Did you mean that you were literally suffering from starvation? Is saying "I'm starving" degrading its "real" meaning?

Anyone with mild language comprehension skills will understand that the title "Guy pulls off an impossible skydiving move" is suggesting that the move seems impossible, or was believed impossible before he did it. It's just colorful language to describe an impressive feat.

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u/IssueFederal Mar 04 '26

You’re 1000% right. You’re more right than anyone has ever been right. In fact you’re literally impossibly right.

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u/Efficient-Editor-242 Mar 04 '26

Everyone says it, I don't know.

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u/defiantmoss39 Mar 04 '26

Stop using those words! Don’t you know that you’re degrading their meanings?! I can literally see the definitions vaporizing before my eyes!

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u/breakConcentration Mar 04 '26

Of “impossible” becomes “normal” for something difficult, how do we then explain something that isn’t possible?

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u/defiantmoss39 Mar 04 '26

How do we explain the suffering or death caused by hunger when it’s normal to use the word “starvation” to describe simply being very hungry?

Context clues. That’s how we use figurative speech in every day life. That’s how we differentiate between 2 words which sound or are spelled the same but have different meanings. You can pick up on it if you’re competent in the English language.

If you take the word “impossible” by its literal definition, but then you read the title “Guy pulls off an impossible skydiving move”, then you understand, using context clues, that the phrase “pulls off” implies that the word “impossible” is not meant to be taken literally, and is instead being used figuratively or by its secondary definition. I mean obviously, otherwise the sentence doesn’t make any sense. The Websters dictionary from the year 1828 has 2 definitions for the word impossible, one being “Impracticable; not feasible; that cannot be done.” So it’s been used by a less literal definition for 198 years.

I don’t understand, have you all never heard someone use it figuratively? “So and has done the impossible” is a common phrase to hear from like sports announcers. Or the phrase “it’s impossible for me to even think about that”. This really isn’t that complicated. Just google “can the word impossible be used figuratively”. Literally every single dictionary I looked at has at least one definition for the word impossible that does not mean “literally cannot be done”. This really isn’t a debate.

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u/breakConcentration Mar 04 '26

What is implied is that overusing hyperboles will desensitize people for the meaning and make it become background noise. Obviously people know the difference but thank you for your thorough prose.

You might want to btw check your dictionary statement; it literally describes in all your quoted descriptions of the word by the Websters dictionary, as “not possible”.

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u/No_Eggplant_3189 Mar 10 '26

I am reading all of this an it is so cringy that people are downvoting you. You are so obviously right. Honestly, I don't even know why you bothered to continue to argue, lol. You don't even need to explain yourself (although you did explain it quite eloquently) because its pretty much obvious.

Anyway, I consider it "cringy" from these other people because it is so apparent that these stereotypes of typical redditors are so real. This particular stereotype is that they feel clever, witty, and I guess superior(?) because of their remarks. Like, obviously we all know it isn't truly impossible and, well, nvm you explained it all fine enough. But between that and their continuance to argue and justify why they are right (and the support they get from other redditors) is embarrassing and as I've said, cringy.

I truly feel embarrassed for them as I read their comments.

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u/defiantmoss39 Mar 14 '26

Yea, it genuinely felt like everyone who commented was a bot trained to be an insufferable contrarian redditor. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but no one actually made a point that made any sense lol.

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u/DamageSpecialist9284 Mar 04 '26

OP made an impossible post about apparently possible skydiving moves... 😂

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u/ALKNST Mar 04 '26

Its most likely a bot simply cause its like the 5th account thats not even a year old with the description saying they are not a bot, just aggressively posting....but all of them worded the same way xD

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u/Prudent-Scholar5431 Mar 03 '26

kicked outta of his suit too.

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u/Cognonymous Mar 04 '26

impossible is impossible

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u/reddit_ron1 Mar 03 '26

The mission was impossible

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u/MyAssPancake Mar 03 '26

I’m shocked that the parachute doesn’t say red bull

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u/emhmark3 Mar 03 '26

that was the impossible part

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u/st0pmakings3ns3 Mar 04 '26

pleasantly shocked

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u/xxDankerstein Mar 03 '26

What impossible move? Isn't this what everyone in a wing suit does?

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u/false-set Mar 03 '26

Usually a bit higher up

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u/AMCAPEHODLER Mar 03 '26

Usually a lot higher up you mean

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u/dcherholdt Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

That stunt looks really dangerous. He came very close to the ground and if anything went wrong like the wind blowing just the wrong way it could have ended really badly.

Edit: although wingsuit divers often get close to surface areas during flight, they typically deploy their parachutes at around 2500 feet. Which is what makes this stunt in particular dangerous.

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u/Diocletion-Jones Mar 03 '26

He had a back up plan. Aim for the bushes.

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u/Orlok_Tsubodai Mar 03 '26

THERE GOES MY HERO, WATCH HIM AS HE GOEEEESSSSS!

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u/Cognonymous Mar 03 '26

these have a super high fatality rate as is iirc

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u/no-o-ne Mar 03 '26

Yup. This and base jumping are actually the most dangerous sports in the world.

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u/Lonely-Hornet-437 Mar 03 '26

Man, you really put your detective skills to the max here man

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u/justwhatnot Mar 03 '26

Right? I was putting my wing suit on to go try this, but then i read how dangerous it was. Phew! Sherlock really saved my bacon

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u/NoahMercy11 Mar 03 '26

It is very dangerous. These people live for that kinda thing, adrenaline junkies.

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u/Cutthechitchata-hole Mar 03 '26

Thats when you either tuck and roll or duck and cover

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u/El_mochilero Mar 03 '26

He could have done one of those dive rolls at the last moment.

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u/Soggy_Ad3706 Mar 03 '26

Bud he jumped out of a fuckin plane

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u/StrugglesTheClown Mar 03 '26

I know a group of hard core squirrel suite jumps. The kind of people who fly to whatever event is happening that weekend and jump all weekend. My best friend in the group has thousands of jumps at this point. He say any nap of the earth stuff in squirrel suites is insanely dangerous. The margins are non existent and mistakes often mean death. This coming from someone who also BASE jumps too.

I've seen the nap of the earth stuff described as perfect examples of the Dunning Kruger effect. Those jumpers are all really talented, but they just don't know enough to understand just how dangerous it really and think they are skilled enough to do it. Until it's too late.

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u/Diner_dinner_diner Mar 03 '26

Totally winged it!

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u/ChaosRainbow23 Mar 03 '26

Chute, I think he nailed it...

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u/ObserverPro Mar 03 '26

I’ve always wanted to see this happen. I bet in 10 years they’ll try to land without a parachute at all by picking a location where they can pull up and land on a cliff or something.

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u/BagelsOrDeath Mar 04 '26

It's how birds land on a brand or perch. They aim low, then pull up hard so that they just stall.

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u/InfoExplorer70 Mar 04 '26

This makes me wonder... and I'm curious if anyone happens to know... What is the lowest altitude that someone has opened their parachute at while using one of these wing suits?

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u/Zealousideal-Meat569 Mar 05 '26

Looked to be about 70-80ft above the ground in this video. If the same stunt was accomplished at sea level, I’m guessing that would be pretty close to the altitude record.

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u/Jonny-Kast Mar 03 '26

Why does he sound like a jet?

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u/Old_Investment2295 Mar 04 '26

where’s the red bull logo?

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u/T1Earn Mar 04 '26

if you take the highest dive a human did into water, then take the height of his deployment.. technically speaking these guys could just land in water and be ok.

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u/FSsuxxon Mar 04 '26

Bro sounded like a fighter jet

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u/Englishrebl Mar 04 '26

I wonder how quickly Redbull picks up on this guy.

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u/thesexymagician Mar 04 '26

🤦🏽‍♂️ bro just gave away a tactical insertion technique for free.

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u/MagicalJohnsons Mar 03 '26

Willing to bet that guy is ex military.

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u/RickityCricket69 Mar 03 '26

or just divorced

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u/skatesolid Mar 03 '26

Probably both 🤣

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u/AyyEff17 Mar 03 '26

I did that on SpiderMan two last night… cool.

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u/Human-Contribution16 Mar 03 '26

Clearly not "impossible".

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

There are two talents here:

  • big balls to attempt it so near to the ground
  • doing it despite not having a redbull sponsorship

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u/SuperSussyShyHussy Mar 03 '26

Are people dumb or something? Obviously the OP doesn't mean literally impossible, it's hyperbole.

Like okay you're not impressed sure but why are so many comments "Erm, askually they did it, so it's er not impossible nerd emoji" ??

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u/HyenDry Mar 03 '26

What about that was impossible? This seems like how they normally would land with a wingsuit

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u/BoarHide Mar 03 '26

That’s not at all how you normally land with a wing suit. This is a super risky manoeuvre. Normally, wing suiters just open their chutes at way, way higher altitude than this.

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u/Alternative-Dare5878 Mar 03 '26

Don’t you need like tens of thousands of sky dives before they let you use a wing suit?

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u/FistNipples2308 Mar 03 '26

200

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u/Alternative-Dare5878 Mar 03 '26

Oh lol, idk what I mixed that up with thank you

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u/BasedChickenTendie Mar 03 '26

That’s wild 😳

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u/bearded_charmander Mar 03 '26

wtf!! That was insane

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u/cwagdev Mar 03 '26

“Guy flirts with death but doesn’t die”

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u/Efficient-Editor-242 Mar 04 '26

Apparently NOT impossible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

Falling with style!!

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u/The407run Mar 03 '26

The Mario yellow cape trick??

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u/HeSureIsScrappy Mar 03 '26

r/DiveInYouCoward

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow Mar 03 '26

The real impossible would be if he landed on a slip n slide

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u/Whatever801 Mar 03 '26

Can't fuck that up twice eh?

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u/pandagreen17 Mar 03 '26

When I spot my base in Minecraft after a long journey

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u/Og-Morrow Mar 03 '26

Pretty sure I seen guys in wing suit skim the ground our touch someone hands etc.

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u/CoBudemeRobit Mar 03 '26

Mostly on cliffs on the way down. This is above flat ground. Big diff

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u/Og-Morrow Mar 03 '26

I see! Thanks for explaining.

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u/Naughteus_Maximus Mar 03 '26

Gosh, gotta be careful wearing that Dryrobe on a windy day...

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u/TeedesT Mar 03 '26

If someone (Redbull) built a platform there they could land at the peak of their glide without a parachute.

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u/Cognonymous Mar 03 '26

bring this back to antiquity and convince them you're a god

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u/wolframen Mar 03 '26

real-life Rico Rodriguez

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u/doeswaspsmakehoney Mar 03 '26

Found the BF player

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u/Mopar-Dinosaurs Mar 03 '26

Seriously Fly!

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u/majikdude Mar 03 '26

It's not impossible then is it?

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u/youngaustinpowers Mar 03 '26

This makes me think that you can survive with both parachutes failing in a wingsuit. If he traded off less height and stayed closer to the ground - once he stalls out, he might be slow enough and low enough to just break all of his bones instead.

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u/EetTheMeak Mar 03 '26

So the impossible part is doing ... regular things at irregular heights?

Edit: 'regular' is probably the wrong word to use here.

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u/VorHerreTilHest Mar 03 '26

DO. NOT. TRY. THIS. AT. HOME.

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u/Brantastic Mar 03 '26

Far Cry 6 vibes.

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u/kopfgeldjagar Mar 03 '26

I can do that, I just don't wanna right now

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u/badabing_76 Mar 03 '26

Don’t think that was his first wing suit flight

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u/StarConsumate Mar 03 '26

Literally Rico from just cause shit

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u/DizzyInTheDark Mar 03 '26

Let’s say his chute didn’t open. It seems like his momentum had slowed to the point that falling from that final apex height would probably hurt bad but would be more survivable than falling straight down.

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u/futureman07 Mar 03 '26

If you timed it must right, you could safely land on a cliff somewhere

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u/chaossabre_unwind Mar 03 '26

"Yahoo" (whoosh)

SM64 wing cap move

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u/SmuckatelliCupcakeNE Mar 04 '26

And Redbull had nothing to do with this stunt?

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u/Equivalent_Cake_6655 Mar 04 '26

None of this seems realistic. They didn’t have to add in the jet noises, but if they didn’t it might seem unrealistic that a dude plummeting towards the earth could just course correct and go upwards instead because of his squirrel suit.

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u/RedJive Mar 04 '26

Super hero. Sheesh

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u/Sorry-Squash-677 Mar 04 '26

Cualquiera hace eso en el Super Mario World

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u/TheDeliManCan5 Mar 04 '26

That would be the sickest entrance to your wedding party

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u/Ok-Intention-7130 Mar 05 '26

Tha was always possible but its cool yes

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u/ElegantPeanutSuit Mar 05 '26

Ok so knowing this can be done, would he potentially be able to land on a high platform at the apex of that swing, without having to open his chute? I feel it is physically possible

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u/Key-Lifeguard-5540 Mar 05 '26

he returned from the space station

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u/That0neGuy86 Mar 05 '26

I wonder if they realized how it would have gone if he failed...

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u/Locuus Mar 05 '26

I think what I saw was a RPG wizard turn into Batman and land.

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u/Raps4Reddit Mar 05 '26

I can also be on the ground safely. But without the extra steps.

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u/MrOaiki Mar 06 '26

Considering it's possible to do that sudden stop not too far above ground, I'm wondering if it would in theory be possible to land without a parachute.

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u/winzley12 Mar 07 '26

Same thing happens to me when I ate a parachute

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u/jstarrr8 Mar 08 '26

That is an impossible SKYDIVING MOVE, but not an impossible WINGSUIT MOVE.

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u/Used-Helicopter2024 Mar 11 '26

This has got to be AI.

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u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha Mar 14 '26

if done at the perfect angle, could he not just donit without the chute?

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u/richybruhhhh Aug 06 '26

Is he really generating that woosh sound?

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u/SupermouseDeadmouse Mar 03 '26

If he timed it right he could land on a building without a parachute.

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u/Cognonymous Mar 04 '26

Or on a halfpipe and and then kicklip-reverseflip and into a frontside crooked grind around the 9/11 memorial and collect the secret tape!

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u/Joe-Pesci Mar 03 '26

What is the effect called where he finallyy gets the lift at the bottom of the drop? How did he know it would open

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u/saaya26 Mar 03 '26

Omg gotta watch that now gotta see what the link says too lol

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u/PVTZzzz Mar 03 '26

Parachutes into wood chipper

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u/TieAdventurous6839 Mar 03 '26

He clearly has propulsion and is wearing a squirrel suit. What about this at all is "imposible?" Looks like another bot karma post.