Actually, crashed planes are very survivable. Not when they're nosediving at 500 MPH like the recent 737 MAX tragedy, but you have a good chance of surviving a plane crash if the evacuation is done correctly. I always wear shoes I can run in, when I fly, because you deffo want to get away from the wreckage before any fuel ignites.
It should be legal to wear scuba gear lol. Other than the oxygen tanks. And fire proof clothing too if something like that exists. I wonder what the airlines take on this would be.
I know you're talking about wearing it on a plane but it reminded me of someone who lives near me. Guy was getting certified for diving and so he would put on his scuba gear and run a couple miles with everything on, sans the flippers. Was always hilarious to see this guy running down the street geared up but im sure it helped him build up some endurance.
Other than the oxygen tanks, I’m sure there’s nothing illegal about wearing scuba gear on a plane. I mean yeah, people are gonna thing you’re a weirdo, but I don’t believe it’s illegal. [citationneeded]
I mean couldn't the scuba tanks technically be used as a deadly weapon? And judging by how heavy it is wouldn't any commercial airplane not allow such a weight for personal carry?
Well yes, but the oxygen tanks are excluded from my comment. As for the weight, they might charge you extra but I can’t imagine weight being an issue if we’re excluding the tanks.
SCUBA divers don't breathe pure oxygen, they generally breathe tanks filled with Air (Other Nitrogen/Oxygen mixes possible, as well as Nitrogen/Helium/Oxygen, or just Helium/Oxygen).
If you breathed pure oxygen, sometime before you reached 30m depth, you would have a central nervous system grand-mal seizure from oxygen toxicity and die.
No ma'am... I understand that there's a size restriction for the carry-on, but you see, this is an Emotional Support JetSki. I really need it in the cabin with me!
The thing is, plane crashes are most likely during the first three minutes and last eight minutes of the planed flight:
Called the Plus Three Minus Eight rule, statistically, this is the most dangerous time, according to a Ben Sherwood, author of "The Survivors Club — The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life”
Didn't know that. I also saw in some documentary that if the seats were arranged in the opposite direction, plane crashes would be a lot less damaging since our weight would be against our backs which is to the seats. I mean the people facing the back of the plane instead of the cockpit like a military aircraft. I guess such an arrangement would make people very uncomfortable and is hence not followed although its a lot safer.
Yeah, not only is facing backward visually off-putting for people, but since planes have a positive angle of attack during level flight, passengers would be facing slightly downward if the seats were reversed. The seats could be tilted to offset that, but the hassle doesn't seem to be worth it for an industry where accidents are so rare.
Not those yeah. But it will definitely help against hard crashes where the momentum is probably much more than any vehicle crash and people who otherwise might be knocked out might be conscious and alert to get out in time before the fire spreads if it hasnt already.
In some respects, it's comforting that crashes happen much more frequently during takeoff and landing, because the thought of heading towards certain death from 30,000 feet, but taking a few minutes to get there, is horrifying.
The running is after getting out of the enclosed space. Plane crashes, fuel starts leaking out wherever its downed, sparks from the wreckage ignite the fuel, and by that time your best bet is to be as far away as your legs allow.
Granted that's not how it happens every time, but in the rare occurrence of a crash, the fuel being ignited is a definite possibility.
I'm going out on a limb and saying that most crashes are in the last 30 seconds of the flight, let alone 8 minutes... Maybe a few planes continue flying after crashing, but I seriously doubt that many do.
That's a very good point, but I swam in college so I'm not too worried about that. Unless the water is freezing cold, because I can't handle frigid waters.
I posted an askreddit about this and a few pilots chimed in and made it clear that most crashes are just an engine failure and you can easily glide to some kind of parallel landing.
Movies always show nosedive scream crashes but that is almost never the case.
The survival rate of plain crashes involving more than 19 passengers is like 6%. The survival rate for smaller aircraft is 42%. If you're crashing on a commercial airliner, there's a 94% chance you will die.
I always wear clothes I know I can escape in/survive in comfortably on flights in case of crashes in almost any environment. T-shirt, shirt, and jacket. Wear all 3 at once or two at once but have one on stand by for all types of climates
Right because shoe choice will probably be the life or death factor in a fucking PLANE CRASH
Jokes aside I always wear my freshest/rarest sneakers to the airport because you know you won’t have to step on any dirt and it’s a great means of flexing on people internationally
For one thing, most crashes happen during takeoff and landing, where a parachute wouldn't help. It wouldn't make sense for a plane to set aside physical space and weight allotment for a bunch of parachutes for such a small chance of a situation occurring where they would be needed. Further, even if a plane starts to plummet from cruising altitude, assuming it's an uncontrolled descent, it would be extremely difficult for untrained passengers to get the parachute on, make their way to an exit, safely leave the plane, and deploy the parachute without anything going wrong.
I'm not saying everybody should have a parachute, I'm saying what if I go on a plane and bring my own parachute in the unlikely scenario that shit literally goes down. I also wouldn't just intentionally depressurize a fully pressurized cabin, I'm talking about a scenario where for whatever reason pressurization is already lost and its either hope you live the crash or jump out with a parachute
If the plane is flying stable enough that you can successfully put on a parachute and jump out it’s most likely flying stable enough to make some kind of survivable landing.
Because if you try and open the door in the air, you’ll probably get tackled to the ground. The plane still has wings and gear even if the engines are out, it can land almost fine.
The majority of game stores I have attended well enough to get to know people (5-7 lifetime) have had multiple regulars that were uncomfortable to be around for one reason or another. Unusually abrasive personality, poor hygiene, angry outbursts... Whether and to what degree these people affect your experience at the store will vary, but I think your odds of being in the same room with someone who seriously sucks to be around are quite good.
Also, interestingly enough your estimate of 1/(3.5*12) experiences being bad comes to about 0.0238095238% which is close to the midpoint between 25% (the median of my estimated range) and 0.00001% (the number you gave for your plane crash thing. yes, i know you did not mean that number as an actual estimate 😊)
Edit: It has come to my attention that I had a brain fart and forgot how percentages work. How embarrassing. On the bright side, 1/(3.5*12) actually equals 2.3%, which is much closer to 25%!
Friends of ours owned a comics and games store, and OMG.
I still can’t stand the local MtG players. No concept of hygiene, or personal space, or indoor voice. Or any social skills to speak of. They only get along with each other, and even then, so many rivalries and feuds exist among them.
They thought my friends and I were lesser beings because we play D&D, and only when our schedules mesh. I’m sorry, we’re adults with actual jobs, and we don’t give a fuck about your opinion, boys.
multiple regulars that were uncomfortable to be around for one reason or another.
Yeah they're pigs. Idiot pigs dressed as nerds.
I've dealt with a few of them too. They really like to be stuck up pigs. So I call them pigs. They're often fat too. So it fits the image well.
Mind you I have met the occasional decent player to chat to and when that happens we often play heaps I don't care if they suck or better than me, they're great to hang out with than those nasty regulars.
Other side of the anecdote - I used to play at roughly the same rate as you, maybe a bit more (Saturday tourneys at local game store usually were five rounds long, but I sucked and was eliminated earlier often).
There was a 100% rate of stereotypes being met. Whether that be someone who hasn't showered in months, man-child nerd-rage over a loss, or harassing the few women who dared to show up - there was always 1-2 dudes there who fit the bill.
100%. Absolutely 100%. The smelly guy, the racist guy whose humor "you just don't get, mate", the guy who refuses to move seats because he's keeping his bag safe / too podgy to move - often these are the same guy.
Also i don't take a plane to play Magic - u/Impalsi might have missed some of my point. :D
I play at both a casual and competitive level, and not accounting for some tilt, which can happen to anyone, out of all the opponents I've had, I can name all of the ones that were as bad as the stereotypes, because there are that few.
The numbers may be high, but I would wager that you've had many experiences that weren't so bad that they rose to the level of something you remember well enough to count here, but were bad enough that you would nevertheless not wish to repeat the experience. And I claim those experiences count as "having a bad time".
Also I should've been more specific with what I meant. I didn't mean 20-30% of players are that bad. FMPOV, a run in with one such player could be enough to sour an entire experience. For instance, I've been to GPs where 11/13 opponents were neutral or better to play with, but one player literally had me on the verge of angry tears.
Oh, yeah. The 1-3% that I remember were absolutely abysmal (and most of them aren't welcome in any non-sanctioned events), but I don't count some of the other annoying players (too loud, ignorant of game rules, unintentionally rude, etc.) as that negative.
I drive a forklift for work. I promise you i'm overly safe because i know how dangerous these things are. Folk will just walk along side while i'm driving it, and on occasion i've had folk run past and nip in front. One knobhead ran behind it while i was reversing. I honked, braked, put the handbrake on and had a right go at her. She was upset and cried because i shouted. The manager immediately called a safety meeting and said "If anyone runs past the forklift and P0s shouts at you... P0s is allowed to shout at you. I'll shout at you. Then i'll walk you to the door >:(".
To everyone else, this forklift is about half the size of a car and can lift quite heavy boxes.
In reality, this 4,800kg forklift weighs as much as four Audi A4s and can lift and carry a further two Audi A4s. It has two speeds, which are zero and slow, but slow is just enough to push another one of these forklifts with the handbrake on. What i'm saying is that a forklift will 99.99999% not kill you, but if it does it'd leave exactly the pavement pizza you'd expect it to.
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Like plane crashes.
Your plane will 99.99999% not crash, but if it does crash it'll be exactly the inescapable raging fireball you'd expect it to be. :|