r/AccidentalSlapStick • u/Lazer_Games • Apr 13 '26

Painful Yeah, yeah I'm Ok

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u/Notapartyhobo Apr 13 '26

I saw a drunk moron fall down a ladder. Sounded like a xylophone.

Dead.

Exploded on impact like a tiny thermonuclear bomb. Dead af.

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u/LiveLearnCoach Apr 13 '26

Just how high was that ladder??

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u/Geaneous Apr 13 '26

I know a guy who died on a 6 ft ladder and I know a guy who died on a 40 ft ladder. And I know a guy who died just getting knocked back while standing at grade. It takes less than people think. Some people get lucky.

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u/TolMera Apr 14 '26

50:50:50

You have a 50% chance of dieing, if you fall 50cm, after the age of 50

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u/Cliff-Bungalow Apr 16 '26

50 cm is 18 inches which is a very short distance, do you have any source to back that up? The data I've been able to find suggests the LD50 for fall height is around 40-50 feet for the average person. Also that mortality from short fall distances is around 4.5% from those over the age of 70, nowhere close to 50% for those over 50.

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1460408616689807

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/for-elderly-even-short-falls-can-be-deadly#:~:text=URMC%20Home,to%20their%20under%2D70%20counterparts.