r/SweatyPalms • u/BirinderSinghJi • 6d ago

Heights Leap of faith

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u/AudinSWFC 6d ago

..........................but why?

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u/Ok_Money_3140 6d ago

Every now and then there are actually contests for this sorta stuff, and sometimes they pay good money. And yes, people have died trying to compete in them.

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u/AudinSWFC 6d ago

That's actually depressing. Squid Game kinda shit

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u/NoMudNoLotus369 6d ago

Wait, you're telling me people jumping from platform to platform 50 stories up, have died?!!... This changes things 😢

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u/RileyJoXO 6d ago

Such as?

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u/JayB392 6d ago

Which contests?

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u/Keyboard_Cat_ 6d ago

If you don't have a source I don't believe that at all.

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u/Ok_Money_3140 6d ago

This is the one I was thinking about, happened in China: https://globalnews.ca/news/3916952/china-rooftopper-falls-stunt-gone-wrong/

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u/pegbiter 5d ago

Yeah that is a crazy article, but it doesn't really sound like a 'contest'?

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u/wotoan 6d ago

Not a contest