microblogmemes·Microblog MemesbyLady Butterfly she/her Oh yesView original on reddthat.com292Comments21Reply
MMBech feddit.dk1Hide 1 replyThat's why I enjoy the snowboarding event. I went snowboarding once. Broke my arm after about 20 minutes. Now I get to sit in my couch, saying shit like "fucking hell what a shit landing" when someone doesn't perfectly land a 1800 degree spin.37Reply
SeductiveTortoise replypiefed.socialYou know, I was a snowboarder once. But then I took an arrow to the knee.15Reply
ppageflight piefed.social2Hide 2 repliesTheir challenge: do a triple backflip and land backwards without wobble. My challenge: make it out alive.18Reply
pprocrastitron replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesA lot of people fall when learning to curl. Remember that you’re still walking on extremely slippery ice.9Reply
bdonvr replythelemmy.club1Hide 1 replyWith one slippy shoe. Trying to hold a kneel while pushing an 18kg weight.10Reply
DDenjin replyfeddit.ukIf you're not paying attention, imagine one of those granite blocks clattering into your ankles...7Reply
ssurewhynotlem replylemmy.worldIce skating itself would probably break me. But on top of that, I'd trip over the random boulders people keep leaving on the ice.7Reply
hhardcoreufo lemmy.worldI think i could make an olympic luge record no problem. Of course the record would be quickest someone has fallen off luge. Might also be in contention for most distance covered with face scraping against ice as my body tumbles down the chute.13Reply
CCaptainCapy piefed.social1Hide 1 replyI think I could survive curling. I’d probably pull a bunch of muscles but I’d survive I think. Might slip and fall on the ice too, let’s be honest.9Reply
SeductiveTortoise replypiefed.socialI tried it once, it was strange but fun. Depends heavily on the company though.10Reply
bbrown567 sh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesSome of the Summer Olympic events would be safe enough, I think I don't imagine I'd hurt myself in the 100m dash, especially if I wasn't trying very hard Winter Olympics, though! I might be able to get through the biathlon unscathed, but only because I have some previous riflery experience6Reply
bboonhet replysopuli.xyz1Hide 1 replyDon't they also have regular old cross-country skiing in the winter Olympic games? That's pretty safe1Reply
bbrown567 replysh.itjust.worksI looked it up, and they do! I think I like my chances of safety better without the gun XD3Reply
DudeImMacGyver kbin.earthI think I could hang in curling and biathlon without getting injured. I'm sure I'd never win, but I wouldn't die!2Reply
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That's why I enjoy the snowboarding event. I went snowboarding once. Broke my arm after about 20 minutes.
Now I get to sit in my couch, saying shit like "fucking hell what a shit landing" when someone doesn't perfectly land a 1800 degree spin.
You know, I was a snowboarder once. But then I took an arrow to the knee.
Their challenge: do a triple backflip and land backwards without wobble.
My challenge: make it out alive.
My challenge: get out of bed in the morning.
I find groaning as you do it helps.
Curling?
A lot of people fall when learning to curl. Remember that you’re still walking on extremely slippery ice.
With one slippy shoe. Trying to hold a kneel while pushing an 18kg weight.
But that 18kg weight is on extremely slippery ice
If you're not paying attention, imagine one of those granite blocks clattering into your ankles...
Ice skating itself would probably break me. But on top of that, I'd trip over the random boulders people keep leaving on the ice.
I think i could make an olympic luge record no problem. Of course the record would be quickest someone has fallen off luge. Might also be in contention for most distance covered with face scraping against ice as my body tumbles down the chute.
I think I could survive curling. I’d probably pull a bunch of muscles but I’d survive I think. Might slip and fall on the ice too, let’s be honest.
I tried it once, it was strange but fun. Depends heavily on the company though.
Some of the Summer Olympic events would be safe enough, I think
I don't imagine I'd hurt myself in the 100m dash, especially if I wasn't trying very hard
Winter Olympics, though! I might be able to get through the biathlon unscathed, but only because I have some previous riflery experience
Don't they also have regular old cross-country skiing in the winter Olympic games? That's pretty safe
I looked it up, and they do! I think I like my chances of safety better without the gun XD
Watching the Olympics, I am frequently preoccupied with this thought myself
And you'd look like a complete idiot
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I think I could hang in curling and biathlon without getting injured. I'm sure I'd never win, but I wouldn't die!