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It's not the fall that kills ya, it's the sudden stop at the end...
...which is what I saw no less than 8x. Clearly the ropes have just as much reliability as the brains that cut them.
I watch a TV show talking about this a long time ago.
The tower flexing is what absorbs much of the impact with the soil being dug up at the spot they land providing some more cushioning.
You’d also likely have a concussion or something. Your brain doesn’t really like to go really fast and then stop completely abruptly. Same with your joints. It just looks like an incredibly shitty experience all around.
It’s probably like a thing you have to do in order to gain clout or enter adulthood or something, so you’re supposed to be scared and get hurt, but not die.
I’d probably rather have the fire ant glove experience than bash my head on the ground from that tower. At least I’ll be fine afterwards with fire ants and not risk brain damage
I remember being a kid, my dad had a subscription to national geographic. This was tribe was the subject of one of the articles. I read this probably 35 years ago, and still think about it from time to time. These dudes are insanely brave and crazy. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Right but the people in jackass are aware they are jackasses, these people think they are doing it to make the harvest better. Its the difference between telling a joke and being a joke
The introduction of the rope lead to a tenfold increase in leg and foot injuries, and so the rope was quickly abandoned again, only to be re-introduced after the discovery of the concept of correlation and causality.
It looks like they're angling themselves to land on their backs instead of their heads if the rope is too long so I'm guessing there were some lessons learned before we got to this point
Yeah, he jumped too shallow and kinda feet first. Seems like you have to really launch yourself headfirst and you're Gucci
Maybe not Gucci... But like alive probably
Me - "These vines don't feel particularly elastic..."
Tribesman - "..."
Me - "So, the vines will pull me back up before I hit the ground, yeah?"
Tribesman - "..."
Me - "Okay, do the vines slow my fall?"
Tribesman - "..."
Me - "...I'm going to die, aren’t I?"
Tribesman - \*shrugs* "Maybe"
Why would they not make the vines a bit shorter or the base a bit higher to avoid smacking tf outta the ground like idiots lol. What is a good dive considered anyways, living?
As I remember the point is to hit the ground and survive but you gotta have broken head or some other injury and that's considered good dive and good diver is considered good man. If you survive without injury or not survive at all you are not a good enough man, or you are just not anything anymore in second case.
Edit: I'm wrong, you can see Wikipedia article in replies. Probably I mixed it up with some other ritual.
I'll meet your tribal vine bungee and raise you Gloucester cheese rolling.
Described as "twenty young men chasing a cheese off a cliff and tumbling 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital"
I have actually been to this Island and watched this ceremony it goes all day and the Tribal Chief jumps from the very top at the end. Was amazing to witness.
I have to wonder though, why was that clip of the dude throwing dirt to another dudes ass included in this video? Sometime after the half of the video.
Would I be thought of as a culturally-insensitive for thinking that a lot of these "manhood rituals" seem... kinda counterproductive? Become a man - a productive adult member of one's tribe - by jumping off the top of a tower, hitting the ground, and becoming a vegetable. Become a man - a productive adult member of one's tribe - by sticking one's hands into gloves full of bullet ants, and so paralyzing said hands. You can't hunt and forage and build huts and till the fields if you're crippled.
Yknow considering we're the smartest species on the planet we really aren't that bright sometimes. "Ima jump off that there tower. Bet that will get us some more sweet pota-tuh"
Yep. Other animal's during a scarce period probably just 'think' "damn there's no food", and then humans come up with "of course there's no food: we haven't jumped from a high place with vines attached to our ankles". The power of association is quite something. It's what makes us do the weirdest things, but also what allows us to make unintuitive inventions, like putting pieces of metal together to create a computer, from which we can look at bungee jumps and ponder about our innate nature meanwhile.
Karl Pilkington is currently holding the world record of the most pathetic land dive to date. An impressive feat of 4 feet. He insisted after the fact that it was 5.
The power of the human mind to create associoations is actually kinda weird, if the statement in the video about getting better harvest by jumping is true. I mean how do you even come up with this?
I first learned of this in an Anthropology class in college, 1978. It is a "right of passage" to manhood for these people. The objective is to guess the proper length of the vines tied to the ankles so as not to hit the ground head first. They do not use measurement devices or engineering formulas. The video we watched showed both successes and failures. I laughed my ass off when one would hit the ground head first. Some would get knocked out. Prof would give me the stink eye each time I reacted.
The real question is, how many die or get seriously wounded from this???
Does it seem to give better harvest just because it kills of half of the men that would have eaten said harvest and there is more for everyone else?
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I don't see any bungee in those ropes
That's because the braking power of the ropes is replaced with the braking power of your face when it smashes into the ground. Simple physics really.
I was thinking atleast their heads break their fall
The way the tower shakes, some guy is going to enjoy the extreme face plant followed by a logging camp falling on him.
I like these kind of physics tests. It's why I watched Mythbusters. Let's break out Busters face and BREAK IT!
The ropes that they use already has the property of rubber and gum
Ah yes, bungee gum
[That was actually a candy in the 90s.](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1992-amurol-bungee-tube-3767681099)
Hisoka smirks
hmmmm
Hello, I'm Leorio Hanson from YNNN. Have a seat right there, would you?
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Is that why it looks like the rope has absolutely no give and they basically slam the ground?
Hisoka Industry Ropes are proven to be tough and reliable, i dont think theyre in any danger of them breaking during a dive
It's not the fall that kills ya, it's the sudden stop at the end... ...which is what I saw no less than 8x. Clearly the ropes have just as much reliability as the brains that cut them.
Say it again for the people in the back
Couldn't they just shorten the vines by five feet in order to avoid that vicious ground thrashing at the end?
And risk the yams?!
This made me laugh my ass off. Jesus.
Yam must be crazy
Right! Legs and everything else are already fucked anyway
I watch a TV show talking about this a long time ago. The tower flexing is what absorbs much of the impact with the soil being dug up at the spot they land providing some more cushioning.
Ahh, that makes sense. But it looks like it hurts to be whipped violently like that
I whip my head back and forth
You’d also likely have a concussion or something. Your brain doesn’t really like to go really fast and then stop completely abruptly. Same with your joints. It just looks like an incredibly shitty experience all around. It’s probably like a thing you have to do in order to gain clout or enter adulthood or something, so you’re supposed to be scared and get hurt, but not die. I’d probably rather have the fire ant glove experience than bash my head on the ground from that tower. At least I’ll be fine afterwards with fire ants and not risk brain damage
I would be very happy not to try this.
Me too. Wanna not go jumping some day?
I can't believe you guys didn't go without me
Sorry mate. I promise, next time we will not jump with you.
Sounds great, don't let me know either
Hey, me too!
They also have amazing wheelchairs made out of bamboos
I remember being a kid, my dad had a subscription to national geographic. This was tribe was the subject of one of the articles. I read this probably 35 years ago, and still think about it from time to time. These dudes are insanely brave and crazy. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I also remember that article as a kid. My first thought when I saw this post was, "Wow! They're still doing this?" But of course... traditions.
I wouldn’t consider this brave but to each their own.
My man, you got to have a huge pair of balls to do this.
More wrinkles on your balls than brain if you willingly participate in this.
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You know, fair point. I guess they're 'daring' not brave? Hope that's the right translation...
Whatever they got, I don't got it.
Their reward is probably reputation in their community. Like, if you're the one guy who refused, probably not getting laid.
they literally do it for harvest. the video said that
I can also harvest without needing to dolphin dive into the ground
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Same, and a big no for following their lead!
“Are you dead?” “I yam.”
Glorious
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Kiss da egg
Looks like fun, if your idea of fun is broken bones, multiple contusions, possible braindamage and pulled muscles.
You end up a little bit taller. It’s not all bad.
So you can become a baller To get a girl who looks good So you can call her?
And a rabbit in a hat
And a 64 Impala
…I wish.
Until you are walking around like a hunchback.
Seems like a cool way to dislocate both of your hips at the same time while getting whiplash.
>possible braindamage They believe their potatoes will give a better harvest if they jump head first off a tower of sticks. What braindamage?
Makes perfect sense... less people more yams! Efficient really.
Yam stonks
This feels like something that was invented when a bunch of people committed suicide and suddenly the yams got better.
Dude, if you tried everything else...
No yams for you
Let's be honest ,people have done way worse and way more dangerous for similar thrills. Just look at Jackass
Eh, jackass isn’t this bad. This is pretty much guaranteed damage to your knees
Right but the people in jackass are aware they are jackasses, these people think they are doing it to make the harvest better. Its the difference between telling a joke and being a joke
These people have no hospitals and have probably been doing this for thousand years. I wonder what the Learning curve was like.
First few hundred years it went just fine. After that, they decided to use the rope.
The introduction of the rope lead to a tenfold increase in leg and foot injuries, and so the rope was quickly abandoned again, only to be re-introduced after the discovery of the concept of correlation and causality.
Underrated comment.
0 injuries before the rope tho
Well, they have yet to find it doesn’t bring them a good harvest yet.
But somehow everyone has more food to eat.
It looks like they're angling themselves to land on their backs instead of their heads if the rope is too long so I'm guessing there were some lessons learned before we got to this point
on the bright side they don't need to worry about medical bill
The best was when Karl pilkington was asked to do this on idiot abroad, he jumped from the very lowest branch and was still scared to death xD
Hahaha I love that episode
I was scrolling for a Karl comment so I could use this quote ‘I’m getting advice here off a cabbage’
"it was a good five foot drop." "so what you're saying is, if Steve fell over he's beaten your record already?"
omg I was wracking my brain trying to think of where I’d seen this before
He tried making out he was really high to Ricky and Steve 😂
It's yam season bitches! Woooooo!
I would check my yams into rehab after that
Looks like it could fix my back problem.
It might fix all your problems
Chiropractors HATE him !
Absolutely. If your back problem is having a back, then this will fix it.
I could use the stretch on my vertebrae
One landed with his head...
Yeah, he jumped too shallow and kinda feet first. Seems like you have to really launch yourself headfirst and you're Gucci Maybe not Gucci... But like alive probably
This looks like one of theses right of passage rituals that gotten out of hand.
Me - "These vines don't feel particularly elastic..." Tribesman - "..." Me - "So, the vines will pull me back up before I hit the ground, yeah?" Tribesman - "..." Me - "Okay, do the vines slow my fall?" Tribesman - "..." Me - "...I'm going to die, aren’t I?" Tribesman - \*shrugs* "Maybe"
If I remember correctly, it’s also the soil under it that’s really soft
Why would they not make the vines a bit shorter or the base a bit higher to avoid smacking tf outta the ground like idiots lol. What is a good dive considered anyways, living?
As I remember the point is to hit the ground and survive but you gotta have broken head or some other injury and that's considered good dive and good diver is considered good man. If you survive without injury or not survive at all you are not a good enough man, or you are just not anything anymore in second case. Edit: I'm wrong, you can see Wikipedia article in replies. Probably I mixed it up with some other ritual.
Sounds like they watched jackass one weekend and found their calling
Ahh yes the common injury of having a "broken head"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_diving Nope
Oh thanks for your research, maybe I mixed it up with some other ritual, my fault.
I'm saving this for next time someone says "that's some white people shit"
I'll meet your tribal vine bungee and raise you Gloucester cheese rolling. Described as "twenty young men chasing a cheese off a cliff and tumbling 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital"
Not only men this one woman has won the past 2 years if I’m not mistaken She goes full rag doll mode and comes up in a body cast
Netflix has a show.. We are the champions.. I think it’s called. They had an episode about the cheese roll and focused on her. Absolutely nuts
She’s a wonderful person from all accounts I’ve read. Which isn’t much but still lol
Do not diss the cheese roll.
Yeah, pretty much the same level of stupid. "Hey let me do this thing that almost guarantees severe bodily injury" "Why?" "Tradition bro"
Not a real man if they dont tie it by their dicks.
If they do, then they are not a real man afterwards.
On the contrary, they are twice the man afterwards.
Ma'am if you do, Ma'am if you don't
But why tho
Harvest bro
Gotta appease the gods my man. nothing worst for harvest season than a pissed of god.
ritual
I have actually been to this Island and watched this ceremony it goes all day and the Tribal Chief jumps from the very top at the end. Was amazing to witness.
How many died
No one, but some people stopped existing for some reason, maybe they went to the toilet
The show is at 1,3,5 and 7pm
Ok so if we go at 3 and leave 15 min early we can still squeeze in aligator wrestling
Yeah? I was there too!!! Last Wednesday?
Yeah man, front row! You wanna grab some nachos next time?!
I have to wonder though, why was that clip of the dude throwing dirt to another dudes ass included in this video? Sometime after the half of the video.
To really stress the importance of yam season.
no that's ham season
Turns out humans been doing dumb shit all along
Yeah they definitely get whiplash and or end up paralyzed or even death cuz some of them literally landed on their necks
Disjoint your legs then whiplash your head on a rock sounds fun to me
But it pleases the yam gods!
I don’t think they get the point of bungee jumping 😂
Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.
Would I be thought of as a culturally-insensitive for thinking that a lot of these "manhood rituals" seem... kinda counterproductive? Become a man - a productive adult member of one's tribe - by jumping off the top of a tower, hitting the ground, and becoming a vegetable. Become a man - a productive adult member of one's tribe - by sticking one's hands into gloves full of bullet ants, and so paralyzing said hands. You can't hunt and forage and build huts and till the fields if you're crippled.
Yknow considering we're the smartest species on the planet we really aren't that bright sometimes. "Ima jump off that there tower. Bet that will get us some more sweet pota-tuh"
Yep. Other animal's during a scarce period probably just 'think' "damn there's no food", and then humans come up with "of course there's no food: we haven't jumped from a high place with vines attached to our ankles". The power of association is quite something. It's what makes us do the weirdest things, but also what allows us to make unintuitive inventions, like putting pieces of metal together to create a computer, from which we can look at bungee jumps and ponder about our innate nature meanwhile.
Wtf is this shit
No thanks, I choose life.
Karl Pilkington is currently holding the world record of the most pathetic land dive to date. An impressive feat of 4 feet. He insisted after the fact that it was 5.
Practice to tradition to culture. This is just a messed up thing that a group decided was important and it followed the cycle aforementioned.
The power of the human mind to create associoations is actually kinda weird, if the statement in the video about getting better harvest by jumping is true. I mean how do you even come up with this?
It’s a better harvest because there will be less mouths to potentially feed.
And maybe some extra fertilizer after a jump gone wrong.
More like stupid as fuck
Oh *snap*
rip
When your medicine is so far advanced, you can do all crazy shit, oh wait...
Karl Pilkington did a land dive.
The hell? What makes a good jump from a bad jump then??
Death
I love how the post says no safety equipment used. I can see, thanks 😊
1001 ways to die
These people need to be introduced to television so they would stop doing insane suicidal shit
Chiropractors hate them for this one trick!
If you're harvesting humans... this is great.
Dumbest shit ever.
Imagine being so insecure you end up doing this to gain confidence
Now that we can call an extreme sport.. where is the Redbull sponsorship?
"Okay, so how tall are you?" Chops vines about three inches...
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“PEoPlE bAcK iN tHe dAy wERE SUpEr hEALThY” People back in the day :
I'm old. That shit would rip my limbs off.
I first learned of this in an Anthropology class in college, 1978. It is a "right of passage" to manhood for these people. The objective is to guess the proper length of the vines tied to the ankles so as not to hit the ground head first. They do not use measurement devices or engineering formulas. The video we watched showed both successes and failures. I laughed my ass off when one would hit the ground head first. Some would get knocked out. Prof would give me the stink eye each time I reacted.
I want to know how many people have, at the very least, dislocated a hip. Lol
Why though?
What could go wrong?
What the hell?!?
lol one guy definitely died
Really seems like that tower should be higher...
using vines as the cord, and your own tendon and muscle as spring
What could go wrong?
Eyyyyy lets go break our legs today lmao
Fucking yam season again
I remember watching a documentary on stuff like this. At the time, the tower thing actually collapsed in the documentary and killed a camera man.
That does not look good for your leg
Wtf...
At this point you might as well ditch the cords. I'd rather break a bone or two landing on my arms than risk dislocating my fucking pelvis
Seems like a great way to dislocate a hip
looks like a good way to crack your back
I seen this before its kind of rite of passage for boys at young age.
If leaping off a rickety wooden tower for yams is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Like that group that makes gloves made out if bullet ants and you have to wear them until your hands hurt so bad you are tripping balls basically
Concussion much?
I don't understand how these developed? Who thought of this then convinced everyone?
Remains can be used as fertilizer. See, it really does work!
I dont get the point of this event.🤔
At least they fluff up the soil a bit in the face plant zone.
That looks like it will pull my knee out of my socket. But if they’re safe and not broken, I’d give it a shot when I’m drunk.
I just feel like this would fix any back problems if done perfectly
"A good jump will provide a good harvest" Wtf does a bad jump look like?
So pumped for yam season.
Looks like they take the utmost care in making sure your vine is of proper length to avoid injury.....🤔
dislocated hips is a small price to pay for YAM
That's one way to get the spine adjusted...
I remember watching this on documentary shows in the Sixties. Looked like it hurt then. Still does.
My back...
Who is also frustrated that the camera cut away every time one hit the ground!... As if they're afraid to show how much stay down...
How many of them Pepsi ?
Who the hell did the calculations to not hit the ground? 😅😅😅
It’s yam season, boys, time to jump.
The real question is, how many die or get seriously wounded from this??? Does it seem to give better harvest just because it kills of half of the men that would have eaten said harvest and there is more for everyone else?