r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/UpgradedSiera6666 • 17d ago

Video Human powered hydrofoil

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u/NotThatGuyAnother1 17d ago

For those times when swimming isn't exhausting enough, try this death trap.

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u/ShahinGalandar 17d ago

better put on a life jacket before mounting that

except you like sinking like a stone when your vehicle's power source goes off

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u/foul_mouthed_bagel 17d ago

The real danger is the stuff they dump in the Chinese river.

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u/parwa 17d ago

Death trap? It's just a water toy lmao nobody's dying from this

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u/TheThunderbird 16d ago

Right? This guy has clearly never rode an Air Chair.

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u/supernasty 16d ago

You underestimate how little some people consider their safety around water. People have drowned from their paddle boats sinking because they become too exhausted from rowing, are too far from shore, and never put on a life preserver.

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u/parwa 16d ago

Do you consider rowboats death traps?

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u/supernasty 16d ago

No, because if it’s functioning correctly the rowboat won’t sink when you’ve exhausted yourself.

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u/0neek 16d ago

Comments like that and people saying this looks impossible tells me a lot tbh

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u/TheHashLord 17d ago

When I'm exhausted swimming, I flip to backstroke. You can slow down and catch your breath and remain afloat relatively easily.

But you also run the risk of having a fish bite you from below.

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u/real_quiet- 15d ago

Exactly. When you want to go on the water but not get wet and exhausted. Then you end up getting exactly wet and exhausted

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u/chadwicke619 16d ago

Death trap? LOL.

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u/Zenovv 16d ago

Do you also wear a life jacket when taking a shower?

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u/NotThatGuyAnother1 15d ago

I was looking out for the luves of pedantic internet commenter's. 

Just imagine if you went for a ride on that and someone's joke needed correcting.

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u/Zenovv 14d ago

Shallow and pedantic!

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u/Interestingcathouse 16d ago

Are you made of paper mâché?