Self serving

By PartTimePrincess - 10/09/2013 14:56 - United States

Today, my sister, who knows I'm severely afraid of heights, got me tickets to skydive for my birthday. When I reminded her of my fear, she stated that she forgot and should just keep them for herself and her boyfriend. My mom agreed. FML
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freckleface221 19

For her birthday you should buy yourself tickets to Disneyland.

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rg350dx 29

Say you're going to conquer your fear of heights, take tickets, sell tickets, acquire birthday money.

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perdix 29

Poke holes in their parachutes AND their condoms!

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vipirius 18

No! I don't think people like them should breed, leave their condoms be.

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brackaman 18

I'm pretty sure once you've poked holes in the parachutes, the condom part becomes unnecessary.

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CallMeMcFeelii 13

I shall give you a soul for your birthday, 13. I got an extra one laying around here somewhere..

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worldclassrager 39

If she was trying to have you overcome your fear that's not the way to start...

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eternal_malaise 10

Exposing oneself to the stimulus that causes fear is one way to overcome a phobia. Assuming the plane doesn't crash, you don't hit the propeller when you jump out, the parachute harness doesn't slip off of you, the parachute deploys properly, you remember to deploy it before you hit the ground, and you don't land in a power line, you might actually overcome your fear of heights.

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tj4234 35

A first time parachute jump is done with someone else in tandem. So most of your points are extremely unlikely. And unless you're on a power line with a metal mast (in which case you would need the power off to get off the line), you are actually pretty safe to touch a power line as there is no current flowing between the lines that would pass through you. Hence why birds can sit on power lines. Eitherway, i say OP should just go for it.

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eternal_malaise 10

Apparently not everyone understands sarcasm.

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eternal_malaise 10

A person is much larger than a bird and is more likely to touch more than one wire. When in direct contact with a live wire if they contact most anything else, metal or not, at 15KV+ it is going to be unhealthy. If only the chute gets tangled in the wire then the chute cords will probably insulate unless they are wet. There still is the problem of how to get down, depending on the height. IOW, getting tangled in a power line is not a desirable skydiving outcome.

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bfsd42 20

#22, are you making shit up? Maybe learn about electricity before you spew out shit like that.

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shanannygians07 28

#16.. My first time skydiving was actually by myself. I just had to take an aff class...

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mario2012 18

Buy some tickets to something she hates for her birthday (ie a music group) and then tell her you forgot and keep them for yourself.

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The_9th_Doctor 18

do it anyway. shove it in her face

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cheleybelly 14

I liked your comment simply because you're the doctor :3

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mybright 8

I'd keep them, just out of pure SPITE! Even if you don't want to 'face the fear', give them to a friend, ANYONE for that matter, so long as SHE doesn't get to use them. Because hey, they're YOUR birthday present after all.....

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