Gentleman jumps from balcony with parachute he bought online as wife and kid cry

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  1. If there was confusion why men statistically live shorter lives - here is exhibit A.

  2. It’s one thing to drunk buy something on Amazon, but it’s another thing to drunk use it.

  3. So glad it wasn’t a bunch of silverware that came out.

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It’s something entirely different making all of these decisions completely sober.

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If he’s so very obviously experienced, why is his wife so very obviously upset?

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Original vid says in spanish, basically the same thing the title says in English. Per Google Translate:

He bought a parachute in the Free Market and jumped out of the building.

If you have another link which explains he is a professional, or perhaps the provenance of the parachute, by all means share.

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He obivously knows what he is doing so is trying to turn a basejump into a viral video.

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My Portuguese is a bit rusty, but I believe the guy coaching him was saying something akin to, “OK, now stretch it out!..That’s good… No, not in the swamp, straight to the parking lot!.. Not in the SWAMP!.. OK, you’re gonna land in the swamp… The snake-infested swamp… It was good knowing you, jackass!”

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Welcome to BoingBoing!

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One word: LALO

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A slip of paper: Inspected by #5.

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Darwin takes a swing and misses.

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What’s the force of gravity on their planet?

22 m/s^2

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I do so hate vertical videos.

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Jokes on you, windows don’t open and they’re not as easy to break as the movies let you think. Then again if you’re closer to the roof than the ground you might be able to go up to get down…

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Note to wife: Call lawyer. Call taxi. Get the hell outta Crazytown.

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You make a lot of assumptions

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Yo dawg

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An idiot and a heartless asshole.

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In what way? Are you claiming the headline writer surely knows that this guy is (as you claim he is) an expert?

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…as if we wouldn’t be having this conversation had he just bought the thing at his local Walmart.

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It’s actually much more mundane than base-jumping and thrill seeking. Men die earlier because they are less likely to seek medical treatment for existing health conditions and mental health, and more likely to commit suicide.

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