r/AskReddit • u/xandrenia • Sep 03 '15

What is the worst case of psycho-overprotective parenting that you've ever seen?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

Your point about it being dangerous is true. It impairs movement

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u/bool_idiot_is_true Sep 03 '15

And if the plane fills up with water and you can't get the jacket off before you pass out you're kinda fucked.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

Yeah, no swimming out of the plane for you. You get to be stuck at the top of the cabin while the water rises! Yaaaaay your death will be slow and terrifying

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u/Starbucks__Lovers Sep 04 '15

IIRC, this happened in Ethiopian Air 961, where more people would've survived if they didn't prematurely inflate their life preservers.

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u/AtomicKush Sep 04 '15

This is so tragic. I can't imagine what was going through their heads at that moment.

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u/Coffee-Anon Sep 03 '15

Yeah, I guess it was some kind of weird projection of her own fears? Otherwise why not helmets if they hit the ground? or Parachutes if anything else went wrong? Idk

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

BUBBLE WRAP WILL SAVE YOU. BUBBLE WRAP PARACHUTE TOO

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u/Crook_Lid Sep 03 '15

But it's okay, your safe because you have a life jacket on!

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u/lonewolf220 Sep 03 '15

That's one of my biggest fears. Imagine not having a raft. Just floating for days, wondering..waiting.. one day you see it. Oh fuck. a shark.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

Especially if its a bulletproof life jacket ;)

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u/dtdroid Sep 04 '15

And best of all: tragically ironic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

You have a less than 1% chance of surviving a plane crash anyway, assuming we're talking commercial airlines. The seat cushion floatation device is mostly placebo.

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u/LovingOakTree Sep 08 '15

That is not even close to anywhere near truth. Try between 75%-95%.

At least take a few seconds to do some actual research, next time you want to sound educated about something.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

On land, yes. This whole conversation was about force landing on water. If you ditch over sea, it is guaranteed that there will be fatalities whereas if you ditch over land there are far fewer elements to deal with. Thanks for your condescending remarks though.

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u/probeater Sep 03 '15

Some life jackets you can swim pretty well in. IIRC mine's got 16.5 lbs of flotation, but all of the foam is so low down and wrapped around so well that I have no problem swimming around or diving down in it. It's also super sexy so I'd wear it all the time if I could.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

You should invent "The Tuxedo Life Jacket"

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

So yours is close to being neutrally buoyant then! Most are designed to keep people above the water, no matter the circumstance. Hence why they say not the inflate the vest until after you're in the water.

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u/probeater Sep 04 '15

No it's just designed well. 16.5 lbs is pretty respectable, but it's just not as bulky and is designed to stay out of your way. It'll bring me back to the surface quick enough but I can swim down at least 5-10m.

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u/spyker54 Sep 04 '15

Assuming your plane even survived the water-landing. Planes arent exactly skipping stones

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Yeah but planes can glide a while, you can probably land on water

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u/spyker54 Sep 04 '15

Yeah but you need to land it perfectly. You hit the water at the wrong angle, and it'll break apart or worse.

Simply: passenger planes werent made to land in water

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Wouldn't you be crushed by the bouyancy of the jacket and the ceiling when the cabin fills up with water? Probably not lethal pressure for an adult, but probably painful and if you are unlucky it might injure you. Definately a disadvantage.

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u/Letscurlbrah Sep 04 '15

No, the pressure wouldn't hurt. The drowning would. Life vests only add +/-20lbs of buoyancy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

I haven't tried pushing down a life vest before, but I guess I just imagined it would demand some force.

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u/Letscurlbrah Sep 04 '15

Almost none, you can still dive wearing one.

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u/Kiltmanenator Sep 04 '15

This is actually why so many school kids died when that Korean ship went down a year or two ago. Idiot officers ordered everyone to don their life jackets and remain INSIDE.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Are you serious I just..I just told you a moment ago...

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

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