• Tavarin
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    1 year ago

    Although they are not super common, one should always be aware that going downhill at high speed is still risky. My mom’s friend lost their teenage daughter when she hit a tree around a turn and died.

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      1 year ago

      At high speed? What do you consider high speed???

      If you’re high speed skiing you’re being unsafe and if you get hurt it’s because you’re doing something dumb. Slow the fuck down and there is no reason to be hitting trees at high speed.

      Just because you have the option to bomb down the hill as fast as you can doesn’t mean you should. People that do that are being reckless and dumb.

      If you can’t slow down then you need to learn the basics and stick to hills that are manageable. There’s no excuse for that shit.

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        1 year ago

        Way to gloss over someone’s death you unempathetic prig.

        And new skiers may not know how to control their speed, and thus accidents happen.

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          They didn’t comment on the death or have anything to do with it? I didn’t respond because I was scared of exactly this type of reaction.

          I do agree they’re being rude, and quite dumb on purpose in later replies but still.

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            They didn’t comment on the death

            Exactly, as I said they glossed over the fact I personally know someone who has died skiing, and go on to argue skiing is perfectly safe, despite evidence to the contrary.

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              There is some truth to what they said, skiing can be perfectly save if you pretty much do exactly what they said. They’re definitely ignoring other factors and reasons why you’d want to go fast.

              I’m not sure why someone shouldn’t “gloss over” the other part, it doesn’t contribute to the discussion here.

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                Even if you don’t go fast, you’ll never be perfectly safe because of the reckless or inexperienced people who do go fast that can hit you.

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                1 year ago

                How does knowing someone who died from skiing not contribute to the discussion of ski safety? It has everything to do with it, and no, you should not gloss it over unless you’re a heartless cunt.

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          1 year ago

          Should I be mourning instead? Do you want condolences?

          That’s like claiming that walking is super dangerous because one time some guy you knew walked off a cliff.

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            You could try not being an asshole.

            People do get injured and die skiing. It is not as safe as you claim it is. And you’re being a complete asshole about it.

            And slaloming down the side of a mountain on some planks of wood is far more dangerous than walking, and you fucking know that.

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              That’s like claiming that mowing your lawn is super dangerous because one time your dumb ass friend got wasted and drove his mower into the pool.

              if you’re a beginner you belong on a beginner hill. Skiing is pretty damn safe as long as you use proper judgement.

              If you smack into a tree and die because you can’t control yourself then that is a judgement issue. No different then falling on your ass because you decided to take a walk on an icy hill.

              Walking is safe. Walking on an icy hill isn’t. See the difference?

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                Wow, so still a complete asshole.

                Hundreds of people die skiing worldwide each year. Skiing is vastly more dangerous than ice hockey, a sport where people with blades on their feet fight each other.

                And that’s not mentioning the hundreds of thousands of injuries.

                Skiing is not nearly as safe as you claim it is, so stop being such an asshole about it.

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                  I am all for saying XYZ is dangerous but at least give a compelling example. Someone using zero judgement isn’t a good example.

                  Otherwise next you’ll claim that using a wheel chair is dangerous because one time your friend died because they tried to jump the Grand Canyon.

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                    600 deaths and 600,000 injuries a year as a result of a sport a small minority of people take part in. Skiing is not as safe as you claim.

                    And you’re still a colossal asshole.