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NotBanjaxo

Formerly someone other than Banjaxo
Nov 16, 2019
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Run! RUN!

Don't just stand there next to the rope under immense tension!



Honestly, the capstan failing and being thrown into the water was the best possible outcome there. If the rope had snapped and whipped back across the dock, there could have been deaths and / or maimings amongst that crowd.
 

kvr28

I am the Greengo
Nov 22, 2015
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Run! RUN!

Don't just stand there next to the rope under immense tension!



Honestly, the capstan failing and being thrown into the water was the best possible outcome there. If the rope had snapped and whipped back across the dock, there could have been deaths and / or maimings amongst that crowd.
You would think those idiots would know that
 

CuddleBug

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Nov 18, 2023
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As for this one, I have no words.

Dumb? Yes. Can I judge him for it, no I've done similar, and not even because of laziness or stupidity, but more because it's one of those oddly satisfying ways to do it. I luckily still have both arms and never had a hand tool embedded into my forehead.