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minus-squaretatann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI’m not ashamed to admit I thought about it and even thought it would work, as a kid I even dreamt about it regularly (I was obsessed with flying)
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWhat’s messing me up is that I can’t figure out what actually would happen. I know the answer isn’t flight, but I’m not sure what to imagine instead. Would they flip each other over? Or would it just kinda mangle the pegs?
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSame thing that would happen if you tried to lift your friend while they tried to lift you. Or, to remove the layer of indirection: grab your own feet and lift up. Same thing as that.
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSo basically nothing besides some probable self-inflicted mechanical damage?
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIf anything happened it would just be mechanical damage, yeah. But like the other guy said, I think they would probably just sit there and groan as they tried to compress each other’s frames.
I’m not ashamed to admit I thought about it and even thought it would work, as a kid
I even dreamt about it regularly (I was obsessed with flying)
What’s messing me up is that I can’t figure out what actually would happen. I know the answer isn’t flight, but I’m not sure what to imagine instead. Would they flip each other over? Or would it just kinda mangle the pegs?
Same thing that would happen if you tried to lift your friend while they tried to lift you.
Or, to remove the layer of indirection: grab your own feet and lift up. Same thing as that.
So basically nothing besides some probable self-inflicted mechanical damage?
If anything happened it would just be mechanical damage, yeah.
But like the other guy said, I think they would probably just sit there and groan as they tried to compress each other’s frames.