r/theydidthemath • u/Fizzerolli • 3d ago

[request] Assuming fresh powdery snow, how deep would it have to be for the paratrooper to survive, if possible?

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My son sent me this. My immediate thought based on nothing is that it’s unsurvivable regardless of the depth.

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u/CrazyCatLady108 3d ago

considering there is no proof this ever happened, they probably didn't.

quick search brought up bunch of sites with no references and a mention of a 'myth' of a heroic squad jumping out of planes to stop a nazi tank column heading to moscow that started from a fiction book.

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u/eyesotope86 3d ago

Gotta weigh that against the knowledge that the Soviets were (are) pretty resistant to acknowledging stupid things they did...

The CIA finally had to admit they were aiming for mind control, and that took nearly 50 years to admit, so one can only imagine the Russians are tight-lipped about really, really, really stupid ideas they messed with.

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u/Spooder_guy_web 3d ago

Dawg the soviet archives are literally open, you can’t just say “the soviets were idiots and I think they’d do this, those dumb Russians”

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

And if anyone has proven how trustworthy they can be, it's the Russians.

What do you do at the Kremlin, by the way?

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u/SteelWheel_8609 2d ago

What do you do at the CIA? Both can play that game. It’s childish. 

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

Except I used the CIA doing something stupid and keeping it hidden as an example of 'don't assume it didn't happen just because it's stupid'

So...

What's weird is the implication that I somehow called Russia more stupid, and the odd moral outrage at that.

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u/Bobzegreatest 2d ago

You're missing the point saying someone is working for russia because they disagree with you is childish

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

Oh no! Not on this most dire, most serious subreddit!

How will I ever achieve my goals, now?

This sub is becoming a shitty parody of itself.

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u/arbiter12 2d ago

The only parody here, is you.... You could have taken the L about 6 messages ago and been done.

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

and been done

God knows r/theydidthemath is leaving scars on my psyche.

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u/Spooder_guy_web 2d ago

You’re so racist Jesus, replace Russian with my other minority but cause it’s Russian it’s all good

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

'Russian' is a nationality, not a race, nitwit.

And their government has not been remotely trustworthy, which is clearly what was being discussed.

Do you have brain damage?

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u/Spooder_guy_web 2d ago

Just admit you’re racist Jesus, this liberal dancing around it is bullshit. I bet if I went through everything you’ve probably called them “orcs” too

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u/eyesotope86 2d ago

Racist against the KGB?