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/AutoRedialer 2d ago

Utterly shocking that people here never paused to think about whether this was true. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/S0gfkx5UEb

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u/KarlosMacronius 2d ago

That's the problem with society today. It's depressing, like we're headed into a new dark age.

Having said that, this group us just here for the number crunching, true or not doesn't matter to these guys so long as it's a fun or interesting problem.

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u/AutoRedialer 2d ago

That’s why I didn’t single out OP. Seemed like they were genuinely concerned primarily with the physics lol. But man do i roll my eyes at how Cold War propaganda has such a long half-life