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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I used to be unable to jump, but then I did Morris dancing. I learned how to jump normally at 27.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

What happened when you tried to jump? I can't picture this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I could spring from my ankles, but getting my knees involved made me mess up the timing and I got no lift.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I second the curiosity. What would it look like? Sudden crouching? Paralyzing indecision?

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm picturing those seizure goats

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Forgive the audio, recommend muting, but I expect it might have been similar to this video of a woman who does not know how to jump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EVWeek7Kk

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

What in the world. Thanks, this simultaneously explains so much and so little.