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		rudyfink on Aug 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco I think of that as a parachute-rigger solution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_rigger). Historically, people packing parachutes could be randomly selected to jump with the parachute they had packed.

sandworm101 on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

It remains true in the military. Refusal to jump on a chute you have packed will cause you to lose your rigger qualifications.

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