I can't see the video, but I can see that this is a one-on-one trust fall, which I'd never do, given my experience. I've done a group trust fall, and it doesn't work if you're a really big kid and the other kids are all weaklings.

In middle school, we had an outdoor education retreat, and falling backwards off a big rock into the arms of ten or so classmates was something we had to do. Both of the big boys fell right through the arms of the weak little runts who couldn't hold up their end of the bargain.

Goddamn teachers were all, "You can do it, try it again" while I rubbed the lump on the back of my head, as if it was something I should be better able to do (trust them) and not the puny fuckers' failing (not catching me). They even had the nerve to write me up when we got back to civilization and send me to the principal's office for swearing at them, as though there was something wrong with me for being mad and refusing to trust people who had moments before painfully demonstrated they weren't worth trusting.

In my college orientation, there was a trust-fall event that I begged out of, this one was merely off the side of a picnic table. I responded to the uppercassman's cajoling by asking, "Have you ever been dropped in one of these because the group wasn't strong enough to handle your weight? It's one of the few drawbacks to being the big fellow, and it's an excellent demonstration of the limits we should each put on blind trust."

Here's the link with the video.

hahahaha okay now that's funny

I don't retract my bitterness about the unjust institution of trust-falling, though, that shit scars you for life.

Trust fall? Lucy Charley Football, nuff said.

This is funny. Still, I see trust falls as one of those dumb ass things people do because some expert convinces them it will somehow make them a better person.

This gave me a good laugh on a day that I really needed one. Thanks

"as if it was something I should be better able to do (trust them) and not the puny fuckers' failing (not catching me)."

Classic case of blaming the victim because you're embarrassed by how your own stupid idea turned out.

Yeah, I blew my top after one teacher said "You must have gone rigid when you fell, that's why the other kids couldn't catch you." In reality, I must have gone six feet and 170 pounds when I fell.

I can't believe how much pissing and moaning I can still muster over this. It's the gift that keeps on giving!

Is there a word for laughing really hard then feeling bad about yourself and hoping she is ok and can learn to trust again?

Schadenfreudehoffesievertrauen?