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Skydive terminology. Its not a chute, dammit, it’s a canopy or a wing.
esoteric and pedantic is the sweetest plum
https://xkcd.com/2501/
even if I've seen so many videos about paramotors, I still sometimes call them chutes out of habit, or out of necessity since noone else is going to understand
It's all okay, buddy, I got you. Just remember to pull. Or is it throw? >.>
<.<
Bill's gonna come and find me now.
It's Parachute not paraCanopy or paraWing, hell I'll even take paraplegic is what can happen if ya don't use your chute!
I'll see myself out now...