This is just an old-school rocker / bouncer, no? It looks like it’s meant to “float” the child like a one-sided sea-saw?
I guess if you pulled it all the way down and released, it could slightly yeet the child, but there are absolutely better contraptions if going for distance
19 Comments
N0body@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 2y
Terrible parenting. If you're going to go to the trouble of yeeting your baby at least do it properly with a baby trebuchet.
infinull@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
Seriously, you could yeet it at least 300m that way, maybe more since they're less than 90kg.
Cap@kbin.social · 24 pts · 2y
Missing rung on lower end causes baby to slip out prior to launch half the time. Launch distance is subpar compared to other yeet machines.
I know it was made for Victorian babies but mine is Edwardian. One out of five stars, would not recommend.
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Well, the stars are saying this is the right way. And they can't be wrong.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
On the other side of the room
kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Bratapult
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
This is just an old-school rocker / bouncer, no? It looks like it’s meant to “float” the child like a one-sided sea-saw?
I guess if you pulled it all the way down and released, it could slightly yeet the child, but there are absolutely better contraptions if going for distance
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
Yeah it is, it's just funny with the caption
Moof_Kenubi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Throws out all of the baby, and none of the bathwater. Saves hundreds on water bills!
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Woudn't having a spring under it be more efficient than a weird bent strap? I can't imagine it would launch the baby too far.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 2y
Weird bent strap is called a "leaf spring."
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Ah, thanks for the knowledge! Is it stronger than a twisty spring?
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
Eh they make em of all varying sizes and strengths, just kind of a "use the right one for the job" situation I think.
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Ah yes, you can choose to throw the baby into dad's arms or out of the window.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Well I meant more like "eject a spent shell casing" or "suspension in your whole ass car," but yeah lol.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
They didn't have such advanced spring technology back then.
It's still inferior to the medieval baby trebuchet.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Yeah but the baby trebuchet is how we got all this stork nonsense, we can’t go back to random babies dropping from the clouds.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
random babies dropping from clouds is no way to form a government!
HerrKai@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Brand new sentence!