Like most things in life, attempting to jump from a rope swing into a lake will only result in coming up short and falling flat on your face. In other words — failure and pain. Thankfully, that doesn’t stop many of you from trying to pull off various tricks on swings. What follows are the glorious swing fails you produce.

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Like most things in life, attempting to jump from a rope swing into a lake will only result in coming up short and falling flat on your face. In other words — failure and pain. Thankfully, that doesn’t stop many of you from trying to pull off various tricks on swings. What follows are the glorious swing fails you produce.

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Probably should have made sure the swing set was anchored in the ground first, eh?

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Probably should have made sure the swing set was anchored in the ground first, eh?

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This guy must have decided mid-swing that broken ribs were much better than getting wet.

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This guy must have decided mid-swing that broken ribs were much better than getting wet.

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‘Round and ’round he goes, and where he stops, nobody know— Oh wait, he flew off and stopped on the ground over there.

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‘Round and ’round he goes, and where he stops, nobody know— Oh wait, he flew off and stopped on the ground over there.

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Swing for the faces.

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Swing for the faces.

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Not really sure what the ultimate goal here was, but if it was to disappear in a mud puddle, mission accomplished.

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Not really sure what the ultimate goal here was, but if it was to disappear in a mud puddle, mission accomplished.

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Rule #1 of rope swinging: Make sure rope can support your weight. (You’d be surprised at how many people skip Rule #1.)

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Rule #1 of rope swinging: Make sure rope can support your weight. (You’d be surprised at how many people skip Rule #1.)

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Note to all fat guys: Rope swings are not for you.

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Note to all fat guys: Rope swings are not for you.

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This poor little girl is going to be insecure about her weight for the rest of her life.

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This poor little girl is going to be insecure about her weight for the rest of her life.

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If this is real, it is completely insane.

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If this is real, it is completely insane.

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The bigger they are, the more hilarious their swing jump fail is.

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The bigger they are, the more hilarious their swing jump fail is.

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This guy would have been better off just jumping from the platform.

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This guy would have been better off just jumping from the platform.

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I am imagining the sound this poor kid is making after probably having the wind knocked out of him, and I am laughing pretty hard about it.

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I am imagining the sound this poor kid is making after probably having the wind knocked out of him, and I am laughing pretty hard about it.

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It’s good to be reminded that there are severe consequences to some swing fails. But please, don’t let this stop you from trying more sweet jumps.

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It’s good to be reminded that there are severe consequences to some swing fails. But please, don’t let this stop you from trying more sweet jumps.

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That’s the kind of swing fail that will land you in the 2016 Summer Olympics, son.

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That’s the kind of swing fail that will land you in the 2016 Summer Olympics, son.

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I can’t believe this guy wasn’t able to jump and join the wildly swinging person with ease.

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I can’t believe this guy wasn’t able to jump and join the wildly swinging person with ease.

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Now that’s what you call a speed bump.

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Now that’s what you call a speed bump.

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Where exactly was this woman trying to rope swing to? Could she not see the massive tree branches in her way?

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Where exactly was this woman trying to rope swing to? Could she not see the massive tree branches in her way?

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This guy probably wasn’t expecting to get caught in a trap fit for the 1960s Batman TV series.

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This guy probably wasn’t expecting to get caught in a trap fit for the 1960s Batman TV series.

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She was doing so well for the first three quarters of this rope swing. Unfortunately, the last quarter is the most important.

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She was doing so well for the first three quarters of this rope swing. Unfortunately, the last quarter is the most important.

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Ladies first. OH GOD! LADIES NEVER AGAIN!!

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Ladies first. OH GOD! LADIES NEVER AGAIN!!

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Still a pretty smooth entrance into the water.

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Still a pretty smooth entrance into the water.

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There’s no better way to end a gallery of swing fail GIFS than with an epic swinging kick to the nuts.

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There’s no better way to end a gallery of swing fail GIFS than with an epic swinging kick to the nuts.

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