How does hitting water at a big height feel like landing on concrete?

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I failed all my science courses, I don’t understand much about science but why doesn’t the water just… move like when you jump in normally?

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Imagine a crowd of people standing shoulder to shoulder. If you walk up to them, you can wiggle your way through the crowd. If you run at full speed at them, you’ll crash into them and get hurt.

The crowd in this analogy represents the water. At high speeds, it doesn’t move aside quickly enough and feels like a severe impact.

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