I've been trying out slime blocks in the nether in case I wanted to go deep and nullify fall damage without a water bucket (obviously because you can't place water in the nether), and I noticed that if you land on the edge of the slime block, the bounciness doesn't work and you take damage.
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how does that help

Dupe of MC-1133

I guess it's just an in-game thing then, darn
Duplicate of MC-1133.