Friday, July 21, 2023

Only the illusion of the indestructibility of youth would cause this behavior.

 


21 comments:

  1. It’s not an illusion… I survived…

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    1. And all reading this did as well…

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    2. stupid but well done! oh to be young again. i'm surprised i lived through it.

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    3. Me too! Now, I fall over walking on a perfectly flat surface. But then, all my parts worked quite well. Well enough in fact, to provide the confidence to terrify the elders...

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  2. Heh. Immortality. Use it or lose it.

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  3. That, and stupidity the size of Africa.

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  4. Don't worry about him as he won't be around long.
    Bubbarust

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  5. Probably had a safety net outside of the camera's field of view.

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  6. "Darwin . . . paging Charles Darwin . . . ."

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  7. He needs to grow a pair and land in the same spot he started from. Pussy.

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  8. Most likely the photo makes it look dangerous, but he is only feet off the ground. much like this:
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-cliff-hanger-isnt-quite-seems/
    I know it's Snopes, but occasionally they get things right.

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  9. Do you know that decades later I still feel the physical effects of such vivacious activities. No, nothing contagious.

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  10. When I was 25 I did things a lot dumber and riskier and survived and I had a better life for the experience. This was my main objection to the covid lockdowns. A risk free life isn’t worth living.

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    1. He is willing to risk it for the feeling of having done it and having it on video. He gambled and won.

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  11. Nice backflip. YOLO

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  12. For a lower impact example of stupidity, check out #6 here:

    https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2023/07/friday-nights-gifs_02007059338.html#more

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  13. Maybe two to three weeks ago, a Free Climber died in a 500-foot fall in a National Park near Boulder, CO. Friends were quoted as saying what a great person she was. WAS. Well, dearie, FAFO.

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