And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, July 21, 2023
Only the illusion of the indestructibility of youth would cause this behavior.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Idiot.
ReplyDeleteIt’s not an illusion… I survived…
ReplyDeleteAnd all reading this did as well…
Deletestupid but well done! oh to be young again. i'm surprised i lived through it.
DeleteMe 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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ReplyDeleteHeh. Immortality. Use it or lose it.
ReplyDeleteThat, and stupidity the size of Africa.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about him as he won't be around long.
ReplyDeleteBubbarust
Tik Tok challenge?
ReplyDeleteProbably had a safety net outside of the camera's field of view.
ReplyDelete"Darwin . . . paging Charles Darwin . . . ."
ReplyDeleteHe needs to grow a pair and land in the same spot he started from. Pussy.
ReplyDeleteMost likely the photo makes it look dangerous, but he is only feet off the ground. much like this:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-cliff-hanger-isnt-quite-seems/
I know it's Snopes, but occasionally they get things right.
Do you know that decades later I still feel the physical effects of such vivacious activities. No, nothing contagious.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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.
ReplyDeleteHe is willing to risk it for the feeling of having done it and having it on video. He gambled and won.
DeleteHis poor mother!
ReplyDeleteNice backflip. YOLO
ReplyDeleteFor a lower impact example of stupidity, check out #6 here:
ReplyDeletehttps://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2023/07/friday-nights-gifs_02007059338.html#more
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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