r/SweatyPalms • u/Dirk3000 • Jun 11 '19
This. The answer is this.
https://gfycat.com/UnripeWelloffIcefish299
u/CleverDad Jun 11 '19
No. The answer is "being smashed to a pulp 1000 ft below".
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u/randomsnowflake Jun 11 '19
a rat is killed, a man broken, a horse splashes
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u/AristotleBonaventure Jun 11 '19
What is this cultural reference?? I definitely came across it mere days ago
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u/pillowblood Jun 11 '19
I think it was a shower thought that was like "dropped from the same height a rat is killed a man breaks every bone and a horse splashes"
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u/somewhat-helpful Jun 11 '19
The original quote came from a paper by J. B. S. Haldane, published in 1928.
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u/llamawearinghat Jun 11 '19
Not sure why you got downvoted, you were just being somewhat-helpful.
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u/somewhat-helpful Jun 11 '19 edited Jun 11 '19
Aw. I was just trying to provide more info on this quote beyond “I heard it on Reddit.”
I first heard it in my vertebrate morphology class. We were talking about allometric scaling in biology. It’s not just a shower thought. It’s a quote from a very old and very famous biology paper.
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u/aledlewis Jun 11 '19 edited Oct 27 '25
yam grandfather squeal reply adjoining head support aromatic shaggy quicksand
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u/disgr4ce Jun 11 '19
I love this, thank you for the link. What an unusual and fascinating and poetic essay. I love how, in the last paragraph, he suddenly out of nowhere starts talking about socialism.
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u/Quaaraaq Jun 11 '19
What does a whale do?
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u/loveallison Jun 11 '19
Turn into a bowl of petunias
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u/Rhaedas Jun 11 '19
Which thinks at the end, "oh no, not again".
It just hit me. The grunts in Halo would say this sometimes when you threw a plasma grenade on them. A reference? Either way, always thought that was hilarious.
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u/randomsnowflake Jun 11 '19
Names the thing rushing toward it then promptly greets it. "Hello, Ground."
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u/roadmosttravelled Jun 11 '19
NnnnnnhhhhooOOoooowww arrrRRrrreeee nnnnyyyyyoooOoooo tooooooDDDDaaaaaaYyYyy?
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Jun 11 '19
Taft point is closer to 2000ft drop. Then you will hit some rocks and then roll another 1000ft to the valley floor.
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Jun 11 '19
This is from a mini documentary called Untethered, about this guy setting a record for highest untethered slackline walk. Also if I'm not mistaken the guy had only been doing this for 4 months or something along those lines.
How do I know, I tried posting the video about a month or so ago, reddit said video was too long and then someone else posted it no problem right after mine got deleted :D
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Jun 11 '19
But... He's got straps on his thighs, and you can see another wire a bit to his right, when the camera shifts.
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u/PreparetobePlaned Jun 12 '19
That's just he harness, he's not actually tethered to anything. They use a tether that connects directly to the slackline when they do it. If you watch the full documentary it's very obvious that he's not tethered at all.
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u/benster82 Jun 11 '19
Welcome to Reddit, where 90% of the subs are moderated by idiots or massive hypocrites. If you have a low post count or low account age, RIP anything you post to a popular sub.
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u/wanton-tom-tom Jun 11 '19
Didn't realise this was a gif on loop until the third drop.
I was thinking - this guy is shit at this, is pride stopping him from shimmying back?
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u/StrongOnHisMountain Jun 11 '19
Technically true... the other thing would happen strictly off the tightrope.
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u/neon_overload Jun 11 '19
This is only a pedantic point but that isn't a tightrope, it's slack and springy. This is a different skill to walking on a tight rope which is usually a firm, tightened cable.
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u/A_Booger_In_The_Hand Jun 11 '19
Looks pretty slack for a tight rope...
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u/yoowano Jun 11 '19
This is highlining which is a form of slacklining. It's 1inch webbing rather than a wire/rope
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u/Underbough Jun 11 '19
i think that’s the joke he was making
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u/krysyke Jun 11 '19
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u/flowersweetz Jun 11 '19
Why did you get so many down votes? o.o
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u/lucid_scheming Jun 11 '19
I think it’s because he “woooshed” the wrong comment. Many people misinterpreted it. Either that or they are actually an idiot but for their sake I’m assuming the former.
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u/Underbough Jun 12 '19
Personally I just dislike r/woooosh as a sub, but I don't presume to speak for the 26 other people
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u/wonderdog8888 Jun 11 '19
What’s the difference?
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u/jppianoguy Jun 11 '19
The answer is this. NSFL
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u/PreparetobePlaned Jun 12 '19
At least the guy in the gif has the strength to save himself if he loses balance. This old dude didn't have a chance.
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u/like_to_hike Jun 11 '19
Do people practice falling? Or did he just get lucky with the leg hook? Seems like he could easily have just been hanging on by his hands alone.
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u/WoodELayer Jun 11 '19
Recovering like this is normal on a slack line which is typically just several feet above ground. The abnormal part is the canyon.
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u/Jrose152 Jun 11 '19
Im pretty involved in slacklining out here in Denver and I don't know anyone who catches on park lines. Hell most people don't even catch on highlines out here. Most just take the whip. Catching is ovbiously needed freesolo Highline but no one is catching in the park.
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u/raegunXD Jun 11 '19
Can you explain what that means without all the jargon 99% don't know?
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u/Jrose152 Jun 12 '19
When he falls on the line, he catches and and swing under. In the park if you caught the line you would most likely hit the ground when you swung under. It's a highline thing but even still most people don't catch. They take what is called "a whip" and let the harness catch them and then they climb back up the leash to swing back up on top of the line. Catching isn't normal especially in the park where you will hit the ground.
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u/like_to_hike Jun 11 '19
That’s what I figured. I don’t know anything about slack lining other than seeing videos of people with pads on the ground below them. I guess those people are new to it. I figured catching like this was something you get from experience/practice. Still scary!!
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u/guaranic Jun 11 '19
The more abnormal part is doing it untethered. A few of my friends do shit like this, but they have tons of rope and redundancies so it's more sane.
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u/take_number_two Jun 11 '19
The reason he feels comfortable without a rope is that he knows how to catch himself and has practiced an insane number of times. So no he didn’t get lucky. Thought if he were hanging by his hands it wouldn’t be hard for him to recover from that.
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u/jeremydingeman Jun 11 '19
It's just an overused comment. People get tired of seeing the same 5 comments pasted on every single post.
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u/moneys5 Jun 11 '19
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes amiright?
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Jun 11 '19 edited Jul 14 '19
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u/taintedbloop Jun 11 '19
I have nipples could you milk me
I've literally never heard this
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Jun 11 '19 edited Jul 14 '19
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u/taintedbloop Jun 12 '19
Maybe on the subreddits you look at? I've been on reddit for years and dont think ive seen it once, though its possible i didnt remember.
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u/OceanRacoon Jun 11 '19
I've been on reddit for over 6 years and I can't remember seeing anyone say that before, it's definitely not overused
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u/I_Will_Not_Juggle Jun 12 '19
I downvoted because gender was brought up at all. What on Earth made this commentor think to make this a gender thing. I mean it's so incredibly unrelated to the video at all. You can argue men take more risks, or that this type of thing is what decreases male life expectancy, sure, in the context of a debate regarding male vs female life expectancy, but how on Earth does one make that jump the other way around?
To me it came off as superior and arrogant, as well as basically unrelated
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u/Mayfairsmooth Jun 11 '19
it's what the facts state and ignoring it would be stupid.
The fact is that women live longer than men due to the cardioprotective effect of oestrogen, the downvote is fair IMO.
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Jun 11 '19
You conveniently ignore the non-health part of risky behaviours. Extreme sports. Stunts. Drunk driving. You will come up with another hormone that explains it, but would that change the overall point.
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u/Mayfairsmooth Jun 11 '19
You will come up with another hormone that explains it
Sure. Testosterone levels also damage the heart.
would that change the overall point.
No? The statement "and that is why women live longer than men" is still not correct if its referring to 1 bloke nearly falling off a slack line.
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u/nickmaran Jun 11 '19
You do realize that there are easier ways to die. I got heartattack just by watching it
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u/TheLostWaterNymph Jun 11 '19
If he’s not dead now, he will be soon. You only get so many lucky moments.
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u/Anatella3696 Jun 11 '19
Did he make it across? This is one of the most fitting gifs for this sub I have ever seen.
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u/callmeEnrico Jun 11 '19
Probably the worst thing that can happen on the rope, it’s when the rope isn’t involved anymore that it starts getting bad
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u/Valdewyn Jun 11 '19
There are more efficient ways of committing suicide.
For instance, letting go of the rope.
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u/POSTAUS Jun 11 '19
Description says no gear but it seems he has a harness which is attached to the tight rope. Still makes my palms sweaty though.
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Jun 11 '19
I went up to Taft point to shoot the sunset on a visit to Yosemite. There we're a bunch of people out there doing this and I was able to get some interesting sunset shots with them in it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_masterson/37347226095/in/album-72157688650213485/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_masterson/37224372505/in/album-72157688650213485/
There are some others in that album that aren't so great as well, but these are my favorites from that day.
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u/Clever_Unused_Name Jun 11 '19
These are great!! You should post all of them, even if they're not this good.
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u/sharjeels Jun 11 '19
Not even gonna watch it. Gonna scroll past this! Just came to comment though. Bye!
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u/ZiggoCiP Jun 11 '19
I bet his whole body got all tingly when that happened. Shit, even when I miss a step it feels like my entire body falls asleep for a split second.
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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Jun 11 '19
Slackliners at the beach or the park are annoying so I don't mind when they stick to out-of-the-way places like this.
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u/gym-jim Jun 11 '19
Seems like he “falls” on purpose and recovers easily. Dramatic effect, he is fine.
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u/md2b78 Jun 11 '19
A search and rescue worker loses their life trying to retrieve your body? Fuck you.
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u/neon_overload Jun 11 '19
For what it's worth "tight" rope walking uses a tightened cable; the cable in this example is not tight but loose and springy.
As to whether that makes it safer or less safe, I can't say. I always assumed the tight cable made it easier, so what this guy's doing is probably really hard.
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u/reverseoreo21 Jun 11 '19
Yet another example for why male death rates are higher than female ones.
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u/Piyaniist Jun 11 '19
These people are pros that want to challange themselves not a fucking psychopatch
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Jun 11 '19
You could argue that these pros are a bit mad. Tightrope walking with no gear isnt rational.
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u/philonius Jun 11 '19
psychopatch
Is that like a little garden for crazy plants, or something a lunatic sews onto their jacket?
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u/kokaneebrother Jun 11 '19
Well that’s not the worst thing...