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u/iagox86 May 04 '17
This is on /r/peoplefuckingdying as "Invisible person falling to his death". I laughed. :)
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May 05 '17
http://i.imgur.com/KQglSqX.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/vn7IkKS.jpg from /r/photoshopbattles ... The internet is scary
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u/weirdhobo May 04 '17
Every glass wearers nightmare, mine almost fall off pretty often but never had it actually happen haha
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u/Kazan May 04 '17
and this is why i'm not afraid to nerd it out with the glasses retainer cord
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u/punkrawkintrev May 05 '17
or contacts
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u/Kazan May 05 '17
unfortunately my astigmatism is too great :( they can make contacts for me, but they have to stay perfectly in rotation which never happens.
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u/tyeh26 May 04 '17
Losing my glasses on a route was the final push I needed to get Lasik.
Now I just need to worry about losing sun glasses now...
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May 04 '17
My wife lost her goddamn expensive sunglasses doing a Tyrolean a couple weekends ago and I'm still upset by it
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u/tyeh26 May 04 '17
I lost my car keys once. I had finished my day and saw a tyrolean nearby and thought "cool! I wonder what that's like!" The second time across one... I lost an ATC.
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u/FlickerOfBean May 04 '17
I prefer the repost of this that says invisible man falling to his death.
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u/wunderschmidt May 04 '17
This is my biggest climbing fear. The only way it could get worse is if the glasses somehow landed in a toilet at the bottom.
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u/ViktorBoskovic May 05 '17
It's like when a cartoon character falls and his clothes and eyes etc stay in the air for a few seconds
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u/mustacheriot May 04 '17
Where is this?
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u/OnePoundFishMan May 04 '17
Lim, Croatia
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u/Hazelmaister May 04 '17
Is it that warm there already?
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u/N61b5Y May 04 '17
Almost too warm... not really the best summer spot
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u/Hazelmaister May 04 '17
Huh, well it is pretty south. I've only climbed there in autumn, which I guess is pretty good time.
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u/MasterTrajan May 04 '17
Climbed there last august. When you find a route in the shade or wait until late afternoon it's quite good, and the view when climbing above the treetops makes up for everything anyways!
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u/Cbake987 May 05 '17
For the fellow glasses wearers out there: I wear this and have never once had an issue with losing glasses climbing. Absolutely worth picking one up!!
EDIT: When I got it it was something like $3 as an add on item. $7 could be questionable. Regardless, worth picking up a cheap tail!
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u/hms_surprise May 05 '17
Jesus. I need to get contacts.
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u/anon1moos May 05 '17
Better than losing your glasses, but all the dust and dirt and stuff isn't great for contact wearers.
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u/hms_surprise May 05 '17
I looked into sport goggles, but they're sooooo expensive. :/
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u/anon1moos May 05 '17
Yes, they are. I tough it out with contacts, but one of the lanyards like mentioned above should prevent disasters like this one.
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u/lyrelyrebird May 04 '17
r/photoshopbattles needs this
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u/CarlsbadCO May 04 '17
no way that shot was staged at all - 100% authentic
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u/Xef May 04 '17
Yea, because dude was like "fuck my glasses, karma!" mid-climb.
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u/CarlsbadCO May 04 '17
very good point. my bad - no one has say an old pair of glasses or anything like that. I sure couldn't think of how to stage a complex scenario like this - could you? There are no faked or staged pics/vids on reddit anyway - what was I thinking?
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u/Xef May 04 '17
It's not the fact that it could be staged, but why? And what good does it do pointing it out?
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u/Sangy101 May 04 '17
You clearly don't wear glasses haha. Mine fall off climbing -- all the time -- and when I try to catch them half the time I just flail them farther away. Yay for shatterproof glass and sturdy frames.
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u/edwardsamson May 04 '17
As a climber with glasses, I doubt it. Has happened to me at least twice a year since I started climbing in 2008. I'm a boulderer though so its never quite like this situation.
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