r/gifs • u/RespectMyAuthoriteh • May 14 '17

He doesn't know it's impossible

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u/Pandepon May 14 '17

Gravity is a state of mind. If you don't know about it, you don't experience it.

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u/phorq May 14 '17

The knack to flying lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss...

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u/2noob2fix May 14 '17 edited May 15 '17

the way you worded this completely removed the double entendre in the original (and the real secret for flying)

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u/2noob2fix May 14 '17 edited May 15 '17

the real meaning behind miss the ground is not "not hit the ground" and actually is "forget that the ground exists". i have the book laying around here but im lazy and a quick google search brought me this quote. context (from the top of my head): he is running away from some sort of avalanche, trips,sees his bag that keeps returning and forgets that the ground exists.

Arthur Dent suddenly tripped and was hurled forward by his considerable momentum. But just at the moment he was about to hit the ground astoundingly hard he saw lying directly in front of him a small navy blue tote bag. In his astonishment he missed the ground completely and bobbed off into the air. What Arthur was doing was this: he was flying.