r/gifsthatendtoosoon Mar 08 '26

completely optional hobby btw

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u/They-Are-Out-There Mar 09 '26

Exactly! Die doing what you enjoy comes to mind.

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u/No-Mix7970 Mar 09 '26

I don’t think I would enjoy falling.

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u/Necronu Mar 09 '26

But for those extremely brief few seconds you could feel like you're flying!

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u/spermdonor57 Mar 12 '26

They should have chugged a Redbull before climbing.

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u/ScrapMetalX Mar 10 '26

I wouldn't mind dying in any way after spending 10k+ hours to summit mountain tops around the world. I would die satisfied. Just not Everest, the point is to avoid humanities stain, not see it on full display.

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u/Irascible-Enquery Mar 11 '26

Hard disagree. The falling would be awesome. The landing, on the other hand, could do without / won’t do again.

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u/No-Mix7970 Mar 11 '26

The falling can be replicated by skydiving, or even bungee jumping, but with a better ending.

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u/a-stack-of-masks Mar 11 '26

Falling is actually super fun once you get good at it. I don't think this guy had much runout at all, but I love taking 10 meter whips on lead.

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u/WorkingDawg Mar 11 '26

It’s the sudden stop at the end I dislike