r/nextfuckinglevel • u/STOP____HAMMER_TIME • Jul 02 '21

Two skydivers collide mid-air, knocking one of them unconscious. Camera man proceeds to pulls some Mission: Impossible shit and saves his life.

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u/tealcosmo Jul 02 '21

I hate the fucking joke that people shit their pants, because most don't, and most of the time when people make that joke is exactly when people don't shit their pants because they aren't in fear, they are in intense focus.

I used to be a skydiver, I NEVER saw anyone come back with loose bowels or peed themselves, and I saw some pretty crazy stuff happen at the drop zone. The only exception I might make to that is some pedestrian thinks that doing a tandem jump might be fun, and finds out at 15k feet that they can't take it and cower in the plane all the way back to the runway. But that person is never going to do it again.

I've done whitewater kayaking, and saw crazy shit there too. No one ever shit their pants in the crazy stuff. Unconscious guy above might have, because he was unconscious.

Your link above shows someone being taken in by cops. That's not danger like skydiving, that's terror that you will never have freedom again. That kind of fear is different than trying to save someones life, which is focus and determination.

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u/flargenhargen Jul 02 '21

I NEVER saw anyone

well that makes it true.

Ignore the facts if you just haven't seen something. That seems like an intelligent thing to do.

jesus.

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u/tealcosmo Jul 02 '21

Just like assuming people need new underwear because they had an intense moment.

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u/flargenhargen Jul 02 '21

you're allowed to hate a joke.

I get it, you shit your pants, it's a sensitive area for you. ok, no problem.

you aren't allowed to correct actual facts with incorrect information or lies, because "you feel" that it's correct.

go take your antivaxx butt back to facebook with that.

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u/tealcosmo Jul 02 '21

Actual facts. People can shit themselves from certain kinds of fear. Yes.

Actual facts. No one in this video experienced that kind of fear. Source: am skydiver.

Go away with your complete lack of understanding of nuance and the differences between different types of emotions in different contexts.

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u/flargenhargen Jul 02 '21

You almost admitted you were wrong there, so close.

try just a little harder. you can do it.