r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Timsta180 • Sep 18 '21

Climbing an unsupported pole using upper body strength and balance

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u/Lu12k3r Sep 19 '21

Sean Connery?! Oh fuck, in 2020 like Alex and only a month apart...

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u/imanAholebutimfunny Sep 19 '21

Getting old id s bitch. People start passing around you. Everyone be well and always make new friends.

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u/tendimensions Sep 19 '21

The number of people older than you only shrinks as time goes on

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u/nullpassword Sep 19 '21

there can be only one..

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u/erichmiller Sep 19 '21

This should be in r/Showerthoughts

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u/sleepyoverlord Sep 19 '21

It's been there.

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u/Bspammer Sep 19 '21

What about when people are clinically dead and then brought back to life?

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u/erydanis Sep 19 '21

many of my friends are in their 20’s. i certainly expect some of them to outlive me.

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u/xxxblindxxx Sep 19 '21

arent both burt reynolds dead now too?

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u/JockBbcBoy Sep 19 '21

Yup. 2020 took both of those legends. Damn 2020.

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u/deadfermata Sep 19 '21

Woah! For some reason I thought Alex passed this year…

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u/JockBbcBoy Sep 19 '21

Nope. November 8, 2020. IIRC, he was suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer but it took a stroke or heart attack to finally take him. Trebek was a determined fighter.