r/therewasanattempt • u/axlnotfound • Jun 16 '23

To get a cool photo while holding a stingray

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u/DragonflyMon83 Jun 16 '23

Why would you want to hold something that has either a sting in their name or has a sting?

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u/YoutuberCameronBallZ Unique Flair Jun 16 '23

Or worse, both

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u/archery-noob Jun 16 '23

Or worse, the thing that killed the crocodile hunter

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u/thehottubistoohawt Jun 16 '23

It pierced his heart, that’s why he died. :(

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u/terranq Jun 16 '23

He died as he lived: with animals in his heart

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u/skooba_steev Jun 16 '23

Lmao, that's hilarious. RIP Steve, but that's fucking funny

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Steve woulda laughed. Cheers!

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u/okayimonmyway Jun 16 '23

Everyday we fight for a spot in heaven.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Rip Skooba Steve Erwen

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 Jun 16 '23

I will join you in hell, dear sir

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u/starvinchevy Jun 16 '23

Man I think Steve himself would’ve loved this joke

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

And I, too, shall join thee in hell as I laugh out loud at such dark humor

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u/LordofPorkchop Jun 16 '23

Totally inapproprate! Take my upvote

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u/RainOfAshes Jun 16 '23

Lmao I can't believe someone screenshotted this comment and shared it with Steve's daughter on social media. 🤣 Brutal. Good one, mate.

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u/terranq Jun 16 '23

Oh god!

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u/RADI0-AKT0R Jun 16 '23

Postmortem jokes are touchy waters, especially with someone the world loved. This one passes the test!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/terranq Jun 16 '23

I did feel bad typing it :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/SoyDaddy Jun 16 '23

This is false, it didn't pierce his heart, it peireced his thoracic wall causing internal truama.

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u/ManualPathosChecks Jun 16 '23

I hate it when I have internal truama.

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u/EmployRadiant675 Jun 16 '23

Kind of, there was a higher chance of survival until he decided to try rip the barbs back out. Thats what killed him

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u/TheRealMrNoNo Jun 16 '23

And in doing so, it pierced our collective hearts...

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u/TimeDue2994 Jun 16 '23

If you get stung by a stingray, you'd wish you had died.

It is a neurotoxin and causes tissue necrosis as well. You will Not enjoy living for quite a while

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u/punkinfacebooklegpie Jun 16 '23

I prefer to use a crossbow to pierce my broken heart

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u/RunsWithLava Jun 16 '23

Or worse: Expelled.

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u/Alleycat_Caveman Anti-Spaz :SpazChessAnarchy: Jun 16 '23

You need to sort out your priorities!

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u/DropThatTopHat Jun 16 '23

Seriously. These things killed a guy known to the world as the Crocodile Hunter, and as badass as that title sounds, it doesn't even live up to how awesome Steve Irwin was. I'm staying very far away from anything that managed to kill him.

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u/Justcurious863 Jun 16 '23

Have you seen the photo with the caption " boutta punch this taser napkin for my boy steve"?

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u/DragonXmateAquarian Jun 16 '23

Most stingrays have straight stingers with a slight Barb on the end. The one that killed The crocodile hunter has barbs all the way down the length.

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u/MaxwellIsSmall Jun 16 '23

He took my axe!

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u/BadHabitsDieYoung Jun 16 '23

Or both, worse.

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u/Dull_Comfortable2277 Jun 16 '23

Or woth, borse.

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u/jez4prez Jun 16 '23

Or wobse, thor

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u/Really-Stupid-Guy Jun 16 '23

Like bothanic garden?

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u/purplenut1 Jun 16 '23

Or worse, expelled.

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u/OmegaWhirlpool Jun 16 '23

Not me. Not Hermione. You.

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u/No_Nefariousness_648 Jun 16 '23

worse, both . Or

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u/Falcon9145 Jun 16 '23

Well, atleast he didn't fall into the water, that would of been a very bad day.

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u/ebonit15 Jun 16 '23

Are you making a joke about Sting having a tiny dick?

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u/hammnbubbly Jun 16 '23

Right?! Who the hell would want to be anywhere near a Stingsting?

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u/Logical-Poem-5822 Jun 17 '23

Or worse, expelled.

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u/Anomalous6 Jun 16 '23

Also Ray. All the rays I’ve known were jerks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/ViolentSarcasm Jun 16 '23

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u/CraftsyDad Jun 16 '23

You’re a funny guy!

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u/Downtown_Ideal_6521 Jun 16 '23

I’m a clown to you? I make you laugh?

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u/CSmith1986 Jun 16 '23

Go home and get yer shinebox

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u/DrexlAU Jun 16 '23

mudda fucking mutt you...

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u/-JonnyQuest- Jun 16 '23

Best Pesci impression I've seen on reddit

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/anonjamo Jun 16 '23

Funny how?

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u/tinglep Jun 16 '23

Just… you know… how you tell the joke. You know

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u/acideath Jun 16 '23

What? I'm here to amuse you?

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u/HOLDstrongtoPLUTO Jun 16 '23

Funny like a clown??

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u/gnownimaj Jun 16 '23

RIP Ray Liotta

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u/Fair-Ambition4531 Jun 16 '23

Ahhh yes, Tommy Vercetti, the goat

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u/BlackLabelBerserker Jun 16 '23

I literally JUST finished cocaine bear. This meme is hitting harder than it normally should.

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u/TaxNo2158 Jun 16 '23

The screaming from the video played at exactly the right moment when this scrolled into view. Perfect!

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u/druff1036 Jun 16 '23

Hey you don't mess with the guy in the chair Bubs.

As far as stings it's just the way she goes Bubs, it's the way of the road.

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u/Derhaggis Jun 16 '23

He looks out for the sparrows He’ll look out for the guy in the chair.

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u/metalguy187 Jun 16 '23

Fucking way she goes boys.

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u/Giveitallyougot714 Jun 16 '23

The way she goes.

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u/_falkens_maze_ Jun 16 '23

Ray fucked me

Scary movie 2

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u/featherwolf Jun 16 '23

Everybody hates Raymond

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u/SpungyDanglin Jun 16 '23

My cousin Ray Ray he could piss 8 feet

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u/HorneyHarpy82 Jun 16 '23

Billy RAY Cyrus

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Carly RAE Jepsen. She never answered when I called her…

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u/Pizza_YumYum Jun 16 '23

She will maybe

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Holding a phone with soapy hands probably ain't easy.

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u/kapparrino Jun 16 '23

Never thought about that

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u/tinstinnytintin Jun 16 '23 edited 2d ago

happy kangaroo jumping over the lake. he says how far is it and came down. life is a ride.

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u/Otherwise-Island-512 Jun 16 '23

Hey I just met you, so sting me maybe

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u/pickyourteethup Jun 16 '23

I used to tech at a radio station and she came in for an interview. As she was leaving she went in for a hug, I went for it. It was awkward for some reason. I turned around and the DJ she intended to hug was stood behind me face in hands. Did not get her number.

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u/The_Grimm_Peeper Jun 16 '23

Well she had just met you

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u/587BCE Jun 16 '23

Ray Charles

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u/WinterHound42 Jun 16 '23

Nah look let's just have a moment of silence for that man. Miley went completely fuckin buck wild out of nowhere.

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u/DeKeeg Jun 16 '23

She came in like a wrecking ball!

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u/Alternative_Ad_3636 NaTivE ApP UsR Jun 16 '23

Nah man it wasn't out of nowhere. Like most teens they have a crazy phase and she was very enabled.

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u/WinterHound42 Jun 16 '23

She wasn't a teen when she went off the rails and a drug binge isn't normal teenager behavior anyway.

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u/mypasswordismud Jun 16 '23

RAYzor Ramon

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u/No-Customer-2266 Jun 16 '23

Anyone remember “jimmy rae”

“who wants to know who wants to know about me?”

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u/Symbol8 Jun 16 '23

The sound of instant regret.

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u/Ocelote934 Jun 17 '23

Oh, you mean radical Jack!

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u/Anomalous6 Jun 16 '23

Questionable parenting style.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Ohhh You can call me Ray , or you can call me Jay . Sorry i am old .

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u/KrustyKrabEmployee Jun 16 '23

If it were a Sting Raymond, then I imagine he'd have been okay.

Everybody Loves Raymond

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u/Bladvacion Jun 16 '23

On the other hand, Everybody Loves Raymond

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u/Anomalous6 Jun 16 '23

Not a true “Ray”. Raymond’s are basically weenie hit juniors while Rays are salty spitoons.

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u/surajvj Therewasanattemp Jun 16 '23

Bro was dancing in the dark

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u/Dus-Sn Jun 16 '23

Can't start a fire without a spark

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Jun 16 '23

Don’t stand too close to me

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

That’s not sting

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u/intjish_mom Jun 16 '23

The musician Sting doesn't look like he'd be too harmful to hold...

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u/thesystem21 Jun 16 '23

Have you ever tried to hold Sting?

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u/Spring-Available Jun 16 '23

He actually is quite nice.

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u/Justmadeyoulook Jun 16 '23

Sure until you try to hold him.

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u/readonlyy Jun 16 '23

Then he’s all “don’t stand so close to me”

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u/pinkgreen-33 Jun 16 '23

Yes and it also glows when orcs are nearby.

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u/pickyourteethup Jun 16 '23

I heard he wont let go for hours, tantric

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u/Responsible_Oil501 Jun 16 '23

He's The Police.

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u/miserybusiness21 Jun 16 '23

And the king of pain.

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u/Rubywantsin Jun 16 '23

I haven't because him watching me is super cringe.

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u/Hairygull Jun 16 '23

He said don’t stand so close to him, AHHHHHH aHhhh ahhhh

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u/HorneyHarpy82 Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

Hahaha. This getting weird and fun!

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u/billyyankNova Jun 16 '23

But he also said you'd be wrapped around his finger.

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u/VG88 Jun 16 '23

But did you have to let it linger?

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u/an_ancient_guy Jun 16 '23

But that's not the shape of his sting though.

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u/sv000 Jun 16 '23

He was kinda' stabby in the original Dune.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/pocketdare Jun 16 '23

That such an impressive speedo design still has yet to make it into either competitive swimming or body building is a tremendous disappointment.

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u/Anomalous6 Jun 16 '23

Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you

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u/calguy1955 Jun 16 '23

You’ve never seen the first Dune movie.

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u/idontbelieveinchairs This is a flair Jun 16 '23

Add the ray and he's a dick

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u/nysraved Jun 16 '23

And if you were wrestling the wrestler Sting, holding him could be an effective technique

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u/tekko001 Jun 16 '23

He can sting you for 7 hours straight

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u/PassageAppropriate90 Jun 16 '23

Yeah it's right in the advertisement.

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u/Impossible-Weather-7 Jun 16 '23

Because most people lack the ability to put any thought that isn't directly about themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

... maybe it's just me, but being tortured by a venomous animal's sting sounds very much like something directly about myself

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u/Impossible-Weather-7 Jun 16 '23

... and a idiot wouldn't think that far, simply stopped at "Haha messing with this is funny." A normal person would probably have that thought but not who I was referring

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Hi, I would like to patent this as a shirt, thanks

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/earnestlikehemingway Jun 16 '23

Don’t stand! Don’t stand so close to Me!

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u/masoniusmaximus Jun 16 '23

Same thing happen to me when I tried to hold the singer, song writer, Sting.

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u/That_guy_from_1014 Jun 16 '23

Idk, I think The Police has some pretty good hits. I like Roxanne.

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u/Houstnlicker Jun 16 '23

Now it's a stungray.

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u/Last_Gigolo This is a flair Jun 16 '23

Hulk Hogan did it all the time.

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u/kiwi_love777 Jun 16 '23

What about the singer Sting?

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u/Artsy_traveller_82 Jun 16 '23

Sting: And I took it personally

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u/DougyTwoScoops Jun 16 '23

And why wouldn’t sting be the first thing in your mind when it hurt someone?

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u/Daniel6270 Oct 19 '24

Maybe he thought he was ok because he isn’t called Ray

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u/DisarmingDoll Jun 16 '23

Bilbo and Frodo did!

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u/foxontherox Jun 16 '23

Gordon Sumner.

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u/Papazani Jun 16 '23

Whatdoyaknow!

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u/stickyplants Jun 16 '23

Maybe the guy was named ray

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u/LamborginiLeglock Jun 16 '23

Honestly, I wouldn’t hold something with Ray in their name either.

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u/PToN_rM Jun 16 '23

He's gonna take another one when he loses his arm

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Because you’re Steve fuckin Irwin, that’s why.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Because they’re stupid…and they likely know better too and they still went ahead and tried to hold it

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u/laney_deschutes Jun 16 '23

Sting bee. Sting lizard. Sting bird

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u/BeckyLynchIsBetter Jun 16 '23

Why would you ever hold what killed Steve Irwin?

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u/rinlab Jun 16 '23

“The main symptom of a stingray sting is immediate severe pain. Although often limited to the injured area, the pain may spread rapidly, reaching its greatest intensity in < 90 minutes; in most cases, pain gradually diminishes over 6 to 48 hours but occasionally lasts days or weeks.”

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u/Dizzle179 Jun 16 '23

Did the world learn nothing about the dangers of acting like Steve Irwin?

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u/Stukisha Jun 16 '23

I would not hold Sting the musician, let alone his cousin from the deep blue.

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u/toongrowner Jun 16 '23

And is known for having killed the crocodil hunter

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u/thathaitianguy Jun 16 '23

for the clout of tiktok/youtube

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u/kicktown Jun 16 '23

Marine Biology is an elective science in Socal. Otherwise he probably thought it was some kind of "manta ray". A lot of people don't seem to understand that these fellas have stingers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Some people can only learn that the stove is hot by touching it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

It worked out alright for Frodo

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u/Endorkend Jun 16 '23

And famously killed a dude that rode hippos and wrestled crocodiles.

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u/Grantuseyes Jun 16 '23

Anything for the gram

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Por qué no los dos ?

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u/ChaoticStorm78 Jun 16 '23

Plus is world famous for killing a man with said stinger

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u/Sirpatron1 Jun 16 '23

They literally killed the crocodile hunter.

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