What is something you've done that you believe very few other people have done? Only one caveat: it can't be interesting, cool, or jealousy-provoking.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
Not all at the same time:
- Broken both ankles at once
- Bitten by a snake, twice (two different snakes)
- In (temporary) remission from myeloma, an incurable blood cancer
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Killed myself successfully and lived to tell the tale
And yet you didn’t tell the tale! Are you ok? Do you feel comfortable talking about it?
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
I caught a (wild) rabbit with a bucket.
It was running from a dog and fell into a window well. It almost made it out on it's own when I climbed down (it was about 8 feet deep).
So I set the opening of the bucket against the wall with a small gap, to give it somewhere to hide, then went to the other end of the window well, and it crawled right in. Covered it with a towel and lifted it right on out.
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And yet you didn’t tell the tale! Are you ok? Do you feel comfortable talking about it?
I got brain rot so I forgot
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I caught a (wild) rabbit with a bucket.
It was running from a dog and fell into a window well. It almost made it out on it's own when I climbed down (it was about 8 feet deep).
So I set the opening of the bucket against the wall with a small gap, to give it somewhere to hide, then went to the other end of the window well, and it crawled right in. Covered it with a towel and lifted it right on out.
That's cool but don't delete. Because it's cool.
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Waaaaay back in college (this was over a decade ago), I wrote a 16-page paper making the argument that there were only four continents, not five, six, or seven as various countries proclaim:
The Cliff Notes:
- North America and South America can be still considered a single continent due to the fact that the Panama Canal doesn't fully bisect the two landmasses. (The Isthmus of Panama is still very much wild rainforest and lakes, and the canal is essentially two points on each side connected by a boat route across multiple of these lakes).
So, #1: America (alt. the Americas)
- Europe and Asia are not actually bisected into two landmasses, and if anything any physical connection is reinforced by the fact that the boundary is the Ural Mountain range.
So, #2: Eurasia
- Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869, Europe and Africa were indeed the same landmass, connected by the Isthmus of Suez. However, as the Suez Canal is a sea-level canal, it is forced by literally cutting the landmasses apart down to relative sea levels.
So, #3: Africa
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Australia.........Yeah, I didn't see any reason why it should lose its status as the world's biggest island and smallest continent.
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Antarctica I didn't consider a continent because it's mostly ice, and if Australia is considered the minimum bound for how big a "continent" should be, then, well, the portion of Antarctica that is actually ground below all that ice is actually a small contiguous size than Australia, ergo it cannot count as a continent.
'Course now I'm older and realize that was all bullshit. Lol. Sure it makes sense from a geological standpoint (but even that is bullshit as geologically there are no "continents", only plates), but a continent is more than its geological structure; it's geological, political, and economic, all three of these rolled into one.
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Haha i was reading along worried you still believed this.
It looks solid but
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
I fell out of an aeroplane with no parachute and lived.
Was sweeping the little Cessna out when i stepped back missed the step and went arse over head into the tarmac.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
I failed linear algebra twice and barely passed the third time.
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Not all at the same time:
- Broken both ankles at once
- Bitten by a snake, twice (two different snakes)
- In (temporary) remission from myeloma, an incurable blood cancer
That's quite a resume. You're hired for...something.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
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Waaaaay back in college (this was over a decade ago), I wrote a 16-page paper making the argument that there were only four continents, not five, six, or seven as various countries proclaim:
The Cliff Notes:
- North America and South America can be still considered a single continent due to the fact that the Panama Canal doesn't fully bisect the two landmasses. (The Isthmus of Panama is still very much wild rainforest and lakes, and the canal is essentially two points on each side connected by a boat route across multiple of these lakes).
So, #1: America (alt. the Americas)
- Europe and Asia are not actually bisected into two landmasses, and if anything any physical connection is reinforced by the fact that the boundary is the Ural Mountain range.
So, #2: Eurasia
- Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869, Europe and Africa were indeed the same landmass, connected by the Isthmus of Suez. However, as the Suez Canal is a sea-level canal, it is forced by literally cutting the landmasses apart down to relative sea levels.
So, #3: Africa
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Australia.........Yeah, I didn't see any reason why it should lose its status as the world's biggest island and smallest continent.
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Antarctica I didn't consider a continent because it's mostly ice, and if Australia is considered the minimum bound for how big a "continent" should be, then, well, the portion of Antarctica that is actually ground below all that ice is actually a small contiguous size than Australia, ergo it cannot count as a continent.
'Course now I'm older and realize that was all bullshit. Lol. Sure it makes sense from a geological standpoint (but even that is bullshit as geologically there are no "continents", only plates), but a continent is more than its geological structure; it's geological, political, and economic, all three of these rolled into one.
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I once come up with a theory that everyone sees their feet the same size.
Because if they're large you're tall and further from them, and if they're small you're short and closer.
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That's quite a resume. You're hired for...something.
Hired as chief survivor. Top notch being alive. Continuing to breathe beyond all expectations.
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I once come up with a theory that everyone sees their feet the same size.
Because if they're large you're tall and further from them, and if they're small you're short and closer.
I've used a variant of melatonin for my online handle in various spaces, your name threw me off for a second. Was like, I'm pretty damn sure I'm not melatonin here.
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I fell out of an aeroplane with no parachute and lived.
Was sweeping the little Cessna out when i stepped back missed the step and went arse over head into the tarmac.
I fell out of an aeroplane with no parachute and lived.
Imagine if the airplane was actually in mid flight tho!
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I've used a variant of melatonin for my online handle in various spaces, your name threw me off for a second. Was like, I'm pretty damn sure I'm not melatonin here.
I am chronically sleepy, so I use it here and there.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
I was on a plane that made an emergency landing. It was a lot less scary or exciting than it sounds. Our plane was leaking hydraulic fluid, so we diverted to a closer airport to land while the landing gear could still be lowered with hydraulics. The landing was uneventful, but I did get to see a flash of emergency vehicles with their lights on along the runway.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
Been in a plane crash.
It was a Beech 18 that experienced fuel starvation on climb out. The pilot raised the gear and belly landed it in a freshly tilled corn field off the end of the runway. It was a lot like being in a car accident, just lasted longer with a lot more rending metal noises. The port engine was ripped off and was sitting about 50 feet behind where the plane came to rest.
It wasn't cool, believe me...
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I failed linear algebra twice and barely passed the third time.
They said very few people
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Cool? Definitely not, or at least I don't think so. And I very seriously doubt anyone would be jealous.
I used to go up in the mountains by myself. Bare minimum supplies, like a knife, the clothes on my back, and an emergency pack for "in case shit", that if I had to touch, the trip was over. I also went armed because shit can happen.
Now, I did this for years, and it was very rare for anything bad to happen at all, and the worst stuff wasn't life threatening except once. I'd run across bears, a few crazy people, maybe twist an ankle or some such.
But that one time.
So, there's a feral dog problem. They've interbred with what's called the eastern coyote, which itself is supposedly a mix of coyote, wolf, and a little dog.
The eastern coyote is rarely a problem. Small family groups, avoid people. If you see them at all, it's unusual.
But when they mix with dogs, and those dogs are feral, the packs get bigger and they tend to not be scared of humans.
Well, I was cooking a fish I caught during one summer when the weather had been dry, and small animal populations were low.
The smell brought a pack in. Enough of them that they tried to circle me in and come at me after the fish I threw to them wasn't interesting enough.
I had 14 rounds on me, and I needed most of them. The first couple of shots missed because I was fucking terrified. At that point, I'd never taken any training for shooting under pressure, so I was panic breathing and shaking hard.
You'd think the sound of a 45 going off would have scared them off, but it didn't. I dropped a couple of them, swapped mags and dropped two more before the rest ran off. One of them, I had to finish because I didn't get a clean shot because it was early in the half a minute it all took.
I hiked my ass back out as soon as I could stop shaking and keep my legs under me. And I did the hike with a nice wet spot because I pissed myself a little.
Went to the ranger station, reported it, did all that crap and went home.
Now, there was also a less dramatic event not maybe ten miles away where I found a body. Suicide, shotgun vs head. That was not fun either; but plenty of people have found dead bodies. Those were the two worst things I ever had happen up there on my own.
It does make for a cool story.
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I fell out of an aeroplane with no parachute and lived.
Imagine if the airplane was actually in mid flight tho!
Well, stepping out in that scenario generally isn't advised.
