This board exists for moments like these. It’s like a alternate-reality version of when your team wins the championship.
I shouldn’t be laughing at that, but I am. Immediately recognized that name, thought he ended up never getting permission to launch because everyone agreed it was an obvious suicide mission. Guess he went ahead and did it anyway. Hell of a way to go.
Since we are now discussing bad decisions, I'm not sure what would possess a person to try to cross between the tandem floats in the parades or get too close to them. https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...s-agency-1-fatally-struck-by-mardi-gras-float My step-daughter was on float #10 in the Nyx parade, but was in front of that accident on Wednesday. The last float that was allowed to finish the parade route was stopped right in front of where we were watching for about 25-30 minutes and like a slow wave you could see the mood of the the ladies on the float and the crowd change as word spread about the accident. I just can't believe that a second person was killed in almost the same way 3 days later.
I hate that headline - that he is considered a daredevil instead of a fucking idiot disgraces actual daredevils. "Everyone was stunned." Were they?
I also find it hilarious that people are pulling the whole "well, at least he died doing what he loved". Really? Did he? Did he love smashing into the ground at terminal velocity from a couple hundred feet up? I kinda doubt it. Let's call it what it is... he died doing something incredibly fucking stupid where death was almost a certainty.
Daredevils plan their shit out. Evel was an anomaly, but that’s because he was the first. People like his kid learned from his mistakes and achievements. Such as: there are safer, better traction bikes than a 285 lb. Harley V-twin when launching oneself across an entire stadium. ....this guy recreated Evel’s dumbest, most impulsive and dangerous stunt. One that itself became a joke and stain on his fame. But with NO assistance of engineers and a professional crew, just his own dubious ego and a bunch of fat fucks in cargo shorts thirty fucking feet away from a rocket launch site. You did notice that thing was launched off the bed of the same type of Sterling truck that delivers ice to supermarkets, yes? Suck on THAT, Cape Canaveral. And to top it off, posthumously he just started a brand new culture: Flattened-Earthers.
It seems he knocked himself unconscious at the beginning of his 'flight' anyway. If that's what he loves, well... I can't share in the anger toward his idiocy because I'm laughing way too hard. Tries to fly into space to prove the world is flat. Immediately KOs himself, and gets just a little bit more than high enough to plummet to his death. Oh man, fucking brilliant.
Oh, I’m not angry at all. I am thoroughly entertained. It’s right up there with people hopping fences to go pet the lions, but without the lions getting in shit. Dude just pulled a monster scale “here, hold my beer”.
Oh, really? WAKE UP SHEEPLE. Clearly, his hi-tech equipment was sabotaged by the Man or nefarious round-earthers trying to suppress the truth.
from my understanding, it looked like he was doing the flat earther thing just for attention. Needed sponsorship money to build the rocket. “Flat earther wants to fly in homemade rocket to prove earth is flat” grabs more headlines than “dumb redneck launches himself off back of truck.” What he did was certain to result in serious bodily injury or death. He didn’t hurt anyone but himself. Don’t see anything wrong with it.
Just confirmed wife was pregnant today. That’s lucky #5 for us. Unexpected but definitely excited. I just turned 40 so I figure if we’re gonna have one more it’d better be soon. Luckily wife is only 32 so less likely for complications. Only downside was we were in the early stages of adopting one more.
You Pez dispensers. Now you have enough for a full band WITH keyboards. And keep ‘me in like, like our boy Joe Jackson: If they don’t play those notes right they get to sleep in the fireplace.
Yeah, its laid out like an IKEA and you spend $200 on food you would otherwise never eat. Used to get me every time. Any place is still better than Stop and Shop.
Took my son, Ty, hunting for the first time this weekend. He bagged one on his very try. This is only the second time he’s ever shot a gun-
Similarly, our older generations love to give directions these days. “I’ll plug it in my GPS mom” “Ok honey, just go down appx 2 miles and look for..“ “Mom, I have GPS, don’t worry about it” “Ok well just in case, look for the....” *click