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It's A Long Way Down Dude
#5258108 - 02/03/06 01:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/D8FH2EU01.html
Dude jumps to his death from the observation deck on the Empire State Building.
At least he didnt land on anybody else.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: gregorio]
#5258465 - 02/03/06 08:14 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Splat.
THE NEW MEGA-SUPER-ULTRA-EXTREME X-GAME SPORT: NO PARACHUTE BASE JUMPING!!!
I'd be a pro at that sport on my first jump.... no experience required.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5258487 - 02/03/06 08:33 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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The only trouble with that is your first jump would probably be your last jump as well.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: Le_Canard]
#5258497 - 02/03/06 08:37 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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That's why it's SOOOOO EXTREME!!!
warning: be sure to try this at home, kids....
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: gregorio]
#5258501 - 02/03/06 08:39 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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This was my favorite part of the story..
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The 102-story skyscraper reaches 1,454 feet to the top of its lightning rod.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: Shroomism]
#5258502 - 02/03/06 08:41 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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 Yea, just throw that in there 'cause it's important to the story.... haha.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5258548 - 02/03/06 09:10 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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He only made it to the 6th floor.
Thats one you can't do over again.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: KaptKid]
#5258552 - 02/03/06 09:13 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yea, he loses a few style points from the judges for not hitting ground level concrete.
I'll give him a 7.2 for ingenuity, but detract points for not shocking ground level observers.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: gregorio]
#5258586 - 02/03/06 09:32 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Wow, didn't hear about that till just now. Crazy shit.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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I think that if your going to commit suicide, you might as well have fun with it... gunshots to the head and eating too many pills is just so passe'.... I'd do something amazing and film it... like strapping one of those huge model rockets (the REAL big ones, that can actually almost break out of the atmosphere) on my back and igniting it while riding a bicycle downhill a downtown avenue in Seattle towards Alaskan Ave.... I'd launch at amazing speed right into Puget Sound in front of thousands of people and then **KEEERRRRRSPLAT**.
.....coooool........
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5258752 - 02/03/06 10:44 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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they have some thing in australia where you walk off the side of a building and freefall for a long while then gradually slow down and come to the ground.
they might be putting one on the stratosphere.
that would probably be more fun that what this guy did.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: leery11]
#5258835 - 02/03/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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no sudden stop at the end? aw, that's not EXTREME..... j/k
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: gregorio]
#5259061 - 02/03/06 12:24 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I could not jump to my death, no matter what. eeeh.
I'd most likely OD or shoot myself.
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Phumfeinz said: I could not jump to my death, no matter what. eeeh.
yea man, i dont think i ever could... then again, if i was brougth to a point were i thought life was not worth living anymore, were i felt i could not help anyone or change anything, i might go for the jump thing. it would be the last confrontation. to show myself whether i really am ready or not.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: eligal]
#5259239 - 02/03/06 01:11 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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it would suck even worse to survive a bad fall
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: danlennon3]
#5259386 - 02/03/06 01:49 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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danlennon3 said: it would suck even worse to survive a bad fall
There's that, and then there's all that slooow-motion time to think about what you're doing between the jump and the impact...
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Swan dive....
you won't make it through that....
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5259417 - 02/03/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd do something really cool, like jump with my trusty umbrella.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: Cowgold]
#5259434 - 02/03/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Cowgold Poppins.....
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5259507 - 02/03/06 02:14 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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No video. =/
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: Cowgold]
#5259537 - 02/03/06 02:23 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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your shit would break after the first few seconds..then you be like every other person who jumps off of buildings.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: Toddo]
#5260618 - 02/03/06 08:13 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I felt bad for the guy at first. What could be happening in his life right now to make him do such a thing?
Then I started thinking about the area; NYC, Tall Buildings, endless traffic, crowds and crowds of people everywhere. It had to be a near miss, he had to hit the ground within a few feet of somebody, at least I would think.
Instead of feeling sorry for him he ended up pissing me off.
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Re: It's A Long Way Down Dude [Re: mediman0078]
#5260665 - 02/03/06 08:27 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
mediman0078 said: I think that if your going to commit suicide, you might as well have fun with it... gunshots to the head and eating too many pills is just so passe'.... I'd do something amazing and film it... like strapping one of those huge model rockets (the REAL big ones, that can actually almost break out of the atmosphere) on my back and igniting it while riding a bicycle downhill a downtown avenue in Seattle towards Alaskan Ave.... I'd launch at amazing speed right into Puget Sound in front of thousands of people and then **KEEERRRRRSPLAT**.
.....coooool........
it sounds like you've seen a few to many roadrunner cartoons...
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