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Never heard of that holiday.
 
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4 years pf philosophy in undergrad. I've read a lot of her work. She bravely endured a lot of criticism for her position that many Nazi leaders were simply bureaucrats who lacked the intellect to understand the enormity of the depravity that they became part of. This was coming from a Jew who had to flee Germany.

We see this today on both sides of the spectrum. Wackos who dont understand what is really going on zealously supporting and encouraging outrageous lies from whatever camp they are in. Left and right.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
We see this today on both sides of the spectrum. Wackos who dont understand what really going on zealously supporting and encouraging outrageous lies from whatever camp they are in. Left and right.
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Which is the perfect segue to the quote meme I posted right after that one:

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How cool is this photo? Location unknown. Sitting on the edge of an underwater cliff in the ocean. Or it could be a freshwater cavern. Or.... it could be an AI fake! LOL!

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Gotta be fake. I dont think air in the lungs would allow someone to sit motionless. The lungs are balloons that want to float to the surface. With nothing to hold him down, I dont believe he could sit. Try sitting at the bottom of a pool. It only works if you are dead and your lungs are full of water. :)
 
Bongo Lewi said:
Gotta be fake. I dont think air in the lungs would allow someone to sit motionless. The lungs are balloons that want to float to the surface. With nothing to hold him down, I dont believe he could sit. Try sitting at the bottom of a pool. It only works if you are dead and your lungs are full of water. :)
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The deeper you go, the less buoyant you are. The air spaces in the body (including the lungs) are compressed and become less buoyant, the deeper you go. Fat is also buoyant, and that dude doesn't have any.

Based on the mask, he's a "freediver." And based on the background light, he's pretty deep and / or in a cavern.

It's entirely possible he could sit like that underwater.
 
Bongo Lewi said:
I have been told more than once sitting or kneeling without weights is damn near impossible.
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Definitely not impossible. It depends on body composition and breath control, too. They can let some air out as they descend. Most serious freedivers are in incredibly good shape.... no body fat. And they can hold their breath (or partial breath) for crazy amounts of time.

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It's a crazy sport... and very dangerous.
 
Racer88 said:
Definitely not impossible. It depends on body composition and breath control, too. They can let some air out as they descend. Most serious freedivers are in incredibly good shape.... no body fat. And they can hold their breath (or partial breath) for crazy amounts of time.

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It's a crazy sport... and very dangerous.
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Indeed. I climbed the highest glacier covered mountain in the US, which is also a volcano. Over 14k feet. I trained for several months. We were caught in a white out blizzard near the summit and had to retreat. The friend who came up with this dumb idea became ill from the lack of oxygen, overexerted, and hypothermia was becoming life threatening for him. Once we made it back to the last base camp before the summit, he had to be evacuated. I was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it. But he did survive.

I have never in my life done something this dumb. Before or after. If you have never gone someplace with barely enough oxygen to keep you alive, freezing your ass off, and suddenly can't see three feet in front of you, then you are a lot smarter than me.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
Indeed. I climbed the highest glacier covered mountain in the US, which is also a volcano. Over 14k feet. I trained for several months. We were caught in a white out blizzard near the summit and had to retreat. The friend who came up with this dumb idea became ill from the lack of oxygen, overexerted, and hypothermia was becoming life threatening for him. Once we made it back to the last base camp before the summit, he had to be evacuated. I was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it. But he did survive.

I have never in my life done something this dumb. Before or after. If you have never gone someplace with barely enough oxygen to keep you alive, freezing your ass off, and suddenly can't see three feet in front of you, then you are a lot smarter than me.
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I've driven a 1965 Impala with street tires in February through a blizzard that was so dense you could barely see the hood in the Rockies.

BUT, I had plenty of oxygen.

Smarter or not?
 
I should have mentioned it took 4 days. Nine climbers including the guides.

If this madness doesn’t sink Harris there is no hope for this country. It’s become too stupid to survive.
 
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Freewheelin' Franklin sez:

"Ammo will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ammo..."

Or was that "dope"? :unsure:

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