LadyButterflyshe/her@lazysoci.al to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everestlazysoci.alimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageTIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everestlazysoci.alLadyButterflyshe/her@lazysoci.al to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI made a rule for myself because of stuff like this If you’ve done something fun but incredibly stupid and got away with it the first time, never do it a second time.
minus-squarewitchybitchy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agomy mantra is “don’t tempt fate” could I e.g. jump off a 3 story building into a pool? probably. but if I’m wrong then I’m either dead or severely injured and will probably regret that jump for the rest of my life.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI see where you’re coming from. But luck favors the bold. And I would most definitely regret not doing something for the rest of my life But after the first attempt your no longer bold, just dumb.
I made a rule for myself because of stuff like this
If you’ve done something fun but incredibly stupid and got away with it the first time, never do it a second time.
my mantra is “don’t tempt fate”
could I e.g. jump off a 3 story building into a pool? probably. but if I’m wrong then I’m either dead or severely injured and will probably regret that jump for the rest of my life.
I see where you’re coming from. But luck favors the bold. And I would most definitely regret not doing something for the rest of my life
But after the first attempt your no longer bold, just dumb.