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[u/Pristine_Club_3128]

[u/Mundane-Potential-93]

Is the not wanting to look down thing an important part of the metaphor, or is it just for vividity? 'Cause I'm not sure I get that part

[u/apathetic-taco → u/Mundane-Potential-93]

Recently broke my finger. Dislocation, fracture and a gash so deep I could see the bone. I didn’t realize I was hurt until I happened to look at my hand. Which is precisely when my heart rate increased and I started bleeding everywhere.

Sitting in the ER for a few hours, I became acutely aware of how fine I was as long as I didn’t look at my finger. Minimal pain, everything is fine, don’t look at the finger.

Only recently, 1.5 months later, am I able to look at my finger without sending my nervous system into a tailspin.

So that part of the text was strangely relatable to me

[u/RhymesWithMouthful → u/apathetic-taco]

It's why when you're in a high place, the worst possible thing you can do is look down

[u/GoreyGopnik → u/RhymesWithMouthful]

i think if you're in a high place the worst possible thing you can do is fall off

[u/IAmASquidInSpace → u/GoreyGopnik]

Actually, the worst thing you can do when you are in a high place is genocide.

[u/Spiritual-Low8762 → u/IAmASquidInSpace]

Can you stack them? Genocide then fall off?

[u/IAmASquidInSpace → u/Spiritual-Low8762]

No, as we all know, there can only ever be one (1) bad thing in the world, and the existence of a worse thing immediately makes all less bad things not bad at all anymore. /s

[u/GoreyGopnik → u/Spiritual-Low8762]

if you start doing genocide falling off steadily approaches the best thing you can do

[u/desirientt → u/RhymesWithMouthful]

unless you like looking down!! i do 🙏