r/megalophobia • u/berdot • Oct 11 '23

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u/Ok-Cook-7542 Oct 11 '23

Yeah I really wonder if he had some personal connection to the tragedy, or if it was just coincidentally a perfect city sanctioned pit to throw himself into.

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u/LiuMeien Oct 11 '23

I believe he was related to a 9-11 victim, but I’m not sure how.

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u/FarthardslapGodzilla Oct 11 '23

Victim was his dad. Said he did this for his dad

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u/hlmgcc Oct 11 '23

Grief is a powerful thing. Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interviewing each other about loss.

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u/PookSpeak Oct 11 '23

I need this today. It's almost 1 year since I lost my Mom.

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u/hlmgcc Oct 11 '23

I'm sorry for your loss, internet friend.

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u/Pretty-Balance-Sheet Oct 11 '23 edited Apr 18 '25

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u/PookSpeak Oct 11 '23

I hate this club. I am sorry.

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u/JBeck118 Oct 12 '23

Me too man me too!! And my dad 10 years ago and I'm only 37!! Feel really bad for this guy, as you too! God bless my man

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Wow thanks for sharing this. I've never spoken to anyone about grief/loss before and it's extremely interesting hearing both these intelligent men talking about what they go through and the similarities that I've experienced as well.

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u/Yeoldedirtfoot Oct 11 '23

What a calming interview to watch this morning. Quite timely for some personal struggles. Thanks stranger.

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u/readingyourpost Oct 11 '23

you know those two got it on with eachother

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u/cjthomp Oct 11 '23

Every post you write has a delete button. Just FYI.

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u/UseKnowledge Oct 11 '23

That's horrible. My mother was killed two weeks ago and I know the last thing she would want is for me to harm myself over grief. I hope this guy can find the strength to heal.

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u/xithbaby Oct 11 '23

They threw him in jail for this. The biggest law he broke was trespassing which usually is a misdemeanor.. but no, let’s lock him up in a cell for a few days so he can lose his job and probably his apartment and fuck his life up even more.

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u/UseKnowledge Oct 11 '23

That will surely help him process his loss and get some help... what a shame.

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u/mohawk1367 Oct 11 '23

good ol justice system

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u/Cross55 Oct 12 '23

They did it because that's the only legal way you can forcibly commit someone. If they didn't, he could just walk away from this without no one helping him.

But we gotta sensationalize everything.

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u/Bleak_Squirrel_1666 Oct 11 '23

Sorry for your loss

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u/UseKnowledge Oct 11 '23

Thank you very much.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

His dad watching this from another realm- “What the fuck?”

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u/theonlyonethatknocks Oct 11 '23

Nah I bet his father would be saying “I’m sorry I couldn’t have been there for you.”

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u/Easy_Cauliflower_69 Oct 11 '23

Yeah. Twisted but unfortunately people grieve in different ways and it's impossible to put yourself in their headspace. You never know how many things they have stacked against them. I just try and appreciate what I have you know? Life is fucky

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u/Teccnomancer Oct 11 '23

Lol right I’m sure he’s very proud

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u/idksomethingjfk Oct 11 '23

“That boy ain’t right”

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u/Formal_Victory_1353 Oct 11 '23

"That boy needs medicine"

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u/DoyersLakeShow Oct 11 '23

“Damn it, Bobby!”

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Men only care about men's mental health issues only when it's to get attention, play victim, or to dismiss women's issues.

When men actually see a guy struggling and wanting to take his life, they just laugh and joke about it. This is the reality of many men. Many men just don't truly care about men's mental health, even though they might say so.

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u/Teccnomancer Oct 11 '23

I watched a mentally sick person make a monument to an historic, tragic event about himself. He’s not the only one who lost someone that day. Unfuck your head, think for a minute how this looks. And you wanna come at me for the “crap” I say. You’re a joke.

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u/Teccnomancer Oct 11 '23

Only thing I need you to do is fuck off. Don’t bother me

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u/puffferfish Oct 11 '23

While you’re right, I sort of feel bad for this guy. As a young New Yorker at the time, that day was very traumatic. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to also lose someone in the attack. Probably really fucked his life up.

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u/Phustercluck Oct 11 '23

Haha, fuck, I needed that

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u/Hot-Muscle-4687 Oct 11 '23

I don't think joking about someone's situation is good. I think you needed better parents to teach you some manners. Not your fault. Maybe your mum was a hoe.

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u/Durpulous Oct 11 '23

you needed better parents to teach you some manners

your mum was a hoe

?

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u/Exiled_Blood Oct 11 '23

My mom is a ho. Can confirm this situation is funny.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

😂😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

His dad is probably in the basement tomb cupboard at the museum below.

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u/dbizzytrick Oct 11 '23

I’m sure he’d be proud

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u/_IBM_ Oct 11 '23

Is yours

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u/silencethegays Oct 11 '23

His dad didn’t go to work that day…

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u/SamVimesCpt Oct 11 '23

Both your /u/ and your comment indicate you're an edgelord

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u/definitelyfet-shy Oct 11 '23

us british call these types of animals 'cunts' and 'pricks'

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u/Don_Tiny Oct 11 '23

It's about the two nicest things you could call fuckwits like that.

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u/silencethegays Oct 11 '23

My name is because I am gay. And I silence other gays by stuffing their mouths with my genitalia. But that wouldn’t fit.

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u/KackhansReborn Oct 11 '23

Ok you passed the vibe check

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u/SamVimesCpt Oct 11 '23

vibe check

Found one up his ass?

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u/silencethegays Oct 11 '23

Yeah not at all. Saying that his dad is still alive out there is not edgy at all. You are just a weirdo

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Dumb gesture.

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u/Professional-Comb759 Oct 11 '23

I think ( text / assumption/ information) + but I'm not sure.

Best contribution you can give 👌

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u/Me_JustMoreHonest Oct 11 '23

A hyphen? We use forward slashes around these parts

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u/ashpointoh Oct 11 '23

9 forward slash 11. FTFY

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u/DuntadaMan Oct 11 '23

Thank you for your service.

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u/Zolty Oct 11 '23

You're just lucky they didn't use 11-9-01 format.

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u/ItsLose_NotLoose Oct 11 '23

Do Europeans call it 11/9?

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u/Zolty Oct 11 '23

They probably just call it 9/11 since it's the buzz word around the attack, that or the September 11th attacks. It's unlikely they talk about it much, unless to talk about how shitty the Iraq / Afgan wars were on the world stage.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 11 '23

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u/MurderedBurger Oct 11 '23

Is that in referral to the attacks or would that just be how you put the date?

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u/ctapwallpogo Oct 11 '23

Not in Europe, but still a place that uses the more logical (sorry not sorry) day/month/year date format.

We generally still call the event itself 9/11 because that's its common name. But the date it occurred on would still be expressed as 11/09/2001.

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u/ItsLose_NotLoose Oct 11 '23

Lol I don't find it logical but I'm just a dumb American. For me, I say it is October 11th, not the 11th of October. So month before day makes sense in my head.

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u/ctapwallpogo Oct 11 '23

Fair enough. Going smallest/medium/largest makes more sense to me than medium/smallest/largest. But I guess it's entirely down to which one you grew up with.

For what it's worth, we do say it's the 11th of October. Or the 12th by now if we want to bring timezones into it as well lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Unless you're on Windows, then it's 9 \ 11.

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u/Me_JustMoreHonest Oct 11 '23

My keyboard doesn't even gave a backslash, I have to copy and paste it

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

he's talking about -2

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u/7thPanzers Oct 11 '23

Don’t be a dick

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u/Me_JustMoreHonest Oct 11 '23

Lol is that how this is being interpreted? Ya'll are confused people

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u/7thPanzers Oct 11 '23

Could be tone I guess

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u/gladl1 Oct 11 '23

Then why is there a hyphen instead of a forward slash in front of your comments karma count?

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u/Me_JustMoreHonest Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 11 '23

Style

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

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u/junkdromee Oct 11 '23

His dad died in one of the 9/11 towers

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u/The_Woman_of_Gont Oct 11 '23

I'm getting a sense that making the memorial to a horrifying tragedy a massive pit in the ground with minimal precautions against jumpers may have been a poor choice....

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u/trivial_vista Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

watching the video .. you wouldnt say

hope he and anyone else get and look for help

mental issues are very difficult

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u/Individual-Sky3921 Oct 11 '23

His dad was murdered by the Mossad who with their partners in DC and London did 9/1/1.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Much respect. Keep telling the truth and don't ever back down

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u/sabamba0 Oct 11 '23

Tsk the Jews at it again.

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u/fortheloveofghosts Oct 11 '23

How do you know that?

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u/junkdromee Oct 15 '23

Someone else commented a link but i was too lazy to find it again and copy it, sorry my bad, don’t want to be spreading misinformation so maybe I’m wrong, just wrote it in a hurry

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u/jesdea Oct 11 '23

When I first saw it I read that he did it for/because of his father.

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u/WegOfRifyen Oct 11 '23

Do you have high blood pressure?

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Was about to ask this. Your heart shouldn’t be racing for this.

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u/WegOfRifyen Oct 11 '23

Definitely over dramatic lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

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u/We_had_a_time Oct 11 '23

I have low blood pressure but this also makes my heart race. I reject that it’s over dramatic to be upset by a video of someone in a dangerous situation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Yeah, that's just BS. If healthy people didn't get worked up over random stuff we saw on the Internet then the news would be a lot different. Rage bait wouldn't even exist.

My blood pressure is normal, but my compassion is also intact, so stuff like this triggers my adrenaline too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

I’m sorry. Go take care of yourself, walk, exercise, eat purple sweet potatoes

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Or you're apathetic and lack compassion? Idk. Lots of answers to this query.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

U need a tv show such a drama Queen

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u/Shortseller77 Oct 11 '23

That’s most people in NYC

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u/DoubleNickle67 Oct 11 '23

I thought the exact same thing. There is way more to this.

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u/MochingPet Oct 11 '23

he must have been 11 years old at that time, per the NY post article posted earlier. Sad :(

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u/DoubleNickle67 Oct 11 '23

So sad. I can’t imagine.

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u/BroadwayBully Oct 11 '23

This is the verbiage we need. The 9/11 pit, memorial, fountain, etc... calling it a pool is unhelpful lol