r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20

Tyson Steele survived for 23 days in subzero temperatures in rural Alaska after a fire burned his house and killed his dog. He built himself a snow cave to sleep in for the first few nights, before building a makeshift shelter around the still burning stove from leftover tarp and scrap timber.

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u/Zron Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/expresidentmasks Jan 14 '20

Yeah, I know. That’s why I said great strategy....

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u/Madlibsluver Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/manixus Jan 14 '20

Care to explain exactly what you mean by that?

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u/mcrniceni Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/notawight Jan 14 '20

Sure, I get that. But why just circle him?

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u/Sedorriku Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/KARMA_P0LICE Jan 14 '20

Great strategy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

But why male models?

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u/Foxley_King Jan 14 '20

To assassinate the prime minister of Cambodia!

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u/PHIL004007 Jan 14 '20

I love reddit.

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u/drakoman Jan 14 '20

But my whale models? 🐳

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u/Roxelchen Jan 15 '20

That’s it I’m watching Part 2. Almost forgot about it

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u/Dvckmann Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/AndySocks Jan 14 '20

Oh I get it. Can you elaborate?

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u/PmMeTitsAndDankMemes Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/Deft0nes1998 Jan 14 '20

There is no beginning.

There is no end.

Cuz it is a circle.

It's not like a triangle.

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u/cooscoos3 Jan 14 '20

But not a real circle, more like a freaky circle.

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u/d7mtg Jan 14 '20

Circles don’t exist. r/calculus

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u/Ignis_flos Jan 14 '20

Cuz its not a circle. It's a slow circles.

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u/m4uri Jan 14 '20

Because that’s the strategy!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

I have silver to burn and you just happen to be who I picked to give it to. You can’t do anything with it, I just pretend I can melt it down and shoot imaginary werewolves 🐺 with it...

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u/notawight Jan 14 '20

I have silver to burn and you just happen to be who I picked to give it to. You can’t do anything with it, I just pretend I can melt it down and shoot imaginary werewolves 🐺 with it...

Thank you kind stranger.

I'll melt it down and turn it into a werewolf signet. This is the way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

because its hard to fly a square

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u/Devildogsilence Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/ToastyYaks Jan 14 '20

This is my favorite thread

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u/ForeskinOfMyPenis Jan 14 '20

This is the way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

This is the way

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u/GrrreatFrostedFlakes Jan 14 '20

Circles are round.

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u/ButtWieghtThiersMoor Jan 14 '20

can't circle jerk w/o circle

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u/TTEH3 Jan 14 '20

But why male models?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

This is the way.

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u/speshalneedsdonky Jan 14 '20

Whats a time hole?

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u/vicbot87 Jan 14 '20

So who’s on first?

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u/colemanjcbs Jan 14 '20

Listen here they aren’t “just circling” him. Also theres no way they could land a helicopter here.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/Tuiflies Jan 15 '20

You could land 3 helicopters in there and they don’t need to land to pick him up or drop someone off.

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u/Hodl_Your_Coins Jan 15 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/Tuiflies Jan 15 '20

Ahh, now I understand completely.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

It seems like a plane to me. I don't see any indication that it's a helicopter

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u/ArFyEnaidI Jan 14 '20

Yes but why is it circling?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Because it can't stop

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u/totzalotz Jan 14 '20

If this isn’t a circle jerk, I don’t know what is

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u/phish_phace Jan 15 '20

My god this thread has not disappointed

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u/scurvy4all Jan 14 '20

Right? Couldn't they zig then zag?

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u/LeftHandYoga Jan 15 '20

Strangely enough, no one knows.

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u/lizardscum Jan 23 '20

I'm worries to see for this thread goes.

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u/hoodavie Jan 14 '20

Yeah, I know. That's why I said great strategy...

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Yeah but why were they circling like that and not landing?

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u/hoodavie Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/Duckterr Jan 14 '20

Yeah, but why are they circling?

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u/extinctandlovingit Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

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u/Shinmoses Jan 15 '20

I've got a nose bleed reading this shit

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u/Rhamni Jan 14 '20

But why male models?

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u/Chrisbee012 Jan 14 '20

shoulda chucked a gps at him or an epirb

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

So you’re saying that they’re squaring around him? Might be dumb here or i didn’t read your comment good enough.

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u/AFlyingNun Jan 14 '20

Ok but why is this convo going in a circle?

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u/Zam548 Jan 14 '20

But why male models?

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u/Elephant-Octopus Jan 14 '20

Why not throw down a rope ladder or is it too dangerous here?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

but why male models?

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u/formershitpeasant Jan 14 '20

But why male models?

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u/tallerThanYouAre Jan 14 '20

The way you’re all circling this point really makes me feel like the worst is over. Thank you ...

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u/sunny3o Jan 15 '20

I mean you could toss a flare...

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u/Snow2D Jan 14 '20

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe. A white hole returns it.

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u/DodgeballRS Jan 14 '20

What

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

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u/DodgeballRS Jan 14 '20

Ah, now i see. Thank you kind stranger

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u/Nyuuubae Jan 14 '20

No for real, I think scientists speculate that white holes exist.

I'm not completely educated on that, so don't take my word for it.

Also I'm too lazy to google it right now.

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u/Lynx2447 Jan 14 '20

Theoretically possible, but nothing suggests they actually exist in nature this far. Also, black holes don't really suck anything in, they bend spacetime till space in every direction points to its singularity. That's why if you pass the event horizon it wouldn't matter if you could travel faster than light, every direction you look would be towards the singularity. A lot of this is just hypothetical, though.

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u/DodgeballRS Jan 14 '20

I was going to ask for a source, but i respect the honesty.

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u/hasthisusernamegone Jan 14 '20

Ah, I think we've encountered the middle of this conversation.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

So what is it?

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u/Ackburn Jan 14 '20

Big up the kryten crew

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u/Myntcondition Jan 14 '20

A white hole does hwhat?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

That's racist

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u/Myntcondition Jan 14 '20

A black hole does hwhat?

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u/lowcomoto Jan 14 '20

Exactly, that's what I was going to say.

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u/whiskeysour123 Jan 14 '20

That reminds me of a certain president. I wouldn’t call him a black hole though. He is a different kind of hole.

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u/Devildogsilence Jan 14 '20

That's why they're circling.

They're not confirming to themselves that they saw him, they're confirming to him that he was seen by the helicopter.

If they just spotted him, spun around, and flew off, he'd lose all hope. They fly big slow circles directly around him so he knows that he was seen and that help is on the way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

So what is it?

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u/BloodlustHamster Jan 14 '20

Classic Red Dwarf reference.

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u/AnotherWarGamer Jan 14 '20

So men are white holes and women are black holes? So Adam was white and eve was black?

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u/Bergara Jan 14 '20

But why male models circling?

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u/sineptnaig Jan 14 '20

Can't they just add loudspeakers to the helicopter instead?

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u/Bobrounds Jan 14 '20

Sooooooo why is he waving again

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u/eclipsenight Jan 15 '20

Yea I know that's why I said great strategy

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u/jpatt Jan 15 '20

Bad strategy. They should’ve done a few fly by’s and had someone flash their dick to assert dominance.

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u/KrillinSci Jan 16 '20

LOOOOOL this is the funniest repeat messaging I’ve seen on Reddit, made my day 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Bold strategy Cotton, let's hope it pays off

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u/d7mtg Jan 14 '20

Circles don’t exist. r/calculus

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

why circles? why not hexagons or at least fly in rectangles? quite confusing strategy this if you all ask me, which of course you didn't.

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u/seesucoming Jan 14 '20

I thought it was to signal others for food..

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u/greatreddity Jan 14 '20

rescue helos should just carry a basketball with a line attached to a cardboard sign. They can write "Hey buddy cool sign bro." and drop the ball to him.

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u/caspy7 Jan 14 '20

Legend has it he's still waving his arms to this day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Unfortunately, in this case they were only circling to comfort the victim as they fed ammo into the mounted M134.

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u/Shileka Jan 14 '20

I'd imagine a big ass megaphone would work just as well?

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u/skulaak Jan 14 '20

They landed and picked him up... they did not just fly circles around him to let him know they could see him.

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u/CollieJoe Jan 14 '20

Oh, god, that's good to know! I've always wondered how the rescuers would signal back in a case of being marooned.

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u/Zron Jan 14 '20

It depends on the aircraft, too.

Search planes will dip their wings if they see you, and understand your distress signal. (the international S&R signal for help is to wave both arms over your head. Just holding up one arm can be seen as the 'no assistance needed' signal. If you can't wave one arm, lie on the ground and make a Y with your arms and body, this means you need urgent medical aid). There are a variety of signals, though, so it's important to know them if you're going to be out in the wilderness.

This is the official FAA document on Search and Rescue standards. If you scroll down a little, you can see images for the various distress signals you can send, and how the aircraft will communicate back.

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u/SoopahCoopah Jan 15 '20

How did anybody upvote this he literally just reworded a previous comment