• eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    I was always worried about perfectly round holes in the ground and falling into them. Looney Tunes really over-represented how common they were.

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      14 days ago

      Happened to me once. I was super drunk walking home and didn’t see an open manhole in front of me. I got super lucky, though.

      From my drunk perspective, I’m just walking along when suddenly the ground is nearly at my eye level. Then I realised I’m dangling there, with only my head and elbows outside. I dragged myself out and continued on home.

      I have no idea how I managed to fall inside with both my legs at the same time and why my arms didn’t hurt like hell, not even in the morning.

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          I don’t think reflexes were involved here, more likely it was lucky arm positioning at the right time. But what do I know? I wasn’t quite there to witness it.