Poor taste - yesDemotivational - no
I actually find this to be quite inspirational, despite the subject matter of the photo.
Yes, the guy is falling from a very tall building, and yes, he is about to die, but consider this... rather than face certain death in a burning building, this guy took a chance - took a chance at life.
'Optimism' is the perfect word for this poster. The guy knew that he was going to die if he stayed where he was, but perhaps he took an optimistic view and thought, 'If I jump, I *might* survive'.
A lesson in optimism and positive thought for everyone perhaps?
(I actually find this to be quite inspirational, despite the subject matter of the photo.
Yes, the guy is falling from a very tall building, and yes, he is about to die, but consider this... rather than face certain death in a burning building, this guy took a chance - took a chance at life.
'Optimism' is the perfect word for this poster. The guy knew that he was going to die if he stayed where he was, but perhaps he took an optimistic view and thought, 'If I jump, I *might* survive'.
A lesson in optimism and positive thought for everyone perhaps?
JugglerJAF It's curtains for you.Lacy gently wafting curtains,
Sat 2 Sep 2006, 7:36,
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"If I jump, I might survive?"Sorry, but no chance. It's absolutely certain death. Good old 9.80665 m/s^2 from a hundred odd storeys onto concrete? You'd have more chance of surviving by flapping your arms and tried to fly to safety.
Still, it is inspirational that someone decided to take action and avoid the horror that is burning to death. That's true courage.
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Sat 2 Sep 2006, 12:11,
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Still, it is inspirational that someone decided to take action and avoid the horror that is burning to death. That's true courage.
Errm...I believe he jumped out because he prefered the idea of a quick death from the fall to being slowly burned alive. Not because he went crazy and thought;
"Hey, you never know, Jesus might catch me at the bottom in his big butterfly net of salvation!"
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Sat 2 Sep 2006, 12:17,
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"Hey, you never know, Jesus might catch me at the bottom in his big butterfly net of salvation!"
He's AmericanThat's probably *exactly* what he was thinking!!
( JugglerJAF It's curtains for you.Lacy gently wafting curtains,
Sun 3 Sep 2006, 16:29,
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No...he was thinking - 'Where's my goddamn frappuccino????'
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Micro Prawnvica,
Mon 4 Sep 2006, 8:46,
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