• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    EDIT: It appears that another party has published the contents of my journal before me, currently with a resounding 15 upvotes. I believe this previous poster is a farce. A Telvanni spy sent to ridicule my work.

    "I believe I may have found the correct formula for the spell I am developing. With it, I will be able to travel great distances without the need to pay others for the service.

    If all goes well, I will test out the new spell tomorrow. I believe I have worked out all of the possible complications. It will allow me to leap great distances, covering many hundreds of miles. Never before has one been able to travel in this manner: vaulting from the ground, sailing through the sky, all without that terrible disorientation of a spell of flying.

    The time is almost upon me. My research is finished, and all of my calculations are checked and rechecked. They laughed at me when I suggested this. We’ll see who laughs after I leap to the top of their towers and scream out my success."

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    When there’s a smile in your heart There’s no better time to start Think of all the joy you’ll find When you leave the world behind And bid your cares goodbye You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!

  • me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Birds are not real. They are government spy drones. Lockdown was to recharge their batteries! (sarcasm obviously dont ban me please)

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    I remember when New Age sold me on Idealism.

    Here’s the thing. It’s bullshit.

    History has many examples of men who fell to their deaths believing God would stop the fall.

    One of them was actually a guy who claimed to be the second coming of Jesus. Claimed he’d miraculously fly on a donkey.

    Fell right off the cliff and debunked his whole religion he did.

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      15 hours ago

      I bet he knew, but at that point he’d talked himself into a corner with his followers and had no choice but to jump or face the shame.

      Wish Trump had the balls to feel shame

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    My elementary school classmate Seth did this, he wound up with a broken leg. Although he did hedge his bets with an umbrella, maybe that ruined it.

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    I believe I may have found the correct formula for the spell I am developing. With it, I will be able to travel great distances without the need to pay others for the service.

    If all goes well, I will test out the new spell tomorrow. I believe I have worked out all of the possible complications. It will allow me to leap great distances, covering many hundreds of miles. Never before has one been able to travel in this manner: vaulting from the ground, sailing through the sky, all without that terrible disorientation of a spell of flying.

    The time is almost upon me. My research is finished, and all of my calculations are checked and rechecked. They laughed at me when I suggested this. We’ll see who laughs after I leap to the top of their towers and scream out my success.

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    Pretty sure everyone my age who saw the episode of Dragon Ball Z where Gohan teaches Videl how to fly all sat there that day and fuckin tried our hardest.

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      One of the consequences of getting older is that you forget what its like to simply not know things.

      My two year old son is constantly climbing up stuff and tumbling off it without any regard to the possibility that gravity might be holding him back. Every time he lands hard, he looks at me with tears in his eyes, as though the whole world has betrayed him. If you could just fly by not understand gravity, everyone under the age of six would be levitating constantly.

      Although, in Andrew’s case, it might be less “getting older” and more “getting repeatedly concussed”.

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          It’s not true teleportation, it’s just incredible acceleration. It’s easy to mistake one for the other, if you make the mistake of blinking.

          I can also note that their top speed is still limited. They can’t run on water, for example. (Guess how we found THAT one out!)

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        Well, it’s not enough to not understand gravity, or Isaac Newton would be the most hated human of all time. You have to fall and miss the ground, for example by being distracted in just the right moment.

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      I do remember thinking something along the lines of: “… that… sounds weirdly do-able…?? … Shut up, brain… Unless…”

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      Dbz is the first thing I thought of. Powering up and screaming while all the other kids laugh at you. Idk how I ever got a girlfriend