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What a quote! I mean, I completely disagree, but that was great writing
The fear for reasonable people is 100% falling. It’s just a matter of how much we can overpower or ignore it
And I get shittier at that the older I get. When I was a kid I was climbing trees 4 stories tall no problem, and that was having fallen out of trees before when branch holds broke
But as an adult I am developing a CRIPPLING fear of heights. I have mentioned before, if you made steps 1 foot wide, kept them on ground level, and I was being paid to walk them without falling, I would probably go years without a fall or stumble
But put those same stairs 1000 feet in the air and offer to pay me to walk them without falling, and one of two things is going to happen
- I either fall to my death
- Or I sit my frozen in fear paralyzed ass down on one and wait for the fire department to come rescue me. And probably also fall to my death before that happens
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