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The best thing someone over 6' can do is insist they are 5'11 around bellends who are smug about being 6' tall
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PYF Big Boi Jóhann "The Giant" Pétursson (1913-1984) was pretty big (2,34 m or 7 feet 8 inches (I think imperial units confuse me))     Born into poverty in rural Iceland the third of nine children he ruined his feet working long hard fishing trips as a teenager in sea boots that were several sizes too small but soon moved to Europe and joined the circus because the alternative would've been moving between farms being supported by strangers for life as Iceland didn't yet have a functioning welfare system. After a long slump due to World War 2 where he had to use his immense strength working as a stevedore, and further loving up his feet and back, he moved to America and again joined a sideshow. Originally he was billed as a primitive wild man dressed in caveman furs but he disliked the persona and his treatment by his employers so he crafted his own persona as The Viking Giant and struck out on his own as a independent attraction touring fairgrounds. His work allowed him a fairly comfortable life and decent income and he spent the off seasons in leisure in his home in Florida but due to his size literally every piece of furniture and bit of clothing had to be custom made which wasn't cheap. But he made enough that he could retire but in his old age he had a bad fall and didn't want to die in America so je had to petition the Icelandic government into giving him a space in a nursing home despite not having the right due to having spent decades abroad. Eventually he as granted a exception because he was relatively famous and spent his last months in a nursing home not far from his old homestead. FreudianSlippers has a new favorite as of 01:43 on Feb 5, 2022 |
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Feb 5, 2022 01:37
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I’m 6’5” and it kind of sucks but at least I’m not so tall that it’s weird. Mad respect to the Icelandic Viking giant
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Feb 5, 2022 01:49
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I'm 69 nices and it's pretty much the same as 420 pots.
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Feb 5, 2022 02:29
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The anti ben shapiro on the right there.
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Feb 5, 2022 02:30
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OwlFancier posted:The anti ben shapiro on the right there. So his wife is loving drenched I guess???
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Feb 5, 2022 03:44
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freeedr posted:So his wife is loving drenched I guess??? Well, I mean look at him.
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Feb 5, 2022 03:53
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:There's also a good biographical comic about Andre that includes this little amusing behind the scenes bit from The Princess Bride Huh. I wonder if this was a reference to that, or just coincidence... 
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Feb 5, 2022 04:13
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FreudianSlippers posted:PYF Big Boi This dude looks like a Dark Souls boss
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Feb 5, 2022 04:33
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Der Kyhe posted:Looking at that picture, Andre's arms are the size of Arnold's legs. The dude didn't do a chemical cocktail bodybuilding stuff, because he really didn't need to. Gigantism is a hell on the person suffering from it, especially later in life, but the guy is huge and has more natural strength than any normal-sized bodybuilder could ever hope for. I mean, that’s basically just a line from the movie. “It’s not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don’t even exercise.”
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Feb 5, 2022 04:42
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:There's also a good biographical comic about Andre that includes this little amusing behind the scenes bit from The Princess Bride I legit teared up when Tim White talked about Andre, poor dude was in agony 24/7  wish I could've met him before he passed, he seemed like a genuinely awesome guy
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Feb 5, 2022 05:33
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A lot of times the nicest people are in the most pain. The one thing they can control is how they treat other people and often it’s to try to make them not feel the way they do all the time. Conversely a lot of people in pain try to make other people more miserable than they are. But it’s two sides of the same coin imo.
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Feb 5, 2022 06:13
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As someone who is pretty much always the tallest person in the room and therefore in constant back pain from living in a world meant for shorter people, i can confirm that the above reasoning absolutely did help shape the way i approach life to always try to help others
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Feb 5, 2022 06:31
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My favorites Andre the Giant anecdote is that the playwright Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot) would occasionally drive Andre and siblings to school. They were both fond of cricket and that would be all they'd chat about.
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Feb 5, 2022 06:41
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Sentient Data posted:As someone who is pretty much always the tallest person in the room and therefore in constant back pain from living in a world meant for shorter people, i can confirm that the above reasoning absolutely did help shape the way i approach life to always try to help others We have to be kind to the Shorts, and always help them get things from the shelf they can't reach. It is the price we pay.
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Feb 5, 2022 06:43
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The height derail is over. Now is the time of the age derail. These guys are 35 and 34 in this photo. 
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Feb 5, 2022 06:48
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Tsaedje posted:The best thing someone over 6' can do is insist they are 5'11 around bellends who are smug about being 6' tall
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Feb 5, 2022 06:52
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Absolute king poo poo
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Feb 5, 2022 06:57
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Absolute king poo poo
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Feb 5, 2022 07:00
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The height derail is over. Impossible.
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Feb 5, 2022 07:31
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The height derail is over. People used to be older. It is known.
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Feb 5, 2022 07:39
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Facebook Aunt posted:People used to be older. It is known. People used to smoke and drink heavily. Turns out if you don't do that, you don't age terribly.
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Feb 5, 2022 07:41
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Neddy Seagoon posted:People used to smoke and drink heavily. Turns out if you don't do that, you don't age terribly. Modern sunscreen helps too.
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Feb 5, 2022 07:46
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BiggerBoat posted:and even getting laid must have been like living on another planet for him. Andre was getting laid one night and didn't close the shades/curtains. One of the wrestlers who witnessed this scene described it "like a lion screwing a rabbit."
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Feb 5, 2022 07:51
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Neddy Seagoon posted:People used to smoke and drink heavily. Turns out if you don't do that, you don't age terribly. 
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Andre was getting laid one night and didn't close the shades/curtains. One of the wrestlers who witnessed this scene described it "like a lion screwing a rabbit." Oooooh don't threaten me with a good time 
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Feb 5, 2022 08:14
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Maybe you're the Chosen One who can do heroine.
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Feb 5, 2022 08:17
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DicktheCat posted:Maybe you're the Chosen One who can do heroine.
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Feb 5, 2022 08:18
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Ellie Trashcakes posted:this is me ten years older than these guys so something else must be at work here because in addition to drinking and smoking there was a larger-than-usual amount of heroin 🤷🏻♀️ Estradiol is cheating
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Feb 5, 2022 08:25
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I liked the story of when Andre and a bunch of other wrestlers were at Rick Flair's beachside bar. As they were all sitting around drinking heavily, Blackjack Mulligan just reaches over the table and punches Andre in the face. In response, he picks up Blackjack and Dick Murdoch one in each hand by their throats (each 6ft and ~300lb of muscle) and proceeds to carry them out onto the beach and just start holding them both under the water. It took Flair and a couple other guys to get him to stop. At which point he calmly walked back to the bar, sat back down, and continued drinking.
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Feb 5, 2022 08:29
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Philippe posted:Estradiol is cheating gently caress getting aging gracefully imma cheat my rear end off
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Feb 5, 2022 08:56
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The height derail is over. In highschool we used to look at the old yearbooks and marvel over how the graduating classes all looked 40 years old
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Feb 5, 2022 09:35
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The height derail is over. yeah but look at that film grain and the lack of makeup or actual styling. that looks like Jonah Hill and a younger Timothy Olyphant if both of them had just pulled some clothes out of wardrobe neither of them are fully grey, they dont have sunken cheeks or jowls. they look exactly like mid 30's dudes in the 80's looked like. are you all zoomers? Large Testicles has a new favorite as of 09:50 on Feb 5, 2022 |
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Feb 5, 2022 09:45
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Large Testicles posted:yeah but look at that film grain and the lack of makeup or actual styling. that looks like Jonah Hill and a younger Timothy Olyphant if both of them had just pulled some clothes out of wardrobe
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Feb 5, 2022 09:50
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I mean, Cliff is lookin pretty fuckin hot in that pic for an almost 40 dude. And I'm only a moderately bi, engaged to a woman guy.
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Feb 5, 2022 09:56
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Mustang posted:This dude looks like a Dark Souls boss Oh god play another game. E: Regarding age, people in the 80s smoked, and smoking basically makes your face look older.
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Feb 5, 2022 10:14
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Also the hairstyles and clothes are styles we associate with our parents and grandparents, so we perceive them as older. The recent return of high waisted jeans (what I always called "mom jeans") brought this home to me. There's a Twitter where they go back and Photoshop modern hairstyles on people in old photos and they end up looking a lot younger, now they don't have the same hairstyle your grandma Mildred did your entire childhood.
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Imagined posted:Also the hairstyles and clothes are styles we associate with our parents and grandparents, so we perceive them as older. The recent return of high waisted jeans (what I always called "mom jeans") brought this home to me. There's a Twitter where they go back and Photoshop modern hairstyles on people in old photos and they end up looking a lot younger, now they don't have the same hairstyle your grandma Mildred did your entire childhood. I kinda want to see this, you got a link?
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Feb 5, 2022 11:10
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Elissimpark posted:My favorites Andre the Giant anecdote is that the playwright Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot) would occasionally drive Andre and siblings to school. They were both fond of cricket and that would be all they'd chat about. Hahaha I studied Beckett so much in college. How did I never find this? This rules. Thank you for the tidbit.
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