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HaHaClintonDix
09/02/20 10:54:23 AM
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Returning_CEmen
09/02/20 10:55:03 AM
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He always looks like he is on the verge of tears
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Bluebomber182
09/02/20 10:55:30 AM
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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 10:56:31 AM
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so how is he going to breathe? Or am I just watching David Blaine commit suicide live.

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YookaLaylee
09/02/20 11:01:50 AM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
so how is he going to breathe? Or am I just watching David Blaine commit suicide live.

He practiced breathing techniques to lower the chances of experience hypoxia when he gets high in the air
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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:01:58 AM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
so how is he going to breathe? Or am I just watching David Blaine commit suicide live.
Balloons can't get to space he'll be okay.

Thing is myth busters already tried this and it's not pretty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Yr0gRCsxk

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:04:04 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Balloons can't get to space he'll be okay.

Thing is myth busters already tried this and it's not pretty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Yr0gRCsxk

Raft and balloons aren't exactly the same.

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HaHaClintonDix
09/02/20 11:09:55 AM
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wow he's harnessed, i was told he was going to be "holding" the balloons

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Skurvy_1
09/02/20 11:11:05 AM
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is this dude about to jump?

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:11:12 AM
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HaHaClintonDix posted...
wow he's harnessed, i was told he was going to be "holding" the balloons

Lol of course he's harnessed. If he could hold on with one arm he would win Ninja Warrior every year.

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:11:49 AM
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I'm not really impressed by this.

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YookaLaylee
09/02/20 11:11:56 AM
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Skurvy_1 posted...
is this dude about to jump?

Yeah
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monkmith
09/02/20 11:13:09 AM
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what the hell am i watching? is this just skydiving from a balloon?

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J03can
09/02/20 11:13:55 AM
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This is stupid.
David Blaine is a hack.

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:19:21 AM
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monkmith posted...
what the hell am i watching? is this just skydiving from a balloon?

From what I can tell yes.

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monkmith
09/02/20 11:23:37 AM
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feel like he's missed a great opportunity here, with flat earth rocket guy dead he could have easily stepped into his shoes.

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YookaLaylee
09/02/20 11:26:24 AM
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monkmith posted...
what the hell am i watching? is this just skydiving from a balloon?

Hes not wearing an oxygen tank or going up into the air in a pressurized cabin. Since hes completely exposed tot he elements that high up, its absolutely freezing and it wouldnt be hard for him to die. Plus hes in a place with warm climate and the balloons could start to pop at any moment. He also has to be aware of changes in the wind so that he can control his trajectory. So its not as straightforward as it looks
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YellowMustard69
09/02/20 11:28:02 AM
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If David Blaine is actually a magician, then all these acts he does are probably just eye tricks. He isn't actually going up in there. It's just CGI, puppets, and painted backdrops.
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monkmith
09/02/20 11:30:49 AM
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YookaLaylee posted...
Hes not wearing an oxygen tank or going up into the air in a pressurized cabin. Since hes completely exposed tot he elements that high up, its absolutely freezing and it wouldnt be hard for him to die. Plus hes in a place with warm climate and the balloons could start to pop at any moment. He also has to be aware of changes in the wind so that he can control his trajectory. So its not as straightforward as it looks
at the very least i'd imagine that if he passes out they can release him from the balloons. at that point as long as he's not dead he'll either wake up and deploy his parachute manually or the reserve chute will open when he hits a certain altitude.

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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:30:55 AM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
If David Blaine is actually a magician, then all these acts he does are probably just eye tricks. He isn't actually going up in there. It's just CGI, puppets, and painted backdrops.

He's a "street magician"

You get a better definition here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzY-DvBgqU&t=144

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HaHaClintonDix
09/02/20 11:31:43 AM
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I'm pretty sure there will also be a "scary fake-out" type of moment where like we're supposed to freak out like something going wrong, balloons popping or parachute not deploying or whatever

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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:36:19 AM
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HaHaClintonDix posted...
I'm pretty sure there will also be a "scary fake-out" type of moment where like we're supposed to freak out like something going wrong, balloons popping or parachute not deploying or whatever
There's probably going to be a cessna escort or something. I don't think they're just going to send him up there alone.

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Coloradough
09/02/20 11:36:33 AM
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I don't understand this at all

he harnessed himself to baloons, went to 18k, and will skydive back? How does this fit with his other stunts? I've spent more than a few nights camping at 18k ft, it's not a superhuman height...

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Tom Clark
09/02/20 11:36:45 AM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
If David Blaine is actually a magician, then all these acts he does are probably just eye tricks. He isn't actually going up in there. It's just CGI, puppets, and painted backdrops.

I still think that the biggest bullshit about his "forty days in a clear box" stunt was that it wasn't a magic trick (other than the obvious "the water probably has other nutrients in it" thing that everyone guessed straight away).

If they'd opened the transparent box at the end of the experiment and he hadn't been in there, despite a crowd watching his every move for over a month from every angle, that would have been a great stunt/trick. As it stands, a creepy dude sitting in a box above the river was probably at best the tenth weirdest thing than anyone would have seen in London on any given day that his performance was running.

He's a magician, he should do more illusions, dammit.

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SmidgeIsntBack
09/02/20 11:38:04 AM
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Seems like he does have a tank with him?

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:38:10 AM
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YookaLaylee posted...
Hes not wearing an oxygen tank or going up into the air in a pressurized cabin. Since hes completely exposed tot he elements that high up, its absolutely freezing and it wouldnt be hard for him to die. Plus hes in a place with warm climate and the balloons could start to pop at any moment. He also has to be aware of changes in the wind so that he can control his trajectory. So its not as straightforward as it looks

What is he breathing in to then if thats not an oxygen tank?

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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:38:54 AM
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Tom Clark posted...
If they'd opened the transparent box at the end of the experiment and he hadn't been in there, despite a crowd watching his every move for over a month from every angle, that would have been a great stunt/trick. As it stands, a creepy dude sitting in a box above the river was probably at best the tenth weirdest thing than anyone would have seen in London on any given day that his performance was running.
Criss Angel did this. It was only a week though and not a month. And the crowd when he got out was probably entirely paid actors.

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:39:54 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Criss Angel did this. It was only a week though and not a month. And the crowd when he got out was probably entirely paid actors.

That Criss Angel, what a mind freak!

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YookaLaylee
09/02/20 11:40:01 AM
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Jiggy101011 posted...


What is he breathing in to then if thats not an oxygen tank?

He didnt have it on before lol
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MelbuFrahma4
09/02/20 11:40:45 AM
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Is he like live streaming his death. Dont you need like an astronaut suit if you going to space.

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:41:44 AM
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HaHaClintonDix posted...
I'm pretty sure there will also be a "scary fake-out" type of moment where like we're supposed to freak out like something going wrong, balloons popping or parachute not deploying or whatever

Lol here we go, "I can't hear you"

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Touch
09/02/20 11:41:58 AM
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What the effffff

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:42:14 AM
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YookaLaylee posted...
He didnt have it on before lol

Its magic! Lol

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monkmith
09/02/20 11:42:27 AM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
Is he like live streaming his death. Dont you need like an astronaut suit if you going to space.
you cant go to space with balloons.

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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:42:51 AM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
Is he like live streaming his death. Dont you need like an astronaut suit if you going to space.
He can't get to space. At a certain point the atmosphere will become thin enough that balloons can't go any higher. This limit will be significantly lower than usual since there's a massive weight pulling the balloons down.

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alphagamble
09/02/20 11:44:58 AM
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How high is he going?

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littlebro07
09/02/20 11:45:50 AM
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Did he finally stop torturing that poor gay couple?

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:46:14 AM
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Here we go

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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:49:59 AM
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So now this is just parachuting lol

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monkmith
09/02/20 11:51:07 AM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
So now this is just parachuting lol
isn't it so inspiring? doing the thing that tens of thousands of people do recreationally each year?

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alphagamble
09/02/20 11:51:58 AM
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You get good loot in the Airport

Should land there

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Poop2
09/02/20 11:53:46 AM
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HaHaClintonDix posted...
wow he's harnessed, i was told he was going to be "holding" the balloons
yeah holding anything for that long and supporting your weight will never happen.

try just hanging from a pullup bar. you'll be lucky to last a minute.
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Jiggy101011
09/02/20 11:53:56 AM
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monkmith posted...
isn't it so inspiring? doing the thing that tens of thousands of people do recreationally each year?

LOL! But balloons were involved!

Man I dont understand what was so special about this.

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Tyranthraxus
09/02/20 11:56:25 AM
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Poop2 posted...
yeah holding anything for that long and supporting your weight will never happen.

try just hanging from a pullup bar. you'll be lucky to last a minute.

Just holding your arms up for a minute is fucking hard.

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ktownslayer16
09/02/20 11:57:49 AM
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monkmith posted...
isn't it so inspiring? doing the thing that tens of thousands of people do recreationally each year?

lol dont skydivers go from like 4-5K feet? He was 25K up in the air.

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lww99
09/02/20 12:00:52 PM
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Yall are impossible to please, that was cool af.

Bigger balls than all of us

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YookaLaylee
09/02/20 12:01:05 PM
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lww99 posted...
Yall are impossible to please, that was cool af.

Bigger balls than all of us

I agree
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lww99
09/02/20 12:01:24 PM
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ktownslayer16 posted...
lol dont skydivers go from like 4-5K feet? He was 25K up in the air.

right. Like you could literally see the curvature of the earth.

he was free falling for over a minute

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AbstraktProfSC2
09/02/20 12:08:21 PM
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skydivers generally go from 13-15k ft.
Even on a windy/ slightly stormy day, I still went from 9.5k ft

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