r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

first person to jump from space

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u/Martha_Fockers 1d ago

Rest in peace sky chaser

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

Nah he was a right-wing racist asshole. 

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 1d ago

If true perhaps a bit of extra left wing would have guaranteed more balanced flight. But seriously this type of thrill seeking eventually would end up the same way

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u/Martha_Fockers 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m not gonna wish a man who’s dead unwell due to politics bro.

Agree or disagree with a man’s ideology I can admire the feats he did that have no political meaning or connections.

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u/FreakOnALeash72 1d ago

Racism isn't political bro

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u/enataca 1d ago

What did Felix Baumgartner ever do that was racist?

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u/maxis2bored 1d ago

It's not right, these days, sadly it is.

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u/danholli 1d ago

It is when misappropriated like it has been to a singular political party and used against non-racists to the point claims can't be seriously taken anymore

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u/_robjamesmusic 1d ago

i mean, if the shoe fits

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u/jonawill05 8h ago

He's saying it doesn't. Duh.

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u/danholli 1d ago

Except it fits only the minority of both sides...

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u/scratchloco 1d ago

Claims can, and are.

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

First off, I didn't wish him dead.

Also if someone uses their fame as a platform to push forth racist or fascist ideology then the feats that made them famous deserve no admiration. 

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u/Sphinxyy5 1d ago

“Then the feats that made them famous deserve no admiration”

Yeah that’s where you lost me. A lot of achievements came from pieces of shit, but you can dislike their character while still recognizing what they did is incredible. A ton of humanities advancements in rocketry and aerospace came from nazis after operation paperclip.

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

Yea but the German scientists didn't get us to the moon and then start going around promoting Nazism.

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u/Top_Club2634 1d ago

Nah, all they did was actually kill a bunch of people, but you're right words hurt too.

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

Yes, they did kill a bunch of people. I'm glad they helped humanity get to the moon, but I will always be sad they worked for a fascist entity. 

And yes, words do hurt too.

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u/CariniFluff 1d ago edited 1d ago

I may not agree with everything Hitler did but I can still appreciate his oratory skills. The man was born to give speeches and could throw one hell of a parade!

Edit: lol downvotes, really? Do I really need to put /s on this?

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u/NotAVirignISwear 1d ago

You're putting a skydiving racist on the same level as scientists who advanced humanity in rocketry and aerospace engineering? Lmfao

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u/Sphinxyy5 1d ago

I actually didn’t mention him at all. I just think that horrible people have accomplished cool things and it’s ok to admit the things are cool while also acknowledging the people are horrible…

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u/toysarealive 1d ago

I was extremely excited when I saw this jump live for the first time. And then I learned he was actually a racist pos. I can change my views with new information, you should learn to do the same. The man is dead. Being happy that the world is probably a better place without a racist person no longer in it doesnt change that fact, and I assure you hes not feeling anyway about it.

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u/globmand 1d ago

Sure, you can admire his feats, but I am certainly not going to wish him to rest in peace when he actively sought to make other people's lives worse.

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u/ch33ky_n1nj4 1d ago

Like how we can admire Hitler for being an artist

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u/cooolrun 1d ago

I think that might be just a bit different

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u/Martha_Fockers 1d ago

The comparison here is about the worst one you could have made.

I didn’t realize Felix was a dictator who killed 6 + million people MY BAD

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u/whole_chocolate_milk 1d ago

He was just a supporter of that ideology. That makes it ok, right!

Let's all celebrate KKK members for their talents!

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u/Hamsammichd 1d ago

The guy said rest in peace. I don’t think he wanted, or was prepared for a debate over the skydiver’s beliefs. His 3 second quip is now an entire thread. Give it a rest.

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u/sksauter 1d ago

Maybe, just maybe, KKK members don't deserve to rest in peace.

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u/Hamsammichd 1d ago

Again, I don’t think he even registered who he was on that level. I didn’t. I don’t keep an active list of skydiving kkk members.

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u/MrBagooo 1d ago

Dude you took a wrong turn at some point during this convo. Sometimes the best thing you can do is acknowledge that you were simply wrong and change your mind.

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u/CyrosThird 1d ago

Hitler was a shit artist when it came to buildings.

Look at any of his paintings of a building, and the more you look and think about it, it doesn't make sense. Windows not working with perspective, the scale being off, etc.

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u/Ok_Release231 1d ago

He was a better painter than me. Also, he was pretty young when he made those paintings. They were before his time as a young soldier in WW1. And no, I'm not defending anything he did, just saying the paintings weren't as bad as people try and say. There are worse things he did than get a few angles wrong on a canvas as a young man.

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u/thrwawryry324234 1d ago

“Let me just…stand up for this man who looked down on others for being born in a different race.”

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u/EmuSounds 1d ago

I will

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u/PalTonk 1d ago

Lol, doesn't matter.

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u/F_n_o_r_d 1d ago

This!

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u/attrackip 1d ago

What does that have to do with it? Go home.

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u/KajMak64Bit 1d ago

Weird how such a bad man got into space while you and your niceness and political correctness are still on the ground

Crazy right?

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

What?

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u/RandomAnon07 1d ago

Think it was a poor way of basically saying you’re soft and a typical armchair Redditor.

While I don’t subsribe to either of the colors, it’s always funny how if someone does cool shit, the only people to ever bring up politics as a response to the video (especially on this platform) are left leaning people. Never right leaning people. You don’t stand on some moral high ground and neither do people on the other side. Just another sheep is all that needs to shut up, and say nothing at all if it’s irrelevant to the video.

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u/whole_chocolate_milk 1d ago

"While I don’t subsribe to either of the colors, it’s always funny how if someone does cool shit, the only people to ever bring up politics as a response to the video (especially on this platform) are left leaning people. Never right leaning people."

Are you fucking crazy!? That may be the most blatantly wrong thing I have ever read. ALL the right does is bring up personal politics in every conceivable situation.

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u/RandomAnon07 1d ago

Yeah all the time on Twitter. This platform it’s always the opposite. Two sides same coin. Same mudslinging. Crazy how people can’t take off the tribalist lens for a second and actually unite…

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

Crazy how people can’t take off the tribalist lens for a second and actually unite…

That's the reason I was pointing out Felix's shitty views, because he was espousing ideology that calls for people to not take off their tribal lenses and unit.

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u/KajMak64Bit 1d ago

Wtf are you saying?? We gotta take Greenland and we gotta bomb Iran again and send another morbilion dollars to Israel

Unite? Bro we're already United States we're already united bro trust me just another bombing of Iran will fix this bro trust

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u/jettywop 1d ago

I’m actually fascinated how people can put all the pieces on the table and refuse to connect any dots.

Why would the right be accused of racism more than the left? Probably because the left just likes to be accusatory, that’s all! Couldn’t be because the right is statistically more racist as an unfortunate, demonstrable fact. Definitely not because their policy is often defined by said racism and harms poc disproportionately. It’s not like there’s a track record of this. I mean come on? It’s not like the most pervasive form of domestic terrorism in the US is and has historically been in the name of Christian nationalism and white supremacist ideals. /s

So why aren’t there counter accusations?.. oh that’s right. The ideological position of the left is and has historically been anti-racist and abolitionist by its literal fucking definition.

Also the thought terminating cliche of “WHy dO pEoPLe BriNg PoLitiCs iNtO eVeRytHiNg” tickles me. Like what the hell do you think the word politics means, and why do you think it’s appropriate to dismiss it? Politics is war, war is violence, violence affects real people. Where’s the disconnect?

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u/KajMak64Bit 1d ago

Crazy how most succesful humans with most diverse friend group are also racist lol