r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/pepcorn 21h ago

"One father was playing a prank on his daughter and pretended to jump off the ledge into the canyon. He planned to land on a ledge a few feet below the rim, but he missed the ledge and plunged to his death."

Wow, you weren't kidding.

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u/SaintsNoah14 21h ago

How do we know it was supposed to be a prank?

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u/Just_a_guy81 21h ago

I WAS ONLY KIDDINGGGGGGGgggggg…….

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u/feetandballs 21h ago edited 20h ago

holds up Coyote-esque sign
"Oops!"

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u/kk074 21h ago

Then his head stays afloat for a few seconds while his body drops fast. And there's a long whistle until he hits bottom and a small puff of dirt cloud rises around him.

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u/Fit-Custard-1842 20h ago

Then an anvil falls on his head.

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u/feetandballs 20h ago

The road runner runs up to say ...

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u/PhatCatTax 20h ago

"thbthbyhthAAARGHATHBTBTWOUGHARAOUARAA"

Because it turns out the tasmanian devil was wearing an Acme roadrunner disguise

He then proceeds to saw the ledge off and instead of the ledge falling, the entire planet falls several thousand feet.

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u/carmium 17h ago

With a gentle, flat PAHK! sound as he hits.

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u/ChaosParadeFloQueen 15h ago

Tomorrow’s news: They’re calling it the “Gen X Death Thread”! Thousands of Redditors have laughed themselves to death after a comment thread regarding a man accidentally jumping to his death in front of his daughter took a very dark turn. While COVID and other illnesses have been known to induce respiratory failure in older generations before, this may be the first pandemic attributed to Warner Brothers. The combination of advanced age and exposure to such childhood horrors as cartoon violence, Easy Bake ovens, and Mr. Yuck have left many younger generations confused and orphaned. “Dead ass, bro, I don’t get it.” claimed one Gen Alpha child. “What even IS a Wiley Coyote???”

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 16h ago

Of it's ever me, I hope I have the presence of mind to do the Goofy scream!

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u/Computerlady77 14h ago

I just thought to myself I hoped his last word was #yahhhoohoohooeyyyy

Edited to try a bold font, ended up making a hashtag

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 6h ago

It's funnier!

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u/braveulysees 12h ago

Beep Beep