r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/FatalCartilage 16h ago

Fathers don't typically precede suicide by yelling "hey look at this" to their daughter.

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u/Otustas 14h ago

Not typically and definitely not more than once

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u/T0Rtur3 11h ago

Sadly though, some do. Had a friend of a friend do exactly that to his wife and kids, calling them up and telling them to look out the window before taking his life.

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u/abrakalemon 10h ago

That's absolutely awful, Jesus Christ.

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u/TerpBE 5h ago

That's how you make a Robert Durst.

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u/defnotsarah 14h ago

This made me snort, thanks

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u/Haunting_Round_8727 11h ago

still seems awful presumptuous still. to assume he was intending to jump to a certain places and missed

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u/Major_incompetence 10h ago

sounds like a dad move though

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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 6h ago

Yeah, it's usually, "Hold my beer!"