I hear ya man. Better to be embarrassed than dead. And I'm sure that some people hesitate to yell for the lifeguard because they don't want to be "that guy".As someone who got caught in the current, and knew what a rip tide was and how to escape, it didn't matter. Maybe if I trained to get out of it in addition to just reading about it, I'd have remembered. But in the moment, I forgot all logic and panicked to the point of exhausting myself. I didn't realize exactly how much danger I was in until many years later. At the time, I was mostly just embarrassed.
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That 90s Jazz team should have won at least one title. Talk about worst luck ever running into that Bulls team those two years.
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RIP to Japanese pro wrestler, Hana Kimura. Suicide due to cyber bullying.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52782235
Man, I'm really torn-up about this one. So a bit of backstory on this. There's this Japanese reality show on Netflix that's become a global sensation called Terrace House. Think of it like the Real World, but it's on the more wholesome side compared to standard American realty shows. Hana was a cast member on this most recent season, currently airing until the pandemic shut it down (the show airs while the housemates are in the house almost like Big Brother).
There was an incident on the show where one of her housemates accidentally ruined her ring gear in the washing machine, and she blew up on the person, and said some personal insults to him. Well the fandom started to vilify her nonstop on social media and it became too much for her.
Really sucks because I was a fan of the show, and liked her because of her ties to pro wrestling. She was one of the top stars of her promotion at only 22 years old. Probably the equivalent of WWE loosing Charlotte or Becky Lynch right before they made it to the main roster. She was likely on the fast track to being a star in the WWE similar to Asuka, and her generational ties to the business is similar to Paige's upbringing.
[Edit] Btw, the episode where this happened hasn't aired yet on American Netflix, since they wait months to upload blocks of episodes as opposed to weekly like in Japan or other countries. So I don't even know if they will air those episodes now, since watching those episodes will be exceptionally haunting now. It's quite literally the last months of her life played out on camera.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52782235
Man, I'm really torn-up about this one. So a bit of backstory on this. There's this Japanese reality show on Netflix that's become a global sensation called Terrace House. Think of it like the Real World, but it's on the more wholesome side compared to standard American realty shows. Hana was a cast member on this most recent season, currently airing until the pandemic shut it down (the show airs while the housemates are in the house almost like Big Brother).
There was an incident on the show where one of her housemates accidentally ruined her ring gear in the washing machine, and she blew up on the person, and said some personal insults to him. Well the fandom started to vilify her nonstop on social media and it became too much for her.
Really sucks because I was a fan of the show, and liked her because of her ties to pro wrestling. She was one of the top stars of her promotion at only 22 years old. Probably the equivalent of WWE loosing Charlotte or Becky Lynch right before they made it to the main roster. She was likely on the fast track to being a star in the WWE similar to Asuka, and her generational ties to the business is similar to Paige's upbringing.
[Edit] Btw, the episode where this happened hasn't aired yet on American Netflix, since they wait months to upload blocks of episodes as opposed to weekly like in Japan or other countries. So I don't even know if they will air those episodes now, since watching those episodes will be exceptionally haunting now. It's quite literally the last months of her life played out on camera.
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HOF college basketball coach Eddie Sutton at 84.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... on-dies-84
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... on-dies-84
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That’s the role you memorialize Mr. Wilhelm for?
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Former MISFITS Drummer JOEY IMAGE Reportedly Dead At 63
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/forme ... ead-at-63/
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/forme ... ead-at-63/
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A pair from the sports world...
Washington Bullets legend Wes Unseld
Auburn football coaching legend Pat Dye
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ye-dies-80
Washington Bullets legend Wes Unseld
Auburn football coaching legend Pat Dye
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ye-dies-80
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I only know who he is because of the throwback jersey craze.
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Guitarist Bob Kulick passed away last Friday. He was 70.
Kulick auditioned to be in KISS's original lineup and played on several records.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 290695002/
Kulick auditioned to be in KISS's original lineup and played on several records.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 290695002/
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Aka Pat Tie for kicking a FG against Syracuse in the ‘88 Sugar Bowl (before CFB had OT) instead of going for the win.A pair from the sports world...
Washington Bullets legend Wes Unseld
Auburn football coaching legend Pat Dye
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ye-dies-80
https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2020/06 ... -game.html
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Former Pitt & Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ng-impact/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ng-impact/
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There were a truly improbable number of people who were guitar players in KISS.Guitarist Bob Kulick passed away last Friday. He was 70.
Kulick auditioned to be in KISS's original lineup and played on several records.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 290695002/
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RIP Rupert Hine, who produced records for Rush, Tina Turner, The Fixx, Stevie Nicks, Howard Jones, and on and on and on.....
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rupert-hine-dead/
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rupert-hine-dead/
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