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What's been the craziest moment of your life? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw this asked on another instance, thought I’d ask it here and I’ll post my response from there in the comments as I think it felt cathartic.

Doesn't need to be a life or death situation, just any moment in your life where you found yourself saying "Holy shit, I can't believe this is happening!"

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[–] sneekee_snek_17 1 points 6 months ago

Probably being held at gunpoint by a guard at a Jordanian airbase that I was inside of, doing a timed ruck march, as a US soldier.

I didn't speak his dialect, so I couldn't pick up much, but my gut said he was pissed he was on guard overnight and decided to ruin my night, too.

Only like the initial 15-30 seconds were really stressful, it was largely just annoying, since I couldn't communicate with anyone, standing there with my ruck on the ground and my hands up.