Did you ever see the episode of Futurama where Bender had that big ass “Remember Me!” tomb built? He’s like that except instead of tricking a planet and becoming a pharaoh to have slaves build things he burned down a temple of Artemis.
I remember reading as punishment for the crime and rationale, he was executed and his name forbidden to be mentioned. All this time I thought he was anonymous.
Fun fact, you are more likely to die taking a selfie than to be killed by a shark. From 2018-2021 more than 300 people died while taking a selfie, in that same time period about 200 people were killed by sharks.
Sharks aren’t that dangerous because people don’t encounter them that much
People make selfies from dangerous positions. Going to a cliff to take a selfie is more on the side of “going to a cliff” than on the side of “taking a selfie”. Even more people die wearing cloths.
I’ve had this argument with my wife, who wants to swim with Orcas, so many times.
Me: Orcas are the sadistic murder cats of the ocean. Do not swim with them. They may decide to kill you for the fun of it.
Her: There has never been a reported fatal orca attack! You worry too much!
Me: How many people do you think are trying to swim with wild orcas every year? Sample size is to small. It’s like saying it’s safe to slap a grizzly bear with a pool noodle and then throw a Meringue pie in it’s face, because AFAIK, no one has ever died doing so.
I don’t think Chaplin was known for that kind of stunts, but Buster Keaton was. Like the classic clip where the front of a house collapses on him and he’s standing right where the window falls.
I dunno if he was known for it or not, but Chaplin did this sort of thing too. There’s a roller skating clip of him “almost falling” a couple floors in this compilation (2nd clip)
That was a matte painting, there was no actual stunt there, just camera tricks.
That same video has a clip of Buster Keaton riding a motorcycle over a collapsing bridge. The part with the trucks was camera tricks. The part with the bridge falling was a real stunt.
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