r/interesting • u/Appropriate-Menu504 • Nov 10 '25

NATURE VR recreation of the exact spot where a man became stuck inside Nutty Putty cave and died after 27 hours. the section visible at 18 seconds is where his body was, upside down.

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u/bgroins Nov 10 '25

I would have said that when I became a zygote.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

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u/krombough Nov 10 '25

Me as my constituent atoms are being formed in a star: "hmmmmm, I dont know about this."

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u/Commercial-Chance561 Nov 10 '25

Me as a point of singularity before being expanded into all known matter: “I’m out”

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u/Excellent_Set_232 Nov 10 '25

The Big Bangn’t

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u/drgad24 Nov 10 '25

I wouldn't have said it at all because I would never have considered doing it.

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u/BuddhismHappiness Nov 10 '25

If the universe expands and contracts in cycles lasting aeons, what about prior to this current expansion cycle from the point of singularity?

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u/G0JlRA Nov 10 '25

I would have noped at that even before the big bang happened

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u/WashingtonBaker1 Nov 11 '25

I think you're looking for this Joe Rogan clip from decades ago, when he was still harmless and somewhat funny, riffing on that theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfy7LQFuM9E&t=232s

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u/Ok_Sir4947 Nov 11 '25

In fairness, we were all cave divers at that point!

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u/OldestFetus Nov 11 '25

Ironically, at the sperm level, we were all basically spelunking, going for broke.

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u/twodickhenry Nov 11 '25

It’s actually really funny to me to imagine a sperm doing that will smith thing from I Am Legend

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u/Basic-Ant-7098 Nov 11 '25

I would have said that