How I got here (Preston Thorpe, incarcerated developer)

Re:How I got here (Preston Thorpe, incarcerated developer) by vunderba on Saturday November 11, 2023 @08:59PM (#38236527)

You don't know this. You can "imagine" how you'd react in a theoretical situation all you like, but It's like the first time you go skydiving - sure you know the safety record and you've got a parachute/reserve but until you get thrown out of a moving plane at 14,000 feet in the air, you have no idea whether you're going to react calmly or completely freak out.

Likewise until you're actually in a life and death situation, you don't know what you're truly capable of.

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Re:How I got here (Preston Thorpe, incarcerated developer) by all2 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @04:21AM (#38238700)

Not knowing the answer to these questions makes me wonder at who I am sometimes. How would I react to being thrown from a plane, a gun to my head, starving on the street. I thank God I haven't had to experience those things, but I still wonder at what kind of man I am.

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