• PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    In college, I had a fellow student with a similar condition. Although he’d often use a wheelchair to get around, it was not at all unusual to see him using his arms to walk around campus.

    In multiple occasions, I saw him do a takedown tackle of another student and basically wipe the ground with him. He didn’t even look completely muscular - although he did have really good definition on some of them - but he was so damn strong overall just from the way he got around that he’d just thrash them.

    Plus, there’s no way to socially come out as winning a fight with a person who has no legs. There’s no way not to lose that fight, it’s just bad versus worse.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah they never skip ‘leg’ day so they’re naturally strong with their arms I would expect.

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      9 months ago

      Plus, there’s no way to socially come out as winning a fight with a person who has no legs.

      Very true, but win or lose, it makes the “you should see the other guy!” trick way more impressive.

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        9 months ago

        I’ve double-leg amputees, and this amazing dude still looks like he’s “missing too much” - especially when he’s just resting talking to the camera. Like, I want to see an xray! I feel like there isn’t room for some of the abdominal organs.

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    9 months ago

    That’s wild, this 2 year old video just randomly showed up in my YouTube feed the other day. Kinda interesting to see how the algorithm just seems to randomly pick a video to start recommending to people.

    Either way, glad this guy’s story is getting to be seen by more people!

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      9 months ago

      People compete for the award, but for some reason become quadriplegic after the attempt. Not sure why.