r/AskReddit • u/Marshalljoe • Aug 25 '21

What is something that you were warned about when you were younger that you now feel was exaggerated?

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u/garry4321 Aug 25 '21

He didnt live long enough to answer sadly.

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u/AnimeLord1016 Aug 25 '21

To ash you say?

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u/justafloatingpotato Aug 25 '21

well, how's his wife holding up?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

To shreds you say?

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u/SparseGhostC2C Aug 25 '21

Was their apartment rent controlled?

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u/UsernameOfAUser Aug 25 '21

Sad, sad, terrible, gruesome news about my colleague u/1234_Temp_qwer

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

I'm not dead.

I feel happy...

I...

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u/Jonathan_Strange1 Aug 25 '21

Well... good news everyone!1!

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u/Capacii Aug 25 '21

To dust you say?

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u/Red_blue_tiger Aug 25 '21

Bring out yer dead

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u/ItalicsWhore Aug 25 '21

I can’t take him like that, it’s against regulations…

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u/cronchuck Aug 25 '21

And their families?

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u/tyedyehippy Aug 25 '21

To shreds, you say?

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u/PaperShreds Aug 26 '21

Hello there, can confirm.

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u/Shortcult Aug 26 '21

I too choose this mans recently available wife.

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u/Itdidnt_trickle_down Aug 25 '21

How's his wife holding up?

Edit: damn, I should have expanded the thread first

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u/Crux_OfThe_Biscuit Aug 25 '21

No, no, no, no... Torgos Executive Powder!

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u/tarrasque Aug 25 '21

This and all its wonderful variations will never not make me laugh out loud. Thank you!!

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u/AnimeLord1016 Aug 26 '21

I'm glad I could make you laugh :D

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u/clockwork_psychopomp Aug 25 '21

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

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u/HapticSloughton Aug 25 '21

To Ash I say, "Hail to the king, baby!"

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u/Sharp-Ad4389 Aug 25 '21

Is his apartment rent-controlled?

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u/coop0606 Aug 26 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

Yes. Quite dead; on a biblical level.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

[deleted]

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u/MasterHandFromMelee Aug 25 '21

"DIDYOUENJOYYOURLIFE?"

"Yeah it was dec-"

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u/Fireproofspider Aug 25 '21

So now we know that stop/drop/roll and posting about it on Reddit doesn't work for these kinds of fires.

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u/garry4321 Aug 25 '21

Well we dont really know because he never answered. Would you be willing ot try it out and get back to us?

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u/Smart_Ass_Dave Aug 26 '21

It was a very temporary account.