# I just saw a thing I wish I hadn't seen.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 18, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-thing-i-wish-i-hadnt-seen/841931 "2019-10-18T03:16:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-thing-i-wish-i-hadnt-seen/841931/41 "2019-10-22T22:25:38Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Did you happen to see [this video](https://mashable.com/video/hang-glider-not-attached/) of a tandem hang glider where the pilot failed to connect up his passenger? A very scary two minutes hanging on for his life.

Yes! I take requests from students and one day five of them came in with “You gotta show the hang glider guy!”

But didn’t he have a beautiful landscape to almost die in?

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**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-thing-i-wish-i-hadnt-seen/841931/42 "2019-10-23T10:48:54Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Yes! I take requests from students and one day five of them came in with “You gotta show the hang glider guy!”
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> But didn’t he have a beautiful landscape to almost die in?

The first time I saw the video (Reddit?) I freaked out. I sent my gf a link to it (we were sitting next to each other). Watching her view the video was as hilarious.

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