by Kanienke (Ganien)
This is the second post in a guest series titled Falling or Flying. See here for more info.
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I’m a little bit scared of heights so falling and flying are equally uncomfortable activities for me.
Falling is awkward, and it is a lot worse than flying; it implies a certain lack of preparedness on your part. I don’t like being unprepared. So when I imagine falling, it begins with a misstep and ends with me plunging uncontrollably downwards, accelerating and suddenly realizing I forgot to put on pants that day. Then I sort of wonder what kind of corpse they will find at the bottom, like, “What a mess this is… but wait, was this guy not wearing pants?” Continue reading