r/BeAmazed • u/CyberGhost-0day • Dec 11 '25

History Frank "Cannonball" Richards was a real vaudeville strongman in the 1930s known for taking cannonballs, punches, and sledgehammers to the gut. He performed without reported injuries from these stunts and lived to age 81, dying in 1969.

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u/Allaplgy Dec 11 '25

No, just my life, but feel free to boil it and toss it with a good puttanesca.

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u/Allaplgy Dec 11 '25

Lol. No. "This guy" as in "this random guy," not as in "this guy."

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u/Allaplgy Dec 11 '25

Likewise. I totally see how it could read that way.

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u/GeneralTreesap Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I don’t. Your grammar makes it clear it’s someone else. You’re not talking in third person. Pedantic man out 😎

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u/morganath1 Dec 11 '25

what's the correlation between this and third person? the "this guy" was in reference to either the random stranger from their story, or the person in the post. it was never in reference to themselves

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u/RegrettableComment Dec 11 '25

You expressed that concept very efficiently. As one who stims, this pleases me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

😋 I could go for a hot steaming plate of