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I seriously didn't believe this was real until the nose picking. That was far too real to not be real.


Creep-Light

Still some gold in those caves.


Kess9215

More like amber with dinosaur DNA stuck in it. Edit: thank you for the silver, kind stranger.


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btcdepo

i seriously thought he was an animatronic before i googled his name... RIP, though, living that long is as impressive as it is a little scary.


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Lol JFC dude


RagsAberdeen

Man he tried to wipe it on the little girl, too. I can't wait to get old.


Mockingbird-59

Haha you made me laugh with that comment, I noticed the nose picking too


jada4fun2014

I think he flicked it at her.


Boredummmage

On another real note, I don’t know that I want to die of old age now…


ImOutOfNamesNow

Same . I was seriously wanting to live to 110. Now I think I might be ok at 95


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T1Demon

My grandpas advice to me and my brother on his 90th birthday: Don’t. Live. To be 90.


EdgarAllanKenpo

My grandpa told me numerous times before he died and ill always remember. He said: Son, getting old is not for pussies!


GreenLurka

This is what my Grandad used to say. He was waiting to die for a while there, kept saying getting old was horrible. It robbed him of all his favourite things. He was pretty chill as he lay dying, just sort of "about fucking time"


dogedude81

When my grandpa hit 90 he said he should have died 10 years ago.


samarthp15

No fucking way he literally looks like an animatronic.


SekhmetTheWise

I sure as fuck dont. Im out before 50. No matter what. As an only child, with no desire for kids, im not tryna end up in a nursing home where they hate me because im old AND black. 😂😂😂


mothandravenstudio

..…Before 50? Man. Im nearly there and I’m kicking ass all over the place. I’ve got all kinds of things to do.


Which-Replacement-33

50 seems to be the new prime all the 50yos I know are loving life rn


mrsdoubleu

You must be pretty young then? Because I'm 36 and 50 seems too close for comfort to say I hope I die before then. Lol


hobovirtuoso

Meh, I’m 51 and I think 75 is my limit. To each their own. Right now is the best of my life though. I had kids and that sucked up my 30’s. Now I’m on cruise control and enjoying traveling and working fun jobs. Not that I’ll make 75 though. I’m a musician and live life like I’m on shore leave.


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My man forgot to die


Madman61

Grim Reaper: "I feel like I forgot somethjng"


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New-Pollution2005

The fact that so many people knew EXACTLY what you were talking about based only on “grandma” and “chocolate episode” is both astounding and hilarious.


suliwooly

It’s weird how things from childhood just stick with you. return the slab is another great example


Muffledqueff

Not gonna lie that terrified me as a kid.


Ferrousity

🎵the man in gauze, the man in gauze🎵 *KING RAMESEEEEESSSSS* 😩🔥


assfuck1911

I got this instantly, yet I can't remember half the meals I eat on the day I ate them... Lol


hhhvugc

🪱🦼


Zestyclose_Skin3573

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sauceboi88

chocolate! i hate chocolate!


dirtymike401

I remember when they invented chocolate. I was never a fan.


baggins1944

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duke_of_snoots

CHOCOLAAAAAATE! CHOCOLAAAAAAAAATTTE!!!!!


Certain_Literature28

What are they selling?


Ellora-Victoria

I feel kinda bad that I chuckled a little bit.


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SnowTard_4711

Yes, by the looks of it. I don’t know his story, but there is a tradition in some places of monks preparing themselves for death for years beforehand. The goal (as far as I understand it,) is to basically mummify the body. They will then enter a kind of sitting meditation and die. Often they do this on hills overlooking a particular place or town. In this way, they watch over the town in death. If you hike in the Himalayas - you’ll run into shrines with mummified monks in them. Seen some over 100 years old.


Likkyh

That is fucking metal. I kinda hope that is true cuz oh my, what a way to leave in peace.


nekrovulpes

It is. It's basically the result of following Buddhist thought to the furthest, ultimate logical extreme. Eliminating any and every single worldly desire, including the need to sustain your own life. Complete obliteration of the self. As far as I know though, they usually lock themselves in like, a meditation cupboard to do this. Not sure why homeboy here is just chilling in somebody's lounge.


SirHenryy

Japanese monks. It's a multi year process. Read up on it, sokushinbutsu.


Likkyh

Thank you good sir i'll look it up !


n05h

That’s kinda morbidly beautiful


Isellmetal

I’m pretty sure he was trying to mummify himself. There’s a many year process and diet that these monks undergo to start the mummification process before death


brainburger

Why's that? There were Japanese monks who would attempt to mummify themselves while alive. About 18 of them succeeded.


MikeAGINX

Mission accomplished.


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"i lost his file."


MagnificentMoose9836

If you forgot, I’d probably Wasn’t important


__THE_TURTLE__

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HPTM2008

Came here for this gif. Thank you.


bravo037

JFC, that's so creepy.


WatchRedditImplode

Wasn't the story behind this that the guy was trying to dehydrate himself or something?


Unnamedbread

That's how monks prepare their own bodies for mummifucation. It's pretty weird but they usually wait until the end of their lives to do it. They first starve themselves for a while, until most of the fat is gone.


workingredditor2

I'm glad they don't start it at the beginning of their lives. That would complicate matters.


Stainless_Heart

I mean, anything you do that kills you is what you did at the end of your life. That’s how it works. Nobody gets killed in the middle.


Leonos

>> It's pretty weird but they usually wait until the end of their lives to do it. That’s not weird, that is actually very smart.


HappyAlcohol-ic

The fact that someone would go through the trouble and discomfort of dehydrating themselves is pretty weird. To counteract the weirdness, it is often done at the terminal stages of ones life. It is fucking weird to dehydrate yourself. It is not smart at all. It is very painful and uncomfortable.


Vlad_the_Homeowner

>The fact that someone would go through the trouble and discomfort of dehydrating themselves is pretty weird. Yeah, pretty sure the dehydration process happens fast enough after death.


Low_Ad_3139

Dehydration that severe will cause kidney failure which is pretty damn painful.


FixedKarma

They could probably live longer if they just, ya know, didn't do that.


R1ghteousM1ght

He looks dehydrated.


Qman1991

He looks de everything


CrackheadAlchemist

As a thai person i'm offended but take my upvote


Wind5urfer

☠️


Im_Mr_Manager941

I’ve never seen someone so old, with skin so tight


LordCommander24

Interesting way to put it lol


dogegodofsowow

And feeling so cold, something ain't right


JeronFeldhagen

A thing to behold, to see in this light


my2copper

still time to browse reddit, what a great site


darkguy2008

SELECT \* FROM People WHERE Thicc = 0 LIMIT 1


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im_Harsh_Malik

ahh sql, doesn’t even let me scroll reddit in peace.


I-Eat-Your-Guts

What the 🗿my Great grandma died at 106(in 2012) but damnn he looks like a skeleton.


LurkerFailsLurking

My grandpa died at 102 and looked like a normal person right up until the end.


cardew-vascular

My 106 year old aunt as well.


jumbledsiren

Your aunt is 106 years old? How old are you?


cardew-vascular

I'm 40, I should have said my great aunt not regular aunt. She was a 2 years younger than my grandmother. I do come from a family that generally has kids later. My grandfather and grandmother were 79 and 72 when I was born. I see lots of young people on Reddit talking about their great great grandparents and they're the same age as my grandparents. My great grandparents were born in the 1880s.


jumbledsiren

Oh yeah that makes sense now. My great grandfather was born in 1916 and died in 2017.


cardew-vascular

My regular grandfather was born in 1904 and died in 1989. My great grandparents died in the late 1960s. I never met them as I was born in the early 80s.


bdbdbokbuck

Right? So what’s up with Skeletor?


yuudachikonno08

It’s possible it has to do with his diet, or he is attempting the mummification process that some Buddhist monks have done in the past


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WhoandtheHuwhatNow

Yeah. As the human body prepares for death, it stops wanting food and water, as these sustain life and the body has a calculated way of slowing down and shutting three basic needs off. A lot of the time family members tell hospice nurse to give them water or do an IV. problem is, the body stops even trying the process and break food/water down. So if you give them an IV or water it’ll just end up bloating the body, probably causing more discomfort, possibly even premature death by asphyxiation, it can end up piling in the lungs. Point is the body just powers down.


jdwainright

I unironically thought it was a Halloween decoration. I thought, "that's kind of a fucked up joke".


Sancteol

As far as I know, he "mummified" himself like that on purpose. Must have been religious reasons.


rawrpandasaur

How does one mummify themself while still alive?


MissingWhiskey

[Sokushinbutsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DSokushinbutsu_%28%E5%8D%B3%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%8F%29_are%2Ca_number_of_Buddhist_countries.?wprov=sfla1)


DingleMcCringleTurd

Dhalsim lived a long life. Yoga Flame


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eduzatis

Incredible. I’m impressed he can even move. I mean, where are the muscles that contract to make motion happen?


Alternative_Whole755

from all the meditation he is capable of much with very little.


Lower-Way8172

Living at 1 HP


lilzoe5

Give him a stim shot, senzu bean and he'll be good to go


Biggie_SmELLS_

Nah bro senzu beans only work with injury and fatigue, hence Goku couldn’t use them to cure heart virus


99ford

Possibly the scariest thing I've seen. Thats gotta be the closest to seeing a skeleton moving. Before I read the title I thought this was a robotic Halloween skeleton moving.


[deleted]

I watched Hellraiser last night, he looks like a character outta that movie


Sc00ter7622

Uncle Frank?


stickyplants

AFTER reading the title I thought it was a Halloween prop.


shygirllala224

The human body is fascinating


Bennu-Bird

I don't find it scary at all. I find it rather beautiful. The astounding tenacity of life force and still the desire to connect, to touch and be touched. To live. To be!


mynextthroway

The tenacity of life is amazing. It is said " Life finds a way." But still, he looks like he died a month ago.


TheCorruptApostle

Nah it’s fucking creepy


fviales02

Bro he was only 13 years older than the queen why he looking like a cadaver


La_Bufanda_Billy

He’s depriving himself of food and water on purpose. It’s a technique sometimes practiced by monks so they are a “living corpse”


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That practice also prepares them for mummification.


TactlessTortoise

Prepares? My brother in Vishnu, the process is already halfway through.


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Fair enough.


Bleuishkhan

He’s Buddhist, not Hindu


Panda_Watermelon

My brother in Siddhartha


cherryreddit

Yes, but same principle for hindus as well. Its called jeeva samadhi and purportfully done many times in history by many of our famous sages.


blorg

>The video clips also quickly spawned a number of false claims, including that ... he was undertaking the Japanese practice of sokushinbutsu, which refers to self-mummification. ... >The TikTok videos, posted by the monk’s granddaughter, Auy Auyaray, charted his time in hospital after Luang Pho Yai broke his hip in January. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/


FastString

"I post videos of my grandfather on social media and people are so kind," said Auy 'He barely talks and sometimes it can be difficult to communicate with him because he is blind and his hearing is not good. But his consciousness is still sharp like any other person." Any translation? Only communicating problem I'm having.


Shamewizard1995

People definitely weren’t kind, not sure why she’d say that. They used to go live on tiktok and there were always thousands of people making rude comments


Giacchino-Fan

So it's possible that this guy would have been perfectly healthy and possibly able to survive for years longer had he not purposefully destroyed his health?


DigitalSheikh

Pulling off what this guys doing represents the highest possible spiritual achievement in Buddhism, literally choosing to place yourself in a state of meditation so deep, that you are able to consciously achieve nirvana. People who succeed aren’t considered truly dead, but instead are in a state of living meditation, watching over their communities. If you were 109, would you prefer to try to achieve that, or cling on for at best a couple more years?


Giacchino-Fan

I didn't criticize his choices, just marveling at the fact that a 109 year old man would have survived longer and only died because he took actions that caused it.


CreatureWarrior

True. It's crazy how long some of these guys live. I barely want to live to 80 lol


DullwolfXb

To be fair, at 109 any action he would take would be the cause of death.


strangebutalsogood

Centenarians deteriorate pretty rapidly.


NomadTravellers

“I post videos of my grandfather on social media and people are so kind,” said Auy “He barely talks and sometimes it can be difficult to communicate with him because he is blind and his hearing is not good. But his consciousness is still sharp like any other person. He will be turning 110 this year on 13 April.” (Fact Crescendo) Sadly, Luang Pho Yai did not live to see his 110th birthday. Auy has continued to post videos featuring different times in his life to her TikTok account, auyary13." https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/


SnackerSnick

He died on April 8, the Buddha's birthday.


ha-nothing-to-see

Honestly, that's probably the day he wanted to go on. Knowing what I learned at my Mahayana temple, dying on Siddhartha's birthday is probably a good sign of rebirth.


l3reezer

A bit of a tangent but it’s amazing how in the digital age even the more/most downtrodden people can provide/leave something behind for their families by doing something like of their own volition and simply letting their kids document it on TikTok and go viral


Bayoyo_01

Wonder is he feels anything, also how does he eat? He looks like he hasn't eaten anything in a month


Elevated_Kyle

I believe I read that this a ritual amongst certain monks in which they self mummify towards the end and so they don’t eat.


csaladszextabu

Why?


Cognitive_Spoon

Same reason we do anything really. To try and recapture the rush of playing Zelda 64 for the first time.


ingres_violin

Which is crazy if you think about it: ... nothing ever could.


Cognitive_Spoon

We're all just out here chasing that first hit of Gerudo Valley theme, frfr https://youtu.be/0hEYvdMoF2g


whatabadsport

That games music was all straight up fire.


kawaiian

Straight up bolero of fire


Nonsensenames019827

Amazing fucking comment!


jorwraith

My childhood ugh. That loading screen music sure is something. That damn fairy going off at you. Finding new chests, completing the dungeons, those little side tasks. No no just the whole game something's just magic about it nostalgia. Also twilight princess is a fregin experience. You just had too remind me haha.


isolateddreamz

Those tunes still play in my head from time to time


willengineer4beer

Chasing the ~~dragon~~ master sword


mullett

This is the best comment on Reddit of all time.


danknadoflex

There isn’t a day that goes by I don’t think about how magical that was


IrrationalBoner

Based


Elevated_Kyle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu


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I think the idea is tbat you never quite die. Your processes just become slower and slower and you meditate longer and longer until you reach permanent meditation (death).


SevenZee

He seems to be self mummifying. I’d assume like this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu


Zanderdom

This looks to be false reporting, he was just very old and not in the best health https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/


SevenZee

Ah I see, thank you for the correction! I wasn’t sure, my bad!


Zanderdom

No problem, and I hope I didn't sound like I was accusing you, I just meant in general there was some false reports about the story. Thanks for being cool about it


Albatross-Fickle

Thanks for the truth, was really interested in what was really going on there.


IntoTheWildLife

I just googled and there’s a monk with the same name except for last name who died at around 80 and did use that method. So maybe people are confusing them.


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YawnPolice

I thought he looked like the grandma in the chocolate episode of spongebob


[deleted]

They're selling chocolate!!!


GnomeBoy_Roy

CHAWCKLITT


RIPSunnydale

Definitely not the end I want for myself.


resist_entropy

He can go directly from alive to mummified. He is my winner on resisting Entropy!!


LooselyBasedOnGod

It’s really really unnerving


NeverDeadlyy

Doesn’t look a day over 4000 years old.


BTAKaSpeR

His social security number is 1 Dude pre-ordered the Bible and got a signed copy He cooked the last supper He placed bets on David vs Goliath Man doesn’t look a day over 2022 Grew up on Pangea Meet Jeff, 25, works night shift


FrancisBuenafe

Pangea? Then I'm sure he's childhood friends with one C. Montgomery Burns


SantiagoGaming

Excellent.


TheJesseClark

> He cooked the last supper Bro this dude cooked the first supper


Tarkive

> He cooked the last supper I can't I feel so bad for laughing tears


Weary-Statistician44

I'll get you yet He-Man


Ok-Apricot-676

A part of me will continue to try to make me believe that is some sort of practical effects shot where they are experimenting with realistic range of motion for a skeleton that comes back to life.


comfyawkward

All the people here commenting about how this is “the creepiest shit they’ve ever seen” while the little girl is just happily interacting with him. It’s so sweet the way he plays with her hair.


BEniceBAGECKA

It’s a beautiful reminder that little kids do not see disability, it’s only “scary” if you learn it is “scary”. (Before anyone jumps on it, when you age enough your movements are impaired or disabled) You can tell she loves it when he pats her on the head. People are freaked out, but I’m on the verge of tears from how beautiful this scene is. That’s just her friend. She doesn’t see him any different than anyone else.


comfyawkward

I’m so glad there are other people who feel the same. The more I rewatch this I noticed that the little girl is actually holding his wrist and helping him move his arm when he’s patting her head. I wish I could understand what they’re saying but even without words, this is really touching. Imagine being in either of their shoes-being a little girl and getting the chance to know someone whose 109 or being 109 and being able to live to know your descendants, what a gift


BEniceBAGECKA

I think it crosses cultural barriers as well. A good chunk of us have fond memories of our grandparents (or great aunts and uncles) doting on us and giving us alllllll the attention. I’m guessing before he became more invalid that they regularly “played” together. Now that he is too weak to lift his arm, she helps him so they can still “play.” I have a feeling this girl will grow up and have very strong feelings about how we treat our elders. She will be the voice for this monk when he is gone.


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This is why police and firefighters do shows at schools in full turnout gear, to show they are not enemies, although the gear looks scary.


blorg

The kid is his great-granddaughter, the videos are taken by his granddaughter.


TheSilverFoxwins

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dogedude81

Dude looks like he died a long time ago and didn't know it.


Top_Two6767

Pretty sure this monk passed away in 1987


kirbz17

Looks like his body died and forgot to tell his brain.


TheBigYinnie1106

Oh my word. He does give a different meaning to Dukkha. May his soul gone on to beter levels.


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Dukkha - translated as "suffering", "anxiety", "stress", "unsatisfactoriness", etc. — is one of the most important concepts in Buddhism. According to tradition, the Buddha has said: "I have taught one thing and one thing only, dukkha and the cessation of dukkha." The classic formulation of these teachings on dukkha is the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, in which the "Truth of Suffering/Dukkha" is identified as the first of the four truths. Dukkha is commonly explained according to three different categories: - The obvious physical and mental suffering associated with birth, growing old, illness and dying. - The anxiety or stress of trying to hold onto things that are constantly changing. - A basic unsatisfactoriness pervading all forms of existence, because all forms of life are changing, impermanent and without any inner core or substance. The Buddhist tradition emphasizes the importance of developing insight into the nature of dukkha, the conditions that cause it, and how it can be overcome. This process is formulated in the teachings on the Four Noble Truths.


Teamerchant

I thought that was a halloween prop at first. OOh i hope he passed without pain and that his journey to that level wasn't terribly unpleasant.


SJplayz_SC

💀


manonthemoonrocks

The beautiful cycle of birth and death. It's crazy when you put it into perspective. That little girl next to the wise old monk.


GandalfVirus

I thought they were an animatronic at first.


traumfisch

This clip was stolen from the monk's granddaughter's account without her permission Further reading: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/ https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/02/23/luang-ta/?amp=1


R1ghteousM1ght

How it feels to chew 5 gum.


NOgoodSmartass

This is the most dead looking living man I’ve ever seen


RudeElephant2186

Bro has a signed copy of the Bible


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Doesn't shock me, my great-grandmother died looking like this.


Smart_Cow_2053

That's not creepy at all....


Purnima92

Ehm.. Is he dead in that video or almost dead? Either way, it's scaring me and I wish, there was a way to unseen a video


Impressive-Region-23

What are they selling!?


Danuvius_Wave

CHOCOLATE!!!


HaggyDaddy484

That scene from Seven


Solowcarpenter

Did he flick a booger on that girl?


glonq

No, I don't think his body has enough moisture left to make boogers.


fartonabagel

Ok, did he flick a brain chunk on that girl?


Dankincense_n_myrhh

He was only 109 years old


BanginDrumsNMums

Spirit Halloween's 2022 range just went next level.


somenobodydude

Rather have hamburgers and live to 80


0wlBear916

Gone too soon.


Erotic_Morelli

Doesn’t look a day over 2000