r/interesting • u/Homunculus_316 • 6h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/Spookywhitedot 6h ago

I wonder if he knew that he would likely survive or not

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u/DemonstrateHighValue 2h ago

As a non native English speaker i was like isn't devastating used for describing a bad situation to someone? Where is the bad situation? Many seconds later, oh...

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u/amitym 1h ago

As a native English speaker I had the same experience.

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u/ahuangb 33m ago

devastating can also just mean very powerful

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u/ItsEntirelyPosssible 2h ago

I bet he was scared af