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[–]aardvarkasaurus 191 points192 points ago

Feline Baumgartner!

[–]Alatian 33 points34 points ago

Successor to Kittenger.

[–]Captain_Redbeard 89 points90 points ago

Felix the Cat

[–]RyderNamedDeath 13 points14 points ago

The wonderful wonderful cat

[–]TheAtomicPlayboy 907 points908 points ago

SAIL

[–]Zorbick 386 points387 points ago

Come on, man, you coulda linked it.

[–]pugwalker 70 points71 points ago

only reason im in the comments

[–]skymonkey1 27 points28 points ago

That was even funnier than the first time. SAIL! Was that cat retarded?

[–]kaleidoscope-eyes 33 points34 points ago

I think it just slipped on the metal.

[–]inthedrink 41 points42 points ago

I'd probably classify SAIL more as just alt rock.

[–]ALettertooshor 27 points28 points ago

The way the cat was moving it was clearly bothered by something. It kept making eye contact with the camera operator and you can see it stutters its walking right before the leap. I kind of had the feeling it was either freaked out by the camera, didn't know the camera operator, or it was just the typical ineffable behavior of a cat.

[–]IndieGamerRid 27 points28 points ago

The typical ineffable behavior of a cat.

This is brilliantly true.

[–]austin1414 15 points16 points ago

WHAT?! SO NOW MY BEHAVIOR'S NOT "F-ABLE"?!?!

[–]Jucoy 3 points4 points ago

I think it was a stray. You can tell by the way its ear has a chunk missing out of it and it probably doesn't know the person operating the camera as you said based on the way it moves and tries to leap to the other balcony.

[–]BCBUDDHA 12 points13 points ago

look at how scarred up that cat is (chunks of ears missing)... its basically just a cat daredevil that likes the thrill

[–]McNuty 5 points6 points ago

I've always wondered if the cat survived.

[–]TouchMYtralaala 210 points211 points ago

[–]ThunderAssDiamond 30 points31 points ago

There's no way this .gif will become overused.

[–]shirtface 41 points42 points ago

DAE hear it as ABANDON THREEEEEEEEEEEEAAD

Edit: poor spelling

[–]Posti 24 points25 points ago

Well now I do.

Fuck.

[–]aaronrenoawesome 6 points7 points ago

Most people abandoned Threed already, after all the zombies and ghosts showed up.

[–]Phoequinox 2 points3 points ago

Threed was my favorite town in terms of the "plight" around it. I love a good horror theme.

Fourside can eat a bag of dicks.

[–]ArchangelleOPisAfag 12 points13 points ago

Taken from this comment.

[–]cabomorales 3 points4 points ago

This is gold.

[–]TheRealFender 13 points14 points ago

[–]xyroclast 12 points13 points ago

I really hope that cat was ok. Any cat experts care to judge, based on the apparent height?

[–]SinofOmission 86 points87 points ago

Well I'm no cat expert but I'm pretty sure a 24 mile drop without a parachute is really hard for them to come back from. Oh you meant... nvm.

[–]CelebrationSpices 29 points30 points ago

Cat expert here. He was fine

[–]Ancient_Cookies 48 points49 points ago

Cat here. Still got 8 to go.

[–]tintin47 17 points18 points ago

Not necessarily. Due to their thick fur and falling behavior, cats reach terminal velocity very quickly - about 80 feet of free fall. As can be seen in the "Cat Righting Reflex" wikipedia page (here), cats can survive terminal velocity falls quite easily, so a 24 mi fall wouldn't be any different than a 100 ft fall, excluding the risk of asphyxiation/freezing.

[–]sparrowlooksup 15 points16 points ago

From the same article:

The righting reflex begins to appear at 3–4 weeks of age, and is perfected at 7 weeks.

Someone, in the name of science presumably, dropped a number of kittens from a set height beginning at birth through at least 7 weeks old...

And people claim there's goodness in every person...

[–]Butterlegs 9 points10 points ago

Actually, the cat would still survive, as it would land at terminal velocity, which cats can survive.

[–]Aa5bDriver 12 points13 points ago

That's a weighted statement. TV is dependent on air density and very well might be fatal if said cat was not exposed to sufficient atmosphere (to affect deceleration) prior to landing... SAIL

[–]Butterlegs 8 points9 points ago

The cat would land on the ground, where the atmosphere makes terminal velocity survivable.

[–]Brruceling 3 points4 points ago

Sufficient atmosphere? I think all of it would be sufficient.

[–]Alexandur 4 points5 points ago

It's possible for a cat to survive impact at terminal velocity, but not likely.

[–]nagai 10 points11 points ago

I'm no cat expert but I think the fact that the cat would instantly freeze may be detrimental to it's health.

[–]Butterlegs 11 points12 points ago

Wrap it in IcyHot. That way, it will stay warm when it first exits the capsule, and will cool down rather than lighting on fire from friction with the air.

[–]Garrickus 1 point2 points ago

True, but terminal velocity is inversely proportional to air density. At 24 miles high, the air gets pretty thin so it would travel faster than if you had dropped it off an high building.. Travelling downwards into more dense air, which is thicker with oxygen, would cause the cat to burn like a motherfucker.

[–]Eaglicious 14 points15 points ago

Cat's have a non-fatal terminal velocity, therefor we can conclude that the cat did not die. It is undetermined whether or not the animal was injured.

[–]RocketPeacocks 10 points11 points ago

The cat is simultaneously both alive and dead until we observe it.

[–]Brruceling 6 points7 points ago

We can determine the cat did not die upon landing. Most likely the cat asphyxiated somewhere in the first few miles.

[–]philqw 11 points12 points ago

For space cat, not clear. For balcony cat, the original video caption says (from Japanese via Google Translate):

"Failure diving escape from the second floor balcony. I went in as it was running away after landing safely."

[–]xyroclast 2 points3 points ago

Good enough for me!

[–]Autumnsprings 5 points6 points ago

YES! thanks for linking the original. i love the toe spread at the end.

[–]kilo_foxtrot 8 points9 points ago

I disagree, but approve of your thoughtful creativity.

[–]Smooovies 3 points4 points ago

Man, that's some good internet.

[–]anonymous123421 206 points207 points ago

by AWOLNATION, signed to Red Bull Records.[1]

Holy fuck.

[–]shortbutmanly 73 points74 points ago

their first EP, Back from Earth, was released on iTunes on May 18, 2010.

I... I don't know what to believe.

[–]anonymous123421 23 points24 points ago

The conspiracy continues...

[–]skelly326 17 points18 points ago

whaaaaaaaat...

[–]m_r_bojangles 14 points15 points ago

[–]Kevinmeowertons 104 points105 points ago

Half life 3 confirmed.

[–]its2012 62 points63 points ago

by AWOLNATION, signed to Red Bull Records. Holy fuck.

A L I E L H F?

Rearrange... (use f twice)

HALF LIFE

Half Life 3 confirmed!

It's a bit of a stretch, but I think we can make it work.

[–]Kevinmeowertons 7 points8 points ago

WE HAVE TO BELIEVE.

[–]Aperture_Lab_Tech 3 points4 points ago

After HL3 comes out these jokes won't be funny anymore. Gabe don't do it.

[–]wannalatte 16 points17 points ago

A bit of a stretch? Just a bit?

[–]RandomPerson200 19 points20 points ago

You are the change of semen color this world needs.

[–]batteryflavored 3 points4 points ago

Stretching is pulling and pulling is believing.

[–]Teslah 4 points5 points ago

synchronicity

[–]anonymous123421 12 points13 points ago

Nope, that's coincidence. Synchronicity would be if I told you that if you multiply together Sail's chart positions in Austria, Sweden, and the UK you would get almost exactly the elevation in feet Felix jumped from.

Try it!

[–]jurble 15 points16 points ago

6 years ago, this would've been a YTMND with that music and this gif, and there'd be thousands of similar gif/sound combos.

How far we've moved back in the years, now looped gif and sound are like a lost technology.

[–]Nois3 4 points5 points ago

I do miss YTMND. I guess the reason they died was because of the quicktime requirement. I wish apple didn't bastardize quicktime in to a "money generator". But no, they had to fuck it up.

TLDR: Apple fucked YTMND

[–]Uberballs 4 points5 points ago

I was ready to bet all I have that this would be the first comment. Upvote x1000

[–]Minutes2Midnight 10 points11 points ago

That makes me want to be a pilot...so bad...

[–]webbeco 155 points156 points ago

The more you watch, the more cats jump.

[–]missingreel 51 points52 points ago

Deep and inspiring.

[–]thekeanu 15 points16 points ago

At the bottom is like a gruesome scene from The Prestige of scattered crispy kitties.

[–]tonterias 5 points6 points ago

Are you counting them?

[–]webbeco 9 points10 points ago

Currently on number 1,234,567,890.

[–]qnnplmr 5 points6 points ago

That's a great and co-incidental number, better submit it to /r/mildlyinteresting

[–]tdn 129 points130 points ago

No parachute, no problem, cats always land on their feet.

[–]raindogmx 81 points82 points ago

Plus terminal velocity is non lethal for cats.

[–]tdn 67 points68 points ago

A cat's terminal velocity is roughly 60mph. Depending on the surface it landed on, it could well survive.

[–]imakitty 65 points66 points ago

could

Oh you, even if we shed our mortal forms, we will live on.

[–]goosetuff79 9 points10 points ago

Redditor for 1 year.

The kitten checks out.

[–]Anindoorcat 7 points8 points ago

checking in

[–]Nictionary 2 points3 points ago

We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion...

[–]aguacate 15 points16 points ago

Time for a science experiment.

[–]tdn 7 points8 points ago

You get a cat, I will start digging a really deep hole and a really tall structure to throw the cat off into and from, respectively.

[–]aguacate 22 points23 points ago

Can't spell 'space' without 'SPCA'.

[–]Xdivine 8 points9 points ago

If it fails you can just fill in the hole. (I'm an evil evil person.)

[–]anonymous123421 33 points34 points ago

wikipedia says that 60MPH could be lethal, but since cats spread their limbs it goes down to 53 which proves nonlethal. However, the researches include ""we do not condone the throwing of cats from anything" as a disclaimer.

Link

[–]NinjaAlecks 4 points5 points ago

Thank god - for a second there I thought they were suggesting something

[–]ElectricG 6 points7 points ago

...really?

[–]Josmeister 12 points13 points ago

"we do not condone the falling of cats from anything" is now one of my favorite scientific quotes

[–]hoikarnage 8 points9 points ago

Let's all ignore the fact that the cat would suffocate from that height.

[–]Joshf1234 8 points9 points ago

Plus cats can't successfully pilot a balloon without thumbs. Or so I would think

[–]sgtcasey 5 points6 points ago

Does one really "pilot" a balloon or simply keep an eye on things and prepare to bail out as you ascend to 24 miles?

[–]VeryStrangeHat 53 points54 points ago

OP will be able to retire on the karma gained from this one post.

[–]Wachna 42 points43 points ago

Catnip gives you wings

[–]Frigidevil 7 points8 points ago

If Reddit was a .gif, this would be it

[–]perfilev 23 points24 points ago

Just joined to US Air Force: http://i.minus.com/ir8TBPusOreN.gif

[–]wrongsideofthewire 3 points4 points ago

That's a big ass cat.

[–]BotaFogo78 35 points36 points ago

I knew this would happen. I love Reddit!

[–]GlassHouseResident 26 points27 points ago

Because it is incredibly predictable or because cats?

[–]Anonypissed 42 points43 points ago

Yes and YES!

[–]Arsinik 8 points9 points ago

Because of incredibly predictable cat science.

[–]BorgImplants 11 points12 points ago

Top PIC is a record-breaking free-fall from space

2nd pic is a kitty version of the top pic

[–]Sevryn08 6 points7 points ago

Another example of classic reddit: This was stolen from a comment in that other thread

edit: derp how does time work.

[–]sidcool1234 2 points3 points ago

So silly and still top Reddit link. Sigh...

[–]bonny_peg_o_ramsey 4 points5 points ago

That was WAAY funnier than I thought it would be.

[–]saywhatisobvious 3 points4 points ago

Link to karmawhore

Edit- Changed from "Link to OP" to "link to karmawhore"

[–]pizzabash 3 points4 points ago

Actually this was submitted first at 4 hours ago as opposed to that ones 3 hours ago

[–]Johnny-Canuck 2 points3 points ago

Would love to see the follow up when the cat opens the parachute and lands safely in New Mexico

[–]Rawwh 1 point2 points ago

I downvoted this because it detracts from a truly amazing feat.

[–]TheEpicFails 1 point2 points ago

please someone add the music to this gif

[–]killerkram -1 points0 points ago

I told my brother this would happrn by tomorrow. Reddit i am impressed

[–]Killer_The_Cat 1 point2 points ago

That cat's name is Felix, and he's in contact with Joseph Kittenger.

[–]rewindmad 0 points1 point ago

Why are people now reposting top comments from other top page threads?

[–]egnaro2007 0 points1 point ago

Someone do the corgi flop

[–]CapnFancyPants 5 points6 points ago

Can't stop watching

[–]Joshf1234 3 points4 points ago

DUDE! Everytime it loops, a cat jumps to his death! Stop watvching and save the cats

[–]outdoors4life 5 points6 points ago

Get this shit off of here.

[–]fuckingcaptcha 5 points6 points ago

Shouldn't be in /r/pics.

[–]schaef51 2 points3 points ago

Reddit... Why is this on the top of the front page? What are you doing?

[–]Sanfranzico 21 points22 points ago

Are you new?

[–]HolaPinchePuto 0 points1 point ago

Sorry, we're drunk. Well go home.

[–]1leggeddog 0 points1 point ago

Felix the SPACE cat

[–]duty_of_brilliancy 3 points4 points ago

Can't. Stop. Laughing.

[–]faitswulff 0 points1 point ago

I was actually thinking about that - animals probably would have less inhibitions against leaping out than people, just because the concept of the height is probably way more terrifying to humankind.

[–]ajw827 0 points1 point ago

I needed that laugh.

[–]utnow -1 points0 points ago

Kept expecting it to segue into one of these

[–]RandomPerson200 -1 points0 points ago

Dear Mr. Chaquita

A large hairy semen sprout has been delivered to your inbox good sir. Thank you for the cat gif, and thank you for appreciating the smaller things in life.

Sincerely,

Rabbit

[–]narwhalebacon12 -1 points0 points ago

The stratos jump is all I see on reddit now.

[–]succulentjoint 0 points1 point ago

i have never seen a post more accurately describe reddit

[–]DeeJayDelicious 0 points1 point ago

I admire your Karma milking skills. Have an upvote.

[–]airmasszero 0 points1 point ago

Now THIS is a good use of the jump video for a gif. The others aren't adding value to the world.

[–]Dranker 0 points1 point ago

Coming Soon: Corgi flop from 24 Miles Up In Space?

[–]SuperMse 1 point2 points ago

For the original gif, I still don't know what happened to that cat and it makes me super nervous.

[–]Tspyder90 1 point2 points ago

Is "animated gif" redundant?

[–]ThankYouDriveThrough 0 points1 point ago

Perfect way to end my weekend. Thank you.

[–]Crimsonskyss 0 points1 point ago

Every reddit users worst nightmare

[–]Ryantg2 1 point2 points ago

Quite possibly the most magnificent gif I have ever seen

[–]phukhugh -1 points0 points ago

There is 100's of Burmese kitties just raining to earth and we can't do anything about it.. Quite the tragedy really. Does Redbull approve of slaughtering hundreds upon hundreds of cats? Absolutely ridiculous.

[–]Anaract 0 points1 point ago

are there non-animated gifs that I'm not aware of?

[–]Irrelevance7 0 points1 point ago

Probably the greatest thing I'll ever see.

[–]brada1188 0 points1 point ago

I am not at all surprised this is the #1 reddit post.

[–]CaptainCankles 0 points1 point ago

This Gif wins the internets.

[–]jersully 0 points1 point ago

I have literally, not figuratively, been waiting for this all day.

[–]an_enigma 0 points1 point ago

And it still landed on its feet.

[–]mluna785 0 points1 point ago

Cats suck

[–]Jackass719 0 points1 point ago

Seems legit

[–]xplodingboy07 0 points1 point ago

[–]lacinyc 0 points1 point ago

This gif would be better if it also showed the part where the cat just lands on its feet as if nothing happened.

[–]Cherrytop 0 points1 point ago

Landed on his feet, I'm sure.

[–]PuosTebahpla 0 points1 point ago

Well played.

[–]curon 0 points1 point ago

Aww...

[–]somefuzzypants 0 points1 point ago

I can't compete with these cat posts

[–]gideonthegray 1 point2 points ago

HOW MANY CATS MUST JUMP BEFORE SOMEONE CLOSES THAT DOOR???

[–]filth_merchant 0 points1 point ago

Technically the boundary to outer space is 100km above sea level...

[–]diablien 0 points1 point ago

killallcats

[–]iEatBluePlayDoh 0 points1 point ago

Feline Baumgartener.

[–]TheRealBruceWillis 0 points1 point ago

how does this have 10000 down votes?

[–]Phoequinox -1 points0 points ago

This is scientifically incorrect. In reality, the technical description would be "cat go boomy 'splode".

[–]TimeMachinePlease 0 points1 point ago

"I REGRET NOTHIIING!!"

[–]aplur 1 point2 points ago

So, I think this would be called "Felix the cat"

[–]recycling-bones -1 points0 points ago

I THINK I DIED LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[–]Mars_Velo1701 -1 points0 points ago

I wish i could upvote this X1000000

[–]MutantSharkPirate -1 points0 points ago

this is the first thing i've upvoted in quite some time. It takes me back to the days of ytmnd and hilarious edits.

Thanks op

[–]vladverevkin 0 points1 point ago

Oh reddit.....this had to happen

[–]beebeethebulldog 0 points1 point ago

God DAMMMIT I'm tired of all these cats

[–]YUReadMyName 0 points1 point ago

Did he still land on his feet?

[–]GrammarPolice1 0 points1 point ago

Seems legit...

[–]TheEpicSalad 1 point2 points ago

Request: "ABANDON THREAD" written along the bottom of this gif.

[–]texashilo 0 points1 point ago

of course reddit, of course.

[–]happyoldMEN 0 points1 point ago

FELINE Baumgartner...heh

[–]wesleyoliver 0 points1 point ago

I love this so much haha

[–]vincetan96 0 points1 point ago

Lol i thought Feline Baumgartner bought a cat on his mission. nice animation!

[–]FruityCake00 0 points1 point ago

I'm going to picture this when I'm falling asleep instead of that sheep crap

[–]Dishoustbro 0 points1 point ago

Girlfriend just saw this and said "wait that actually happened"

[–]squeamoz 0 points1 point ago

SOMEBODY MAKE THE SQUIRREL JUMP OUT!

[–]heatherfeather8 0 points1 point ago

Q: How fast did it fall?

A: Not fast enough.

[–]c-herms 0 points1 point ago

And I bet it still landed on its feet

[–]elegantzombie 0 points1 point ago

Hilarious!

[–]Desendents 0 points1 point ago

I thought he would have 'pussyed' out.

[–]swagberg 0 points1 point ago

I've been watching this for 2 hours... HOW MANY GODDAMN CATS CAN FIT INSIDE OF THAT TINY CABIN???

[–]baconpatroller 0 points1 point ago

SAIL

[–]lockex 0 points1 point ago

Cat stop watching.

[–]number676766 0 points1 point ago

SAIL

[–]doggydoggerton 0 points1 point ago

I've been waiting for someone to post this give since I saw him jump!

[–]inkedup1985 1 point2 points ago

I lol'd

[–]libamonkey 1 point2 points ago

Epic.

[–]locheontop 0 points1 point ago

Wish I didn't violate one of reddits shitty rules :/ Here's some sauce just in case : http://boards.4chan.org/wsg/res/62138#p62201

[–]moerion 0 points1 point ago

I laughed way too hard

[–]OneSixtySix 0 points1 point ago

Wonderful, just sniff... It's wonderful!

[–]birthday-pie 0 points1 point ago

Brilliant!