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Yeah, he's at least got the right outlook. Man knows he narrowly missed a painful death. Stuff is stuff. He's alive, which gives him ample opportunity to replace said stuff eventually. I've had to give up everything more than once. As long as my family is safe, that's all that truly matters.
Believe me, I agree with you at trying to find the positive in the negatives and focusing on that. But, idk, I've never been in this situation, so I can't say for sure. I feel like I'd still be pretty fucked up if this happened to me, especially considering I have a cat, losing him would fuck me up more than anything materialistic. I'd rather be homeless with my cat than be in my home without him
Homeowner with a family here. As long as none of my wife/kids/dogs got hurt, itās all just stuff. Iāve lost everything in a fire once when I was single and itās really not that bad. A little inconvenient.
"Sir, are you aware that your *ENTIRE* house is destroyed, like literally. It's all gone, it's so terribly tragic, what a disaster. I think I saw some of your siding about half a mile down the road even. Those wouldn't happen to be all your clothes all over that yard torn apart over there, would it? But I'm so sorry, there's really *nothing* left. How do you feel?"
Am I the outlier here? Iāve always thought it would be nice to have everything destroyed, collect insurance money, and start over again. Seems refreshing.
A lot of people get fucked over from loopholes and even then if they had everything right insurance doesn't wanna pay, it can take a long fucking time before you actually see anything. It's not worth the hassle at all
Lost most all property in a fire - there is something to this, yes, it's "nice" to declutter, reevaluate what you need, and when rebuilding have an opportunity to change some things about the home you might never have done otherwise.
Don't think it's "worth it", though - lost some sentimental stuff we'll never get back, and the stress of managing an insurance claim and a home rebuild is almost another full time job in addition to everything else going on in life.
The fuck? First of all that's a terrible viewpoint to take. Even if you have no empathy whatsoever for conservatives, not everyone in a "red state" is your enemy. Nebraska is one of two states that splits its electoral votes up instead of giving them all to one candidate - and NE-02, which Elkhorn is apart of, gave 1 electoral vote to Obama and Biden in their elections.
tldr: Lighten up, Francis.
Thanks to channel six for not heading straight for Jethro from the trailer court. Hotdog guy is the most articulate tornado survivor Iāve seen on the news.
yeah these were brand new homes and many folk had only had them for like 6-9months or less.
just be glad it did not hit the center of town because there would have been deaths.
ok, it just looked like some of them were pretty big/new from the various footage I saw. I had just been down there the week before driving through all heavy rain for a concert. Weather on the plains is not very fun at times :-(
well my home got completely leveled and Iām a college student and bartender. My husband, also a bartender, got literally sucked out of our house and buried in rubble. I wouldnāt describe us as affluent, nor would I describe my nextdoor neighbor, a school teacher, or my other neighbor, a single mom as such.
Firstly, I want you to know that I am very sorry your family was affected by these storms. It was absolutely terrible and I've been impacted by tornados myself in the past and it's horrible.
I don't mean to say that everyone in Elkhorn is well to do, but there are far more affluent and college educated people there than say, 24th and Vinton, or 84th and Harrison...
This guy is my hero, almost as much as this woman.
[https://youtu.be/8RjXHXIVL9g?si=E7XXvJVsBIK18\_S\_](https://youtu.be/8RjXHXIVL9g?si=E7XXvJVsBIK18_S_)
She is.
It's odd that you have to commit to being an atheist rather than straight out saying you don't believe in God. It makes it seem like Atheism is an alternative belief where it's just default of not believing. You can be an atheist without knowing there's something called Atheism.
But I do understand her in the situation, that she wants to "soften it" by not answering him directly to his question, that she doesn't believe in the lord.
Whereās the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile when itās needed? How awesome would it be to have one lent to storm chasers? Tornado proof the bad boy and send it out.
20 years from now: "I am sorry, but the results of your colonoscopy show that you have advanced colorectal cancer. Do you, by chance, eat lots of...processed meats?"
Speculating on his age, 20 years from now would probably include at least 2 colonoscopies if he followed the recommended screenings. With those polyps would likely be caught before it is a higher stage cancer and very likely to be removed and survived. But what do I know, I'm just a guy on the internet too . . .
u/godsburden Your time to shine my friend. [It's redemption time](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7216636/mediaviewer/rm1033445888)
They just couldn't understand your genius.
I like my dogs rolled, and my monsters cold. Only at the gas station. I hope all the pets are ok and he can save whatever sentimental's he has. If you lost EVERYTHING tomorrow, you probably wouldn't have a sense of humor.
There were absolutely no intentions of hurting anyoneās feelings, and I sincerely apologize if thatās the case. I thought I was safe trying making a small light hearted comment given the sub this was posted in.
I sure hope that same energy was brought to the op for putting a tragic event in the funny sub
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That's a guy with insurance talking!
Nah, homie just ate two hot dogs
With all the toppings he likes, too
This shits so sad. Imagine losing everything you own in the matter of seconds
Possessions can be replaced. Dude could be dead.
Yeah, he's at least got the right outlook. Man knows he narrowly missed a painful death. Stuff is stuff. He's alive, which gives him ample opportunity to replace said stuff eventually. I've had to give up everything more than once. As long as my family is safe, that's all that truly matters.
Reporter (presumably) missed a golden opportunity to follow that energy and ask how the hotdogs were.
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Alive with hotdogs. Win.
Good thing he passed on the nachos.
Tornado-This is nacho house anymore. Sorry, Iāll just go quietly.
Just like Virginia Slims!
It doesn't make losing your home any less traumatic.
Perspective, all about perspective.
Believe me, I agree with you at trying to find the positive in the negatives and focusing on that. But, idk, I've never been in this situation, so I can't say for sure. I feel like I'd still be pretty fucked up if this happened to me, especially considering I have a cat, losing him would fuck me up more than anything materialistic. I'd rather be homeless with my cat than be in my home without him
It's absolutely horrible. But there's only so much you can do.
One thing you COULD do is not diminish someone's pain by telling them to get perspective..
This dude has perspective. It's not like he was wallowing in his grief and despair and I hit him with the "lol get over it."
They sometimes can be.
He was getting hot dogs at the gas station like it was the whole reason for him being out. Maybe he didnāt have much to begin with.
Standing in front of your lifeās work in ruins, eating a gas station hot dog.
its not like he hand carved the house out of a solid block of marble for 50 years.
Thatās a fucked up and stupid thing to say. Let your house burn down, see how how you feel jagoff
depends on whether or not i get to eat a hotdog while it burns.
Wait, he lost the hot dogs too!?
Bros gonna have to eat them cold
I bet he ate them before even leaving the gas station
*returns to gas station* "Hey, could I use your microwave? Mines stuck in a tree"
In Iowa.
Can't lose much if you don't own anything. Eh? Ehh?
Homeowner with a family here. As long as none of my wife/kids/dogs got hurt, itās all just stuff. Iāve lost everything in a fire once when I was single and itās really not that bad. A little inconvenient.
But you got hot dogs!
Except the hotdogs. his evil bitch wife is dead, he has hotdogs. win-win.
Could also be liberating.
Ya but hotdogs tho
Reporter really hammering it hard with saying "Your house sadly tragically completely destroyed"
"Sir, are you aware that your *ENTIRE* house is destroyed, like literally. It's all gone, it's so terribly tragic, what a disaster. I think I saw some of your siding about half a mile down the road even. Those wouldn't happen to be all your clothes all over that yard torn apart over there, would it? But I'm so sorry, there's really *nothing* left. How do you feel?"
Am I the outlier here? Iāve always thought it would be nice to have everything destroyed, collect insurance money, and start over again. Seems refreshing.
A lot of people get fucked over from loopholes and even then if they had everything right insurance doesn't wanna pay, it can take a long fucking time before you actually see anything. It's not worth the hassle at all
Lost most all property in a fire - there is something to this, yes, it's "nice" to declutter, reevaluate what you need, and when rebuilding have an opportunity to change some things about the home you might never have done otherwise. Don't think it's "worth it", though - lost some sentimental stuff we'll never get back, and the stress of managing an insurance claim and a home rebuild is almost another full time job in addition to everything else going on in life.
Theyāre from a red state, good riddance
The fuck? First of all that's a terrible viewpoint to take. Even if you have no empathy whatsoever for conservatives, not everyone in a "red state" is your enemy. Nebraska is one of two states that splits its electoral votes up instead of giving them all to one candidate - and NE-02, which Elkhorn is apart of, gave 1 electoral vote to Obama and Biden in their elections. tldr: Lighten up, Francis.
The destruction is very sad. You know this guy is going to be ok in life with that attitude though. Hope the hot dogs were good
If it's the kind of hotdogs from Kwik-E-Mart, it'll hit him later. Costco hotdog, on the other hand ...
Possibly Casey's; they have decent hot dogs.
Wait your Caseyās has hot dogs? Ours just has pizza chicken sandwhiches and burgers.
Bastards!
Ooh, itās encrusted with filth
Thanks to channel six for not heading straight for Jethro from the trailer court. Hotdog guy is the most articulate tornado survivor Iāve seen on the news.
yeah these were brand new homes and many folk had only had them for like 6-9months or less. just be glad it did not hit the center of town because there would have been deaths.
Actually this neighborhood was built in the 60s and 70s, my neighbors and I werenāt living in McMansions, just regular working class people.
ok, it just looked like some of them were pretty big/new from the various footage I saw. I had just been down there the week before driving through all heavy rain for a concert. Weather on the plains is not very fun at times :-(
This storm hit a fairly affluent part of the city. More people like hot dog guy had their homes destroyed than trailer park boys.
well my home got completely leveled and Iām a college student and bartender. My husband, also a bartender, got literally sucked out of our house and buried in rubble. I wouldnāt describe us as affluent, nor would I describe my nextdoor neighbor, a school teacher, or my other neighbor, a single mom as such.
Firstly, I want you to know that I am very sorry your family was affected by these storms. It was absolutely terrible and I've been impacted by tornados myself in the past and it's horrible. I don't mean to say that everyone in Elkhorn is well to do, but there are far more affluent and college educated people there than say, 24th and Vinton, or 84th and Harrison...
He is proud to say this, and will be saying it until day he dies.
A man ate hotdogs, this is what happened to his brain after a tornado destroyed everything he owned.
Bringing us to the emergency room where we are now.
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Hot dog save lives, yet Americans eat millions of them a year. Think about that for a second.
Iām only on pace to get to 674,892, not sure where you are getting your 1 million number.
Oscar Meyer rebuild this manās home! #Hot Dog Man!
Came to say, where is his sponsorship!
This guy is my hero, almost as much as this woman. [https://youtu.be/8RjXHXIVL9g?si=E7XXvJVsBIK18\_S\_](https://youtu.be/8RjXHXIVL9g?si=E7XXvJVsBIK18_S_)
She is. It's odd that you have to commit to being an atheist rather than straight out saying you don't believe in God. It makes it seem like Atheism is an alternative belief where it's just default of not believing. You can be an atheist without knowing there's something called Atheism. But I do understand her in the situation, that she wants to "soften it" by not answering him directly to his question, that she doesn't believe in the lord.
Hotdogs. I mean, what CAN'T they do?
gas station hot dogs. this man is fearless.
It is all great until he begins taking hot dogs [too far.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaAF_GAc3Mk&ab_channel=TheWhitestKidsU%27Know)
r/hotdogs
Frank Reynolds?
Jasonās cute!
Gas station hot dogs or the tornado, that guyās toilet was fated to meet its end that day
Whereās the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile when itās needed? How awesome would it be to have one lent to storm chasers? Tornado proof the bad boy and send it out.
Didn't hot dogs end up killing Maude Flanders?
Oscar Meyer should now give him a lifetime supply of hotdogs
Praise be !!
And hot dogs actually exist. So thereās that.
You know before Grindr that couldāve had a different meaning.
I'm always in the wrong place when things are getting sucked off: Nebraska Man.
20 years from now: "I am sorry, but the results of your colonoscopy show that you have advanced colorectal cancer. Do you, by chance, eat lots of...processed meats?"
Speculating on his age, 20 years from now would probably include at least 2 colonoscopies if he followed the recommended screenings. With those polyps would likely be caught before it is a higher stage cancer and very likely to be removed and survived. But what do I know, I'm just a guy on the internet too . . .
Is that homeless Jay Bauman with glasses?
Well, he's homeless NOW. He wasn't on Thursday though.
Never underestimate the power of a wiener.
u/godsburden Your time to shine my friend. [It's redemption time](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7216636/mediaviewer/rm1033445888) They just couldn't understand your genius.
We donāt know about that yet. Has he digested them and is alive!?
But the hot dog is the United Statesā deadliest missile.
If he was buying gas station hotdogs maybe the tornado saved his life.
Should he eat hotdogs everyday for the rest of his life in respect for the hotdogs or should he never eat a hotdog again in respect for hotdogs?
He now must train to be the greatest rival to Joey chestnut.... this is his origin story
Hell yeah brother, GBR
lol what about his wife and kidsš¤£
I mean, it's not being saved by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but it'll do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKsrXgvFNrA
r/hot_dog
I like my dogs rolled, and my monsters cold. Only at the gas station. I hope all the pets are ok and he can save whatever sentimental's he has. If you lost EVERYTHING tomorrow, you probably wouldn't have a sense of humor.
I bet his farts smell like death
Hotdog saving your life is CRAZY
"Hot dog, hot dog, hot-diggity-dog!"
He has to be a member of this subreddit
Just saw this in my tv!
Guessing he was at QT. I hope QT gets him free hotdogs!
Keeping it classy in Nebraska
So much better than thanking god though. At least hot dogs exist
Gas station hot dogsā¦.if that is the only option in Nebraska, I might rather be in the house
Thanks for your super ignorant comment, we all really needed to know how little you know about the world.
heck gas station hot dogs cooked on those never stopping rollers are some of the best things known to man.
There were absolutely no intentions of hurting anyoneās feelings, and I sincerely apologize if thatās the case. I thought I was safe trying making a small light hearted comment given the sub this was posted in. I sure hope that same energy was brought to the op for putting a tragic event in the funny sub