119 - Triumph Over Unbelievable Tragedy: Two Exceptional Tales!

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Malvika Iyer had both her hands blown off by a grenade when she was thirteen years-old. The blast also turned her legs into a mangled mass of blood and bone. Alex Lewis lost both legs, both arms, and part of his face to a savage and rare infection. And both of them swear their lives are now better than they were before. What would you do if something that tragic happened to you? Would you give up? Would you want to die? How big would the problems and concerns you had before suddenly seem? I truly hope you are inspired by these exceptional examples of triumphing over tragedy and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!! Today's Timesuck is brought to you by: The Great Courses Plus! For a limited time only, you’ll get a FULL MONTH for FREE when you sign up atTheGreatCoursesPLUS.com/TIMESUCK NUGL! Save money and find the best customer service and best weed related products on NUGL. Download the app or check them out at www.nugl.com Want to try out Discord!?! Click HERE! Watch the Suck on Youtube: https://youtu.be/a_SHjXSe37w Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 3500 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits!

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0:00.0	Life is inherently hard.
0:02.5	Best case, we witness numerous loved ones, friends, and acquaintances die.
0:06.7	Best case, we also die ourselves.
0:09.0	And before we die, we're going to struggle.
0:11.1	For sure, only the amount varies.
0:13.8	We're all going to suffer some through some days, weeks, months, or even years
0:17.4	when it feels like the world is against us.
0:19.5	When it feels like the world is out to get us.
0:21.5	Statistically, we're going to get real sick, break a bone or two,
0:24.8	go through a brutal divorce, or several have our parents go through a brutal divorce,
0:28.9	or several go bankrupt, get our hearts broken, have our fantastic life plan.
0:33.4	All perfectly put together completely fall apart or blow up in our faces.
0:37.2	This is all part of the human condition.
0:40.0	And you can probably relate to one or several of those experiences.
0:44.4	You should expect a fair amount of tragedy.
0:46.8	It's probably coming.
0:48.1	But most of us at least get to face the indignities of life with full use of our senses,
0:53.2	with all four of our limbs.
0:55.0	Most of us get to what seems to be a fighter's chance at victory.
0:58.8	Most of us are equipped with the mental and physical tools to at least live life
1:03.6	to the fullest when the chips aren't down.
1:06.0	But what if that wasn't the case?
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