At one point it looks like he has his arms just tucked inside of his sleeves, wrapped around his belly- so I was expecting him to take his arms out to collect the firewood, like this was just a goofy video making fun of niggers not being able to use tools.
Is this because I've become really jaded? Because after a few seconds and it really looks like he's missing his arms, I wondered "does he wipe his ass using his chin? And would OP find such a video 'impressive/motivational'?"
But this also calls to mind a story from about ten years ago, where a rock climber got his arm trapped while climbing, alone and in a location where he wouldn't be found. He had no way to contact any kind of outside help, and only had a little water on him. If he did nothing, he would die from thirst/exposure in about 2-3 days, in horrifying agony. But this legend said "fuck that, I'm not going out that way- I'm like Guts from Berserk, I'm a badass!"
The man took out his little pocket knife and began sawing through his arm at the elbow area. He could not cut through the bone, so he took a rock and SMASHED HIS OWN ARM TO BITS, and then continued to cut through the remaining tissue/ligaments of his arm. Eventually, he fully severed his own arm, then repelled down the mountain and called for help.
Sheer, iron, unshakable will and perseverance is what kept that man going, and it's what keeps this man who lost his arms coming up with ways to do things that you'd normally need hands for. If we could identify this trait somehow, we could take 100 men like this and they could conquer the fucking earth... and now you're probably imagining an army of 100 men holding rifles with their jaws charging into battle.
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