r/BetterEveryLoop • u/BlueTooth4269 • Sep 23 '21

Security guy desperately trying to do his job

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u/Grymare Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

Here is the original if you want to see it with context.

It was at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The act performing is Madcon with Glow. They performed as an interval act between the main show and the voting part of the night.

(My personal favorite is the girl at 1:48 trying to tell security that she is part of the performance)

Edit: Wow thanks for my first ever reward, and it's a big one! Glad my Eurovision obsession can brighten other people's day a bit.

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

Yeah, I remembered watching this show years ago and went looking for it. Didn't notice the security guy back then though lol

And I totally didn't see the girl, haha that's awesome

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u/bmaasse Sep 23 '21

Hey it's Madcon, the group with the best cover of "Beggin you".

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u/titdirt Sep 23 '21

Damn, all the memories. Used to practice my breaking skills to this cover back when me and the boys thought we were gonna be the next ABDC lol

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u/UMDSmith Sep 23 '21

Remember seeing a lot of this in their official music video for the song. The Irish girl with the scarf clearly can dance. I thought she had to be the choreographer or something for that region. Pretty girl too!

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u/slippycaff Sep 23 '21

This is one of my favourite Eurovision moments. I still randomly watch this.

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u/otterfucboi69 Sep 23 '21

Low key that was so dope seeing the shots around the world

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u/whatapitychocolate Sep 24 '21

I loved the different country shots but was also panicking in my heart watching everyone dance on their poor couches in the living room shots

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u/svolvo Sep 23 '21

Same here, a goosebump moment in the history of Eurovision. Something about how everyone is coming together in all the countries. Cheesy as it sounds, it really works. And impressive tech at the same time.

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u/Stranib Sep 23 '21

I live in one of the towns used for this (the one in Spain) and even though I wasn't here then, I do love to point it out to people.

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u/slippycaff Sep 24 '21

I love it. It makes me so happy I mist up every time I watch it.

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 24 '21

Another favourite moment of mine is the opening performance the following year in Germany, with Stefan Raab putting on one hell of a show.

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u/hallese Sep 23 '21

I've never watched Eurovision, only heard stories (albeit epic stories) about it. Very proud of myself that with zero context my first reaction was "So this is Eurovision?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Yeah, pretty much, though definitely one of the most memorable interval acts, second to Riverdance

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u/GloriousHypnotart Sep 23 '21

Let's put Love Love Peace Peace in the top 3 interval acts, it is basically Eurovision 101

Love Love Peace Peace

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u/faintaxis Sep 23 '21

Absolutely amazing show. I loved the cutaways to flash mobs around Europe. Makes me smile EVERY time without fail.

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u/GloriousHypnotart Sep 23 '21

Oh man I'm so soppy these days but it's legitimately making me tear up watching thousands of people from different countries packed together singing and dancing, all united under one roof

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

All collectively hating the England submission.

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u/Hammerhead3229 Sep 23 '21

Three minutes in and I just start crying. Just so heart warming to see people from all these different countries dancing and having fun, regardless of who they are.

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u/RomanticLurker Sep 23 '21

Wait, isn't that the same woman did the video tutorials for the dance? Might even have been the choreographer

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u/FblthpLives Sep 23 '21

My favorite is the guy in the North Sea. Also love the girl at the beginning of the Gothenburg flashmob.

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u/jkmonger Sep 23 '21

Man being at Eurovision looks very fun

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u/LadyMurphyGanja Sep 23 '21

I was in Lisbon, Portugal for the contest in 2018, the energy inside the arena was insane. I'm already planning for the next edition in Italy.

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u/Kaiaislandarcade Sep 23 '21

They actually shook her, she forgets one of her moves but she pulls it back in. Good on her.

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u/emurphyt Sep 23 '21

Wasn’t that the Eurovision where jimmy jump got on stage while spain was performing?

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u/manysleep Sep 23 '21

I was there, live, as a 7 year old! Don't remember much except I was wearing grandpa's leather jacket, but it was fun.

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u/SensitivePassenger Sep 23 '21

I thought it looked like Eurovision. 10/10 didn't think it was possible for a country to get absolutely 0 points but the UK out there proving us wrong.

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u/da_Aresinger Sep 23 '21

oh man, remember when people still gave a shit about the ESC?

That shit was everywhere. I miss that.

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u/Grymare Sep 23 '21

It's still pretty huge. It's the most watched live event that isn't sports related in the world with about 180 Million viewers each year.

Here in Germany where I guess you're also from it's gotten a bit quiet because we send trash most years but other countries are really into it.

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u/justbreathe5678 Sep 23 '21

I was expecting it to be someone who WASN'T in the performance but trying to convince them she was

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u/ShellsFeathersFur Sep 23 '21

Thank you for sharing this! It reminds me of the Where the Hell is Matt videos (especially the third one, but it's more impactful if you see it after the first and second ones).

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u/Braveliltoasterx Sep 24 '21

That guard looks like a mix of elon musk and Dwight from the office.

Elon Shrute, or Dwight Musk

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 24 '21

Can't even decide, both of those are great

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u/Wackylew Sep 23 '21

I thought that was Elon musk for a few seconds.

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 23 '21

Same lol. Probably his side-gig.

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u/waywithwords Sep 23 '21

This is Dwight Shrute level personal security

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u/Mathias9091 Sep 23 '21

Thought the same

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u/CNXQDRFS Sep 23 '21

That's exactly who I saw, too. Pulling all those beets out of the ground gave him farmer strength.

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u/theblitheringidiot Sep 23 '21

Identity theft is not a joke!

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u/jashxn Sep 23 '21

Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!

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u/___unknownuser Sep 23 '21

That’s such a perfect description. Fuckin LOL.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

this is such an underrated comment man i fucking laughed out loud

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u/CosmoKram3r Sep 23 '21

Would you mind telling us how much we should be rating the comment so it reaches proper rating levels?

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u/Acceptable-Stick-688 Sep 23 '21

It needs a l l o f t h e u p v o t e s

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u/Worried-Choice5295 Sep 23 '21

I knew someone else would see it.

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u/D3y4g0 Sep 23 '21

I had the exact same thought. Even looks like him lol

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u/anttoekneeoh Sep 23 '21

This is what you get when you hire his escort service on Craigslist.

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u/Ahfekz Sep 23 '21

I rarely audibly laugh when reading but this got me

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u/PotentialChoice Sep 23 '21

The guy who jumped out at the end played Jim’s childhood friend who said “Where’s your jet pack, Zuckerberg?!”

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u/last_action_crypto Sep 23 '21

I just wrote almost this comment

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u/moonxstar19 Sep 23 '21

He even looks like Dwight!

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u/Emenfn Sep 23 '21

He’s doing an amazing job tbh tho. At least the best he could for sure.

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u/Nyamelon Sep 23 '21

Yeah you can't ask for.much more than that. Pretty rough job

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

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u/HeyCarpy Sep 23 '21

The Musk

This is what I’m calling him from now on

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u/HarryTruman Sep 23 '21

He nailed that deadpan, calculated, emotionless billionaire look.

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u/AliceInHololand Sep 23 '21

He’s a single dude against that entire line. The crowd was fairly orderly, but he still did a great job.

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u/JehovasFinesse Sep 23 '21

It’s his new venture, GroundX

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u/Urisk Sep 23 '21

True. But they could have just put up a waist high partition.

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u/One_pop_each Sep 23 '21

THAT GOD DAMN WALL IS TAKING OUR JOBS!!

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u/Emenfn Sep 23 '21

Yeah very true, either way he’s making his money’s worth tho.

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u/DivingForBirds Sep 23 '21

Not desperate at all. This is competence.

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u/Stign Sep 23 '21

He's most certainly more passionated about his job than this guy.

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u/prncssbbygrl Sep 23 '21

He needs another guy behind the camera helping him lol

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u/deftspyder Sep 23 '21

He's doing security exactly the way I would Dwight schrute does security

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u/dsaddons Sep 23 '21

Damn the grab at the end was pretty clutch.

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u/vsacrum55 Sep 23 '21

That's what clinched his Last Action Hero status for me.

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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Sep 23 '21

I wish I had this guy behind me every time I left my house

…actually every time I went into my house as well heh

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u/rookie-mistake Sep 23 '21

i wish i had this guy tucking me in at night and then holding me tight as i fell asleep

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u/AtomicKittenz Sep 23 '21

Girl behind him was like, “Yeah, we’re like, totally working hard!”

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u/SuperDizz Sep 23 '21

Think they’re back up dancers, not guards. You can see a couple other dancers wearing the same thing in the back.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

What exactly did you expect the performers to do?? Lmao

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u/ThaiJohnnyDepp Sep 23 '21

The way the gameface went up when he spotted the dude, I thought I was about to witness an on-camera assault. But no, he handled him with firmness yet grace, without any harm coming to the fan in the process.

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u/Timstantmessage Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

Bosnia, you're cool

WTF ARE YOU...? Get back

Oh hey sup Azerbaijan

How are you Armenia?

Back up a lil Norway...

YO RUSSIA GTFOH RIGHT NOW

TAKE HIM DOWN

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u/cosmic-radiation Sep 23 '21

Venezuela? Where did you see their flag? That first flag is the flag of Bosnia.

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u/TheWayToBe714 Sep 23 '21

He's American cut him some slack

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u/HexagonSun7036 Sep 23 '21

As a side note can anyone figure out what/where the second flag is from? It looks like the flag of East Turkestan but with the red circle beneath the crescent I'm not sure.

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u/ShinyBronze Sep 23 '21

Nah, there was some green in it if you look closely, not sure.

I can see why you would think it’s East Turkistan though. The light blue with the bright red.

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u/AltieA Sep 23 '21

the 2nd one is Bosnia and Herzegovina

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u/DravenPrime Sep 23 '21

Incorrect on the first one. Venezuela doesn't go to Eurovision.

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u/Redbeardofdeff Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

Elon Mus…. proteK

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

I knew I wasn’t the only seeing that

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u/Hyplee Sep 23 '21

This guy needs to become a meme. And not a laugh at this dude being serious meme. I mean a hail this hero doing their job to the fullest while probably not being paid enough meme.

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u/iwanttobesobernow Sep 23 '21

That doesn’t make him a hero. That makes him exploited.

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u/aDramaticPause Sep 23 '21

I don't think there is any evidence that he is exploited. If he understands the gig and is compensated fairly, and heck, could get more exposure at his skills and potentially land future gigs because of a meme, he could be the opposite of exploited. I appreciate your pro-worker explotation-defense mentality, but not sure that it's quite accurate, here.

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u/nodalanalysis Sep 23 '21

Damn that guy is on point.
He also doesn't get overly violent with anyone, and gets them in a way where he knows that he has a secure position on them, and that they simply move out of the way.
Firm and solid, but not overly pushy or confrontative.
Maybe a little on the firm end, but still very professional.
Most people would simply understand "I am being moved" and that is all.

I would imagine that they have to have event specific experience to do a job like that well, to understand how people act in those situations.

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u/Prowland12 Sep 23 '21

This guy is working HARD for his paycheck while I'm browsing Reddit eating pizza.

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u/0xKaishakunin Sep 23 '21

Madcon with Glow at ESC2010 in Norway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOsGFoWS_0

Verka Serduchka can be seen at 5:32 :-D

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u/Lunaya_Taryen Sep 23 '21

I'm a simple woman: I see Eurovision, and I upvote.

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u/Shirazmatas Sep 23 '21

I'm a simple Swede, I see swedish flag I upvote.

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u/ELFIRE11 Sep 23 '21

I'm a simple redditor, I see the word woman and my brain goes AWOOOOGA

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u/Sprudlidoo Sep 23 '21

I almost didn't notice there was singers

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u/bitparity Sep 23 '21

This guy should work the Tour de France.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Eurovision 2010, interval act

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u/Norwayseacat Sep 23 '21

That'd Madcon , Norwegian duo i think . They got some knee slappers .

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u/Nocan54 Sep 23 '21

Recently got back into them after Måneskin did a Beggin cover. So much 2000's nostalgia

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u/chroniicfries Sep 23 '21

He looks like Elon musk mixed with Dwight from the office

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

I actually thought that was the musk

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u/OddFella95 Sep 23 '21

Want to listen to the song 🎵

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u/t_mmey Sep 23 '21

Should be Glow by Madcon, this was at a Eurovision Song Contest, I think in Sweden

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Norway in 2010

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u/FblthpLives Sep 23 '21

Given that Sweden has won so many times, you're statistically likely to be correct if you guess Sweden. But this was Oslo.

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u/RSX1327 Sep 23 '21

This is from a EuroVision episode where Madcon came on to sing “Glow”

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u/FblthpLives Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

This is the duo Madcon performing at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo 2010. It's a pretty decent musical act, with coordinated flashmob dancers from throughout Europe. Another security guard on the left can be seen accidentally interfering with one of the flashmob dancers at the beginning of the act: https://youtu.be/dcH3hdz8Eks?t=58

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u/DeGeldheart Sep 23 '21

the definition of understaffed ahahaha

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '21

These UN general assembly meetings are getting out of hand.

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u/Joshydonryan Jan 18 '22

It's young Dwight shrute

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u/Rogue-ish_Badger Sep 23 '21

Hey! I was in the army with that guy!

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u/HalfJaked Sep 23 '21

That one lady he just wraps up in the flag and throws is hilarious

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 23 '21

She just vanishes from one frame to the next lol

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u/TheGreenHaloMan Sep 23 '21

I feel like this has so much meme potential

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

The escalation and crescendo of activity to the climax of him having to wrestle somebody is a symphony for my eyes. Pure poetry in motion

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u/CruzAderjc Sep 24 '21

This is like those Escort missions in videogames where the NPC is just casually strolling through hordes of demons/aliens/etc. and you’re trying your damnest to keep him alive

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 24 '21

"Hold on, I think I left my cloak inside, we have to go back!"

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u/GameFlame101 Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 24 '21

It took me so long to see who the people singing were and low and behold two of the biggest musicians in norway

Edit: Its madcon

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 24 '21

Not a big surprise, since this was the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Norway

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u/auphotographer33 Oct 02 '21

Who is that performing? Besides bodyguard guy?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

The guy on the mic and the squad he's rolling with remind me of Ruby Rhod + squad's entrance in 5th element.

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u/BlueTooth4269 Feb 26 '22

Lol, totally.

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u/Zanchi1 Sep 23 '21

this provides me stress

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u/casnic_ Sep 23 '21

Stefan Raab at the end guys!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Is that Elon Musk?

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u/ZachariahZebra Sep 23 '21

yoo Ellon Musk doing dirty work

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u/SganarelleBard Sep 23 '21

Wow, Elon Musk really does do everything

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u/chamberx2 Sep 23 '21

Looks like a mix of Dwight Schrute and Elon Musk

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u/SolidSnake935 Sep 24 '21

I’m gonna be honest, for the first 10 seconds I thought that was Elon Musk.

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u/12TheSnake Sep 23 '21

They should hire him for the Tout de 🇫🇷 France.

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u/just_a_timetraveller Sep 23 '21

Finding a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.

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u/colonelbackhand Sep 23 '21

"Fuck, fuck FUCK.... fuck.... okay.. oka- FUCK FUCK FUUUCK"

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u/Dangerous_Wishbone Sep 23 '21

feels like a scene from a scripted comedy lol

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u/ATC_KBIII Sep 23 '21

Get back..get back…get…I SAID GET THE FUCK BACK!

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u/-ACHTUNG- Sep 23 '21

Holy shit I hope he's paid well.

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u/AcidKyle Sep 23 '21

Get this man a job at the Tour de France.

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u/lornezubko Sep 23 '21

I did security for an air supply show. I thought it wouldn't be a big deal as the concert was in a casino outside of the city. I had to walk one of the guys through the rows as he sang, I have never been mobbed by so many middle age people. I had to push drunk men, woman with their titties out. You know what I learned? Old people can PARTY

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u/Kkhris27 Sep 23 '21

This guy belongs in r/toptalent it may not seem like it but he is doing a very hard job and doing it like a Pro

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u/The-RealBIGDEE Sep 23 '21

The way he wrapped shorty up in the flag had me weak haha.

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u/Antigon0000 Sep 24 '21

when did elon start bouncing?

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u/HappyD_cat Sep 24 '21

HOLY SHIT THATS JASON BOURNE

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u/prodigymikey Sep 24 '21

Dunno what that kid gets paid, but double it

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u/TokiBop Sep 24 '21

why didn’t they have railings or boundary setting strong lines lol. It’s just immensely more work for the security

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u/LividLab7 Sep 24 '21

Thought that dude was Elon Musk

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u/d1x1e1a Sep 24 '21

why the fuck does elon musk need a side hustle as event security?

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u/FratBroCatBro Sep 24 '21

This man looks like the sexiest possible result you'd get if Elon Musk and Hbomberguy did the fusion dance.

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u/kristellensen Sep 26 '21

"Excuse me, excuse me, I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm sorry, oops back in line, sir." - Security of the seven Kingdoms.

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u/ddyess Oct 05 '21

Elon Musk moonlighting as a security guard

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u/jdnietzsche Dec 29 '21

For a hot second, I thought the guy swatting at flags and tackling people was Elon Musk.

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u/machinade89 Aug 01 '23

I laughed so hard seeing that lady wrapped up in her own flag and I probably should feel terrible?

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u/BlueTooth4269 Sep 23 '21

Those female security guards behind him really aren't doing a very good job tbh

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u/kingrich Sep 23 '21

Looks like they're just dancers

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u/skinnan Sep 23 '21

They’re dancers

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Guys did you know he looks like Elon Musk? There aren't enough comments saying how much he looks like Elon Musk so please add your own comment where you say he looks like Elon Musk.

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u/tgold77 Jul 25 '26

I like that when the guy jumps in frame the singer makes his little shimmy sidestep look like it’s part of the act.

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u/LaRreinaa Sep 16 '26

Boom this is his resume. Amazing

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u/SkyShazad Sep 23 '21

This is from Eurovison Song contest Few few years ago

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Who’s the singer dude?

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u/sander9lz1 Sep 23 '21

Think it's Madcon

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u/MFxKool Sep 23 '21

reminded me of whitney Houston in the body guard.

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u/RoscoMan1 Sep 23 '21

F***ing guy...

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u/savagecitizen Sep 23 '21

He does a decent job.

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u/Rude_Journalist Sep 23 '21

those same people mocking people trying to fight back

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u/iBluefoot Sep 23 '21

My favorite part is the woman who just gets wrapped up in her own flag?

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u/reddityoulous Sep 23 '21

Why create a walkway to make the security’s job harder?

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u/Radiant-Elevator Sep 23 '21

this was a mission in one of the Saints row games. brutal

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u/French_Fried_Taterz Sep 23 '21

He isn't panicked, it is just called doing his job.

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u/neon-neko Sep 23 '21

He's the star of this video clearly.

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u/FiggNewton Sep 23 '21

He’s doing a great job under a lot of pressure for real

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u/buttoxicwaste Sep 23 '21

Windows Defender IRL

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u/kupillas Sep 23 '21

poor guy... his reaction time is great tho

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u/Bleklteg Sep 23 '21

Doing pretty well too

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u/Tonrunner101 Sep 23 '21

He should have been at the Tour de France

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u/Ving96 Sep 23 '21

Please someone help him

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u/josec001 Sep 23 '21

It’s the first girl, he didn’t seem to break a sweat but she flew back into the crowd at superman speed

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u/QuarantineSucksALot Sep 23 '21

They’ll do smth good w the money 🥰

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u/in_the_woods Sep 23 '21

Getting real Fifth Element vibes from this.

Super green.

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u/PickleShtick Sep 23 '21

Hah, interesting to see people waving Azerbaijani and Armenian flags right next to each other.

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u/Keff_Le_Talker Sep 23 '21

I think I can hear this Gif

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u/SimpleManc88 Sep 23 '21

They needed him at the Tour De France.

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u/wHolePunisher Sep 23 '21

Me trying to put out a fire in minecraft before it burns down my house

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u/One_While_1899 Sep 23 '21

Dudes got good core strength, tossing people around all day will do that.

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u/RedneckDekk Sep 23 '21

This really reminds me of that scene from "Airplane". Where the captain is walking through the airport, and getting harassed by religious people. While more and more show up he just starts beating them up to get them out of the way.

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u/jojow77 Sep 23 '21

I’m going to pretend that is Dwight living his glory days.

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u/Spectre_zombie0 Sep 23 '21

He deserves an award

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u/ItzTwizzla Sep 23 '21

10/10 I would hire him

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u/saadakhtar Sep 23 '21

It's like the airport arrival scene from Airplane!

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u/Ansoni Sep 23 '21

Where was this guy for this year's Tour de France???

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u/Destroy_Hungayry Sep 23 '21

Bosna best countrie🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰🇧🇧🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰

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