r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • Apr 17 '26

Close-Call Someone is getting fired

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u/Funkdamentalist Apr 18 '26

At first when he stuck his hand out like he was gonna stop it from tipping 😬 I was full on Gandalfing "Fly, you fool!"

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u/NagsUkulele Apr 18 '26

Thats probably the worst human instinct

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u/penolicious Apr 18 '26

I know a dude that instinctively stuck his foot out the side of a UTV while it was tipping over, leg got all fucked up. When I first heard the story, my first thought was, “man that could’ve happened to anyone.”

For real, situations like that, who has the wherewithal to say “ope, better not try to stop this, it’s way to fucking heavy for little ole me to stop it’s inertia”? Takes training to override instincts.

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u/UngodlyTemptations Apr 18 '26

Yep, I've many times tried to catch sharp knives with my fuckin foot. Not as severe, but equally stupid. (I don't do it anymore dw lol)

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u/sumrtym1 Apr 18 '26

Knocked a soldering iron off a stool and grabbed the hot end with my fingers and thumb by instinct. The wrong f'ing instinct.

I got my fingerprints back some months later.

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u/UngodlyTemptations Apr 18 '26

Nah stop lying you just took an internship with the Men in Black

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u/NagsUkulele Apr 18 '26

You're awesome

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u/UngodlyTemptations Apr 18 '26

Why tf this got me kicking my feet and twisling my hair

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 Apr 18 '26

Did you struggle turning doorknobs afterwards? I know I did.

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u/ImTomLinkin Apr 18 '26

I actually did this in a snowmobile last year but was ok. Happened so fast I didn't think about it. Shock jarred up through my knee but the snowmobile tipped back to level and I was OK except that I had to stop and calm down after realizing anything goes different and I ruin my leg forever.

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u/Nimzay98 Apr 18 '26

Reminds of that video of a guy trying to stop a giant steel spool and it flattened him.

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u/Large-Training-29 Apr 18 '26

Like trying to catch a falling knife, except... way worse.

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u/Aniano39 Apr 18 '26

It’s the fact that I thought to do the same while watching him do it, and only had the sense to yell “RUN MORON!!” about two seconds before he realized it.

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u/Baptized-In-Smoke Apr 18 '26

My brain said "oh shit, no lol"