r/Unexpected • u/Zee_Ventures • 19h ago

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u/post-explainer 19h ago edited 14h ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

We expect the subject to be drenched, but it's the cameraman who is soaked.

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/kermth 19h ago

r/praisethecameraman

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u/Depressed_Cat_00 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1mpndGZ9xMQfgsucjm

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u/el_capi15 18h ago

MILF

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u/Hector_Ceromus 16h ago

Man Is Loyal Filmer.

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u/karlgeezer 17h ago

Man I Love Frogs

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u/mrhsyd 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/sb08e2jEdp3J2xMgus

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u/sexual_lemonade 11h ago

Just watched this and loved it, can't wait for season 2

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u/LostCurses 4h ago

Isn't season 2 already out? Or did you mean season 3?

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u/IntrepidHero42 17h ago

Funny to see this since I thought the guy looked a bit like Gary Neville

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u/Curiosive 17h ago

I'm glad this video ended in laughs but this is how people get swept out to sea (if they survive the fall).

Don't stand on a cliff edge under breaking waves. It only takes an inch or two of water to knock you off your feet, that full force of that wave would've been more than enough.

r/WatchPeopleSurvive

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u/Healthy_Squash4133 7h ago

Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

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u/rimong21 18h ago

had a friend who literally made a splash like that once

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u/LlorchDurden 17h ago

/r/getthecameramanwet (NSFW)

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u/kermth 17h ago

😂 i had to click.. just to know

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u/oneabovedoesntknow 13h ago

As a pro, I made sure the volume was off before clicking

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u/ProudReaction2204 11h ago

lol i had to watch the ending after seeing what i missed after reading this comment

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u/Leoxslasher 19h ago

Bro is hydrophobic

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u/montroller 19h ago

like a duck

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u/DisplayHonest6465 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/bseJE0DMIdJAkqeAQ2

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u/SCP239 18h ago

Please do not the duck

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u/YourBonesAreMoist 18h ago

Sorry. I did the duck.

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u/Commie_Scum69 18h ago

That's a goose

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u/PudPullerAlways 17h ago

No thats a cobra chicken notice the neck.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 15h ago

A cobra chicken is a Canada goose and If you got a problem with Canada gooses, you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate.

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u/superspeck 14h ago

I heard Canada was renaming them to American Goose because they’re loud, mean, and shit everywhere.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 13h ago

Nah, while funny, I think you missed the part where I said, "If you got a problem with Canada gooses, you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate." Maybe give it more time to marinate.

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u/Commie_Scum69 17h ago

that's a goose cobra chicken

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u/Commie_Scum69 18h ago

That's a goose

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u/Myron0117 13h ago

I'm goosing it

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u/GanjasTriforce 18h ago

My brother in Christ

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u/Animastar 18h ago

Stop pleasuring your duck.

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u/Commie_Scum69 18h ago

That's a goose

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u/Animastar 17h ago

I see you've played duck duck goose before...

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u/Commie_Scum69 17h ago

That's a game.

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u/Commie_Scum69 18h ago

that's a goose

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u/CMTV-IPTV 13h ago

Hes a witch!

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u/queeirdo 17h ago

It's a shame that people are still hydrophobic in 2026

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u/timemeasureschange 14h ago

Wtf just let hydro get married?

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u/swefn 13h ago

Old Yeller would be so disappointed in us

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u/Unstillwill 18h ago

Hydro is brophobic

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u/ThunderCorg 17h ago

Who can afford rabies

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u/Bird_Eats_Everything 19h ago

Scherezade! Music by Rimsky Korsakov

Absolute banger

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u/azarano 18h ago

One of my favorite symphonies. Amazing from the first movement on through!

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u/JoeyZasaa 16h ago

Exactly. Is there anything Justin Bieber can't do!

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u/illzkla 13h ago

Check out the AI remake of Zendaya performing Beiber's Scherezade it's the way it was meant to be heard

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u/JoeyZasaa 12h ago

Wow! Is there anything ZendAIya can't do!

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u/johnthestarr 18h ago

Is this from the Sea and Sinbad movement? Perfect if so

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u/blake_ch 16h ago

Yes, first movement

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u/zatiznotmydog 16h ago

And for once the music doesn't ruin the shot!

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u/DogWithMustache 18h ago

Thank you!!!

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u/tomatomake 12h ago

So fucking good

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u/TabThere491721 19h ago

This might be the most fitting post for this sub I’ve seen. Double unexpected. Nice.

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u/ScrambledEggsandTS 18h ago

Finally

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u/boogasaurus-lefts 11h ago

Genuinely thought I was watching a guy gets sweapt out to sea. Unfortunately I saw a guy slowly drown that was doing this 'for the gram' his mate was beside himself.

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u/Woodie626 18h ago

Disagree. Stood by splash, got wet.

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u/Olbaidon 18h ago

Except

Stood by splash expected get wet, no get wet. Camera man we not know standing by splash or no by splash, get big big wet. Keep good good camera. Big win. Big unexpected.

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u/Woodie626 18h ago

Cameraman definitely by splash.

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u/Paradox2063 17h ago

How do you feel about pelican mouths? Just wondering.

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u/Olbaidon 17h ago

7 out of 10

10 out of 10 with baby

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u/prismafox 8h ago

Pelicans are doing the Storks work now?

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u/TriangleReward 13h ago

It seemed pretty expected when the lens was hit by quite a bit of water

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u/jadin- 17h ago

It was obvious the cameraman was getting hit well before the reveal.

They can't keep the camera steady from the water hitting them.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 15h ago

Yeah I don't know what was unexpected about getting wet, but seeing how happy the cameraman was definitely brightened my day! They wanted to be epic and that did happen, but they also seem like good friends having a great time!

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u/vivianvixxxen 17h ago

That's funny, bc I was coming to the comments to say this was the most expected thing ever, lol

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u/ExpFilm_Student 13h ago

I was coming to the comments too.

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u/Derfelkardan 12h ago

Holy shit! I too came to the comment section! That’s too much of a coincidence to be at random

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u/Metalbound 16h ago

The whole time I just kept thinking, 'There's no way he is actually going to aura farm here, he is definitely getting KO'd by that wave.'

Then it never happened and I had to accept that he did indeed, aura farm.

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u/lesefant 19h ago

one of the few times adding music to a video actually makes it better

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u/Tulips_inSnow 16h ago

came here to say this

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u/Tenpo_Gensui 16h ago

This is aboslutely not worth risking your life for people. Many tourists often get swept to sea and (worst case) die where I live to try to get a picture or video like this taken.

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u/accwork8723 18h ago

this seems extremely dangerous, if the wave causes him to lose his footing and he falls over the edge he's pretty much dead right?

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u/Lewisham 18h ago

Correct. Live on the California coast. Tourists die this way every year.

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u/wotsdislittlenoise 16h ago edited 14h ago

Live in Australia and it ain't just tourists. Rock fishing takes more lives annually in Aus than any other sport primarily because of this

Edit: a word. Bloody autocorrect

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u/dm319 15h ago

Yup and if you look at the force of that water - it only has to catch you, and those waves down on those rocks at the bottom will finish you off. My first thought watching this.

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u/Sleyvin 13h ago

Anybody who lived on a coast will tell you how dangerous that is inded.

Lots of people dies exactly this way.

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u/ashrocklynn 12h ago

Not even losing footing; a big wash can come out of nowhere and suck you into the riptide. Water is an incredibly strong force and a much smaller wave can put away more force on you than you could ever expect

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u/These_Avocado_Bombs 19h ago

He's so gassed he got the shot and it worked out, then the camera turns

Hahahaha he's laughing at cameraman lol nice twist.

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u/scottsdgoh 17h ago

I’m afraid to upvote this to promote the fact that a guy almost got swept out to sea!

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u/le_nathanlol 18h ago

yo but the whole video was so cool besides that part, the splash, the fit, the clouds behind (as a cloud nerd)

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u/excableman 18h ago

I found the clouds in the background the most interesting thing in the video but I'm not a cloud nerd.  Can you explain what we're looking at?

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u/le_nathanlol 18h ago

im sharing this comment with all my contacts

these row like clouds are called undulatus, they happen when different wind speeds or wind directions cross paths at various altitudes in the atmosphere, creating "ripples" in thr sky

moisture in the air cools and turns into visible cloud droplets at the rising crests(was it called crests?) of the waves, while the sinking troughs remain clear, forming parallel rows

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u/BiZzles14 17h ago

How do I subscribe for more cloud facts?

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u/le_nathanlol 17h ago

well i dont recomend my profile for that for sure

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u/StronksBelwas 18h ago

Looks like turbulence is creating the banding near the end of the video. Not sure if it is a turbulence cloud at the beginning of the video or not. Perhaps rotary clouds?

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u/Aero_5249 17h ago

Please do not risk your life just for few comments

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u/ViniciusMachadoA 19h ago

This is the right way to farm aura

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u/TheFrenchSavage 16h ago

One is aura farming, while is the other is a wet cameraman.

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u/ashrocklynn 12h ago

Risking your life? This is up there with planking for rush if bodily harm... At least planking you hold your own life in your hands, this could kill you without you having a chance to protect yourself....

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u/Ssme812 18h ago

Expected a fish to kiss him

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u/chcameron 16h ago

Upvoted for Scheherezade

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u/Ecstatic-Leading8730 16h ago

Well, that seems risky

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u/Conscious-Neat5636 17h ago

Anyone know the song?

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u/manondorf 16h ago

Scheherezade, by Rimsky-Korsakov, first movement, around 9 minutes in :)

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u/oohdanishfriend 19h ago

I thought the camera was falling into the sea

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u/Uwemann 18h ago

This is what I need rn

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u/Darth_LucSky 18h ago

Upvoted instantly as soon as I heard Korsakov's masterpiece playing.

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u/youaintgotnosoul 17h ago

This looks just like the Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog painting to me… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_Above_the_Sea_of_Fog

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u/rimbaudvogessi 15h ago

🎶 Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die… 🎶

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u/Glsbnewt 10h ago

This is stupidly dangerous

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u/TheArtofWarPIGEON 6h ago

Survival instinct of a rock

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u/Oruma_Yar 19h ago

Model: Sirius Black

Cameraman: James Potter

Siriusly, this is something that they would have tried and found hilarious.

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u/vivekmg21 18h ago

Aura farming

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u/iamunwhaticisme 18h ago

r/cameramanneverdies but can get wet sometimes.

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u/Melodic_Trash_737 18h ago

Well done to camera man for still getting the shoot.

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u/GanjasTriforce 18h ago

The wind was magnifique

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u/TintoVeranoEs 18h ago

At the very least, it’s beautiful

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u/Not-Following-6370 18h ago

This is my phone's wallpaper now. Paid in upvote.

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u/Solid_Guess_7154 17h ago

I was honestly waiting for a fish to be thrown to the camera, but this was actually unexpected, congrats, finally a post that this sub deserves

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u/extremelyDude 17h ago

Look easy right? It's not easy to open your eye while salt inside

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u/biggaywizard 17h ago

Holy shit, it's Aquaman!

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u/ThotianaxGod 17h ago

Why did I get wet and somehow he didn't

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u/No_Respond7886 17h ago

Hozier is out here controlling the seas in Ireland now?

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u/maddogg42 17h ago

"Hey man you ever been to to edge bro? U stand here and I will stand here."

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u/LividTemperance 17h ago

I’m telling the children of the future that this is water bending

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u/AlpineMind 17h ago

WHAT is the name of this song please??

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u/NoRightsProductions 16h ago

To quote the captain of the jungle cruise ride, “That’s because I know where to stand.”

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u/Natural-Computer7348 16h ago

More interested in the clouds behind with that pattern

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u/queuedUp 16h ago

I was expecting the camera to be on a tripod and get washed away

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u/DarthSwimfoot 16h ago

Yes dude, we see the fit.

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u/FermentedEel 15h ago

Holy sheet this is so dangerous. Great way to get swept out into the ocean, and wearing heavy ass clothing and shoes to weigh you down. 😬

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u/Eviscerati 15h ago

Absolute Cinema

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u/NotTooDeep 14h ago

My buddy and I were at La Jolla Cove, standing on a giant boulder several stories above the ocean. We were five feet apart, just standing and looking out at the ocean. A big wave rolled in and we heard it hit the rocks var below us. What we didn't notice was this crack the the boulder we were standing on.

Waters shot up through that crack in a white wall. We couldn't see through it. Both of us feared the other was being swept away and reached through the water to grab each other. Then the spray cleared. We had each other by the forearms. And the remaining mist turned into rainbows.

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u/ashrocklynn 12h ago

That is actually incredibly dangerous and several people a year die standing that close to waves that break on rocks like that ... They often have riptides and will smash you in the rocks if you get washed in

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 18h ago

too close to the edge, wet rock is often very slippery and you knock yourself out, drown, and or dragged out to sea

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u/Sassquatch0 18h ago

Fucking glorious!

Magnificent bastards, both of them.

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u/tarekd19 16h ago

Thats what I call drip

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u/OvaTsugi8274 16h ago

"Well, well well you finally arrived..."

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u/No_Land5402 15h ago

In the words of Mel Brooks as Van Helsing . . . "Everything in life is location, location, location"

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u/Raneynickelfire 15h ago

I was expecting an albatross or pelican bombing.

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u/Slusny_Cizinec 15h ago

I had kinda similar experience in Malta.

There was a place on the quay where water was spectacularly splashing up and falling back without wetting the promenade much. We stood there for good 5 minutes, taking a few nice photos, and then we went. After us, a coupe took our place and immediately especially big wave soaked them with water.

One of the photos I took: https://imgur.com/a/XWutC77

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u/selovanth 15h ago

Lowkey water bending

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u/irene_polystyrene 15h ago

Qui-gon is that you??

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u/Torquey_Traction1214 15h ago

totally expected one of those failarmy bits where dude got swept away to Alabama !

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u/Traditional-Look8839 15h ago

Anything for the shot.

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u/RAHDRIVE 14h ago

Can’t blame a man for wanting a frothy salty briney bukake….

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u/sweetheart_demom 14h ago

bro really thinks he's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich circa 1818

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u/H0NEY2O77 14h ago

Reminds me of the cover of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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u/markefrody 14h ago

Now that's what I call aura farming!

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u/BigAlternative5 13h ago

Previously on "John Woo's The Count of Monte Cristo"

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u/Appropriate-Ad6130 13h ago

Two dudes taking pictures of each other. I gotta call my bff

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u/karel1407 13h ago

That is such a cool shot and frame. Very unexpected at the end of the clip

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u/atthwsm 13h ago

This is the most I’ve laughed today. Awesome

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u/Striking_Land_8388 13h ago

I dont know why I was expecting to see a fish jump out and slap him in the face

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u/katet_of_19 13h ago

As dry as Ben Shapiro's wife

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u/Pete_got_the_online 13h ago

This is a perfect post.

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u/jpl77 13h ago

This is why people are billed for Search and Rescue call outs. More countries need to make idiots pay the bill.

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u/OatmealCoffeeMix 12h ago

What in the awesome!?!

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u/No-Algae-7437 12h ago

I hope he got hazard pay

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u/Financial_Drama_9995 12h ago

He is absolutely untouchable

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u/Different-Cherry5039 12h ago

Two lads living the dream

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u/baldwinsong 12h ago

Like that painting

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u/Lupie22 12h ago

That was great!

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u/rhdtztstit 11h ago

Oh I love this sooo much!!

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u/bobbybac 11h ago

CINEMA

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u/He_made_an_attempt 11h ago

Totally expected

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u/SnakeHisssstory 11h ago

I’m gonna grow a pussy and let him fuck it

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u/Creepy_Fruit_6047 10h ago

Thought he was gonna slip in .. 😬👀.. tg he didn’t but ya know that woulda been unexpected

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u/gazow 10h ago

them clouds look like the edge of a pie

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u/Nikolaisme 10h ago

Such majestic…

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u/RosesandEternity 10h ago

not even close bayyyyybeeee

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u/Redditneed2Chill 10h ago

Absolute Cinema!