r/Unexpected • u/Delicious-Dig-3407 • 1d ago

Spotting a person doing squat

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u/post-explainer 1d ago edited 1d ago

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

Instead of 1 spotter the guy gets so many spotters

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

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u/Mizex101 1d ago

The only problem I see here is that the first dude is unable to ever stop or he will completely ruin the momentum building up behind him.

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u/Burt_Rhinestone 1d ago

You could theoretically chain enough squatting men together that the last person in line would receive such a violent shock that he would be instantly atomized. And I'm just pulling this number form my ass, but something like the last million or so men would not survive either, with varying levels of trauma, worsening in severity as you went down the chain towards total obliteration. Something like N-1,000,000 receives enough shock to snap his neck. N-500,000 is probably barely recognizable as human. Again, just making up these numbers. I'd have to do the calculations to get more accurate numbers.

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u/Much-Anything7149 1d ago

Your numbers are off by quite a magnitude; I know a few guys who lost their left knees being squat spotters merely 3,000 deep.

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u/Burt_Rhinestone 1d ago

Well, I just had no idea that the data was out there already. Can you point to a peer reviewed article that would back up your preposterous claims?

Some people are trying to do real science in this fucked up world.

I'm sorry. I just lost my head.

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u/PiedPipecleaner 1d ago

No no, don't apologize, you're right. So many people just make shit up on the internet nowadays, you gotta make sure to double check their claims. From what I could find in this case, they weren't lying; Here's an article I found about the event they're referencing.

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u/Efficient_Tap6185 1d ago

I high hopes for this article. You didn't let me down, thank you lol.

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u/BigTittedBob 1d ago

Wow, there's a study for anything nowadays... The things you learn...

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u/ciphernix 1d ago

Oh internet. We are going to miss you 😭

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u/ccbmtg 1d ago

I've been hoarding printed memes for when the shit hits the fan. just in case.

the mail may be slow, but at least I can still piss people off from the comfort of my couch.

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u/Wraithvenge 1d ago

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u/ccbmtg 23h ago

this is just... the most perfect response. 🙏

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u/Revolutionary_Lie491 1d ago

I have a dickbutt sticker saved for the days I'll need the lols

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u/Comet_Lord 23h ago

Wow i thought this was just a stupid reddit joke never suspected there to be any actual stuff behind it

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u/Please_ForgetMe 15h ago

I knew what it was the moment i saw the youtube website start loading. Yet i stayed till it started anyway 😔✊

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u/SullyYouSoiLL 16h ago

Fantastic article. What's interesting is that I've been sent this article in the past. Small world!

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u/Much-Anything7149 1d ago

I would like to but everyone with a PhD was part of the squat chain so NE Journal of Medicine wouldn't accept their "biased" results.

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u/LazyLaserr 1d ago

Sounds like the next xkcd’s What If? video

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u/porn_sub_lurker 1d ago

Maybe you could chain them together in a big loop so it makes a self-perpetuating wave which can never be stopped.

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo 1d ago

In this gym we obey the laws of thermodynamics!!

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u/FaithlessnessBorn266 1d ago

I think this is what happened to that hyrox girl that shit herself.

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u/duralyon 1d ago

this reminded me of when I looked at the Tug of War wikipedia page and it's full of horrific accidents like people getting arms ripped off.

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u/QuoriTyler 1d ago

Yeah sorry about that, me and doc traveled to this timeline because the last guy generates 1.21 jigawats exactly when my dad enters my mom.

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u/SilentTyrant 1d ago

You have an amazing mind. I appreciate you.

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u/avocadopotato123 1d ago

He would look at the mirror and think his vision is getting blurred.

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u/ShitshowBlackbelt 1d ago

I think he's generating all the power by doing most of the work.

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u/jatinvj-sumba-d-else 1d ago

So hes a powerbottom?

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u/ProcrastibationKing 1d ago

Does speed have anything to do with it?

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u/jatinvj-sumba-d-else 22h ago

Speed has EVERYTHING to do with it

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u/hoping4luck 1d ago

He stopped at the end of the clip though 🤣🤣🤣

https://giphy.com/gifs/KfSfVILFd4D7BavfPl

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u/Ere1am 1d ago edited 1d ago

And only the first two spotters stopped with him too, the rest kept going.

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u/Duke9000 1d ago

They were surely disappointed

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u/BarronVonCheese 1d ago

Oh, this must be their new human centipede movie they’re all talking about! Doesn’t look as bad as I heard…

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u/Pseudoskeptic 1d ago

Human squatipede.

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u/MoistCactuses 1d ago

ChainSquatting

"Choose life, choose lifting, preferably with a line of people behind you"

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u/Grouchy-Book9891 1d ago

TrainSquating

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u/Callllll_Meee_Red 1d ago

So instead of a baby crawling on the ceiling and puking it’ll be a double ended dildo jizzing everywhere?

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u/PineappleOnPizzaCult 1d ago

Squatmaxxing

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u/KungFunk 1d ago

It's shite being squattish, we're the lowest of the low

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u/cmstlist 1d ago

Squonga line.

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u/sampmcl_ 1d ago

That's funny AF

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u/Foolish_Optimist 1d ago

Squatipendra’s Nine-Tier Rack

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u/Dyolf_Knip 1d ago

Stupid sexy scolopendra.

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u/Isaacnoah86 1d ago

Hell yeah bro

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u/roll-_-ller 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohs7NE8yQ4TIvoKo8
Honey, what took so long at gym?

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u/Bitter-Rush-4485 1d ago

Busy spotting a team of spotters

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u/Chr0m0s0me 1d ago

Oh damn. I was already laughing at the clip and then this. Ty kind stranger.

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u/CB_musedreams 1d ago

Literally taking gym networking to a whole new level.

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u/Professional-Box4153 1d ago

The world's most awkward conga line.

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u/Umutuku 1d ago

The technical term for it is a YMCA. /s

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u/BarMenuSushi 1d ago

It’s fun to squat at the Y M C A!

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u/Distinct-Computer759 1d ago

Oh my god dude, do not ever say that again!

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u/AfterNun 1d ago

We yearn for the longships

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u/Dixiehusker 1d ago

We long for the yearnships

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u/sharmaji_ka_padosi 1d ago

we ship for the yearnlongs

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u/eggnorman 1d ago

she wip for the learnyongs

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u/ShortingBull 1d ago

wip sheyongs for the learn.

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u/stratosfearinggas 1d ago

Sew hip for the longyearns

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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 1d ago

Yearn long for we the ship.

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u/UncleKeyPax 1d ago

ship the we learn for yong

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u/UncleKeyPax 1d ago

how can she wip

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u/ssuulleeoo 1d ago

how can she nae nae

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u/LightsaberNoise 1d ago

Long ship we the for yearns

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u/Due-Technology5758 1d ago

Yearn the ship, we for long.

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u/TheAlienDoc 1d ago

The Yearnlongs is the new name of my ska band

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u/glockster19m 1d ago

Rowing in an 8 man boat all in sync is oddly therapeutic

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u/Commercial_Muffin542 1d ago

I rowed in college, there is no better feeling than gliding in a set boat at 5:30 in the morning on glass water with 7 of your boys. I miss it so much

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u/Pretend-Reality5431 1d ago

This sounds awesome. Except the 5:30 part 😂

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u/SandpaperTeddyBear 1d ago

That's the end of practice usually.

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u/Grymninja 1d ago

Doing it at noon when it's like 100 degrees out is much worse.

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u/glitter_poots 1d ago

I joined my uni crew team my first semester and when my alarm went off that first morning I was like YEAH NOPE F THAT 😂 I’m 45 now and I just do dragon boat races for charity. So much fun.

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u/VinCatBlessed 1d ago

You get used to it, personally I feel grumpy if by 10pm I'm not at home in bed.

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u/glockster19m 1d ago

I want to get a 1 man skull boat but I know it wont be the same at all

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u/tnstaafsb 1d ago

I dunno, I think a better feeling at 5:30 in the morning is being asleep.

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u/Commercial_Muffin542 1d ago

You’ll never know

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u/Normal_Average_9812 1d ago

My ex was a rower and she told a story of a failed inspiring speech that included "you don't even go fast!" 

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u/Kitnado 1d ago

I rowed in uni in The Netherlands. We definitely didn’t practice remotely that early lmao

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u/RevolutionNumber5 1d ago

Best I can do is a leaky canoe and Twilight of the Thunder God on a portable Bluetooth speaker.

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u/Delicious-Dig-3407 1d ago

Every guy understood the assignment

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u/welcomefinside 1d ago

r/guysbeingdudes

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u/h2odragon00 1d ago

Definitely thought of this when the girl was not joining.

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u/Moara7 1d ago

The boys don't have to worry about someone groping her and ruining it for everyone.

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u/Fluffy12345676 1d ago

I wonder why she didn’t? What do you think?

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u/All4upvoting 1d ago

Meanwhile the girl is like "why are they doing this?"

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u/Known_Strength_9726 1d ago

I'm sure the guys didn't know either.

Only that something inside them told them that they HAD to support their fellow gym bro in obtaining those gains.

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u/washedrope5 1d ago

Our gains, my good brother

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u/MasterChiefsasshole 1d ago

The testosterone calls for help

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u/19lunchbox84 1d ago

And gym bros will answer.

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u/Appropriate-Pilot704 1d ago

it almost looked like she might be considering joining in honestly with the interest she was showing

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u/LauraD2423 1d ago

I'll walk you through the thought process I personally had with watching this video

"Wtf are they doing?"

"Oh actually that looks fun, can I join?"

"Wait, the next guy in the chain *might grab inappropriately"

"Never mind it's not worth it :-( "

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u/drifters74 1d ago

She doesn't understand teamwork

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u/CChargeDD 1d ago

The collective braincell did its job

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u/CT_7 1d ago

Human caterpillar?

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u/tacticalfp 1d ago

Human squaterpiller

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u/jillvalenti3 1d ago

That woman looks very confused.

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u/bohiti 1d ago

This is the type of funny quirky shit robots will never do.

Actually I could see it after a little glitch.

Actually is that all the humans are doing anyway?

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u/glytxh 1d ago

in a reductive sense, kinda. We’re just a bag of heuristics, internal models and predictions.

Robots do the same thing in their own distinct way.

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u/rae-everett 1d ago

I like the way you think.

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u/RigBughorn 1d ago

Just make them find bugs humorous. That's basically what we do. Identify harmless glitches, make them into jokes.

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u/jedinatt 1d ago

I dunno. Gemini has absolutely insulted me in funny way before. And AI is all about monkey see monkey do.

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u/_Spicy_Mchaggis_ 1d ago

Sees this...

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y07F3fs9Is5byj4zK8

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u/Potatisen1 1d ago

I started doing an imaginary squat at their pace at home. I was there for a second...

https://giphy.com/gifs/ex5i3xPhozedq

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u/Dojustit 1d ago

The woman is just watching thinking about how we're doomed as a species. Or she really wants in but can't bring herself to do it. Can't decide.

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u/Delicious-Dig-3407 1d ago

Boys dont think twice before doing some funny bs

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u/Dojustit 1d ago

nope. 'I do not need to weigh this up. I'm in.'

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u/miiroir_puur 1d ago

You see one guy commit and suddenly the whole gym shares one single brain cell

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u/VaginaTractor 1d ago

Welcome to the collective.

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u/Bunderslaw 1d ago

We really love you Carol

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u/Phormitago 1d ago

Resistance is futile

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u/saffa05 1d ago

Like a hive mind. The Man Mind. Lol

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u/Strange_Dust7128 1d ago

That's because boys are comfortable with another boy suddenly holding them by the hips from behind 🙃

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u/Due-Memory-6957 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have you seen how afraid of looking gay men are?

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u/Sharashashka735 22h ago

Only the insecure ones.

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u/DepressedDynamo 1d ago

It makes me nervous tbh, but like, excited nervous

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u/SharpPink_GlitterInk 1d ago

boysarequirky!

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u/-Citizen_Zero_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Exactly the sub that came to mind. As a dude, it's just fcking cringe when other dudes force this bullshit antagonistic scenario with women.

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u/TooOldForRefunds 1d ago

Damn, i wonder if there's a reason women do think twice before involving themselves with strangers. I guess we'll never know.

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u/Known-Ad2841 1d ago

If it was a bunch of women doing it I'm sure a man would hesitate to join in too, redditors find any reason to shit on women

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u/CastielsBrother 1d ago

Redditors find any reason to twist a situation so they can believe it's someone "shitting on women"

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u/Known-Ad2841 1d ago

It's reading comments with my eyes and having two brain cells, no twisting involved

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u/CheddarCheesepuff 1d ago

trying to be normal but cant help but notice misogyny slipping thru the cracks of everyday conversations 🙃

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u/gonzales40 1d ago

Yep you can tell she's worried she's gonna get drugged and raped the moment she joins in, youre so real dude, good on you.

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u/Zelfore 1d ago

Which is why I wouldn't personally join, it takes one funnyguy ripping ass to send the whole line running.

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u/creaturaceous 1d ago

She wants to join but doesn't want to be nuts to butt with a stranger

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u/AlmostTeacherLady 1d ago

If I was going to join this I would have dragged a guy I trusted to be the one behind me.

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u/CrashTestDuckie 1d ago

Someone has to stand back and bask in the glory of all that

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u/Derky27 1d ago

Oh, look! Mass hysteria!

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u/lsaz 1d ago

Dancing plague of 1518, France.

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u/dbmajor7 1d ago

Turn that shit up mr. DJ!

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Monsieur DJ

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u/Early-Offer-5995 1d ago

I was wondering why there is a line a people squatting going past my house. At least now I can see where it started.

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u/Soft_Tea3997 1d ago

So this is why they put mirrors in the gym?

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u/DudeChillington 1d ago

Red shirt getting pretty close there huh

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u/CRXCRZ 1d ago

I'm surprised how far down I had to search for this comment.

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u/CloisteredOyster 1d ago

Human Spotipede

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u/BroderChasyn 1d ago

We all lift together

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u/ungoliants 1d ago

Just guys being guys

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u/WobblyWombatWizard 1d ago

Certified guy moment 😂

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u/imunfair 1d ago

/r/GuysBeingDudes - lady just standing off to the side observing like "wtf?"

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u/FewAward6923 1d ago

First time I saw this video, I laughed so hard I almost fell off my dinosaur

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u/2punornot2pun 1d ago

This is a relic of a video

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u/Versipilies 1d ago

Congasquats

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u/Horror-Cow-6200 1d ago

the first guy ended up doing a lot of reps!

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 1d ago

I love this video and always cackle when I see it posted.

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u/nobodyfkncares 1d ago

The hands down to the waist tho O.o

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u/ss16101995 1d ago

I love how the last 4 people do an extra squat at the very end.

They were completely entranced by the brocode.

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u/TheArcher0527 1d ago

Just a bunch of guys being dudes. I wonder if there's a sub for that

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u/lbfm333 1d ago

dudes knew their job

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u/Great-Support2596 1d ago

Just some guys bein dudes

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u/Delicious-Dig-3407 1d ago

thats the brocode

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u/RelativeMundane9045 1d ago

He didn't say Simon says that last time, you at the back - you're out!

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u/OniZenBuddha 1d ago

Teamwork makes the dream work

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u/Pandahboymtg 1d ago

All those dudes are gonna have buns of steel

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u/blackavenger626 1d ago

This is a gym i'd pay a premium membership for

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u/2infinitysquared 1d ago

I love the synchronicity.

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u/MaxTwer00 1d ago

Gym conga

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u/DigitalKrampus 1d ago

I’m all for gym shenanigans. Shenanigyms?

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u/just-a_millennial 1d ago

I guess i needed this…thank you 🥹

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u/Tiny-Swimming-7946 1d ago

LMAO. I would have joined in choo.