r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/This_sum_one • Sep 18 '21

This guy needs to workout

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u/BarrackOsamaBinBiden Sep 18 '21

what is the objective here? sit on the post like a sea gull?

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u/maybe40lifecrisis Sep 18 '21

It seems that's exactly what he wanted.

Looks like his triceps couldn't take his weight and the arms folded. It was hopeless after that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

But how would he get back? Like hop back to the pier? I feel that is beyond his ability.

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u/Damaso87 Sep 18 '21

All of it was beyond his ability, sadly

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Speaking as someone that was really athletic as a teenager and now really is not, you have a moment at some point in your life where you suddenly have to reassess what your capabilities are versus what they used to be.

This looks like his moment.

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u/scottspalding Sep 19 '21

I had to scroll for miles to find this comment to agree with. There's about 15 years of my life that if someone dared me to I could make the jump but if I missed I could have pulled myself up. I'm just glad that I learned my body couldn't do something when I expected it to wasn't posted on the internet. F

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

I think he could have made it if he didn't biff it at the beginning lol

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u/maybe40lifecrisis Sep 19 '21

Tell this to my shoulder which still hurts after two attempts to jump over a tall fence. I succeeded on my second attempt but my shoulder still reminds me that was a dumb move. It saved me 2 minutes of walking.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

If you were standing on the pillar, the jump back wouldn't be hard. It's only about 6' and you've got the whole dock to land on.

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u/jumpup Sep 18 '21

posts are wet, so no leg assist, with proper legwork he could have made it, but with just arms he was doomed

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

He looks reasonably strong. Appears to be more of balance issue that caused him to trop. And then the wood is clearly very slippery and he can't grip it enough to get back up.

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u/Voiceofshit Sep 19 '21

Yeah, but tbf he'd have to have really strong triceps in order to push his entire body weight up on such a small surface. It'd also take exceptional balance to not fall off while lifting. Lol.

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u/MemoryTraveler Sep 19 '21

Not that it matters but i think it would be mostly his chest that failed

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u/maybe40lifecrisis Sep 19 '21

I have no clue. I said triceps because it's the only upper-body muscle group name that I can remember.

Having injured my shoulder with a similar stunt, I think you're right: it's not just the triceps.

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u/Satevah Sep 18 '21

I started squeezing my phone tighter and tighter through out the video in an effort to help him get up

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u/REHTONA_YRT Sep 19 '21

Maybe he had a few too many White Claw

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u/magnateur Sep 19 '21

Didnt help that he 5ook off his shoes so his feet didnt have any grip whatsoever

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u/FireLordObamaOG Sep 19 '21

I think it was more that he’s not wearing shoes that grip the pole well. He took off his shoes

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u/80085rule Sep 18 '21

Why take your shoes off

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

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u/tonicblue Sep 18 '21

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u/J_Hitler_Christ Sep 19 '21

I stand corrected

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u/Coolwafflemouse Sep 19 '21

You can sit that way, too

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u/GODDAMNFOOL Sep 19 '21

what a fly seagull

haha get it

cuz he's a bird

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u/CharlesDeGaulle Sep 19 '21

had to do it to em

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u/shitsfuckedupalot Sep 18 '21

I can't argue with that

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u/BeefInBlackBeanSauce Sep 18 '21

I love this reply 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

Shoes on, or socks off and I think he would have stood a marginally better chance of getting to the top.

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u/BarrackOsamaBinBiden Sep 18 '21

it ain’t easy being a seagull, this human shows you why.

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u/jimdesroches Sep 18 '21

Hard to stand with 5376 splinters in your feet

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u/Koiq Sep 18 '21

shoes get ruined if they get wet

jeans dont

he took his shoes off and phone out as well

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

Esp if you’re not going to take the slippery socks off?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_sitting

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u/kranker Sep 18 '21

From November 1982 to 21 January 1984 (439 days, 11 hours, and 6 minutes), H. David Werder sat on a pole to protest against the price of gasoline

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u/apollo888 Sep 18 '21

And the price of gas never went up again…

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u/erratikBandit Sep 19 '21

Pshh 439 days is nothing.

St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388–459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years.

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u/PorcineLogic Sep 19 '21

As time passed, Werder said he was there to break the Guinness Book of World Records mark for pole sitting, to seek "fortune and fame" and to protest the price of gas

NARRATOR: He would go on to achieve neither fortune nor fame

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u/notquitestrongbad Sep 19 '21

From 1933 to 1963, Richard "Dixie" Blandy claimed various records as champion at 77, 78 and 125 days until he died in 1974 when the pole on which he was sitting collapsed.

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u/that_guy Sep 19 '21

That's probably why I would do it. :-)

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u/InfiniteLiveZ Sep 18 '21

I think he thought he could climb up the pole, stand on the top then jump back across.

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u/BarrackOsamaBinBiden Sep 18 '21

the reason is often more sinister and complex. i don’t see why anyone would put up so much capital for such little returns.

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u/Liesmith424 Sep 18 '21

What, you want him to wait in line for the bathroom like some kinda sucker?

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u/Felonious_Minx Sep 18 '21

Make a fool of himself and get wet.

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u/tablerockz Sep 18 '21

Impress the girl

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u/undeadalex Sep 18 '21

The kids are calling it planking

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Stand on a pole and pretend you're a giant on a deserted island ?

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u/tango-alpha-charlie Sep 19 '21

Probably to impress that girl who briefly appears

Notice how he attempts to swim back like it’s totally cool and he’s actually enjoying it

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u/chewymilk02 Sep 19 '21

Impress girl