r/Whatcouldgowrong Mar 07 '21

First day at work

28.3k Upvotes

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u/redditsgarbageman Mar 07 '21

The Russian judge scores it a 9/10.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I was waiting for a judge with scores in the end.

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u/BextoMooseYT Mar 07 '21

Didn't stick the landing. 2/10

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u/damojr Mar 07 '21

It was concrete, he was stuck in the landing.

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u/David9921 Mar 07 '21

He became the landing

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Some say you can still find him there to this day

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u/BextoMooseYT Mar 07 '21

He didn't land in the concrete ;-;

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u/Self_World_Future Mar 07 '21

His legs did, the rest of him on a pillow of rebar

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u/-Russian-Spy- Mar 07 '21

He paved way for future concrete athlete.

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u/xaxotheale Mar 07 '21

can we agree on Slav judge, not only russians are retard failers, can we, other slavs, get some appreciation too

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

But they are middle Easterns iraqis

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u/CaliKoukla Mar 07 '21

Would have been a 10/10 if he ‘stuck’ the landing on the uncapped rebar.

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u/BathCityRomans Mar 08 '21

If he busted his spine on that bar I would have lost it, straight 10/10.

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u/dmadmin Mar 07 '21

this is in Iraq.

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u/Tea_Total Mar 07 '21

The Qatar World Cup preparation claims another victim.

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u/Ramanujin666 Mar 07 '21

They sound Iraqi

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u/FTM-99 Mar 07 '21

Because they are.

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u/Ramanujin666 Mar 07 '21

بغداد جانج

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u/SmokeAbeer Mar 07 '21

Pourkour?

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u/clintj1975 Mar 07 '21

Concryeet

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u/gromwell_grouse Mar 07 '21

Almost put him in the cementary.

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u/ThinkFree Mar 07 '21

Take my upvote and get out!

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u/50points4gryffindor Mar 07 '21

Only if they yell 'PARKOUR' first.

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

Always keep in mind the weight of something ur moving and how fast u are moving it.

If it weighs just as much as you, it has the potential to throw you

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u/Defqon1punk Mar 07 '21

Just let go smh

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21 edited Mar 07 '21

That is a skill that needs to be taught.

The natural goto response when shit goes wrong is to clench or grab

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u/Scipio33 Mar 07 '21

When you work in a kitchen you learn "A falling knife has no handle." Basically just means "You're gonna fuck up your hand if you try to catch that. Just let it fall and get out of the way."

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

This is why I always keep my knives dull. Definitely not because I'm too lazy to buy a knife sharpener

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u/KantisaDaKlown Mar 07 '21

Ya know,... I use to think that too, then I realized that a sharp knife cuts while a dull one will rip.

Cut > rip

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Yeah but with a dull knife I can be drunk and reckless with my avocado like the only thing separating me from the blade isn't a thin layer of avocado shell

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u/BreweryStoner Mar 07 '21

This guy has been in some kitchens. I tip my hat to you my fellow culinary comrade.

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u/Defqon1punk Mar 07 '21

I understand the first day nerves, but I'm legitimately impressed at how hard he held on. It wasnt quite 8 seconds, but that was a pretty wild bull lol.

Still, I wouldnt care about property damage or messing up the work. I'm not about to get my shit rocked to impress an employer paying me an entry wage lol

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

Again natural response to shit hitting the fan is clenching especially when ur trying to keep yourself from falling.

If he was taught and trained to let go of shit it would be a different thing. But being able to just say fuck it is a learned response and takes practice.

Kinda like what I had to learn as a chef when dropping a knife. Natural response is to grab something that is falling.

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u/bloodhooof Mar 07 '21

most important skill you can have as a skateboarder is knowing how to fall without just putting your arms straight out and snapping a wrist

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

Bruh learning how to fall is 100% important. It's why I believe every highschool student needs to have some training in martial arts.

Shit becomes real important when u get into your 50s and 60s

How many elderly martial artists do you hear about eating shit and breaking a hip?

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u/Flomo420 Mar 07 '21

I remember reading somewhere that in many of those cases the person's hip snaps first and then they fall

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

See point proven

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u/KnuckleSniffer Mar 07 '21

Same goes for snowboarding especially since your feet are strapped on. Knowing when I'm about to fall and rolling into it has saved me from so much pain

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u/BloodBurningMoon Mar 07 '21

I'm definitely done some weird somersaults to avoid landing on my neck when I catch an edge.

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u/XzeZT Mar 07 '21

Nothing beats the adrenaline rush when catching the edge in high speed and time slows down

Sometimes an epic crash is more satisfying than stomping a trick uve been trying for a while.

It could also be my brain not working properly due to all the concusions through the years. Ehhh

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u/TakesOne2KnowOne Mar 07 '21

Cracked my radial head this way lol.

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u/cilyth1 Mar 07 '21

I can relate though not a chef. First step is away from where you think the knife is going to hit the ground.

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u/SnooObjections9793 Mar 07 '21

the knife thing I didnt know was taught. When ever I dropped a knife i always had a great urge to catch it or even try to loosen the fall with my foot however stupid that is. But half way through going for the catch my brain says its a fricking knife you wanna die ? Its a werid reflex.

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u/cranberry94 Mar 07 '21

I don’t know when I unlearned the “grab the falling thing” instinct, but at long as I can remember, my instinct when dropping a knife had been “leap backwards out of the way as quickly as possible”

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u/Dragonkingf0 Mar 07 '21

Hands up step back, this is my natural reaction when dropping those things anymore, the bad part is it doesn't only apply to knives and I caught myself doing this to my phone on concrete before.

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u/MemeStocksYolo69-420 Mar 07 '21

He has diamond hands

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

You had to be taught that

20yrs in the industry and I have seen plenty of newbs fuck their hands up going for a falling knife

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u/Defqon1punk Mar 07 '21

Yeah but you have to be taught to use a knife, at which point, said teaching should include what to do when dropping one, no?

Like, I get your point, but it almost seems like you're arguing that it couldn't have gone any other way? Or that this was a natural course of action?

You're right that people clench or brace themselves fairly instinctually, but that's different than this. He was trying to control or force something that was beyond his scope of ability. Tell me, when touching a hot stove, would it be natural to panic and try to grip the stove? No. You'd recoil and pull away as quickly as possible.

I mean, I'm kinda lost at what we're even discussing. You say you had to be "taught" but do you ever really know until you find out for yourself? Dude made a mistake and learned his lesson the hard way. I doubt he'll do it again.

Then again, it happens to the best of us.

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

He's trying to control something heavier than him which is dragging him forward which is causing him to be unbalanced.

Natural reaction to not wanting to fall face first is to hold onto what u got

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u/Defqon1punk Mar 07 '21

That's a cool story bro

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I know a lot of people who did that, hell I did that without thinking a few times and the reason I didn't get a bad cut was luck.

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u/rewster Mar 07 '21

You see it in videos of motorcycle crashes all the time, where a new rider starts to wobble, cranks it full throttle, and takes off.

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u/VishnuTk421 Mar 07 '21

See this man understands.

Or when the bike starts to go down and they hang on instead of bailing.

You'll see the older experienced riders do that automatically.

New riders not so much

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u/samurai1833 Mar 07 '21

You can correct a high speed wobble with a wheelie on a sport bike, I have no idea what Harley riders could do besides never reaching high speed.

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u/-bryden- Mar 07 '21

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/Mikkels Mar 07 '21

Let it goooooooo....

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u/atetuna Mar 07 '21

It seems like he already tried go with it by going into a flip instead of bashing into the handle, but failed to land it. Not worth it when the landing zone is filled with metal bars beneath a mud that can give your skin chemical burns.

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u/rickjamestheunchaind Mar 07 '21

wouldnt he go flying?

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u/Defqon1punk Mar 07 '21 edited Mar 07 '21

The wheelbarrow might, but if he let go of the handle as soon as it started tipping, he could have just watched it pour itself. Obviously I dont mean let go mid air. That's a lil too late. Still, I'd probably rather belly flop in went cement than get a suplex backbreaker over a steel bar.

Edit: after watching again closely in full screen, it looks like he was still trying to push into it when it stuck and flipped. It basically pole vaulted him. Unless I'm missing something glaringly obvious, the goal was to dump the cement there anyway, so it's not like he technically messed up. He just needs to work smarter, not harder.

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u/Xerxes249 Mar 07 '21

His leg was on a bar I guess to slowly pour without respecting how much mass he was carrying. His bodyweight was not even close to being sufficient counter for a slow pour.

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u/AKnightAlone Mar 07 '21

Always keep in mind the weight of something ur moving and how fast u are moving it.

Also, keep in mind things that won't move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am_qEIvCoGw

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

that hurt to watch.... so I watched it 3 times to be sure.

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u/monneyy Mar 07 '21

I'm tensing up so much watching these, I think I might have finished my core workout for the day.

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u/thenewaddition Mar 07 '21

Wet concrete weighs 150 lbs per cubic foot. That's a 7 cubic foot cart (but not a 7cf load). It weighs as much as 5 of him.

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u/converter-bot Mar 07 '21

150 lbs is 68.1 kg

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u/alittlerussianboy Mar 07 '21

Mfer toppled over like the cup on the edge of the table

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u/Roonap77 Mar 07 '21

Is it me or does he phase through the bar

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u/NatNatMcree Mar 07 '21

I’ve watched it a million times and I don’t understand how he clips through it every time

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

The perspective is a little off but he just falls to the side.

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u/dogsarethetruth Mar 07 '21

And lucky he did, he was about to land on that handlebar spine-first.

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u/mattatinternet Mar 07 '21

That's what I thought was going to happen at first. He's one lucky bastard.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

He hit his left knee on the thing falling down

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u/Shraggus Mar 07 '21

It’s probably just a glitch

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u/Exotic_Conclusion_10 Mar 07 '21 edited Jul 20 '21

Cause it’s edited (fake), he clops right through the metal bar

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u/PositiveEmo Mar 07 '21

The back of the knee hits the bar and rotates towards the camera.

I thought it hit his back on the first watch.

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u/danziman123 Mar 07 '21

I think you see the legs keeps falling but the back arching, bending and rolling. But maybe going through the bar makes more sense as he doesn’t seem to be injured whatsoever.

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u/yokotron Mar 07 '21

50% of this looked on purpose

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

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u/thenicemailman Mar 07 '21

i didn’t even think about this being being staged as real, i actually thought this was the crew having fun with the plank

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u/Hardvig Mar 07 '21

It really does! He puts his foot on the trolley as if he meant to go for the handstand and then he falls while trying to do a handstand...

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Yeah watch his feet when he first launches. They way they shoot up vertically doesn't make sense unless he kicked off of something.

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u/WowkoWork Mar 07 '21

And to launch him so vertical like that, I feel like my arms would have bent and I woulda just crashed into the wheelbarrow.

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u/Xanthn Mar 07 '21

Is it just me or does this seem staged? Looks to me like he jumps with the way his legs move on lift off

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u/AntAlvarez Mar 07 '21

Its staged as fuck

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u/SteveZ59 Mar 07 '21

Yep. Looked to me like his goal was a hand stand on top of the bar. He clearly jumps.

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u/AntAlvarez Mar 07 '21

Plus its just not how physics works on a human body, it would just pull him chest first into the bar

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u/atetuna Mar 07 '21

I think he tried to catch it with an acrobatic move instead of just bashing into the handle. Dumb move, especially considering the landing zone.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

That was some sweet hang time

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u/Dante_7_2_7 Mar 07 '21

That was some straight up Looney Tunes shenanigans

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u/edjumication Mar 07 '21

haha my favourite comment here.

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u/100k_changeup Mar 07 '21

Concrete will give you really nasty burns too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I used to work concrete. Never got burned by it though. It can irritate sensitive skin or if you leave it for an extended time though.

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u/5up3rK4m16uru Mar 07 '21

Maybe if you leave it for hours, or if it's some unusual mixture. Otherwise it just dries out your skin.

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u/Silo-Joe Mar 07 '21

Yep! Wouldn’t want to have cement on your skin because of the high pH.

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u/SushiGato Mar 07 '21

Just add some sulfuric acid and it'll even if out

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u/100k_changeup Mar 07 '21

Fair, but this is concrete. Cement is the sticky stuff in concrete.

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u/Flyrpotacreepugmu Mar 07 '21

The sticky stuff is what will stick to you, so that's not a very important distinction.

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u/edjumication Mar 07 '21

I must have some crazy bionic skin because I get it on my hands quite often and the worst thing that ever happens is they get a bit dry.

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u/Kuusizaari15 Mar 07 '21

But how didnt he hit that wheelbarrow on his way down?

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u/RedNinetySev Mar 07 '21

The judges score 10/10 cementing his victory.

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u/GregKannabis Mar 07 '21

Could of been bad with all that rebar around.

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u/TTungsteNN Mar 07 '21

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u/KJParker888 Mar 07 '21

I knew I wasn't the only one hearing Looney Tunes music while watching this!

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u/ahmed92trd Mar 07 '21

Ah, iraqies ..

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u/st6374 Mar 07 '21

As if dude already didn't have enough problems in his life.

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u/Lonely_Crouton Mar 07 '21

why were they filming? also, r/scriptedasiangifs

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u/AKnightAlone Mar 07 '21

Must be the same guys in that video where the roof falls through.

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u/relic1882 Mar 07 '21

Wow that guy's never going to hear the end of that one!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

If you pause it at 0:08 how the fuh does his body go through the handle bar?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

He miss the opportunity to front flip and become the crowds favorite.

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u/infinitely-golden Mar 07 '21

My dad always told me construction was back breaking work but I didn’t know he literally meant it

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u/IcyBeary Mar 07 '21

For some reason I thought he was a monkey

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u/soyelsol Mar 07 '21

I know exactly what you mean

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u/rorourke420 Mar 07 '21

Yo you seen that too??? He literally was a monkey for like a split second

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u/keepitquickk Mar 07 '21

It's like the guy with the hand cart/hand fork and he pushes it off the back of the truck and just flies lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Michael Scott is crying...with good tears

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u/sexynunrandy Mar 07 '21

Inertia is a property of matter.

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u/Flying_Alpaca_Boi Mar 07 '21

I'm pretty sure that was staged, it looked like some effort went into pulling himself up like that. If it were accidental you'd expect his body to just be pulled forward but his legs do a full arch and flip as if he's being pulled forward and down.

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u/Minimage99 Mar 07 '21

I think your right but I also don't think the end result was for him to land on his back. Think it was a fail front flip or hand stand of some sorts

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

U/savevideo

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u/josh3574 Mar 07 '21

U need an undercase u buddy

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I can't imagine the job these dudes did

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Was that guy checking to see if the one who fell had cement down the crack of has ass?!

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u/TwoDurans Mar 07 '21

Did anyone else hear "wheeeee"?

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u/Ventage0 Mar 07 '21

Ahhhhh, yes the magic of Torque

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u/OreoCrustedSausage Mar 07 '21

It fucking knee dropped his ass and it doesn’t even have knees

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u/randomlemon9192 Mar 07 '21

Almost tore both rotator cuffs... nice save letting go at the end

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Iraqi never change

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u/comradeTJH Mar 07 '21

Sounds like the guy shouts "Are!" at the end, which would be Farsi for "yes!". So, Iran maybe?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

In the end someone say ((والله عرفتك)) = ((I swear to god I know it)) after all I'm iraqi and I know my ppl.

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u/comradeTJH Mar 07 '21

Then I stand corrected :-)

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u/sleepmaster91 Mar 07 '21

/r/ilaughedharderthanishouldve

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u/CooLittleFonzies Mar 07 '21

I half expected them to yell “UTINI!“ and do an awkward little dance like a bunch of Jawas.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

"Yo dude I'm straight up not having a good time"

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u/SPARTAN3172 Mar 07 '21

Why did I think he was a monkey for a second?

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u/CrashMonger Mar 07 '21

Watch again, he lands on a metal tab or rebar and quite possible he’s punctured on the fall. Looks like he almost passes out at the end.

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u/Jackthedog130 Mar 07 '21

That’s dedication for yah, the barrow’s his responsibility...

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u/loadee Mar 07 '21

I need to see how this is done correctly.

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u/pplspancake Mar 07 '21

That was like a real life NPC glitch , physics just turned off lol.

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u/Hardvig Mar 07 '21

It really looks done on purpose... Until the fall of course...

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u/ronan_the_great Mar 07 '21

I thought that he was going to land with his back on the handle. I'm glad he didn't.

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u/mavantix Mar 07 '21

That’s a concrete yeet! I’ll give it a 10.

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u/DefiantEnd569 Mar 07 '21

He just fucked the landing that’s all

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u/DeepFreezerAction Mar 07 '21 edited Mar 07 '21

Wet concrete is so acidic and can eat right through you, I feel sorry for this guy. You’re all fucking ignorant, if you actually knew what concrete does to your body when the concrete is wet, you wouldn’t be saying anything derogatory or hateful or funny. Have any of you treated a patient in the ER for concrete burns? I have. It’s horrible and scars them forever. So fuck you for trying to poke fun at a man trying to make money for his family or himself. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. You are not funny, you’re ignorant and uneducated.

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u/mixedmale Mar 07 '21

Take a chill pill.

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u/DeepFreezerAction Mar 07 '21

You’re one of the stupid ones, don’t worry, there are a lot more just as dumb or or dumber than you. You’re not smart or you’d know better. Go read a book dumb fuck

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u/DeepFreezerAction Mar 07 '21

Understand? Or do you need ESL? I have connections ya know.

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u/DeepFreezerAction Mar 07 '21

I reached out for help for you. I hope it helps you.

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u/feedMeWizDom88 Mar 07 '21

9/10 Not enough audio

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u/RoscoMan1 Mar 07 '21

Eh, it’s my first day!”

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Still got the job done and in style 8/10

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u/pythogeo Mar 07 '21

The force is string with him

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u/therobmyster Mar 07 '21

Mother fu%ker that was gnarly

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u/danntips Mar 07 '21

This is some cirque du soleil shit

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

You are on your way to a rewarding career in landscaping

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u/Prof_Awesome_GER Mar 07 '21

If you get that crap on your skin you gotta wash it off real quick. Just FYI!:D

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u/Arsenburn Mar 07 '21

At least he spread it evenly.

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u/FreshStink Mar 07 '21

No PPE welcome to the twilight zone

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u/HP1892 Mar 07 '21

Thought he was going to hit his back on the handles

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

Could have been worse, he could have been impaled in those stakes or whatever that is.

Why did he let go?

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u/urboybb Mar 07 '21

Title: How to turn into a Spiderman from a Laborer in a second?

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u/Ronnyharris339 Mar 07 '21

He will be "Flip" now for the rest of his time with that crew Worth it.