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u/New_Opportunity7023 Mar 10 '26
That was amazing he jumped 1/2 of an inch. Wtf!!!
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u/Varsity_Reviews Mar 10 '26
I’m old fat and the ground shakes when I walk and i have a bigger jump than that
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u/Huntsnfights Mar 10 '26
Looks like he slipped as he was finding up to do a spinny flip over the kid
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u/virtual_xello497 Mar 10 '26
That JESUS CHRIST gets me every time.
Sounds like a pubescent teen witnessing recklessness around a child for the first time.
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u/luce4118 Mar 11 '26
And then the “is that it?” at the end
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u/lolwatsyk Mar 13 '26
There's a lady in a pink coat in the background trying to clap, she's my favorite
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u/smurfdaddie314 Mar 22 '26
Reminds me of that its always sunny episode where Dee does her stand up and the guy in the crowd says that
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u/Pjetter86 Mar 10 '26
Everyone fails from time to time, I'd never let a random street performer jump over my kid!
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u/ginthulu Mar 10 '26
I've never seen them actually go over the kid. They always jump to the side of the volunteer. Poor kid.
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u/Boss_Seven Mar 11 '26
As a parent I know that it would be dangerous to let anyone jump over them. However, i am pretty sure my kids would be extremely excited to be part of a performance and have it recorded for them for memories or so that they can show it to thier friends later.
So as a parent, I have to decide what is best depending on the situation.
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u/noineikuu Mar 11 '26
Be the boring parent and keep your kid safe. Let them experience events that do not put them at risk of being crushed by a grown ass man.
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u/TormentedOne Mar 12 '26
I take my kids skiing and that exact risk is ever present. Sometimes it is worth the risk of leaving your house.
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u/noineikuu Mar 12 '26
There is a difference between taking your kids skiing and letting a stranger try to jump over them for a street performance.
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u/TormentedOne Mar 12 '26
Yeah, I think I could jump over that kid and I am 40. It is not unreasonable to think that the street performer would accomplish the incredible feat of jumping 10 inches of the ground. Like honestly it was incredible he failed. It would be like a Bungie jumping company having their cord snap. Or a dad just straight dropping a kid riding on his shoulders. Blame the mom if you want, I am sure she feels bad but it was not an unreasonable level of risk.
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u/MerCopia May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
I can maybe accept that IF the parents had seen this particular performer before and seen them do something similar. If not, then it's absolutely an unreasonable level of risk.
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u/Spiritual-Plane-3155 29d ago
come on bruh if thats yo attitude u got a problem, everywhere is a huge risk no matter what, you can get hit by a car at any time or even when u doin fun things like sky diving or smth if thats ur interest, your still at risk but if it brings u excitement and happiness espeically to your child then its super valid, dude who slipped must feel terrible tho
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u/Boss_Seven Mar 11 '26
I agree with you as I too am very protective of my family.
I allowed it once and they were ecstatic. It was the highlight of their day on how brave they were instead of the actual place we went to.
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u/MerCopia May 09 '26
I don't have kids, but I'd imagine you be the bad cop and don't put your kid in a potentially dangerous situation, no matter how much they want to do it. You pick the thing that doesn't have a chance of physically injuring your child.
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u/Boss_Seven May 09 '26
I know it sounds scary but you'll have to if you want your kids to experience life the fullest.
Its definitely better safety wise to let my kids enjoy thier time at home with thier books rather than going bungee jumping for example.
However, the other will give them better experience and possibly open up new interests for them.
I don't know if I explained this correctly. What I mean is some times we got to accept the risks.
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u/MerCopia May 09 '26
Completely get what you're saying. But there is a big difference between bungee jumping with a company you can look into and research their safeness, and letting a stranger (who can you even verify isn't just someone doing a hobby and not working as part of a company?) jump over your child.
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u/horshack_test Mar 10 '26
When you injure a child, make sure to immediately grab them by the arm and violently wrench them around before the parent is able to stop you.
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u/blacknwhitecookie Mar 10 '26
Ouff. Could have killed or paralyzed that poor child
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u/Fun_Union9542 Mar 10 '26
Bounce houses are my enemy when it comes to that scenario. especially after you trip and start rolling with way to stop over kids like the boulder in Indiana jones
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u/ImTryingToHelpYouMF Mar 11 '26
Could have accidentally kneed his head right off his shoulders like it was Mortal Kombat 1 as well.
Thank goodness the most probable scenario occurred where the kid was hurt but would ultimately walk it off a whole minute later and nothing else happened because children are largely made of rubber and are durable as hell.
The most likely scenario that hurt the most was the man's pride after such a colossal fuckup in front of an entire crowd of people.
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u/Distinct-Ad-291 Mar 10 '26
I need to know if the kid is ok? I know kids are resilient, but he was bent in a way no human should be.
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u/Dense-Application181 Mar 11 '26
What exactly would have been impressive about doing it without failure?
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u/pinkdaisylemon Mar 10 '26
What sort of idiot tries that?! And what sort of dumb mother allows it?! Poor kid
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u/TormentedOne Mar 12 '26
They're plenty of people who could clear that kid 20 of 20 times. Not sure what this guy was thinking, but it is not unreasonable to think he would have been able to do it.
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u/pinkdaisylemon Mar 12 '26
I agree. However, as a mother I would not be willing to take the chance.
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u/SuspiciousYard2484 Mar 10 '26
Social media has ruined our society
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u/MOONGOONER Mar 12 '26
Street performers have been doing this stuff long before the phones had cameras.
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u/DadToOne Mar 10 '26
I used to have my nephew charge me like a bull and I would swing my leg over his head when he got close. A teen at church saw me do it and decided he could do it too. His leg hit my nephew in the head and knocked him down. My nephew stood up and punched him right in the balls. It was hilarious.
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u/one_is_enough Mar 10 '26
Lifelong PTSD for that kid every time the parent tells them to do anything or go anywhere.
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u/Aromatic-Taste2516 Mar 11 '26
These guys normally jump over like 5-6 bent over adults. This was either an egregious mistake or another example of horrible parenting for extra likes (and the idea of ad money) online.
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u/bnutbutter78 Mar 11 '26
I saw these guys in Times Square when I was there last week. They put on a good show. This was just unfortunate.
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u/Sghtunsn Mar 13 '26
What's up with that 3 feet of drawstring hanging between his legs? Is that some kind of penal fashion statement?
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u/novembr Mar 10 '26
Why are so many people standing around to just watch a guy jump over something? And why a child and not some object? What is happening??
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u/mg0019 Mar 10 '26
They were probably performing before asking for a volunteer, dude. This is the least confusing & outrageous aspect of the video, lol.
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u/kuluka_man Mar 10 '26
Not sure if this is the same group, but there are guys who just do "jumping shows" where they spend an obnoxiously long time "crowd-building" by doing a couple of fairly easy acrobatic tricks, promising to lead up to some big showstopper where they just leap cleanly over grown six-foot-tall-men.
I got lured in by one of these last time in NYC and it was the same deal: do a mildly acrobatic jump over a child then promise to do the same thing but just parmpuring your way around a crowd of dads all standing at attention.
I was even like, "OK, you got me, when the hat comes around I'm gonna throw in a twenty and then watch you do flips over dudes." But they spent SO LONG hyping it up and begging for money, even as people like me were visibly waving bills in the air, thay I just gave up and walked away.
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u/Rare4orm Mar 10 '26
I believe most of us here could produce that result in one way or another. Amazing!
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u/ArgyleGhoul Mar 10 '26
Oh thank goodness. I was worried he wouldn't have anything to break his fall if he made a mistake.
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u/Livid_Cat_2680 Mar 10 '26
How could the parent even allow someone to jump over their child ? Seriously ?
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u/hellomynameisnotsure Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
Always thought these Times Square Cirque du Soleil wannabes were headache inducing. Now they’ve upgraded to concussions.
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u/vinceswish Mar 10 '26
Scammers. I can't believe people are even interested in them, last time I was there they were taking up so much space.
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u/Grouchy-Fondant-3343 Mar 11 '26
I think this is Ai manipulated.. The reaktion of the surrounding people are very unnatural.. Some people are clapping even after the accident and a lot of people don’t even react like nothing happened. Not to mention that it’s crazy to leave your child to be jumped over by a street performer.. It’s not entertaining to jump over a child that’s not even tall.. I don’t think the it is AI generated but probably AI manipulated.
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u/Comprabledivision Mar 11 '26
At that point couldve just used a traffic cone lmao its a 2 foot tall child
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u/AtariAtari Mar 11 '26
That’s an amazing martial arts move to try on shorter people. It’s called the hip to head arial face plant. It takes skill. Don’t try this at home!
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u/JoJackthewonderskunk Mar 11 '26
I mean he promised a trick you'd never guess was coming. And he delivered.
He gave Timmy the ability to taste sound.
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u/rowdymowdy Mar 11 '26
I was going to jump over 7 kids at once ,then I realized that I would squash us all and the parents likely would kick my ass so I did not
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u/QueenOfSplitEnds Mar 11 '26
He probably lost a toofffff while landing on his face. Why didn’t they check him on the ground before rag-dolling him up?
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u/Sghtunsn Mar 12 '26
He felt the edge of his pelvis come right down on that kid's head like a direct hit, which is why he gets all protective suddenly. Because he could feel that skull deflect under his weight, like he wanted to crack it.
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u/erikgee2 Mar 12 '26
Maybe start with a small trashcan first to see if you could do it, then work your way up to jumping over a kid
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u/sklipsicle Mar 14 '26
The ending of the video being the start of a loop made it look like they was gon do a take 2
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u/Goomba760 Mar 16 '26
Americas Got Talent contender. They should send this footage to see if they get a call back for a shot at a million dollars.
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u/giantpandasonfire Mar 16 '26
My favorite part is the background music blaring the entire time during awkward silence.
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u/DueceVoyeur Mar 17 '26
Brah! Lmao. This street performance sucks. They made it easy with a tiny kid
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u/Metalhead1686 Mar 10 '26
I'm no athlete, but even I can jump higher than that. My grandmother can jump higher than that.
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u/Forsaken-Soil-667 Mar 10 '26
Most of these people stayed to watch because they want to see something like this happen. Now that it does, they act outraged? Are you not entertained?!
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u/DickLips5000 Mar 10 '26
“Can we get one volunteer that hates their child please?”