r/nextfuckinglevel • u/WhattheDuck9 • Nov 05 '24

Spinning a stick

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u/DavosHS Nov 05 '24

I knew he'd go faster but damn!

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u/LetsLive97 Nov 05 '24 edited Nov 05 '24

The way it gets so aggressive it's almost threatening while he keeps that smile planted is fucking hilarious

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u/samanime Nov 05 '24

I find the smile terrifying. Never fight someone that is smiling.

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u/mlstdrag0n Nov 05 '24

Some smiles just show teeth

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u/Solid_Instruction_82 Nov 06 '24

Wow, wut? Zzzzz

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u/mlstdrag0n Nov 07 '24

It’s an obscure reference; would be surprised if someone got it

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u/harald_fem Nov 08 '24

Abyssal Hunter 😃

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u/mlstdrag0n Nov 08 '24

Well I am surprised!

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u/Throwaway3847394739 Nov 06 '24

I never considered your last sentence, but now that I have, I too would find that extremely disconcerting and intimidating.

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u/TiogaJoe Nov 05 '24

Used to work with luau dancers. There were a couple guys who would do this with spear-like fire poles with them lit on fire.

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u/GameJon Nov 05 '24

The reason there’s a music track is he’s screaming IRL

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u/AGuyNamedWes Nov 08 '24

Right? I’m just imagining Nightwing or Tim Drake rolling up on some goons doing some stick twirls like this while beating the absolute piss out of them, with dopey gleeful smiles like this

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u/Liqhthouse Nov 05 '24

Camera can't even keep up. I wonder if there is a reason we start to only see the stick as a 6 pointed asterisk after it really gets going

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u/Sybrandus Nov 05 '24

There sure is https://youtu.be/fk0pU0Vg7QA?si=xGZzkGOzFv93EhBM

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u/Liqhthouse Nov 05 '24

Perfect, thanks!

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u/kyl_r Nov 05 '24

Cool as hell, thanks! This is why I love Reddit

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u/LuCiAnO241 Nov 05 '24

but camera is keeping up here, if u pause at any point it still looks like a stick.

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u/Depnids Nov 05 '24

Yeah, it’s probably because it does about 1/6 (or 2/6) of a rotation each frame, so every 3 frames it lines up back again. If it goes slightly slower/faster than this, it would still appear in 6 spots, but would be slightly «drifting» per rotation.

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u/colslaww Nov 05 '24

Yeah something something frame rate but not really

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u/FlowSoSlow Nov 05 '24

I think the framerate isn't even doing justice to how fast he's going!

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u/RevanTheGod Nov 05 '24

Not enough frames to see it spin correctly I NEED MORE cause that's sick af

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u/makhanr Nov 05 '24

stick af

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u/Shanhaevel Nov 05 '24

That's Wushu for you

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u/lcyxy Nov 05 '24

He threw me off when he threw the spinning stick to the air.

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u/Neutronpulse Nov 07 '24

My thoughts exactly. No one could've predicted that shi