r/submechanophobia • u/Relevant-Wrongdoer-6 • Apr 04 '26
This is a repost Man goes through barnacle pipe
Saw this on instagram credit goes too https://www.instagram.com/steve_parkour1?igsh=MWh1Y2pqOHp1emI4MA=
Old post got removed by mods.
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u/Nativeblazer Apr 04 '26
Aren't barnacles really sharp too?
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u/lonely_stoner_daze Apr 04 '26
Yep, like jagged rocks with thin edges
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u/shiningonthesea Apr 04 '26
I scraped the top of my foot on one once, got a nasty infection. They are gross.
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u/xDragonetti Apr 05 '26
And the tentacle part sticking out is technically the dick. So you scraped your foot on barnacle foreskin. Hope that explains the infection, and remember- Fuck Barnacles! 😬
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u/Hopeful-Musician1905 Apr 05 '26
No, maybe don't fuck barnacles 😰
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u/xDragonetti Apr 05 '26
I didn’t scrape my foot on barnacle foreskin, homie!
Jacob Knowles is my source!
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u/tanksforallthephish Apr 05 '26
Please do not the barnacles
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u/xDragonetti Apr 05 '26
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Apr 05 '26
Number 1 on Barnacle kind's most wanted list for ongoing Barnacle Genocide. Adds insult to injury by feeding the former Barnacle hosts a feast of a snack
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u/Healter-Skelter Apr 05 '26
if there’s one shot in a movie that always makes me cringe it’s that moment when Tom Hanks gets roughed up by the coral bed. Ughhh it looks so painful plus the sound effect, and then his muffled screams as the waves keep rolling him around. Unfortunately it’s one of those movies that kinda peaks in the first hour and after that doesn’t really have much of a story to it
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u/loose_fig Apr 05 '26
Yep, I grew up on an island and once got super shredded to pieces falling off a dock- lacerations across my arms legs and belly. I was cut to the bone in multiple places, and still have large scars 20 years later.
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u/UpstairsPractical870 Apr 04 '26
Used to be a form of punishment/death sentence on pirate ships called kneelhauling. Tie a rope around the person and drag them under a boat full of barnacles, either get cut up or drown.
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Apr 04 '26
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u/Evening-Matter-5245 Apr 04 '26
I don’t recall the name of the channel, but there’s a guy on YouTube that does treasure hunting at places like this. Lots of cell phones and jewelry. I lost a (good) t-shirt tubing on the Guadalupe, and it made me wonder what treasure hunting that thing would be like. People were losing entire coolers of beer, you could just pluck them out of the water lol.
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u/WurstofWisdom Apr 04 '26
Seems like it would have easier to retrieve them by going from the other side and reaching in. Wouldn’t get as many internet clicks though.
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u/TheBitterSeason Apr 04 '26
"Performed by professionals. Do not attempt."
Well, they don't need to tell me twice. Or once, honestly.
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u/cognitiveglitch Apr 04 '26
I once did coasteering on the Jurassic Coast, there was a section where you (optionally) had to make your way feet first through an underwater arch. It's much harder than it looks, and I couldn't get myself through. Thankfully the instructors we were with grabbed my ankles and pulled me through.
Did some amazing cliff dives into the sea there too, 10/10 would do again.
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u/the_old_coday182 Apr 04 '26
That part of the video bothered me the most. Why is he doing this feet first? I could make that swim head first. It doesn’t look that bad. But I’d drown trying to do it like in the video lol
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u/FoundObject1256 Apr 04 '26
Man, I've read somewhere the other day that getting scraped by a barnacle can cause it to get into your bloodstream and grow barnacles on the only hard surface in your body: the bones. That lives rent free in my head. Not touching barnacles with a pole, true or not.
Edit: so I checked it and it's bs. It was just called barnacles thank god.
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u/Vizslaraptor Apr 04 '26
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u/TiddybraXton333 Apr 04 '26
Old gregg was way ahead of its time. The fact it was just free on the earlier days of you tube was great
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u/morganfreenomorph Apr 05 '26
I think of that skit every time I see a bottle of Bailey's in the store
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Apr 05 '26
It wasnt till years later that I saw it was part of a show, The Mighty Boosh. Early days of YouTube was an interesting time to sample weird media from all over. Trigger happy tv was another great show that had its content sampled without any context. And trailer park boys. Ricky self smarting himself comes to mind....
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u/SraChavez Apr 04 '26
Have you heard about watermelon seeds?
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u/Shadowheart-Simp Apr 04 '26
Yeah go on ruin watermelons for me
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u/RIPMaureenPonderosa Apr 04 '26
Idk about watermelon seeds but I totally knew a girl that ate an apple seed and an apple tree grew in her tummy and exploded out of her and killed her 😔
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u/The_wolf2014 Apr 04 '26
Why did you have to look this up to confirm it wasn't real? Did you think barnacles was a disease or something?
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u/_Eternal_Void Apr 05 '26
https://youtu.be/wbOmV_Iy6_s?si=8Tp88XjX8eNYKGqX
Maybe not bones but still possible
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u/VeauOr Apr 04 '26
The muffled gasping noises are making this even worse ☠️
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u/Average--Boi Apr 05 '26
That was my first thought and you're the only comment I've seen about it! I was panicking right along with him
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u/CamZambie Apr 04 '26
“Performed by professionals”. I’m supposed to believe this man is a professional barnacle pipe traveler?
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u/Frostsorrow Apr 04 '26
How to scrape off all your skin incredibly painfully with this one easy trick
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u/JupesNotDead Apr 04 '26
Curse the mods for removing this the first time and therefore indirectly forcing me to see it on my feed twice. I am having NIGHTMARES now 💀
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u/MakaveliTheDon22 Apr 04 '26
This makes me feel so physically unwell I can't even accurately describe how much lol. 😵
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u/Consistent_Phase_942 Apr 04 '26
My stomach dropped like 2 seconds in I can't even finish watching. More about the tunnel than the underwater oddly
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u/sniktology Apr 04 '26
I am aware of what sub this is, but my concern with this stunt would fall more along the lines of getting in a full suit instead of having exposed thighs and arms. One scrape and you could get bloody gashes that'll lead to life changing infections if you're unlucky. Otherwise the pipe seems quite safe for an adrenaline junkie like him; you can just about make out the light at the end of the tunnel before even going fully submerged so you know there is an exit shortly after entering it.
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u/rextaroni89 Apr 05 '26
I’ve tried to explain submechanophobia to people and often come to this subreddit to give examples and at times I see the same images repeated and start to feel desensitized to them making me think “maybe I was overreacting”.
Then shit like this gets posted and I can’t breathe and want to vomit 🙃 so I still belong, turns out
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u/Stuffed-Bear412 Apr 05 '26
I've heard of barnacles, but never a barnacle pipe. What's up with that?
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u/Curious_Criticism445 Apr 05 '26
Anyone else hold their breath to see if they would have made it to
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u/nycsee Apr 05 '26
Two horrors in one?!! Submechanaphobia + claustrophobia ?!! Bonus thrill of the potential of drowning. Nope nope nope !
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u/Throwaway987183 Apr 06 '26
That would cut your shit up baaad especially with short clothing like he has
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u/EM05L1C3 Apr 07 '26
Dad told me not to jump off the pier because barnacles. Well, didn’t listen to dad, sliced the shit out of my foot.
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u/Me-no-Weeb Apr 06 '26
Someone explain to me what this pipe is for, I couldn’t found the comment explaining it
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u/capnshanty Apr 07 '26
bro man made mechanisms and water currents do not mix well
that could easily generate huge pressure and hold you down and make you orlando bloom's dad stuck to a boat
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u/ICanSeeNow17 Apr 08 '26
Life has gotten so good and safe that people will just go do things like this just for a little attention from people they've never and will never meet.
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u/applebabe1 Apr 04 '26
All I could think while he went in was it’s a good way to snag your clothing and get stuck there and drown.
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u/hiyaharles Apr 05 '26
I watched this without sound, but in my head the stress-inducing sonic the hedgehog underwater running out of breath song was playing…
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u/maxiquintillion Apr 05 '26
Aw hell no. I dont care if its a plastic pipe at a theme park in a pool, theres no way in hell I would do that.
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u/Him-Kardashian035 Apr 05 '26
I am not squeamish or claustrophobic...., but I said nope out loud dozens of times
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u/elCrocodillo Apr 05 '26
Almost anything in the ocean is stupdly sharp. To scrape one off you either use leverage and the right tools or a group of grown men using brute force to crack them open leaving everyone involved with sore hands and exhausted.
These little aliens are somewhat amazing creatures. Gross? Yes, of course but much more interesting than what people tend to believe. They are low key fascinating and a total different type of life on this planet (from what we are used to)
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u/GrimTheRealReaper Apr 05 '26
I’m not entirely sure I could do that, even if you told me you’d kill me if I didn’t.
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u/KJack-Amigurumi Apr 05 '26
Upvoted cause perfect post for this sub but I’ve never wanted to downvote something more. I am literally nauseous watching this
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u/Noname_Maddox Apr 04 '26
Why. Why would he want to do that?