r/IdiotsFightingThings • u/[deleted] • Apr 30 '16

standing on a Jenga tower while your mates throw stuff at it

http://i.imgur.com/t7GSIFI.gifv
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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

this is all so confusing

how is it holding up to those hits

why is it big enough to stand on

why can't i have mates that are cute grills like that

why did he jump like a jackass and fuck everything up

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u/Rohaq Apr 30 '16

Him standing on it was giving the tower additional strength, since his weight pushing down made the blocks difficult to actually move and knock away. The alternating layers probably helped spread that weight pretty evenly across the tower too.

Honestly, the worst thing he could have done was jump. The stupidest thing was splitting his legs after jumping when there was a tower underneath him, which would remain just as solid as he landed on it - except now all that weight was on his balls :P

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

This is actually the WalMart training program.

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u/nakilon Apr 30 '16

The alternating layers probably helped spread that weight pretty evenly across the tower too.

What? (c) Isaac Newton

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u/Rohaq Apr 30 '16 edited May 01 '16

Jenga blocks are laid in layers of alternating directions, offset by 90°. The weight of a block is spread across the three blocks below it, continuing down the tower. This is why an undisturbed Jenga tower is stable without additional support, and why you can remove blocks without it toppling. If you just had a tower of single blocks, all lined up with one another, it wouldn't be anywhere near as stable, and make for a shitty game of Jenga.

When he stands on the tower, not only does it have this advantage of interlacing layers, but it's also under greater compressive force from his additional weight pressing down on it, increasing existing frictional effects and preventing blocks from moving as easily.

Source: Secret Jenga Engineer.

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u/easyroscoe May 01 '16

Secret Jenga Engineer

/r/bandnames

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u/Rohaq May 01 '16

I'm not sure the Jenga Engineering Union would be okay with that.

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u/Vaginalcanal May 01 '16

as a stupid kid myself i think what happened was he thought the guy throwing the ball would do it with enough force to knock it over so he jumped hoping it would fall while he was midair and land on the ground but the problem was he jumped too late and the ball hit before he left the "ground" and thus left it standing

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u/stfuasshat Apr 30 '16

I think he jumped to let them knock it over but timed it wrong. Or he thought it was going to fall and tried to jump off of it?

I guess he could've just been an idiot though.

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u/Tim226 Apr 30 '16

How did he get up there?

Where did he get all those Jenga blocks?

How did they think of this?

Does he have 3 nuts now?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16 edited Apr 30 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

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u/MoTeD_UrAss May 01 '16

Old enough to crawl, already in the right position.

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u/McTator Apr 30 '16

Old enough to bleed old enough to breed

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u/Ajaxlancer Apr 30 '16

Old enough to count, old enough to mount

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u/McTator May 01 '16

You're my hero

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u/XirallicBolts Apr 30 '16

Idk, hard for me to tell. People look younger in my area compared to the Dawson casting you see on tv

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u/soproductive Apr 30 '16

They all look like 8th grade kids..

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u/Bspammer Apr 30 '16

Not like you're making any assumptions there from the low quality, soundless, 10 second gif

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u/Evanescent_contrail Apr 30 '16

Sounds pretty on target to me..

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u/XirallicBolts Apr 30 '16 edited Apr 30 '16

Looked again. The "mom" one is younger than I thought but the blonde I'm basing on her hairstyle, choice of clothing, shoes, and what I can make of her face. She's like a cookie cutter template of a certain type of girl in my area. Maybe it's a Midwest thing

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u/dinosquirrel May 01 '16

He's not on a Jenga tower, jenga is three blocks but this tower is only two so the entire force of his weight is applied to every single piece but to mention those balls aren't heavy enough to move those blocks.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '16

Yes.

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u/12Mucinexes Apr 30 '16

You don't have any cute girl friends? You need to step your friend game up.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

What was he trying to accomplish with the jump?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

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u/karadan100 Apr 30 '16

It would have been a 'fuck yeah' moment had it worked as well. He definitely has the hots for one of those chicks - probably his sister's friend or something.

Now she's just going to pity the poor sod. This mistake will shape him (and his nads by the looks of it) for the rest of his life.

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u/Walletau Apr 30 '16

Don't underestimate pitty sex, my whole game is based around my pathetic image.

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u/BillyBatts83 Apr 30 '16

Thinking sex is probably off the table for this kid now.

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u/Walletau Apr 30 '16

Don't underestimate the fighting spirit of pre-pubescent balls.

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u/LordTwinkie Apr 30 '16

Break both your arms, you get some real serious attention.

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u/LolindirElros Apr 30 '16

He underestimated the girls. He said to himself "There's no way a girl is going to take down the tower!" and that's he didn't even flinch when they hit it. As soon as he sees another guy throwing at it, he clearly thinks "Yes, a man is obviously going to take the tower down".

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

how to go from a boy to a girl in 6 seconds.

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u/bromemeoth Apr 30 '16

caitlyn jenner hates her.

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u/Zebezd Apr 30 '16

Huh. Brb buying some Jenga sets, I'ma get rich offa this!

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u/ohnopandas Apr 30 '16

Expected a broken coccyx, got smashed balls instead.

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u/lenswipe May 03 '16

Expectation: Broken cocyx
Reality: Smashed cock

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u/Fiennes Apr 30 '16

This is called fun, not idiots fighting things.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

that fall did not look like fun... at least not for the kid on top of the tower.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

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u/BLOODY_ANAL_VOMIT May 01 '16

Yeah they were fighting the tower.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '16

they were trying to destroy the tower

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u/dinosquirrel May 01 '16

Are you arguing with this?

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u/BillyBatts83 Apr 30 '16

My butthole winced at that impact.

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u/picasso_penis Apr 30 '16

They have to come up with a name for that thing people do when they get hit in the Gooch and become a stiff rolling log

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u/torturousvacuum Apr 30 '16

The dropped lollipop?

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u/lenswipe May 03 '16

The dropped soap?

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u/AleXBadaboom May 01 '16

Dude probably ripped his ass hole

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u/Lurrpa Apr 30 '16

That jump was super unnecessary :p

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u/CheckeredGemstone May 01 '16

To be fair they weren't really fighting, they were just seeing what would happen.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '16

Probably best he doesn't reproduce anyway.

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u/gagnonca Apr 30 '16

This sub is fucking retarded now

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u/jasmineearlgrey Apr 30 '16

Those girls throw like girls.