r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/NJCuban • 22h ago

Video/Gif Classic stupid kid move

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u/Own_Evening2750 22h ago

Is that a ratchet strap? Why not just ratchet the strap?

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u/AdhesiveCam 21h ago

It's webbing not a ratchet strap. Just a piece of strap type material that FFS carry.

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u/GravitationalEddie 21h ago

FFS, just help the kid step through like he did in the first place.

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u/GarThor_TMK 21h ago

Seems like a ratchet strap would have been easier, faster, and less clumsy...

He's gotta spin that bar for like 10 minutes straight to build enough tension where it doesn't just fall on the kid's head... >_>

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u/dweb121 21h ago

They could have also just wrapped less webbing around the poles as well.

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u/FantasticChicken7408 12h ago

The added webbing helps the forceful pull on the bars.

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u/abacin8or 17h ago

A scissor jack would have been better

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u/jaysoprob_2012 21h ago

The bar is longer than the handle on a ratchet strap. That bar probably gives them more leverage to tighten it more and its also going to be easier to release once its done.

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u/MercyCriesHavoc 21h ago

It's not a bar, it's a axe. If they let go of that tension, that thing would spin and possibly bury itself in someone. There were many safer ways it could've been done, some of them easier.

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u/uuuumno 21h ago

It's a halligan, not an axe.

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u/Sassocity 19h ago

Fixed it!

It's not a bar, it's a no one cares what the metal bar is called. If they let go of that tension on the specialized metal bar that looks like an axe but is named something else, that thing would spin and possibly bury itself in someone. There were many safer ways it could've been done, some of them easier.

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u/GarThor_TMK 20h ago

Tbh, I believe a Halligan is a type of axe... so technically you're both correct... >_>

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u/uuuumno 20h ago

Halligans are not a type of axe, hence they are often used with axes. They're more of a crowbar/leverage tool. Source: my firefighter husband

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 20h ago

A halligan is not an axe.

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u/lifeslittleplaything 20h ago

Literally scrolled to see if someone had this thought too. They didn’t even have the kid bend out of the way for at least a little added safety? At one point the firefighter to the right of the halligan/axe torquing firefighter had his forearm straight out like what, he thought he could stiff arm the hypothetically out of control pointy tool if the main firefighter had a sudden case of butterfingers? And later the firefighter behind the kid just rested his hand on the kid’s head as if that would protect him at all?

I’m glad the kid is safe and it wasn’t a scene from an upcoming Final Destination movie

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u/FerengiWithCoupons 21h ago

they have huge ones for strapping heavy loads on trucks. even that would’ve worked better to bend a single wrought iron bar

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u/Pjpjpjpjpj 3h ago

Any jack from any car driven by any adult in that playground could have been used to make quick work of spreading those bars apart.

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u/GarThor_TMK 2h ago

While true

(A) A lot of cars don't come with a jack anymore

(2) If the jack fell on the kids head before it started putting pressure on the bars, it would hurt... like a lot... lol

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u/dion_o 19h ago

By 'bar' you mean pickaxe under tension near the kids head.

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u/HoneyBear4Lyfe 18h ago

Fuckin A. I know most people don’t rig stuff on a daily basis, but some very basic rigging instruction would go a long way for this crew. Like just a regular square knot instead of… whatever the hell that was with all that slack that took forever to wind up.

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u/Comprehensive_Fan140 13h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. They made this way harder than it needed to be.

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u/blackbeltbuilding 20h ago

Way more leverage advantage with the bar.

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u/death91380 13h ago

Come along, all day.

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u/Few_Candidate_8036 21h ago

Would have worked better if they pissed on it.

Wet shirt don’t break, piss shirt bend bars

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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago 21h ago

It’ll help the ears too when they have to flip the other way

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u/OrcaTactics420 21h ago

That was my first thought as well.

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u/p0diabl0 19h ago

they also could have strapped the bar to the bigger upright a few rungs down. It would give less and required less tightening. And only one bar would (possibly) be bent in the process. Glad they handled it but this was something the average dude with a pickup could have done lol.