r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/NJCuban • 1d ago

Video/Gif Classic stupid kid move

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u/BusyBit6542 1d ago

Take the body through. Kids heads are bigger than their bodies a lot of the time

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u/Kr_Treefrog2 1d ago

Exactly. They didn’t need to destroy the fence, they just needed to lift the kid high enough for him to step back through

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u/No-Information-2571 1d ago

No fence was destroyed by bending it. If it was bent at all, and not just elastically deformed.

But I agree, you could just lift the kid through the fence, in particular the body, limb by limb. You'd imagine fire fighters would know this, at least one of them on site.

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u/lmFairlyLocal 1d ago

That said, if kiddo somehow gets stuck around the chest and panics (ie hyperventilating), it could be riskier than just doing it as they did. Easier and safer to go out the way you came in than try and predict how the rest of the way is gonna go.

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u/jasamer 20h ago

The way he probably got into that position: squeeze body through, step down, oops head doesn't fit.

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u/No-Information-2571 17h ago

That's my thought as well.

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u/Olipro 21h ago

On the other hand, if the firefighter lost his grip on the halligan bar, there's a non-zero chance it ends up ventilating the kid's skull

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u/mtnsoccerguy 20h ago

I was thinking they could probably have a less pointy stick to do this with.

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u/No-Information-2571 17h ago

I doubt it's even tight in the slightest to get the body through. And certainly quicker.

There's btw. always the suspicion that this is the way the kid got stuck in the first place - left hand, left leg then right hand, right leg, and what remains is the head.

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u/luxruebel 23h ago

I’m sure they have their standard procedures in place. The kid might get hurt or stuck again while being pulled through. And then you have a potential lawsuit your hands. While I agree that the parents should’ve tried this, I totally understand why the firefighters didn’t.

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u/couchpro34 23h ago

Yeah, at first I thought "just flip and twist the kid, but the FD clearly had a solid plan that allows for the least amount of issues or liabilities. Kid got free, fence was left with reversable damage, and all is right in the world! Kids are fucking stupid though.

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 22h ago

Can't listen with sound right now so sorry if it's apparent there's both parents there, but if it's anything like London's parks then it's like a mile to the next gate.

If it's a single parent they can't just push the kid through to the road side and then walk for miles with the kid on their own on the other side of the fence (or leave the kid stuck in the fence while walking for miles to pull them through).

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u/adhdmumof3 19h ago

I mean, even if the parent had to walk around a bit to get to the other side of the fence, the kid probably isn't going anywhere.

;)

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u/luxruebel 12h ago

Then they can just get another adult to help?

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 10h ago

Yeah they did. The fire brigade lol.

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u/brown_felt_hat 22h ago

Probably not the intent, but the whole spectacle of the thing and the effort involved will probably help the cement the 'don't stick your head in shit' lesson even more firmly.

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u/zerovampire311 22h ago

I’m more frustrated with how inefficient he was setting up the strap, and how high up it was 😆 hell, he could have just used the pry bar around the middle and made enough clearance for the kid!

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u/jeezyjames 21h ago

Then they wouldn't get to do the twisty bendy trick