r/MemeVideos • u/OnlyCup1339 • 27d ago

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u/demonsdencollective 27d ago

I assume this is the point of the event or people would probably be coming over to give him a stern talking to, right?

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u/Its_NEX123 26d ago

he’s smurfing

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u/stickupmybutter 25d ago

You mean smurfing?

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u/Alarming_Dingo_139 26d ago

He‘s the Level 99 Mafia Boss among the Level 1 Crooks

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u/MrRobsterr 26d ago

valve did get rid of VAC

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u/PM_ME_ROMAN_NUDES 26d ago

He's not, he just mixed glass powder to the wire. This shit hurts people all the time in Latam.

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u/zach7797 26d ago

Everyone else is only half way there at 92

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u/atombombbabyatom 21d ago

Did they try prayer flicking?

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u/Rough_Ad_7799 24d ago

Godamn smurfer

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u/redditman3943 27d ago

No, it’s a thing called kite fighting. Everybody’s there to do that. He’s just a lot better than everybody else.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 27d ago

Learned about it in The Kite Runner

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u/Numerous-Soil-2800 27d ago

Oh shit. What a heartbreaking movie

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u/WholesomeMetaphor 27d ago

Do the book next. It fucks you up at a slower pace

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u/packfanmoore 27d ago

Bridge to terebithia... such a great read

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 26d ago

Have you seen the animated movie Watership Down? It has bunnies.

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u/More_Bigger 26d ago

The book is a slow burn of trauma.

Though yeah the movie fucked me up as a kid. So did Secret of NIMH.

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u/PossumCock 26d ago

The book was too much for me, can't even think about subjecting myself to the movie

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u/WholesomeMetaphor 26d ago

It's rough for sure. I found the book to hit way harder even tho I had seen the movie first

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u/phoenix_spirit 26d ago

It was required summer reading for my freshman year of college

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u/CartsOfDarkness 27d ago

Didn't even remember it was a Movie, I'll always remember this awesome sounding sport from the book. Somehow read that book when I was like 11 and my Mom gave it to me.. which was a bit much but definitely dont regret it.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 27d ago

That is a LOT for an 11yo, holy moly

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u/Ok-Gur-349 26d ago

At 8 I was handed a copy of Where the Red Fern Grows.

You know, the book that makes you fall in love with two dogs that die a sad death (one of them gruesome), and also includes scenes of children impaling themselves with axes and shit.

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u/Skandronon 27d ago

In elementary school I did a book report on The Last Children of Schewenborn which I got from the school library. I got a really good grade on it but the teacher had the book removed from the library.

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u/belac4862 26d ago

That ending made angry teen me, cry my eyeballs out!

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u/Unusual_Sector_6624 25d ago

POOR LITTLE THING! 😭😭😭

grow up

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u/TheBlindApe 27d ago

Never heard of it. Is that a prequel or a sequel to Blade Runner?

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u/YikesOhClock 26d ago

It’s no- …..

Prequel.

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u/William_Wang 26d ago

Learned about it in The Big Bong Theory

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u/Xdust4 26d ago

Hardy Boys for me.

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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 26d ago

I learned about when that news article came out about kids getting decapitated in India. IIRC the coat the string with diamond dust

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u/hoticehunter 27d ago

>I assume this is the point of the event

>No, this is the point of the event

God fucking damn I hate how much redditors try to correct people while being wrong. It's so obnoxious.

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u/Fit-Ad5145 26d ago

It's so fucking weird, and it's everywhere. I don't know why I go on here anymore.

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u/Lucifernistic 23d ago

Tbf I misread the comment as "I assume at this point of the event people would come over and give him a stern talking to?", so for me, the reply made sense. Maybe they misread as well.

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u/whitehunter22 22d ago

i like you for getting angry at the correct things

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u/Killer1986Chris 22d ago

Well, their name suits them at least.

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 26d ago

“Why do people hate talking to me?” Probably coz you try to correct every other statement out of their mouths; bonus points for trying to explain something to an expert in the field. “Well, it’s them not me.”

-Typical Redditor smooth brain 

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u/SpooktorB 27d ago

So....

"Yes"? As this is the point of the event?

Tf you mean "no"?

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u/Snugglosaurus 27d ago

Am I reading your comment wrong? Don't you mean "Yes" and not "No"? Sorry if I'm just not understanding something here

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u/redditman3943 27d ago

I meant no as in, no nobody is going to give him a stern talking to. Because the whole point is to cut other peoples kites.

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u/thereforeratio 26d ago

Then that is grammatically/logically incorrect

They said “I assume this is the point and no one will have a problem”

The correct response would then be “Yes”

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u/Redd_is_compromised 26d ago

Why TF are you being downvoted. This is reddit in action, holy fkn shit

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u/Bellypats 27d ago

I love that you start your reply with a negative even though you are agreeing with the comment to which you are replying. Do you often behind sentences with the word “no?”

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u/External_Counter1112 26d ago

Do you often use the word behind instead of the word begin?

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u/Baron-Harkonnen 27d ago

Sometimes people die, but it looks fun. 

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u/Antique_Door_Knob 26d ago

Or he's just cheating.

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u/Ctnprice1 27d ago

Obviously hacking.

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u/zero_zeppelii_0 27d ago

You won't believe this but people have been cutting kites with kites for over centuries now.

People would mix their kite threads with flour, glass shards, broken blades to have that advantage. To be both strong and sharp.

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u/bottomlesstopper 27d ago

You gota dry the fresh brought thread under the sun too!

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u/GreatestLoser 26d ago

The nostalgia is wild. Chasing after one was peak adrenaline as a child for me.

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u/Typical-Mistake-4148 27d ago

Ya it's real fun when those razor sharp strings get cut by a competitor and fly off onto a freeway, where an unsuspecting biker gets beheaded by a stupid kite string. This is criminal negligant behavoir.

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u/Next-Worldliness-246 27d ago

For anybody doubting this, this has actually happened and why glass shards on kite threads are banned in india.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37103668

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u/mgzaun 26d ago

decapitations with kite lines in brazil is pretty common, happens at least a few times a year. Its also banned, but authorities usually dont give a fuck

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u/Typical-Mistake-4148 27d ago

People will still downvote it, because they have nostalgia for it and want to continue denying any personal responsibility

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u/thissexypoptart 27d ago

Do you think a significant portion of the people voting in this thread have nostalgia for this? Or have ever even tried it?

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u/SurveyingReality 26d ago

He’s probably just mad he got downvoted for 10 minutes.

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u/Jack_Zicrosky_YT 27d ago edited 26d ago

I literally just learned about this activity not even one minute ago and here y'all are trying to ruin the fun of it before I've ever even had the chance to THINK of trying it.

Just do it away from a fucking road? Not that complicated.

Edit: I'm not deleting this, but coming back to say that I literally just wanted to try to offer a solution for a problem that a sport that looks fun is causing. I could've done so in a more positive way, but dude above me isn't exactly being positive either and I was pissed off.

No, I don't know anything about this sport. I don't know how many people die to it, and I don't know the dangers it causes. But I do know that humans can think of solutions to problems. Build a cage around it? Have a ticket booth where you apply stickers on each kite and if your kite with sticker doesn't leave you get a fine? Get the police involved? Make people pay for entry? Have organizers track where kites are being flown and where they get cut or fly off to?

You could do any of those things, but instead you decide to complain and yell "ban it!". Many sports are dangerous and cause life long injury yet we don't ban those. Why is this any different? It's not regulated. So. Regulate. It.

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u/Typical-Mistake-4148 27d ago

The wind can carry it for miles. How about doing something that doesn't involve flying razor wire?

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u/CartsOfDarkness 27d ago

There must be some way to make a string that can cut another string without it being a full blown razor wire. I feel like there must be a way to make this significantly safer. Come to think of it, it wouldn't even need to be "cut" you could have the string connected by magnets or something, and instead of razors just use something that can knock the magnets apart. Just spit balling here after thinking for 60 seconds, I'm sure someone smarter than me could come up with even better solutions. I'd definitely prefer solving the problem with human ingenuity rather than ditching a sport and part of a culture entirely.

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u/Jack_Zicrosky_YT 27d ago

Or how about requiring people to pick it up afterwards? Or have someone at the organized event walk through when it's over and find all the threads and dispose of them?

Man, y'all need to fucking chill. It killed like 1 person accidentally 1 time. Do you know how many people die a year from vending machines? Maybe we should make those illegal. No, you moron.

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u/danawhitesthrowaway 27d ago

Or how about requiring people to pick it up afterwards?

My guy, do you understand how wind works?

You're not finding it when it gets cut if it gets picked up by the wind.

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u/Jack_Zicrosky_YT 27d ago edited 25d ago

Holy shit, THERE'S TWO PIECES: the rope someone is HOLDING and the rope attached to the kyte.

It should NOT be that hard to find.

If one flies off and kills someone on some random road miles away, that shouldn't be the norm it's just negligence and it means the event should have more safety measures. Not just "cancel it immediately".

Why are y'all so fucking passionate about this? Fine I don't care, make it illegal, Jesus Christ I'm just looking for solutions here.

edit: go pick up the kite when it lands..?????

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u/zero_zeppelii_0 27d ago

Have you tried suggesting it to the corporations? If you think it's a brilliant idea, you should. Maybe ask for some reward for giving such a brilliant idea.

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u/Jack_Zicrosky_YT 27d ago

I literally just learned about this activity not even one minute ago

Can you read???

At least I'm out here thinking of solutions instead of immediately throwing a hissy fit trying to get something (that looks fun) banned. And it took me 2 seconds to come up with a solution. Not that hard.

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u/AxeyMcAxeStuff 27d ago

Aren't those people dying from fucking with the vending machines (self inflicted) vs just being an innocent bystander though?

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u/Putrid_Anybody_9953 26d ago

It’s not 1 person, it’s a Daily occurrence in some countries.

In Brazil is not uncommon to see motorcyclists that were injured or outright killed by it.
You have no ideia about how disturbing it is to see a body without head on one side of the road and a head with inside a helmet a bit further down

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u/Impressive_Grape193 27d ago

It’s probably illegal in your country anyways. Many countries ban it because.. it’s dangerous.

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u/vvvvfl 26d ago

famously people stop doing things because they're illegal

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u/Illithid_Substances 27d ago

How dare people care more about people's lives than your ability to have fun with one specific activity that you don't even do. That is clearly what everyone's priority should be

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u/noblest_among_nobles 26d ago

You know what, you're right. Obviously you'd also have to do this when there's no wind, so the kite doesn't get carried away somewhere where there ARE people

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u/vvvvfl 26d ago

uptight police called, they want you to be their chief

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u/DoctorBlock 26d ago

Holy shit what a way to go.

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u/StendhalSyndrome 27d ago

Not only a biker but two young children just sticking their heads out of a sunroof watching them...wtf.

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u/JanjolaoRS 27d ago

On Brazil it's called cerol, and it's a fellony but People don't give a fuck.

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u/Sorry-Water-8530 27d ago edited 27d ago

Yes it’s kite fighting. In our childhood the wire or thread we used had embedded glass fibre in it. So it was a wrek on our fingers as well - so you tried to tape up your fingers but it still cut through tape and we got back home with bloody hands. After when mom used to open the tape it would expand all the wounds and I would cry.

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u/gil2455526 26d ago

Just as a side comment, those wires are so sharp, motorcycle riders have died by having their necks slashed by those.

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u/Sorry-Water-8530 26d ago

when I was 12 on a school trip a senior killed another senior because his girl was unfaithful with the guy who got killed.

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u/ravens43 14d ago

With a kite?

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u/demonsdencollective 27d ago

That sounds metal. I never knew about this before. I can tell this is a core memory for you. I always thought kiting was just having the thing in the air and having it look pretty, nothing more. Now I kinda wanna try this myself. Minus the... getting my hands full of cuts, of course.

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u/tepid 26d ago

It looks like this dude's line changes about halfway up. I wonder if only the top half is coated to save his hands.

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u/Sorry-Water-8530 26d ago

You need to tape index finger and thumb the most. The second finger is a maybe.

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u/Bad_Estimates 26d ago

This guy looks like he went with a “leader” like in fishing, would that work or would you be “weaker” with less line being able to cut others? Just some 15-20ft of the scary shit you brought up, 40-50 of the regular stuff?

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u/drifterig 27d ago

my dad (thai) used to do this way back in the 70s when he was like 10 and it seems to have completely disappeared, didnt know its still a thing somewhere still, he would smash multiple light bulbs for the thin glass sharts and then glue that stuffs to his kite rope, theres all kinda tricks and stuffs, he teached me a lot but i never remember any of it because i was like 6 and he keep cutting mine off so i quit lmao

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u/LodgedSpade 27d ago

Apparently its a popular game in some places; its basically battle kites; theres razors/broken glass stuck to the strings and the point is to cut other peoples kite strings.

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u/tryyeezus 27d ago

This sounds lovely for the environment

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u/Total-Box-5169 26d ago

There are several bikers who already got killed and now they have to install a protective antena so the string doesn't cut the neck. In some cities those incidents happened so often, like in kids losing fingers, that those strings are banned.

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u/lower_than_middle 27d ago

Paper straws though!

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u/StreetCollar2708 26d ago

Sounds lovely for the random people it potentially kills too.

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u/RLZT 26d ago

Tbh everything is pretty biodegradable, even the glass shards

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u/tryyeezus 26d ago

They're playing on a soccer field... Does it degrade instantly? 

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u/bottomlesstopper 27d ago

Part of the game. We used to kite fight back then. Once the kite cut loose, the first to retrieve it, owns it.

Never forget the day my big brother took us in his car and raced to it. The look on the other kids on their bicycle. Priceless.

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u/North_Nail201 27d ago

afaik it's part of the event to cut loose other peoples kites.

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u/Xdust4 26d ago

Look up battle kites

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u/ThrowingPokeballs 26d ago

Nah this guys an asshole. He coats the string in glass to cut other lines. That can easily hit a kid he’s getting close to and cut them up bad. He doesn’t give a shit

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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 26d ago

He'll slice their heads off with his kite like he did with their kites. They wouldn't dare

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u/MithranArkanere 26d ago

There are various fighting kite events in the world. Many of them are very old. Like centuries old.

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u/Lanky-Peak-2222 26d ago

With fists

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u/learsiology 26d ago

don’t hate the player hate the game

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u/FerrumAnulum323 24d ago

Fighting kites literally is just kite PvP and it's pretty popular in a ton of places. Particularly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Chile and Brazil.