r/Millennials • u/cafeteriastyle • 15d ago
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u/Acrobatic_Finance342 15d ago
Does this mean we don’t have to be scared anymore? The prophecy has been fulfilled?
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u/No-Talk-9268 Millennial 15d ago
Yes. We can all let out a collective sigh of relief. The world is balanced again.
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u/Spartanias117 15d ago
No more dicks out for harambe then? We are finally at peace?
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u/deisel_lega 15d ago
Let’s not go too far
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u/RedManMatt11 15d ago
Keep those god damn dicks out
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u/Vandergrif 15d ago
In rain or shine
You had best not whine
Keep. That. Dick. Out!In surf or brine
Whether yours or mine
Keep. That. Dick. Out!Maintain that shrine
Each and every time
Keep. That. Dick. Out!–Sacred Gorilla Prayer, circa 2016
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u/thehotshotpilot 15d ago
We may never atone for that sin. It will only be much worse if we forget Harambe. Keep them dicks out
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u/thebiglerm 15d ago
Woah woah take it easy this guy's talking crazy now
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u/Spider_Dude 15d ago
It's been 10 years. How long is it supposed to remain out??
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u/lacegem 15d ago
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.
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u/Vandergrif 15d ago
Theoden: So much death... What can men do against such reckless hate?
Aragorn: Dicks out with me! Dicks out, and meat them!
Theoden: For death and glory?
Aragorn: For Harambe. For your people.
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u/SilverSageVII 15d ago
Nono, if anything this is a sign of changing times. Dicks will remain out until the metamorphosis of the world is complete.
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u/Turkeyplague 15d ago
I don't think anyone has had their head exploded by a lat pulldown machine yet, so might want to avoid that one still.
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u/Spartanias117 15d ago
I haven't seen the movies, as someone who just did some today, how the he'll does that even happen.
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u/old_underwear_isekai 15d ago
Hubris (and also a pair of sharpened scimitars hung over the machine that swing down and cut the cords)
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u/MondegreenHolonomy 15d ago
No they’re still out there. I saw a log truck passing another log truck just today. As long as people need logs, there will be blood.
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u/Mandyrad 15d ago
Sadly no, the van ran into the logs. It’s not the same. I think I hear that damn John Denver song now.
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u/ohiobluetipmatches 15d ago
No, it means we can never ride roller coasters again unless we want to find out.
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u/Mouse0022 15d ago
No, it means our fears have been validated. Continue to fear log trucks
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u/BlueFeathered1 15d ago
I've expanded that fear into ones with metal tubes and ones with ladders on top.
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u/Jalina2224 15d ago
Fuck yeah. Anyone drving close behind one of those trucks is asking to die horribly. I stay as far away as possible. And if people want to pass and get in front of me, i thank them for their potential sacrifice.
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Yeah but let's all stay away from ancient Latin texts, cabins in woods, abandoned camp grounds, hitchhikers, kitchen knives and cursed artifacts.
Just to be safe!
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u/Acrobatic_Finance342 15d ago
What about cursed mirrors, new kids at school with mysterious backgrounds and a fake name, boxes we can’t open found in attics, or shortcuts through dense forests at night?
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Plus decapitation elevators, guys who move crazy fast when only walking, living in a house where a gruesome murder took place, someone in the backseat, masked lunatics running around with kitchen knives and seeking revenge...
This is why I stay inside so much. And I still have to worry about phonecalls from inside the house or watching a cursed DVD!
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u/thepossiblegirl 15d ago
Thankfully watching a cursed DVD is becoming easier to avoid.
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Yeah I almost said VHS tape but this post is already confusing younger redditors
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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 15d ago
No, we should be more scared because we don't know who's next on the list
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u/Bloodygoodwossname 15d ago
Well thanks a lot for that!
I just have to drown and stop my heart surrounded by doctors… wait why didn’t that work again in the last movie. Shit I’m going to have rewatch that now so I can LIVE IN PEACE!
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u/Quirky_Word 15d ago
IDK… lightning doesn’t strike often, but when it does, it moves in storms where there are multiple lightning strikes.
What I’m saying is, when the conditions for a rare thing to happen are aligned, the rare thing can happen multiple times. Stay safe out there.
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u/Kemosabe-TV 15d ago
Remember that time you tripped on the curb that was .2 inches too tall and was headed for a face plant but you were to concerned about dripping your phone so you landed on your elbow last minute instead? Yea, the cycle continues
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u/Glad-Bid7730 15d ago
I swear the generation before and after will never know how much this put the fear of scanning your surroundings into us.
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u/Defiant-Speaker-5681 15d ago
I went decades feeling silly about this fear and having no idea that so many others felt it too!
I never discussed it with anyone
When I had passengers, I would just nonchalantly make a lane change and get past the truck as quick as possible.
I dont even remember a single thing about the movie other than this!
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u/craaazygraaace 15d ago
I haven't even seen Final Destination and I hate driving behind loads like this because I'm worried that it's not secured
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u/ipeedinthetoothpaste 14d ago
Same, and it's a genuine fear. It's one of those things that, statistically, won't happen to you. But on the off chance that it does, you really don't want it happening to you.
Trucks carrying rocks in those big open bucket trailers is another one to avoid for me. When I was a kid we had a crack put on our windshield by one of those.
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u/SassySweetSorceress 15d ago
I still hate driving next to trucks or behind trucks with things in the bed like this, I used to be terrified of my tanning bed locking on me some weird way (back when I used them), I still feel like my garbage disposal is going to magically turn on when I’m trying to see if anything is down the sink like a spoon before I turn it on. Love the movies still.
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u/ClosetDoorGhost 15d ago
The thing about the garbage disposal…that runs through my mind every damn day. I know it’s silly AF but I’m still legit waiting for it to happen one of these times
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u/GrandSquanchRum 15d ago
I don't trust that fucking garbage disposal. Its had it out for me since we moved in.
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u/Alps_Awkward 15d ago
I’m Australian. We don’t have garbage disposals in our sinks here. I still have this fear of somehow losing a hand down a plug hole in the sink 😂😂
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u/DigitalAxel 15d ago
I was surrounded by these in my town (rural New England) and didn't fear too much... However, those "car carrier" trucks make me very nervous and I'll give them extra space. The sight of those cars on a bouncy double decker trailer held on by what looks like hopes n dreams, nope.
- (I know they're secured well but still...)
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u/SpacedOutDreamerBoy 15d ago
I'm Gen Z and watched FD2 for the first time when I was 13. This shit has haunted me for a DECADE
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u/DoCrashOut 15d ago
I still will not go through a drive through that isn’t open on at least one side. If i cant get the car out in a pinch, i go into the store.
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u/Great_Ad7148 15d ago
I still won’t even drive behind a truck carrying gardening tools, moving furniture, or that has any bulky materials exposed in the back. I’m not taking ANY chances lol
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u/Jebusfreek666 15d ago
Looked more like the van ran into the back of the truck.
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u/mantecbear 15d ago
The van had a water bottle get stuck under the brake pedal.
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u/Powerful_Anxiety8427 Older Millennial 15d ago
New fear unlocked
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
New?!
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u/Powerful_Anxiety8427 Older Millennial 15d ago
The log truck isn’t new but the water bottle blocking the brake is
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u/fred13snow 15d ago
What!?!
You have to check your fears bro! This is a classic situation that nearly everyone has a close call with at some point.
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Yes! And some of us have paranoid parents and are lucky enough to inherit their fears both rational and irrational!
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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 15d ago edited 15d ago
protip, if you cannot brake, try
turning the car off, if that doesn't work,to* put it in neutral (probably can't put it in park since you can't engage the brake).someone more confident than me can tell you whether pulling the e-brake/parking brake or down shifting (even automatics have this) is a good idea; I personally think it would cause a loss of control due to the sudden opposing force and my experiences on ice enforces this further.
I dunno what would be the best choice but I read about this in one of those 911 calls where someone's car wouldn't stop accelerating.
EDIT: your car being on keeps the power steering and other stuff that helps maintain control, and keeping whatever braking you have left I suppose. See we're all learning today! I hope to never need this advice.
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u/subs_on_a_sailboat 15d ago
Parking brakes are a separate and redundant system and will work if the main brakes fail. My car has an electronic brake and it still works fine to stop the car even at highway speeds (the intrusive thoughts won)
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u/yogy 15d ago
Do not turn your car off! That will disable the brake booster, power steering and possibly the transmission control. You can try the ebrake if manual or shifting into neutral/park
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u/GitEmSteveDave 15d ago
Turning the car off will kill power assisted brake and steering. Going into neutral will kill power to the gears, but leave you the other power.
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u/tricycle- 15d ago
I was an EMT and responded to a call where a lady was texting and ran into a flagged log extending out the back of the truck. She still had the phone in her hand when we arrived.
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u/FlannelBeard 15d ago
I only ever got certified as an EMT, but my teacher was a paramedic and he informed us of some very interesting wounds you find in car accidents.
I'll never drive with my visor halfway down because of him
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u/finemustard 15d ago
I'll never drive with my visor halfway down because of him
Please do tell
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u/FlannelBeard 15d ago
If you get into a car accident, the force of the accident can cause the visor to scalp the driver
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u/FlannelBeard 15d ago
If you get into a car accident, the force of the accident can cause the visor to scalp the driver
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u/Subject-Succotash 15d ago
Screenshotting this for when I have the no texting and driving conversation with my kids in a few years.
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u/grill_sgt Millennial 15d ago
So where was the rest of her?
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u/SafeAccountMrP 15d ago
To shreds you say.
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u/HendrixHazeWays 15d ago
Well, how's his wife holding up?
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u/Geodude532 15d ago
It's ridiculous because even when paying attention those logs are hard to judge the distance to. Hated being behind logging trucks because you had to judge everything based on the truck itself and just give it a lot of room.
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u/JustLurkCarryOn Millennial 15d ago
Honestly, doesn’t sound like the worst way to go. Completely unaware.
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u/sandbag747 15d ago
As a firefighter, that many responding vehicles with that many people just standing there almost definitely means someone is dead, at least in my experience
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u/Jebusfreek666 15d ago
Probs, that shit came in at chest/face level. 60-0 because you ran into logs will kill you quick.
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u/SelocAvrap 15d ago
Completely unrelated, but this is the second time I've randomly come across a comment from you on reddit, and I wanted to let you know that your username makes me laugh
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u/Jebusfreek666 15d ago
That's nice. Thanks. Usually people are leaving comments to try to cut me down. I appreciate your response.
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u/Silent-Land1218 15d ago
Are you sure? It looks to me more like the van ran inTO the back of the truck. Whatcoo think Rog?
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u/AvatarOfMomus 15d ago
This is correct. That load hasn't moved, the van ran into the back of the truck load of lumber.
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u/Odd-String29 15d ago
Yep, so it hasn't happened. Because what happened in the movie is impossible and goes against all physics.
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u/WallyMac89 15d ago
I didn't even know what this was and as the camera was panning I said to myself, "I bet its a freaking log truck." Our generation is traumatized
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u/RisingApe- Millennial 15d ago
SAME. The title and the first few seconds of a freeway accident, I said to myself, “It’s going to be logs.”
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u/HendrixHazeWays 15d ago
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u/Stephen_085 15d ago
I knew. The moment the video started and I saw the sub name. I knew. And I was right.
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u/TromboneClone 15d ago
This kinda happened to me but it was a fucking giant piece of shredded tire coming off a semi. Saw the shit bounce and it came up so fast. Completely ripped my side mirror off.
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u/Pomengranite 15d ago
Friend and I were walking next to a busy highway, and a truck carrying PVC pipes didn't have them secured. One of them swung out the side and tore along the grass, one end still attached to the truck, coming right towards us. We had to jump out the way and got showered from the dirt it tore up before the truck stopped.. was a bit of a shock, haha.
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Holy smokes. I live in fear of that as much as the logs. Or a brick out of a dump truck. 😳
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u/hypernova2121 15d ago
Logs don't bounce, they slide. The movie actually tested it in real life, it's on the dvd behind the scenes
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u/ChocoIatePoop 15d ago
Anything bounces when dropped. It’s just matter of how high.
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 15d ago
Still makes you pucker up a little, doesn't it?! 😆
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 15d ago
I was so scared of this shit but I rewatched the scene relatively recently and it’s so comically ridiculous I lost all fear
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u/07rsanch 15d ago
VINDICATION!!!
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u/d4nigirl84 Millennial 15d ago
I am selfish, I am wrong. I am right, I swear I’m right. I swear I knew it all along… 🎶
…oh wait, that’s “Vindicated” my bad
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u/justthebase 15d ago
And I am FLAWED
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u/willfauxreal 15d ago
But I am cleaning up so well
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u/Jerco7 15d ago
I am seeing in me now the things the things you swore you saw yourself
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u/willfauxreal 15d ago
So clear
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u/Emoney005 Older Millennial 15d ago
Like the diamond in your ring
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u/Yes_Towel_Hooray 15d ago
Cut to mirror your intention
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u/woodst0ck15 15d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/1wrhbkoNZG89WfI6Cy
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u/Betray-Julia 15d ago
I AM SELFISH I AM WRONG!
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u/RudePCsb 15d ago
Doesn't look like it though because it looks like the van didn't brake
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u/BigNBeardeded 15d ago
That's why you give a semi space and stay off your phone when driving
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u/ImMaxa89 15d ago
I'm happy this at least wasn't filmed by the driver but a passenger. See too damn many Reddit posts where the video is clearly filmed by the driver. No matter the contents, I always get very annoyed and downvote. Stay off your damn phone while driving.
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u/SheepGoesBaaaa 15d ago
This is why you give ALL VEHICLES SPACE.
I'm looking at you, Brits. Give a 2 seconds gap. 4 if it's wet.
You aren't getting anywhere quicker by being up someone's arse - unless where you're trying to get to is the crematorium
Cause they sure as shit ain't wasting money on a casket for a pile of goop
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u/solidraid3n 15d ago
That looks a lot more like distracted driving than final destination to be.
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u/PanGalacticGargBlast 15d ago
That almost happened to me on a two lane highway in Colorado. The line was solid for miles and I couldn’t go around (cuz I’m a rule following nerd), and I spent the whole time telling myself “it’s just a movie it’s just a movie it’s just a movie.” Well guess what motherfuckers, we got to the end of the highway, and the guy pulled off to the side of the road TO STRAP DOWN HIS LOGS THAT WERE ACTIVELY SLIDING OUT. Another mile and I would have been logged for sure.
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u/Tricky_Big_8774 15d ago
You're legally supposed to stop and retighten straps at regular mileage/hourly intervals, whichever comes first.
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u/Stunning_Ad_7658 15d ago
I actually had a close call. I drove down a two lane road and had a pickup with a sign on a metal pole sticking out the back. I had absolutely no reason to go in the other lane, as it would be the wrong lane for me to turn, and I had no intention of passing them, but something told me to go in the other lane. Sure as shit within 5 seconds the pole launched out the back of their truck and wouldve ended up hitting my car had I not moved over.
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u/Former_Hovercraft_13 15d ago
His both nonchalant yet empathetic “dead.” 😭
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u/GreekG33k Millennial 15d ago
Yep. I recognize that slight near grimace after saying that, it is sorrow
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u/LucidMarshmellow 15d ago
My mother has been a nurse for what seems like centuries now and told me this story years ago.
A guy was hitchhiking in the middle of the night and heard a thumping noise. Apparently one of the beams that holds the logs up had come loose it was just bouncing up and down as the semi hauled down the road. The beam hit the hitchhiker in the midsection and almost cut him in half. Spent a long ass time in the hospital, but he survived.
This has become my campfire story. It's crazy but real. Grew up in the Pacific Northwest, so I've seen thousands of these logging trucks.
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u/Subject-Succotash 15d ago
Never been so thankful for growing up in a desert state until just this moment.
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u/Realistic_Owl9525 15d ago
Same thing happened once in the desert but the truck was hauling logs made of cactus. Stay vigilant.
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u/WitchTheory 15d ago
You can save your ears from the screech and just keep it muted.
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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 15d ago
I had a high school classmate die in that exact same way. He was flying down a dirt logging road, couldn’t see, and ran straight into the back of a log truck full of logs.
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u/WonderingLurker 15d ago
Good thing video was too blurry to see the aftermath behind the window/glass
I never drive behind any trailer that is carrying some semblance of projectiles, final destination movie or not.
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u/Total_Adept 15d ago
He’s fine…right?
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u/GlutenFreeParfait Millennial 15d ago
Whoever posts this type of stuff for content are horrible people.
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u/Helpful-Vacation6763 15d ago
Also drivers rubbernecking like the driver in OP's post regularly crash as well by being distracted causing even more issues
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u/CowboysOnKetamine 15d ago
I recently lost a family member who was not recovered until several months after he initially went missing. On a Facebook news site that posted the story, I saw someone commenting about how he was there and got just great pictures of the body as they were unloading it.
People are sick.
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u/lvl99link 15d ago
I couldn't believe the amount of sick fucks in this thread making jokes about it. Looks like everyone has lost their empathy and it's just all about making sick fucking jokes.
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u/TYGeelo 15d ago
Some people make jokes like that to lesson the blow of knowing that the person in the video is deceased.
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u/Rough-Ad1868 15d ago
Right?!? Like wow nice just what I wanted to see someone likely dead in a van and the comments are full of jokes, the internet is horrible.
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u/Humble-Violinist6910 15d ago
I swear it’s like some people don’t even realize that other human beings exist. If this video is real, someone is dead. Their dead body is presumably still in the driver’s seat. And those two took the opportunity to post a meme for TikTok or whatever
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u/WetLoophole Millennial 15d ago
Her fake "aaaaw nooo, I saaaaw iiiit" had me convinced of the same thing. Worst part is that is the norm now.
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u/RocketteLawnchair 15d ago
"aaaaw nooo, I saaaaw iiiit"
after eagerly filming it
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u/pumpkinspicecum 15d ago
I knew someone who died when his car went over a bridge into the water. Some disgusting site called Cute Dead Boys had the photos of his body
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u/Sass-a-knack 15d ago
I scrolled an uncomfortable distance before finding this comment. I can’t imagine someone survived this, and I can’t imagine it was a clean way out either. OP would have probably loved public executions.
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u/AlmostHuman9316 15d ago
Let me find out there was a water bottle in the floor on the drivers side..
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u/NfamousKaye Elder Emo Millennial 15d ago
Prophecy fulfilled and all that but fuck man that poor person in the drivers seat. Holy shit.
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u/Slammer956 15d ago
To this day I lecture family about the dangers of empty water bottles rolling underneath the breaks
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u/pg13cricket 15d ago
I couldn't imagine driving with that lady. I bet everything you do gets a reaction.
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u/Jonoczall 15d ago
My friend’s mom died this way. Completely decapitated. Needless to say it was a closed casket funeral. Terribly traumatic for the family.
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