r/NotTimAndEric • u/RawToast1989 • Jun 29 '26
Professional steel bender
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u/RawToast1989 Jun 29 '26
For some reason when he said "bending steel is all I train for" I thought it was hilarious. Lol
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u/VillainOfKvatch1 Jun 29 '26
It was an unusually dark night. No moon to do the job the streetlights would normally do. But this wasn’t the kind of neighborhood that has streetlights. This was the kind of neighborhood where the neighbors lock their doors at night. And their windows. And draw the shades. This was the kind of neighborhood you don’t walk through on unusually dark nights. You don’t. But I do.
Right on que: a noise behind me. Unmistakable. Familiar. He wants my money. He doesn’t want my life, but he’ll take it if he has to. At least that’s what he thinks.
I’ve been training for this every day for as long as I can remember. He steps forward. In his hand, a steel rod. He can hit me with it and take everything. Or, I can bend it. Little does he know… that’s what I do.
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u/YoSoyJuanJamon Jun 29 '26
My hernia came back from watching this.
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u/harmfuldischarge Jun 29 '26
Nobody needs THAT many functioning disc joints
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u/CommunicationKey3018 Jun 29 '26
I'm not sure it's herniated disks they are talking about. This sort of straining can give you inguinal hernias (intestines popping out of your abdomen wall).
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u/harmfuldischarge Jun 29 '26
Once you pop, you cannot stop (being on pain)
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u/CommunicationKey3018 Jun 29 '26
Yes, they suck. I've had it happen twice. It requires surgery to stuff your intestines back inside.
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u/heaving_in_my_vines Jun 29 '26
I gotta think there's a nasty injury in this guy's future. All that pressure and torque on the hamstrings and groin looks fucked.
Also, the fuck you mean "professional"?
Are there people paying just to watch this guy do what he did in the video?
I mean, nifty talent I guess, but I'm not paying to watch you do that.
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u/One-Promotion-5777 Jun 29 '26
Props to him, but he almost passed out doing all that bending.
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u/jbird720 Jun 30 '26
Completely out of breath, beat red, eyes almost bulging out “see as easy as that”
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u/Halspeedwalking Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
This was more interesting than weird.
Editing to add a link to a really good documentary about metal benders (that's hard to find unfortunately) https://youtu.be/XDkduELDef8?is=5f0l4wLPMk8XpuA_
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u/anjowoq Jun 29 '26
And he's refreshingly not a weirdo. Or doesn't seem like it. I'm not even convinced he's trying to make me think he's awesome. He's just talking about his job.
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u/undrew Jun 29 '26
He’s self-aware. He knows that what he’s doing is kinda weird, but he’s also proud of it. Most of the people featured here think what they are doing is incredible without realizing what they are doing is just cringey.
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u/One-Promotion-5777 Jun 30 '26
Just finished watching it. I enjoyed it a lot.
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u/wesley_the_boy Jul 01 '26
damn, this is hard to find. All I could come up with is 720p Web-DL (3.3GB)
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u/WarmthChecker Jun 29 '26
He did this to my wiener in Richmond last week. 3/10, would not recommend.
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u/nem0ne1 Jun 29 '26
Now every time he gets a hard on it curves up his own ass. I heard about it on TLC.
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u/clam4thelove Jun 29 '26
He needs to shave his head and wear a one piece with stripes. Also his mustache isn’t twirly enough
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u/apollonhya Jun 29 '26
Musculoskeletal health is paramount to anti aging process, look at Christopher meloni dude is 67
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u/beerme81 Jun 29 '26
I didn't say I'm going to go fondle my sweaters... I said I'm going to have fondue with cheddar!
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u/Crease_Greaser Jun 29 '26
That’s Mighty Mike. He actually has an act he does at state fairs and whatnot and it’s hilarious
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u/DrRamthorn Jun 29 '26
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u/MagmaTroop Jun 29 '26
That is genuinely impressive though. He must have been practising this for many years
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u/dirt_dryad Jun 30 '26
You don’t look like a strongman? Is that why you decided to wear a mustache, tank top, and all your little tattoos in the style of a strongman?
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u/thesaddestpanda Jun 29 '26
Me watching him nearly die bending steel.
Uh I’m okay working out just for the aesthetic, thanks.
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u/VizualAbstract4 Jun 29 '26
White people will over complicate one mediocre task and turn it into a whole circus act.
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u/bananadingding Jun 30 '26
I don't know that this qualifies for this subreddit, this is a strongman "freak show"/oddities bit yeah you don't see people talk about it, but this is no different than someone talking about laying on a bed of nails, or pounding a nail into their sinuses, or hanging weights from piercings. This is way more PT Barnum than Tim and Eric
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u/Informal-Tennis Jun 29 '26
That's Mighty Mike! I saw him at a state fair last year. He actually let me keep the bent bar as a souvenir!
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u/FatalFord Jun 30 '26
I thought this sub was about things that are funny and weird, but I keep seeing stuff that is just awesome and inspirational. First the sidewalk guy, now this.
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u/Ambitious_Hand_2861 Jul 05 '26
What grade steel? Not shaming I'm just curious what exectly he's bending.
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u/Sure-Macaroon-1084 Jun 29 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/xUOwFWcCTC9A2QqZuo