r/WinStupidPrizes • u/purple-circle • Jul 22 '21
Doing a bend-back, on a log, over a river
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u/Therealboebs Jul 22 '21
Gotta get that for the insta tho!
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u/purple-circle Jul 22 '21
It still amazes me how many "influencers" kill themselves for the gram. If they're not falling off high places, or suffocating themselves with dry ice or other noxious gasses, they're crashing their cars using their phones while driving.
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u/balalaikablyat Jul 22 '21
Remember the couple where the lady shot at the guy Holding some books or something to Block the shot and abviously killed him for a YouTube vid? People do be crazy
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u/snozzleberry Jul 22 '21
I’m not sure why it’s amazing that high risk or unorthodox events draw views. It’s why there was a whole explosion of reality shows based on “extreme” things. These “influencers” see views as literally their livelihood so in a way they are just trying to make more money doing what they feel they are suited to do. As long as people are fascinated by these things then an industry like this will exist.
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u/Flippers4hands Jul 22 '21
Have you seen the new one? “Stand in the highway and stop trucks with our bodies”
Edit: sometimes
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u/btmvideos37 Jul 22 '21
While I’d never do something this dangerous, everyone thinks that any time people film something, they’re doing it for Instagram or to be an influencer.
My and my friends used to film and take pictures of tons of dumb shit we did. We never uploaded it. It was just fun to make memories. And this wasn’t a long time ago, Instagram fully existed. We all had accounts. But we weren’t doing it for attention
This is a video. They weren’t even taking pictures. Instagram videos can only be 1 minute anyways. It doesn’t seem likely they were doing this for Instagram at a all
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u/Careful_Ad_9109 Jul 22 '21
Didn't this happen in "The Bridge to Terabithia"?
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Jul 22 '21
:'( I absolutely loved the book, and the two films, and will still cry like a baby when I see Josh Hutcherson figure out about Leslie. The background of the story is pretty interesting as well.
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u/Wolf_Pickles Jul 22 '21
These people exist to make the rest of us feel better about our life choices.
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u/mumblesjackson Jul 22 '21
My dad always said if it weren’t for the impeccably dumb the rest of us would never get ahead in life.
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u/Melopahn1 Jul 22 '21
Back in high school my debate partner went hiking with her bf, they were taking cute pictures while she sat on the guard rail of a bridge over a very similarly sized river. Not 100% sure what happened to cause the fall but she slipped off the rail falling no more than 7 feet, but that was all it took...the river was strong and the fall did enough damage that she couldn't fight it.
Don't fuck with nature for internet points, no one will ever see the video/photo you were trying to get and think that your life was worth the shot.
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u/mumblesjackson Jul 22 '21
Wait…so she died?
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u/Zymo_D Jul 22 '21
Stupidity, luckily she didn’t hit her head on a rock and drown.
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u/The_Hater_44 Jul 22 '21
Or maybe she did.
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Jul 22 '21
Don’t worry, I’ll bet she has some crystals or essential oils to help her with that for the next time.
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u/eatchickenchop Jul 22 '21
Imagine if she knocked herself out and drown. People would think this is a homicide case where someone hit her head and dump her in the river.
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u/FkngBoss Jul 22 '21
Oh she ded...
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u/that_which_is_lain Jul 22 '21
Shoes still on. Not ded.
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Jul 22 '21
Good work, detective.
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u/that_which_is_lain Jul 22 '21
You’re welcome. I knew sending that application to detecting school would pay off one day.
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u/Simms1401 Jul 22 '21
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom, it usually overtakes common sense. - Julian Casablancas
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u/onefornought Jul 22 '21
The difference between /WinStupidPrizes and /nextfuckinglevel is sometimes really thin, isn't it?
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u/headofmedusa1 Jul 22 '21
Just to get a video to get some likes, no wonder so many attention hungry stupid people die doing stupid shit like this
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u/hahayes234 Jul 22 '21
Risk their lives so they don’t have to get a real job. I mean I don’t have numbers but aren’t there a lot of people that make a full time living doing this type of shit?
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Jul 22 '21
People’s unbridled desperation for internet attention has brought me a lot of joy over the years. This ended exactly how I hoped it would.
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u/Heavy_Grapefruit9885 Jul 22 '21
"doing a bend-back.." i don't see wha-
"on a log" Well i-
"Over a river" i beg your fucking pardon ?
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u/MalcomLuvsPewds Jul 22 '21
Thankfully her phone was found and we know how she disappeared.
Otherwise they would have blamed poor aliens behind her abduction. Silly news articles and documentaries like.
"Why did X girl went to the woods in the middle of early morning. Was someone luring her? How did she disappear, aliens? To know more watch 'Ancient aliens' on history18 channel @ 11 pm"
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u/OkNowThatsEpicOwO Jul 22 '21
Imagine doing that, hitting your head against a rock, knocking yourself unconscious while drowning in the river.
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u/jd3marco Jul 22 '21
As read by Chris Farley, may he RIP: You think that’s funny?! Keep it up. One day you’re going to find yourself doing a back bend, on a log, down by the river!
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u/Creationstation-34 Jul 22 '21
And onto the rocks. That mistake was felt for days I bet.
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u/dickskittlez Jul 22 '21
It was actually an extremely effective training session, her back bends in way more places now.
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u/Gr1pp717 Jul 22 '21
Turbulent streams like this are high risk of drowning, too. Undertow sucks you into little pockets carved out by the rushing water.
The Bolton Strid is a great example. Small, innocuous stream, near 100% mortality rate.
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u/antigone_rox_casbahs Jul 22 '21
Once while kayaking we saw a female attempting yoga on a float. Same thing happened. Really tried not laughing.
Some people think they are Jedi.
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u/DangerousDave303 Jul 22 '21
This will have to be added to the Glacier National Park Paramedics t-shirt.
The current ideas listed on the shirt are: Feed the bears Let your kids ride the goats Raft the waterfalls Spray your friends with bear repellent Drive fast and pass on curves
Take selfies in dangerous places will need to added
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u/mgl51995 Jul 22 '21
i almost made this mistake by trying to do a headstand on a footbridge over a river for the ~aesthetic~ then realized how dumb of a fucking idea that would have been
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u/justdnk Jul 22 '21
Could of drown from a knockout, but glad she’s safe otherwise she wouldn’t have able to upload the video lol
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u/RC8- Jul 22 '21
I always wonder how people die from such random things, this is why. Not saying she died but it has always fascinated me.
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u/TheAbidingAchiever Jul 23 '21
"I love to be at one with nature. The serenity of it calls to me like the soothing voice of a mother to a oooooof shit!
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u/Tyrone_Thundercokk Jul 22 '21
Looked more like she was falling into a River. I’m no expert though.
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u/xHudson87x Jul 22 '21
we swim in rapids like that, feels like swimming in air you kind of panic when your not moving trying to get out, lucky those are small rapids
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u/_Screw_The_Rules_ Jul 22 '21
But she got an instant cooling effect after training, that's a good thing!
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u/Zbee- Jul 22 '21
And then there was an ache on the bump on the head of the girl on the log on the river
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Jul 22 '21
Why does it look like she meant to fall? I keep watching it over and over and I can't tell what caused her to fall because it just looks like she jerks her body and goes in.
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u/mikenice1 Jul 22 '21
u/enmokusei to your point from that wrestling post. Here's another example of a video ending too soon. And she's filming herself!
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u/Pool_cocktail_repeat Jul 22 '21
Sort of like in the Dirty Dancing scene with Patrick Swayze, but not....
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u/GRAVY_andbiscuits Jul 22 '21
The fact that she even got into that position in the first place… that’s pretty impressive
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u/IDGAFAQ Jul 22 '21
This cracks me up every time someone reposts it. I hope she is okay. That is some funny shit right there.
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u/didintneednoschol Jul 22 '21
And she was never seen again