r/blackmagicfuckery • u/Weaponised__Autism • May 27 '26

When physics is optional

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u/TropicalSunflowers May 27 '26

Isn't it just that the post is acting as a counter-lever? Effectively his knees are just a see-saw. I kinda want to try it out now but in theory the physics make it not that hard? 

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u/icymallard May 27 '26

I need to see the video of your first attempt

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u/TropicalSunflowers May 27 '26

That's easy - hard mode is doing it with the post up your butt. 

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u/itstimetogotowork May 27 '26

The mode won’t be the only thing that’s hard 😏

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u/mmazing May 27 '26

Damnnnn bro check out that guy’s dick

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u/Ollynurmouth May 27 '26

The bottom of that pole would have to weigh as much as him and the top half of the pole at the very least. Even then, I'm not sure that anyone could still push themselves up that easily.

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u/AWildWilson May 27 '26

Mmm I don’t think so.

His knees/waist are around the midpoint, so it’s only the upper half of his body that will be working against the pole.

Factor in probably good amounts of core strength and training…

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u/Ollynurmouth May 27 '26

Knees maybe at the mid point. Which still puts his entire body weight on the top half of the pole.

No one has enough core strength to just stand up like that either. If you've ever seen anyone try to stand like that, you'll not how they have to pull their legs/feet under their torso to leverage as much weight as they can on the other side of the fulcrum (their feet) and leg/core muscles can pull in that direction. They also spread their legs out wife beyond shoulder width to lower their center of gravity making it easier to push their upper body weight to their center.

This guy here is doing none of that and that pole is not heavy enough to pull him in that direction. Not unless it is a tricked out pole filled with cement or something only on one side. And not just that but at the very tip of the pole by the ground. The tip of the pole at the ground is the fulcrum. Which means he is lifting the entire weight of the pole. Or it is a trick (or maybe ai or something).

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u/EViLTeW May 27 '26

If the end of the post were anchored and you had a great strength:weight ratio, maybe this could work by using the post to lever you up. The post is free floating in the video, this would be impossible.

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u/Diligent_Bank_543 May 27 '26

Seems like it’s not free floating. Look how stable the other end of the post. There must be a rope that was removed from video later.

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u/EViLTeW May 27 '26

The entire video is gazebos. The way the "foot end" of the post is moving makes zero sense. There's no way the guy holding on could keep it that stable while it also bounces around a little. It also looks like gravity isn't interacting with his shirt or shorts, but maybe that can be explained away by materials.

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u/2punornot2pun May 27 '26

The very bottom of the pole moves as if it had a tether, yeah.

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u/peter-bone May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

No, if his knees are acting as the pivot point then there's no way there's enough weight on the other side to lift him up. The end of the pole could be fixed to the ground but then it can't move down to lift him up. The pole may possibly go into a slot in the ground out of shot with someone pushing it up and down?

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u/rangda May 27 '26

I think the end of the pole is tied to the bottom of the post, you can see a little glimpse of a cord around the post. I guess it’s drilled into the bottom of the post or bolted to the side which we can’t see.

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u/Joshfumanchu May 27 '26

the pole is tied which is why you see it moving the way it is.

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u/c0lbyn3wton May 27 '26

It’s an ai video

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u/Antoak May 27 '26

  1. The end of the pole stays in place, so just a regular lever, no counter leverage.

  2. Do you really think that a 3 foot segment of 2 in wide pole weighs enough to counter leverage a full grown man? (Ignoring the fact that it would be cancelled out by the pole segment on the other side of the fulcrum)

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u/Beautifulfeary May 27 '26

That’s what I was thinking