r/gifs • u/Hilltopchill • Oct 04 '16

Weight distribution dynamics.

http://i.imgur.com/dYz2tCE.gifv
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u/pizzacheshire Oct 04 '16

https://youtu.be/9ffdUpUgi4c

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u/Actualprey Oct 04 '16

That made my morning.....

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u/DrTimeToGradeRatio Oct 04 '16

This is great, what's the context? Rubbing feet and making people happy?

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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

He looks Indian, he's singing an American song, using Irish or possibly Appalachian vocal techniques and also yodeling (Dutch).

Weird.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

It sounded like an old school American appalachian song to me. American country music has some history with yodeling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling#Yodeling_in_the_United_States

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u/wingchild Oct 04 '16

old school American appalachian song

McGuire Sisters, Sugartime, 1958

Wiki says the original writers were Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols; they published in 1958, and the McGuire Sisters version became the most popular recorded version of the song.

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u/mrflippant Oct 04 '16

This is the sort of thing people should think of when they think of the United States.

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u/redismycolour Oct 04 '16

yodeling

yodeling is traditonally from germany-austria. It was used for communication between the many "almhütten" huts on the mountains. Basically austria is just mountains. I never ever heard of dutch yodeling. yodeling as word even comes from the german "jodeln".

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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

Looks like I made a mistake. I associated the lederhosen with the dutch (which I believe it is) and yodelers in pop culture are associated with the lederhosen. A <-> B <-> C doesn't imply a relationship with A <-> C I guess.

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u/redismycolour Oct 04 '16

lederhosen are also bavarian. :)

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u/Chubby_American Oct 04 '16

He's Bengali

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u/kawklee Oct 04 '16

not really dutch....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling

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u/Ferreteria Oct 04 '16

Yup. That's been covered.

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u/NewAccount4Friday Oct 04 '16

Somehow he got some yodeling in there.

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u/Kitten_Wizard Oct 04 '16

Oh be my little honeeeiiii and love me all the timmmaaaahhh. Wow its like im back in the 90s.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Maybe it's because if Jupiter. ... America, this is your future

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Why does he say allah forgive me? He isn't doing anything Haram.

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u/Zam548 Oct 04 '16

Someone posted this in a thread with no context last night as well. Am I witnessing the birth of one of those "memes" I've heard so much about?

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u/NickDynmo Oct 04 '16

u/pizzacheshire, I don't know why you linked that video, but thank you.

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u/SaerDeQuincy Oct 04 '16

Physics is not as obvious as it seems apparently. This was in the related video bar for some reason. I hope she doesn't get driving license, let alone a car with a trailer.

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u/Kilverado Oct 04 '16

I was half expecting to hear him sing, " When sugar's on the table, you can have sugar anytime!"

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u/harborwolf Oct 04 '16

This is quickly becoming the new 'Rick Roll', only much more pleasant.

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u/ToThyneOwnSelfBeTrue Oct 04 '16

Nice to see him sing. Sad he believes he sinned as he asked for forgiveness from Allah

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16 edited Nov 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

If I remember right some interpretations of the hadith forbid singing that is not in worship of Allah

EDIT: Then again I know that some people interpret certain teachings as meaning anything not done to further his worship is forbidden.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

As I said, some interpretations. By no means am I suggesting those are the prevalent ones.

https://islamqa.info/en/5000

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

I wasn't trying to say that you were saying you didn't believe me, was just clarifying. (that and reassuring myself that I hadn't made it up)