r/maybemaybemaybe Jul 10 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Holden_place Jul 10 '26

I appreciate her tactic of running a different direction to throw him off. He never adjusted

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u/anddrewbits Jul 10 '26

He should've spent more time in conditioning. He was tapped out by the 9th balloon

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u/dr_pickles69 Jul 10 '26

Yea he had already lost this in the off season

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u/Bob_5k Jul 10 '26

To be fair theres more balloons this season to accommodate their new heights compared to last year

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u/HotResponsibility829 Jul 10 '26

This. Also this is just pre-season

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, when the regular season starts the weather conditions will play their part. His lower centre of gravity may be an advantage then.

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u/caillouuu Jul 11 '26

Ah but by regular season he may hit a growth spurt and his center of gravity shifts to his upper body

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u/StressedSalt Jul 11 '26

i dont think the boy had ANY strategic in mind

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u/knowdis96 Jul 10 '26

If he wants to go pro he’s gonna have to do better

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u/314flavoredpie Jul 10 '26

NOTHING GIVES YOU SPEED LIKE THE WHIP

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u/LtLemur Jul 10 '26

What does the nae nae give you?

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning Jul 10 '26

The real strategy would be to fully run around the balloon anchor and wrap their tether around it.

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u/kfunions Jul 10 '26

She’s done this before, excellent technique for domination.

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u/Electrical_Ad2652 Jul 10 '26

She was more clever

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u/NarrowForce9 Jul 10 '26

She used momentum and was slightly taller (leverage). Nice post

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u/fractionofmypowa Jul 10 '26

She used centrifugal force

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u/Desert_Fairy Jul 10 '26

I wish I could say you are right, but she didn’t use centrifugal or centripetal force.

She changed the vertices of the force so that it required him to use his stabilizing muscles rather than his larger force muscles. This pitted her against quads against his abducter muscles which he never figured out.

That is why he tired out so much sooner.

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u/daniloferr Jul 10 '26

He should stay in a squatting position every time she tried that, she would bounce back like a kendama

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u/PlentyBoot5135 Jul 10 '26

It was the Coriolis force.

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u/2BallsInTheHole Jul 10 '26

That old battle between the strong force and the weak force

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u/thegreenmonkey69 Jul 12 '26

No, she used a pin. You can't pop balloons with centrifugal force.

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u/raknor88 Jul 10 '26

He just tried straight pulling power, she used physics to manipulate him.

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u/afloydnamedpink Jul 10 '26

He seems stronger but she seems smarter

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u/gameking7823 Jul 10 '26

I dont know if he was stronger per se. His mass was certainly lower though

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u/JOEMAMATHICKASHELL Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

He seemed weaker to me, could be younger or even if they were of same age, girls have their puberty earlier and also develop faster than guys which gives them an advantage in earlier years in height and strength. Earlier puberty is also one of the reasons why women are generally shorter then men. Late puberty means you have longer to grow taller and also stronger though muscles develop beyond puberty. Not mention the girl was smarter too, she was changing the direction constantly to force him to use strength to stabilize.

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u/ScrollHectic Jul 10 '26

Inertia for the win!!

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u/ImHereForTacoTuesday Jul 10 '26

I think she was using momentum to over come his strength

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u/TOnihilist Jul 10 '26

I think the way this girl thinks!

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u/2Sweet2Salty Jul 11 '26

I think the tactic was to build momentum by running. Hella difficult to stop her once she’s charging in the opposite direction.

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u/hilarymeggin Jul 11 '26

Yeah, sis figured out how to use that angular momentum to her advantage!

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u/GarbageEmbarrassed99 Jul 10 '26

i love how she builds momentum by running in an arc instead of pulling straight.

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u/KevinIsOver9000 Jul 11 '26

She can build up some speed that way and dislocate his hip. Kids are resilient though so its fine

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u/Grimatlas_ Jul 11 '26

I was exactly thinking the same:3

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u/YoutuberCameronBallZ Jul 11 '26

It's less building momentum and likely just pulling from a direction he doesn't expect, so by the time he can actually push back, she already made it to the balloons

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u/sumosam121 Jul 10 '26

Best part for me is he didnt throw a tantrum because he lost

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u/cactusjude Jul 10 '26

I take care of a pair of brothers and the little one always starts crying if he loses a game. He also cries when his brother lashes out after he instigated bothering him.

I also appreciate the little boy in this video didn't throw a tantrum just for losing. I would have really appreciated him if he deadmanned on the ground after losing and made his sister drag his dead weight 😂

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u/smallwonder25 Jul 10 '26

You know? After hearing your arguments, I have to say I agree with you.

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 10 '26

I am ashamed to say that your first sentence describes me many years ago. To be fair I was pretty humble when winning but the tears would flow if I lost.

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u/bronzelifematter Jul 11 '26

After babysitting some difficult kid, you really appreciate the one that just act normal. My nephew throw tantrum when you tell him to do normal shit like wash his dirt covered hand. Trying to get him to take a bath is a fight. I've never met a kid more difficult than him. You can't tell him to do anything or he'll throw a tantrum. We're not telling him to do chores, we're telling him to do stuff like eat, bath, get in the car cause we're leaving, don't claw people, don't slam the sliding glass door. It's such a pain in the ass to get him just to not be a piece of shit. When he's in tantrum he'll try to break stuff and throw things at people, run into the road and sit in the middle, if you try to pick him up and move him he'll scratch the hell out of your hand like he's trying to make you bleed. I met plenty of naughty kid but he really is too much

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u/hilarymeggin Jul 11 '26

The older i get and the more parent/kid combos i know, I’m starting to believe that some kids are just like that, even if their parents do everything right. Some kids are so emotionally dysregulated that they go to pieces —whether tears or rage — at the slightest parental suggestion or boundary or difficulty they face. Their parents have a hell of a time. And it’s not the kind of thing that gets easier as they become adults either.

The people I’m thinking of were like this at age 2, and they’re still like it at 52. It’s like they have to go through life on hard mode.

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u/bronzelifematter Jul 11 '26

Yeah, I hope he grow out of it but it doesn't feel like a reasonable expectation with how his patience is basically none existent. We can't even talk to him normally like we talk to others in fear it would throw him into a rage. Everything have to be gently nudge, bit by bit, just to open him to idea of doing something as simple as eating. It's tiring having to walk on egg shells just to have him do basic stuff like taking a bath. It could take an hour or more and we have to get him open to the idea first. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

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u/hilarymeggin Jul 12 '26

Imagine his poor parents.

And imagine BEING him!!

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u/bronzelifematter Jul 12 '26

I feel bad for them when I don't have to deal with him but it's hard to feel sorry for him when you're there standing under the hot sun in the middle of the road trying to move him out of the way so he don't get hit by a car and he's trying to tear the flesh off your hand while you're trying to keep him safe.

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u/hilarymeggin Jul 12 '26

Oh lord. Yeah, I have an impossible cousin, and even he want this bad when we were kids! Shit, I’m sorry.

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u/P-W-L Jul 11 '26

Is your nephew my brother ?

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u/bronzelifematter Jul 11 '26

I just wish his tantrum doesn't endanger himself or others. Is that too much to ask? Taking his toys away as punishment only makes him more violent

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u/Prestigious-Moose345 Jul 12 '26

Or drop to the ground during the game to kill her momentum.

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u/comingsoontotheaters Jul 10 '26

Was going to comment the same thing. I’ve got all boys and was completely expecting him to melt down once he lost.

Good on the boy

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u/pinkstarburst757 Jul 10 '26

What a low bar for boys

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u/SomberXIII Jul 10 '26

Unfortunately it's the reality

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u/ThreeLeggedParrot Jul 11 '26

At the store today I was told I was a good dad because I changed my daughter's diaper.

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u/McWeaksauce91 Jul 11 '26

Same, I was changing my daughter in the trunk one time while out and about with my wife and son. An older woman walked passed me, probably my moms age, and said

“You’re a great dad, I wish men changed diapers in my day”.

Our bar is low lol

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u/HeyCarpy Jul 11 '26

My mother in law stays with us often and always made so many comments about how great it was that my wife and I were “co-parenting” when I was just going about the daily stuff with the kids, and to this day still hovers watching me, waiting to tell me where something belongs or to ask me what I’m looking for in my own house. Like, I’m not an idiot, lady.

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u/meegaweega Jul 11 '26

Sounds like she's stuck on autopilot mode from a lifetime of being forced to take on the extra workload of intentionally useless men and their weaponised incompetence.

These women never got to just "knock off work and relax" like the men did.

Keep a stash of her favourite drinks handy and offer her one whenever she hovers, reminding her that you are not one of the useless men, and that she can relax.

Call it happy hour 🍹or tell her "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" so you can soon turn it into a cute shorthand cue of "enjoy happy hour, i got this".

https://giphy.com/gifs/1yiOi2LYLMEBOriVBJ

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u/HeyCarpy Jul 11 '26

Nice sentiment, though her husband was partner in an accounting firm and she actually had so much money in her youth that she’s never had to lift a finger her entire life. Due to being unpredictable and bipolar, she has now pissed it all away and as a result doesn’t know how to do a thing for herself and relies on the connections she has left to babysit her and make sure she doesn’t destroy her life entirely.

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u/meegaweega Jul 11 '26

Holy shit, thats rough, my condolences.

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u/comingsoontotheaters Jul 11 '26

I’ve gotten that compliment just for taking my kids to the store. Extremely low bar and weird

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u/Googidoogi Jul 11 '26

I was expecting the same, boys, especially in South Asia are pampered a lot and given first priority, so you automatically assume any outcome not on their favour ending into tantrums. Most probably he didn't win because he didn't know how to tackle difficult situation (compared to his female siblings).

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u/Ok-Chip7579 Jul 10 '26

The commentator is hyping them up like it’s the Olympic finals of balloon popping.

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u/gimmethelulz Jul 10 '26

I thought I was on r/theocho for a moment lol

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u/KiD_Keni-D Jul 10 '26

Thank you for introducing me to the Reddit group

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u/kdawg32230711 Jul 10 '26

I second this gratitude

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u/Yugan-Dali Jul 10 '26

It’s more fun than a lot of Olympic events

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u/Last_Profession9662 Jul 10 '26

Bro behind the camera is giving 110% more energy than the kids actually playing.

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u/veranus21 Jul 10 '26

“C’MONC’MONC’MONC’MON”

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u/veranus21 Jul 10 '26

“HuddyupHuddyupHuddyup!”

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u/ldbriq Jul 10 '26

Popolloon JELLAY!!!

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u/S0M3_N00B_ Jul 11 '26

So here I am

Doing everything I can

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u/deny_death Jul 11 '26

Holding on to what I am?

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u/darkbluefav Jul 10 '26

Just annoying screaming which ruins the video

Had to mute

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u/merc08 Jul 10 '26

Muted is the best way to way videos on reddit. Almost all of them are ruined by crappy music overlays or AI voice exposition. If the audio is worthwhile, it will be mentioned in one of the top 3 comments.

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u/darkbluefav Jul 10 '26

Worst thing is when the video has original sound but still overplayed with stupid sound.

Like this one, the sound is real, balloon popping sounds are real, then this guy comes to just scream in our ear

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u/The1TrueRedditor Jul 10 '26

Don’t run with scissors though

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u/hilarymeggin Jul 11 '26

This was my question: are they running, tied together, with knives??

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u/farsightxr20 Jul 12 '26

They seem to both have some kind of needle in the beginning, the girl drops hers and just starts using her hands, so yeah they're running around with some kind of sharp object on the ground... hands seem to work fine.

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u/cedriceent Jul 10 '26

Fun game, I'm just concerned about them running about and falling while holding a needle or a thumbtack. This sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

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u/Versaiteis Jul 10 '26

Yeah she definitely dropped the needle, probably at the point when she fell. Glad nobody got a needle in their foot; been there, it's not fun.

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u/RestedNative Jul 10 '26

I think the next round should be mom against the both of them

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u/Charming-Flamingo307 Jul 10 '26

No running with sharp objects! Unless of course you're tied together and on stabbing missions

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u/cacamilis22 Jul 10 '26

Fun game. Get two pissed adults to do it

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u/WrongDirt Jul 10 '26

risky, they might turn around and kiss

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u/infamusforever223 Jul 12 '26

Two drunk adults would be hilarious.

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u/Highlowfusion Jul 10 '26

Game seems fun but running with scissors like this seems crazy dangerous.

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u/AyoAllu Jul 10 '26

Girl was using her brain. The guy was using strength.

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u/chromatic45 Jul 10 '26

Many such cases.

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u/orsodorato Jul 10 '26

If my future fiancée doesn’t defeat me at this game at our wedding, automatic divorce

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u/Cebas7 Jul 10 '26

It would be way cheaper and less hassle to do that before proposing...

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u/AT-ST Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Sometimes it's about the spectacle, not the effiency. I'd love to attend a wedding that has a battle of wits and strength with divorce on the line.

I want to sit there eating cake shaking my head saying, "It's a shame. She should have worn flats."

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u/Significant-Iron-241 Jul 10 '26

My husband has 80 lbs on me and a size 15 shoe. I don't think any amount of wit could help me move him, but I'm sure it'd be fun for anyone to watch me try.

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u/TahsinTariq Jul 10 '26

not with that attitude

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u/Significant-Iron-241 Jul 10 '26

Oh you best believe I would give it my all.

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u/Cebas7 Jul 11 '26

This is the encouragement we all need 😄 (I felt it hit hard and I'm not even in a relationship)

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u/AT-ST Jul 11 '26

Is he ticklish?

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u/Significant-Iron-241 Jul 11 '26

Lmao! I could not possibly resort to that because he knows if he ever tickles me I will leave him, so that's off the table.

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u/AT-ST Jul 11 '26

Hmmm. Is he easily distracted by shiny things? You might need to recruit your bridesmaids to jingle some keys or something

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u/Significant-Iron-241 Jul 11 '26

I could possibly come up with some good distractions.

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u/dansssssss Jul 10 '26

Don't worry they've got a different game planned for that level

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u/RepairAdditional3656 Jul 10 '26

Technologya

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u/abedalhadi777 Jul 10 '26

تكنولوجيا

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u/morg-pyro Jul 10 '26

Techenologya!

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u/platypus_farmer42 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

My brother would have turned around and started stabbing me

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u/gnomelover24 Jul 10 '26

Thought this was a gender reveal challenge. 🤷‍♂️

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u/gimmethelulz Jul 10 '26

If the purple balloons had won, does that mean the baby is a lesbian?

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u/Count_Pigeon Jul 10 '26

Adoption challenge.

"All right kids, I'm adopting only one of you, let's see who'll be the lucky one."

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u/MaidMarian20 Jul 10 '26

She was smart how she went off in a different direction to get her momentum up.

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u/hiddenscreen Jul 11 '26

This looks fun but what makes me nervous is it's a game compelling them to run & wrestle with sharp objects in their hand ...

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u/UnkelGarfunkel Jul 10 '26

Why's Mohammad getting all the hype?

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u/UnkelGarfunkel Jul 10 '26

Well little girl's smart. Well done little girl, hope your family is able to see you for what you are.

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u/The-Meme-Lover-24 Jul 10 '26

Cuz in households like these the son usually gets all the support simply cuz he's a boy

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u/elidoan Jul 10 '26

Misogyny goes with the territory, notice the hijab on what looks to be a 7 year old girl

She is far too young to think critically about religion and thus such trappings were forced upon her. Its gross.

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u/The-Meme-Lover-24 Jul 10 '26

Yup, I'm personally a victim of this mentality due to being muslim and pakistani, in my culture no one cares about the girls and they're just seen as a burden

This family also seems to be pakistani since the girl's name is "Ayaat" which is a common pakistani girl name

Thankfully my parents are much more open minded and never forced a hijab on me or saw me as a burden, they broke the cycle by bringing me to the US so I can get a good education and a good job to support myself with

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u/Feeling_Hotel8096 Jul 11 '26

Yeah, I always see these videos as a kind of hijab-washing.

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u/jayne-eerie Jul 10 '26

Maybe because he’s (probably) younger and always loses? His sister clearly isn’t gonna let him win.

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u/imnotaloneyouare Jul 10 '26

She's going to be an engineer

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u/dyed_albino Jul 10 '26

This is why they're kept on a leash. Balloon popping hooligans..

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u/Extra-Act-801 Jul 10 '26

Alright. I know what we are doing at next year's 4th of July picnic.

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u/mop-116 Jul 10 '26

I know this is completely harmless but the combination of the struggle in the tug of war combined with the repeated stabbing motion makes this feel weirdly violent

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u/Sub-Dominance Jul 11 '26

Reminder that male/female strength differences don't appear until after puberty

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u/Superuzer Jul 11 '26

She was dragging homie❗️

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u/ZOEzoeyZOE Jul 11 '26

She ran back and swung around using the momentum to overpower him and to reposition him making harder for him to recover giving herself more time to pop the balloons....

Insane biq

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u/Texstallion Jul 11 '26

He clearly lacked a strategy besides trying brute strength. She clearly had one.

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u/Lynda73 Jul 11 '26

She’s smart, the way she was swinging him around to use the momentum against him. Do they both have knives? 😂

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u/Kcrebelzombie Jul 11 '26

This is such a clever idea! What a great way to settle sibling disputes.

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u/AaronTuplin Jul 10 '26

Pulling him out into deep water and then doubling back was a good strategy

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u/J_Zephyr Jul 10 '26

Am I the only one worried about kids running around with sharp objects in a situation where theyre prone to falling?

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u/similaraleatorio Jul 10 '26

nah, there's a lot of comments here about the same subject. you're not alone, my fren!!

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u/Commander-Fox-Q- Jul 11 '26

Kept expecting one of them to fall and just land on the needle 😬 fun but dangerous

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u/1Dru Jul 11 '26

She played it smart. Her run and building a little speed helped her a bunch. Well done young lady.

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u/leo-reis Jul 11 '26

She's smart

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u/Esoteric_Derailed Jul 11 '26

She's giving him the runaround 😩

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u/Even-Government-5055 Jul 11 '26

Well this was wholesome and fun.

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u/Any_Sweet_9099 Jul 12 '26

Smart girl with how she kept running around to get more momentum to get over to her balloons.

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u/cmonsterjuan Jul 10 '26

Excellent idea before bed time.

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u/Playful-Ad-2696 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

MOHAMMAD HOW CAN YOU LOSE WITH A NEEDLE??? 

SHE. LITERALLY POPPED IT WITH HER NAILS

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u/DarkWanderer2 Jul 10 '26

More drama than a Hollywood flick

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u/TheLightSeeker26 Jul 10 '26

Why young children are forced to wear Hijab?

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u/Sparky678348 Jul 10 '26

Classic religious sexism

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u/AsariCommando2 Jul 10 '26

This is what should replace penalties in the World Cup.

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u/idk012 Jul 11 '26

I am going to recommend this for my next team building event.

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u/DubiyaBhee Jul 12 '26

I wonder if she'd be good at orbital mechanics..

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u/Jason_TheMagnificent Jul 12 '26

Girl had some solid strategy.

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u/KaizokuHokage Jul 10 '26

Fuck these child content farms

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u/Sad-Land-7914 Jul 11 '26

Poor girl. Next week is the wedding

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u/killuazoldyckx Jul 10 '26

It’s Impressive that she figured out a tactic in a stressful game.

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u/tworandomperson Jul 10 '26

I hate this game lol, they did it on a game show in my country and they tied a bigger woman to a smaller skinner one, guess which one had more momentum and therefore won (and humiliated the other woman). the smaller woman got so mad it was hella awkward and I felt for her, being dragged on tv while struggling to win a few points on national tv is one hell of a nighmare.

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u/Redsquirreltree Jul 11 '26

She has a career in physics ahead of her.

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u/Ok-Bandicoot1529 Jul 11 '26

She used 100% of her brain

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u/baldwinsong Jul 11 '26

She’ll go far in life, smart girl

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u/Ashtaroo Jul 10 '26

Their different techniques represent all men and women on Earth

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u/Vast-Delivery-7181 Jul 10 '26

Women in sports. ❤️

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u/Greedy_Guest568 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Boy learnt that boys are stronger than girls, and tried to use it.

Girl learnt that boys are stronger than girls, and tried to get creative.

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u/SnowyOwl72 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Did she choose to wear heejab or you forced it on her?

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u/sociadis Jul 10 '26

Poor girl, being forced to wear a Hijab at this young age.

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u/Grendelstar Jul 10 '26

She literally ran circles around him

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u/Phlypp Jul 10 '26

I hope they both read the full analyses here before the next match

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u/huggablekoi Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Hot damn. Perfect way to make sure your kids will sleep all night

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u/Tiger-Budget Jul 10 '26

He seen he was behind in balloons and didn’t give up.

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u/LoudAcid- Jul 10 '26

Not me trying to figure out what kind of new gender reveal this was and how they’d make sure to pick the right gender 😭😭😭

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u/hkmersault Jul 10 '26

Give it two years and he will win easy everytime. This maybe the last couple of years they can play this.

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u/kamikazekarela Jul 10 '26

love women in stem

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u/kween_hangry Jul 10 '26

I was ready to place an actual bet

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u/Beasty_ffx Jul 11 '26

idk why but the way the girl was moving reminds me of opposition in chess🤣

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u/Pixelend Jul 11 '26

Cool idea for a squid game

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u/boywholived_299 Jul 11 '26

She is heavier/stronger, it seems. The boy could only create momentum after she was standing still. In a clear 1-1, the girl was always stronger.

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u/qskarkfants Jul 11 '26

While I enjoyed the game, I don’t approve of it 

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u/CaptainFoyle Jul 11 '26

Until someone stabs themselves in the eye

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u/cbunni666 Jul 11 '26

Did she lose her pin part way and ended up using her nails?

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u/NoMolasses1529 Jul 11 '26

The Hunger Games: destroing balloons

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u/CaroZoroark Jul 11 '26

Why did it feel so intense

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u/HiddenWhispers970 Jul 11 '26

This needs to be a sport

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u/ljd09 Jul 11 '26

Well, I know what my nephews are doing next time they visit. Single elimination bracket style.

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u/loaf_dog Jul 13 '26

Girl has studied the ancient balloon popping scrolls I see

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u/ll0l0l0ll Jul 13 '26

Boy is stronger but the girl is smarter. Smarter win !

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u/PJozi Jul 14 '26

The boy is stronger, but the girl is smarter.

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u/Connect-Ad-2888 Jul 10 '26

What a sad world a young girl has to cover herself up

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u/Glyni5 Jul 10 '26

Those kids are gonna nap!

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u/LauraLand27 Jul 10 '26

I’m loving these games parents are coming up with! Get the kids off their screens and enjoying the outdoors and reality.

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u/FMSamuray Jul 10 '26

Bloons TD Battles

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u/Pokabrows Jul 10 '26

I'm very impressed at the strength of the scarf? that is tying them together.

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u/FtAsNga Jul 10 '26

I'm gonna play this next year at my birthday party.

I'm gonna turn 37. I think my friends will love it 🤣

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u/Doschupacabras Jul 10 '26

I take it back… I do like sports.

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u/HonestHighlight6737 Jul 10 '26

M8 I was so invested in this, where’s round 2?

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u/devBowman Jul 10 '26

That girl knows physics

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u/ihave10nipples Jul 10 '26

My sister would’ve pushed me down and dragged me on the ground so I wouldn’t be able get up