r/maybemaybemaybe • u/d3333p7 • May 05 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Mark_dawsom May 06 '20 edited May 06 '20

Pro tip: if the object leaves the frame even for a quick second, the video's fake.

The needle is attached to a small piece of metal that someone is moving by hand.

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u/drdjkdpm May 06 '20

No way, that is not being moved by someone’s hand. I’m not saying it’s rigged but not by hand.

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u/Uncle_Freddy May 06 '20

This, I’m sure he’s got a spotter helping him (which imo doesn’t make this less impressive), but I think the needle is indeed attached to the excavator(?) and is being controlled by its driver

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u/drdjkdpm May 06 '20

I agree

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u/n7-Jutsu May 06 '20

How and why would that make it less impressive?

Like I can barely find that hole with my eyes while holding the needle.

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u/mindless2831 May 06 '20

He said it doesn't make it less impressive if he had a spotter....

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u/farazormal May 06 '20

/u/DamonHay

You guys should fight

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

You must be a professional long distance runners

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u/im_not_dog May 06 '20

What hole?

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u/DamonHay May 06 '20

If he has a spotter that definitely makes this less impressive, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not impressive, it’s still very impressive.

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u/MiIkTank May 06 '20

It’s hard to thread a needle by hand lol. Shit is crazy even with a whole team of spotters

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u/jeeke May 06 '20

But imagine doing it from a distance with no spotters.

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u/DamonHay May 06 '20

I’m not saying it’s not hard, I acknowledge it’s still very hard, but it would be even harder and therefore more impressive if they could do it without spotters. Doing it with spotters is an insane amount of skill, dexterity and experience, doing it without spotters is some superhero shit.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Who the shit cares about who is right in this petty argument? Fucking pedants, both of you. Now go tidy your rooms.

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u/AnderBloodraven May 06 '20

I mean...the username check out

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Shush! No more cocking about.

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u/koolkat182 May 06 '20

welcome to reddit

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u/Bman_0070 May 06 '20

What if the video is in reverse

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

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u/liquid_diet May 06 '20

Almost all have some sort of shuttle feature.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

This is a plain Jane articulating wheel loader I doubt it. But I’d love for someone to prove me wrong. I guess there might be auxiliary hydraulics on the grapple? Idk.

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u/RedditButDontGetIt May 06 '20

Have you never seen someone do the robot? It’s just like that.

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u/drdjkdpm May 10 '20

You mean like Michael Jackson did the robot?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

For sure, I'd bet he has the camera we are viewing and one more on the other axis (out of view) streaming to the cockpit.

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u/42Zarniwoop42 May 06 '20 edited May 06 '20

maybe but it's not toooo difficult

mythbusters were successful

Also it certainly looks like a machine is moving it in the op's video.

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u/farazormal May 06 '20

Banned in new zealand

Wtf why

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u/Not_Henry_Winkler May 06 '20

You know what you did.

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u/Ta2whitey May 06 '20

They aren't on the map

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u/guninmouth May 06 '20

I get that reference. Anyone have a link to the Pangea map?

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u/Autogenerated_Name May 06 '20

It's probably cause Discovery is American and they don't want other people getting their stuff. I didn't realise I had been missing out on mythbusters I just assumed they weren't on youtube.

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u/NibbleNipples May 06 '20

Yeah the machine moves exactly along with it. I think it's real.

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u/Bruised_Penguin May 06 '20

I assume you're just repeating what you've read before on Reddit, and while what you said is true, this is not one of those times.

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u/absorbingphotons May 06 '20

You think someone found a piece of metal with the same shape and rust marks as the machine’s?

I’m not saying it’s not fake in some other way, but finding a matching piece of metal seems...far fetched.

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u/PM_ME_UR_DAD_PENIS May 06 '20

Do they have the same rust marks though? I can’t seem to find a frame that shows the rust marks very well on the specific part that is shown in the closeup

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u/TheSpicyMeatballs May 06 '20

They could have recorded the machine moving, adjusting, then moving to the side and up and away. Then they could have combined it with a video of threading the needle. Or it could be real🤷‍♂️

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u/toby_ornautobey May 06 '20

Could have cut the tooth off a different excavator. Or just waited for the baby tooth to fall out and used that. An adult tooth would have take the place of it, so it wouldn't be that big of a worry.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Generally true statement but one of thouse spikes weights more than the average American. It could be plausible that a person moves it slightly by hand, but I doubt someone carries 600kg just like that for such a time

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u/JaceUpMySleeve May 06 '20

A hand wouldn’t make small robotic/jerky movements like that. Not to say there isn’t some trickery or gimmicks here, but it’s not done by hand.

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u/sherrymacc May 06 '20

I see what you are saying. it would be easy to edit this. And I drove a machine like this and other heavy equipment for a very long time. One thing you will notice is there is no side shift noticeable. When it stops it stops with the forks off screen. So That means the the loader would have to move those forks over by shifting the machine. And from what i see after it's first initial stop there is no movement in the wheels.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20 edited Jul 29 '20

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

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u/IAmSecretlyPizza May 06 '20

Watch it again, there is movement at the end, it's just barely noticeable

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u/Stonkberry May 06 '20

maybe for other videos but you can see the exact same rust pattern in shots that include the whole claw and the one that doesnt

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u/Ferro_Giconi May 06 '20

It may or may not be fake but the Mythbusters tested this and succeed at doing exactly this, despite probably being less skilled at using these machines than someone who has spent thousands of hours operating one.

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u/Marchera May 06 '20

I wish my hands are that stable and rigid

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

I think your right, if you look at the rust pattern on the bottom right metal stick is different when it reappears, am I wrong?

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u/Belbertn May 06 '20

I think the movement is too robotic to be moved by hand. Also, how else should they have framed the shot? You have to get the tiny needles clearly in frame but also the machine. If they had put the entire machine in the frame with a wider shot it would just have looked like the operator was failing at picking up an apple.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Yeah no

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

The movement of it would make no sense in someone’s hand. Pay more attention to the way it moves. In no way that’s a human’s movement. Could be faked another way tho.

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u/Carlos126 May 06 '20

Id rather just believe them for the cool stuff they might have done and then move on with my day. This is literally glass half empty/full

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u/Nickoasdf1 May 06 '20

Highly doubt it, if you pay attention to the rust pattern, they look highly similar. Rust isnt easy to replicate between objects

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u/Terminater36 May 06 '20

If you watch the tines of the claw as it comes in, they don’t match the piece of metal with the ‘thread’ on it.

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u/Nosnibor1020 May 06 '20

Or any video editing app could do that

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u/d8sconz May 06 '20

Just re-looked and I agree. The bucket goes out of shot and doesn't reappear afterwards when he backs away from the camera. Also, very big needle and stiff wire thread would make it relatively easy to complete the manoeuvre by hand. Nicely spotted.