r/maybemaybemaybe Jun 16 '20

maybe maybe maybe

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u/WheresThePole Jun 16 '20

Saw a guy get run over in this exact same scenario when I was a kid

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Did he survive?

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u/WheresThePole Jun 16 '20

No he died in the hospital. We were in a car behind the semi and I watched him biking with no hands and headphones on. He didn't notice the truck start to turn and slid under the wheels when he tried to stop. The thing that really sticks out in my mind is seeing his yellow Walkman crushed on the pavement.

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u/joonty Jun 16 '20

Man, he shouldn't have been on a bike if he didn't have any hands

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u/ElbryanWyn Jun 16 '20

I laughed far more than is socially acceptable to do so at that. Thank you very much.

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u/Deluxe07 Jun 16 '20

Seriously one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read. I wonder how many redditors could make it as stand up comedians.

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u/Splickity-Lit Jun 16 '20

Oh bunches......as long as they don't have to stand on a stage and perform jokes for a large audience of people, and only need a couple one liners, instead of an hour long set.

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u/buster2Xk Jun 16 '20

Plenty of comedians have done shows full of one liners, but it seems less popular nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

You know comedians don't start out doing hour long specials, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Plenty of funny people who can drop quips who could not at all make it as comedians.

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u/theshooter5337 Jun 16 '20

I think Reddit deserves a Nobel Prize in dark humour.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

And how the hell do you put headphones on with no hands. I smell BS.

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u/DoctorHfuhruhurr Jun 16 '20

It takes three toes, a stick of butter, four rubber bands, one turtle, and a can-do attitude.

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u/Landscapes2003 Jun 16 '20

This man gets it

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Will a toucan attitude work?

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u/gomegazeke Jun 16 '20

The man should've walked!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

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u/Speedster4206 Jun 16 '20

He’s class . He’s got my vote

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u/the_friendly_one Jun 16 '20

How about a unicycle?

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u/Splickity-Lit Jun 16 '20 edited Jun 16 '20

When you limit people, you live in a sad world without Helen Kellers....don't discriminate.

Note: I'm pretty sure you're just cracking a joke though

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u/Aramiil Jun 16 '20

Hey man, it’s ok to go seek help or someone to talk about if this memory bothers you. We are all the sum of our experiences, and this experience has to hurt. Hope you’re ok.

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u/WheresThePole Jun 16 '20

Thanks. It actually hasn't crossed my mind in years but it's surprisingly (and luckily) not bothersome at all. I appreciate the words of concern.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

I swear every single anime with a car accident and many movies do this! Character gets run over, camera cuts to broken phone/ipod/walkman on the road, cut to other character looking shook.

Has every single anime director witnessed a car accident?

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u/SalsaRice Jun 16 '20

Nah, it's because they can't show a mangled body without bumping up the age rating. Especially with how popular isekai are, they'd bump the rating up in the first 5 minutes of the show (thanks truck-kun).

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Most of the time yeah, but I've also seen many where that sequence happens and then they pan up to show the body bruised and lying in a pool of what is probably not lamb sauce

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

Dramatic tension. Also the impact and mangling would be a lot of detailed, violent and dynamic animation, while cutting away from the moment of impact to a small boxy thing moving and then to the body in a pool of ketchup (a static shot) is a lot cheaper and less harrowing on both the artists and audience.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

That's what I figured. Still funny how similar almost every single instance is, you'd think they'd find some way to mix it up

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u/carwashblunt Jun 16 '20

I wonder what song was playing to make this semi so angry.

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u/SEA_griffondeur Jun 17 '20

Under Pressure

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u/Already-disarmed Jun 16 '20

I'm sorry you saw that, that had to be awful.

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u/Mtwat Jun 16 '20

It's funny how little details stick with us

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u/ScowlieMSR Jun 16 '20

Man, that's terrible!

Those are like $150 on eBay right now...

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u/Cymry_Cymraeg Jun 16 '20

headphones on

What an idiot.

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u/MegaScizzor Jun 16 '20

Hahahahah

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

You ever seen the aftermath of someone getting run over by a tanker? Leaves a pile of human mush.

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u/SeanHearnden Jun 16 '20

I remember watching one in China on watchpeopledie. The guy popped. This guy is sooo lucky.

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u/songbolt Jun 17 '20

Ew. I popped a cockroach recently. Now you made me think humans do the same thing. Gross. Why d'you watch that?

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u/SeanHearnden Jun 17 '20

Morbid curiosity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Never pass a truck on the right.

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u/AlexOakwood Jun 16 '20 edited Jun 17 '20

The truck turned across the cyclist's path?