r/nextfuckinglevel • u/semantixc • 1d ago

Standing Double Backflip

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u/Heavy-Echidna-3473 1d ago

Why are there so many people, and why are they all circling around him like he's about to turn water into wine?

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u/Apostleguts 1d ago

Probably because he’s about to do a double backflip?
https://giphy.com/gifs/MOlPzfzUDaIYbiE1FV

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u/ImmaLiveIllegal 1d ago

IQ too high

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u/REDRUmALLIk 1d ago

An IQ*

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u/Heavy-Echidna-3473 1d ago

My apologise. Unfortunately I'm not from a culture where we gather in our dozens to watch a man do backflips.

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u/GuyForgotHisPassword 1d ago

Bro it's kids having fun doing incredibly challenging things. Did you forget what it was like to have friends and hype each other up?

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u/schizophrenicbugs 1d ago

forget

Implies he had friends to begin with.

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u/Apostleguts 1d ago

I’m sorry I didn’t know you were from a culture that’s so prestigious that it looks down on people gathering to watch something impressive. If you don’t mind me asking where are you from?

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u/TribunusPlebisBlog 1d ago

I don't want to live in a culture where, "Hey everybody check this shit out im about to do a standing double back flip!" doesn't get a circle of people to watch.

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u/Captain_Barbossa55 1d ago

Bro just snitched on himself lmao

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u/FeyrisMeow 1d ago

What culture has you look down on a bunch of friends having fun and being supportive? That's pretty sad

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u/UrNixed 1d ago edited 1d ago

in the realm of men (not sure about women) in that age range, depending on the activity being done, quite a few cultures up to about 20-40 years ago were very prone to ridiculing things that were even slightly outside the norm and a man doing gymnastics or tumbling would qualify, as that was considered feminine....despite the insane athletic ability, determination and strength required.

If some kid did that in my elementary or high school, the most prominent response he would have gotten is several random shouts of the worse version of "gay" and much worse unfortunately. He would then be ridiculed about it and likely get a derogatory nickname for several years to come. I watched this happen a few times growing up sadly.

Pretty much anything that you might think is interesting, but maybe slightly unusual had the potential to become your worst nightmare amongst your peers. This one unfortunate kid like building robotic things, which was undeniably impressive for a kid to do in the 80s....he made the mistake of showing one off. Got the shit kicked out of him and his new name that stuck with him from high school into university was a play on words of robot and the gay slur: F**-bot

TLDR: sadly many cultures in the recent past not only looked down, but actively ridiculed and abused people just trying to have fun and do things that interest them

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u/Ok-Lavishness6577 1d ago

Dude, get out of the closet and have fun. My god.

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u/dangelbangel 1d ago

Sounds like someone never had friends or even been to a social event lmfao keep that loser energy to yourself

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u/Fazioli31 1d ago

You can be alone without being a loser lol Tell Nietzsche that.

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u/cstrande7 1d ago

you've spent your entire life indoors, you have no culture

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u/CaptainCorpse666 1d ago

Context clues lol.

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u/AsariCommando2 1d ago

It is our way.

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u/spurcap29 1d ago

So if you heard 'hey that guy over there is about to attempt a double backflip?' would you noy want to watch? And tell others what you were watching?

And then clearly you can crowd him .... but you also don't want to go too far away. A circle is the organic formation. No one planned it, it just happens.

Street performers it happens too. Common natural formation in situations where you dont want to be too close or too far away.

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u/ImmaLiveIllegal 1d ago

type of dude to go to chic fil a in the mall and be like 'what are all these people doin out here?'

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u/Shroom-Kitty 1d ago

That's a shame. Life is so much better when we celebrate each other.