Epic, epic fail

Pancake_Lizard · 2012-09-23T14:54:20+00:00

Awful title.

resident_ginger · 2012-09-23T15:06:24+00:00

Your title describes your title

SoManyNinjas · 2012-09-23T15:17:07+00:00

People still say "epic fail"?

DrWonderBread · 2012-09-23T12:59:05+00:00

Consider the possibility that the bike-lock isn't owned by the owner of the bike. It just happened to be there and to make it look as if it was chained at a glance, the bike owner put it like that. So maybe it's actually an epic win. It's all about perspective.

thisisdia · 2012-09-23T15:04:45+00:00

Sometimes bike locks are hard to figure out.

kurt8081 · 2012-09-23T13:37:23+00:00

I wont lie, took me a few seconds to find out what was wrong.

Superhenk · 2012-09-23T14:56:02+00:00

Security by obsurity.

MrMoustachio · 2012-09-23T15:40:07+00:00

Oh I get it! The bad title and shitty, grainy picture are the fail! So clever!

Majax2 · 2012-09-23T15:11:06+00:00

Why so epic? Did you steal the bike?

ComplainsAboutDvotes · 2012-09-23T15:23:37+00:00

Haha, yeah blue and red don't go together.

Lord_Wolfington · 2012-09-23T15:43:45+00:00

My fourth grade students started saying "epic fail". It's to time to move along.

CallMeAnEngineer · 2012-09-23T15:50:52+00:00

This is reddit, not 9gag.

merudqm · 2012-09-23T11:45:01+00:00

This way noone can steal just a part of the fence!

fdsaler · 2012-09-23T15:17:30+00:00

Well, you gotta steal it now.

hypnonewt · 2012-09-23T15:22:50+00:00

As good as those people who lock their bike by the seat with a quick release seatpost.

Orangedelight · 2012-09-23T15:24:06+00:00

DrWonderbread, why would somebody put a bike lock, on someone elses bike? while they were making it look like it was locked, they most definetly noticed that they had a great oppertunity to steal the bike. Maybe, he/she were doing the right thing, but then, why would they leave a bike lock with someones elses bike, would they come back later? i think it is the owners bike lock and they lost the key or forgot the passcode.

ComradeBob0200 · 2012-09-23T15:24:48+00:00

If someone didn't take it, they'll never learn.

liebereddit · 2012-09-23T15:42:58+00:00

If the picture isn't staged, this is almost certainly because of someone being very drunk. Someone I know did almost the same exact thing in front of my house. The bike got stolen. The lock is still on the pole.

Roxxer · 2012-09-23T15:56:52+00:00

They were just keeping their lock safe. Who cares about the bike?

Phuck_Nugget · 2012-09-23T15:58:18+00:00

repost.

superawesomeguy · 2012-09-23T16:02:37+00:00

I've never stolen anything in my life, but I would steal that bike just to teach them a lesson.

dorrish · 2012-09-23T16:06:36+00:00

You should come to /r/bicycling, this is a large percentage of what we talk about.

xayzer · 2012-09-23T16:11:41+00:00

It's not a complete and epic fail. At least they can't take the lock.

Hobo-With-A-Shotgun · 2012-09-23T16:18:47+00:00

When I got my first bike, I was always paranoid I'd do something stupid like this, when I was in a rush. Anyway, one day I came back for my bike after a day at College, and someone had put a rusty old chain & lock on it. Oh, and it looked like they'd kicked the hell out of it, because there were scruff marks all over it.

Felt bad man.

chunes · 2012-09-23T16:23:25+00:00

I actually did this a couple weeks ago after economic necessity forced me to start biking to work. It was like that for hours before I noticed and sheepishly fixed it.

daniskillin · 2012-09-23T16:24:38+00:00

Please for the love of everything great, tell me you at least moved the bike. That would make up for the horrible title in my book.

courtFTW · 2012-09-23T16:34:36+00:00

Not gonna lie, it took me a second look to understand why that was a fail.

Lazir · 2012-09-23T16:36:26+00:00

It's the thought that counts

Ze_Invisible_Man · 2012-09-23T16:39:19+00:00

Can we get some more jpeg compression up in here?

murph7272 · 2012-09-23T16:42:57+00:00

I lost a bike in college that way once...

PartiallyRibena · 2012-09-23T16:43:01+00:00

I watched my friend do this 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately I had to stop him seeing as he was using my dads bike at the time!

Notoday · 2012-09-23T16:43:10+00:00

Le epic fail! AMIRIGHT??

TrizzyG · 2012-09-23T16:43:23+00:00

It's funny because at first glance most people will just ignore it. You can't even consider this an epic fail.

TheRoach · 2012-09-23T17:02:09+00:00

That was not "epic" in the least. That was just a (fake) reading of a quotation in lame style.

garatron · 2012-09-23T17:09:54+00:00

No, it's an illusion...

alex_the_tuba_man · 2012-09-23T17:16:39+00:00

genius

foofooonyou · 2012-09-23T17:31:35+00:00

I have done this while I was drunk.

PBI325 · 2012-09-23T17:33:43+00:00

Needs more jpeg!

pink_play-doh · 2012-09-23T17:37:14+00:00

This was posted over in /r/portland today.

Qb9 · 2012-09-23T17:39:26+00:00

I'm not saying this is fake, but I'm not a fan of such posts cause they can be easily simulated.

TheSilverPotato · 2012-09-23T17:46:00+00:00

Well at least those bike racks aren't going anywhere anytime soon

strineGreen · 2012-09-23T17:46:49+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ichoh/great_job_buddy/

elad661 · 2012-09-23T17:51:30+00:00

so you found some ultra-low resolution photo somewhere in the depths of the internet, which is not really funny.

But why, why would you upscale it like that? The "Enhance!" shit from CSI doesn't really work, you know, and it looks better in its original size.

Better, but still unfunny.

homestargunner · 2012-09-23T18:09:39+00:00

How's this a fail? He locked the air that's a part of the bike to the post. I see nothing wrong here

Shayne-x · 2012-09-23T18:10:40+00:00

That bike belongs to Michael J Fox

Bitingsome · 2012-09-23T18:43:28+00:00

Making sure the expansive lock doesn't get damaged during bike theft, smart move.

Riotjester · 2012-09-23T18:48:51+00:00

People still say epic fail?

Lyrr3d · 2012-09-23T19:00:21+00:00

Epic epic repost

Zolty · 2012-09-23T19:22:36+00:00

Probably a bait bike, this exists in some cities.

benjaminauer · 2012-09-23T19:28:15+00:00

probably not. I once forgot my lock, so i was looking for a left-behind lock, and fake locked it right there, just pulling it around my bike, so it looked locked on the first glance.

when i came back, still there, great success.

idiotdidntdoit · 2012-09-23T19:48:45+00:00

i've done that.

TheOneBritishGuy · 2012-09-23T20:09:19+00:00

I did this at work the other day. When I finished, I went to unlock it and felt very silly when I realised the lock was just dangling there.

emann43 · 2012-09-23T20:35:55+00:00

At least it goes around both posts for added security.

Trusteveryone · 2012-09-23T21:08:32+00:00

So how is your new bike, OP?

elcaracol · 2012-09-23T21:29:57+00:00

happens to me all the time

MajorBlink · 2012-09-23T21:44:07+00:00

The lock looks more expensive than the bike.

Valadar917 · 2012-09-24T04:22:14+00:00

You'll be laughing until you try to remove it and it's secure.

I mean, what do you think theoretical physicists have been doing for all this time?

pogletfucker · 2012-09-24T04:29:07+00:00

No one will see this, but a better title would have been, "it must be Monday."

Wilderbeest · 2012-09-23T16:37:15+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/yW5Br.jpg

elPusherman · 2012-09-23T15:22:05+00:00

Stupid kids on the internet..

Get a dictionary and stop using words you don't understand..

KellyGreen802 · 2012-09-23T14:15:30+00:00

I did that once. My bike was not stolen. Now I am super paranoid about it.

SANDEMAN · 2012-09-23T18:53:02+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/4RxbE.jpg

Epicfa17 · 2012-09-23T15:51:25+00:00

Yes?

ijustwantcoffee · 2012-09-23T15:26:25+00:00

Sorry, obvious photoshop. Texture of the cloth "chain" looks different right above the bike frame.

MaxPayne4life · 2012-09-23T15:14:37+00:00

its a trap!

I_am_the_legit_Rmony · 2012-09-23T15:20:26+00:00

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SanJose_Sharks · 2012-09-23T18:30:34+00:00

LOL

Asian people are book smart, but stuff like this makes me wonder how they make it from point A to point B.

ComplainsAboutDvotes · 2012-09-23T15:05:29+00:00

I once thought of a prank that I could never afford to pull.

Get a whole bunch of the cheapest bike locks you can find, and then go around town locking any bike you see. Think of how maddening it would be.Someone gave me a fucking bike lock. That's it.

I really need to work on my presentation.

EDIT: Grammar.

MrYamaguchi · 2012-09-23T13:51:08+00:00

Lol my buddies bike got stolen because of a fuck up like that.

steadytheboat · 2012-09-23T15:42:44+00:00

steal dat shit, marry dat bitch

zlanj · 2012-09-23T17:05:26+00:00

I did that, once. I lost my key and the bike was at my school, I gave it a tug and it was only attached to the front wheel, of course conveniently I couldn't ride my bike with a lock stuck on my tire, so I had to cut it. Then when I rode it the crank threads were stripped on the left pedal and the pedal fell off.

It wasn't a good day.

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