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[–]zelazny 108 points109 points ago

That's from a five year old CitiBank commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8chqlr_q_BA

[–]SEAdams87 39 points40 points ago

I thought it had to be fake! It was so perfectly choreographed slap stick.

[–]schniggens 22 points23 points ago

Me too. I mean, do they even make treadmills that go backwards?

[–]Ritius 4 points5 points ago

If it has a dc motor, you could make a switch to toggle the direction fairly easily.

[–]MSgtGunny 18 points19 points ago

But a real treadmill would never be designed that way, someone would have to modify it.

[–]Ritius 0 points1 point ago

I hope so. I've never taken one apart. Not that I'd understand the electronics once the wires meet the boards.

[–]brideye 2 points3 points ago

My first thought was 'why would you record yourself fixing a treadmill?'

[–]Brooklynxman 0 points1 point ago

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+fix+a+treadmill&oq=how+to+fix+a+tread&gs_l=youtube.3.0.0l3.654.3790.0.4934.18.15.0.3.3.0.100.1007.14j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.SiF3NmdbgoA

Pages of results. There are some weird things on youtube. This is still totally fake, but I'm going to declare the premise plausible.

[–]jonathanrdt 6 points7 points ago

Not surprised, but after about the tenth loop through I was laughing pretty hard.

Getting beaned and racked in hapless succession is gold.

[–]HelloDikfore 1 point2 points ago

I remember laughing so hard when I first saw this commercial!

[–]NiceTryOtherGuy 0 points1 point ago

Nice try, Citibank CEO!

[–]TheBoredGuy 1 point2 points ago

Why is CitiBank advertising to five-year-olds?

[–]greenmatt 14 points15 points ago

At 0500 hours the cyberdyne treadmills became self aware.

[–]betafish37 14 points15 points ago

That's the absolute worst functioning treadmill I've ever seen...

[–]UsainboltOG 2 points3 points ago

I remember when I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would always play on my parents treadmill. On my 10th birthday I had some kids over and I had to prove how much more of a badass I could be by running on the treadmill at full speed. It worked its way up to full speed and I put my foot to the mat. My foot was immediately pulled out from under me and my forehead hit the guard bar hard as fuck. I can't clearly remember what happened after. The only thing I can really remember were all the kids screaming at me with faces of disgust and fear. The bar split the left side of my forehead open and left a huge gash. My mom recalls me trying to get up and ask the other kids what was wrong. She said the children pushed each other trying to run away from me, and that one girl started to cry because she was so frightened. I spent my birthday night in the hospital and got a present of 8 stitches.

TL;DR Treadmills can fuck you up.

[–]Sparkvoltage 5 points6 points ago

Can't blame the dude. That is one indecisive ass treadmill.

[–]Dark_Shroud 0 points1 point ago

It's his wife's treadmill.

[–]zhiggins72 1 point2 points ago

How hard can it be to post OC?

[–]Eminence120 13 points14 points ago

I don't know why don't you go find some and post it.

[–]Dubookie 1 point2 points ago

...but that requires innovation and creative thinking

[–]Benders_brick -1 points0 points ago

I like tacos

[–]Emptysquared -2 points-1 points ago

If you haven't seen it, it's OC to you!

[–]TheMattAttack 1 point2 points ago

Concussion? Yes. Nutshot? Yes.

This is goddamned PERFECT.

[–]roboticgolem 0 points1 point ago

I still have video of my 3 year old (now 11) almost dying from laughter at this.

[–]refredsemaeb 1 point2 points ago

Easy.. Take Notes.

[–]lumberwizhard -1 points0 points ago

I laughed more than I should have at that

[–]beingaverage 0 points1 point ago

I watched that for far longer than I care to admit.

[–]Genghisjon001 0 points1 point ago

This should be titled 'the beginning of the end: rise of the machines'

[–]GladiatorBill 0 points1 point ago

In his defense, that treadmill trolled the shit out of him. I don't think I've ever seen one go forward!

[–]barset 0 points1 point ago

I had the same thought. I've never seen one go back then forward like that.

[–]GFandango 0 points1 point ago

That was just a treadmill.

Consider what intelligent robots with weapons will do to us.

[–]darsonia 0 points1 point ago

thanks for that one grandma

[–]Traveladdiction 0 points1 point ago

bad luck brian

[–]jonny970 -1 points0 points ago

What kind of sick twisted minded treadmill is this?!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

/r/funny is pretty much America's Funniest Home Videos

[–]surprisepinkmist 8 points9 points ago

YouTube is America's Funniest Home Videos. Reddit is my Bob Saget.

[–]Aaronmcom 0 points1 point ago

Oh yes, the treadmill easter egg. "Bull riding mode" just type the namco code.

[–]Grandmaofhurt -2 points-1 points ago

How hard can it be to not repost?

[–]riptaway -2 points-1 points ago

How hard can it be to know how treadmills work and realize this isn't real?

[–]Gusta457 -2 points-1 points ago

This is how I fell while talking to girls and I mess up

[–]Bad_Joke_Detector 5 points6 points ago

beep

[–]Geruvah 0 points1 point ago

Dunno, ask the guy controlling that treadmill for the commercial it's in.

[–]Genmaken 0 points1 point ago

Damn this shit is old, and so am I.

[–]nospimi99 -1 points0 points ago

What the hell is the world coming to? Something funny on /r/funny?

[–]brussels4breakfast 0 points1 point ago

Have you ever tried it? I mean, have you ever done it fat?

[–]Chris-Ro -1 points0 points ago

[–]room4abrownie 0 points1 point ago

Paranormal activity 5?

[–]NeoRush 0 points1 point ago

Fucking. Milk. Everywhere.

[–]pumamedula 0 points1 point ago

fitness said fuck him.

[–]avery52 -3 points-2 points ago

This is fake you fucking faggot.

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[–]butternutsquash123 0 points1 point ago

Calm down Jeffrey

[–]Mobidad -2 points-1 points ago

[–]Typical_Asain -3 points-2 points ago

Almost got it, woh! Oh! Ow! Woh! Agh!