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[–]Crash89 1390 points1391 points ago

Strangely, that was fucking terrifying.

[–]prat187 853 points854 points ago

I was hoping the guy on the top doesn't smash the face at the other end. :(

[–]maqikelefant 174 points175 points ago

Wouldn't be as bad as hitting the concrete, but I don't think the water would feel too good either at that speed.

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[–]firstRainbowRose 66 points67 points ago

Good person redditor... warns when links to TVT.

[–]I_ate_a_milkshake 62 points63 points ago

I've never understand the addicting quality of tvtropes. seriously, what makes this website so addictive? Why doesn't it work on me?

[–]aaaaaaaarrrrrgh 70 points71 points ago

The same thing that makes reddit so addictive: Infinite content that is interesting, and each time you read something, there are references and links to other interesting content.

[–]FiveChairs 30 points31 points ago

I hate you.

[–]goodtide 7 points8 points ago

TIL the universe is flat.

[–]anonymouscuzican 7 points8 points ago

Anddd...1.5 hours later, I remembered I'm on reddit, not Wikipedia. Thanks though, it was worth it lol

[–]toastythetoaster1 5 points6 points ago

Took me 5 clicks but I reached Jesus

[–]ascendence 4 points5 points ago

A few more and you will get to Philosophy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy

[–]fromaries 4 points5 points ago

Thanks for posting this, pretty fascinating.

[–]BrianMHayes 4 points5 points ago

"In 10,759 AD, the 9,000 year lease on the Guinness Brewery, signed by Arthur Guinness in 1759, will expire."

Brainsploshion!!

[–]HarshTruth22 4 points5 points ago

Oh god damn it. I had shit to do this week. Now I am fucked... THANKS

[–]Fun_Hat 2 points3 points ago

This got me sidetracked for over an hour lol. Ended up learning that black holes can evaporate though. Didn't know that.

[–]StarshipPoopers 3 points4 points ago

And now I've fallen into the trap of random article browsing. There goes goes two hours of my day.

[–]Goreiilar 2 points3 points ago

[–]firstRainbowRose 7 points8 points ago

For me it's simply I'll look into the facts on one of the tropes, and it will mention another trope in it. So, I'll want to find out what that trope is, and I'll open it... and it's a never ending chain from there. I'll also get distracted by looking up things I love and seeing what tropes they're guilty of.

[–]baconautics 5 points6 points ago

TVTropes is basically Everything2, but with more snark. The combination of snark and graph-topology traversal makes it easier to be tempted to follow the rabbit hole beyond one's original query. After all, if this node is snarky then the next one is clearly going to deliver even more!

[–]electric_paganini 1 point2 points ago

It's of more of it's the in thing to say it's addictive.

[–]alreadytakenusername 222 points223 points ago

Asian. Math. Win.

[–]McShizzL 193 points194 points ago

5' 8" + 5' 3" = 11' 1"

[–]mackinoncougars 109 points110 points ago

10'11" ...or am I missing a joke?

[–]Moongoat 146 points147 points ago

Asians don't use the imperial system. It wasn't a fantastic joke, but it had the necessary element.

[–]WeeHeeHee 23 points24 points ago

What do they use? The metric system?

[–]Moongoat 209 points210 points ago

All countries use the metric system except for Burma, Liberia, and the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#Usage_around_the_world

[–]old_calico_cat 42 points43 points ago

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it.

[–]dekrant 11 points12 points ago

I know it's a Simpsons reference, but that is really inefficient.

[–]Tacoma83 43 points44 points ago

You know what I'm worried about? .....Getting a math boner.

[–]Moongoat 29 points30 points ago

Teachers can spot your kind a mile away... to do problems on the board in front of class.

*edit: No offense to anyone who who sincerely gets turned on by arithmetic.

[–]SkeetRag 12 points13 points ago

Totally correct, but I know Britain and Canada use both, and I'm sure many others do as well.

[–]GLayne 17 points18 points ago

We're trying to get rid of the imperial, but the older generations still use it a lot.

[–]ekwenox 13 points14 points ago

This pisses me off to no end. I wish the US would change over to metric. It makes more sense.

[–]arizona_atheist 3 points4 points ago

Why do you hate freedom so much?

[–]Maleous 14 points15 points ago

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but that doesn't add up. Or maybe that was the joke?

[–]hawkeye315 38 points39 points ago

asians use the metric system which is based on powers of 10. I think the joke is they would see 5' 8" as 5.8 and 5' 3" as 5.3. 5.8 + 5.3 = 11.1, but to put it in the units marked there: 11' 1" thus causing miscalculation and the last guy gets smacked in the face.

[–]Just_Look_Around_You 10 points11 points ago

Metric system - Very logically based on the same powers of 10 as our number system.

Imperial system - I do what I want

[–]Insertgenericname 10 points11 points ago

I do what I want - 'Merica

Seems to fit.

[–]Random_Link_Roulette 1 point2 points ago

I fucking hate Americas measurement system... so fucking stupid "HEY GAIS, lets take this perfectly awesome an easy math system AND FUCK IT UP" 'Merica

[–]Noobymcnoobcake 8 points9 points ago

last guy gets smacked in the face. Killed

[–]negroboost 2 points3 points ago

I think he is referring to the fact that people might often assume to carry the one at the 10 mark instead of the 12 mark, the correct number of inches, and that asains wouldn't make this mistake

[–]flyinfart 10 points11 points ago

Is this a reference to something or did you mean 10'11?

[–]spakattak 32 points33 points ago

I believe the joke is that he carried the 1 over from the inches column. 5+5=10, 0.8+0.3=1.1

[–]studmuffffffin 23 points24 points ago

Wait, this is actually real? I thought it was just some CGI.

[–]voxoxo 12 points13 points ago

Of course it's real, the current record for tallest human stack is 42 people. Pretty ballsy of them to fall over in the swimming pool though.

[–]XshibumiX 13 points14 points ago

Haha and next you're going to tell him "gullible" is the only word not in the dictionary? :)

[–]tbotcotw 7 points8 points ago

The 42 people isn't one on each level, though. And just because something can be done doesn't mean it isn't fake in this case.

[–]BookwormSkates 55 points56 points ago

it's cause the splash goes riiiiiight up to the far edge of the pool. In your mind you see their head passing 1mm from the concrete coping, with the momentum of a fall from that height. It would be truly a death defying stunt to be the man on top.

[–]nooath 70 points71 points ago

if this were real, they wouldn't fall in a perfect stack like that.

about halfway through the people towards the top would fall down somewhere in the middle of the pool.

[–]monkeys_pass 81 points82 points ago

No, because the asians are all 100% rigid, judging from how they climbed each other.

[–]Shigy 71 points72 points ago

because the asians are all 100% rigid

i like how you referred to them as "the asians"

[–]Fintonius 9 points10 points ago

They pixelated again...

[–]Askalotl 32 points33 points ago

Real people stacking - 9 levels is the record, with bunches of guys at the bottom and little kids on top.

[–]gaussflayer 7 points8 points ago

Video Summary: Awesome! Then ouch.

[–]gredreen 4 points5 points ago

That's insane. It looks terrifying when they fall.

[–]pyalot 4 points5 points ago

Fun and broken bones for the whole family. Ain't no better way to spend a weekend, or a week, or month, or forever.

[–]Asks_Politely 4 points5 points ago

Also, one man can't hold the weight of that many people on his shoulders.

[–]crosby510 7 points8 points ago

One flaw in your science sir. These are asians...

[–]ctun 6 points7 points ago

Science!

[–]heythisislonglolwtf 40 points41 points ago

I cringed at the pain of all those belly flops...

[–]logarythm 6 points7 points ago

Looks so painful.

[–]DigitalChocobo 491 points492 points ago

The belly flops. So many belly flops.

[–]sepiaknight 388 points389 points ago

It's red china all over again.

[–]TheUnforgivenII 47 points48 points ago

My dads friend once did a belly flop at our pool party, he jumped off the roof and hit the pool so hard his stomach got torn open, my dad had to hold his stomach closed til the paramedics came. I still remember the sound of his stomach hitting the pool to this day.

[–]Andy_the_human 41 points42 points ago

Yeah, I wouldn't be able to forget the sound of someone's stomach ripping open either.

[–]Brashandproud 18 points19 points ago

I hated going near big bodies of water because I somehow always end up almost drowning. But now I know that belly flopping can rip your stomachs I'm just not going to swim unless I have to.

[–]smacksaw 10 points11 points ago

Describe it in gory detail.

You know. For science.

[–]TheUnforgivenII 19 points20 points ago

Well after he hit the water, blood was In the pool and my dad and uncle pulled him out of the water. He had like a 3-4 inch gash along his stomach. As my dad held his stomach closed, he was screaming, asking for someone to call 911. My uncle then called 911 and the paramedics came and my dads friend had to get like 10 staples in his stomach. Yeah it was pretty gruesome.

[–]PITN 5 points6 points ago

I'm gonna just guess he was a fatty?

[–]drilkmops 2 points3 points ago

I AM SO INTRIGUED TOO. WTF

[–]Justwannafuck 2 points3 points ago

Atatatatatatatatatatatatatatatataaaaa!

[–]XshibumiX 7 points8 points ago

And natural selection would have gotten away with it, too, if not for those meddling paramedics!

[–]ReUsable_Tampon 122 points123 points ago

I belly flopped once off a high dive when I was about 11 because a lifeguard offered me free ice cream. Fucking worth it.

[–]Tripleshadow 114 points115 points ago

Be honest, it wasn't

[–]free4all87 81 points82 points ago

Literally everything is worth free ice cream

[–]br00talcore 59 points60 points ago

AIDS?

[–]iliketurtl3s 88 points89 points ago

Yes.

[–]7revor 69 points70 points ago

...what would ya do-oo-oo, for a klondike bar...

[–]WhyIDo 97 points98 points ago

AIDS, WE WILL DO AIDS.

[–]Michael_the_Fat 21 points22 points ago

I always read "AIDS" as being yelled, because it's in all caps. Like, "IS AIDS REALLY WORTH ICE CREAM? IS IT?!?!"

[–]nixthekoolest 16 points17 points ago

I'll give you not only free ice cream, but free ice cream in your favorite flavor if you do one thing: never eat ice cream again.

[–]iliketurtl3s 20 points21 points ago

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

[–]sdrawkcabsihtetorW 2 points3 points ago

Refuse offer, buy ice cream, profit or lose some.

[–]Keabo 14 points15 points ago

Lieutenant Dan disagrees.

[–]sideberns 12 points13 points ago

Literally.

[–]NotAlwaysGifs 4 points5 points ago

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

[–]neubs 18 points19 points ago

Get my cornhole lacerated by a 420 lb silverback descended from that African wiener fighting tribe

[–]Zeppelin93 19 points20 points ago

wat

[–]fucking_drunk 6 points7 points ago

as a lifeguard, I doubt you actually got the ice cream..

[–]Tokent23 3 points4 points ago

That must've been some damn good ice cream.

[–]Wisdom_from_the_Ages 39 points40 points ago

Interestingly, the pain graph for each level is probably the same: at the bottom your shoulders get to hold 600 or so lbs, and at the top you'd be hitting the water at about 40 mph.

It might look like this:

Top:

-------------------------------|

3/4 to the top:

------------------------|

1/2 way up:

--------------------|

1/4 up:

------------------------|

Bottom:

-------------------------------|

[–]XshibumiX 18 points19 points ago

Except that since this event is imaginary, all pain values would be a multiple of i. :)

[–]altidefan1 4 points5 points ago

Best comment on this whole page and hardly anyone will see it. Math jokes are the best.

[–]helix19 11 points12 points ago

If I managed to get to the Olympics as a diver, but knew I had no chance of medalling, I would totally go out with a bang and do a cannonball.

[–]skoal_fuk 50 points51 points ago

Anyone have a link to the actual video? I know it's BS but I would still like to see it. I looked everywhere when this was posted a few months ago but didn't find it.

[–]memo2myself 84 points85 points ago

Here's the video:

http://youtu.be/GHlPWsm2ohE

[–]sangjmoon 22 points23 points ago

I still don't know what they are selling in the commercial.

[–]RelaxedChap 4 points5 points ago

The video clearly says Swimming Commercial. They're selling swimming.

[–]gologologolo 4 points5 points ago

Stop it. You're killing my dreams!

[–]MrButtermancer 347 points348 points ago

If you think this is real I have a bridge for sale.

[–]XdannyX 94 points95 points ago

Bridge?

That guy is a thief and you don't wanna do business with him

I'm a well trusted business man and I can sell you the Eiffel Tower for a great deal. Send me your info so I can invite you and a few other people to an esteemed conference to decide who will be the buyer.

[–]da1hobo 32 points33 points ago

Don't listen to this swindler. I am a respected entrepreneur and I have for sale a monorail that will put your town on the map!

[–]shtnarg 13 points14 points ago

This man is a liar! Source: from ogdenville

[–]feureau 7 points8 points ago

Nigerian prince here. As you all well know, I have had help from many of you kind people to bring my money out of Niger for a sizable sum. Please contact me if you would like to participate.

[–]jakielim 2 points3 points ago

I hear those things are awfully loud!

[–]idontwanttobelieve 1 point2 points ago

Will we be invited to a mansion to spend the night and whoever is alive the next morning gets it? That's how I get stuff done. That and Eskimo Brothers, of course.

[–]crsini 8 points9 points ago

Which one? There's a surprisingly large quantity of replica Eiffel Towers.

[–]Tejnin[!] 9 points10 points ago

You made me smile. It reminded me of Despicable Me. "we stole the Eiffel Tower... The small one from Las Vegas"

[–]cmdood 14 points15 points ago

RES tagged as LEGIT bridge salesman

[–]ybcuz 3 points4 points ago

I should buy a bridge.

[–]Tattered 14 points15 points ago

Context?

The history of this expression goes back to the early 1900's at the peak of the immigration into the US from Europe. There were lots of scams that were designed to get whatever money these people had saved to bring into the new country, and the one to sell the Brooklyn Bridge or a piece of the bridge was the most well known.

[–]Michael_Pitt 2 points3 points ago

You shouldn't be getting downvotes, this is an uncommon saying. I wouldn't expect everybody to know it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker

[–]savageboredom 7 points8 points ago

Is it made out of Asian men?

[–]Keabo 3 points4 points ago

Pssssh, I don't need a bridge. I'll get a bunch of asian people to stand on eachothers shoulders and walk across them.

[–]cloew11 155 points156 points ago

It'd take some balls to be the guy on top! He seems so close to hitting concrete!

[–]AluminiumSandworm 62 points63 points ago

It'd be even worse to be the guy on the bottom. How would you stand?

[–]cloew11 175 points176 points ago

[–]pryoRichard 2 points3 points ago

jane fonda all day erry day

[–]sepiaknight 25 points26 points ago

This is now.

[–]jacksond96 46 points47 points ago

How now brown cow

[–]rdbd 19 points20 points ago

Unique New York

[–]AbsurdWebLingo 6 points7 points ago

No, I was talking to you. I don't know her name. What is it? Lanolin? La-Lanolin? Like sheeps wool?

[–]zechickenwing -1 points0 points ago

The arsonist has oddly shaped feet

[–]waeva 216 points217 points ago

water at that speed is concrete

[–]IamFullofStars 434 points435 points ago

Water at any speed is water.

[–]SolidSolution 156 points157 points ago

This checks out

[–]ChronicMasterBaker 32 points33 points ago

You need to warm up a bit and come back later, SolidSolution.

[–]ThisIsNotForYouu 10 points11 points ago

Haha! I got it.

[–]realcoolguy9022 45 points46 points ago

So ice is just really slow water and steam is fast water. Got it.

[–]scorpion347 52 points53 points ago

Exactly correct

[–]pinkfloyd873 49 points50 points ago

Actually, that's exactly right...

[–]iamarocketship 24 points25 points ago

He just blew his own mind. Accidental suicide.

[–]bacon_and_sriracha 2 points3 points ago

Not c.

[–]buster2Xk 7 points8 points ago

Water isn't light so it can't go at c.

[–]AndrewNeo 3 points4 points ago

What if it's at.. c level?

[–]funny_penis 4 points5 points ago

not just some balls

[–]Kaelyor 35 points36 points ago

After watching this for 5 minutes, I have come to believe that this may have been "enhanced" with the help of computers

[–]x24680i 7 points8 points ago

Am I the only one worrying about the guy at the bottom?

[–]Possum_Pendulum 3 points4 points ago

Just like the ending of Antz. Except everyone dies.

[–]djostreet 29 points30 points ago

I'd call it more neo-romantic asian efficiency.

[–]mr2shoes 16 points17 points ago

I'm scared.

[–]FalseFactsOrg 20 points21 points ago

This maims the swim team.

[–]egamb004 3 points4 points ago

this is how zombies will eventually climb over walls :(

[–]Paul_El 14 points15 points ago

He lifts.

[–]harryballsagna 2 points3 points ago

Fun fact: Asian efficiency is a myth.

[–]CnS13 2 points3 points ago

Have you ever been inside Foxcon? Cause im pretty sure they learned their tactics from there.

[–]fryfrey 3 points4 points ago

Belly flop... (cringe)

[–]MiamiPower 7 points8 points ago

That super high even for Phelps.

[–]yoshisaurus 4 points5 points ago

you deserve a gold medal

[–]LonesomeDuvv 46 points47 points ago

Can that even be real? How many pounds would the bottom man have on his shoulders? I'm calling BS on this one.

[–]ctun 90 points91 points ago

Let's assume everyone is average-sized (unlikely for Olympians, natch, but those statistics are less conveniently available).

Average 17+ male height in China: ~1.7m

Olympic swimming pool length: 50m

Total number of swimmers in tower: 29

Number of swimmers on top of first: 28

Average adult weight in Asia: 57.7 kg

Total weight on swimmer: 1,616 kg; 3,563 lbs;1.781 short (US) tons; 1.59 long (UK) tons

This man is carrying an Audi A4 on his shoulders.

[–]psykiv 51 points52 points ago

Up vote for using an Audi as a unit of measurement

[–]ctun 13 points14 points ago

Heh, I actually just went through the Wikipedia car class lists to find one of appropriate weight, and Audi seemed like a recognizable enough brand. My first search - a Camry - turned out to be a shade too light.

[–]zissous4 3 points4 points ago

gotta watch out for those beige camry's and corollas

[–]grantrules 2 points3 points ago

Then you just say "This man is carrying 1.2 Camrys on his shoulders" then it's perfectly clear. Perfectly clear.

[–]LonesomeDuvv 5 points6 points ago

And think of the instability of the lowest three men in the ladder? How many cheerleaders can stand on top of each others shoulders before they topple onto the parquet floor below? Not too many. Also, you can see up their skirts.

[–]DrLasagna 141 points142 points ago

Are we actually debating this?

[–]sepiaknight 273 points274 points ago

He would have no pounds. Asians use yen. Yes. ALL ASIANS USE YEN NO ASIANS USE POUNDS

[–]LonesomeDuvv 21 points22 points ago

Or better stated...how many kilos on this shoulders...and how many yen does that equal?

[–]PersonalSycophant 101 points102 points ago

Stop being racist. I'm sure only a couple of them are named Yen.

[–]StrategicBeefReserve 27 points28 points ago

[–]scorpion347 14 points15 points ago

Most uncomfortable

[–]Birdslapper 10 points11 points ago

Yeah this is definitely bullshit. Those guys probably weigh at least 140 each. There is easily over 10 of them on his shoulder. That guy on the bottom seems to be carrying over half a ton

[–]two 10 points11 points ago

I really hope this is sarcastic.

[–]waeva 16 points17 points ago

[–]paulwhiskie 13 points14 points ago

[–]bullshit- 30 points31 points ago

Hello

[–]paulwhiskie 8 points9 points ago

Do people take you seriously when you call?

[–]Notrader7 6 points7 points ago

Alright engineers, how many asains could you stack and fall into a pool before enough g-forces would kill one of them?

[–]macarassacre 1 point2 points ago

I'm surprised the guy on the bottom wasn't crushed. He's so small and there are so many.

[–]That_cha_neez_guy 4 points5 points ago

SRSLY enough of this stereotypical Asian supremacist sh*t. Although racial based compliments like "you so good at math" "you do calculus real fast,right?" Always makes me feel good.

ALWAYS.

[–]estmtz 5 points6 points ago

Manpower to the test! I'd like to see end line angle video

[–]jdeezy506 4 points5 points ago

the ultimate belly flop.

[–]GuyOnTheMoon 4 points5 points ago

[–]PauryMovich 4 points5 points ago

Nothing like celebrating your cake day with a little racism.

[–]vilent_sibrate 4 points5 points ago

I missed the racist part.

[–]PauryMovich 6 points7 points ago

I'm sure you miss a lot of things.

[–]JtiksPies 2 points3 points ago

notice though that nobody is lined up in the other lanes but other swimmers appear

[–]whiplash64 3 points4 points ago

BS - that would be a relay

[–]ni3dl 1 point2 points ago

Classic reddit casual racism.

[–]Tattered 1 point2 points ago

Ow.

[–]TurokDinosaurHumper 1 point2 points ago

Epic belly flop.

[–]CrazyBastard 1 point2 points ago

Ultimate bellyflop.

[–]copperpony 1 point2 points ago

That looks so painful.

[–]kimhelena123 1 point2 points ago

i flinched when they hit the water.

[–]ajloeff15 1 point2 points ago

You have no idea how much I hoped this is real

[–]BOINKIS_MCDONGLE 1 point2 points ago

20 simultaneous bellyflops!

[–]tynamite 1 point2 points ago

Anyone see the movie Antz? They did the same thing.

[–]ThatOneNuge 1 point2 points ago

I don't... what am I even seeing.

[–]MetallicOpeth 1 point2 points ago

ow my belly

[–]seste 1 point2 points ago

Belly flopping at it's best.

[–]Sinkthrower66 0 points1 point ago

Those poor bastards.