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[–]Upvotes_for_Everyone 89 points90 points ago

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Suddenly Planking

[–]marquizzo 13 points14 points ago

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Here's the best video i could find of what happened. It's hard to see how he remained so stiff around the neck while he was out cold.

[–]dishrag 18 points19 points ago

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It's called decerebrate posturing and it's usually indicative of brain stem damage. ಠ_ಠ

Edit: He's now got a bad case of the fucked-ups.

[–]NotReallyADoctor 20 points21 points ago

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I approve this message.

Trust me... I'm a doctor.

[–]Xedlar 5 points6 points ago

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I trust you man.

How long did you say this rash will last again?

[–]jcook92 2 points3 points ago

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Dr. Nick?

[–]Reduc 0 points1 point ago

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As US citizens, we'll take what we can get.

[–]montanasucks -2 points-1 points ago

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Are you sure you didn't just stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

[–]poplin 2 points3 points ago

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considering he shook it off and came back for a second audition, I'd say the fucked-ups was only temporary.

[–]dishrag 0 points1 point ago

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He did? I had no idea; I hadn't seen anything beyond this one clip. Was he transported to a hospital after this "performance?"

[–]poplin 0 points1 point ago

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nope, he got up after a few minutes and was taken to a hospital afterwards just as precaution. Look him up on wikipedia, its all there.

[–]FourFingeredMartian 1 point2 points ago

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Actually, the dude was just knocked out. IF it was decerebrate posturing he would of not gotten back up a few minutes later & tried again next year he would just be in a coma.source you'll have to search for his name Ivan the "Urban Action Figure"

[–]Khalexus 1 point2 points ago

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Wow, gifs really take away the drama and seriousness of shit like this don't they?

[–]marquizzo 0 points1 point ago

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I'm still trying to figure out why GIFs are making such a comeback around these parts... it's like all of a sudden everyone started listening to MIDIs again.

[–]Kurise 0 points1 point ago

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After watching the video, I'm having a hard time figuring out how he got hurt.

[–]pretends_to_know 0 points1 point ago

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yeah, he doesn't even appear to hit his head before he goes stiff.

perplexing.

[–]MonsterIt -5 points-4 points ago

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omg, man that shit is totally staged.

like they would actually keeping filming it.

[–]heavensclowd 9 points10 points ago

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Typically cameramen in shows like this and in news are told to record everything at all times no matter what. Are you expecting him to drop the camera and rush to the guys aid? If so, you're cute! I remember being innocent...

[–]BlackAcidDevil 0 points1 point ago

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the camera crew on shows like survivor are specifically told to keep filming everything and not help, its like in their contracts or something.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Planking out of fucking nowhere?

[–]DrCopeAndMrJack 4 points5 points ago

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Birth of Planking?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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No... Ed, Edd And Eddy was the birth of planking.

[–]alpharaptor1 6 points7 points ago*

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[–]jaxspider 1 point2 points ago

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tripod.com begs to differ.

[–]DrCopeAndMrJack 1 point2 points ago

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Dammit Jonny look at what you have caused!

[–]Door_Knob 1 point2 points ago

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Paralysis: Creating plankers for thousands of years

[–]InGordWeTrust 15 points16 points ago

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The bowling pin move. Classic.

[–]StuffingThings 13 points14 points ago

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It could be decerebrate posturing, which can happen in significant brain injury.

[–]illgresi 5 points6 points ago

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For some reason, this just made it funnier.

[–]AsABlackMan 17 points18 points ago

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People of his ethnicity cannot launch themselves into the air as well as people of my ethnicity.

[–]Burst_of_Speed 0 points1 point ago

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Beautiful novelty account my friend. An upvote for you sir.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Ah, the last resort statue trick. Works every time.

[–]KindBass 0 points1 point ago

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[–]nothingcorporate 8 points9 points ago

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[–]Gimmeget 5 points6 points ago

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I probably would have hit the button if I were a judge.

[–]jaxspider 22 points23 points ago

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He derped when he should have herped.

[–]JmenD 3 points4 points ago

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Fucking witchcraft, it's a jpg but acts like a gif!

[–]ConroConro 0 points1 point ago

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...WHAT.

[–]adrianpike 6 points7 points ago

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But still no sound. :(

[–]manbrasucks 0 points1 point ago

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Came here to say this. WTF kind of trickery is this!?!

[–]phil_s_stein 0 points1 point ago

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It's a GIF with a jpg extension:

$ wget http://i34.tinypic.com/2gwtljn.jpg
--2011-07-21 14:46:10--  http://i34.tinypic.com/2gwtljn.jpg
Resolving i34.tinypic.com... 209.17.74.144
Connecting to i34.tinypic.com|209.17.74.144|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1490566 (1.4M) [image/gif]
Saving to: “2gwtljn.jpg”

100%[======================================>] 1,490,566    185K/s   in 8.3s    

2011-07-21 14:46:18 (175 KB/s) - “2gwtljn.jpg” saved [1490566/1490566]

$ file 2gwtljn.jpg 
2gwtljn.jpg: GIF image data, version 89a, 300 x 225
$ 

[–]zurx 3 points4 points ago

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zomg did he died?

[–]Im_more_ignorant 1 point2 points ago

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LOL HE DIED! HILARIOUS. NOW I MAKE PLANKING JOKE.

[–]LieutenantCuppycake 2 points3 points ago

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Stuck the landing.

[–]the2belo 8 points9 points ago

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DED

[–]mancusod 1 point2 points ago

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O NOES!

[–]the2belo 21 points22 points ago

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They donated his estate... sunglasses... to chairity.

[–]waterdude125 7 points8 points ago

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YEEEEEEAAAAHH!

[–]BUTTx2 1 point2 points ago

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not big surprise

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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What was supposed to happen ?

[–]unamerican 2 points3 points ago

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That was it. It's an unconventional talent to display, but the man is good at what he does, and he can really judge an audience.

'For my final display of awesomeness, I shall run head-first into an enormous pile of heavy, sharp things, in an attempt to just fuck myself all the hell up. Excelsior and Behold!'

[–]ReliableSource 3 points4 points ago

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That's b-boy Ivan for anyone who's curious.

[–]TooSexyForMyKayak 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, he looks freaking amazing. Kind of a bummer he knocked himself out.

[–]Rittto 5 points6 points ago

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how is this a jpeg?

[–]ChaoticAgenda 17 points18 points ago

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HOW MOVING IF JPG?? WAT DO?

[–]rich97 1 point2 points ago

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Maybe they just changed the file extensions and your browser just detects how to display it using the image headers instead of the extension?

I'm almost positive that you can't animate a jpeg.

[–]phil_s_stein 0 points1 point ago

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(copied from my comment above)

It's a GIF with a jpg extension:

$ wget http://i34.tinypic.com/2gwtljn.jpg
--2011-07-21 14:46:10--  http://i34.tinypic.com/2gwtljn.jpg
Resolving i34.tinypic.com... 209.17.74.144
Connecting to i34.tinypic.com|209.17.74.144|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1490566 (1.4M) [image/gif]
Saving to: “2gwtljn.jpg”

100%[======================================>] 1,490,566    185K/s   in 8.3s    

2011-07-21 14:46:18 (175 KB/s) - “2gwtljn.jpg” saved [1490566/1490566]

$ file 2gwtljn.jpg 
2gwtljn.jpg: GIF image data, version 89a, 300 x 225
$ 

[–]Geekv2 1 point2 points ago

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In the first shot, he seems to transfigure from black to white.

[–]LemonStealer 1 point2 points ago

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gg

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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WTF was he trying to do? ultimate planking?

[–]stivo 0 points1 point ago

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that was perfect. 10 out of 10. would watch again.

[–]whostolemypancake 0 points1 point ago

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That could not have gone more joyously wrong.

[–]kysapper 0 points1 point ago

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damit i had a dip in and i laughed now gotta find some napkins.....

[–]greenmysteryman 0 points1 point ago

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i just spat all over my computer.

[–]FaZe619 0 points1 point ago

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i dont like planking but this was a creative one

[–]Paulpaps 0 points1 point ago

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that final head flip is amazing

[–]guavainindia 0 points1 point ago

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What was he attempting to do??

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Hopefully he's not hurt, but that stiff flip is fuckin hilarious.

[–]leftwinglock 0 points1 point ago

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They've decided to change the name of the show to America's Got Concussion.

[–]l30 0 points1 point ago

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If anyone didn't notice, the trampoline collapsed when he jumped on it. Really a horrible accident if he does indeed have brain damage as a result of it. What's interesting to me is whether or not the show supplied the trampoline or himself.

Anyone have followup information?

[–]reedly 0 points1 point ago

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It would appear as if something didn't go exactly as planned there.

[–]mexicanninja23 0 points1 point ago

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I used to do that, but instead of diving into the floor, I'd dive into the pool.

[–]Hybridjosto 0 points1 point ago

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jpg?? mind = blown?!

[–]beanbag12 1 point2 points ago

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It almost had me too. Thats just the file name.

[–]FINAtheband -1 points0 points ago

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they faked this to rake in views. he didn't even hit his head, and he rolled straight into a b-boy position.

[–]j8stereo 1 point2 points ago

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He rolled straight into a position that is highly indicative of brain stem damage.

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[–]phailhaus 3 points4 points ago

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...you think it's fake? Why would he do that? I thought if it was staged it would be part of the act, but he doesn't get up.

[–]blahblahwho -1 points0 points ago

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Everything on reddit is faked, photoshoped, or staged. Nothing is legitimate here.

[–]wikipedia-brown 5 points6 points ago

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Why should I believe you...

[–]GundamWang 0 points1 point ago

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I love your name! Reminds me of fun times reading the books.

[–]ShavedOrange 5 points6 points ago

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[–]ENTP[S] 1 point2 points ago*

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Wow. I thought that the plank initiation whilst hitting the ground head first was his attempt at salvaging the fact that he didn't land the chairs. TIL

edit: although him stiffening up like that probably saved his neck from breaking.

[–]enntwo 1 point2 points ago

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The trick to avoiding joint and limb injury when hitting the ground or rolling uncontrollably is to rag-doll. If you are stiff, you have a much greater chance of injuring yourself.

This was most likely just his body reacting to being knocked out. You can see the same effect in a lot of MMA fighters when they are knocked out.

[–]ChaoticAgenda 0 points1 point ago

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I was always curious about him stiffening up like that. I assumed it was an automatic response from his body to protect him after crashing like that.

[–]Slipsong -1 points0 points ago

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I think it still could be just an attempt to cover up his fail. It sounds like he was totally okay afterwards. It wouldn't be that hard to fake being unconscious for two minutes, though I don't know why he would plank and then fake.

[–]ShavedOrange 2 points3 points ago

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As an ex-boxer, I've actually seen quite a few strange reactions to a nice head shot such as involuntary muscle contraction or pissing your self. Everyone is different. :P

[–]LukeNuts 0 points1 point ago

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^ So true. Mr. Sandman always made me piss myself...