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Just a hardworking Indian. (imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by desi_murga1
[–]mannyderts 98 points99 points100 points 1 year ago
On his way to the IRL Tetris Chamiponship.
[–]Around2it 12 points13 points14 points 1 year ago
So that's where all the straight blocks went!
[–]StochasticOoze -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
Damn Indians. First they took our jobs, now they're taking our Tetris blocks!
[–]TheAngrySpanker 34 points35 points36 points 1 year ago
Two trips are for pussies.
[–]BlockoManWINS 15 points16 points17 points 1 year ago
I guarantee nobody on the streets of India would have considered this weird.
[–]indian_redditor 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
This is quite a scene for me too, although not that strange.
[–]Bzzza 38 points39 points40 points 1 year ago
Anyone else surprised the bike can hold that weight?
[–]luke314pi 55 points56 points57 points 1 year ago
Just a hardworking bicycle.
[–]owenstumor 23 points24 points25 points 1 year ago
Took me a minute to realize he's just walking along side of it, not riding it.
[–]mattindustries 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago
He is going slow while pushing the bike and the tires are already flat. I ride with 40-60lbs on my touring bike, plus my own weight of ~200lbs. The spokes are most vulnerable to breaking while turning because of the lateral force. Tires (which are already out on this bike) are susceptible to pinch flats and bulging with the weight while going over bumps/potholes. If he is just pushing it straight there isn't much to worry about.
[–]w015970 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago
Hero Cycles FTW!
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago
And to think, they outsource web development to India.
[–]feureau 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
They didn't outsource it. The Hero Cycles is an Indian company.
[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
i think he's implying that indian web dev sucks
[–]myniceaccount 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
The Royal looks pretty sweet.
[–]pomegranati 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
a standard bicycle in vietnam is used as a truck in the rural parts. I've seen 5 people on a bike at the same time.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
yeah that's how they won the vietnam war
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
no
[–]khrak 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
~90 bricks = ~550lbs.
A lot, but not enormous.
[–]peanutman 11 points12 points13 points 1 year ago
One small bump in the road is all it takes...
seriously, how often does everything fall over?
He isn't on the bike, so he is likely going very slow and cautiously.
[–]Mulsanne 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago
If you look closely, he's really using the bike as a sort of wheel barrow. He's just using the wheels to to absorb a bunch of the weight of the load and he is walking alongside the bike.
[–]assumetehposition 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
Really he should just use a wheelbarrow.
[–]soyabstemio 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I've only ever seen one wheelbarrow in India. I think if you tried to bring one into the country, customs would confiscate it. They make one labourer able to do the work of three.
[–]procyon112 -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
Wheelbarrows suck for brick. You can only fit a few tong. The bike here is serving more like a proper brick cart and using the natural friction of the brick for support. As long as the bike chassis doesn't give this is far superior.
[–][deleted] 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago
built like a....
[–]navarone21 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago
...stack of bricks tenuously stacked on a bike?
[–]fatjesus 21 points22 points23 points 1 year ago
Once their economy/social structure becomes fully developed, we're all fucked.
[–]forgetfuljones 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago
Think so? Or will they simply turn into us, just as soon as most living requirements are met? In the face of needing nothing in particular, I do not go out and overcome all odds to get it.
[–]fatjesus 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
I was thinking--I wonder how fast a generation can turn to complacency?
[–]forgetfuljones 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago*
We went from wartime (Sure, our women can work!) to "I need wifi so that I don't have to go back into the house to check the weather page" in less than 40 years.
If a country* is merely catching up that way, I bet it'll go much faster..
[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago
uh Japan/Germany went from shits and ashes to 1st world powers in 35 years
They got a lot of help, though.
[–]forgetfuljones 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
My whole point is that it's 'easier' to catch up than it is to push ahead alone, so yeah.
Also, it's not as though japan was bombed back to the stone age. Two cities were devastated, they still had all the infrastructure everywhere else to utlilise. The fact that their economy was devastated by being at war was at least as big a problem for them, as it was for everyone else.
[–]antifapper 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
dont worry it ll never happen
--fucked up indian
um we're already fucked - factory jobs to China and white-collar ones to India
[–]Sarahmint 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Actually, competition is good. It keeps the world healthy, if you let it and don't supress it, that is.
Once that happens he will no longer need to steal bricks.
[–]schnacks 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago
I am always blown away at the precision and balance some people have in less developed countries. I am typically more amazed when said people are either my grandma's age or physically more frail than most of the population.
And here I am walking into walls when I try to take a corner too fast or just being generally uncoordinated.
[–]BonKerZ 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Practice makes perfect.
[–]dominosci 10 points11 points12 points 1 year ago*
As you can plainly see, he's working only 1/1,000,000th as hard as an American CEO which explains why his wages are 1/1,000,000th.
[–]khrak 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Indians earn 999,999 millionths of an American CEO's pay?
[–]dominosci 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
I see. Let me fix that.
[–]Bomb-20 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago
The world's first ultra-portable fallout shelter.
[–]windy444 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
Take 'em back. I ordered white bricks.
[–]Subduction 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
I love how our humor is based on how other people struggle to overcome grinding poverty.
[–]hasslefree 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago
Bricks were...
yea son.
When you see it..
[–]nullCaput 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
That there is working smart not hard.
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[–]pkhagah 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
He most probably couldn't afford a wheel barrow. So, he's using his bike like a boss.
[–]quv 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
The hell??
[–]Mackinstyle 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Pretty cool but I'm curious how hard it could possibly be to construct a trailer? Then he could move much faster and with greater freedom.
Yes I know a lot of these areas are slums with very little, but we're talking a few planks of wood and some wheels.
[–]mattindustries 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
His chain likely doesn't even work and the tires are flat... riding a flat bike with no chain while carrying a bunch of bricks would be pretty hard. That said, if he had things working and a trailer he might be able to start a business carrying things for people more quickly.
[–]Mackinstyle 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Goes to show just how much of their day is spent doing the things simply to keep them alive. No spare time or available parts to make the simplest of improvements on a bike.
We need to figure out an effective way of instilling this kind of effort into our future generations. We'd all benefit from the attitude that people who don't have much (like this guy, or our wartime grandparents).
[–]AverageAmerican312 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Hell forget the bike, I would think using the bike for parts to build a hand cart of some kind would be the way to go.
[–]forgetfuljones 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Sure, he(?) just needs some tools, some fasteners, etc. In the meantime, here's this bike sitting here....
[–]SkepMod 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
[Relevant](www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-iP1jSMlI)
[–]forgetfuljones 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
I can't figure out why reddit wrecked your link. Perhaps the lack of http:// ?
yes
fify
Wow, at first I thought he was somehow RIDING that bike.
[–]Wetherbee63 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
I am confused. Are people paid to downvote this incredible person?
[–]isignedupforthis 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Dude, it is his house.
[–]khatmal 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Aah so this is where Pink Floyd got their inspiration from. All in all we're all just bricks in the wall?
[–]Chennaz 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Efficiency if I ever saw it...
[–]Kni7es 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
SHE'S A BRICK
...HOUSE
[–]Modokon 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I'd be shitting bricks...
[–]jablome 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago
He'd buy a pickup truck just to move groceries and maybe get some tats to show off to his friends.
[–]mattindustries 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Dude, milk is HEAVY.
[–]Siegs 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I am worried about his arm in the likely possibility of a collapse :s
[–]hAxehead 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Holy crap i thought that bag was his torso.
[–]phantom-effect 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Killdozer?
[–]onederboy 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
♪ He's a brick...house ♫
[–]looselyspeaking 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
You should see the construction site.
[–]Veniceriously 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
his back tire is pretty flat what a boss
[–]kuroshiro 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
And jenga champion...
[–]ericarlen 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Fucking genius! Give that man a McArthur Grant!
[–]dreamsofbetterdays 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Indian tank!
[–]Hormander 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
He should watch ahead or he'll end up in a wall.
[–]Nebz604 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
One day they will invent 'the wagon'
[–]NateDogg4Ever 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
This is how the pyramids were built.
[–]loyalone 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Building a house, one bike at a time.
[–]falkor_99 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Nice fixed gear.
[–]toddshaw1974 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I'll quote "Lil Wayne" . . . ." I ain't got tuh write rhymes I got bricks in duh hood."
[–]TokenIndianGuy 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
You see bike. I see mobile home.
[–]WheelsOfConfusion 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I remember this play. Its called the Bike of Amontillado.
I'm always amazed by the sheer talent other countries have with available transportation. That takes SKILL. I dare any other redditor to try that with their bike and not drop one brick.
[–]procyon112 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
You've never been a hod carrier I see.
[–]Mojar88 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
That is fucking impressive.
[–]diabl020 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
"Wait! Where did you find that pic of me?!", he said, spending his 3rd straight 13 hr day at an out office site, annoying others who hate him.
Ok. I'm an elitist Indian lazy puff. But I feel like that guy everyday.
[–]cosmopolous 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Basically, a Spring based framework.
[–]cjmcduffy 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
4 Star Crash Rating from the Indian Insurance Institute.
[–]JodoYodo -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na BRICK MAN!
[–]bigmeech -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
meh i've worked harder
not that hard to balance once you get the wheels moving
[–]papercup -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
What a wally.
[–]Tampert -6 points-5 points-4 points 1 year ago
I shat.
[–]BGraceful -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
And this is the reason he'll always be poor. Instead of finding a simple way to build a cart, he wastes his time trying to balance all those bricks.
[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points-1 points 1 year ago
I'd like a 6-piece goat nuggets happy meal with yak sauce.
[–]michaelshow -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
How long does it take to stack all that?
Wouldn't the expense of getting/making a small wagon for the bricks be tiny compared to the time spent: stacking the bricks, balancing that shit, WALKING the bike, and the inevitable collapses and restacking?
With a wagon, he could move 3 times as many bricks per day, and it would very quickly pay for itself.
[–]forgetfuljones 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago*
Those are second hand bricks, and the bike is clearly not rideable, except perhaps like a velocipede. I think it's fair to say he doesn't have any access to a small wagon, or parts, or tools. So he's making lemonade.
edit:I thought velocipede just referred to the early, pedal-less variety of bikes. TIL.
editedit: There doesn't appear to be any mortar on those bricks, so perhaps you are correct. I was going by the major chips a few have, which happens a lot when you reclaim bricks.
Now that I look at it closer, I see that his tires aren't flat, they're just in danger of being pinched. Also, the chain appears to be in working order, it's just been taken off so he can push. A few seconds after the bricks are gone, and this guy has his ride home again.
[–]procyon112 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago*
I'm not so sure those are second hand. They are solid commons, which look pretty much like that new, especially if they've been on an exposed palette for a while.
He seems like a smart hoddie, so he's probably go about 1/4 of a sheet of plywood balanced on a wood horse with a notch for his arm/shoulder. Lean the bike up against the horse and you can stack the bricks like this, butted against the plywood in about 2 minutes. The bricks will over hang the plywood by their own friction and weight. shoulder under the plywood and you are only supporting the wood, nut the brick on the top of your shoulder, so no pain or stress to your body. Since you started out vertical, all the weight is directly down on the chassis (probably will bend the rims before too long though). Now you don't need to do much except supply forward momentum. With a weight this size, it will warn you when it starts to shift of the vertical long before it topples, and you've got handlebars that aren't being torc'd to compensate easily. If he were to lose control, he can dump his load easily by turning the wheel towards himself, and then it's a minor pickup job.
First hoddie rule. Everything you touch here is too heavy for mortals. Don't lift with the back, lift with the brain.
[–]ScrewNutNbolt -6 points-5 points-4 points 1 year ago
Thats a girls bike!
[–]MrMasterplan 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago
No it's not. look closer.
[–]ScrewNutNbolt -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
Damnit!
[–]grills -6 points-5 points-4 points 1 year ago
hardworking but not smart. he could buy a cart if he didn't spend half his day stacking them up on a cycle.
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