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[–]MonkeyBones 374 points375 points ago

This just makes me sad.

[–]Backstop 69 points70 points ago

It was almost funny until you see her face, going from proud and happy to utterly destroyed anguish in a split second.

[–]3DPipes 18 points19 points ago

It's the look of dreams being crushed.

[–]RequiredReading 221 points222 points ago

Seriously. This is probably something she really wants to do, so when she falls like that especially since it's in a performance by the look of it, probably the fact that she can't finish, she's hurt, she can't do the thing she loves all hits her at once. I just feel sad for her.

[–]AlcoholicZebra 131 points132 points ago

I don't think it's the emotion of her slipping and ruining her performance. I think it's the emotion of pain from tearing tendon(s) in her knee. This gif is unbelievably fucked up.

[–]Miss_Tress 36 points37 points ago

As someone who has dislocated her knee on several occasions, you can see the thing just up and quit on the poor girl.

[–]fraudster 57 points58 points ago

This is going to be incredibly rude, but ffs she's fat, what did she expect? Your knees are already under a lot of stress because of all the extra weight they have to carry, if she'd lost some weight she may have had a chance.

I understand people want to live their dreams, but come on. You can't really be a blind sniper, odds are against you. Want to be dancer, make sure your condition permits you to do so.

p.s. i am well aware you can be skinny/normal weight and still screw you knee up (or anything else)...

[–]airnoone 24 points25 points ago

I don't know why you're being downvoted, it's the truth, being fat puts a lot of strain on your body, especially your joints.

[–]AMBsFather 4 points5 points ago

I blame her 50% in regards to her weight. The other 50% goes to the fuckheads behind the play who really thought she could actually perform this routine.

[–]ConRattleSnake 2 points3 points ago

Upvoting since you proved a damn good point.

[–]roflburger 3 points4 points ago

Are you an idiot? She did this during a performance. That means that she rehearsed this many times without messing her knee up. This was an unlucky accident. You are acting like its some forgone consequence or something. Everything does t have to be a pseudo scientific analysis of the risks of being fat when there's a picture of a fat person on reddit.

[–]fraudster 7 points8 points ago*

On the contrary, I regard myself in quite high esteem. Have you considered this may have been an audition? Have you considered that, perhaps, the organisers let her do her stuff as a perverted attempt at "entertainment"? - they could have predicted that something "hilarious" might happen. Why do they let idiots on American Idol and Talent shows? It provides cheap entertainment for the masses. There are risks in all one's actions, that is not to say that specific groups/categories of people don't have a higher/lower probability of said risks materialising. (eg. drink driving is dangerous yet so is driving whilst tired). Hell, try and get health insurance (in Australia) if you're a fat guy, they won't give it to you (just had a client who was rejected by a very large institution, they mention BMI and other excuses, and pretty much tiptoe around "you're too fat to insure").

edit: Pardon my ignorance, how exactly does "a picture of a fat person on Reddit" relate to a need or no need for "a pseudo scientific analysis of risk of being fat"? here's a large picture of a large a cat I am hoping it sparks a different debate.

[–]roflburger 0 points1 point ago

How did you even catch my comment? I deleted it within 60 seconds of making it

[–]fraudster 2 points3 points ago

You may have deleted a different comment, lol.

Fraudster is a ninja redditor!

[–]roflburger 1 point2 points ago

Oh well have to leave it up now or your reply will make no sense.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

I know people say r/atheism is full of assholes and circle jerkers....but holy shit, r/funny is full of insensitive and judgmental assholes. Some of these posts are just downright unfunny and cruel.

[–]NoNeedForAName 9 points10 points ago

You think? It's hard to tell because it moves so fast, but I couldn't see anyplace where her leg bent the wrong way too far or anything like that. She has a bruised ass, but I think she's crying from the embarrassment.

[–]Lobin 19 points20 points ago

Soft tissues in the knees can go wrong without the knee moving in any weird directions. I shredded a meniscus jumping from a height of about 2'. My foot hit a cable or something, just enough to throw me a little bit off balance. I tried to correct for it so I wouldn't fall over, my meniscus went HA HA NO!, and then I was on the floor much like this young lady . . . except with less crying and more cursing at scream volume in a room full of family-friendly types celebrating the second inauguration of Dubya. :-D Shit hurt.

Similarly, I tore my PCL when I stepped to the ground from the wrong rung of a ladder. Again I went just a little bit off balance, again I corrected, again there was surprise pain. I didn't have to fall down and scream that time, though.

[–]amputeenager 4 points5 points ago

no one is going to pick up on the it's karma "for celebrating the second inauguration of Dubya?" really?

[–]Lobin 6 points7 points ago*

ETA: Upvote for catching that, good sir or madam. :o)

I see now that I should have explained why I was there. I wasn't celebrating, my friend. Oh no. I was a freelance stagehand at the time. Inauguration week is an extremely profitable time for D.C. freelancers regardless of who is elected. I was there to earn a paycheck. I intended to spend that check on some sort of GOP-disapproved something, but the universe had other plans. I spent it on bills while waiting for workers' comp to kick in, instead. It was my first, and ultimately my last, event of that marvelous, magical, moneyful week. Boo.

The event was a Young Republicans inauguration party at a local club. (Nation, if you knew it. Yes, we all found a Nation full of Young Republicans most amusing. The previous event had featured a giant neon green pentagram on the dance floor truss; we gleefully left it up.) The feature act, appropriately enough, was Big and Rich. I'd made it all the way through the load in and all the way through the party; the knee wreckage happened during load out, as we were trying remove all traces of the event from the building. For some reason, the Young Republicans were still in there and music was still playing loudly enough to drown out my screams if you were far enough away from me, but I dimly recall getting some horrified looks the first time I dropped the F-bomb.

Maybe I'm failing to give those people enough credit. Maybe the horrified looks were because a person had injured herself and was clearly in a great deal of pain there on the filthy floor. But not one of them, not one, offered any kind of help.

Edit: TL;DR, per amputeenager: Dubya sucks as do his Dubya youth.

[–]amputeenager 1 point2 points ago

I stand corrected. And you should add a TL:DR Dubya sucks as do his Dubya youth.

[–]Lobin 1 point2 points ago

Olook. I did.

[–]amputeenager 0 points1 point ago

nice!

[–]carrot_soup 16 points17 points ago

It looks like she fell hella hard on the side of her knee or it tweaked super bad and locked or something :[

[–]wheatfields 30 points31 points ago

Look how she grabs her leg and curls up, that not an emotional reaction to the situation, thats a physical response to sudden and sharp pain.

[–]Atrain009 33 points34 points ago

You've obviously never watched soccer before.

[–]eviltwinn2 12 points13 points ago

These comments = faith in some of humanity restored!

[–]wheatfields 0 points1 point ago

haha, I watch a lot of soccer. Its where you will find some of the best actors/athletes act like a bunch of pussies all for the sake of the game.

Still have not figured out if thats noble or pathetic.

[–]Atrain009 2 points3 points ago

Pathetic.

[–]katmaidog 0 points1 point ago

[–]anderson-koala 0 points1 point ago

But for a second it seems as if she's crying because her performance is ruined and then briefly remembers that she should make it seem like it is the knee pain, because letting people you know that you're crying because you're embarassed is even worse.

[–]zona2011 -3 points-2 points ago

I agree with everything you just said, which is why I feel so terrible for laughing uncontrollably for the last 10 minutes

[–]smartzie 25 points26 points ago

Yup. That just made me cringe.

[–]FaroutIGE 27 points28 points ago

yeah wtf people. sweet humanity

[–]paranode 2 points3 points ago

Based on the downvote patterns in this thread, I think nobody would find this sad if the girl was thin.

[–]bluepencils 10 points11 points ago

I thought the funny part was how the curtain closed - it seemed so uncaring and diverting...

[–]fraudster 0 points1 point ago

Better than one of those cartoon hooks...

[–]penny013 8 points9 points ago

I read somewhere that she really messed her leg up from this. Ihave torn ligaments before, once from just kicking something. It doesn't take much and you can see she is in massive amounts of pain by how fast she grabbed her leg. If it was embarrassment there would have been a delay or something.

[–]bab5871 21 points22 points ago

Pretty sure her knee blew out... both of mine have done it... and it suckssssss. I couldn't even watch it the second time, I knew immediately what happened. My bro-in-law is having surgery tomorrow actually for blowing his out the same way with a torn meniscus, torn acl and sprained mcl.

[–]a_doh_ban 1 point2 points ago

your brother in law did that dancing?

[–]passion4pizza 4 points5 points ago

he dances more than you know...

[–]bab5871 1 point2 points ago

Somehow I would not be surprised.

[–]bab5871 2 points3 points ago

Sorry I was not more specific... he actually did it the first time playing basketball... the second time he was throwing a wiffle ball of all things...

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[–]bab5871 0 points1 point ago

Depending on how well his surgery is, I may have my right knee taken care of... wonder how long those surgeries take, he was due under the knife at 1pm today. Only problem is, they can't find anything wrong on the x-ray or MRI. Mine is 90+% functional most of the time though.

[–]rubynibur 9 points10 points ago

...Black Swan.

[–]AngrySpock 58 points59 points ago

Aaaaaaand we just witnessed the most embarrassing moment of her life (I hope)

[–]hobofats 61 points62 points ago

the most embarrassing moment of her life -- so far

[–]justanothercommenter -4 points-3 points ago

And this one has soooooooooooooooo much more to give.

[–]darkpaladin 8 points9 points ago

More so by being posted onto the internet and specifically this website.

[–]CowFloaties 78 points79 points ago

Gravity will make fools of us all.

[–]frankoftank 11 points12 points ago

You win again gravity!

[–]hertz_donut480 -4 points-3 points ago

If by 'us' you mean dancing fat girls.

[–]MichiganMan12 -4 points-3 points ago

I will try to save you with my upvote but the downvoters are strong in numbers my friend

[–]LookaBox -4 points-3 points ago

Yes. That is what he meant.

[–]Oideron 5 points6 points ago

[–]elcolacho 96 points97 points ago*

"do we clap now?"

[–]CraigyFakeFake[S] 33 points34 points ago

I've been clapping for an hour now.

[–]arkanemusic 4 points5 points ago

Fapping?

[–]nooknstuff 10 points11 points ago

Just hold back the laughter until we get out of the gym.

[–]dmarch17 14 points15 points ago

[–]Littleabby12 15 points16 points ago

I feel awful for her. Poor girl.

[–]librarianzrock 44 points45 points ago

This is exactly what high school felt like to me... I can hear all the jerks in the audience, now....oh wait, look at all these fat girl jokes in the comments 0_o...

[–]imperialviolet 10 points11 points ago

I sympathise.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Unless you are white and thin, you are less than human on reddit.

[–]hustlermmxi -2 points-1 points ago

rather we poke fun at your pride?

[–]librarianzrock -2 points-1 points ago

or utter lack of surprise...

[–]r0ckarong 12 points13 points ago

Is this usually why dancers wear special shoes? These stages are slippery as fuck and if you don't really have the dexterity to recover from a misjudged jump this is inevitable.

[–]GummyDeath 10 points11 points ago

Most contemporary dancers go barefoot or with foot wraps. Having said that though... I can't decide what genre of dance she is going for but my guess is either ballet or contemporary.

Also to the people who feel bad for her and claim this must be something she really wants to do... She obviously isn't invested in this. Do you know the physical fitness required for dancing? She hasn't been doing this seriously or she would be in better shape. If she wants to be a dancer she should go to the gym.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

If she wants to be a dancer she should go to the gym.

Or just, I guess, dance. You can't be a regular dancer and be that overweight. Dancing is hard work.

[–]GummyDeath 6 points7 points ago

Exactly.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Seriously I am maybe 20lbs overweight and when I dance with my kids for more than 10 minutes I feel like I am going to die.

[–]GummyDeath 10 points11 points ago

Yep. It pretty much requires the same fitness level as martial arts. Only you have to have a prettier face.

[–]moonbeamwhim 1 point2 points ago

There are plenty of girls majoring and studying dance seriously who are overweight, they just don't get hired by professional dance companies, especially ballet because it has a very specific aethstetic. Most of them end up as teachers or researchers.

It's perfectly possible that she started dance late in life, every step she does in that .gif is first-year dance stuff, and her form isn't that great. For fuck's sake, she's performing dance at that weight, which takes and incredible amount of nerve, do we really have to question her dedication just because she's heavy?

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[–]Seanjohn2800 10 points11 points ago

I don't get sad anymore, I trained myself by fapping to those commercials with the animals...you know the one.

[–]ultrastoat 14 points15 points ago

IN THE AAAAAAAAARMS OOOOOOF AN AAAAANGELLLLLL

[–]Nutchos 1 point2 points ago

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I gotta stop cutting these onions.

[–]Seanjohn2800 0 points1 point ago

during the first couple sessions I used my tears as fap-slick.

[–]savetheplanetgirl 61 points62 points ago

What in the ever-fucking-loving name of fucking douche canoes, Reddit? Let's laugh at some woman as she lays on the floor weeping? The fuck is wrong with you people?

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points ago

It's not the worst thing I've laughed at.

[–]xenoph2 1 point2 points ago

But you certainly feel guilty [deleted].

[–]Magma42 6 points7 points ago

What do you mean? She's fat, and therefore undeserving of basic human dignity, so her humiliating agony is completely deserved and utterly hilarious. What are you, new to reddit or something?

[–]Nutchos 4 points5 points ago

It's my one weakness: fat jokes.

[–]ColPow11 0 points1 point ago

I'm watching you - you best not ever laugh at someone else's expense.

[–]hayashirice911 -1 points0 points ago

It's a joke. Would you like some help getting off your horse sir?

[–]ssellers1072 2 points3 points ago

I want to see the MRI of that knee. I bet her ACL looks like a head of cauliflower.

[–]sas591 2 points3 points ago

nothing funny about that. anyone who has ever torn an ACL/LCL/MCL etc can tell you it's FUCKING painful.

[–]iseverythingok 2 points3 points ago

I think this is a post where I could probably agree with shitredditsays.

[–]sh31byrenee 8 points9 points ago

I've seen some really really thin dancers bust their ass on stage and really hurt themselves. Gosh, you guys make it seem like she's HUUUUGE. I mean, yeah she's pretty out of shape to be dancing, but she's definitely not Shamu status at all. It looked like this was performed in a big hall of some kind and I just really feel sorry for her.

[–]ocdad 19 points20 points ago

Of all the things she wrecked with that flop, not sure why she's nursing her hamstring of all things.

[–]dick_long_wigwam 30 points31 points ago

ACL?

[–]plado 21 points22 points ago

Pride?

[–]UncleTedGenneric -5 points-4 points ago

Box of donuts?

[–]JDoobs 23 points24 points ago

A dead Lois?

[–]UncleTedGenneric 4 points5 points ago

You win.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

Yea she clearly fucked her knee up. I have a pretty dark sense of humor and I didn't find this funny at all.

[–]areyousittingdown 7 points8 points ago

I'm with you, I should have known better when I saw the gif... coming in here was a mistake. Empathy people, get some.

[–]Lam0rak -3 points-2 points ago

I honestly don't think her knee is hurt. I can't see anywhere. If you watch, the leg she grabs doesn't look like it landed or twisted in a wrong way / direction. She switches from grabbing her thigh to her knee.

I could be wrong. Just looks like it might be a situation where the added embarrassment of an audience forced her to make it look really bad. Avoid laughter garner pity.

[–]frankoftank 7 points8 points ago

Her knee collapsed. Could be anything, could be nothing, but I don't think we can get an accurate diagnosis from a gif image, Dr. Internets.

[–]Lam0rak 1 point2 points ago

Yeah i agree. No definite anywhere. It's a toss up.

[–]callmesnake13 0 points1 point ago

Why on earth did this totally mild maneuver wreck her knee? Would we be as sympathetic if she were a juggalo hurting himself in a backyard wrestling stunt?

[–]moonbeamwhim 0 points1 point ago

Former dancer with a bad ACL here. Yes, looks like it.

[–]NellyG 1 point2 points ago

I think that will send her directly into the disabled list for the season. Definitely not a career ender.

[–]justanothercommenter -5 points-4 points ago

Fat chicks love ham.

She's caressing it, not nursing it.

[–]AtheistMartyr 9 points10 points ago

[–]gjnbjj 1 point2 points ago

dats a torn acl.

[–]paulfknwalsh 3 points4 points ago

The field of biomechanics (the relationship between forces and motion in the body) gives us some interesting information about loads that our weightbearing joints undergo. In the hip and the knee.. joint forces are approximately 1.5 times body weight when walking on level ground. This means that when a person weighing 200 pounds is walking along a level sidewalk, the forces on the joint are the same as for a 300-pound person standing still. Other activities place even greater forces on the joints. Getting up out of a chair increases the force to approximately 2 to 3 times body weight. The same is true of going up and down stairs. With more vigorous activities, such as running, or jumping up and down while you're doing some fucking ballet, the forces on the joints can approach 4 to 5 times body weight. For patients who are overweight, this means dramatically increased force on the joints. (source.)

[–]BoredValet 9 points10 points ago

Peter Griffin comes to mind... I can't find the GIF

[–]Shammycat 40 points41 points ago

[–]I_am_anonymous 1 point2 points ago

I used to be a dancer till I took an arr... fuck it, I can't finish. Poor thing.

[–]Lettuce__Leaf 1 point2 points ago

did anyone else laugh at first, and then when she wouldn't get up started to feel really bad??

[–]fuckbubble 1 point2 points ago

Schedenfreude.

[–]professorunderpants 1 point2 points ago

Goddammit, that ruined my fucking night. That poor thing...

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

reddit, dont upvote this crap. lets be a community that makes things better, not worse.

[–]FlizmFlazm 11 points12 points ago

its all a pre planned performance art piece on the perceived futility of the overweight achieving physical fitness. duh.

[–]yogoloprime 3 points4 points ago

Not sure I would have posted this on /r/funny

[–]vinsite 6 points7 points ago

I like how no one came to see if she was ok

[–]darkkite23 7 points8 points ago

Let us applaud OP for being a total asshole. That is not funny at all.

[–]oldmoneey -2 points-1 points ago

It is funny, actually. Very funny.

A fat girl thinks she can do this kind of dancing? Sucks for her. She's delusional, and since when is it rational to coddle delusion? There's nothing you can do for a man whose happiness depends on the assumption that Jesus will ensure that he'll win the lottery the next time he plays it. He will inevitably meet disappointment, and that sucks for him.

I'm pretty sure that professional dancers have to be extremely fit. Perhaps a level of fitness that she is physically incapable of achieving. It's not fair, and neither is it fair that a legless kid can't be a professional basketball player, no matter how much he wants to.

Yes, it must have been crushing and humiliating for her. But humans have suffered far worse.

This is no holocaust.

This is a person failing at their unrealistic ambitions.

It may still warrant sympathy, but it does not warrant hostility towards those who find it funny.

[–]MsKingfish 8 points9 points ago

She owes Haiti an apology.

[–]UncleTedGenneric 20 points21 points ago

Too soon... late?

[–]WizardsMyName 2 points3 points ago

Fuck you.

[–]waldo92 4 points5 points ago

I came into this thread expecting a ton of fat jokes. I wasn't disappointed.

[–]Wut_Du_Fuq_Iz_Brunch 1 point2 points ago

I see what you did there...I ain't mad at'cha.

[–]oooolala 2 points3 points ago

That looked like a bad idea from the beginning

[–]voidborn 1 point2 points ago

Float like a butterfly, sting like my knee.

[–]CraigyFakeFake[S] 1 point2 points ago

"break a leg"

[–]masterBolt -1 points0 points ago

I think her leg gave away ... Hence the injury to the hamstring. I was really sad for her until they dimmed the lights and closed the curtain .. Then I just thought it was comedic genius.

[–]ashowofhands 0 points1 point ago

end scene**

[–]magtees 0 points1 point ago

The people who Are basically saying "it's impossible for a girl that size to do a move like that" wow firstly, that's fucking stupid. It dosnt matter about size (yes I understand it might be harder to do it due to the extra weight) but just because she bigger does not mean she couldn't do it. She would just have to practice harder. It's really stupid for anyone to say she couldn't do it. And before she fell, she was doing very well. Also im pretty sure she's crying because she tore a muscle in her leg. Most likely not giving a flying fuck what people think

[–]banang -2 points-1 points ago

haha props to her for trying something not too befitting for a person her stature. but haha for falling on stage

[–]EbonDeath -2 points-1 points ago

Seriously reddit? If you didn't cringe when you realized this gif was in /r/funny I think you may be on the wrong website. 4chan wants you back.

[–]Boobcake 1 point2 points ago

Wrong subreddit*

ftfy

[–]soupified 0 points1 point ago

I always thought she was mostly upset about the fall; sort of a 'I want to bury my head and disappear' reaction - I just noticed that she actually holds her knee before the curtain closes.

Awful.

[–]Lewnidas 0 points1 point ago

Should know her limits.

[–]0takuSharkGuy 0 points1 point ago

As a heavier guy who has landed the wrong way, I know this feel. Definitely not funny. I feel really bad for her. Fuck you for posting this

[–]groupgasm -1 points0 points ago*

almost as funny as the girl dancing on butter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnPNr9yquuc

Edit: Almost as sad, can I have my upvotes back now

[–]darkpaladin 2 points3 points ago

Is that what passes for art these days? How I long for the days of vagina beans.

[–]lBlAlRlClOlDl3l 1 point2 points ago

What.

[–]Aberroyc 1 point2 points ago

Saying "what the fuck" doesn't even describe this.

[–]UncleTedGenneric -1 points0 points ago

So THIS is why All That: Turn Off The Dark never left preview?

[–]Gromitt42 -1 points0 points ago

In the words of 4chan.. OP is a fag.

[–]chexmixdeluxe -1 points0 points ago

I am surprised people haven't said anything about arrows in knees and shit

[–]czhang706 8 points9 points ago

Well she used to be a dancer. Then she took a cheeseburger to the mouth.

[–]Hormander -5 points-4 points ago

I think shame hurt her more than her leg.

[–]AnsheShem 12 points13 points ago

I dunno, it kinda looked like she fucked up her knee.

[–]Hormander -3 points-2 points ago

I used to dance, then I took a floor to the knee.

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