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Tetris-chuting. (imgur.com)

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[–]bipolo 28 points29 points ago

I believe this is from a Tetris commercial they had in the 90's/Early 2000's.

[–]phunkadellicphilsabi 14 points15 points ago

The one that was released for the Nintendo DS.

[–]tweak4ever 18 points19 points ago

It from when the DS's motto was "touching is good" ಠ_ಠ

[–]bipolo 0 points1 point ago

I actually found a shirt at Goodwill once. It was a shirt from when the DS was announced at E3 2004. It has the prototype model on the back. On the front, Touching is Good. I get odd looks when I wear it.

[–]packing_slip 0 points1 point ago

I get odd looks when I wear it.

No you don't.

[–]bipolo 0 points1 point ago

I did in High School. Thus why I didn't wear it that damn much.

[–]RegalTerror -3 points-2 points ago

That's the best use of the ಠ_ಠ face I've ever seen, I think.

[–]mahaugher 3 points4 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]bipolo 0 points1 point ago

Ah ok.

[–]scaremyselftosleep 0 points1 point ago

Try 2006

[–]Ghost7x 0 points1 point ago

I wonder how many times they had to jump out of that plane to shoot that commercial then

[–]bipolo 1 point2 points ago

I think it was probably CGI.

[–]chardrak 0 points1 point ago

No probably about it, definitely and without shadow of doubt CGI. Impossible for them to fall steadily with such body positions.

[–]dbubes 93 points94 points ago

yeah im going to go ahead and file this one under didn't happen

[–]poptart2nd 38 points39 points ago

that's because it didn't. it was a Tetris DS commercial from several years ago.

[–]Mr_Ected 2 points3 points ago

That doesn't mean it didn't happen. Commercials often use real footage.

EDIT: I'm constantly downvoted, so I don't care about that - but I can't help but wonder... why exactly is everyone downvoting me? Is what I said not true?

[–]friedrice5005 19 points20 points ago

Not this one.

[–]Yourargumentisvalid 7 points8 points ago

Skydiver here. Not possible because of the relative wind. Basically you can fly/fall with a bunch of people next to each other but not above/below each other. The person above would fall into the vacuum created by the person below. The technical term often used to describe this vacuum is a 'burble'. Enjoy this lovely video which illustrates the phenomenon in practice.

[–]Ezili 1 point2 points ago

Weeeeeee I'm skydiving I'm skydiving!!

AHHH I'M FALLING I'M FALLING! CATCH MEEEEEEeeeee!

[–]scaremyselftosleep 1 point2 points ago

It was Tetris DS's commercial. of course most of reddit doesnt remember it because.....

[–]Bobloblawlawbomb 0 points1 point ago

And how, exactly, did people in the exact same formation fall at drastically different velocities and change said velocity at will? You might be able to gef into formation, but you'd never be able to change the speed you fell without changing your air displacement.

[–]Etane 0 points1 point ago

Physics.

[–]oskar_s -2 points-1 points ago

Now I'm downvoting you because of that edit.

[–]yeoller -3 points-2 points ago

Because fuck you, that's why.

[–]itsCHOWDAH 16 points17 points ago

Tragically, all of the skydivers involved in this jump died, as they hit the ground waiting for the long piece to arrive

[–]bisconaut 7 points8 points ago

TERRIBLE placement of the green block.

[–]Ras_H_Tafari 1 point2 points ago

Z block AND the square block. Who is playing this, seriously?

[–]korruptwinkies 8 points9 points ago

Legit

[–]MikeTheSpike 3 points4 points ago

How does this on any level prove that it's legit?

[–]EpicGamer 2 points3 points ago

I don't even... wait what? Do they stop flying for a second or is it just me? o-o

[–]ForTheWilliams 5 points6 points ago

I'm not sure if this is real or not, but it would look like that in either case so here is the explanation:

The cameraman is falling as fast as the rest of the group when they aren't streamlining themselves for more speed, and the horizon doesn't change at a pace that makes this obvious that they are moving at all, hence the illusion that they are hanging in the air.

[–]Etane 1 point2 points ago

This is 100% fake. They are all in free fall. Meaning they are all under the same acceleration. You can argue for terminal velocity and total area changing, thus reducing drag. But it would not be enough to create that type of dispersion in the speed of those falling.

[–]Zhais 1 point2 points ago

CGI helps with that illusion as well

[–]ForTheWilliams 0 points1 point ago

Definitely; I strongly suspect that this is CGI. Still, this seems more or less consistent with what it would look like if people had actually coordinated this well enough.

[–]Etane -1 points0 points ago

Except for the part where they defy the laws of physics right?

[–]HouseOfScribes 6 points7 points ago

Nothing has ever not happened more than this more than this didn't happen.

[–]djslim21 2 points3 points ago

For a scribe, you sure don't write very well...

[–]superwinner 3 points4 points ago

Non one has ever scribed more than he did not scribe.

[–]moogoesthecat 0 points1 point ago

Ever since I got on reddit my bucket list just keeps growing...

[–]Verblocity 1 point2 points ago

Ever since I got on Reddit, my to-do list keeps growing...and nothing ever seems to get checked off.

[–]noble8301 0 points1 point ago

Did anybody not see this commercial when it aired or what?

[–]cameltoad 0 points1 point ago

like usual, there is no bar to be found FUCKING ANYWHERE.

[–]Octopus_Tetris 0 points1 point ago

Super cool, but it has a definite lack of octopus.

[–]fuckyourcouchplease 0 points1 point ago

link to full video please. thank you.

[–]KCbizzy 0 points1 point ago

Does anyone else wonder why people are motivated to waste their time on stuff like this?

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[–]baozhi 1 point2 points ago

Aerodynamics, sir.

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[–]baozhi 0 points1 point ago

:( k.

[–]StiverSC -1 points0 points ago

Actually, you can

Can pretty much double your speed depending on how much resistence your provide.

[–]Etane 0 points1 point ago

The issue is, those people didn't point in the direction of motion in any ways, they hardly did anything to reduce their active area in the direction of motion. Flailing around will not make you fall twice as fast as someone else in free fall.

[–]DangerousDetlef -2 points-1 points ago

Yeah, and after the 20th repost it's still not real.

[–]Gekkobeat -5 points-4 points ago

Shoop'd/10

Still pretty awesome though

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