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Awesome Skating Video (i.imgur.com)

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[–]bink_uk 59 points60 points ago

Here's the 'making of' vid. Yes, it's a stunt

[–]_masterBlaster_ 20 points21 points ago

Cool. I was hoping someone would post the gif.

[–]kristianur 13 points14 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Discotechnica 1 point2 points ago

Haha! I totally noticed that too. Who the hell uses an angle grinder in that way?!

[–]Epocs 1 point2 points ago

hoooly shit... i just clutched my own thumbs so hard..

[–]junkmanuk 2 points3 points ago

There's no dutch equivalent of the phrase 'the middle of nowhere'?

[–]Paraboxia 2 points3 points ago

Apparently Wiktionary thinks that it translates to 'het midden van nergens' which is just a literal translation of that. The English phrase integrated well into our language, though.

[–]didyouenjoytheplay 2 points3 points ago

Travel here and you'll be amazed by how much English we have incorporated into our language

[–]wallywortel 2 points3 points ago

'Niemandsland' would be a good choice

[–]naypalm 0 points1 point ago

Erm... Ergens in nergens?

[–]Call_your_mother 0 points1 point ago

Someone asked on youtube but i'll try here. Anyone know the name of the song in this movie?

[–]Nefius 101 points102 points ago

but... but... it´s not a video! It´s a Gif!

[–]wolfvision 24 points25 points ago

Dude has a point

[–]lurker_becomes_lurkd 0 points1 point ago

You are +8 on my RES. I dunno why, but I like you.

[–]rionhunter -1 points0 points ago

The point is the sharp end of a downvote, aimed at the heart of the OP.

[–]actionscripted 176 points177 points ago

My only complaint about this repost is that we have to have the "yes, it's fake" discussion every time.

[–]EXSUPERVILLAIN 33 points34 points ago

I have this guy tagged on RES for automatic downvote because he reposts all the time. I enjoy conveniences such as these. :3

[–]99X 2 points3 points ago

I've done the same now! hooray band wagon!

[–]Schonke 0 points1 point ago

You're not alone!

[–]ablebodiedmango 0 points1 point ago

I've done the same, with Reddit Enhancement Suite.

[–]Corsair857 116 points117 points ago

It sucks that not everyone has seen everything. Just keep doing this to dem evil reposts. Do God's work son.

[–]lydocia 77 points78 points ago

I don't understand Reddit.

"It sucks that not everyone has seen this post."

"Downvote for reposting."

How can you make sure everyone has seen it without posting it more than once? Should we introduce an obligatory "things you should have seen" hour where every Redditor is forced to be online, regardless of time zone and local time, in order to broadcast those things that must be seen by everyone but must not be reposted?

[–]skinniegenes 54 points55 points ago

No, everyone must stay on reddit at all times to see all of the posts. Oh, and no newcomers.

[–]SikkinDivigil 16 points17 points ago

We don't take kindly to those folk around here.

[–]i_yurt_on_your_face 6 points7 points ago

Now Skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody

[–]JewBoySandler 13 points14 points ago

I remember my first day on Reddit.... I hated it.

[–]DTM_29 4 points5 points ago

...and we hated you.

[–]thedarklordkyp 16 points17 points ago

Well, technically, if you've seen it before, you downvote. If you haven't, you upvote (if you found it funny or whatever). This way, it'll get upvotes if people haven't seen it, in case it was posted long ago, or late at night, or didn't get very high, and new people will get to see it, but if its posted too often, or a lot, the people who've seen it will be in a majority and it shouldn't make it as high. (Which will make it more upvoted when time passes and more people will come that haven't seen it)

The problem that people have comes with who posts the picture. If they've been here a long time and its one of those pictures that makes the front page relatively often, they're just doing it for the karma. This isn't always true, since sometimes people just miss it, or things I said before, but some people are notorious for doing it for the karma, and this is what rustles people's jimmies.

IMO anyways.

(Fixed it up a little)

[–]lydocia 8 points9 points ago

Well, technically, if you've seen it before, you downvote. If you haven't, you upvote (if you found it funny or whatever).

It's not against reddiquette to upvote even if you have seen it. I quote:

The up and down arrows are your tools to make reddit what you want it to be. If you think something contributes to conversation, upvote it. If you think it does not contribute to the subreddit it is posted in or is off-topic in a particular community, downvote it.

It may be posted for the eleventhirtieth time, but if you still think it contributes or if you still think it's worthy to be upvoted for any reason, you still do. If enough people still do, it makes it to the frontpage once again.

[–]thedarklordkyp 0 points1 point ago

This is also true.

[–]themanfromreddit 1 point2 points ago

There's no way of knowing if the person who posts the picture has seen it before or is doing it for the karma. But even if he is there is a simple solution:

Well, technically, if you've seen it before, you downvote. If you haven't, you upvote (if you found it funny or whatever). This way, it'll get upvotes if people haven't seen it, in case it was posted long ago, or late at night, or didn't get very high, and new people will get to see it, but if its posted too often, or a lot, the people who've seen it will be in a majority and it shouldn't make it as high. (Which will make it more upvoted when time passes and more people will come that haven't seen it)

[–]thedarklordkyp 0 points1 point ago

Exactly. By 'the problem' I mean, 'the problem people have'. AKA why we hear so many complaints.

Give me a minute and I'll edit that one post.

[–]total_sound -1 points0 points ago

Not to mention the fact that older posts are closed to comments so that new redditors and people who find posts by searching for them cannot participate in a conversation about that subject without re-posting.

[–]perposterone -1 points0 points ago

Everything that has ever been posted to Reddit is still accessible unless the mods deleted it (very rare). If you're too lazy to venture beyond the front page or too much of a karma whore to post oc then gtfo.

[–]lydocia -1 points0 points ago

Yes, but still - most of the Redditors don't seem to care that much for OC.

For as long as enough people upvote it, it will get to the frontpage, regardless of where you got it.

Personally, I'm all for OC and I prefer creating my own and upvoting those who do too, but almost everything on the internet is a repost. If you didn't make it yourself, it's a repost. Look at Reddit, look at each individual post and check how many of those are OC. You'd be surprised at how hard you'll have to look to find it.

[–]perposterone 0 points1 point ago

There are tons of interesting content in smaller subs that will never make it to the front page because the reddit front page has essentially become broadcast television. The long-tail model applies.

[–]burnso 0 points1 point ago

Well, we already have r/tldr.

[–]Guyag 0 points1 point ago

Thing is about Scopolamina is that he reposts a huge amount of stuff in a karma-whoring fashion.

[–]Kensin 1 point2 points ago

How can you make sure everyone has seen it without posting it more than once?

I know! We could not push new content off the front page with reposts and FIXED posts so that everyone will have a chance to see something the first time!

[–]lydocia -1 points0 points ago

Nah, those aren't the worst, there's always someone linking to the previous entry or the original in those comments.

[–]Kensin 0 points1 point ago

It's usually a bot that points back to the original, but it doesn't matter. It still pushes new content off the front page when that kind of content really belongs in the comments of the original post.

[–]ratking11 0 points1 point ago

I keep reminding people that this is a fixed community. It's not possible for there to be new redditors. That's why there haven't been any Reddit crashes lately, they sealed the gates.

That happened, right?

[–]thefloyd -3 points-2 points ago

thatsthejoke.jpg

[–]lydocia 0 points1 point ago

idontcare.png

[–]thefloyd 0 points1 point ago

You don't care that the joke went right over your head? I mean, my sarcasm detector sucks, but even I caught that the second part of the post was clearly a joke.

[–]lydocia -1 points0 points ago

The joke didn't go over my head. I got it, I just didn't think it was funny. I thought it was obnoxious, and I pointed it out.

[–]brotherxii 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I've seen this one before.

[–]_sevennine_ 4 points5 points ago

The GIF is awesome!

[–]JediMasterSam 1 point2 points ago

Watch Breaking Bad. Best advice I can give anyone.

[–]_sevennine_ 3 points4 points ago

I'm up to date on BB, I just hadn't seen that GIF yet.

[–]JediMasterSam 9 points10 points ago

Watch it again. Second best advice I can give anyone.

[–]DeedTheInky 5 points6 points ago

Then watch it backwards. It becomes a show about a crazed drug baron who recovers from a serious illness, cleans up his life, makes a lot of friends and grows a sweet moustache.

[–]Jias 1 point2 points ago

And becomes a car wash cashier!

[–]itskieran 0 points1 point ago

And his partner Jesse who descends from being one of the biggest meth cooks in the US to having a small home lab with a zombie

[–]chrisc098 4 points5 points ago

Call Saul, Hit the Laser Tag, delete savingwalterwhiter.com.

[–]triplea20x 1 point2 points ago

No, the best advice is watch The Wire. Yes, the frist 4 episodes of season 1 are hard to get through, but it's so worth it.

The second best advice, is do some cardio 30 minutes everyday.

The third best advice is to watch BB

[–]JediMasterSam 0 points1 point ago

Weird enough you say that. I just started the wire. On episode 8. I was told it's a show that takes a while to build up. They weren't lying. But I'm enjoying it.

Of course you're advice is better, but I hope people know that I was joking. I could never give any advice that would be labeled "the best". I still don't know what's best for me, let alone someone else.

[–]triplea20x 1 point2 points ago

No, I think it was pretty damn close to being the best advice.

And watching the Wire, the first couple episodes, you're like "why do so many people love this, it's just a cop show" and by the time you get to the end of Season 1 you haven't slept in days, you just keep watching, and you're addicted, but it's the best addiction ever. And then after season 5, it's over. And you have this giant hole in your heart that can't be filled...

[–]JediMasterSam 0 points1 point ago

I started watching it and I just thought to myself "this is just law and order". I'm not big into cop shows but I'm keep putting in the time so I hope the reward is as good as you say it is.

I made the mistake of starting up Sopranos. So I think the wire got put on hold for a bit. I'd always seen a couple sopranos episodes but never had HBO, or cable for that matter to watch it from start to finish. Now I got internet and so the rest is history.

[–]IM_THE_DECOY 0 points1 point ago

That scene was amazing. This .gif might be better.

[–]Stevie_Rave_On 1 point2 points ago

"White Power"

"I'm...white..."

[–]000100110 0 points1 point ago

That gif cracked me up. Thank you.

[–]Hopeful_Swine 1 point2 points ago

STILL took me 3 tries to see what was going on.

[–]cre8tivejuices -1 points0 points ago

ME TOO!

[–]maccabeus 0 points1 point ago

I actually use this as my example of how to spot fake videos easily.

[–]mappum 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, that trick was just way too cool to be real.

[–]Weloq 1 point2 points ago

But it is not fake fake, cgi bullshit. Yes it is staged but they smashed the bus with that concrete block.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYrNrXR5UUw&feature=player_detailpage#t=101s

[–]MrCreeperPhil 11 points12 points ago

Is that a bus from "De Lijn" company?

[–]Alfakyn 2 points3 points ago

BELGIUM!!!!

[–]Sportsfanno1 1 point2 points ago

We were mentioned on reddit!

[–]Alfakyn 0 points1 point ago

My life is complete now

[–]runsoutofspace 1 point2 points ago

Belgium always gets mentioned. Just find any beer thread.

[–]Matthiaars 4 points5 points ago

Yes, if you watch the making of vid, they say they got it from "a small company in the middle of nowhere in Belgium" :P De lijn is the the biggest public transport company in Belgium.

[–]MrCreeperPhil 0 points1 point ago

Says the guy with username "Matthias+anus" :P Yeah, I thought I recognized the logo on the bus.

[–]Matthiaars 0 points1 point ago

What does my username have to do with that?

[–]Alfakyn 0 points1 point ago

EVERYTHING

[–]deja-vu-comment 48 points49 points ago

Looks staged, you can see the skateboarder looking to the right before he starts, to check when he should go. Then the camera doesn't even follow the skater, but keeps the focus on the bus in the background.

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[–]locopyro13 35 points36 points ago

Also who would film such a lack luster trick?

[–]davaca 36 points37 points ago

beginning skaters?

[–]iGotChubs4You 9 points10 points ago

He's definitely not a beginner. You can tell by the style and ease of his grind.

[–]deadlyspoons 15 points16 points ago

That's what she said.

[–]hateboss 1 point2 points ago

Eh, not sold. He tossed up a backside boardslide on a short bench on the last lip of the edge and still managed to fuck up his landing.

He could EASILY be a beginner.

EDIT: FRONTSIDE Boardslide. I recalled the gif from memory and must have imagined him goofy as I skate.

[–]iGotChubs4You 1 point2 points ago

No he is not. His flow is much, much too smooth for a beginner. His body position when he slides is not that of a beginner. His lazinees in the approach and execution(frontside boardlsides are super easy after awhile) shows hes nnot a beginner. Also, if you didnt realize this, he fucked up intentionally for the sake of the gif as it is fake and if he landed and rolled away it would ruin the gif.

also, boardlsides on a bench are not easy for beginners because you risk your wheels touch the seat of the bench which cam fuck you up, only an experienced skater knows how to balance his board well to grind wihout having to be completelly parallel to the ground. Just like an experinced skater can nosegrind or 5-0 without having their tail or nose touch.

[–]hateboss -1 points0 points ago

Are you serious? Short boardslides on benches was ALL I did when I was a beginner. Not a tough tick because you don't need to pop nearly as high as the bench to slide it, just get you front trucks up and holy shit look at that, you are already at the correct angle. He slid for all about 6 inches, if he can't keep his wheels from hitting the bench, he is retarded.

I've seen plenty of skaters with flow who can't do shit for tricks. Riding a board comfortably =/= experience.

Also, how the fuck can you determine flow from a 3s gif? All I saw was a decent ride up, an unimpressive amateur trick and an improper landing (his back foot still in the tail, caused him to lose balance).

I'm not saying he's a beginner, I'm saying that absolutely nothing (yeah including how smooth his flow is dog!) in that video would lead me to believe he was an advanced skater.

[–]iGotChubs4You -1 points0 points ago

Nobody said he was 'advanced' just thats hes not a beginner.

[–]hateboss -1 points0 points ago

Advanced being more advanced than a beginner.

[–]Wvnr 0 points1 point ago

It is a pretty casual front board, man. I assume they employed a pretty talented skater as to not fuck up the one take they have.

[–]beggarinthesand -2 points-1 points ago

Thats a frontside boardslide. Don't pretend you skate.

[–]hateboss 0 points1 point ago

I do skate, have been for about 14 years, don't be a neckbeard. So what I fucked up the direction, I saw the gif once, recalled it from memoy when I was typing my reply and assumed he was skating goofy like I do.

[–]this_sort_of_thing 2 points3 points ago

So you're telling me they dropped some massive object on a bus just to make some random skater vid slightly more interesting, the logistics alone...I can't see how it can be fake unless it's part of a movie set.

[–]jumpinjahosafa 1 point2 points ago

Viral ad.

[–]jongallant 3 points4 points ago

Not only that, but the giant metal thing seems to fall rather slowly.

[–]Treedom_Lighter 7 points8 points ago

It's still attached to the crane.

[–]ed_hunter 9 points10 points ago

Who´s gonna go to the internet and make a fake video ?

[–]dj23 4 points5 points ago

You know you repost so much when you have a minus number greater than 5 next to your name.

[–]jevmorgan 4 points5 points ago

WHAT A TWIST!

[–]TheToiletDuck 4 points5 points ago

Written by M. Night Shyamalan

[–]this_sort_of_thing 3 points4 points ago

Can someone explain how this is fake, is it fake as in "an object didn't really fall onto a bus" or is it fake as in "a couple of guys decided to drop a massive object onto a coach, completely destroying the front end, for shits and giggles in their skater video"

[–]Toh3R 6 points7 points ago

It's a staged viral video for a Dutch building union to promote safer working conditions. The object really did fall onto the bus.

[–]strallweat 7 points8 points ago

Every one of your posts is a repost.
http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/36s5f.gif

[–]Gerka 7 points8 points ago

I have a heavy dislike for Scopolamina

[–]lurker_becomes_lurkd -2 points-1 points ago

What if I told you that nearly all content on reddit is reposted?

Do you people watch reruns and shout about how it's been shown before?

[–]strallweat 0 points1 point ago

Yes I do. Unless it's MacGyver.

[–]ObamaBinHitler 2 points3 points ago

Awesome Skating Video

And you are posting a GIF?

[–]trpnblies7 3 points4 points ago

I don't think you know what a video is.

[–]glasnostic 1 point2 points ago

RES has OP labeled as "repost".

[–]hildiri 0 points1 point ago

Trying to have something viral regarding Safety issues

[–]Phunk131 0 points1 point ago

Boy, that de-escalated quickly.

[–]verrtex -1 points0 points ago

Looks like Russia.

[–]Nealz 4 points5 points ago

I'm almost 100% certain it's Belgium because of the name of the company on the bus.

[–]Toh3R 4 points5 points ago

It's actually filmed in Amsterdam using a Belgian bus.

[–]Akselmo 1 point2 points ago

Reminded me of the earthquake rails in THPS3.

[–]kidcuddy 0 points1 point ago

Obviously fake.

[–]Boilme0 0 points1 point ago

And he never skated again...

[–]wellhushmypuppies 1 point2 points ago

was Keith Moon staying in that hotel?

[–]jellorobot 0 points1 point ago

Does anybody else hear that cartoon falling whistle when the block drops?

[–]sumojoe 0 points1 point ago

I was so focused on the skater waiting for him to biff it spectacularly that it wasn't until the gif had looped three times that I realized what was happening with the bus.

[–]theangryhornet 0 points1 point ago

you watched this gif at least twice.

[–]manlydishwasher -1 points0 points ago

you watched this gif at least twice.

[–]littlesteviebrule 1 point2 points ago

I guess you could say the video is... smashing.

[–]gtwy 0 points1 point ago

I was surprised to find that this wasn't posted on /r/WTF

[–]NotYourCookies 0 points1 point ago

"Oh yeah, know what: let's take a Belgian bus for a Dutch stunt" :)

[–]ASSinAssassin 0 points1 point ago

being a reposter or not...over a million link karma in 3 months is pretty impressive.

[–]shawnaroo 1 point2 points ago

Soon he'll be able to retire to some beautiful island and live like a king with all that karma.

[–]ASSinAssassin 1 point2 points ago

I know just the place

[–]SurfinTheWajaTsunami 0 points1 point ago

Reminded me of THPS3 Los Angeles with the Earthquakes and falling debris from that bridge.

[–]HMPoweredMan 0 points1 point ago

This is like something out of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

[–]GPasta 0 points1 point ago

Those skaters.... Always destroying things. ;D

[–]blacklblskate54 0 points1 point ago

This is so fake it is retarded.

[–]cYzzie 0 points1 point ago

i think this is called a "bus stop"

[–]ogogo123 0 points1 point ago

upvote for repost

[–]thesl1mj1m -1 points0 points ago

Heres an awesome repost

[–]drsalby[!] 1 point2 points ago

It's a real life version of the Tony Hawk games; you grind a random object and something ridiculous happens.

[–]metroid89 0 points1 point ago

i'd say nice boardslide ...

[–]manlydishwasher 0 points1 point ago

skate and destroy!

[–]Avayl 0 points1 point ago

I would like to see more of this kind!

[–]das_gehund 0 points1 point ago

Wait a minute. That's not a video at all! That's a gif! Phony!

[–]benha 0 points1 point ago

The skating ruined this

[–]brewerbeast105 0 points1 point ago

i can only imagine there reaction

[–]theRussianTank 1 point2 points ago

Mother fucker! I posted this vid like 2 months ago!

http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/x68ay/crane_drops_a_load_of_concrete_on_a_parked_bus/

[–]bloomi 0 points1 point ago

That skater was so epic. herpderp

[–]mesoramen 0 points1 point ago

1st time around: that wasn't even a good boardslide 2nd time around: ohhhhh

[–]TurboShorts 0 points1 point ago

Oh man, watching the gif the second time was so great, knowing some shit was gonna fall on a bus.

[–]MatchkeY 0 points1 point ago

Seriously just saw this vid n some shot itv4 show

[–]DontMindV 1 point2 points ago

haha In my opinon, this is one of the worst viral vids! #1 who only skates a cheap ass bench like that? #2 The camera stuck on the bus than the actual skater? Dead give away

[–]Enjiben 0 points1 point ago

I seriously did not notice the first 7 times. i feel dumb.

[–]Boeroeboeroe -1 points0 points ago

Repost...

[–]indiemike 0 points1 point ago

I really want to play Thrasher: Skate and Destroy now.

[–]Adventurer_Ted 1 point2 points ago

Awesome Skating Video

It's a .gif ಠ_ಠ

[–]nuinbot -2 points-1 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/dfAyJ.jpg

[–]BABYEATER1012 1 point2 points ago

I guess you could say that his tricks.....really brought the house down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o

[–]bpi89 -2 points-1 points ago

So many reposts from this asshat. Also, who the fuck says "skating" video?

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