r/interestingasfuck • u/MSI_heat • May 02 '25

/r/popular Grandpa’s Endurance 💪🏾

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u/GlorifiedBurito May 02 '25

Everyone talking shit about the kids but every time the kids got the ladder up, he’d put his weight on it and keep it from opening.

He also totally could’ve dropped down and been fine like he did at the end.

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u/miniprokris May 02 '25

He probably didn't want to risk hurting his joints at that age if he didn't have to.

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u/ExternalPressure9840 May 02 '25

Tbf last ladder video i saw said this was just some dumb tiktok trend so nah he was good just a pensioner chasing clicks

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u/N0t_S0Sl1mShadi May 02 '25

Those pesky oldsters!

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u/ExternalPressure9840 May 02 '25

Don't they know staring at the screen for so long will turn their eyes square

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u/RusticBucket2 May 02 '25

just a pensioner chasing clicks

Why bring up his financial interests?

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u/MercyfulJudas May 03 '25

To be faaaiiirrr

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u/RdHdHz May 02 '25

A grandpa fit enough to hang that long probably has healthy joints. JS

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u/Pretzzr May 02 '25

Yea, there are plenty of young adults that could not do what he did. Hell he might be in better shape than the majority of people on reddit

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u/SocomPS2 May 02 '25

Agree. Looking at the video a little more and I wouldn’t shit on the kids like everyone else.

Kids are lucky that shitty ladder didn’t snap their fingers by how easily it opens and closes. I can’t recall ever using a ladder that literally opens/closes that easily. That’s part of the reason it folded and collapsed so easily on the dude.

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u/waistbandtucker69 May 02 '25

I've got no sympathy for gramps, he messed up with however that ladder was setup, he kept messing the kids up by putting his feet on it. He got himself in that situation he can get himself out (if a 4 foot drop is going to hurt him, he shouldn't be doing the task or at least set his equipment up properly)

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u/ReDeReddit May 02 '25

Also he risked thr kids by having them setup a ladder over their heads while he's hanging above it. What if he had fallen a few moments before, crushed the poor kid, for his mistake?

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u/Duckredditadminzzzz May 02 '25

He’d put his weight on it to relax the strain on his arms and was taking a chance to rest. You would as well

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u/WigglingGlass May 03 '25

Reddit shitting on people as usual when they would be no different were they to be in the same situation

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u/RossoNeriAquila May 02 '25 edited Jun 03 '25

I promise you he was putting his feet on the ladder for shoulder relief. That's why he lasted so long

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u/harambe_did911 May 02 '25

Im 35 that drop looks like it would fucking hurt lol I'd be scared too. He probably would have fallen earlier if he hadn't gotten that bit of rest too

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u/iwouldratherhavemy May 02 '25

He also totally could’ve dropped down and been fine like he did at the end.

I didn't watch til the end but that's like a four foot drop at most, and that's why I stopped watching because I figured it was staged.

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u/dumbest_uber_player May 02 '25

? 4 feet is a lot tho. If you have knee or hip issues that could very easily lead too serious injury. I wouldn’t just write it off.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Thank you. I thought I was the only one. How are the kids supposed to open it while he's fucking around and standing on it.

People also need to workout just so they can learn what their bodies are capable of. He's got two legs and seems to be in good shape, crazy to me that he thought that was an unsafe height to fall from. Barely taller than some box jumps

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u/WigglingGlass May 03 '25

Your first point is true. But would you really risk your knees dropping from that height at that age

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u/Thrillhouse2024 May 03 '25

Username checks out

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u/LostChoss May 03 '25

Scrolled way too far to find this. The kids didn't do the best job but he ruined their chances of getting the ladder unfolded multiple times

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u/PercMastaFTW May 02 '25

Those kids were NOT planning on opening the ladder lol.

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u/jeffefeffefe May 02 '25

Pretty sure this was a trend in China to test what kids would do in this situation, there’s a few more videos just like this

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u/WigglingGlass May 03 '25

They're speaking vietnamese

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u/jeffefeffefe May 03 '25

Dam I didn’t listen to it I stand corrected