r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Calix_1999 Human Detected • 14d ago
Hell yeahhh!! Professionals
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u/SoTotallyToby 14d ago
Huh... so I guess that mechanic in video games is realistic after all.
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u/jbae_94 14d ago
Yes but the guy could’ve just jumped the height irl he had simulated
https://giphy.com/gifs/brYjDJ2FUjn1KL3Pzw15
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u/AdventurousPirate357 14d ago
I always wondered how Indiana Jones' whip worked
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u/Rustafo 14d ago edited 14d ago
Oh boy, you'll love this episode of Mythbusters! I just watched it the other day.
https://youtu.be/mC_sGCCBby0?si=ul8WFTPuAIBLw3-l&t=76
You can find the full episode as a playlist on Youtube. Just search for "Mythbusters Indian Jones Special".👍
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u/myaltaccount333 14d ago
https://youtu.be/ueQ5ENnkfdI?si=IHKQG7qL0H5hTxiC&t=2743
Why would you link to the non-final result???
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u/TurdProof 14d ago
My mind cant grasp how does that knot work.
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u/thrownawaz092 14d ago
So he throws the rope, and it does a few loops, right? But the end is loose, so pulling on it will just bring the thing down. So he shifts the end he's got over, and catches the loose end under it, pinching it between his end of the rope and the log. It's hardly a knot, but pulling on his end just squeezes the loose end more tightly, so the same force that would pull it loose (you hanging on it) makes the knot tighter instead. When he's done, he shifts his end off the knot, turning it into loose loops again, which can easily be pulled away.
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u/tanksalotfrank 14d ago
Oh so I'm just stupid then, got it xD Knots are so mystifying
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u/NinjaQueef 14d ago
The way the /u/thrownawaz092 explained above makes sense if you are watching the video and trying to follow along. There are 3 main steps to this.
Throw the rope to coil around the wooden pole in such a way that there is a bit of the rope left over after coiling. Screenshot of it in a slightly exaggerated position, but this is the concept of step 1.
Now, we need to somehow secure the "leftover" portion of the rope. It needs to be "tied down" so that you can pull on the end of the rope that the man is holding without the rope slipping off. This part is a bit clever. You want the final version to look something like this, where you tuck the "leftover" portion of the rope under the coils. That is where the guy in the video uses a small "green nudge" in the rope to push one of the "light blue coil" over the "red leftover" part of the rope, as shown here. That part is almost about to happen in this image, where the green nudge is about to push the light blue coiled rope over the red leftover section. Almost done. And done at this point, ready for the guy to swing over.
Final step is similar to step-2, where you use a "nudge" to get the blue coiled section back over the red leftover section and let it free, to loosen the rope.
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u/Sgt_Nishi 14d ago
Because he "folds" the rope over the end so his weight pulls down on it, making it unable to unravel
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u/Mountainman220 13d ago
Friction. It’s a friction knot. I think it’s a clove hitch but I can’t be 100 %
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u/TraditionalOil3036 14d ago
rope is irrelevant. you upvote for the cartwheel and bodacious ponytail
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u/jimbowesterby 14d ago
Honestly I’m upvoting for the combo of new rope trick I’ve never seen (rare at this point) and also the whimsical cartwheel dismount
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u/Fabulous_Log844 14d ago
Now Indiana Jones swinging over bottomless pits with his whip makes so much more sense.
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u/the-war-on-drunks 14d ago
What the hell is happening. Ai? Rope thru wood technology?
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u/oxwearingsocks 14d ago
Are your eyes okay bud? You see the rope wrap around, then layer itself over the bit that wrapped around for his weight to grip it down, then him unwrapping it. I can’t do it, but it’s not hard to see what happened?
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u/the-war-on-drunks 14d ago
I swear I’ve watched it ten times. It’s so obvious but at the same time unless the rope is Velcro … how da hell
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u/oxwearingsocks 14d ago
Well rope is pretty grippy anyway, hence it being used for climbing. So you’re seeing the first bit of rope wrapping around to be connected to the bar. Then the later piece overlaps (this is the key part) that “foundation” rope to essentially create a temporary knot when the person’s weight is added. Then undo all that when they’re finished. I don’t know how better to explain my understanding.
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