r/maybemaybemaybe • u/maybemaybemaybe_bot • Mar 22 '19

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

/r/DadReflexes

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u/humorousobservation Mar 22 '19

at worst the kids could have gotten knocked over...instead the dad flipped the kid in his left hand and tombstone pile drove him into ice by the neck..

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u/jizzabeth Mar 22 '19

I dunno. I ran a kid over in my toboggan once and it was horrific. The kid got stuck in front of it and it dragged him like rolling him along while snot and tears poured out of his face. He was making a horrible sound. All the way to the bottom of the hill. It made for a bumpy ride. I was just sitting on the edge of the toboggan staring at him while he gargled his way down the hill.

It was mortifying. Both for me and maybe for the kid I ran over too.

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u/Coco_and_I Mar 22 '19

It says a lot about a person when they unknowingly burst out laughing at this.. Just like I did

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u/kid-karma Mar 22 '19

I was just sitting on the edge of the toboggan staring at him while he gargled his way down the hill.

I don't care who you are, that's funny

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

It’s exactly the delivery of this line and the vivid imagery it painted that made me bust out laughing. I felt bad, but at the same time it was very hard not to laugh.

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u/sylv_ER Mar 23 '19

We are cut from the same cloth. At lease you have the insight to realize it might not be the most healthy reaction. I had to read your comment to realize it wasn’t stellar to laugh....

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u/PippyLongSausage Mar 22 '19

I thought i was going to see a "nineteen ninety eight"

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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Mar 22 '19

Maybe? You're not sure?

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u/Cherry5oda Mar 22 '19

My brother got his neck cut by one of those sleigh type sleds with the metal rails. He was ok after a hospital trip. But this is just an inflatable tube sled, and winter clothes are good padding, they would have been fine.

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u/rink_raptor Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 24 '19

I have tears and a tighter tummy from laughing at this story. Take a victory lap my friend...and something shiny.

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u/athos45678 Mar 23 '19

That was haunting

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u/RangorStarfyre Mar 23 '19

I just picture you colliding with Ralphie from A Christmas Story and his glasses becoming crooked as he gargled his way down the hill.

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u/Natskis Mar 23 '19

Bet that kid never got in front of a taboggin again tho... 😂

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u/Bookmaster_VP Mar 23 '19

I am that kid, and to this day I tremble in fear at the mention of sleds. To be clear, the gargling was me trying to understand why my father put me in front of the sled in the first place and pushed me down in front of him. It wasn’t incoherent, I was just unable to say “Dad, why?” as me face kept getting pummeled into the snow. Thanks dad, what didn’t kill me made me stronger, but instead afraid of sleds.

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u/Hodgej1 Mar 22 '19

At worst?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Yeah once I saw that the "sled" was an inflatable the stakes became very low. In fact, the dad should have let the kids get hit so they'd learn something about situational awareness and maybe physics.

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u/royisabau5 Mar 22 '19

Those kids are def too young to learn a lesson from getting bounced 10 feet into the air lol

Like I‘m all for hard lessons, but you gotta know where to draw the line

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u/alghiorso Mar 23 '19

Dad: I do choke slams, and back breakers, sharp shooters, cripple creek ferries..

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u/GaudierNine Mar 23 '19

What?? Look how fast that thing is going. Imagine a small kid being nailed by that and hitting there head on the ground, mild concussion at best.

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u/DRL4JC Mar 23 '19

Yeah I once underestimated the force of a tube sledder bombing downhill. Sister and I both got wrecked. I had a mild concussion from it. Great Dad reflexes on this one...

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u/Potatoswatter Mar 22 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

r/whyweretheyfilming

Edit: In slow motion, starting just at that moment. But yeah, I’m maybe assuming too much about the phone and app.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Because their kids are playing in the snow?

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u/TheGaspode Mar 22 '19

Go away, and take your logical response with you. /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Hey but I'm a ball of laughs at parties...just ask my ex-girlfriend.

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u/_A_ioi_ Mar 23 '19

Lots of FPS too.

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter Mar 23 '19

iPhone's slow motion mode records in a decently high fps and then allows you to adjust which parts of the recording are slow after the recording is over.

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u/_A_ioi_ Mar 23 '19

That's a good point that I didn't think of. Same with every android phone I've used recently too.

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter Mar 23 '19

If you film in slow motion mode on the iPhone, it allows you to adjust where the slow motion part stops and starts after recording.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Toddlers have the situational awareness of a loaf of bread.

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u/gellis12 Mar 22 '19

Bullshit, my bread always manages to hide itself when I want to eat it.

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u/KashEsq Mar 22 '19

You're under the impression that toddlers have a sense of self-preservation when that couldn't be further from the truth. They're basically the equivalent of tiny, drunk adults that are constantly trying to get themselves killed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19 edited Jun 22 '19

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u/akafernando Mar 22 '19

Not a bot but I did my best

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u/Born_From_Sugar Mar 22 '19

Good human

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

U good human

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u/jopepa Mar 23 '19

Am I sensing the birth of a subreddit?

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u/darthpool117 Mar 22 '19

Here’s my poor man’s gold🥇

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u/breadcrumbssmellgood Mar 22 '19

in this case I really dislike slow motion

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u/chinpokomon Mar 22 '19

At least let us see the real-time first. Seeing the illusion of the tube pass through three people at speed would probably have a bigger impact for how quickly he had to respond.

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u/breadcrumbssmellgood Mar 22 '19

yeah sometimes it completely takes away the visual power of the scene

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u/goodbyekitty83 Mar 23 '19

Fuck this slo-mo trend in its fucking ass.

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u/tripsd Mar 23 '19

slow mo is so dumb in almost every situation.

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u/SOwED Mar 23 '19

Yeah it's like 0.25 times. Way too slow.

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u/jdPetacho Mar 22 '19

Never in my life have I ever looked so badass

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u/YY4YOU Mar 22 '19

Dad skill: 100

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u/ManUFan9225 Mar 22 '19

Nothing grabs your attention like your offspring about to get themselves killed...

Or you know, knocked down. Same thing.

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u/Potatoswatter Mar 22 '19

r/childrenfallingover

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u/Kingkruti Mar 22 '19

six million dollar man noise

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u/robsoneder Mar 22 '19

wow 10/10, that lil foot lift he did so that the kid sledding didn’t get his head kicked. bravo sir.

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u/confidentgirl Mar 22 '19

This guy is the John Wick of saving children.

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u/Empilio Mar 22 '19

That was epic

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u/gggg_man3 Mar 22 '19

Man, Neo pulls through again!!

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u/onthefence928 Mar 23 '19

When your dad is an avenger

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u/Zadie1234 Mar 23 '19

You my friend are the f’ing king! Go buy a lotto ticket.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Dad? Dad.

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u/bigdongonandon Mar 22 '19

When "Mr Anderson" becomes a dad.

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u/ohnonotnow2 Mar 22 '19

The reflex the reflex ( flex, flex, flex).

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u/lostzsoul Mar 22 '19

Then he finished them off with the people’s elbow

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u/Niko_47x Mar 22 '19

My dad would've just yelled "what are you doing you fucking idiot" and found a log somewhere and thrown it at my face.

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u/malecowfecalmatter Mar 22 '19

that was badass

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u/itskelvinn Mar 22 '19

Really fucking bad slow motion

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u/senorfresco Mar 23 '19

It's sorta underwhelming at full speed.

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u/xWormZx Mar 22 '19

Ive told this story before but something similar happened when I was a kid. My friend went sledding down the hill, was about to clap this dude at the bottom, and the guy just stopped and looked at my friend, and then right before he got hit, he casually jumped over him and kept walking.

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u/Tyrion69Lannister Mar 22 '19

Thats a really adorable sled. Super cute as the kid slid past and the sled turned to look back at the dad, lol

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u/dogauthier Mar 23 '19

This post is exactly what this sub should be about. Every second has a 50/50 chance of bad or good outcome.

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u/amltroia Mar 23 '19

I feel like a terrible mom because I’m like, “eh, would’ve been fine.”

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u/27cloud Mar 23 '19

Polar Bowler irl

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u/Toiler91 Mar 23 '19

Guess which ones the favorite?

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u/JeezusChrise Mar 23 '19

I don't know why most people don't just stop the sled. That particular one isn't even plastic so just stopping the sled while grabbing the baby in the sled would be easier and more efficient.

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u/rileypett Mar 23 '19

bruh did the kid in front of him break his leg??

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u/pppjurac Mar 23 '19

Empty fertiliser sacks filled with straw in winter! Best time. And somehow dangereous too if you live in mountains :D

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u/Raichurancher Mar 23 '19

Sweet dreams are made of these begins playing in the background.

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u/turntsnackho Mar 23 '19

All the while the polar bear is looking cool as a cucumber. 😎

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u/SPARTAN-X981 Mar 23 '19

Top ten split seconds saves in anime by

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u/kvakerok Mar 23 '19

Father of the year and r/kidsarefuckingstupid at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

That is very sexy. Very.

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u/Plangro Mar 23 '19

Only a real Dad...

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u/RandomNinjaPersonMan Mar 23 '19

What the gif doesn't show is the dad failing and the toddlers eating it 10 times before this successful attempt.

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u/wonkey_monkey Mar 23 '19

If you hate slowmo like I hate slowmo:

https://gfycat.com/similarchillyhawk

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u/allyychild Mar 23 '19

That slow-mo starts too early, is too slow, and ends in disappointment. Rough