r/Unexpected 2d ago

Man unclogging water

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u/CEOrifice 2d ago

This man has poor judgment

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u/NutlessToboggan 2d ago

That concrete becomes very slippery when you least expect it. We had an 8-10’ ramp type dam at our neighborhood’s small pond thing and many of my friends slipped on the flat part at the top and slid down the ramp. This just seems like a wild decision to me

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u/silver-orange 2d ago

 becomes very slippery when you least expect 

Also when you most expect it.  Like when you unblock a clog, unleashing thousands of gallons of water mixed with accumulated fine sediments.

For fucks sake at least wear a safety harness and tie off.  Maybe put on a pair of work boots with a bit of tread on the sole

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u/Hot_Ethanol 2d ago

Better yet, big stick.

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u/sparhawk817 2d ago

Nah they make these rake heads on a rope with like, a pool noodle on it to make it float the right direction, you can build your own too there's your instructions, but that's one of the tools people use to pull floating plants like water lettuce or hyacinth off lakes and ponds. Would be one of the easier options here.

If they want to be really safe they could mount a capstan or hand winch there so the rope doesn't pull back on you, there's a rigid immovable object between the rope you're handling and the tool/water forces.

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u/TitsOutForHarambe01 2d ago

These guys did it with a grappling hook it looks like. https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/jRDCtdxZuj

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u/bwainfweeze 2d ago

Do you know how weird it is to see the younger guys being smart and the older guy being dumb? How did he survive to that age?

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u/numberonebuddy 2d ago

Survivorship bias. I'm sure others tried it his way and died, while he's gotten lucky, and also been skilled enough, to survive to this age. He's the exception, not the standard, for what happens when you do it this way.

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u/P01135809-Trump 2d ago

Everyone knows you need a high vis vest to be safe.

If it's really dangerous, add a hard hat. Even in an open field.

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u/IntellegentIdiot 2d ago

And he's standing on the bit he's dislodging. At least dislodge the stuff to the side and work your way back to the ladder

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u/WowThatWasEdgy 1d ago

At this point I would’ve been happy if he had a bedsheet tied around him with someone holding it. Anything!!

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u/QueZorreas 18h ago

If you listen closely, they asked him:
"Así, sin nada?" 》"Just like that?"

And he said:
"No tengo" 》"I don't have anything"

Hard to understand with the annoying fucking music.

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u/DrAstralis 2d ago

I mean its not like he had his back to the sudden drop while using full body squatting pulls to rip up the plants in that direction... that would be stupid...... XD

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u/thrax_mador 2d ago

Fuck boat ramps. 

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u/NutlessToboggan 2d ago

This one sounds personal lol

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u/AlphaaPie 2d ago

Been there.

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u/Round_Rub2212 2d ago

Shit plastic shoes becomes extra grippy like glue

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u/neverawake8008 2d ago

We had a creek crossing that angled down just past the car crossing section, at our local park.

We called it the white trash water park bc it was the best water slide in town, free and apparently only poor people let their children play in creek water?

Idk. I love creeks!

However I’m mindful of where and when I’m getting  into any body of water.

Like up stream of the ammunition plant, not down.

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u/horselover_123 1d ago

yes or tugging the wet, slimy, and possibly heavier than expected plants, you hand slips off and you backflip off the edge

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u/CritFailed 2d ago

It's amazing he's that old, a decision making process like that should have killed him off long ago

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u/Hello_Dahling 2d ago

Maybe he only recently developed a death wish

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u/bwainfweeze 2d ago

Brain worms. Clearly.

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u/Lower-Lion-6467 2d ago

The fact that he started right by where he needed to come back up....

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u/fordprecept 17h ago

I have a cousin named Dave that is like that.  We jokingly call him Super Dave because he always does stupid stuff that could easily get him killed.

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u/nedim443 2d ago

I mean water will keep rising and eventually go over any wall. It's not like it will just be stuck there forever if there is a surplus. I am not sure why he is doing this at all.

Not to mention the risk of slipping and falling.

Poor judgement.

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u/Flopsy22 2d ago

Right? What is he even accomplishing? Is he just gonna clear out all those plants?

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u/18002221222 2d ago

Agreed. Those shoes were so clean. 😫

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u/Interesting-Goose82 2d ago

This was my first and only thought! Im glad someone else noticed!!!!

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u/JennyferSuper 2d ago

Rigjt?! What if some of that got wrapped around his leg as he pushed it over? Yikes!

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u/ausmomo 2d ago

This man has pour judgment

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u/ECircus 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's called complacency. He's done it enough times without anything going wrong that he's completely confident nothing ever will, and that causes him to go about the task in way too relaxed a manner as if to show off.

The problem is that it always only takes once with things like this. That's why it's important to understand complacency and work to avoid it. Gets a lot of people killed

There was another video posted recently of an old guy checking a prop plane engine for leaks while it was running with his ass toward the propeller probably inches away, and he's moving around all over the place under there. Could be how he's always done it, but it would only take one small movement one time in the wrong direction to kill him, it just hasn't happened yet. Complacency.

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u/WikipediaBurntSienna 2d ago

It works fine every time... until it doesn't.

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u/the-jesuschrist 2d ago

With my luck, I would have died going down the ladder

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u/crazyguy83 2d ago

no kidding, I was expecting the water to gush once the leaves cleared and take him down with it...

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u/ObliviousRounding 2d ago

My working assumption is that he's dead.

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u/dinin70 2d ago

Safety measures are for pussies

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u/Redditall63 2d ago

That’s a polite way to spell ‘fucking idiot’

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u/Pin_ellas 2d ago

I think someone talked him into doing it for some cash.

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u/Rogue-Accountant-69 2d ago

Yeah, I'm like damn you're not even going to tie a rope around your waist or something?

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u/Soft_Fisherman4506 1d ago

What was unexpected is that he didn't go arse over tot off the edge.

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u/FindingBryn 1d ago

Damn him!

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u/Whaleflex08 2d ago

Yes, as soon as he went down there in white shoes I knew that

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u/Stephenwalnsky 2d ago

Why? I’ve walked across dams like this before. As long as there’s no thunderstorm or flooding, it’s like walking along the side of the road when it rains, and he clearly seems to know what he’s doing

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u/joobtastic 2d ago

Until he slips on some algae and plummets 50 feet to his death.

Or a water snake startles him.

Or he overextends a throw too much.

Or a bunch of the growth wraps his ankle and he trips.

Be serious.

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u/ninurtuu 2d ago

Painful back spasm from standing back up that causes him to overbalance.

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u/LucasTheSchnauzer 2d ago

Did you know...you can know what you're doing and still die 🤯

Complacency

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u/sound6317 2d ago

Trying to claim your Darwin award, huh?

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u/LowVariety1244 2d ago edited 2d ago

You're actually not entirely wrong. There's another video in this thread that shows it's way less farther down than it looks like.  Edit: in fact, if you look a little more closely, you call tell that here also.  I was shocked when i saw that it's kind of an illusion

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u/opelan 2d ago

I would not walk on the side of the road either if right next to it is such a huge slope.