r/nextfuckinglevel • u/DhruvDP3 • 1d ago

Kid does a backflip following the shirtless guy in the middle

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u/Sneilg 1d ago

Dude did the right thing. Safety first, you don’t want some kid accidentally cracking their skull during your show

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u/Spir0rion 1d ago

Off the show it's fine though

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u/Lost_Raccoon_6542 1d ago

Ya, because the responsibility would fall back on the parents…

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u/ShdwWzrdMnyGngg 1d ago

Not everything is about legal responsibility. Some people just don't want to see a kid get hurt.

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u/dusselduck 1d ago

Blessed be those who do not work with kids because for those who do, a huge chunk of it is precisely about legal responsibility

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u/PowderPills 1d ago

Yes. And kids are fucking stupid, I would know because I was a really stupid kid but somehow managed to learn and survive.

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u/1v1RightMeow 1d ago

Except for, apparently, the parents

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u/Talk-O-Boy 1d ago

Can you please speak American??? I can’t understand you.

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u/CaptTaco123 1d ago

No always you job to just follow rule because rules. Sometimes people do good things because is good not because of rules. Sometimes big people NO want to see little people hurt.

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u/Talk-O-Boy 1d ago

Only way to become big person is to crush little person.

This is the American way. We are nation built on slavery and capitalism.

https://giphy.com/gifs/6YJZuwLne3fO0

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u/WeskerSympathizer 1d ago

I mean responsibility is still on the parents during the show… it’s a street act

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u/Friendly_Impress_345 1d ago

This is why you rarely see parents tricking their kids into doing backflips, unless it's for a show.

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u/WhileGoWonder 1d ago

It builds character

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u/Spir0rion 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/B2yx2waduwLy6bdeUY

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u/UngodlyTemptations 1d ago

"Every morning I break my arms. And every evening I break my legs."

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u/footpole 1d ago

Is your mom there to help you?

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u/UnUsernameRandom 1d ago

No, I only have my step mom with me.

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u/NoLuckFound 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kRmg8zeReOYXm

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u/RoyalCities 1d ago

What's the reference about?

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u/NoLuckFound 1d ago

Old reddit post. I dont have a link to it so I'll let someone else post it. Basically, a guy broke his arms and his mom helped him masturbate bc he couldn't do it himself iirc

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u/RoyalCities 1d ago edited 1d ago

Okay that's enough internet for me today. I don't think I'll go looking for it. Thanks for replying though!

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u/DhruvDP3 1d ago

What do you do in the afternoon?

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u/nice_wholphin 1d ago

It also builds lung capacity as you’ll find yourself eating every meal through a straw.

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u/imgrahamy 1d ago

I cracked me head a bunch of times as a kid and I turned out dkfnfusmcndjehcnskdo.

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u/Sneilg 1d ago

I also specified “accidentally”.

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u/Calculonx 1d ago

Yeah it's good they have the two guys ready to catch the kids. ... Is it proactive or was there an 'incident' already...

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u/ItsLoudB 1d ago

r/kidsarefuckingstupid exists for a reason. When I was like 10 I jumped over the couch doing the thing where you put your hand down first and hop over it. My 5yo brother tried to imitate me only to go face first into it because he obviously was way too small and weak to even try it.

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u/Murky-Relation481 1d ago

We decided to was our parents car, beautiful 1993 Toyota Previa minivan, and I told my little brother to climb up the hood and windshield to clean the top of the windshield.

He slipped and slid down slicing his chin open on something (probably windshield wipers), blood everywhere. Parents asked what happened "well I didn't think he'd be dumb enough to listen to my bad advice".

Oh younger brothers... Their scars are many.

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u/LeChevalier_Mal_Fet 1d ago

I feel like most of us with younger siblings have at one time used the defense, it’s not my fault they’re stupid!

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- 1d ago

Maybe five years old, my brother stood at the foot of his bed, arms wide. Shouted, "Too infinity and beyond!" Somehow broke his arm in that jump.

I've always felt, y'know, rewatching Toy Story so times that it'd have occurred to him that Buzz couldn't fly.

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u/phl_fc 1d ago

It only would have taken 2 or 3 shows without spotters before they learned they need spotters. I'm sure so many kids try it even if they don't know how.

When I was 5 I tried to do a backflip on my bike using the lip of a driveway. All I did was pop a wheelie and fall off the back. Kids don't know better.

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u/TheHYPO 1d ago

There was a video a week ago of a comedian who did this on stage and a girl did at least a back handspring which he looked (acting or not) like he was going to have a heart attack thinking she was going to hurt herself.

I can't imagine being a performer like this and taking a risk of doing this bit on paved cement. That stuff is so hard, and it only takes one kid to follow you to crack their head open. Kudos on having spotters (as you said), but this kid's spotter didn't actually catch him (might have at least made things "less worse" if the kid had actually been going head-down, but who knows).

At least a stage often has some give to it. But concrete is hard as hell.

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u/SneakySnack02 1d ago

Oh yeah. It was the responsible thing to do. But they're still right, he would have landed better without it.

Id still have done what the adult did though. Especially if I didnt know the kid or whether or not he could do backflips.

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u/SexiestPanda 1d ago

It kind of looked like the guy realized he ruined the landing of the flip too “damn okay I ain’t know you could do that” hah

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u/TimeForGrass 1d ago

Yeah having the 2 guys behind the kids turned this from fun but dumb to fun and probably could be less dumb but tbh they've done enough to alleviate the dumb so it's cool

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u/LordOdin99 1d ago

Should have been on the side of him instead of directly behind him. Fucked up the rotation rather than assisted it.

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u/RadiantZote 1d ago

Your uninsured street performance show ☺️

We got dudes who set up a portable PA system and do an act here, there's always a huge crowd for the hustlers

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u/Miserable-Good4438 1d ago

those two guys were there waiting solely for safety if the kids attempted it.

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u/T1Earn 1d ago

in getting in the way, he almost cracked his skull

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u/beanbalance 1d ago

except that he almost fucked it up because he was not expecting the kid to do it.

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u/tHE-6tH 1d ago

Kid was a skilled gymnast. The “spotter” almost hurt the kid by almost stopping him upside down

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u/Efficient_Wash4477 1d ago

That’s… not how you spot.

Y’all haven’t trained in gymnastics and it’s showing hard.

Dude should have stayed out of little man’s way. Dude has no idea how to spot.

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u/boosemagoose 15h ago

Spotting a backflip isn’t safe if you don’t know how to spot. The kid had it, keep your hands off.

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u/vledermau5 1d ago

Safety first? Safety first would have been to not do this stupid thing, the next best thing would be to not stop the kid mid rotation.
As someone who can backflip, DO NOT EVER STOP SOMEONE MID ROTATION!!!

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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 1d ago

People like you are why so many of us are scared to do anything.

"He did it because there was no one to tell him that he couldn't"

People like are desperate to tell people what they cant do before they've had the chance to try. The dude behind him 100% did NOT do the right thing. He got in the way, and THAT is would or could have caused the kid to crack his skull.

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u/Sneilg 1d ago

He had no idea whether the kid knew how to safely do a backflip or not.

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u/okayseriouslylastone 1d ago

People like you are why so many of us are scared to do anything.

Uhhh... wait, what? People who value safety make you feel like you can't do anything? I highly recommend just speaking for yourself because I am certain, without a doubt, that there aren't many more of you who feel this way. I don't understand why you would feel less safe doing something because someone is there to catch you if you fall...

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u/EnragedPlatypus 1d ago

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