r/KeanuBeingAwesome • u/dannysleep • Oct 06 '24

Keanu doing side quests

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Keanu Reeves made his professional auto racing debut on Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Toyota GR Cup, part of the Indy 8 Hour sports car event. šŸšŸ˜®

The 60-year-old Hollywood star spun out into the grass at Turn 9 midway through the 45-minute race but continued driving without injury.

Despite qualifying 31st out of 35 cars, Reeves briefly ran as high as 21st and finished 25th, successfully avoiding a crash on the first lap.

Driving the No. 92 BRZRKR car, which promotes his graphic novel ā€˜The Book of Elsewhere,ā€™ Reeves has another race on Sunday.

šŸ“ø: X/IMS

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u/llinderella4 Oct 06 '24

Is there nothing he can't do

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u/Docccc Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

quit smoking

edit: not judging, himself said so

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

At this point I'd say he's welcome to such a mild vice.

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u/1stAccountWasRealNam Oct 06 '24

Nothing mild about what habitual smoking does to you.

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

And yet when compared to any other addictive substance it's mild. I never said it was healthy. But it doesn't intoxicate, it doesn't make people go broke, and it doesn't affect others.

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u/zman_0000 Oct 06 '24

As with many vices though quantity is key. Idk how much he actually smokes, but I haven't heard anyone meet him and say "it was fine, but he reeks of cigarette smoke"

Since even occasional smokers still can have the snell stick to clothes for a bit afterward I'd probably guess he's much less than a pack-a-day smoker.

I'm agreeing with you btw. Keanu always comes across as having a good head on his shoulders, so I'd wager it's unlikely any vices actively get out of control for him.

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u/Net_Suspicious Oct 06 '24

Who the fuck cares if he smokes? If he smells like an ash tray who the fuck cares

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u/Incontinento Oct 06 '24

Right, it just makes you die horribly. So mild.

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u/AggravatingOwl4 Oct 06 '24

You smoke, you get lung cancer. You don't smoke, you still get lung cancer. Life's not fair, enjoy your vices if they don't harm others.

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u/Incontinento Oct 06 '24

You smoke, you are ~22 times more likely to get lung cancer.

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u/tubacmm Oct 06 '24

Make the decision for yourself and limit how it's able to reach children's hands and leave it bud. Everyone is entitled to make their own decisions about their body

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u/Incontinento Oct 06 '24

Weird how I didn't say any of that, Bud. I said it's not mild, and it isn't.

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u/Slimxshadyx Oct 06 '24

It gives cancer and absolutely can make people go broke

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 07 '24

If you don't have enough money to smoke without going broke that is the fault of the system and your employer.

Are you a child?

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u/Slimxshadyx Oct 07 '24

It is the fault of your employer if you go broke spending money on a highly addictive substance?

Are you a child? Lmao

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 07 '24

Do you have any idea how much tobacco costs? Again if you can't afford a single luxury then yes. It is the fault of the system and your employer.

Sorry that I understand real world economics.

I understand you have a hate boner for other people expressing their freedom.

But resorting to pretending that tobacco of all things is causing people go broke is dishonest at best and an indicator of your unintelligence at worst.

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u/Slimxshadyx Oct 07 '24

šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø you are hilarious

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u/SirChrisJames Oct 07 '24

doesn't affect others

So I take it we solved the problem of secondhand smoke then?

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 07 '24

It's already been tackled at length in this very thread. Read it or don't but I'm not repeating myself because you didn't scroll.

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u/Carktorious2010 Oct 08 '24

Cocaine addict here. Now I just smoke cigars. Would much rather have the cigar habit. Either one isnā€™t good tho

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

My sister died a horrific death due to lung and throat cancer. Masturbation is a mild vice.

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u/Bluetron13 Oct 06 '24

Question: how is masturbating a vice? Genuinely curious since (at least for men) there is a real health benefit of reduced prostate cancer chances but Iā€™m also of the ā€œabuse of anything is badā€ school of thought

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

It was the only thing that lept into my so called mind. Sorry. Some devout religious folk teach that its a sin so maybe....?

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

A vice that doesn't affect other people and doesn't intoxicate and is a choice made by adults is mild. I'm sorry for your loss. Doesn't change what I said.

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u/Desperate_Silver543 Oct 06 '24

Yeah because second hand smokers love the increased chances at cancer, no downsides at all to smoking yeah /s

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

Nonconsensual Second hand smoke has been all but eliminated by public smoking laws. Grow up.

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u/Desperate_Silver543 Oct 06 '24

You can very much smoke in your own house and fuck up your family, also, I have three separate family members who died of smoking to the point of getting lung/ stomach cancer so yeah, so much for a harmless vice. Im not saying no one should do it, but as someone who lost her dad in her adolescence + had coughing fits through my childhood vc of second hand smoke, my experience tells me that even of u enjoy smoking and see no problems from it, that is YOUR experience, not the norm

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

And people who do that are bad people. That isn't at all relevant to the man being discussed or what I said.

A couple of you are determined to have me hold up your strawmen and I'm not interested.

Have the day you deserve.

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u/SirChrisJames Oct 07 '24

So you are a raging douchebag. All it took was a little bit of reading, just like you said.

You have the day you deserve.

In case it's not obvious, it's a shit one. And I hope it's long.

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u/Desperate_Silver543 Oct 06 '24

As the daughter of two heavy smokers who did so indoors, grow up

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u/SlylingualPro Oct 06 '24

Something which is an absolute rarity in this day and age and is also completely irrelevant to the discussion of the man at hand. Grow up.

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u/Desperate_Silver543 Oct 06 '24

Ill say whatever I want because this is a public forum discussing something serious and a topic I care about beyond Keanu.

Saying smoking is harmless or doesent hurt others is a lie, dangerous and I dont need to lie to make you feel better/ win a reddit argument

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u/Bubba_Feetz Oct 06 '24

Unless youā€™re jerking off on other people. Most folk donā€™t appreciate that from my experience.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Excellent point.....

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

He's getting better

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u/Classic_and_Vintage Oct 06 '24

Not feature in ā€œAncient Apocalypse 2ā€ šŸ˜­

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u/idonotknowwhototrust Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 14 '24

He's been around for hundreds of years; I think the correct question is "is there anything he won't do."

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u/llinderella4 Oct 13 '24

I think we call now the answer to that

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u/NWbySW Oct 06 '24

Make me dislike him

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u/Drug-o-matic Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

Win a race

Lmao yā€™all need to touch grass it was a joke

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u/Zezacle Oct 06 '24

Im not sure winning was the point.

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u/timomcdono Oct 06 '24

Is winning not the usual goal of a race?

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u/Zezacle Oct 06 '24

Sometimes participating in something you consider fun is far better than trying to "win"

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u/Calisto68 Oct 06 '24

Keanu is awesome and is living a full life

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u/Tyd1re Oct 06 '24

Just doing as many side quests as he can now.

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u/ReneG8 Oct 06 '24

The 60 year old... Jesus. I didn't realize.

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u/Judg_Mentl Oct 06 '24

Keanu revs

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u/girl_introspective Oct 06 '24

Thatā€™s good

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u/DionFW Oct 06 '24

Just to add to this, he spun out on grass otherwise could have done much better.

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u/yaboiRich Oct 06 '24

Please be safe Keanu, we canā€™t afford to have anything happen to you šŸ™

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u/notarealDR650 Oct 06 '24

Inside a race car is one of the safest places to be.

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u/yaboiRich Oct 06 '24

Despite advances in race car safety, there is still a considerate amount of risk associated with the sport.

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u/nopex7 Oct 07 '24

So what about all those explosions and crashes in the movies? Are you saying that didn't really happen? Why would they waste money on CGI when they could just blow up a bunch of race cars? I imagine all the dudes in Hollywood would really get a kick out of that, seeing a bunch of race cars blow up.

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u/whopperman Oct 06 '24

Greg Moore has entered the chat.

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u/bangbangracer Oct 06 '24

Modern racecars are insanely safe.

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u/CaptSaveAHoe55 Oct 07 '24

Not safer than my office building. Thatā€™s the point they are making lol

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u/Tankeverket Oct 06 '24

not bad for a debut

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u/ComedicDalmatian445 Oct 06 '24

Heā€™s 60? I didnā€™t know that, expected him to be like 45 at most

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u/Reduncked Oct 06 '24

T-pain is into drifting now.

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u/evildrew Oct 06 '24

I am so happy I found appreciation for T-Pain later in life. Earlier on, I just thought he was just an over-produced one-hit wonder. But I was blown away by his Tiny Desk Concert and learned how incredibly talented and thoughtful he is. Now I learn he's into drifting? Good on him!

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u/LovelyHatred93 Oct 06 '24

He even held his first drift event this year and it went pretty well.

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u/MundoGoDisWay Oct 06 '24

He has his own reddit account he posts stuff on sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

I can hear him saying the word "Toyota"

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u/JFK3rd Oct 06 '24

Damn, now I have to watch GT Worlds Toyota GR races as well.

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u/JFK3rd Oct 06 '24

https://www.youtube.com/live/OWp8ZFHxFDM?si=JSuAOwbvCqYNyMwv

Still 3 hours to go before the Sunday race begins.

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u/275MPHFordGT40 Oct 06 '24

Wait he actually raced? I heard about him in a sim racing league racing the Toyota GT86 but not in an actual race.

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u/Coleyb23 Oct 06 '24

Yup he raced raced!

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u/275MPHFordGT40 Oct 06 '24

Damn that is cool as hell.

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u/Coleyb23 Oct 06 '24

Yeah he has another race today and tomorrow I believe.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

I'll be cheering him on. He's awesome! Not to mention good looking for an older man

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u/Secret_Account07 Oct 06 '24

Wait is Keanu Canadian? How did I not know this?

Or maybe just the car company is? Idk

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u/aravarth Oct 06 '24

Yes, Keanu Reeves is a Canadian citizen.

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u/girl_introspective Oct 06 '24

The pride of our nation, if I may say so.

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u/Comfortable_Moment44 Oct 06 '24

All I ask is do not get hurt sir, I am really looking forward to Constantine 2

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u/Abnormal-Normal Oct 06 '24

after spinning out

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u/jtbxiv Oct 06 '24

Iā€™m sure he had fun.

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u/I_Mended_it Oct 06 '24

Aww he looks so happy

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u/bongabe Oct 06 '24

My last name is also Reeves and I'm also Canadian (no relation, I've checked many times) so seeing my last name with a flag next to it on a racecar feels sick af.

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u/Historical-Piglet-86 Oct 06 '24

Love the Canada flag

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u/moabdib2000 Oct 06 '24

Is there anything this guy can't do right?

Keanu for President!!!

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u/schultzM Oct 06 '24

KEANU PASSES CODY

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u/JackieLawless Oct 06 '24

25th outta 35, and still a winner in my book

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u/DeviousSmile85 Oct 06 '24

For any races fans IMSA, WEC, and European Le Man's series have tons of multi class racing videos, not to mention the Australian and British super car series.

GT racing has quickly taken over to scratch my racing itch. When IMSA Mazda MX-5's cars put on better races than F1, something is very wrong.

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u/Chevota_84 Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

I dont wanna downplay his debut, because he did have good battles, and was pushing for 24th place right up to the Finish Line.

He was the last car on the Lead Lap, 1:32 behind the Winner. Also, 26th was 15 Laps down.

Edit: Race 2 - 24th and again last car on the Lead Lap, 1:31 behind the Winner. Slight improvement. 25, 26, 27 were all 1 Lap down, so he did well enough to stay ahead of them and not get lapped.

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u/CommunicationKey3018 Oct 06 '24

But first in our hearts

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u/skink2020 Oct 06 '24

Truck berserker?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Good job Neo

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u/Initial_Flamingo1223 Oct 07 '24

Heā€™s completing all the side questsā€¦

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u/AndrewAffel Oct 07 '24

My upvote was 10,000

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u/Certain-Cold-1101 Oct 08 '24

I hope that means we wonā€™t get any more John wick movies

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u/Garrett00 Oct 08 '24

He needs to meet up with frankie muniz. Go racing together.

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u/Trav1997 Oct 06 '24

If you ain't first, you're last Keanu Bobby.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

He cheated probably just plugged into the matrix and uploaded a race driver program

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u/IRecommendCrack Oct 06 '24

That wasn't his debut, he's raced before.

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u/notarealDR650 Oct 06 '24

Not professionally. Read the article. Or any article.

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u/Artemvi Oct 06 '24

The book is total garbage. Iā€™ve been waiting for it for so long, not being able to finish reading this nonsense. After five chapters I just donated the book.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Rich guy does rich guy thing any rich guy can do.

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u/Luci-Noir Oct 06 '24

Being awesome by being a really shitty racer?

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u/stfnotguilty Oct 06 '24

25th place out of 35 might seem like a poor performance, but consider that he beat 10 professional racecar drivers despite not being one himself and just racing as a promotional stunt...that's an incredible performance.

99.9999% of people with minimal training and experience hopping into a professional sport to compete with pros would come in dead last.

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u/Incontinento Oct 07 '24

He's better at racing than you are at anything.