r/Whatcouldgowrong 6d ago

WCGW, or what he was thinking

7.1k Upvotes

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u/kittycatsfoilhats 6d ago

He's trying to get that higher education

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u/turtlelover57 5d ago

He clearly needs it

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u/mtheory007 5d ago

Maybe she just start with regular education and work his way up.

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u/BentoBus 5d ago

They did all learn about the concept of friction and kinetic energy.

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u/SycoJack 5d ago

Shoulda stuck with weed.

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u/Good_Air_7192 5d ago

Should t have taken the crash course

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u/FATalist818 5d ago

Fissix,. Not today!

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u/BlockOfASeagull 5d ago

BaDumTsssss

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u/leoberim 5d ago

for that he needs a solid foundation and it was quite lacking

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u/Porkchopp33 4d ago

This is all I care about getting more Megadesk -Dwight-

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u/Dagiorno 4d ago

That was highly disturbing

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u/JTFindustries 3d ago

Well that tuition money was wasted.

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u/Tough_Discipline_315 5d ago

This! This is the correct comment!

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u/Tallywort 5d ago

And this! This clearly isn't a correct comment.

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u/Tough_Discipline_315 4d ago

With 8 downvotes clearly not 😅I just thought their comment was a good one 😂

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u/JanJaapen 6d ago

You know how sometimes when people fall it looks like they move in slow motion. This wasn’t that

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u/Old_Document_9150 6d ago

Research hypothesis: "A leg bone is stronger than a desk chair."

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u/Glasdir 6d ago

*Neck bone

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u/b0bkakkarot 5d ago

*singing* the neck bone's connected to the ... what is that?

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u/dragoono 4d ago

Oh please tell me what’s this from or I’ll go feral 😂

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u/b0bkakkarot 4d ago

There's a children's song that's apparentlky called "Dem Bones", sung by many different people on youtube under many different names like "The Skeleton Dance" and "Dry Bones"

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u/dragoono 4d ago

Nah I know of the song I was just thinking you were referencing something. It sounds like a line from a tv show, maybe schitts creek? I don’t know. I thought you were referencing that but I guess you just gave me deja vu

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u/billionairesoon69420 5d ago

If he succeeded, he would have been seen as genius

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u/One-Sir6312 5d ago

“The only difference between a mad man and a genius is success”

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u/Fragrant_Joke_7115 5d ago

"...and a well thought out plan."

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u/Luci-Noir 5d ago

No he wouldn’t.

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u/SuperCx 3d ago

Yes he would’ve been on the interesting Reddit instead

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u/UnclePuma 6d ago

He was making Mega-desk, a noble goal

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u/Alcoholhelps 5d ago

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u/UnclePuma 5d ago

Thats exactly what i was thinking, probably my favorite scene!

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u/nippl 5d ago

Broke back mountain.

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u/KayakingATLien 6d ago

Why morons can’t be left unattended

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u/StarScreamer 5d ago

It's like people on reddit have never done stupid shit.

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u/b0bkakkarot 5d ago

Not THAT stu- ... wait, nevermind. When I was about 10, my dumb ass decided I wanted to touch the tippy-most-top leaf on a tree that was more than 3 stories up (I knew that it was at least that high because I could see onto the flat roof of a 3-story apartment building nearby). Made it near the top, so I'm proud of that, but then a branch broke under one of my feet and I fell all the way down, landing flat on my back onto grass. I'm very lucky to have survived, and even luckier that it was with no severe injuries. Hurt like hell though.

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u/SantasDead 5d ago

I fell out of a tree and sprained my wrist pretty bad. Hid that from my mom for 2 days, lol.

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u/MrMetraGnome 5d ago

Climbing top high is one thing, OP is a special kind of dumb

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u/Mstakrakish 5d ago edited 5d ago

I burned an entire wall of a church, borrowed from another denomination, out of boredom because I found a kitchen lighter in the potluck area and sermon was about an hour long.

I lit the Sunday church kids' drawings on the wall.

Edit. I was SDA. Same shit, just on a Saturday instead of Sunday.

I was around 10. Lit the corners, "put" it out, and took nap. Woke up to fire alarms and smoke. I guess fireproof crayons weren't a big thing back then, and I acquired many fuck ups past that.

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u/RoundTiberius 5d ago

I thought you said borrowed from another dimension and the story was way more interesting

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u/maxekmek 5d ago

This argument comes up a lot and no - not I nor any friends I want to keep have done stupid shit like this. This isn't normal.

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u/Tallywort 5d ago

There's levels of stupidity.

I'd argue that most people have done ill-advised stuff. Or messed around, or did silly things. Some people just go for even more stupid stuff to do than others do.

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u/ph0on 5d ago

I think a lot of people assume that everyone did the stupid shit they did lol

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u/cherryreddracula 4d ago

During a class?

You have just acclimated to a level of stupidity as the norm. No, this is not normal.

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u/Patriquito 5d ago

Idk, if this moron got more attention, we wouldn't have this clip 🤷‍♂️

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u/SEA_griffondeur 6d ago

interesting calling college math students morons

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u/Bronek0990 6d ago

As someone who had to teach college math students, I can tell you, DnD had it right with separating Wisdom and Intelligence scores

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u/big_guyforyou 5d ago

intelligence is knowing how to stack desks, wisdom is knowing you shouldn't

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u/CjBoomstick 5d ago

Constitution is surviving the process

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u/angrytreestump 5d ago edited 5d ago

I feel like this is one of those scenarios where a DM would way over-represent the threat of this situation because they saw Million Dollar Baby one time 20 years ago, and assign any roll under 10 to be an instant neck-breaking death for the player falling from 5 feet off the ground in the mighty desk tower collapse of NorthwestMathClass-ia 😆

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u/Tallywort 5d ago

And dexterity is landing on your feet when it happens.

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u/Bao-Babe 6d ago

Just because you're successful in an academic setting, doesn't mean you aren't a moron. There are a lot of ways to be smart, and there are a lot of ways to be dumb. Maybe this person is a total math whiz-they obviously haven't got a lick of common sense.

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u/Katukass 6d ago

College?

I think rather high school students. At least I hope so.

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u/drottkvaett 6d ago

When I got my masters, I almost ripped the plaster off my wall because I forgot to look for a stud to hang the degree. I do dumb stuff all the time. I’m a highly educated moron.

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u/SolaireOfSuburbia 5d ago

Did you get your degree etched in stone or something?

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u/drottkvaett 5d ago

No, I just got this big wooden frame for it because I was all proud of it and also forgot to measure it before I went to shop for a frame.

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u/cjmar41 5d ago

For all you know, that’s remedial freshman algebra at Northwest Community College in Mississippi.

Not everyone taking math classes in college are Mathematics PhD candidates at MIT.

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u/KayakingATLien 6d ago

Males ages 18-23? Absolutely

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u/jonosaurus 5d ago

You watched the clip, right?

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u/Upbeat_Ad_6486 5d ago

Trust me, my first year college math class had an average of 60%. I got a 98 because I completed the exam in 1/6th the time and didn’t care to re-check. Being in a college math class is not even a statement of mathematics ability let alone a statement of general intelligence.

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u/Taint-kicker 6d ago

He took a calculated risk. He’s just bad at math.

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u/stranded_egg 5d ago

That's why he's taking the class.

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u/Dark_Side420 5d ago

Yeahhh... Am I the only one who thinks this is something I would have done in high school?

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 5d ago

Absolutely. And he probably just got a black eye and a sprained ankle. If that happened to me now I would die twice.

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u/dragoono 4d ago

It’s pretty much all I was doing in high school Tbf

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u/N8saysburnitalldown 5d ago

Teacher was out of the room for 20 seconds.

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 5d ago

That probably was the teacher /s

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u/MK544 6d ago

Human evolution

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u/No_Article2594 5d ago

We know one thing for sure. He's no engineer.

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u/sparty219 5d ago

Is it wrong that I feel robbed that the clip ended where it did? Really wanted to see the aftermath - especially if it included laying on the ground groaning in pain and humiliation.

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u/starcube 5d ago

These videos always end too fucking early!

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u/Purp1eC0bras 6d ago

He learned something in the classroom that day

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u/jasperfirecai2 5d ago

these chairs attached to desks look like a nightmare to sit on

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u/TehWildMan_ 5d ago

My middle school teacher: "you'll crack your head open if you try that. Don't come crying to me if it happens".

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u/manondorf 5d ago

as a middle school teacher, the phrase "stop doing that, I don't want to clean up blood" was definitely used several times this week

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u/Claymoresama 3d ago

As a high school teacher, I have this conversation with my freshmen way too often

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u/TheDude-of-the-dudes 5d ago

I am so glad yesterday was my last day as educator

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u/WaylandReddit 5d ago

The modern day Icarus.

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u/BabyLegsDeadpool 5d ago

Honestly that was impressive until the leg slid off.

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u/BatangTundo3112 6d ago

Who would have thought that's gonna happen?😏

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u/IamCentral46 5d ago

I'm gonna live on a mountain of chairs! Mom and dad's gone so nobody cares!

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u/Dan_Habesha 5d ago

Surprised he even got that far

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u/Midnight7000 5d ago

The irony of that happening in a maths class.

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u/DeeKayNineNine 5d ago

He needs to redo his foundation.

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u/iamstarless 5d ago

Got faced by the highest desk in the room

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u/dotnetdotcom 5d ago

He didn't calculate the friction coefficient.

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u/Amazing-Garbage-3706 5d ago

Went to learn math, got a physics lesson thrown in for free

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u/EnvironmentalSpirit2 5d ago

Ended too soon

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u/Yah_Mule 5d ago

Only the bold may lay claim to the throne.

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u/Lardzor 5d ago

Extra credit for her engineering class.

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u/Dan_t_great 5d ago

“So much room for activities.”

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u/METRlOS 5d ago

We used to do this in school as well, but I think we used a spotter to keep the legs on while we were climbing.

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u/eggs_and_bacon 4d ago

Physics teacher NEEDS to use this video as an intro to friction coefficients

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u/Shadow07655 5d ago

These videos always cut a little too early. I want to see their reaction. Keep filming

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u/Jaxager 5d ago

Hopefully he's not studying to be an engineer.

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u/litterbin_recidivist 5d ago

Levels, Jerry

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u/eggz627 5d ago

This is the kind of behavior that gets us those funny warnings on products. Like "Don't use iron on clothes you're wearing"

Funny enough my mom's friend did just that many many years ago. She was trying to straighten a spaghetti strap on her dress while wearing it.

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u/jiheishouu 5d ago

“You should have built a stronger relationship with the student” - the teacher’s admin, probably

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u/Stranger1982 5d ago

How the tables have (over)turned.

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u/Beavers225 5d ago

Should’ve paid attention in physics class

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u/draven33l 5d ago

The memories will last forever though. I remember when the teacher would leave the room in 6th grade for us, we would climb on top of the lockers. Just rows of kids all standing on lockers touching the ceiling. It was a "what we were thinking?" moment now but hilarious to think back on.

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u/Some_Iteration 5d ago

Hopefully he learned something in school today.

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u/ShadowCaster0476 5d ago

He spent all the time figuring out if he could and not stopping to ponder if he should.

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u/Square-Way-9751 5d ago

Brilliant idea

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u/Panzerpython 5d ago

My friend did this in middle school and broke his hip haha

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u/Naval_fluff 5d ago

So many sharp edges to fall onto.

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u/mrgonzalez 5d ago

spacing on that lower level was a liability

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u/The_Motley_Fool---- 5d ago

Desk top right in the ‘ol’ kisser

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u/Firewolf06 5d ago

meme oshino backstory

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u/lougle2k 5d ago

This videos need to be 1 or 2 seconds longer

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u/John-John-3 5d ago edited 5d ago

MEGA DESK!

Edit- That is all I care about...getting...more...mega desk.

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u/Muffman4Ever 5d ago

This clearly isn’t science class

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u/Oldtimer209 5d ago

No brains no pain

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u/xylotism 5d ago

If this is THE Northwest High School, the one that gave us both Overly Attached Girlfriend and Kid With Veins, then I think he was trying to become their next great meme.

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u/Xpartacux 5d ago

Bruh lolol

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u/Jackielegs43 5d ago

There is no single multiversal universe in which this goes well

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u/Mohander 5d ago

Should we help him?

...no...

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u/N0urii 5d ago

Its fun tho

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u/TeddyIsHereIRL 5d ago

There should be a sub with almost impaled

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u/FreshPitch6026 4d ago

I watched it 10 Times and laughed 20 times

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u/_ZAshton 4d ago

So this is why all the desks are broken

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u/CryptoM4dness 4d ago

Squid games 2 needs better writers

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u/Exark141 4d ago

Probably the most important lesson he learnt all year

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u/Nevermore_Novelist 4d ago

What was he thinking?

He wasn't.

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u/The_Virtual_Balboa 3d ago

It's like when New Jack threw Vic Grimes off the scaffolding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm9d1-i2NLk

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u/No-Manufacturer7676 3d ago

“Hm. I can build a tower of chairs and tables.”

“Let’s climb it!”

“Lets sit.”

“IT FELLLLL”

What did bro expect would happen? That he’d be on top of the world?

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u/Chucheyface 3d ago

I can feel this video

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u/gui_carvalho94 3d ago

He wants his own Mega Desk™

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u/RainbowPegasus82 3d ago

Dang, was he oke? Looked like that desk got him in the face good at the end there.

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u/Fit_Algae_5984 2d ago

But I am fully paralyzed from walking on the sidewalk 🤷‍♂️

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u/ConfidentFile1750 6d ago

Should have got that diet coke last night.

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u/Tony-HawkTuah 5d ago

I really hope he got hurt

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u/UncommonBagOfLoot 6d ago

Those chairs look flimsy. Seems to share legs with the desk. Should've taken that into account.

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u/SomeRandomPyro 5d ago

Naw, the chairs weren't the failure point. The issue is that the desk he's standing on starts right on the edge of the desk below, and then he wiggles.

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u/Brucible1969 5d ago

wow. hoodah thunk it?

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u/BigSwiss1988 5d ago

I see why America is so far behind every other 1st world county in education lol

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u/cherryreddracula 4d ago

I'm just amused that there are hardly any people wondering how this kid pulled all this off DURING a math class.

I'm not THAT old, just in my mid 30s, but I don't remember people pulling this kind of stuff during class in my days as a student in the public US education system.

I really am not hopeful for the future of this country.

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u/WakaWakasss 5d ago

I’m going to live on a mountain of chairs!

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u/johnmarkfoley 5d ago

I read that as “Meth” class

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u/Mataelio 5d ago

What could go right?

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u/OMGlenn 5d ago

Never we see these videos, a friend of mine always asks what school lets you do this kind of crap in class?

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u/everyoneisntme 5d ago

Anyone else think that'd probably hurt?

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u/whitecow 5d ago

Breaking your neck for a video, good job

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u/HockeyMMA 5d ago

Where is the teacher? How did the student have that much time to build that?

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u/PapaMidnight34 5d ago

I actually laughed out loud 😭😭😭😂

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u/ihatetakennamesfuck 5d ago

Wait a minute, you guys really still have chairs that are bolted to your desks? I thought that shit died out in the last century at the latest.

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u/pintasm 5d ago

Idk, for me this should be in r/satisfyingasfuck

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u/formulapain 5d ago

Which Northwest high school is this? There's one near where I live.

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u/Dr_Feelgoof 5d ago

...And here's a mountain dew advert beneath...Coincidence?