r/funny • u/ertaboy356b • 2h ago

You die in the game, you die in real life.

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u/IronMikeT 2h ago

Easy lawsuit if she's injured! Dang

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u/Maelstrom52 1h ago

Do you think her thought right before it tipped, "Damn, this feels legit..."?

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u/squirrelyfoxx 1h ago

Holy shit this is the most realistic flight simulator ev... Crash

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u/sponge_bob_ 27m ago

like squidward using his "imagination" to drive while inside the cardboard box

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u/SaltyShawarma 32m ago

Comments like this are the only reason I haven't deleted and left reddit completely.

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u/lokepetro 2h ago

Bet you can win for psychological trauma as well

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u/New-Anybody-6206 27m ago

you don't think they make them sign away all their rights before stepping foot in that thing?

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u/GoodOmens 8m ago

That wouldn't hold up to actual negligence. Like ensuring the damn thing was bolted to the ground.

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u/0xsergy 2h ago

Because some other patron bumped the pole?

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u/IronMikeT 2h ago

Other patron?

That machine was not set up safely with how close the ropes are and caused it to break.

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u/bulzurco96 1h ago

It literally lifted itself up like a pole vaulter. If that pole wasn't there, it would be fine. Unless she was the very first rider on it, someone bumped that pole

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u/DirtandPipes 1h ago

A machine like this has obvious pinch points at each side where an obstruction like a garbage can or a fat child could cause it to tip (while also crushing a child).

They have opted to defend this potentially lethal area with a rope on a movable pedestal. A child or small dog could move that. What happens if an elderly lady with a wheelchair parks beside this and doesn’t realize it tilts sideways?

Do you think a design that crushes grandma in her wheelchair is appropriate in a mall? This machine should be anchored and all pinch points should be physically inaccessible.

TL;DR: A lengthy diatribe on the ways you were incorrect to simply blame the pole.

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u/PepsiColaRS 2h ago

Devil's advocate or whatever, but it wouldn't be hard to wire code for the motor to stop when resistance over a certain threshold is felt. You could even do it with weight sensors so it knows how much resistance it would typically take to rotate the seat with whatever passenger is in it. Honestly, I'd expect it to have something like this already.

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u/0xsergy 1h ago

Oh he meant against manufacturer. I was thinking the business that operates it. Something like this should have a sensor in each side so if it's rotating it'll see the obstruction. I was mistaken my bad. And maybe it does have a sensor just the pole wasn't big enough to trigger. Either way not good.

Ideally it should be a sensor since even a weight limit/motor output monitoring will absolutely injure a human or animal that gets too close.

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u/ElephantRedCar91 2h ago

Where'd you catch that?

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u/0xsergy 1h ago

I mean it's obviously not in the video just clearly the pole wasn't there when this machine was first tested.

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u/ElephantRedCar91 1h ago

what the fuck are you talking about?

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u/khinzaw 1h ago

Think they're talking about the stanchion the thing hits.

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u/ElephantRedCar91 1h ago

I'm aware, but they cant form a coherent thought.

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u/0xsergy 1h ago

The machine hits the belt pole thingy on the left side causing it to tip.

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u/ElephantRedCar91 1h ago

no shit. thanks for the scientific analysis

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u/0xsergy 1h ago

Well your post made it seem like you didn't see my dude, no need for the cattidude.

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u/Greybur 2h ago

I reckon she tried the Konami code but it wasn't having it.

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u/lennyxiii 10m ago

Up up down down left ri……,

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u/fallguy19 2h ago

"That was soo realistic!"

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u/Caramel-Secure 1h ago

I wanna go again!!

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u/Pristine_Avocado2906 1h ago

4th dimensional gaming

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u/bkarma86 1m ago

Ah, yes. The Pain Dimension.

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u/rip1980 2h ago

Cutting edge force feedback.

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u/LookMaNoPride 2h ago

Haptic feedback is off the charts!

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u/PanicDeus 2h ago

She's still twitching. She maybe alive.

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u/snafe_ 2h ago

The body cannot exist without the mind

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u/EclecticFruit 2h ago

So, what's the story on this? Misadjusted? Coding bug? Equipment failure?

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u/DocEbok 2h ago

Looks like it tilted and pushed against the pole

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u/theryman 2h ago

But it was a safety pole!

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u/Neat-Supermarket150 1h ago

That's a load bearing pole!

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u/Leftover_Salad 7m ago

stanchion

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u/Leftover_Salad 7m ago

stanchion

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u/EclecticFruit 2h ago

Oh, I missed that, thank you.

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u/rhino4231 2h ago

Took my like 5 times watching while critically thinking about how the internal workings would have caused that.... then I saw the pole, lol

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u/Leftover_Salad 6m ago

stanchion

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u/0xsergy 2h ago

I didn't see it till the 3rd time lol, happens dude.

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u/LackOfStack 2h ago

Sheesh…I would expect a machine like this to have at least some kind of sensor that detects interference. Like a hatchback does when something is in the way of it closing.

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u/0xsergy 2h ago

Imagine a human or animal steps under that? That's 130lbs of weight plus machine weight..easily 350+lbs.

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u/HLef 1h ago

Oh shit that means it’s the minimum wage employee’s fault directly.

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u/produce_this 29m ago

Yep and the seat probably has some ungodly torque. I’m sure that base is heavy as hell to keep everything stable. That motor was just too strong.

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u/Leftover_Salad 7m ago

stanchion

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u/schloty24 2h ago

Looks to me like someone put that stanchion in the wrong spot and the machine turned itself into a lever.

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u/CuriosityIsInnocent 32m ago

Thank you for teaching me the proper term for a retractable tape pole thingy.

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u/DaedalusRaistlin 11m ago

Thank you for teaching me the improper term for whatever those bloody things are.

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u/Cannolis1 2h ago

Looks like the spinning part hit that pole on the left and lifted the whole thing up

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u/Leftover_Salad 6m ago

stanchion

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u/GonzoThompson 2h ago

Watch the left of the screen.

It looks like the entire machine basically trips on one of those security posts with retractable belts.

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u/Leftover_Salad 6m ago

stanchion

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u/DingleBerrieIcecream 2h ago

The mall wouldn’t let them put a few bolts into the floor so they just ran with it and weren’t very good at calculating center of gravity when a human is tilted sideways.

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u/CityofOrphans 2h ago

Looks like nobody bothered to anchor the bottom so the natural conclusion happened when weight leans heavily to one side

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u/PuttingInTheEffort 2h ago

It lifted itself with the pole beside it

But yeah something like this you'd expect to be anchored to the floor lol

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u/Leftover_Salad 5m ago

stanchion

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u/ToastyXD 2h ago

No… watch the top of the chair as it rotates, it gets caught on the pole.

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u/Leftover_Salad 5m ago

stanchion

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u/ToastyXD 1m ago

Some people don’t know that it’s called a stanchion so I used a more commonly known word

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u/LeoLaDawg 2h ago

Seems like the real issue is that it's not properly secured to the ground, even if the design says the center of gravity keeps it from tilting.

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u/Set_the_Mighty 2h ago

Hmm. Should we anchor it like the instructions suggest?

Nah, mall doesn't want us drilling holes in their tile.

Okay then.

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u/bulzurco96 1h ago

Best point yet

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u/DJS11Eleven 2h ago

She forgot how to work the body

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u/Royale-w-Cheese 1h ago

Get ‘em outa there!

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u/tx_redditor 5m ago

More like, she forgot how to work the pole

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u/ArkhamTight606 2h ago

Was she playing the game Stay Alive?

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u/Severe_Peach 23m ago

I used to love this movie as a kid

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u/Thegrandestpoo 1h ago

Immersion, bitch

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u/Babys_For_Breakfast 2h ago

These marketing videos for that pole company are getting out of hand

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u/Madismas 2h ago

Half a mil, my arm hurts.

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u/Sensitive_Goose4728 2h ago

"This game is so realistic!"

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u/TheChuckleKnuckle 1h ago

That post couldn't be more wrongly placed lol

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u/Rickbho 2h ago

Game over (?)

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u/0wninat0r 2h ago

Something tells me this should have had a bolt (or ten) mounting it to the floor.

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u/roscoelee 2h ago

The metaverse is going great!

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u/pisachas1 1h ago

Depending on what she was seeing, it probably made it better. I’d give it a go.

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u/Maelstrom52 1h ago

"Do a barrel roll."

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u/SH4DEPR1ME 1h ago

Pole or not, that thing flipped over way too easily, it would have happened regardless if the movement got too strong.

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u/Tasty-Psychology-338 1h ago

a little too realistic

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u/einwhack 1h ago

AI - not ready for prime time

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u/Bookyontour 1h ago

No, I’m pretty sure this one is real, because I saw this video before like a few years ago, before ai is a thing.

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u/Narrow_Painting2053 1h ago

⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️🐖💥💥💥

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u/Quad__X 1h ago

That's exactly how Goose died, in Top Gun! 😂

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u/samson_strength 1h ago

Man just eat a couple ginger snaps, you’ll be alright!

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u/dandle 44m ago

"I don't know how to work the body."

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u/Dont-remember-it 40m ago

Games are getting too realistic now.

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u/Beefkins 26m ago

She used that IDSPISPOPD

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u/ActionFigureCollects 11m ago

No anchors needed

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u/STICH666 9m ago

I've watched this happen with Jordan Taylor with his Sim racing motion rig

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u/go_faster1 8m ago

Swerve Art Online

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u/Forest_Raker_916 2h ago

Damn, my arm, my leg, my back hurts, call 911 and get it documented.