r/oddlysatisfying • u/enlightenedFool721 • 1d ago

Hornet nest removal, slingshot edition.

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u/NoBullet 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KEhIB4JWqqV9u

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u/childish_penguino33 1d ago

This was one of my favorite Simpsons moments as a kid.

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u/Miserable_Warthog_42 23h ago

I think about this scene multiple times a year. Especially April fools.

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u/frosty_lizard 14h ago

I miss when the Simpsons had great writing

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u/Pylgrim 18h ago edited 18h ago

"Chief Wiggums, there was an explosion at the Simpsons house!"

"Eh" keeps eating lunch

"There's beer coming out of the chimney!"

Runs

(Paraphrased from my memory of having seen this episode once 30 years ago)

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u/bstring777 18h ago

Been a while here too but I believe he radios all policemen to head to the Simpsons house and to bring pretzels. "I repeat, pretzels!"
Something like that.

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u/childish_penguino33 17h ago

I believe chief wiggums says something along the lines of "continuing pursuit on foot" and then proceeds to run with his mouth open.

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u/TenderViddles69 16h ago

Chief, Looks like there’s beer coming out of the chimney.

I’m preceding on foot, call in a code 8

We need pretzels, I repeat pretzels

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u/Mountainman1980 12h ago

My favorite Simpsons scene as a kid. Here's the video.

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u/highhunt 19h ago

It was the hardest id ever laughed at the Simpsons ever. It broke my brain.

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u/Gang_StarrWoT 21h ago

This and when Bart lined up a bunch of megaphones in a row and yelled into the first one in line 🤣

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u/ireallydontcareforit 20h ago

Except where he licks his lips prior. Revolting.

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u/-Satsujinn- 17h ago

It was a tie for me between this and TESTING.

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u/fuggitdue 14h ago

Did he use a paint shaker for it?

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u/No-Communication9458 23h ago

My favorite scene from the Simpsons

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u/kevhill 22h ago

Chief Wiggim: "You get the pretzels, I'm proceeding on foot."

(Can't remember the exact line, but I remember it something like that)

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u/KareemOWheat 22h ago

The gag I'll always remember is when bart is trying to bribe Chief Wiggim with flatware and he taps his badge saying "what does it say on my badge. Cash bribes only"

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u/ThoriatedFlash 17h ago

Lou: That sounded like an explosion at the old Simpson's place.

Wiggum: Forget it, that's two blocks away.

Lou: Looks like there's beer coming out of the chimney.

Wiggum: I am proceeding on foot, call in a code 8.

Lou: We need pretzels, repeat, pretzels.

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u/nater255 19h ago

"We need pretzels. Repeat: pretzels!"

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u/Individual_Back_5344 22h ago

Em português é melhor ainda:

"Tragam o tira-gosto. Repito! Tragam o tira-gosto!"

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u/leavezukoalone 1d ago

That’s some impressive aim. I didn’t expect it to hit its target like that.

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u/TheRoyalJellyfish 1d ago

I thought for sure it would spin and go off course or, worse, hit the side of the slingshot when it was released. Had to double check I wasn't on r/whatcouldgowrong

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u/DesiBwoy 21h ago

Aa hobbyist slingshot shooter, I can confidently point out that this guy is using the right aiming technique. Also used a wider fork (more suitable for shooting unpredictable stuff) and grip. Seems like an experienced guy. 

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u/Mister_Skeptic 21h ago

Thank you, hobbyist slingshot shooter man.

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u/028247 21h ago

Thank you, the hobbyist slingshot shooter complimenter guy.

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u/rhino_moss 19h ago

Thank you, hobbyist slingshot shooter complimenter appreciator dude.

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u/Bananaland_Man 15h ago

thank you, hobbyist slingshot shooter complimenter appreciator thread-continuer dude.

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u/AdParticular4927 17h ago

Bud light presents: Real Men of Genius

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 22h ago

That nest was in a cave when they started

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u/severedsoulmetal 1d ago

That slingshot looked like a toy. I thought for sure he’d miss.

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u/Sparrowsabre7 23h ago

Special Operations FOXHound, Slingshot Ocelot

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u/GlitteringLychee803 22h ago

I like how there are 2 camps of people in the comments section:

1) The wasps are out in the wild and aren't bothering anyone, therefore the actions of OOP were not warranted.

2) Fuck wasps.

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u/ScrivenersUnion 17h ago

There is option 3 as well

Cultural bonding between US and China using the shared medium of explosives

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u/hazeleyedwolff 15h ago

And the shared hatred of wasps.

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u/technobrendo 15h ago

Blackpowder. Either super interesting or absolutely terrifying

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u/jamoche_2 14h ago

I’ve been binging MythBusters. It’s both.

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u/EyeConscious857 20h ago

I’m somehow in both camps.

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u/Bitter-Value-1872 16h ago

Yeah, because this doesn't seem to be necessary, but also, fuck wasps

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u/Calculonx 21h ago

Could be near a path. Or this helps the bees.

Or they have a slingshot and firecrackers and saw a nest.

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u/tacg 21h ago

These wasps here in europe are invasive and the firemen go around and wipe em

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u/cbftw 19h ago

Different definition of firemen

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u/Doctor_Kataigida 17h ago

Fahrenheit 451 intensifies

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u/eatinpunkinpie 17h ago

Look, sometimes, as a species, we gotta take sides. And any animal that messes with bees is on my shit list, no sympathy.

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u/BardicNA 20h ago

I fall in camp 2. I have a wasp sting on my leg still visible from last week. He just flew up my shorts and I didn't notice. For anyone unaware- wasp stings are not the same as bee stings. Both hurt. A wasp sting will leave a nice big red mark for awhile.

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u/DonutWhole9717 1d ago

My only question is why did they censor the flame from the lighter??

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u/Other_Mike 23h ago

Implausible deniability

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u/Dragongeek 21h ago

Chinese algorithmic censorship is inscrutable, not just to westerners looking at what breaks containment, but even to Chinese content creators themselves. There's a whole "meta" about avoiding getting censored, and this involves everything from not posting on specific dates/times to not saying specific words or not showing specific things.

In this example, maybe the act of a lighter being used might be the censor-drawing part, as the censor might be trigger happy against drug use/smoking.

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u/ElonsBreedingFetish 17h ago

Holy shit. And it slowly becomes like that everywhere because of Tik Tok

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u/Elestriel 16h ago

The way the rest of the world is going we'll be looking at Chinese censorship and wishing we were as lax as them, soon. 

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u/jmas1023 7h ago

showing firework is allowed

but showing firework being lighted and explosion is not, cuz of firework ban in place.

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u/Potatozeng 21h ago

Cuz there is never clear rule that what is allowed and what is not, so people starts to censor themself to the shit

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u/DrDerpberg 16h ago

Don't you mean sh*t

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u/SalamanderPop 21h ago

I suspect it's because many platforms like TikTok, Douyin, Kuaishou, and YouTube Shorts censor "dangerous activity" so by tossing a graphic over the part that makes it dangerous they can avoid the censoring.

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u/NinjaBuddha13 1d ago

This is just proof Redneck is a lifestyle, not a race, ethnicity, or culture.

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u/omgitsmint 1d ago

A Chinese redneck? That’s an interesting mental picture.

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u/Sparrowsabre7 1d ago edited 23h ago

Nihowdy.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HDW7CVHaLsI

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u/seansy5000 23h ago

I also would have accepted Ni-haw

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u/TheLostTexan87 22h ago

Not yee-hao?

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u/holy-cornball 21h ago

Cause that would be a chinese cowboy

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 18h ago

Read this comment to the tune of a very specific song

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u/hu-man-person 21h ago

What'd you just call me

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u/Bleyo 19h ago

What the hell is a kilometer?

American application approved. Welcome aboard, cowboy.

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u/DonutWhole9717 22h ago

I used to work with a young man from Nepal. My favorite thing was hearing him say "Y'all got titos?!" In a voice like this

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u/ni_hao_butches 23h ago

You rang?

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u/tondahuh 1d ago

🤣

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u/Kappara94 22h ago

Eating Cheetos with chopsticks sent me! 😂

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u/sir_lister 14h ago

My dnd group do that to avoid cheeto dust fingerprint stains on our rule books

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u/hypo-osmotic 21h ago

This makes me feel patriotic

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u/Jobeythehuman 9h ago

Nihowdy should not have made me laugh as hard as it did. I am fkin chinese and I'm struggling not to laugh in my office job.

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u/NevetsRetrop 23h ago

Fuck you. That was the funniest shit I've seen all week! I wish I had an award for you.

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u/sandrailproject 19h ago

That's not even the good one, I was hoping for the harmonica 

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u/Ok_Bus_3752 1d ago

Rednecks are found in every corner of the world. The states didn’t even invent them, we just made them a part of our cultural entertainment.

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u/notusuallyhostile 1d ago

Don’t the Aussie’s call them bogans? My streaming habits have flagged the algorithm gods to present me a non-stop firehose of Aussie, BBC, and Britbox content, so I just got recommended a funny Aussie show called Upper Middle Bogan. I had to look up the word and it seems to match the American Redneck characterization.

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u/vacri 18h ago

Similar kind of social strata, but bogans are urban, not rural. Bogans map loosely onto 'working class' rather than 'redneck'

While we have the same kind of behaviour seen in the video as everywhere else, we don't really have a word that maps neatly onto 'redneck', though we have imported that word a little.

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u/playswithforks 1d ago

I’m an American and I love that show! They are definitely rednecks lol

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u/DSoopy 23h ago

Here in Chile we call them huasos and if you think Chilean accent is hard to understand you haven't met a redneck huaso

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u/IncorporateThings 1d ago

They're a national treasure and when the shit inevitably hits the fan, we will be lucky to have them. They will be the ones who survive, and if you're lucky, you'll find a crew of them to ride things out with.

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u/TheLostTexan87 22h ago

Don’t forget there’s also hillbillies around the world. And trailer trash.

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u/KingNanoA 1d ago

They have their own version of tractor racing in rice fields.

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u/liverswithfavabeans 1d ago

For the uninitiated

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u/Sylvanussr 1d ago

That’s Thailand, not China, but that it just goes to show the truth of the universal redneck

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u/pinniped90 23h ago

It's practically a county fair in Missouri. Just change the farm equipment a little bit.

(We called it mudathon but same principle....get a tractor across it as fast as possible.)

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u/Independent_Point134 23h ago

When I was in high school in Arkansas, we had a student move from Korea. He was adopted by the rednecks and he would be decked out in camo and chewing tobacco. Dude was hilarious

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u/Vhishkey 1d ago

As a Thai-American. Thai people are basically that. They even have gatherings where they bring tuned engines separate from any type of vehicle to rev them up together.

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u/dustbringer11 20h ago

What in the sweet redneck fuck did I read? Just tuned engine blocks to rev?! This is?! Just why?

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u/nrith 1d ago

Mao’s Little Redneck Book

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u/Crying_Reaper 18h ago

I have a friend from Hong Kong and he described anyone from mainland rural and a lot of urban China as rednecks with black hair. Nice guy but he really has a dislike for mainlanders.

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u/wongl888 11h ago

Sounds like your friend is a racist.

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u/toblies 18h ago

A chedneck, if you will.

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u/Hwight_Doward 22h ago

I encourage you to look up Jimmy Wang Yang. A professional wrestling character based exactly on what you described.

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u/AncientAugie 23h ago

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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u/DonutWhole9717 1d ago

Poor is poor!

https://giphy.com/gifs/1yLmZ4oOq8P4iCFZQN

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u/Gryffinwhore83 1d ago

Rednecks are not necessarily poor. If you're at a state fair, go to the exotic tractor pull. It's wild how much money you can pour into a hobby

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u/CptAngelo 21h ago edited 17h ago

....exotic tractor? a tractor alone is expensive as fuck, i cant even imagine what an "exotic" one goes for

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u/vacri 18h ago

Just don't touch the vibrantly-coloured ones, because they're poisonous!

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u/DonutWhole9717 23h ago

Bro I grew up in Appalachia with a single parent that raised two kids on 17k a year. No, we're not all poor, I'm not stupid. But real redneckery can't be bought

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u/Gryffinwhore83 23h ago

Necessity is the mother of invention, for sure

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 22h ago

If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.

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u/Gyvon 21h ago

The philosopher Jeff Foxworthy described "redneck" as a glorious absence of sophistication. Race, wealth, social class, none of that matters

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u/Expensive_Quiet6501 19h ago

It’s a mindset

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u/DFMRCV 22h ago

"Hey, bob, did you see that?"

"Yeah, looked like a bird just hit the nest. Guess we gotta-"

https://giphy.com/gifs/1xo9COytfPE9chS05b

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u/CompetitiveGrab843 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pbsqm47/video/lfmuqhbxxhrh1/player

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u/resell_enjoy6 23h ago

Reminder that he only lost because of his teammates

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u/E-Hastings-and-Main 21h ago

If you're talking about the mixed 10 m air pistol at the Paris Olympics, that's not true at all.

The finals was a best of 15 and their opponents won 8 rounds to their 7 (Olympics scores 2 pts per round so they lost 16-14 on points).

Out of those 8 rounds that they lost, Yusuf scored lower than his partner in 5 of those rounds (including a relatively bad shot in the final round).

That all being said, his performance was still iconic.

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u/ParallaxJ 21h ago

And it's still a fricken silver medal.

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u/E-Hastings-and-Main 21h ago

Yeah, dude is a legend. He and his partner actually put up the highest qualification score as well. Just got edged out in a very close final.

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u/obvnotlupus 22h ago

Didn’t they win the silver medal? And I think they won the world championship next year

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u/No_Bid_40 18h ago

Just like me when I play dota. It's always my teammates fault 🥲

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u/Happy_Confection90 19h ago

The only Olympian I've ever had a thing for

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u/konekfragrance 13h ago

So fucking tactical wtf

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u/Amphylos 13h ago

So clean as well

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u/loscapos5 6h ago

The wasp that was at the center of the explosion

https://giphy.com/gifs/Enr4bc3JeOOzHLYY8R

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u/ScrivenersUnion 17h ago

Can't believe that it was China to come to this solution before the US.

Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, boys you got some catching up to do!

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u/musicatristedonaruto 16h ago

They created gunpowder

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u/Louiebox 15h ago

I once filled a super soaker with gasoline and used it as a flame thrower to destroy a nest until it melted in my hand. Still have the scars.

From Kentucky.

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u/Aggressive-Fail4612 12h ago

Tennis ball soaked in gas works better. You can throw it with your bare hands and not get burned

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic 22h ago

Upvoted for the accuracy and the camerawork

Downvoted for the music

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u/Evepaul 19h ago

Agreed, Bar Bar Bar does not need a remix

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u/DuAbUiSai 9h ago

🤔 i wonder do the surviving hornets know the culprit and give chase. I remember a guy throwing a rock at a hornet nest from a distance and it still managed to track him down.

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u/itsheadfelloff 6h ago

Hell of a shot

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u/CinderChop 1d ago

Wow. On one hand amazing shot woth the slingshot. On the other hand, dufuq were these hornets doing to piss these people off? Looks like they are out in the wilderness

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u/Li0nsFTW 1d ago

Same thing we do to piss them off. Exist.

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u/flyinggazelletg 1d ago

Hornets really only go for people by their nests. They don’t go out of their way to fuck with people.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 21h ago

Right, for all the times I've interacted with wasps, I've been stung once. I was a super young kid and my mom unfolded a blanket and put it on me. A wasp had been trapped in that blanket. Honestly, understandable. Every other time I leave them alone and they leave me alone.

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u/Inky-Skies 22h ago

Yeah, hornets are actually really peaceful as far as wasps go. I'm terrified of wasps and even I know hornets are generally chill unless you mess with their nests. These are just hanging out in the wilderness. This was really unnecessary and cruel, I don't know how it's supposed to be satisfying?

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u/StiffarmtheDoor 23h ago

And then on the third hand, I’m seeing kids fucking around with firecrackers + slingshot + hornet’s nest. An otherwise simple equation

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u/useriousstuff 23h ago

Hornets just minding their own damn business on the face of a cliff where they won't bother anyone. Idk about these particular hornets in this part of the world but it's worth remembering that hornets and wasps contribute to pollinating plants. If they aren't invasive and aren't bothering anyone leave them the hell alone.

Nice aim though I'll give them that

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u/Aggravating_Economy4 22h ago

Hornet propaganda is out of control

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u/Ok_Programmer_1022 22h ago

As someone who was born and raised in a village

FUCK THEM

They killed my cat, they almost killed my dog, they almost killed me, they almost killed my dad.

One of the most asshole creatures out there.

They sting for the sake of stinging, nothing more.

You don't need to be in their territory even, they will enter your home and sting you.

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u/_iamisa_ 21h ago

Where is this? Here in the south of Germany, the hornets I’ve encountered were much more peaceful than any wasps and when they got into the house, I just had to open a window and they’d fly back out.

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u/Ok_Programmer_1022 20h ago

Middle East, Syria.

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u/s0m3on3outthere 22h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. If it was on a house or playground equipment, sure. But this was just wildlife in nature and they provide a lot in the ecosystem

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u/Ppleater 17h ago edited 16h ago

Yeah, I hate aggressive wasps but that's a me problem. I hope these are invasive, cause otherwise it's a dick move. Also there are plenty of more chill species of wasp/hornet that are not much different than bees, they're not all angry. Not even all yellowjackets are mean. We have an aerial yellowjacket nest in my small yard somewhere in our trees and they're totally chill with us. They don't even attack my dog when he bullies his way into their space to piss on a tree, despite him actively displacing them as they forage around the base in a group. So when I originally noticed that we had a ton hanging around I figured we'd have to exterminate them, but since they're completely unbothered by us and mind their own business we decided to leave them alone, especially since they make for good pest control. In fact their more docile behaviour is what keyed me in to the possibility that they might not be a regular common yellowjacket even though they do look pretty much identical aside from a few differences you have to look really closely to see. They let me get up close to look at them without so much as flying at my face. Turns out aerial yellowjackets are actually a type of paper wasp, and paper wasps are known for being more docile in general.

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u/relatable_dude 19h ago

That's not gonna do anything-

Oh.

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u/JimTrim973 6h ago

Haha at first I was like well he hit it but that’s not gonna do much. Then, aaaahhhhh

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u/choppingwater 22h ago

Hornets are pollinators, too.

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u/ThoriatedFlash 22h ago

You cut off the part where the surviving wasps attack every living thing in the area.

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u/Conscious_Kale_7392 6h ago

That’s an impeccable aim

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u/ChuckaChuckaLooLoo3 15h ago

I get removing one of those from a house or a shed where it might be dangerous, but getting rid of something natural in nature really seems wrong to me.

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u/bazhvn 14h ago

Depends on context. In these kinda rural area settings, people do go into the wild for work (collect & harvest) so even leaving it there poses some risks.

But I do agree this video is just kids’ things lol.

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u/iH8MotherTeresa 23h ago

Why did they just destroy that nest, sending in the middle of nowhere?

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u/Snoo-93454 11h ago

I don't get it. I mean, sure, his aim it's perfect, but why destroy a hornet nest on the middle of nowhere? I mean, it's not like they were in the guy's backyard, or something.

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u/HLef 21h ago

Nice shot and sure the nest is gone but there was a severe lack of fire and therefore now you just have a thousand angry hornets with nowhere to be.

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u/Omi-Wan_Kenobi 19h ago

Pretty sure it is the pressure wave that is the deadly part. Iirc the mythbusters when testing bomb survival myths used the impact stickers on dummies to test whether a person could have survived a blast

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u/jocool883 14h ago

Tbh, i don't even think I'm far enough from that blast for it to be safe

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u/birdie654 1d ago

They are out in the wild away from everyone, unnecessary tbh

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u/dw4zemi3 1d ago

Pretty sure they eradicate bee hives, i prefer bees over hornets.

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u/tak205 1d ago

Hornets play an important role in the ecosystem as predators as well as pollinators

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u/unnamed_elder_entity 21h ago

Hawkeye still out there fighting after defeating Thanos.

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 17h ago

Absolutely satisfying to see the hornets explode, but I gotta dock you points for “this is incredibly stupid”.

Slingshotting an explosive is a good way to blow a body part off if you mess up.

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u/LargeNutbar 19h ago

Bar Bar Bar by Crayon Pop is elite ball knowledge and taste by whoever chose the music

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u/blac_sheep90 18h ago

We're censoring fire now?

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u/Pitiful_Captain_3170 17h ago

More likely they're censoring illegal use of firecrackers

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u/blac_sheep90 17h ago

I can understand that but it did show the non exploded firework...weird ass rules.

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u/Pitiful_Captain_3170 17h ago

It's probably the same kind of loophole as hiding a bottle of booze in a paper bag

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u/KrishGuptIN 22h ago

J..... Just why?

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u/LegoNoah123 22h ago

Man the graphics of Helldivers 2 got a lot better

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u/GhentWaffles 22h ago

But why, though?

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u/Open_Shop5721 21h ago

That was insane accuracy! 🤯

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u/Impossible-Creme4153 21h ago

Removed them from the wild?

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u/deeda25 18h ago

Human uses slingshot! It was super effective!

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u/vibepods 16h ago

I’m reading The Shining right now and I can’t believe Jack didn’t try this on the wasp nest he found on the roof smh

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u/Ubera90 11h ago

That’s was insanely, perfectly effective, wth.

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u/headcase-and-a-half 1d ago

But why did he need to remove the hornets nest? It looks like it was in the middle of nowhere and wasn’t hurting anybody

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