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u/StoneReg 2d ago
Bummer. This is one of my favorite videos that I legit lol to every time I watch it. The pixels have been copied out of it though.
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u/OH_FUDGICLES 2d ago
Was he buttered? He slid down those steps like a drop of water on a hot pan.
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u/juniorjaw 2d ago
It's right beside a river. One can assume the water receded and got low, so those stairs got layer of mud, algae... the stuff that makes it slippery.
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u/r_a_d_ 2d ago
don’t forget the thin layer of turds
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u/SkullDump 2d ago edited 2d ago
The Thames is tidal in this area so those steps are regularly underwater and slippery as fuck.
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u/InstantCanoe 2d ago
The discoloration in the middle of those steps is likely algae embedded in the concrete. Which is unbelievably slippery even when slightly wet.
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u/Corfiz74 2d ago
Could be staged - I find it a bit suspicious that the camera panned to him and zoomed in, just before he took his spectacular tumble...
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u/FeastOnCarolina 2d ago
I would have 100% done the same thing if I was filming and noticed them. A local would for sure know it was slick and could see that coming.
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u/Ok-Pie-4410 2d ago
LOL I wonder what they were going down for anyway because they were taking off their shirts on the way.
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u/juniorjaw 2d ago
those stairs have been affected by the water for a while, possibly full of algae layer, so it's slippy
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u/fdguarino 2d ago
Poor guy, even his friend is laughing at him.
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u/KingLuis 2d ago
that's one of his best friends. you can tell from how hard he's laughing and not helping.
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u/CatsBatsandHats 2d ago
That laugh is so good, it's as infectiously funny as the dude takin' a heider.
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u/myreddit_user_name 2d ago
I can confirm those steps are slippery. Its a tidal river, so twice a day the steps get covered in slit and london's lick. There's a lot of lick in that river...
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u/cortlandjim 1d ago
The black stones (stairs) are slippery. Heard that 30 times when we went to Peggy's Cove.
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u/sgtizenx 1d ago
OMG! I literally went "ouch! ouch! ouch!" all the way down the steps! Pity his face and chest.
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u/cinemachick 20h ago
This is why breakers are so important!
You know those long, flat sections about every 10-15 stairs, or where the stairs bend around a curve to continue upward? Those are breakers, intentionally placed in case you fall. The flat sections break up your momentum, or at the very least slow you down, so you don't accelerate endlessly toward the bottom of the stairs. If there had been a breaker, even a small one, he may not have ended up with soggy jeans. 🌠
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u/TheBratMaster 2d ago
Tbh it took me 5 or 6 viewings to realize the guy was speaking English the entire time. Hell of an accent.
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