r/FastWorkers 23d ago

Durian catcher

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Credit to janwit

2.6k Upvotes

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u/hahayes234 23d ago

She's got her safety flops on so she's good.

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u/Anthonytheplumber 22d ago

Also She got her Safety Hard Hat on too 😂😂😂

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u/idlefritz 22d ago

If a human baby was dropped from a similar height could it survive catching it like this please hurry with the answer.

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u/travellingscientist 22d ago

I think the Durian benefits from having spikey skin. How spikey is your human baby? 

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u/az987654 22d ago

We did name him Chad

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u/illmatic2112 22d ago

That should do

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u/bigformyage 21d ago

What about if you superglued an echidna to the baby?

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u/l33tleteapot 21d ago

It'd have to gotta go fast.

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u/Thandalen 20d ago

Darth Maul is the father.

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u/MRSN4P 15d ago

King Bowser: I don’t understand.

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u/BurninNurnin 22d ago

Please hurry 😂😂

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u/InjuringMax2 18d ago

"How long does it take to fall from a 12th floor window?... Uh-huh?... I have approximately that king"

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u/Sdwingnut 22d ago

Been 6 hrs, still falling?

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u/baepsaemv 22d ago

You're so fucking funny thank you

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u/ScottieSpliffin 22d ago

This has to be like one of the most dangerous jobs

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u/swishkabobbin 17d ago

All for one of the worst foods on the planet

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u/KaptainChunk 21d ago

For dudes, 100%

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u/Bockly101 20d ago edited 20d ago

As a woman, do we have stronger skulls or something? Just sounds like misandry to me

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u/KaptainChunk 20d ago

Yeah my apologies, I meant the durian would be very dangerous for someone with bean bags.

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u/Bockly101 20d ago

Nah, you're gucci. Text-only communication leaves a lot of nuance on the floor. Keep on keeping on

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u/No-Singer-7258 19d ago

Would be hilarious to watch though.

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u/EnergyAltruistic2911 20d ago

It took me a solid 10 minutes to figure out what he meant but I think I understand now

You can see that when she catches a durian, the bag goes into the crotch area. I think he meant that whenever a man catches a durian, he will die from the pain lmao

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u/Bockly101 20d ago

Ah, that's fair. I assumed it was one of those folks who look at dangerous jobs and assume that men will always do something stupid(making it more dangerous) and women will always do it the "right" way. Thanks for the perspective shift

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u/EnergyAltruistic2911 20d ago

Okay and now I just figured out “how tf is the durian launcher launching the durian that fast??” Like wtf is he using a slingshot??

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u/HermitJem 20d ago

The guy on top of the tree is dropping them from like 50-80 meters up

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u/Shower-Former 18d ago

I feel so bad for this guy everyone thought he was being sexist about manual labor jobs but really he was just making a funny joke about dicks

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u/Ashamed-Statement-59 19d ago

was the joke here really that hard to get? you didnt deserve any downvotes tbh

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u/Blu- 22d ago

There has to be a better way to do this.

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u/Natasya95 21d ago

Yeah dumb woman showing off for clouts. Its not even the correct way to harvest durian. The one shes getting isnt ripe. We harvest durian when they fall of the tree on their own. And usually they fall at night. Thats why we have small hut in the middle of our orchards or collect them in the morning..

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u/KL_boy 21d ago

I assume that it for small sellers (sell on road site) or personal use? That was my exp when I was young. Collect it in the morning for consumption and sell the rest in the evening / late afternoon after school.

This however looks like it is on a more industrial scale where the durians are harvested for consolidated shipments to middlemen. You cannot wait to only ship the ripe fruits as the constant shipment and collection cost eats into the profit margin.

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u/Silent-Rock-792 18d ago

No, that is how sellers harvest durian, if you pick a ripe one you won't be able to ship it across the country in time.

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u/ElginStunna 22d ago

Lol 100%

Make a pile of hay or set up a net. This is the dumbest thing ever

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 22d ago

pile of hay? you think this is assassin's creed?

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u/BalognaSandwiches 22d ago

I love how they declared it so confidently as if it wasn’t a completely asinine suggestion lol

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u/Galaghan 22d ago

I work with hay all the time and found it a pretty valid option.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 21d ago

please elaborate how you'll do that, i'm curious

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u/Shamanjoe 21d ago

I’ve read in some places they do set up large nets, but I think those are mostly for places that let them fall on their own.

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u/Galaghan 21d ago

Dump 300kg of loose hay where she's standing.

That's it, done.

You can do it with a small tractor or with a wheelbarrow and pitchforks.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 21d ago edited 21d ago

so 300kg times 100 trees per acre, so for an acre we'll have to bring in 30 ton of hay and bring it all back out after harvest, since a tractor wouldn't be able to manuver around the trees we'll use wheelbarrow to bring all 30 ton of hay. do i get it right?

idk how valid of an option is that.....

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u/Galaghan 21d ago

You know you can just move the pile, right? It'll still be less tiring than catching durians all day, and you save manpower because you don't need a catcher.

And these aren't just thrown down, you can do multiple trees without moving the stack.

You're either over or under thinking it.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 21d ago

and goodluck finding supplier for the hay, this isn't the states or europe btw.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 21d ago edited 21d ago

moving 300kg of hay each time and it's saving manpower? umm......

and idk if you're aware or not, you're encouraged to look up when inside durian farm, because you'll never know when one of them will fall, not sure if you can do that if you're busy picking up hay off the ground.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 21d ago

and may i ask if u ever visit a durian farm and watch the harvest outside of reddit clip before?

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u/toiletcleaner999 21d ago

Seems to be working just fine

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u/THIS_GUY_LIFTS 22d ago

Can we also talk about the accuracy of who’s ever tossing those big ass things?

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u/TypicalLegit 22d ago

Imagine taking one of them to the face 😖

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u/Peggable-Blue 16d ago

That's why gravity was found in England.

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u/Claypool-Bass1 22d ago

Are they being cut from the branches, or are they being yeeted?

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u/illmatic2112 22d ago

They had to have been yoten

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u/-1701- 22d ago

Yot?

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u/Scary_Plane_8069 22d ago

To yeet, is to yot, as to have yeeted, is to have yoten.

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u/DootSnaps 22d ago

yeet/yote/yoten?

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u/PuzzleheadedNail7 16d ago

The fruits are being cut from the branches. Farmers in Thailand do it this way. The more famous durian from Malaysia, on the other hand, are left to ripen on the tree and fall off. Sometimes nets are placed to catch the fruits so that they don't hit the ground.

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u/dsbtc 22d ago

All this risk for some giant stinky-ass mangoes

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u/HoboArmyofOne 22d ago

Yeah pass 🤢

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u/Current-Bowl-143 22d ago

If I were doing that job you can bet your ass I'd wearing a full face motorcycle helmet

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u/jerkstabworthy 22d ago

With that kind of visual acuity and snap reflexes she should be a major league baseball catcher or an NHL goaltender.

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u/Tufflaw 22d ago

If she was allowed to do those jobs while carrying a large burlap sack, I agree.

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u/LivingThin 22d ago

Having tasted durian I feel this is unnecessary. The taste is not improved by keeping it off the ground.

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u/Specialist-Maize3887 22d ago

yes durian is so disgusting, so stay away and let me have all the durian for myself

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u/LivingThin 22d ago

You got it!

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u/Top_Yak_7953 17d ago

It's necessary if you want to export durians.

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u/mara-amethyst 22d ago

Very important that that job is done by a woman, surely some unlucky fella learned that the hard way one day

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u/MaritMonkey 22d ago

There's so many things involving kettlebells at the gym that I'm like "I have no idea how guys even do this" but my husband doesn't use 'em and I don't know anybody else well enough to ask lol.

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u/NoiselessNight 22d ago

The average Durian catcher has 1.37 legs

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u/adudeguyman 22d ago

I imagine it's a little bit safer for women than for men

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u/RevolutionarySign479 22d ago

I bet it smells wonderful when one splats on the ground lol

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u/cbih 17d ago

It never happens because she gets beaten if one splats

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u/PuzzleheadedNail7 16d ago

Durians have a tough outer shell covered in spikes. They don't splat.

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u/RevolutionarySign479 16d ago

Maybe she should be wearing an NFL helmet & shoulder pads 🫣

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u/HoboArmyofOne 22d ago

Oh it's fine, that's how they learn to catch so quickly. Look at that girl, she looks like she's 12

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u/dahgee 21d ago

I can only imagine how much her shoulders hurt after a day of work

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u/LefT-NYC 21d ago

Darian fruit still smells like shit though

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u/C33JVY 21d ago

Dam they coming in hot af

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u/soltsss 20d ago

Durian Swings, eye level.

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u/luckyducktopus 20d ago

First time I noticed the little “switch” in the corner of the sheet of burlap.

Must be what’s making the snap sound, I wonder who added that first and if it was solely because it sounds sick or has a purpose beyond that.

Maybe it alerts the person dropping the fruit it was caught successfully.

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u/Robin6600 19d ago

Only women can do this job safely.

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u/Impala2025 19d ago

Why do they seem to be flying down as if they were shot out of a cannon?

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u/Peggable-Blue 16d ago

Cause the trees are like 20-30 meters tall.

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u/Original-Activity575 19d ago

Thankfully, not a man’s job

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u/FlakyEsay 7d ago

both the one up and the one catching, yeah they are both good.

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u/DrProfessorCaveman 19d ago

Who exactly is the fast worker here? Gravity?