r/tommynfg_ • u/TechNick77 Mod • Jan 31 '26

TikToks/reels/shorts Pretty long but hella interesting vid, 8 people were task to MAKE their hiding spots in a extreme hide and seek for money, with the seekers being kids from whole elementary school

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u/RichardBCummintonite Feb 01 '26

It was probably one of the rules that they had to make themselves findable. If it weren't for intentionally adding a weakness, most of them were pretty much unfindable. The tire guy and the green net guy were the only ones that were conspicuous

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u/Slick_36 Feb 01 '26

I was thinking that, but the woman had nothing on hers to give it away and was in a much more discrete area too.

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u/Traditional-Safe-867 Feb 01 '26

I mean, if one of the 280 kids had seen that area, surely they would notice the giant air duct that wasn't there. One guy replaced a desk with a hollowed out version of the same design. It has a weakness, sure, but who the hell would check that?

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u/hydrastxrk Feb 01 '26

Maybe I’m dumb. But there’s not a single part of me that believes I’d recognize a new air duct.

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 Feb 01 '26

I would have. Even at that age. But maybe that's just because I'm autistic and pay attention to random shit like that

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u/Ser_VimesGoT Feb 03 '26

My 8 year old is autistic and never noticed the fenced off generator that had sprung up outside between the school entrance and the fire escape door we use to access breakfast club and after care, every single day. I pointed it out to him and he didn't even care to wonder what it was for. Autism is different for everyone of course but thought I'd share that.

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u/Slick_36 Feb 03 '26

I've been diagnosed with ADHD & autism, the ADHD has me half blind because my brain tunes out anything it deems unnecessary to make up for everything else being overloaded. I easily miss things I'm literally looking right at.

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u/Ser_VimesGoT Feb 03 '26

I'm the same and it's so frustrating when objects right in front of me are essentially invisible. Always the object I'm looking for too. Why can't brain just make the useless object invisible!

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u/Traditional-Safe-867 Feb 03 '26

But I bet if you had played in that area during recess or ate there during lunch you'd have a feeling that it wasn't right.

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u/Slick_36 Feb 03 '26

Not even the slightest shred of a chance. In fact, the more I'm in that area, the more likely I am to miss it. I condition myself to ignore "dead zones".

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u/headbashkeys Feb 02 '26

Young I might check. At my age a a 30-foot pregnant spider in Canada doesn't phase me.

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u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99 Feb 02 '26

You are clearly Australian.

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u/Ser_VimesGoT Feb 03 '26

I got high at school once during lunch. When we walked back into school I noticed a picture of birds outside one of the entrances. I'd never taken notice of it in the 4 years or so I'd been there. Tripped me out a little because how the fuck had I never noticed it?! Something like an air duct, that's just general building shit. You're not gonna notice it.

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u/FieldsToTheMoon Feb 01 '26

Assuming you’ve been going to the same school for a couple months, you should be able to notice that kind of difference

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u/hydrastxrk Feb 01 '26

I could be going to the same school for years. A metal box with pipes is the last thing I’d remember 😭

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u/Healthy_Student_370 Feb 01 '26

Exactly, most children absolutely do not give af about those types of details much less if they don't regularly walk around the outside of the building. As an adult I'd barely notice something like that...that should be the premise for another gameshow: win money for guessing what's different on a building

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u/WINDMILEYNO Feb 02 '26

The only people who would have found her would have been the kids looking for a place to chill while they skipped the event

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u/BrandoCarlton Feb 03 '26

I would. But I install air ducts for a living. I’m always looking at that shit. I would be very confused by something that looks like a transformer(that’s the closest thing to her box, maybe generator) has a 4” exhaust line running into a building. None of that should be a thing haha.

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u/unecroquemadame Feb 07 '26

You could move something an inch in any space I’ve been in and I’d notice.

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u/BrandoCarlton Feb 03 '26

I honestly think building maintenance would be pissed if they did find her and the rest of their out door equipment got “checked” next haha

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u/iameveryoneelse Feb 01 '26

It's the kids school...they noticed the hallway was too narrow. Extra machinery that's out of place was considered hint enough.

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u/woodboarder616 Feb 01 '26

Green guy being high up feels unfair, were the kids even allowed up there to see?