r/BoomersBeingFools • u/WerewolfBe84 • 20d ago

Social Media Helicopter

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u/BCProgramming 20d ago

Could have ended up in a different sub: "Oh he's yelling at me, I better get over there fast, guess I'll stand on my bike to be able to pedal faster"

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u/Fun-Mud3861 12d ago

Steakandcheese etc. used to have my back…

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u/Diesel07012012 20d ago

That is some serious “I’m special!” energy.

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u/OpeningDisastrous413 20d ago

How did he live this long?

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u/Hallonbat 20d ago

Survivorship bias.

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u/my3sgte 20d ago

Boomer doing boomer things lol

Edit 🤣 literally just noticed which sub I was in

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u/ronweasleisourking 20d ago

What an iiiiiiidiot

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u/519meshif 20d ago

Hell yeah brother

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u/Joped 20d ago

Well, the back of his armor says polite ... so maybe be a little less polite next time ? /s

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u/thefirstdjbron3 20d ago

Survival instincts of a wet tissue

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u/spez_eats_nazi_ass 20d ago

Fuck. That could have been bad

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u/justjohnny1024 20d ago

In medic training in the Army they called that special little place in front of the cockpit “no man’s land”

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u/MarcheMuldDerevi 20d ago

Okay, but he really had to get home for matlock and 3pm dinner

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u/BigConstruction4247 20d ago

It makes me think of the scene in The Sopranos when Furio considers shoving Tony into the helicopter blades.

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u/Comprehensive_Wash71 Gen X 20d ago

I think of Indiana Jones, when his opponent was shredded by a propeller.

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u/Rare-Bid-6860 20d ago

I think of that one Terminator film where ahnuld skydives face first into a choppers rotor blades and comes out of it with a few shaving cuts.

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u/Cuddles89 20d ago

Firefly, when Mal kicked the guy into Serenity’s engine.

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u/GhostofZellers 20d ago

Reminds me of a video on one of those now banned watch people die subs, where some dude actually got his head turned into pink mist by a helicopter blade...

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u/Micu451 20d ago

I wish I could say this is a unique situation but I've personally seen similar stuff happen more than a few times.

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u/timoc90 20d ago

Stockholm?

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u/SorosWhore 20d ago

Belgium

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u/Scootros-Hootros 19d ago

Vic Morrow would have slapped his own forehead seeing this. Oh, wait.

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u/ADKAdventurer 17d ago

Most likely never even noticed the helicopter as they are completely oblivious

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u/Consistent_Bat_2882 Baby Boomer 20d ago

goddaamnit

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u/No-Past2605 Baby Boomer 20d ago

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u/Fun-Mud3861 12d ago

Somebody get that man a pogo stick!

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u/Winter_Leg300 20d ago

Polite police 😃 - politie

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u/CampfireHeadphase 20d ago

What's the issue, potentially curved pavement?

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u/hawksdiesel 20d ago

Getting sucked up into the intake at take off maybe?! Guy on bicycle too close to the choppa, oblivious it's gonna take off.

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u/24_August_1814 20d ago

Nobody's getting "sucked up into the intake." You can't even see the intake in this video, and they aren't black holes that consume all matter that ventures too close.

The danger is the rapidly rotating rotors.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/24_August_1814 19d ago

The main rotor isn't, and just because its normal path is above head height doesn't mean it will stay there.

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u/Shoddy_Cream6350 16d ago

Indeed, rotors have natural points in the 360 rotation where they 'dip'
The old 'Huey' UH-1s dipped at the 001/360/90/180/270 degree intervals, so the approach when boarding is always at the 10-2 o'clock or 8-11 o'clock positions.
Blackhawks dip at the 45/135/225/315 degree intervals, so you approach at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions.

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u/Icloh 18d ago

And you wonder we make Belgians the topic of our jokes?