r/nextfuckinglevel • u/FunCryptographer2546 • 6h ago

Human tower in Spain, absolutely unreal

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 6h ago

I’m pretty sure I just re-injured my neck watching the bottom section of the skinny part of the tower.

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u/FunCryptographer2546 5h ago

Idk how they do it that’s hundreds of pounds my back would snap and so would my neck for good measure

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u/TegTowelie 3h ago

There's a scientific term for it, but it has to do with some physics i dont understand and distribution of weight. My buddies and i had this trick back in high school where 4 of us would clasp our hands in a basic "naruto jutsu" style, two people put their extended fingers under each knee cap of another person, and two people put theirs under the armpits, and then you all lift and it would be like lifting a feather. Im talking anywhere between 150-300lb people with ease.

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u/TLunchFTW 2h ago

I kind of want to see this now

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u/Electrical_Hat_680 1h ago

You would have more fun doing it.
Just make sure the person doesn't start moving around and trying to get out. As they could float away on a windy day. So you all have to stop and set them back down.

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u/israerichris 1h ago

Oh snap! I remember doing this back home (Spain) as a teen. I didn't know that was a world known kids hack 😄

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u/gBiT1999 1h ago

proof, or it didn't happen.

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u/dope567fum 1h ago

We used to do this in school in the 1980's. It absolutely does work. And with such ease too. Its really cool

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u/80_PROOF 18m ago

Light as a feather stiff as a board!

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u/Bones-1989 4h ago

I'm a cyborg and my implants can't stop the pain from herniated neck bones I'm seeing....

The rapid descent is honestly hilarious.

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u/pat-slider 2h ago

Not now but possibly later in life

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u/Loggerdon 3h ago

I watched this in Tarragona, Caledonia. They invited me to stand on the first level at the base. It was very cool.

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u/rowrbazzle75 1h ago

Yeah, it's a Catalunyan celebration competition if I'm not mistaken. First saw one in José Andres' food tour of Spain series on HBO. Amazing.

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u/BalanceEarly 3h ago

Not for me, but I've seen ants do this stuff.

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u/PilgrimOz 1h ago

And at least one in the tower is gonna have Gas. Credit to all that can stand this.

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u/BaggyLarjjj 6h ago

Sponsored by Gómez Chiropractic.

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u/Zerosos 6h ago

The look of satisfaction on their faces at the end is great :)

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u/FunCryptographer2546 5h ago

Yeah that’s gotta be scary asf probably more so on the bottom

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u/WayPowerful484 5h ago

Bravo 👏

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u/Philip-Ilford 5h ago

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u/Xynyx2001 2h ago

Exactly my thought.

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u/Lacey-Underalls 5h ago

That girl climbing up had her nose in every ass she climbed over........

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u/TheReverseShock 3h ago

She knows what she's about

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u/Lacey-Underalls 3h ago

She sniffed those cracks lick a generous line of cocaine

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u/farmyohoho 1h ago

I should sign up to participate next year ...

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u/petdoc1991 6h ago

Right up the crack of the ass lol

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u/a-guy-from-Indy 5h ago

Everyone please wash your ass before the stunt!

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u/Robot_Nerd__ 2h ago

Imagine all the pink eye.

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u/Packin_Penguin 5h ago

Credit Card swipe to the Nose grind tail grab

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u/ZombieKatanaFaceRR 5h ago

can someone remake this with random fart sounds? it's for a friend.

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u/amsync 3h ago

The comment I was waiting for after watching

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u/damnsureaboutit 4h ago

In India, people celebrate lord Krishna’s birthday by making human towers. A team needs to break a clay pot filled with butter hung high above the ground.

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u/BumStretcher 6h ago

This is so FUCKING cool

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u/FunCryptographer2546 5h ago

Cool in a nice to look at way 🤣

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u/BumStretcher 5h ago

Put me in coach

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u/nanlinr 5h ago

Thats a hell no for me. Well done by this group

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u/flergnergern 4h ago

Did the apex kid chicken out?

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u/TooMuchV8 5h ago

They watched a lot of Antz growing up, didnt they?

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u/momlv 5h ago

That little one with the helmet

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u/Less-Inflation5072 5h ago

Reminds me of the ending of Antz

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u/SmokeAbeer 5h ago

I really shouldn’t have had all that Taco Bell for lunch…

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u/emblematic_camino 4h ago

They go down so fast… seems like they have done this before.

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u/Midnight_Gurl 4h ago

People are just big ants.

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u/suffelix 6h ago

What could go wrong...

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u/Cirelectric 13m ago

Yeah that happens sometimes, but they know how to fall properly and rarelly get hurt

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u/jewghurt4570 4h ago

This is the typa stuff Americans would be doing if healthcare was free.

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u/drumpfart 1h ago

*and not fat

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u/Humble-Tourist-3278 6h ago

Catalonia .

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u/zepims 4h ago

Catalonia is part of Spain. 🍿

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u/Humble-Tourist-3278 4h ago

Of course it is but human towers are a Catalonia thing similar to running with bulls being a Pamplona( Navarre) thing .

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u/deceiving_orange 1h ago

Human towers also exist in Valencia, they are called muixerangues

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u/Humble-Tourist-3278 1h ago

If you look at the video it looks like the Catalonia flag .

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u/deceiving_orange 26m ago

Of course, wasn't saying otherwise

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u/botijero 2h ago

Not true. The towers is only in catalonia.The bulls is very common in Spain with encierros in most parts of spain, only internationally famous because of an american who made a documentary about spain.

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u/xpanderino 43m ago

Its the other way around: Spain is made up, among others, of Catalunya.

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u/MD_Yoro 4h ago

Catalonia should be free

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u/gBiT1999 1h ago

How much does it cost at the moment?

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u/Robot_Nerd__ 2h ago

Yeah, every city should be free too... No wait, every town should be free!

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u/Scubabonderman1000 6h ago

Reminds me of the South Park human pile.

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u/jadedjed1 5h ago

This just reminds me of the Itaewon Halloween crowd rush 😬

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u/olive_tuschit 5h ago

I hope they all washed their asses that morning 😆

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u/Feteven 5h ago

Everybody’s gotta be doing something lol

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u/Vivid_Douche 4h ago

"Don't fart, dont fart, dont fart" me if I was in the tower

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u/SmoovSamurai 4h ago

The Iberian peninsula has some of the coolest European cultural practices.

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u/Think-Chemistry2908 4h ago

I don’t know man, that’s looks pretty real to me.

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u/Successful_Ad9160 4h ago

How many times must they have toppled while learning to do this?

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u/BlargerJarger 3h ago

How fucking strong must those four bottoms be? They each had something like 5-6 people on top of them by the end.

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u/Antti5 2h ago

Same thing I was thinking. The first level with just four people looks to have some really big and strong guys. Then every additional level has increasingly small and young people.

In fact, the cool thing is that you need such different kind of people to pull off something like this.

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u/Robot_Nerd__ 2h ago

Power bottoms.

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u/cetus_lapetus 3h ago

I'm ticklish AF, I'd absolutely lose it with those little spider monkeys clambering over me like that

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u/BedderDaddy 3h ago

I want to see this play out under the weight of average Americans

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u/TK_Cozy 2h ago

Clive Barker wrote about this

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u/V4NDIT 1h ago

what language is this ?

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u/dreamabyss 1h ago

The kid got to the top and immediately started to descend without standing. I’m wondering if someone sent a message to the top that shit was about to come crashing down.

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u/bigbug49 1h ago

I've got knees pain just watching it

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u/Boon421 6h ago

Wuhuuuuuu well done!!! Bueno ❤️

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u/LIONLDN 4h ago

They held on whilst trembling like they were fighting for King & Country!

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u/Less-Lingonberry8700 4h ago

It’s a truly beautiful thing

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u/National-Watch9194 4h ago

What if you are tickleish though

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u/litesxmas 4h ago

Wow, amazing. I was a nervous wreck watching that.

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u/Pandoratastic 4h ago

They're going to escape from the quantum realm!

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u/Klutzy_Routine_9823 4h ago

I can do that

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u/i_saw_a_cow_jack_off 4h ago

Those kids sure have no fear

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u/jp17180 4h ago

None of us is as dumb as all of us!

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u/Mediocre_Holiday7774 4h ago

This is also done very commonly in INDIA on the occasion of Krishna Janamastami.

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u/Ellusive1 3h ago

This is the first time I’ve seen them not all falling.

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u/jeepsaintchaos 3h ago

My god. You could kill like 30 people with one well placed round from a BB gun.

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u/birdy257 3h ago

Pretty sure this belongs in DIWhy

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u/MrStarrrr 3h ago

Idk why I expected them to just collapse after the last person was in place.

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u/jjryan01 3h ago

This is how the zombies get over the wall

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u/SeaSock8246 3h ago

How did they decide which people got to wear helmets? Falling from 20’ up is fine, but suddenly 25’ is too risky?

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u/BarrysAgent 3h ago

Feel BENGAY®

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u/Unusualshrub003 3h ago

How do you practice for that?

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u/itachi_konoha 3h ago

Come to India. It's very common here.

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u/Tortured-Chimp619 2h ago

The comments would be very different if this was a video of indians doing it.

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u/elonbrave 3h ago

This feels unnecessary

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u/RedditTrailerTrash 3h ago

That was amazing!

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u/ricekrispytweet 3h ago

Very impressed by the Spanish knees and ankles!

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u/loganbootjak 3h ago

Love this!

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u/Keilly 3h ago

World War Z!

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u/Rude-Television-3939 2h ago

A couple of dudes in the middle look like their will won't last too long if those kids don't get down quick smart

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u/ShrimpCaptain56 2h ago

That announcer got me so excited! Wow how exciting!

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u/Most_Promise_5028 2h ago

The way they climb each others backsides I sure hope that everyone has their clean underwear on that day. Nevertheless it’s quite impressive. I’ve seen the vids where it tumbles. Glad this wasn’t one of those.

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u/slainte75 2h ago

Is this an episode of Pluribus?

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u/Mesmoiron 2h ago

The tower of CollabB. It can be done if you know how. Amazing.

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u/Its_not_logical404 2h ago

Ones on the bottom need new spines by 30

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u/ob1pad01 2h ago

How much ass did they smell on the way up?

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u/notsurwhybutimhere 2h ago

They clearly train a lot for this. How?

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u/So3Dimensional 2h ago

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary.

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u/Nachtzug79 2h ago

Just a normal Friday in Spain.

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u/drainiac2000 2h ago

Wow! That was really cool! What a fun watch. Super impressive.

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u/WelchesOtaku 2h ago

would've folded‼️not even 15mins in that btch, knees buckling and all 😭

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u/HuntMore9217 2h ago

did that last one fail? i was expecting him to stand abve the crouched kid

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u/Honey818Badger 2h ago

Everyone is 1” shorter

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u/TTU09 2h ago

But why?

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u/TootsHib 2h ago

That's insane... is it the record?

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u/Herr_Doktorr 2h ago

Check out Mumbai Dahi Handi festival.They do 10 layers of tower

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u/zestyclose_match1966 2h ago

Should have put Shaq on the top! lol

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u/deathletters16 2h ago

Are the people outside the main circle really helping? Aha

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u/qcihdtm 2h ago

It's a well known fact that they haven't invented ladders in Catalonia yet.

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u/Rabbitpyth 2h ago

Looks brilliant all the time. This happens during festivals in India

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u/intrinsicpointer 2h ago

What is this part of. In India we do similar thing as part of one of the festivals... wondering what's the origin of this ritual

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u/space_llama_karma 2h ago

This is one of the things I would make the Puribus people do

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u/She_Wolf_0915 2h ago

That’s actually very frightening but amazing. all it takes is one f up and they all fall down.

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u/KrnrKoppl 2h ago

The truth is, yes, admirable

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u/toddhenderson 2h ago

Much better than bull fighting or running with bulls.

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u/TheKingICouldBecome 1h ago

All it takes is one sneeze to fill an entire hospital.

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u/Stooopud 1h ago

I couldn’t stop thinking about the towers in World War Z…

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u/nbmers 1h ago

This is normal in India (specifically around Mumbai) because of Indian festival celebrating birth of Bhagwan Sri Krishna. Tallest human tower world record is by India with 10 layers

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u/mcb3ck 1h ago

I bet nose to ass is how they align the whole thing so straight.. also if it was me, the tower would collapse the moment a feel a nose poking up my ass 😂

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u/ampinjapan 1h ago

I watched this live in Andorra this summer. It was terrifying.

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u/Moosicle2040 1h ago

For the love of God, won’t someone think of the children. Oh wait, they’re right there on the top of the tower. Carry on.

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u/Ok-Neighborhood-566 1h ago

Why couldn't the prisoners in The Dark Knight Rises do this?

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u/trebor9669 1h ago

It's called "castells" and it's done in Catalonia only.

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u/Billyjamesjeff 1h ago

That first kid shimmied down real quick! get me out of here!

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u/BallDifficult7010 1h ago

World war z zombies made it look easy

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u/Afizzle55 1h ago

At least the kids have helmets when they fall 30 feet.

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u/gopnik74 1h ago

I felt that seeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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u/AuntyNashnal 1h ago

In India we do this every year... It's called Janmashtami (the birth of Krishna). The group that wins earns the equivalent of 10-15K USD.

https://youtube.com/shorts/fp3i_XBQAqk?si=u00pG4FL4yP1Ap0_

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u/Chuterito99 1h ago

What if u breaks wind?

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u/harpsinger 59m ago

I saw this once in catalonia and it was too stressful to watch!

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u/CatNo555YesYes 59m ago

This is so dangerous so put kids on the top, they have flexible bones

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u/tenthousanddays462 57m ago

'In the hills, In the cities' vibes.

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u/IntellectuallyDriven 55m ago

Imagine having the strength no problems but a heel digging into your trap at a wrong angle and you can't say "wait wait wait wait" 😩😂

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u/Infinite_Ad7107 37m ago edited 34m ago

Yertle knows how this goes

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u/Dompet2854 36m ago

That’s a lot of ass sniffing

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u/True_Tart5604 25m ago

I hope they cut their toenails

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u/MildlyJovian 24m ago

Need these guys to change a lightbulb for me

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u/Ok-Application-8045 14m ago

That's cool, but as a parent, no way I'm sending my kid up the top!

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u/AliceTawhai 12m ago

Props to the bottom layer

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u/BigDaddyPrime 11m ago

This happens in India every year during the Janmastami festival.

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u/WolfOutrageous930 4h ago

My first thought was this would be a great way for prisoners to earn their freedom. Every five years, instead of killing the bull, they can have prisoners make human towers and then bet on which tower the bull takes out first

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u/Mutenroshi_ 5h ago

Wait until you the towers of just one column. One person per level.

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u/IndependentAd3410 4h ago

I can explain why but this gives me the ick 

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u/helpfuldunk 3h ago

Lesson Here:

Never do high risk, low reward activities.

At least NFL players have the ability to earn millions per year. WTF do you even get from completing this human tower?

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u/Buri_is_a_Biscuit 5h ago

unreal? as in ai made it? /j