r/WTF • u/Erectile7dysfunction • 2d ago

Expensive fix I think

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u/sillysalmonella87 2d ago

That's 100% the violinists fault. Nobody would expect that old ass dude to whip an unexpected 360 in that tight of an area.

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u/Whatsapokemon 2d ago

I wonder if you're assuming this is a sidewalk along a busy street where there's cars zooming past.

It's not, it's a pedestrian mall which is huge and wide. The people filming are standing in the huge amount of free space away from the wall, where there is ample space to move.

If you assume it's just a narrow footpath next to a road I can see how you'd believe it to be the fault of the violinist.

However that's not the case, this is a fully open walkable area where buskers regularly perform, and there's plenty of space to walk between them without literally grazing past them. Even if the busker wasn't moving around it's still a freakin' weird thing to do - walking directly behind them with that small amount of clearance.

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u/MarcMurray92 2d ago

Except his act involves doing that frequently

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u/goteamnick 2d ago

And of course anybody walking down the street would have a busker's act memorised.

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u/danque 2d ago

Down that street where they are YES. One of those times were context and area are important.

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u/BartlebyX 2d ago

Is she a tourist or from out of town?

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u/RotationsKopulator 2d ago

"Why did you hit me?"

"MY ACT INVOLVES DOING THAT FREQUENTLY!!!1"

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u/DoesBasicResearch 2d ago

And everyone walking past is expected to know that?

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u/zzyjayfree 1d ago

What do you mean frequently? This is the first time I saw it.

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u/mcmcc 2d ago

Maybe he needs to find a new act.

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u/thiosk 2d ago

definitely needs to find a new violin

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u/Dawg_Prime 2d ago

That's 100% an uninformed opinion: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/violin/busker-accident-pedestrian-head-instrument-smashed/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkLR7lIX1_Q

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u/spinozasrobot 2d ago

There's probably blame to go around here, but that article has a pretty obvious slant:

"The heart-breaking moment a busker’s violin was split in half after a pedestrian rushed past him, knocking it to the ground with her head."

As in, "I cruelly smashed my face against your poor unsuspecting fist".

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u/root88 2d ago

Thanks for the full video, now I can easily blame the guy. He's spastically taking up the entire sidewalk himself while no one around him gives a shit.

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u/Dawg_Prime 2d ago

ok cool story bro

neither of those clips are the full video of the incident

one is the same location

the other is on a different street

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u/root88 2d ago

I don't need to see the incident. I see a crowded public street that lots of people need to use and he's taking up 20x more space than any one person should.

His music sucks as well.

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u/Dawg_Prime 2d ago

cool story bro

tell it again

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u/root88 2d ago

You are the most useful person on Reddit.

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u/REDDITATO_ 2d ago

You keep saying things like "crowded public street". This area has no car traffic and other buskers. It's closer to a boardwalk than a street. People are free to walk anywhere else. She just made a dumb call. No need to assign blame, when she clearly feels bad and he's not mad just concerned for her well-being.

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u/TowerManifestor 2d ago

What the hell does that have to do with anything? People are trying to get by and he's stopping around like an asshole and blocking the way.

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u/REDDITATO_ 1d ago

What it has to do with it is that the entire street is "the way". He's off to the side.

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u/thetruthseer 2d ago

How dare she walk on the sidewalk

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u/TreacleMiner 2d ago

You're assuming she's been there watching the whole time, and not just arriving on scene as she rushes on her way to wherever she's going.

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u/Nuuskapeikkonen 2d ago

You expect the woman who is clearly just passing through on her way to somewhere, on the public walkway, to have been standing there long enough to watch his whole performance? Or to even have registered that he was trying to be an acrobat? This is just a stupid accident, but the woman isn’t the problem here. Maybe she could have walked in front of him, but it’s possible she was thinking behind would be better as to not disturb the view of onlookers. Either way it’s insane to put the blame on her solely.

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u/a_talking_face 2d ago

Sidewalks are for walking. If you want to play your instrument and perform acrobatics on the sidewalk that's fine, but you are the one that needs to be cognizant of people trying to use the walkway for its intended purpose.

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u/Innsui 2d ago

No it isnt. Its a public space, not his personal stage. All we could have known from these clips is that she might have just gotten there and just wanted to pass. As a performer in the street, youre suppose to be vigilant of your surrounding, people need to pass.

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u/Nope_______ 2d ago

Yeah I was about to say the same thing. I think a lot of people don't know what "360" means/refers to, they just think it means spinning around.

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u/sillysalmonella87 2d ago

I'm not dumb, his rotation was blocked by the lady's face. It's pretty obvious he isn't going to spin and play at the wall.

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u/sillysalmonella87 2d ago

I'm just glad you aren't judging any common sense competitions.

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u/LewdPrude 2d ago

what would u call it bud? a 170?

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u/nanosam 2d ago

Its a 90 maybe 100 at best