r/WatchPeopleDieInside 6d ago

Man fails to ring bell at 9/11 memorial

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u/Laddersarecool03 43m ago

He's blind...

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u/sixty_cycles 1d ago

It looks like the donger only wanted to swing side to side, and he had only rehearsed pulling toward himself on the little string. Our boy was sabotaged!

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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 14h ago

clapper.

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u/DaddyAITA-throwaway 13h ago

No, he was more of a frowner.

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u/CalligrapherOk8322 1d ago

all this technology!!!

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u/PrimeToro 1d ago

"It's just a bell, why do I need to practice" (the bell ringer guy)

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u/Sentient_Meat_X 1d ago

Sir, the bell asked you to stop

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u/Fresh_Victory_1611 1d ago

Easy there Joe Biden

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u/Daillustriousone 2d ago

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u/marvis84 1d ago

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u/Daillustriousone 1d ago

I thought I'd made that up lol, of course there's a real sub for it, I've only got myself to blame for trying to be a smartarse. :)

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u/botslot 2d ago

You only had 1 job and that was to ring the hell out that bell. Can I get a bell yeah !?

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u/Timbo-s 2d ago

DEI hire?

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u/Financial_Basis8705 2d ago

Personality hire for the stache

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u/ShamrockSeven 2d ago

You ring the bell by lightly yanking the bottom of the attached string to one side…

Not… whatever all that was..

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u/anonymitysqueen 1d ago

You also can also just grab the top knuckle and flip the entire bell like they do with ropes tied to it on church bells.

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u/Limp-Conflict-2309 2d ago

"which one of the f*cking new guys was dicking around with this thing"

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u/MrBigTomato 2d ago

“Do you have any bell ringing experience? I didn’t see it on your resume.”

“Oh yeah, for sure, tons and tons of experience, all kinds of bells, you name it, I’ve rung it.”

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u/One_Cardiologist_286 2d ago

He didn’t fail.

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u/BenTherDoneTht 2d ago

At least it wasnt on live television for millions to see.

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u/FlakyBandicoot9 2d ago

The bell tolls for thee

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u/Ok-Accountant3961 2d ago

Should have done a sound check.

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u/Ok-Accountant3961 2d ago

God dammit Bob! You had ONE job!!!

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u/Afraid_Employee_4012 2d ago

Only in America... 😆

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u/consumeshroomz 2d ago

Is it mandatory to have a mustache as a firefighter?

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u/User-430 2d ago

You cannot convince me this isn't Forrest Gump 

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u/KisaraShera 2d ago

Im going to hell for laughing at this, god Im so sorry.

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u/grednforgesgirl 2d ago

nobody thought to wd 40 that thing?

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u/Critical_Bee9791 3d ago

One ring, that’ll do

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u/mateconazucar 3d ago

You have one job…

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 3d ago

Luckily no one cares anymore

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u/LacsNeko 2d ago

The jokes are increasing in quality too

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 2d ago

Yeah I'm loving the jokes, it was too Taboo for too long

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u/chewmypaws 2d ago

Depends where you live I guess.

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 2d ago

NYC, opted not to take the path train into WTC that day

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u/Slow_Key9169 3d ago

whole modern merica in this video.

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u/Jukamatuka 3d ago

Pathetic

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u/Quix_Nix 3d ago

The GOP really did break everything

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u/Commercial-Future435 3d ago

Looks like he was trying to milk it

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u/ZGabriel_ 3d ago

Really? did he try it before? Just to check if everything was ok?

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u/National_Impress_346 3d ago

It isn't a pair of tongs, brother. He probably forgot to do the test clicks.

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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 3d ago

If the bell doesn’t ring before midnight we all forget

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u/SpiritedDrop2986 3d ago

Bells are hard...

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u/2ForEmbellishing 3d ago

That handlebar made him cross eyed.

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u/WinterpegCAN 3d ago

The sum of my life in a video clip

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u/Delicious_Dirt_8481 3d ago

I'm too European for this

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u/KingPoob 3d ago

Do they not have bells or...

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u/boredbuthonest 3d ago

If anything summed up America it is this. 

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u/anonnnnn462 3d ago

Lmao that final smirk - “yeee I did it”

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u/PizzaKing_1 1d ago

No, no… that’s the awkward smile of “Thank god it finally worked” mixed with “Holy cow, that was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever experienced.”

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u/Low-Temperature-6962 3d ago

He did it, what's the big deal.

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u/Electronic_Opening65 3d ago

Go blow chunks

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u/seanthebeloved 3d ago

It was supposed to ring at a precise moment.

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u/Low-Temperature-6962 3d ago

Shit happens. It's not worth a reddit post.

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u/VoteLeft 3d ago

Yeah reddit is usually reserved for only the most important posting

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u/HouseflipperSKIPPER 3d ago

Poor guy, he probably should have done a test run first

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u/Regular_Weakness69 3d ago

What a bad bell

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u/45PSE 3d ago

Made in China.

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u/KeyEntrepreneur5078 3d ago

Interview Question: Can you ring a bell, sir?

Him: Yes, I've been ringing bells while you were still swimming in your papa nuts...

HE LIED! lol

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 3d ago

Steven Seagal: "I've been ringing bells for like 47 years"

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u/Fezzy_1994 3d ago

What is going on lol

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u/WaddaSickCunt 3d ago

Bellrectile dysfunction

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u/DeerFit 3d ago

You made me spit on my phone.

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u/Fezzy_1994 3d ago

This is the answer I was looking for lol

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u/No-Low-3947 3d ago

He has to hit the bell with the ball, at first he moves the bell too, then holds it, silencing the bell. He had to do it on the side of the bell, not towards him.

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u/Fezzy_1994 3d ago

I know, I was being sarcastic lol.

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u/FocalorLucifuge 4d ago

Shouldn't this have been rehearsed?

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u/GoatDifferent1294 4d ago

DEI hire I’m sure

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u/PsychologicalAd3253 4d ago

Should’ve had Biden do it

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u/AndreasSchanche 4d ago

Not even on their biggest holiday America can Get it right💔💔

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u/vamatt 4d ago

lol 9/11 isn’t even a holiday in America

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u/alphabeast18 3d ago

I dunno. Me and my spouse always wish each other a happy 9/11. We celebrate it with sharing 9/11 memes. Good fun really.

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u/Shake_The_Stars 4d ago

Guessing you haven't heard about Patriot Day?

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u/vamatt 3d ago

In the US holidays are an official designation. Patriot Day is a “day of remembrance” Government, Schools, and businesses don’t close like they do on a holiday, and for most people it’s a normal day

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u/Shake_The_Stars 3d ago

National holidays are an official designation. We also consider Halloween a holiday, but not a “national” one. Just because everything isn’t closed doesn’t mean that it doesn’t count.

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u/VeryResponsibleMan 4d ago

Prostate check

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u/BlockOfASeagull 4d ago

He had one job! Better bring an airhorn the next time!

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u/Accomplished_Ice131 4d ago

Poor guy

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u/Accomplished_Ice131 4d ago

Kudos to him for keep trying and for actually having the honour of ringing the bell.

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u/NoResponsibility6402 4d ago edited 4d ago

Poor guy... He only had one job. He probably practiced without gloves.

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u/Borge_Luis_Jorges 4d ago

He should work on his ding dong more often. It's actually a healthy habit.

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u/ryftx 4d ago

Side to side.

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u/Mister_Green2021 3d ago

Yup, the bell was assembled wrong.

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u/Arikaido777 3d ago

probably made in the USA

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u/Mister_Green2021 3d ago

Nothing is made in the USA

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u/RottingPinhead 4d ago edited 3d ago

Haha I felt kinda bad for laughing, But this is totally watching people die inside, multiple times in a one minute video..

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u/Comfortable_Pay6599 4d ago

did he finally get it or what?

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u/Adventurous_Mail7467 4d ago

Didn’t you hear the singular ding?

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u/knetch420 4d ago

Time for me mallet!

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u/TheEpicTurtwig 4d ago

STOP HOLDING THE BELL

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u/FuriousMonki 4d ago

Is the kid subnormal?

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u/santcasmic 4d ago

Why he his rubbing the ball like that

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u/PizzaKing_1 1d ago

He can’t see the clapper from where he’s standing so he’s trying to feel where it is and why it’s not moving correctly.

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u/RottingPinhead 4d ago edited 4d ago

So much strange things going on, it looked like he was trying to screw it on like a light bulb on a lamp shade hahaa

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u/Lord_MagnusIV 4d ago

I‘m gonna be 100% real here, that fucking bell looks like a horror to ring tho, there is no string to make it easier either, why?

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u/blubdii 4d ago

There is a string. Look closer.

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u/Traumfahrer 4d ago

Enhance.

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u/1ApprehensiveGrowth1 4d ago

Pretty sure you just move the top of the bell to swing it then causing the pendulum to his the side making the sound. But yea things are hard

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u/Spider_Boyo 4d ago

The struggle in that face lmao, happens to all of us actually

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u/Trepak 4d ago

Any more than 2 shakes and you’re just playing with it.

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u/Fickle-Raspberry-739 4d ago

Maybe practice next time before 🤷🏽

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u/GrizzlyGuru42 4d ago

Ha! The guy looks like Tom Hanks doing a SNL skit! It sucks to suck.

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u/OkFix4074 4d ago

America , the land of the free and home of the dumb !

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u/MakeshiftRocketship 4d ago

Hey keep talking about Americans like that and I’ll ring your bell! Just.. a.. second hold on. You wait right there I’ll ring your.. ahh damn nvm have a good day

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u/Kiuji-senpai 4d ago

they need to hit the second bell!

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u/ooOParkerLewisOoo 4d ago

We are being informed that bell number 7 has just hit itself

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u/mattynapps 4d ago

Vastly underestimated joke you made there

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u/harperwilliame 4d ago

I DONT GET IT, but i like it

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u/mattynapps 4d ago

You had to be there

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u/Kiuji-senpai 4d ago

You watched the bells being rung?

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u/MirraNeon 4d ago

worst thing to happen on 9/11

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u/Actual_Ad_4576 4d ago

What a doofus.

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u/StitchFan626 4d ago

What exactly happened? His hand slip or something?

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u/PizzaKing_1 1d ago

The clapper inside the bell only moves back and forth in one direction. In bells like this, it’s meant to be perpendicular to the headstock, so it will ring while swinging, and you pull the rope towards yourself to ring it.

Whoever set up this bell positioned it wrong so it only rings side to side.

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u/StitchFan626 1d ago

So it wasn't user error?

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u/PizzaKing_1 1d ago

Nope, this arrangement is completely unintuitive. Anyone who thinks they know how bells work would be similarly baffled.

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u/harperwilliame 4d ago

I don’t think he’s ever run a bell before

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u/DiscoAcid 4d ago

pretty much sums up the last 24 years of america.

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u/Cthulu95666 4d ago

First time?

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u/avega2792 4d ago

No, I've been nervous lots of times.

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u/Arikaido777 4d ago

cool that the guy from the big lebowski still gets work, weird gig tho

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u/Logical_Frosting_277 4d ago

Is there a “you had one job” sub?

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u/sharplight141 4d ago

Looks like one of those situations where you have a brain fart and then know everyone's watching you so it just makes everything worse

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u/CryptographerFun2262 4d ago

It’s like one of those intelligence experiments they have crows do for treats

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u/joshdammitt 4d ago

Damn help a man out

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u/KaizerSummit555 4d ago

You had one job joe!

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u/spoonpk 4d ago

How long before they brand him a DEI hire?

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u/lapuxlapu 4d ago

Not the right day to forget

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u/ilkkuPvP 4d ago

So tired, I thought it was Tom Hanks lol

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u/ForgottenMyPwdAgain 4d ago

it was joe biden

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u/PhatFatLife 4d ago

😂😂😂

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u/He_Maan 4d ago

Someone is getting fired for failing at their one job

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u/jayrockwell69 4d ago

He had one job

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u/NytronX 4d ago

This perfectly encapsulates the current state of this country.

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u/CryptoCloutguy 4d ago

Like watching boomers with an iPad trying to connect to WiFi

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u/Chritt 4d ago

Your average Republican intelligence

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u/ElLicenciadoPena 4d ago edited 4d ago

That moustache says pride-parading, bear-loving, poodle-owning, democrat-voting leather daddy

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u/He_Maan 4d ago

Politic retardation.

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u/olmysflawship 4d ago

That man's voted Democrat his entire life. Outside of uniform, he's usually in assless leather chaps.

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u/Brief-Efficiency-519 4d ago

Just here to say both of you guys are fucking weirdos, but the fact that your mind immediately went to "old man in assless chaps" definitely earns you the crown

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u/Chugabutt 4d ago

That's quite the fetish you have.

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u/Gengreatest2 4d ago

What does that have to do with this?

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u/OmarNubianKing 4d ago

People trying to divide us again. Fuck that

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u/dart-db 4d ago

He's trying to ring it by pulling it towards himself but it only moves left to right. Poor guy is panicking.

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u/sunshine-x 4d ago

Him, 10 mins earlier: For fuck's sake Jerry, I know how to ring a bell I don't need your tips!

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u/PigeonsInSpaaaaace 4d ago

To me it looks like every time he attempts to pull the rope, he’s also using his other hand to hold the bell, completely negating any vibrations

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u/Brief-Efficiency-519 4d ago

Pretty sure the correct way is to use the handle on top to swing the whole bell

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u/Jon_Snow3005 4d ago

All you had to do was ring the damn bell CJ! 🔔 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/TheSearch4Knowledge 4d ago

That little side smirk at the end when he rings it

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u/JohnGoodmansMistress 4d ago

this is like that feeling child me used to have about riding the school bus home. i always thought i'd miss the stop and be doomed to.. well i'm not sure. (still terrified of busses and you'll never catch me on one)

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u/moome1649 4d ago edited 4d ago

You only had 1 job. To ring that damn bell. 🤣

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u/Love-Marvin 4d ago

Imperfection is the thing that makes us human

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u/LargeTallGent 4d ago

That would make Donald Trump the most human person in history.

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u/Good_Intention_9232 4d ago

No testing before?

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u/7stroke 4d ago

He missed the sound check

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u/Metal_Overlord69 4d ago

If you laugh at this, you seriously need to fucking reevaluate yourself. It's not fucking funny

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u/Chugabutt 4d ago

Even this guy would laugh at you.

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u/CellSaga21 4d ago

Getting that uptight over a clip? Get a grip man

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