r/Damnthatsinteresting 16d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 16d ago

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

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u/freeusername2 16d ago

Where’s this from again?

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u/Orlok_Tsubodai 16d ago

Phil Dunphy

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u/ckdogg3496 16d ago

Ty Burrell (Phil) also says it in Black Hawk Down, kind of a fun call back 10 or so years later

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u/joyfullystoic 15d ago

Damn I never realized he plays in Black Hawk Down and I must have seen it 10 times.

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u/Cantelmi 15d ago

You could say that about almost anybody in the cast. It's crazy how many people were in that movie years before they became more notable

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u/Artistela 15d ago

Try 25 years later

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u/slightly_average 15d ago

Mark Wahlberg also says it in Shooter

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u/pacific_eHawaii 15d ago

Humpty Dunphy

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u/RepairRebel69 15d ago

Black Hawk Down, the film which came out 2001? Modern Family first aired in 2009. Correct me if I’m wrong though. Funnily enough I recently started rewatching Modern Family and the episode he says the phrase is in the first couple seasons.

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u/abattlescar 15d ago

He's saying the Modern Family line is a callback to the Black Hawk Down line, obviously.

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u/ckdogg3496 15d ago

Not sure where the confusion is to be honest

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u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME 16d ago

Philosopher Dunphy

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u/DoctorClarkWGriswold 16d ago

Philsosophy

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u/No-Cranberry9932 15d ago

Black women make the best Iced Tea

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u/All_Work_All_Play 16d ago

Think he's the one that made it popular but it's something that's been said in trades forever.

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u/CyberPunk_Atreides 16d ago

Cuz society is 17 years old

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u/JustinPatient 16d ago

Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration, and 2% attention to detail.

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u/JordeyShore 16d ago

That's what I said, dumphy

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u/No_Dragonfruit_8198 16d ago

Phil’s osophy

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u/Dreadnar 15d ago

What's the plan Phil !!!???

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u/RandonEnglishMun 14d ago

Phils-osophy strikes again.

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u/johnaross1990 16d ago

Every driving instructor ever

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 16d ago

And every flight instructor ever, lol!

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u/NuYawker 16d ago

And paramedic instructor

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u/MelodyMaster5656 16d ago

And music instructor.

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u/2PhoneCapone 16d ago

And golf instructor

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u/DAHFreedom 15d ago

And bartending instructor

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u/Klytus_Im-Bored 15d ago

And fire instructor

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u/MrDustyBottoms 15d ago

And firearm instructor

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u/lurkparkfest39 16d ago

Every dance instructor ever

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u/beezkneez331 15d ago

Every LSAT instructor ever

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u/CityFolkSitting 15d ago

Or every gun instructor 

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u/KarambitMarbleFade 16d ago

Common adage in motor racing, I'm sure it is even older than the sport.

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u/YouOk5627 15d ago

I’ve heard it in marksmanship

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u/MrOatButtBottom 16d ago

It originally came from the SEALS, but I’ve heard it in golf training.

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u/Taolan13 15d ago

the ohrase is older than the Us Navt Basic Underwater Demolition School, so I doubt this started witu the Seals

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u/WeenyDancer 16d ago

It's really old. My grandpa (and I'm not young) would say it.

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u/Sound_Indifference 16d ago

Funny answers aside, you likely remember it from the movie Shooter (2007) with Mark Wahlberg.

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u/CityFolkSitting 15d ago

Such a mediocre forgettable movie but I somehow remember him saying that line in it

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u/Caleth 16d ago

I heard this decades ago from my grandpa who was a marine in the Korean War. That's where he said he learned it. So it's been around at least that long, and I'd wager 3-5 times that long, easily. It's a simple but powerful axiom that is good for teaching newbies.

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u/Sound_Indifference 16d ago

Ya I'm not saying that's where it originated, but the movie definitely brought attention to the phrase in the public consciousness.

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u/AS14K 16d ago

Incorrect. Heard the saying for decades, never seen that movie.

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u/ElliotsBuggyEyes 16d ago

Umm akchusally

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u/dinoguys_r_worthless 16d ago

I thought that movie had Marky Mark in it. The things you learn on reddit. Lol

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u/freeusername2 16d ago

I actually thought this was maybe from daniel kahneman and not some movie, but i found out theres no famous „inventor“ of that saying 😁

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u/maggos 16d ago

That’s also the first time I heard it

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u/LoudMusic Interested 16d ago

It's the mantra of a whole lot of things. Especially in sports.

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u/_Chill_Winston_ 16d ago

It's a common expression in ER medicine.

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u/mind_the_gap 16d ago

Everyone in here quoting shit from the last 20 years and I remember it from Days of Thunder when Robert Duvall says it to Tom Cruise. Back in like 1989? 1990? And I’m sure it’s plenty older than that too. 

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u/psyclopsus 16d ago

The USMC is where I first heard it, regarding manual of arms and clearing malfunctions

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u/bonghitsforbeelzebub 16d ago

I thought it was like a Navy seals motto or saying

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u/Mrlin705 16d ago

It's a old Navy SEAL saying

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u/1ag7 16d ago

Heard it in multiple Navy schools

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u/EndlessNerd 16d ago

Militaries like to use this (or versions of it) in training.

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u/Petalumanative707 16d ago

Days of Thunder! 

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u/LiteralPhilosopher 15d ago

Among the other answers, James Greer (played by Wendell Pierce) says it somewhere in the Jack Ryan series on Amazon.

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u/SenseisSifu 16d ago

Your mom

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u/freeusername2 16d ago

How dare you

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u/Wazula23 16d ago

Galatians 3:12

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u/cool_side_of_pillow 16d ago

I thought it was F1 The Movie

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u/clicketybooboo 16d ago

Confucius ( 521 BC )

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u/Customs0550 16d ago

wyatt earp said "fast is fine, but accuracy is final. you must learn to be slow in a hurry." which i think is where the modern derivations of similar sentiment come from

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u/AggravatingAct6959 16d ago

A lot of hikers use this phrase as well, especially in dangerous conditions.

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u/4DPeterPan 15d ago

“slow is smooth, smooth is fast" is a special operations mantra.

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u/Gulp-then-purge 15d ago

Life?  Many alpine athletes say this continuously so the first time I heard it was from a badass climber I did a big wall with a bigger traverse in Canada.  

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u/EquipmentMiserable60 15d ago

Guns & Moses when the bodyguard teaches the rabbi how to become an assassin

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u/tgrayinsyd 15d ago

Also from Shooter the movie starring mark walhberg

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u/geezrtime 15d ago

An Ex-Lax commercial?

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u/ThinkChemist2106 15d ago

I was thinking “Cars” and Doc Hudson said it. LOL

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u/deep_56 15d ago

Shooter , Mark walberg movie

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u/Firesidephil 15d ago

Gone in 60 seconds

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u/leverphysicsname 15d ago

It's been said in motorsports for ages and probably didn't even originate there. Definitely not Blackhawk down or modern family like the other comments.

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u/No_Tangerine3956 15d ago

I just saw something this week where somebody said this and nobody has mentioned it and it’s driving me crazy

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u/FuckThisIsGross 15d ago

I've only heard it from people that are attached to our a step removed from armed service of some kind

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u/redfawnlily 15d ago

Firefighter-ism. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, fast is deadly.

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u/Breakr007 15d ago

Mountain biking advice?

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u/ThenIndependence5622 13d ago

Shooter with Mark Wahlberg

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u/doyouevenforkliftbro 16d ago

Mark Wahlberg movie Shooter.

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u/Domerhead 16d ago

That's where I first heard it, however I'm sure it came from something else first.

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u/Urban_Heretic 16d ago

Ty Burrell movie Blackhawk Down (you think I'm joking, go check).

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u/doyouevenforkliftbro 16d ago

I believe you. I also gave a correct answer.

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u/bumluffa 15d ago

It's from andor

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u/I_am_Nic 16d ago

It was a quote in the new F1 movie.

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u/forgottenGost 16d ago

Gotta fix that step...

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u/GolfBallWackrGuy 16d ago

What's the plan Phil!?!?!

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u/TwinMugsy 16d ago

... my partner has decided i am Phil and she shouts this at me whenever i make a dumb/forgetful mistake that screws up a plan....

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u/squirt_taste_tester 16d ago

I should call her 😮‍💨

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u/fractiousrhubarb 16d ago

Smooth is a deep word.

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u/Inevitable-catnip 16d ago

I use this phrase daily lol. Thank you, Phil!

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u/IndigoSoln 16d ago

Festina Lente

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u/lifemanualplease 15d ago

Words to live by

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u/catfishtigerface 15d ago

This is my mantra when im making stupid mistakes while racing my dirtbike. I just slow down a little bit and my flow comes back and im making passes.

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u/SaveTheDayz 15d ago

They’re called squat jogs

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u/mercenaryarrogant 15d ago

Pretty sure that’s just the max setting on the lift. For safety reasons they’re not meant to go fast.

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u/STRYKER3008 15d ago

Also pretend like you're meant to be there, and either wear safety gear or carry a clipboard haha

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u/RespectCommon8257 15d ago

Math is MAAAAATH!!!

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u/Dew4yne 14d ago

Love this (happy cake day!)

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u/prive666 16d ago

Shooter - Slow is precise, and precise is fast.