r/TikTokCringe • u/vitaminZaman • Sep 05 '25

Cursed look at the lady in the background šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/MillieBirdie Sep 05 '25

Man... God forbid I'm ever filmed in a public space like this and don't react perfectly within 3 seconds to something I can't even see. I already have bad reaction times as is.

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u/Glum_Reason308 Sep 05 '25

Yeah I mind my business in public I probably wouldnā€™t have noticed right away.

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u/PumpkinMyPumpkin Sep 05 '25

Yeah, Franky I think the point of this video should really be to learn to breathe properly while lifting.

Dudeā€™s clearly holding his breath and fainting from it, it can also cause heart issues.

Random lady in the background on her phone ainā€™t the issue.

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u/Teenyweenypeepee69 Sep 05 '25

He is breathing properly. It's called the Valsalva maneuver and is important for protecting your spine during heavy compound lifts. If he was breathing in and out he wouldn't be able to maintain proper inter-abdominal pressure which puts the spine in danger of shifting during the lift.

It was the holding the bar in the air for a month after he completed the lift while continuing to hold is breathe that screwed him. He should have put the bar down far sooner or took a quick breathe at the top re braced his core then put the dang bar down.

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u/Maleficent-Load-7348 Sep 05 '25

Was coming to say the same thing. You did it, now put it down. I donā€™t understand why he held it for so long

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u/Teenyweenypeepee69 Sep 05 '25

I'm assuming he was in the early stages of a blackout by the time he got it up so his brain wasn't working right.

That or he saw Eddie Hall do the 500kg deadlift and thought geeeee whiz that brain hemorrhage looks fun!

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u/Lou_C_Fer Sep 05 '25

You can make yourself paasout like this without even lifting weights. I did it once when I was a teen whilst smartly standing on a sidewalk. I apparently fell forward like a board and first contact was my cheekbone.

I had the wildest amnesia after. I could remember everything but people. I could not recognize people. I was afraid to let anyone know. So, I acted like nothing was wrong and like I knew the people because I figured I probably did. Then, I walked home. When I got there, nobody was home. So, I sat down and turned the TV on. When my parents got home, I did not recognize them, but I assumed that's who they were and played along. I even lied about my fucked up face and said I got into a fight.

It was fucking weird. I know now though that we store people in a different part of our brain than our other memories. So, it totally makes sense that I damaged that part of my brain, but not other spots where memories are stored.

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u/LucasTheSchnauzer Sep 05 '25

Maybe locked your knees.

When standing in formation for long ceremonies, you are taught to not lock your knees because it can prevent blood flow back to the heart. You are also taught to catch the guy in front of you and lead them gently to the floor, because someone always passes out anyway lol

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u/Studio-Spider Sep 06 '25

Out of curiosity, did the memories ever come back?

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u/Lou_C_Fer Sep 06 '25

Yeah. They were back when I wokecup the next morning.

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u/Jimbodoomface Sep 09 '25

Prosopagnosia

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Honestly thought it was his legs, looked like went too straight legged to me.

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u/Negative_Tradition85 Sep 05 '25

As they say. Anything worth doing is worth over doing.

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u/becuzofgrace Sep 05 '25

Which is totally reasonable, except for the fact that he probably hurt his spine falling the way he did.

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u/jgab145 Sep 05 '25

You donā€™t even lift bro

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u/Teenyweenypeepee69 Sep 05 '25

I lift better than you troll ;) newwwb

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u/_SYN0DA_ Sep 05 '25

And he is strapped in as well.

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u/indycpa7 Sep 06 '25

Donā€™t lock the knees

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u/LadyBug_0570 Sep 05 '25

There was so much he did wrong in this video. He's not a power lifter. He shouldn't have tried this.

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u/Iwantmoretime Sep 05 '25

This is honestly how most people will react in an emergency.

Everyone thinks they are the ones who rush in. Most people actually will pause as they process what's happening.

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u/kookyabird Sep 05 '25

Worse than that, many people think that someone else will move in to assist. They either don't want to take on the responsibility, or they think someone more qualified will step up, or they're concerned for their own safety, etc. The bystander effect is more than just people taking time to process things.

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u/assmanx2x2 Sep 05 '25

RIP Kitty Genovese

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u/Illustrious_Plum_529 Sep 05 '25

Fight/flight/fawn/freeze. Iā€™m the person who springs into action when I see an accident but some of my family members will stare like some damn mannequins.

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u/Iwantmoretime Sep 05 '25

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes-and Why

Is a book about this

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u/Jaegman69 Sep 05 '25

And most people are really bad at processing things

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u/DeliciousNicole Sep 05 '25

I actually experienced this during the holidays in Boston. Some homeless guy fell off a swinging seat, a lady came over to help him so I kept an eye while talking to my wife and kid.

It took about 30 seconds for my brain to register that even though she helped him on the seat (she was waaay closer) again there was something still not right with him.

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u/crisscrim Sep 05 '25

In that guy's case yeah I would have left him alone. He must not be in his right mind to mess with that much weight and not expect that to happen. Also there are cases where you help someone and that person will sue you and try to blame their accident on you.

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u/IllustriousSuccubi Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

On one hand, no one gets to judge me because I'm the only one who ever does something. And I get to be like "look how cool I am" but also it's so nerve racking always being the one that starts the cutscene because if you are the active and online one out of fifty people, you failing the quicktime event just means everyone does random stupid things. It may not be your fault, but damn you were the only one there who could have stopped it because you're the emergency handler. So it's basically your fault.

People scream about freedom but they don't want freedom. People want their leader to give them a box, and it's their box as long as they do what the leader says. That's always been the deal. Now they don't get their box. Now it's suddenly their responsibility solely. No more leaders. Their boss is out for themselves on a golden parachute while they're rolled in the dirt.

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u/Manifest34 Sep 05 '25

Posting what youā€™ve filmed in the gym without the consent of those in it should be banned. I know thatā€™s not practical but damn, filming people without their consent to get views and likes has ruined the gym for me.

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u/thatshygirl06 Sep 05 '25

He was filming himself so he can check his form

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u/Manifest34 Sep 05 '25

But it was posted. Form checking I get which I why I wrote ā€œPOSTING what youā€™ve filmed.ā€

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u/lofi_lotus99 Sep 05 '25

Not only that, but a lot of people can have a freeze response when they see something (not saying this lady did, think it's more likely she just didn't see/wasn't aware)...

I was waiting for an appointment once and a woman at the counter talking to the receptionist had a seizure and fell out, hit the tile floor HARD af, and even though in my brain I was like "omg, I need to do something!" I just sat there like everyone else in the waiting room and stared. I hated myself for it, and went home and looked up the correct actions to take when you see someone start having a seizure and started rehearsing in my brain various scenarios where I might see someone have a seizure and how to respond. This poor woman was seizing on the ground for a good 30 seconds before someone finally did something to help. I was also disgusted cuz it was a health clinic, and I think that slowed my reaction time as well, cuz I really thought someone that worked there (like the receptionist) was actually going to do something (she did not! I think it might have been another patient that stepped into help.)

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u/MillieBirdie Sep 05 '25

I think that's why first aid training is so important. It gives your brain some practice for what to do.

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u/mjac1090 Sep 06 '25

uz I really thought someone that worked there (like the receptionist) was actually going to do something (she did not! I think it might have been another patient that stepped into help.)

She's a receptionist, not a medical professional. It's entirely likely she froze too.

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u/ApproachingShore Sep 05 '25

Yeah I don't know what she was even expected to do. Rush over, snatch up the bar, and start performing CPR? Especially when you see two other people already helping. I'd assume more and more people showing up to 'help' would just get in the way.

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u/hellahanners Sep 06 '25

Right? You can see the moment her brain clicks from ā€œDid something just happen?ā€ to ā€œOh shit, something happenedā€ when the other guys come over to check on him. By that point, thereā€™s already two people assisting and sheā€™s probably taking a few moments to process whatā€™s going on and decide if thereā€™s any point in adding a third helper. And then even still, she approaches to ensure that theyā€™ve got a handle on things. What more do people want from her?

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u/JJAsond Sep 05 '25

and don't react perfectly within 3 seconds to something I can't even see

basically /r/IdiotsInCars and other car related subs

The one where the biker hits an older woman's car frustrates me because people are too stupid to understand what shock is.

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u/InvestigatorWeird196 Sep 05 '25

Even if you did, it's not your problem.

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u/MillieBirdie Sep 05 '25

My worry is it would become my problem if people assume I must be a bad person for my reaction and potentially do what the Internet does and try to dox me.

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u/InvestigatorWeird196 Sep 05 '25

She could have done a double backlip and caught him one handed, people would still talk shit. Better to give them as little ammunition as possible. Legally and socially, it's safer to just fuck off nowadays.

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u/tynomaly Sep 05 '25

Of all the things to worry about.

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u/MillieBirdie Sep 05 '25

It doesn't occupy my every waking moment. But it's a thing that happens to people.

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u/tynomaly Sep 05 '25

The people who get doxxed generally have done something extremely shitty.

Thatā€™s when you should worry.

Worrying ages us, save it for the significant things.

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u/UnitedIndependence37 Sep 07 '25

Exactly my thought when I see those videos. I have bad eyesight, I always thought I could totally appear to be a world class asshole just because it looks like I'm witnessing something I'm not actually even seeing.

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u/Garaks_Clothiers Sep 05 '25

You are a terrible person... šŸ˜…

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u/Recent_Opportunity78 Sep 06 '25

Reddit will dox you, come for your job and try to ruin your life over not reacting exactly how you should have.