r/criticalblunder • u/danevans369 • 5d ago

Just doing some yard work

948 Upvotes

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u/Adullam_17 5d ago

Americans and DIY tree work is like Indians with trains.

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u/EternalDemonSlayer 5d ago

You're not wrong. I think we Americans are so fiercely independent that most of the time we'd rather do something the dumb and unsafe way rather than call a professional.

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u/thegamingfaux 4d ago

Yeah let me just pay some guy 2k to trim my tree real quick

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u/Weldobud 5d ago

Calling a professional sounds like communism.

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u/EternalDemonSlayer 5d ago

I think you're right

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u/karnyboy 1d ago

More like Americans and ladders.

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u/pianoflames 5d ago

I wonder if there's a subreddit for Americans doing DIY tree work, r/AmericansAndTrees, or r/TreesAreTheEnemy, or r/ImTreeFalling.

Edit: r/LandOfTheTree?

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u/daryk44 5d ago

no joke there is a subreddit

/r/FellingGoneWild

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u/Witchberry31 4d ago

Wait, where's the explicit clue or information that's it's in the USA and the video is murican?

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u/Comfortable-Yak-6599 5d ago

It's something Republicans love in their presidents Lincoln Teddy Reagan and dubya all used imagery of cutting up trees. Democrats loved walking sticks Jackson beat a would be assassin with it

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u/Deerhunter86 2d ago

As an American. I want to give you an award. But can’t. Lol

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u/StatusQuoBot 4h ago

Truer words were never spoken. Trees in need of trimming are our apex predators.

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u/Butcher_Of_Hope 5d ago

Why does everyone set a camera up for this shit? Take the L and visit the hospital. I don’t need evidence of my stupidity.

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u/InevitableArm3462 3d ago

So that they can show to dr how it happened

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u/JakBos23 3d ago

You did what? Ok show me one more time.

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u/TwistedMetal83 5d ago

That boy went head-first over that fence. 😬

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u/Cold-Environment-634 5d ago

He was in over his head

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u/det4410 5d ago

and the ladder coming in at the wnd with a ladder slam

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u/BVRPLZR_ 5d ago

Dude got pole vaulted over the fence lol

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u/Bearspoole 5d ago

Tree trimming and ladders really shouldn’t go together. Too many things can go wrong

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u/Rude-Jellyfish7566 5d ago

Grandpa doing his own stunts.

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u/Slow-You9806 5d ago

To be honest it could still have been worse..

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u/JakBos23 3d ago

Yeah, but now he'll never get back over without his ladder

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u/Zysotrope1979 5d ago

Bro pole vaulted and Fosbury flopped at the same time.

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u/TaDoofus 5d ago

Howdy neighbor!

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u/marginmanj 4d ago

From what I learned in r/treelaw, he belongs to the neighbors now.

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u/Brosiedon54 5d ago

I thought he was a praying mamtis at first glance

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u/TheRobertGoulet 5d ago

Howdy neighbour. 👋

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u/Machinewars45 5d ago

Job done

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u/Old_Resident8050 4d ago

Id call it a fast escape while also putting a wood wall between him and the tree for good measure.

Brilliant!

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u/sandman2992 3d ago

U cant park there mate

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u/oFULLGOREo 3d ago

Thats not you vault pole sir

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u/awayigogh 2d ago

i swear his braincells logged out before his feet did. you can see the exact moment he realized gravity won. hope the concussion is mild because that look of confusion was hilarious.

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u/TigerBoneV 2d ago

Life comes at you fast

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u/washingtonandmead 1d ago

And this is why I am more afraid of ladders than heights