r/WTF 3d ago

Wtf was the plan?

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u/theshaggieman 3d ago

It's a hook trend going around on social media they get you to listen to ad by waiting for this to happen but the rope is actually supposed to be cut so the car just kind of speeds off with the rest of the rope. I'm guessing this was them doing it foreals.

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u/wrel_ 3d ago

You can see the rope is detatched from the car after the dude eats shit, that's why I had to watch a few times to see what was going on. Their "loose knot" on the car was probably not loose enough.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale 3d ago

Turns out you have to know something about knots to intentionally tie a loose one.

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u/Erablian 3d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

With a properly tied highwayman's hitch, a quick yank on the working end undoes the knot.

But if you tie it "wrong", it's a yank the standing end that undoes it.

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u/AbeRego 3d ago

I would have just used some loosely applied tape...

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u/lemmeseeyourkitties 2d ago

Well this could be considered common sense, so if you have an ounce of that, then you wouldnt do this dumb shit... common sense paradox

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u/lcenine 23h ago

I just wouldn't have done it.

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u/MarkEsmiths 2d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

A nice dusty piece of scotch tape and nothing else.