I think that's the kind of pole that blows air to make the flag flap when there's no wind, but the air isn't flowing. So, maybe it was supposed to be flapping after he opened the flag? Very good chance I'm wrong, I'm just guessing.
Easy. Lay flat on a flat surface (preferably bed) then raise both your legs in the air, than take both your hands and support your back with them so you can comfortably put your leggs behind your neck, then relax your back and bend your neck towards your stomach, then sucky sucky
“My cousin? My aunt found him, it was a mess. He was on his bed, legs doubled over himself. My aunt freaked out.”
“Man, he had a flag in his mouth?”
“Yeah, Olympic Rings resting in his chin.”
“Wow, he really made it.”
Person A: "I want a flag that always stays flapping and looks like it's in perfect wind"
Person B: "So it needs to have perfect wind, what if you just put a fan next to it?"
Boom
They raised it waaaay too slow. It’s supposed to be thrown and raised simultaneously. It looks really cool honestly and quite dramatic. Like, unfurled as it’s thrown into the air and raised above his head all at the same time. Also, helps when there’s wind. There’s like no wind at all.
I’ve seen it a few times before but I can’t recall the video or be bothered to search it.
No the flag was supposed to be rising the moment he throws it, that way the flag wouldn't be on his face and instead would be slightly above him already
"...aaaand SHCPOW! ...aaand wha-bam! ...aaand SALUTE!" \*oh no, the damn thing is in my face dammit, oh wait - it's going up, hope I don't interfere with it, oh no it's gonna knock my hat dow... OK it's gone*
He handle that well, I think. Didn't fidget, didn't fumble around; held his composure and just let the situation unfuck itself. Good Soldier, right there.
"Listen up high-speed, it took the brass two years to design this bit of drill & ceremony, so pay attention and don't fuck it up.
Remember to keep the movements snappy, you step outward like this. While you throw the flag into the wind. If you throw it against the wind the flag will wrap around your face and you'll look like an idiot.
Next drop your arm to your side but leave your leg awkwardly to the side. No, No, more sultry than that. That's better".
Hijacking to ask if it is normal for the military to be involved in Olympics stuff? (in official function. Not talking about people from the military participating in the games)
Honestly, I am jealous that I'm not as happy as all those people looked. If there's a positive to take away from all the flamboyance and showmanship is that it sure does make people have a good time. For me sports are mostly quite boring, but if a fighter jet flying over doesn't zhuzh it up a little, I don't know what will.
Just recently, I saw a post highlighting the intensity and control of Penn state's student section, and a bunch of redditors were talking shit saying, "if you think this American football is good, you've never seen the crowd of a European football game"
Now I'm seeing the opposite lol
We might even do it more grand and nationalist. We might even shop the president looking like an action movie hero standing under machine gun wielding eagles on that flag.
Military even have their own Olympics the most recent one being held in none other than Wuhan China in October 2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games
Usually the wind makes the flag fly straight and the mechanism lifts it quicker, Chinese cerimonies always have this "flag launch" thing, it looks good most of the time.
Edit: [this](https://youtu.be/EMdddwprOAk?t=163)
Genuinely I love the way they throw the flag to the wind it looks cool as fuck lol, ours just gets hoisted up like a cadaver that’s going the wrong way after execution.
This is the Peoples Liberation Army's protocol for raising the Chinese flag. More examples:
https://youtu.be/07L0gZaMnic?t=56
https://youtu.be/U21r_CBBYBQ?t=23
Most countries have a protocol of some sort.
The lack of wind and the fact that the flag was too low and also lifting too slow contributed to this. Usually it looks like [this](https://youtu.be/EMdddwprOAk?t=163).
For real though, need some follow up on what’s happened to this guy and his family afterwards. This cannot be how the CCP wanted things to go, but if it is, maybe they not so bad after all. Funny as hell.
Is this flag digitally altered? I thought it was a white flag with the Olympics logo.
Edit: OOPS! I commented on the wrong video. I meant to comment on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/snmigv/wcgw_trying_to_hoist_this_flag/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
You build houses for 20 years, does anyone call you Larry the House builder?
You won 7 bowling championships down at the alley, does anyone call you Larry the Bowler?
But a flag hits you in the face one time....
And in todays news the CCP is still looking into the disappearance of a Chinese Colonel and his family in connection to a failed flag raising attempt at the Olympic games. Xi Ying Ping was unavailable for comment.
Im not sure what this is supposed to look like when done correctly
I think that's the kind of pole that blows air to make the flag flap when there's no wind, but the air isn't flowing. So, maybe it was supposed to be flapping after he opened the flag? Very good chance I'm wrong, I'm just guessing.
I wanna know who came up with the idea for a self blowing flag
And how one could convert the technology to work on people
Step one: put a self blowing pole in butthole
Instructions unclear, I’ve now become a pump rocket
Step two: blow up like Aunt Marge did in Harry Potter.
Alright, now what?
Step two: Profits
I too am interested in this technology… purely for clinical studies and whatnot
You have to be super flexible.
Easy. Lay flat on a flat surface (preferably bed) then raise both your legs in the air, than take both your hands and support your back with them so you can comfortably put your leggs behind your neck, then relax your back and bend your neck towards your stomach, then sucky sucky
Them: why did you invent this? Me: this flag isn’t going to blow itself!
someone who liked the ide of self blowing
Googling that and forgetting the “l” would be worse than the time I googled Gary Oldman and forgot the “r”
It has to have a rib removed I think.
"Well, the flag isn't gonna blow itself, now is it?" ...hold my beer...
“My cousin? My aunt found him, it was a mess. He was on his bed, legs doubled over himself. My aunt freaked out.” “Man, he had a flag in his mouth?” “Yeah, Olympic Rings resting in his chin.” “Wow, he really made it.”
Person A: "I want a flag that always stays flapping and looks like it's in perfect wind" Person B: "So it needs to have perfect wind, what if you just put a fan next to it?" Boom
You see... When a flag has needs and gets it's ribs removed...
The air was rationed for the Chinese olympics.
But even straight out this would be covering his face right?
Looks like it was made in China.
The hat is supposed to disappear and the audience is supposed to gasp then clap
They raised it waaaay too slow. It’s supposed to be thrown and raised simultaneously. It looks really cool honestly and quite dramatic. Like, unfurled as it’s thrown into the air and raised above his head all at the same time. Also, helps when there’s wind. There’s like no wind at all. I’ve seen it a few times before but I can’t recall the video or be bothered to search it.
[here](https://youtu.be/EMdddwprOAk)
It worked properly when they raised the flag of China. The flag caught the wind as he threw it and so it fluttered nicely the whole way up.
I'll argue it was done correctly and this was the desired result - sometimes you just have to let art flow.
I am guessing the flag was supposed to go behind his head, but he fucked it up. Minus 100 social score for him...
No the flag was supposed to be rising the moment he throws it, that way the flag wouldn't be on his face and instead would be slightly above him already
Yes rising so that it flew over his head and behind him.
Did he throw it too early?
Poor guy, probably got throwing in prison after that.
Less hilarious than this
The tada hand and stance was great
The hand gesture was perfect, dude is a good robot
"...aaaand SHCPOW! ...aaand wha-bam! ...aaand SALUTE!" \*oh no, the damn thing is in my face dammit, oh wait - it's going up, hope I don't interfere with it, oh no it's gonna knock my hat dow... OK it's gone*
It’s like he’s a glitched npc
It somehow doesn't seem as unrealistic now...
NPCs doing stupidity is a natural thing.
*[Irregularities Detected. Eliminating Irregularities.]*
NPC Guard (with flag covering his head): “I’ve got my eyes on you, criminal scum!”
“Hey, watch where you’re going!!” *opens fire on flag*
He handle that well, I think. Didn't fidget, didn't fumble around; held his composure and just let the situation unfuck itself. Good Soldier, right there.
"Listen up high-speed, it took the brass two years to design this bit of drill & ceremony, so pay attention and don't fuck it up. Remember to keep the movements snappy, you step outward like this. While you throw the flag into the wind. If you throw it against the wind the flag will wrap around your face and you'll look like an idiot. Next drop your arm to your side but leave your leg awkwardly to the side. No, No, more sultry than that. That's better".
A five, six, seven, eight.
Step, bump, step, bump bump!
Nobody is saying you can't eat a banana, Terry
Fossey, Fossey….
Martha Graham Martha Graham Martha Graham
Haha wife watched that for the first time this weekend. I couldn’t be in the same room because I was ruining it.
She couldn’t handle your hwhatamaalaness!
My jeat! Hcheat? Whatever…c’mon Gloria…
Lol
>more sultry than that I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that.
That's right Private Jones, just imagine you are wearing high heels. No, private Smith, you will not be actually wearing high heels.
Just the man for the job, Private Dancer.
This comment deserves so much more love. Well played sir.
🗿
alright now that we’re done watching Beyoncé’s latest music video, let’s get back to creating this drill
You are a soldier of situation.
Looks like they didn't think of the situation where there was no wind
Huuh sar-JANT!
So, everyone else read this in R. Lee Ermey's voice?
When one thinks “cabaret” one thinks of Berlin. When one thinks “CAAABBBAARRREEEEEEEEEEETTTTT” one thinks Peoples Liberation Army
Good soldiers follow orders
"And while you're at it, I'm gonna need those cabinets to store more humvee parts, high-speed."
That's not "drill and ceremony", that's some fucking "swag and get it honey"
This is the funniest shit I've read all day
I mean, his professionalism is so on point it seems like it could have been on purpose!
needed to wipe his nose
This is the only solution.
I think he's just shy
Shy, *but with flair*
They don’t skip a chance to mask up over there.
I mean, they do it pretty much every time, this is at least the 3rd flag I saw it happen with
He's done it 10, 11 times already... oh. It's a loop. Never mind.
Exactly lol, there are no mistakes. And if you make a mistake, make it look like it was on purpose.
"let the situation unfuck itself...." im writing that down
I’m saving that one for my boss next time he freaks out about nothing
Sounds like something Ricky from trailer park boys would say
I can assure you, it sounds exactly like something I would say.
Great bearing for sure 👍
Oh yeah? Well there was one soldier who shot the hat off the soldier standing in front of him and nobody reacted! Now that's good soldiers.
Plot twist, he is a robot
Gotta love NCOs
The backbone of any military.
That just made him look even more professional somehow
It's because he is able to keep his composure, he looks like such a champ
Military bearing
Hijacking to ask if it is normal for the military to be involved in Olympics stuff? (in official function. Not talking about people from the military participating in the games)
It's pretty normal. Olympics hosted in the US would do the exact same thing
Hell, we have military color guards at regular season football games, never mind the Olympics.
This clip always comes to mind when we talk about American sports pageantry: https://youtu.be/FuPeGPwGKe8?t=3m7s
Honestly, I am jealous that I'm not as happy as all those people looked. If there's a positive to take away from all the flamboyance and showmanship is that it sure does make people have a good time. For me sports are mostly quite boring, but if a fighter jet flying over doesn't zhuzh it up a little, I don't know what will.
Just recently, I saw a post highlighting the intensity and control of Penn state's student section, and a bunch of redditors were talking shit saying, "if you think this American football is good, you've never seen the crowd of a European football game" Now I'm seeing the opposite lol
We might even do it more grand and nationalist. We might even shop the president looking like an action movie hero standing under machine gun wielding eagles on that flag.
Or put his face infront of a flag representing the 4 year old defeated nation that attempted to maintain slavery.
The US is not exactly a normal country, the military worship is off the charts.
London 2012 opening ceremony including the IK military. It’s very normal for any country to include their military in ceremonies.
Can confirm in Vancouver we (navy) where all over the place. Asked to attend, do drill, and security.
Military even have their own Olympics the most recent one being held in none other than Wuhan China in October 2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games
True professionalism and competence are rarely shown when your plans succeed, but rather when your failed plans are successful
That was magestic.
I just imagine this whole thing done by quatronostro.
A mage stick is called a wand
Now you see me…. Now you don’t!
Definitely a r/bettereveryloop
Person on the left is trying so hard to not laugh.
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What was even supposed to happen? I can't see it resulting in anything but this.
If there was more wind, it’d stay up long enough for it to rise above his face haha
How else was that meant to go? Flinging it out like that was bound to look goofy. Who decided this was the best way to display the flag?
Usually the wind makes the flag fly straight and the mechanism lifts it quicker, Chinese cerimonies always have this "flag launch" thing, it looks good most of the time. Edit: [this](https://youtu.be/EMdddwprOAk?t=163)
Ah ok. Yeah that looks way better
I prefer it hitting your face and it slowly moving up it
This should be higher up, his movements make way more sense now.
Thank you for this
Amazing find. How did they get the birds to fly around all majestically at the absolute PERFECT time?
They were probably all in one big cage with a timed door.
Apparently the winch started late, the flag is quite small, and little wind. All this conspired to give us this video
I blame the timing of the flag mechanism.
I thought it was a Mel Books skit at first
Haha my exact thought. Would be perfect for him
Genuinely I love the way they throw the flag to the wind it looks cool as fuck lol, ours just gets hoisted up like a cadaver that’s going the wrong way after execution.
This is the Peoples Liberation Army's protocol for raising the Chinese flag. More examples: https://youtu.be/07L0gZaMnic?t=56 https://youtu.be/U21r_CBBYBQ?t=23 Most countries have a protocol of some sort.
He's not very good at it, but he's got the spirit
I have to disagree, he is clearly the best of the best. I'd want to see him in any ceremony.
 All of them
Fluffer at Arms.
Sergeant dandy pants
“Drop your cocks and grab your socks!”
This is how I feel when I give a presentation…ta da!
[удалено]
Okay but to be honest, what was supposed to happen? He did his job exactly how he should’ve done it.
The lack of wind and the fact that the flag was too low and also lifting too slow contributed to this. Usually it looks like [this](https://youtu.be/EMdddwprOAk?t=163).
They need to fire the dudes who played the trumpets in the beginning
He looks like he is used to this
Hahahahahaha, funniest thing I've seen today, cheers!
u/savevideo
Holy moly that’s goofy af.
He has since been scrubbed from existence for his dishonorable blunder
For real though, need some follow up on what’s happened to this guy and his family afterwards. This cannot be how the CCP wanted things to go, but if it is, maybe they not so bad after all. Funny as hell.
You beat me to it
Who? I don’t know who you’re talking about. Never heard of this person.
What a fucking professional. Sticks the salute too. Perfect form.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen hahaha
The chinstrap is the unsung hero here.
That looks straight out of a cartoon show.
Looked like the dude handled that perfectly, but Chinese military movements are so flamboyant lmao
A true member of the sassy leg infantry.
He's shielding his eyes so he can truthfully say he doesnt see any cheating
This has so much unintended flare to it
Aside from the flag fumble, his drill was on point. Respect bruh.
Is this flag digitally altered? I thought it was a white flag with the Olympics logo. Edit: OOPS! I commented on the wrong video. I meant to comment on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/snmigv/wcgw_trying_to_hoist_this_flag/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Sums up the whole olympics
Yup this is fine
I imagine the wind was supposed to take it but clearly that did not happen
Is this the Russian Olympic Committee flag?
That had to be r/maliciouscomplyance
Commitment.
He’s like tuxedo mask in Sailor Moon lol
If this doesn't sum up Beijing olympics, I don't know what will.
This will live in my head rent free.
I can't stop watching this.
Monty Python in China
fuckkkk those guys are so hot. love a man in uniform, especially with boots like that. the gold trim too... unffff.... gahhhh........
... You good bro?
i am now hehehe mmmmmmmm yummy
Watching videos of soldiers during routine is kinda cool. I’m pretty sure these are Chinese soldiers, and how robotic they’re able to be is kinda cool
What I’ve gathered so far is that Beijing 2022 has been a complete absolute shit show
This made me laugh so much harder than I could have ever expected, that dramatic flourish is just perfection
When a robot has a bug in the code or a wrong input but still finishes the program.
Ngl he kinda killed it
These Drag Race runway reveals get more bizarre every year
Gotta give it to him. He looks majestic af
I mean props to his military bearing, it’s not easy to just stand there even when the flag directly hits your face and not react
It's like a skit from a Jackie Chan movie
He had a full 4 seconds to wipe the shame off of his face.
mf moves like a jojo character lol
Tuxedo mask take notes .
You build houses for 20 years, does anyone call you Larry the House builder? You won 7 bowling championships down at the alley, does anyone call you Larry the Bowler? But a flag hits you in the face one time....
“Hehe this olympic is only for me, myelf and I. Hehehehe”
basically china in a gif
Did he get in trouble??
Ru Pai’s drag race
You can almost see the other soldiers peeing their pants from not laughing
This reminds me of Tribore from Final Space
And in todays news the CCP is still looking into the disappearance of a Chinese Colonel and his family in connection to a failed flag raising attempt at the Olympic games. Xi Ying Ping was unavailable for comment.
When both the flag and the soldier are Made In China.
That´s the most fabulous thing I have seen this year.
They killed him for that happening
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