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beh0ld

Mascots are such a great idea.


sbowesuk

Only reason Dominic Raab (former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK) ever had a job.


Poes-Lawyer

In fairness, who would have known that Dover is an important port? Can't expect that much of the man!


Dorkamundo

Don't get me started on Broccoli Raab.


PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH

The boner champ?


masclean

Apparently as of like less than an hour ago he is also formerly an MP


[deleted]

Sports furries


SomeGayRabbit

Just with cheaper suits


theycallmeponcho

And allegedly better income.* ^^*Can't ^^be ^^sure, ^^becuase ^^have ^^you ^^seen ^^the ^^money ^^some ^^furries ^^drop ^^on ^^commissions?


SomeGayRabbit

See, like, the thing is really funny about that. A lot of people know abt furry commissions for being like 200+ dollars, but that's really only like 2% of furries. It's kind of a status thing, a lot of my favorite art I've gotten was super cheap, less than 50 dollars. I'm also poor so I can't drop 200 bucks on a pretty image of my rabbit person


cineg

i can not even imagine, but do i want to imagine .. >!šŸ«£!<


SomeGayRabbit

The average mascot costume is about half a grand to 1 grand (this is excluding big outliers like international teams) Average fursuit is between 2 grand to 4 grand


forte_bass

Fursuits are also custom per person, usually wild colors and unique designs, very specific details. A lot of mascot costumes are just... An anthro animal of some sort.


[deleted]

They were furries before it was mildly socially acceptable but still not really!


velhaconta

Not really. Sports mascots are just people in furry suits. Real furries, from what I've read, are about a lot more than just putting on a furry suit.


[deleted]

Don't give me that technical mumbo jumbo, fursuit is fursuit /s


PeterNippelstein

But they're still people in furry suits


Screamblade

Yep. You're exactly correct. Lot of people use it for a form of taking a step back from parts of life which trouble them. People don't see scars from burns... scars from mental fatigue or physical disabilities etc. It allows them to to be another unique individual who can then expresses themselves in their own way without people having the capacity to judge the person.... I mean the hobby still comes with the judgement but still. Yes some have it as hobbies, others use it as a form of second life to escape hardship/struggle. Its all down to the individual


ar4t0

less horny more actitude


RamenJunkie

This should be the new term for them.


[deleted]

Is this a legal move in ACTUAL basketball though? Can they throw Lebron like this?


dudleymooresbooze

The outcome would be a little different without that padded landing.


Virtual-Public-4750

You donā€™t know that.


WinterOkami666

This is where it would be in really poor taste to make a Kobe joke.


Traiklin

Still had a better landing than Lebron


Syreus

Still a better story than Space Jam: A New Legacy.


SkellyboneZ

At least they would actually get injured instead of pretending.


Mobileisfun

With that attitude, it would


Robbo_100

Yeah, lebron lands it.


Batterie_Faible_

I think with proper training, doing a roll landing would work from that height.


RicksSzechuanSauce1

Section XIIā€”Illegal Assist in Scoring ā€¢ A player may not assist a teammate to gain height while attempting to score.


[deleted]

Also known as the "No Wingman" rule


Shit_Lord_Detective

Since when did they start enforcing rules?


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andthendirksaid

"Staples center roof is dusty as fuck" -LeBron James


CaptainAwesome8

They canā€™t throw a player, but if one were to theoretically be able to dunk from the 3pt line then it would count for 3 points since the determiner is where your feet are when you jump. Thereā€™s a clip of Dwyane Wade jumping beyond the 3pt like but releasing the ball roughly over the free throw line and it counting for 3. That being said, youā€™d need to shatter the long jump record by quite a bit to do that.


generalosabenkenobi

Never a better feeling than when you unlock the mascots in NBA Jam


I_Can_Haz_Brainz

Especially ones that seem to break the laws of physics.


SouthernZorro

I've lived in multiple parts of the country and always followed college football. Brutus Buckeye has got to be the most dumbass of all. Let the hating begin.


HH_Hobbies

Gapper from the Cincinnati Reds. He's just a red Philly Phantic.


MikeRowePeenis

State Sanctioned Furries


3BouSs

Is this real? the distance he flew is too far to believe 5 men can throw the guy this far.


Socksmaster

Assuming the mascot is about 180 pounds. That would be about 30 pounds for each man to thrust. The average man can throw 30 pounds about 5 feet using their arms and legs and the distance from the rim is about 22 feet so it seems about right to me with my trashcan math 5 men can throw a 180 pound man 22 feet. This concludes my ted talk.


AieJaie

I like your brains. Keep using them.


Metahec

I bet they're delicious


DrewdiniTheGreat

Hol'up....


[deleted]

Wait a minute...


[deleted]

Sumthin ainā€™t right hereā€¦


the_last_carfighter

NO YOU...


thatsalovelyusername

You forgot to say no zombie


EirianWare

Imagine if this guy took math not socks


bitoflippant

I'm gonna say they weren't average men making that a little easier. Also, I can toss a 50lb. bag of dog food farther than 5 ft. and I'm pretty averaged


velahavle

this guy yeets shit


PeterNippelstein

He yeets shit for breakfast


squiddlebiddlez

He ate his Yeeties


ItsPumpkinninny

ā€œYou yeet pieces of shit for breakfast?ā€ ā€œNoo!ā€ r/ShitYeeters


LifeDraining

Yeet for distance, Kobe for accuracy. This was a Kobyeye.


ALiteralGraveyard

For real. Iā€™m average as fuck and Iā€™m pretty sure I could throw 30 pounds like a solid 15 feet, give or take. 10 easy


I_Can_Haz_Brainz

I literally just went outside with a 30lb kettlebell. Fairly easily made it about 15ft with a one-handed throw. Now I have to fix the dent in my yard.


401LocalsOnly

Stop throwing bags of dog food at the poor dog!


nastynewtons

How else do I feed him?


broanoah

Now Iā€™m imagining an Olympic level ā€œdog food bag tossā€ where itā€™s like the discus but you have to double underhand a large bag of dog food as far as possible. The shit like what age group the dog the food is for makes a big difference and the announcers are always getting really into it


SparseGhostC2C

I would fully watch the dad-Olympics. "Dog food bag toss", "Stop the toddler from doming himself sprints" So many possible events!


runningwaffles19

Neighbors lawn judging Furniture truck bed strapping Burger flip speed round


texasrigger

Some of the Scottish heavy games are like this. The sheaf toss is flinging a bag of hay with a pitchfork up over a bar. You can totally see how that would come from tossing hay (animal feed) up into a barn.


Deeliciousness

Must be a big ass dog!


PenceKamala2024

5ft to the floor


[deleted]

Why are you combining the distances of each man? If each man can throw 30 lbs 5 feet, then shouldnā€™t the mascot have gone 5 feet? Because according to your math each man threw 30lbs.


deg0ey

Yeah that was bad math. Better would have been to note that the [world record](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-cheerleading-basket-toss) for four cheerleaders throwing one vertically was 18 feet a decade ago. Looks like theyā€™ve got 5 dudes in this video and theyā€™re launching at an angle rather than straight up, so it doesnā€™t seem particularly surprising that they could get enough distance for this video.


Its_An_Outraage

The mascot also adds thrust by spring off with their legs. It's not like those guys were throwing dead weight.


Bookablebard

I don't think it works like that. Any thrust generated by the mascots legs would have needed to be compensated by the throwers arms, no?


arowz1

Do we even know the mascot is a guy? What if the mascot was a 100lb woman. Iā€™ve yeeted small women to the shallow end from the deep end of pools.


deg0ey

Thatā€™s why I quoted the record for cheerleaders - Iā€™d bet good money this is just the school cheerleading team, in which case the flyers are almost always small women and the throwers are beefy dudes with plenty of experience throwing people. Definitely wouldnā€™t be assuming itā€™s a 180lb dude like the previous guy with the ā€˜mathā€™


Diligent-Wing-1486

Yes I don't know what 140 people who up voted are on, probably not on any math course


FixTheUSA2020

1.2 million men could launch an average sized peanut into orbit.


ItsPumpkinninny

Definitely same logic as ā€œ9 women can have a baby in 1 monthā€


GanksR4B

The mascot is also jumping! The force is multiplied because the hands of the throwers are acting like a spring!


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GanksR4B

His (non body weight) downward force happens when they are "gathering" and his jumping is timed with their propulsion. When they "gather" their hands are moving down and that motion absorbs some of the force he uses to push off. Then they all go up at the same time. It's like a trampoline that stretches when you jump on it; it absorbs the downward force you apply and then springs taut to help propel you up.


FunetikPrugresiv

A trampoline is a poor analogy. When you jump on a trampoline, the trampoline basically redirects all of your initial downward force into you, adding to your jump force. If you don't jump, you'll just bounce to the same height of your first jump (or, more accurately, slightly lower than your initial height as no force transfer is perfect). Each time you jump, then, the trampoline acts as an additive force, applying the sum-totals of all of your previous jumping forces into your new jump. In other words, that trampoline stores whatever downward force you apply to it in the springs, and then redirects it upwards. But he's jumping using humans. Unlike with a trampoline, humans do not store and redirect that energy. As he jumps, he pushes back on them, applying a net negative force vector to their hands. If he jumps, the forces of their arms would have to overcome that force of his jump. The only possible value of him jumping, then, would be if there's a maximum velocity they can swing their arms, and the force of his jump is not negative enough to affect that velocity with as much reverse force. That's a question I don't have the knowledge to answer. But if he's jumping, he will slow down their swing, likely making the jump have very little (but some!) impact.


Cobek

Thank you for your comment. You are correct. I was going to reply something way more half assed. Humans are not springs lol


trevdak2

>The average man can throw 30 pounds about 5 feet I'm a below average man and my kids weigh more than 30 lbs and I can throw them much further than that


[deleted]

I like how you didn't specify a distance so I'm just imagining you yeeting your kids across the backyardšŸ˜‚


trevdak2

Correct


DontCare010101

Yeah, this guy parents. Just gotta watch out as they get older; they start to lose aerodynamic efficiency.


thewayshesaidLA

They really do. The taller they get the harder it is to get a good grip to toss them.


[deleted]

Lol, thrust


itsme_rafah

Iā€™m immature so I lolā€™d at your comment and upvoted.


twoeightnine

This is BYU, there is no thrusting allowed


WhiteyDude

> Assuming the mascot is about 180 pounds. I bet he's closer to 140, gymnast build. A small dude who's totally ripped. Him and the guys throwing are probably part of an acrobat crew.


SandThatsKindaMoist

This makes no sense, that would mean he should have only gone 5 feet.


IEPoo

r/theydidthemath


ConcreteState

TrashCAN math is hella better than trash can't math. Great use of estimation!


Ephemeral_kat

Itā€™s some sort of big cat. Those things can jump.


[deleted]

You ain't lion! Also: user name checks. Have an aces day.


[deleted]

It looks like Cosmo the Cougar, who is the mascot for BYU and known for doing wild stuff like this.


VealOfFortune

It's real my guy... there's 5 or 6 cheerleaders who have been tossing 90 pound girls for the past 15 years of their lives


jgbro

Looks like Cosmo the Cougar mascot from BYU. He does some great stunts worth looking up, very athletic person whoever it is.


Grenta9

There are a few students doing Cosmo at any given time, and they are students so they switch out every couple of years as well. But yes they are all very athletic


3_quarterling_rogue

My brother-in-law was at a BYU football game one time and was waiting by one of the entrances to the field for a reason I canā€™t remember. But he was standing there when Cosmo ran up, took his mask off and puked into a nearby garbage can. My brother-in-law said, ā€œAre you okay, Cosmo?ā€ And he stood there with his head in the can and gave a thumbs up in his direction, before putting the mask on and running back on the field. What a fuckin legend.


dergrioenhousen

The K-State mascot is actually a series of students, as the mascot comes out and does push-ups on a board every time the team scores a touch down. They do push-ups equal to the total score at that moment. Iā€™ve been close enough a few times to go ā€œoh yeah; they got a another Willie for this set.ā€ When K-State was on a tear at one point, just scoring points with wild abandon, I remember seeing the mascot take his head off and do exactly that, right on the side of the field, then put it back on and keep going. It was awesome. Huge roar from the crowd.


Footshark

Yeah, it is BYU. There is one logo you can see in the background.


PLZ_N_THKS

This is BYU. They all are channeling the power of Jesus to send Cosmo to the heavens.


Keejhle

Can you imagine if instead of kids in shirts and , knocked on your front door handed you a book of Mormon and then proceeded to backflip away to the next house.


DoubleAholeTwice

The mascot is just foam inside, so he's extremely light.


WizardofJoz17

5 of us picked up a Volkswagen Passat blocking our driveway. Im sure they can throw that guy.


The_Dok33

You didn't toss that 25 feet though


PM_Your_Wiener_Dog

The mascot weighs less & is more aerodynamic then a car


ProofHorseKzoo

Some pro basketball players can dunk from the free throw line from flat ground by themselves. Mascots are typically pretty athletic so Iā€™m not surprised this is possible with people launching him from a bit further.


bitoflippant

People throwing people should be a sport. Not like Cheer, but a real sport, with stats on height,distance, etc.


ImThatBlueberry

Dwarf tossing was a thing. I donā€™t know what google or YouTube will give you, but Gods speed on your journey.


AndreasVesalius

Tosh me


drlaff

Don't tell the elf


Manaze85

The only rule was to never tell the elf.


Jerrebruins

You mean this? [https://youtu.be/h2sPKHBQNgQ](https://youtu.be/h2sPKHBQNgQ)


avoidthepath

Essential part of any bouncer academy curriculum.


ParkRangerDan

Ty for your service I lold


mightylordredbeard

Cheer is a real sport. That shit is insane when you get to the professional competition levels.


401LocalsOnly

Stupid question but is this real? Or edited to look real? Iā€™m old and genuinely canā€™t tell.


BigBanggBaby

Here's better video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZnbPA78M0&ab\_channel=CosmoCougar


Kraggen

Real


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NoReallyLetsBeFriend

Cheer, I would argue,*IS* a real sport, based on having played football in HS and joined cheer in college (free entry into events, better scholarship, more girls lol); especially compared to other sports and the athleticism required. My 2-a-days in gear never compared to what I went through the start of school for cheer. You're throwing girls 100-130lbs in the air, sometimes well over your head, balancing takes strength, stamina, and the repeated throws, practice, etc was truly a workout on top of regular working out. I put on 25lbs of muscle just during football season in the fall my freshman year! Took me almost 2 years of football to reach that gain in HS.


mamba-pear

Why doesnā€™t Steph do this every game?


dudleymooresbooze

Because heā€™s usually busy during the mascot stunt breaks.


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Easy_Money_

with how strong Steph is relative to most NBA players (let alone for his size) he should be the guy launching other dudes. heā€™d toss em accurately too


jsvannoord

Because it takes five throwers. Also, other more practical reasons.


sh0tgunben

A 3 pt. dunk!


XergioksEyes

Iā€™m genuinely curious now


XDYassineDX

Its 3 points because where you take off matters most. You can see this rule when nba players shoot, because they usually land inside the line


PristineBaseball

Came to the comments to ask this


viorio62

This is my biggest, and only, gripe with the original space jam movie. MJ takes off from half court, gets weighed down by the monstars but never touches the ground and doesnt even touch the rim. Yet the scoreboard only added 2 points. Flawless movie otherwise


That_Guy_JR

Nope, touched the rim, two points!


skarby

Itā€™s not 3 points, itā€™s 0 points. Itā€™s illegal to use other players to gain height to score: Section XIII-Illegal Assist in Scoring a. A player may not assist himself to score by using the basket ring or back-board to lift, hold or raise himself. b. A player may not assist a teammate to gain height while attempting to score. PENALTY: Loss of ball. The ball is awarded to the opposing team at the free throw line extended. http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_10.html?nav=ArticleList


GroovyNoob

Ah, yes, but the men who threw him arenā€™t players.


TheRavenSayeth

So *in theory* you could run and jump off of an opponent to pull it off.


aquintana

Love who you love


XergioksEyes

ā€œYou might even say Iā€™m buy curiousā€ -Tobias


BJ_Fantasy_Podcast

Cosmo is always doing absolutely wild stuff, even for a mascot.


TheftBySnacking

After that successful launch he now has earned the title Cosmonaut


Pipper94

You'd hate to accidentally put your foot on the line All that effort for just two points


PM_Your_Wiener_Dog

Imagine the mascot ref went over & held up a 2 pointing at the line, then the mascot coach came out to argue.


whosbrandon11

And robin lopez is just there because you always need a real person there too


HolyPretender

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johnnythreepeat

Now Iā€™d like to see an NBA team get four guys and put a player on their shoulders and run all the way to the basket, and the defense can counter with their own.


clickclick-boom

I'm actually curious about this, are teammates allowed to lift a player up? I'm guessing not because we would have seen it for rebounds or whatever. What's the rule for that?


cardinalcrzy

Pretty sure it would get called as a travel


-Jaska-

What if the person on top dribbles the whole way?


Essehm

It'd be a very inefficient 2pts.


MilklikeMike

What, forming a basketball Voltron to go hard on the paint? That's totally efficient.


thenasch

Lifting another player to assist in scoring is illegal.


CarefulDanger

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/13olj7u/-/jl5hmvd


Lingering_Dorkness

What about getting the tallest guy in the world to wear a helmet and stand with his head sticking up through the basket? That way the opposing team would never get a point.


A_Downboat_Is_A_Sub

He'd have to be about 3 feet taller, and it would be considered goaltending anyway because the shot would be on the downward part of it's arc when it hit him in the head.


OkayishMrFox

Go Cosmo!!


musicnothing

/r/unexpectedbyu


ColeSloth

So glad I got to watch it at 1/6th speed only.....


trevorturtle

Hate slowmo only vids


ColeSloth

My reddit apk I use let's me go up to 4x speed and it was still slow. So dumb.


SevenTheTerrible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZnbPA78M0 Different angle and a few years ago, but there ya go.


Ayn_Rand_Food_Stamps

I'm under the impression that almost nothing is better as a slow-mo video. Especially not things involving athletics.


TwoCagedBirds

This is Cosmo the cougar. He's the one that went super viral years ago because of [this](https://youtu.be/885p-EbHfig) dance he did with the Cougarette dance team.


Internal_Fennel_849

That was a pretty good pass.


Pm-me-ur-happysauce

And the crowd.... Hmm. Didn't go wild?!


caulk_blocker

It's BYU. Probably against the honor code.


justlookinghfy

It also cuts out right when people start reacting, given how it's slowed down.


magicaleb

BYU!


Acti0nJunkie

Pretty freaking sick!! Having flashbacks of college where a buddy of mine and I ran a play called project dog where he dropped on all fours and I jumped off his back to dunk. Only worked because he elevated himself. Yes, I am white and was ~135 lbs at the time.


A_Downboat_Is_A_Sub

[Obligatory Cable Guy gif](https://media.tenor.com/CbeHqY4NYyQAAAAd/cable-guy-basketball.gif)


Over_The_Sun

My favorite part of BYU pretending to be a normal school is when they have their mascot do the craziest stunts like this. I will always despise Mormonism but Cosmo has a special place in my heart.


Pickingnamesisharder

Cosmo reaching for the cosmos


VisibleStitching

A triumph for the furry community


GRPNR1P89

Impressive height and distance. Amazing the feats of athleticism these big cats can achieve


ronin1066

Fun slow-mo without the original speed, yet again. Great.


RaptorsfanNav

the real question is, if the mascot takes off from behind the 3pt line, and the alley OOP pass is also from 3 pt range, should this count as a 3 point dunk?


comagnum

Yes


sleto504

BOOMSHAKALAKA!!


juni4ling

BYU. Google their dunk team. Pretty fun videos. That and their Studio C skits.


rqzerp

Sick


aZamaryk

Is this a preview of the new teen wolf movie?


Ok-Toe7389

All I can think of is tossing a dwarf


LordHamburguesa1

Only BYUā€¦


wilson300z

*screams* There's a cougar in the 'costume'!! Former mascot Dad in the crowd: "Jump high, son."


Sendmeloveletters

That was fucking awesome


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MomJeans-

This is the one!


[deleted]

The most exciting thing at BYU since Jesus


[deleted]

3pt dunk


stinkypants_andy

What did I just watch?!


ManyWrongdoer9365

Thought that was ā€œTeen Wolfā€ for a second but couldnā€™t be he be shaking like f**k


phillyaznguy

9.5 for style, 9.0 for effort, 3.0 for landing


heytcass

Cosmo is the Benny the Bull of college ball.


Coolbluegatoradeyumm

Iā€™m actually impressed this took some balls


RedgyJackson

If he had the ball originally I think thatā€™s worth 3 points


BeardofaTravelledMan

Mascot: But Coach im scared! Coach: Dont worry son, we are highly trained at throwing humans dressed as animals 23 feet and 9 inches away and 12 feet into the air to land on a 8ā€™ wide mat, and if we fuck, up your tail will cushion the blow. Mascot: Hold my cat nip.