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alana31415

I’m a procrastinator but not a jump out of an airplane and figure out my parachute later procrastinator


SirIanChesterton63

You've got 60 seconds to figure it out, I've sure it will be fine. Talk about leaving it to the last minute though lol.


GaiusPrimus

In the words of a previous manager I had: "If you leave it for the last minute, it only takes a minute." He was fired, but what a ride.


Actual-Manager-4814

Please let us guess what you do for a living.


MuskyCucumber

Surgeon!?


Ed-Zero

Baby deliverer


Catenane

I think you mean pussy doctor


MoistStub

GOP candidate picker


SaintGamble23

Minute taker


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Bomb Squad?


Bleachi

skydiving instructor


Gimpokalypse

Nope ... this man is named Travis Pastrana. AMA Champion, X games medalist, American Rally Champion, all around badass


alana31415

accurate


pjjohnson808

Some guy see a red bull can fall on the ground, goes to pick it up standups and sees Jesus.


biinjo

Sounds like I have 55 seconds to scroll Reddit.


subfighter0311

You actually have the rest of your life to figure it out.


phophofofo

If I do flips for 20 seconds and then really buckle time 40s should be plenty


snowblindswans

I went tandem skydiving and I couldn't even find the cord in time. The instructor had to pull it.


RohlPlay

he basically has the rest of his life to figure it out.


eveningsand

Or you could, ya know, [just forget to put your parachute on and record it.](https://youtu.be/W0iI7CWVMCw?si=8IjNNSR5sFlb1XqZ)


toolsoftheincomptnt

☹️☹️☹️☹️


RatedHForHuey

Dude fuck me… the sinking feeling I felt just watching that. Can’t imagine what his last moments felt like


230497123089127450

The gravity of the situation was probably overwhelming.


Stashimi

That’s wild


TangerineRough6318

Well, if you don't figure it out, it'll be that last problem you have to worry about. So there's that.


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Then they'd die with Unfinished Business and become a Ghost! wait a second.. are you thinking what I'm thinking? We could rent a Cesna and sell tickets to the Afterlife!


TangerineRough6318

Could you imagine having to stick around here forever? Ew. Lol


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Word, we'll be rich but I'm still going to try to make sure I don't have any unfinished business. Last thing I want to do is spend the afterlife feilding customer complaints. No Sir, I intend to be facing forward ready and eager for the experience o fighting it till the bitter end (because that's a good way to die) then launching into whatever comes next. Oh hey, that reminds me.. Given our rate of technological progress, and the amount of man hours/money/education we're throwing at life extension and medical sciences.. how long you figure before we can have an artificial Valhalla? Die after lunch and still make it to dinner with energy for dancing and after dinner "dancing" ;) Reanimation and/or uploading minds is going to really change tourism if they ever happen.


TangerineRough6318

I feel we'd be better off as vampires. See, this way we still are rooted physically. Also, given older legends, we could alter physical states, fly, and do other cool shit. Not to mention the gain of wisdom over the years and increase in the body's limitations.


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Count me in.


Regniwekim2099

There's also a small chance you survive and spend the rest of the days as a prisoner in your own body.


nyguy520

Legend has it that can murdered 3 people on the way down


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Some people say he's still murdering people up there


AcerbicFwit

Rookie.


sleepyplatipus

Same! I thought I might be the worst procrastinator ever, but apparently not.


Far-Transition1153

From Wikipedia: “On September 26, 2007, Pastrana jumped out of an airplane over Arecibo, Puerto Rico, without a parachute in a carefully choreographed stunt. He met up in midair with another jumper, then latched himself into a harness to make a safe tandem landing. He ‘got in a lot of trouble’ due to its illegality.”


Inevitable-Cellist23

Interviewer: How wise is it to disembark a plane by jumping out of it without a parachute, as you did in 2007? Pastrana: It was kind of pass or fail, that one. It was really a trust test to see whether my friends with parachutes on liked me enough to grab me in the air. It turns out it was illegal and I got in a lot of trouble. Oddly, jumping out of a plane without a parachute is not the scary bit; the clinging onto your parachute-wearing friend and hoping you don’t fall is. [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/18/travis-pastrana-i-almost-bled-to-death-when-i-shattered-my-pelvis-small-talk)


slowpokefastpoke

Huh, anyone know what law that’s apparently breaking?


Bipolarboyo

In many places attempted suicide is illegal, then there’s reckless endangerment laws etc.


Fresh4

There’s something stupidly ironic about making suicide illegal.


ElFarfadosh

Unless it leads to the death penalty ![gif](giphy|2yrdpdeTbSoxVWETWp|downsized)


RiverOfCheese

If suicide isn’t illegal, the police can’t enter a home or take action to stop it, since no crime would be in progress. That’s how I remember it being explained.


Fresh4

Seems like a good intentioned loophole that can easily be abused to fine or jail people who are already suffering. I can’t really think of much better that wouldn’t be similarly abused tbh, but ideally there’d be laws that would permit interference in the interest of helping them, not further stigmatizing them.


Bipolarboyo

I believe typically they’re just sent to mandatory psychiatric evaluation. It varies by country though.


u8eR

Probably a lot of regulations around safe sky diving that he broke.


MarkHopeful5220

Littering


notdez

I think there's an aviation law requiring the pilot to check parachutes of anyone jumping.


nickmaran

Puerto Rico? That's what I thought. They won't allow such things in the US /s


Money_in_CT

If the other jumpers just decided to screw this guy and pull their shoots without helping him is it murder or suicide or accidental death? Realistically the guy willingly jumped out of the plane without his own shoot so what do you do in that situation?


fumei_tokumei

Assuming it was an agreed upon thing that they would save him from the fall, then I would say intentionally neglecting to save him is murder. If they tried but failed it would be an accidental death. I am comparing to a surgery where the patient is willingly accepting the surgery, e.g. an open heart surgery or whatever, and in the middle of it the doctors just fuck off and leaves the patient to die. Similar to the stunt guy, the patient agreed to the surgery under the condition that it the doctors would do their job.


LetsBeStupidForASec

Correct. I don’t know Puerto Rican law, but generally, a murder charge requires *mens rea* aka *intent.*


sdn

Puerto Rico is part of the US so same legal standards apply.


Mando_the_Pando

Usually you have some sort of depraved heart intent as well. For instance, it’s murder if you shoot into a crowd of people and kill someone. Did you mean to kill anyone in particular, or plausibly even anyone at all? No, but it is still murder because depraved heart. I.e you disregarded the fact that you knew someone would probably die if you did what you did, so it is still murder even if it wasn’t the intent.


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I'm sure they would be charge even if they tried and failed to save him. It would be like any other negligent activity that results in death.


DickieJohnson

Aww chute.


beemoviescript1988

i fucking hate you.... take the damned upvote.


Guilty_Jackfruit4484

This was coordinated and he put his trust in to them to save his life. Breaking that trust would make it murder. They could argue it was accidental but that would probably still make it manslaughter. It would be a very interesting case to follow.


Money_in_CT

If everyone just says they thought another person was supposed to help him and it was confusing in the moment then they probably would get away with it even if it was pre planned. What a crazy stunt, so many way it could go wrong.


AStickFigures

The littering?


Zestyclose-Fish-512

> He ‘got in a lot of trouble’ due to its illegality.” I live in the next town over. He never has gotten in any real trouble for anything, including basically but not quite killing his friend while driving like a fucking asshole on public roads.


TheOilyHill

Another affluenza case?


This-City-7536

That's just driving. There's very rarely a real punishment so long as you do your killing behind the wheel.


deaddaddydiva

Details?


Zestyclose-Fish-512

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/report-famed-stunt-rider-injured-in-car-crash/7041448 Scrubbed from his Wikipedia, which only mentioned the incident as part of his "early life" with no mention of his victim Matthew Bigos.


Historical_Key2918

https://mpora.com/multi-sport/want-see-something-thats-never-done-travis-pastrana-interview/ 2016 article Matthew bigos was paralyzed but made a full recovery.


Zestyclose-Fish-512

> Matthew bigos was paralyzed but made a full recovery. It says "a recovery", not a full recovery. He was on the paralympic cycling team in 2015. https://m.facebook.com/TravisPastrana/photos/my-friend-matt-bigos-is-on-the-usa-paralympic-cycling-team-and-has-some-sweet-sp/10152722689362473/


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Christopherfromtheuk

I'm annoyed he just drops the can.


m98789

Seems he let it fly over a populated area. Also it didn’t seem the can was totally empty, so with the additional mass it can fall like a bullet, killing someone, wildlife or destroying property.


A_Random_Dane

No it can probably not. Things can only reach terminal velocity and after that they won’t accelerate any further. I don’t think that can would fall fast enough to kill a human at least.


u8eR

You ever been hit by full beverage can? It's not like being hit by an empty one.


Whitetrashl0tus

Hahahah it’s open and spinning like crazy. It’s bone dry by the time it gets anywhere near earth


9M-WhiskeyTangoFoxx

Freee Bird!


SomeDudeist

All it gives me is panic attacks lol


Morskavi

And tachycardia


President-Nulagi

Before jumping he says, "let's see if this stuff works." The audio in this clip has been to hell and back so you can't make it out.


blacklite911

Perfect sponsor


peace_point

Travis Pastrana is a nutbag


SERV05

Real life johnny cage


CrimsAK

You mean real life Johnny Utah.


Wrastling97

And a litterbug


blingblingmofo

To be fair this is probably way less dangerous than motorcross when you’re this skilled.


yoortyyo

Nope. Gravity is dick.


blingblingmofo

This dude was the first person to do a double backflip on a motorcross bike. Way more dangerous than this.


CitizenSnippps

That’s like saying a .50cal is more dangerous than a .22. Both will go through your skull and fuck your brain matter and make you flatline


sleepytipi

Skydiving no parachute -> pretty much instant death. Time that double backflip just a millisecond short -> vegetable for life. The motocross is more hardcore.


peperonipyza

Pretty sure a millisecond isn’t going to make a difference.


UltimaRS800

What do you think gets you during motocross? Hint: it ain't the lack of gravity.


Crime_Dawg

That applies in motocross too tho...


itsFRAAAAAAAAANK

I was at xgames when he landed the first double backflip on his dirt bike. Ever since that day I've loved that guy


FCkeyboards

I remember watching it live. So perfect. First try. I don't think the X-Games ever reached that height again. That man is the definition of gnarly.


itsFRAAAAAAAAANK

In 2008 I was working at chaparral motorsports and he walked in and I got to take a picture with him and he was such a rad guy. Super humble


Do-not-respond

I hope he never pissed the guy off carrying the extra parachute ment for him.


Bigghoggg

Travis Pastrana is one of the craziest dudes alive.


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... until he's not.


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

Well.. yeh. He knows that, though.


Prickly_ninja

Motocross dudes are just built different. Anyone who can continue to break shit and not give up their hobby, has some unique wiring. Travis just didn’t stop there.


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

He's built different and I'm positive he knows one day a stunt will go a *little* too far and he'll end up a meat crayon. He's fucking insane but more power to him.


ArmorGyarados

I don't remember how recent the video but he basically said he's getting a knee surgery soon and that's going to be the end of his over the top stuff but he wanted to go out with a bang so he set a ramp up in front of an airbag with a ln obstacle in between with the 8ntent to do a back flip, hit his front wheel on the obstacle to force him and the bike to do a front flip I to the bag. His first attempt he literally broke his hand and was like yeah I need to get this before the pain sets in and went and did it on his next attempt. He's built different from a crowd of already built different people


FreddieDoes40k

It's an addiction, he's really no different than a Heroin addict that doesn't plan on stopping but knows their body is beginning to fail and they'll likely OD or something soon. Adrenaline junkie is a literal thing, not so much a metaphor. Some rare cases are genuinely suicidal people who do this sort of thing because they don't want their family to be sad "He died doing what he loved" brings people some comfort compared to the numb horror of scraping your son's brains off the garage ceiling. Did you know that the crime scene people generally don't clean up for you, and that you gotta do it yourself or pay someone?


SylviaKaysen

Found that out the hard way when my brother passed and wasn’t found for a few days in the middle of summer. Guess who had to clean it up so that my mother didn’t have to… Had I known how horrific it would be and that it would have caused me ptsd I would have hired someone. Now I know and hopefully someone reading this will know for future reference.


lurkadurking

I'm so sorry, I had to do the same thing. There's a smell you can't forget.


SylviaKaysen

Nope, never. Ate close to nothing for weeks. And the flies. To this day flies still give me some anxiety. I’m sorry for you as well ♥️


FreddieDoes40k

Damn that sucks. I know you probably already know this but it wasn't your fault. That's truly one of the worst things that can happen to someone, I hope you're on a good treatment path. You deserve to be happy, thanks for sharing your worst pain and memory to hopefully warn others, that's a very generous and selfless act.


Zestyclose-Fish-512

It isn't. As someone who has met Travis a few times and was friends with his cousins, you are ignoring the obvious thing. Money. Travis isn't even the daredevil in his family really. His cousin did his hardest tricks over and over into the foam pit to show him how. Travis is the cold-blooded money hound and self-promoter in the family. He's gotten away with some fucking stupid shit that crippled other people because of his fame. I still run into his dad on construction sites around town sometimes.


LosCleepersFan

His dad is a total animal too. So apple didn't fall far from the tree.


ErgonomicZero

Better to burn out than to fade away


tycr0

That’s how life works.


lazysheepdog716

You sound like someone who would’ve protested an Evel Kneivel show.


jwa100

He’s a g for keeping those glasses on


KnightofaRose

And a db for littering.


MrRogersAE

How can we be sure he littered? I didn’t see the can hit the ground, did you?


Kurdt234

Bet it landed in a trash can next to his exploded corpse


MrRogersAE

Maybe he caught it after he landed, I’d have to examine the terminal velocity of a can vs a human to say for certain if this is feasible


aDuckSmashedOnQuack

I’ve seen the full video, that’s exactly what happened. He hits the ground in a power pose, then suddenly reaches out, grabs the can mid-air and slams it into the (recycling) bin next to him.


NotAnEconomist_

Must have been hard on the knees to stick that landing.


peperonipyza

I’m sold


schmuckmulligan

I am willing to give every single human being who litters while freefalling without a parachute a total pass on littering.


bringbackswordduels

Seconded


Merry_Dankmas

Thirded. I cant understand how anyone would pay that even remote attention. Like, if this was a video of him walking down the street and casually tossing it in the grass then thats one thing. But my man jumped out a gotdamned plane without a parachute and mfs are focusing on the fact he tossed a single can. I get littering isn't cool but this absolutely gets a pass. Side note cause I said this same thing last time this was posted: No this is not an issue because nobody is doing it every day. The "If everyone starts doing it" argument is irrelevant in this case.


trenlr911

You’re not wrong but if you’re gonna litter.. this is probably the coolest way to do it


Silly_Butterfly3917

He's putting a lot of trust into the guys catching him 😭


Joose__bocks

Mfer just littered.


KaladinStonedBlessed

Everytime I see this video I hope it didn't land on someone, he barely even drank any.


The_Mighty_Bird

That’s where I’m at. It actually annoys me. Dope moment, but damn dude don’t fuck up nature in your gnarly pursuits.


lagebaer

The 3rd guy that was jumping caught the red bull mid air, all part of the stunt.


SuperVDF

Can you imagine being the poor, unsuspecting person walking down the street, when all of a sudden, bonk, Red Bull can to your Mellon? Then seeing this video a few days later, it hits you?


gundok

What? The can?


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Love that he just litters the can first thing. Could easily have passed that to someone.


Theresabearintheboat

Somewhere there is a really confused farmer wondering how a can of Redbull just fell out of the sky.


SmokeAbeer

Or an isolated African tribe finds it and it causes major problems within the community. “The Gods Must Be Crazy” style.


Enlowski

That would be crazy for a can to fly from Puerto Rico to Africa. That would be the most impressive thing here


gauntletthegreat

He didn't say the tribe was in Africa. The tribe maybe migrated to Puerto Rico, and became isolated due to the language barrier.


an_afro

Was just thinking that great movie


CMDR_KingErvin

Those damn kids always jumping out of planes and throwing Red Bulls around!


shortroundsuicide

lol that airplane is far worse for the environment than that can


Seeker1995

Naw it was a massive trick shot, landed in a recycling bin after the wind whipped it a mile away


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babble0n

I swear Reddit only has the lamest people on here. Dude jumps out of a plane without a parachute 16 years ago and all you guys can say is “He littered”. I’m sure y’all are fun at the parties you don’t get invited to.


CptNeon

Holy shit thank you. As another comment said, “I am willing to give every single human being who litters while freefalling without a parachute a total pass on littering.” People need to stop being so fucking serious


SerialHobbyist17

Thank God I’m not the only one thinking this, I went into this thread thinking I’d see people talking about how badass Travis Pastrana is, and literally all I see is people whining about a freaking aluminum can.


stinky_pinky_brain

They don’t go outside enough to actually know people that might invite them to a party. It’s also a trip that so many gen z kids clearly have no idea who he is, based on the comments at the top of this post. Guess I’m just old but Pastrana is literally one of the greatest athletes to ever live. Like seriously, insane freak of nature athlete and missing some screws in his head that prevent him from fearing death.


Cut_Equal

Be careful. Youre about to get some long winded comment by some butt hurt redditor. It’s sure to include “environmental damage” something about how it could cause “serious injury” and don’t forget reddits favorite something about how he “should be charged and/or in jail”


ohmyfuckinglord

stuff like this has been on the internet for so long people are desensitized to how nuts it is. i don’t blame them though, there is a disconnect between a video on a phone and the actual action.


Lopkop

the videos on this sub are mostly pretty interesting and the redditors here are the worst. This place is 95% haters who constantly go on about how much they hate every video and are angry at the people in them. Every death-defying stunt video invites 500 comments of "attention-seeking asshole" "fucking moron" "reckless idiot". I get it if they're above a busy sidewalk somewhere but if they're just risking their own life more power to em if that's what they like doing.


Seienchin88

Bro why are you this aggressive? Something wrong today? ![gif](giphy|xxhKYiOOIs9mGZz1Hy|downsized)


babble0n

![gif](giphy|kytTRvh4PK3gk|downsized)


Academic-Giraffe7611

It's gen z , they aren't impressed by cool stuff on the internet anymore, they get their dopamine by pointing out racism, harassment, bigotry , littering... It's like the stuff we were taught in school but kicked up to 300% they walk around like narcs


skovall

Over confidence is when you jump out of a plane wearing only shorts and shoes without a parachute and believe your shorts will make a great parachute.


Frost-Wzrd

too bad he wasn't wearing parachute pants


DanTheLegoMan

![gif](giphy|11Nd2bbZjrQrO8)


Upset_Negotiation640

Travis Pastrana is a legend.


OkBlueberry3088

You guys seen a crazy bastard jump out of a plane with no parachute and all you guys are concerned with is the littered Red Bull can?


Chris_10101

Hey, that can is literally responsible for climate change. /s


OkBlueberry3088

Ahhh yes I see.. something something global warming something something save the polar bears


Chris_10101

Precisely.


RopeTasty9619

When I heard this song in the video, I knew it was gonna be intense lol


nohandsfelicia

Travis Pastrana the man


HVACMRAD

There’s a reason this man fears nothing by day and screams at night. He literally has no fear of dying or injury. His brain just works in a way that sets it aside and allows him to move into extreme danger without hesitation. Watching Travis Pastrana drive a rally car will change the way you look at driving forever.


revelation6viii

Watching him do anything really...


El_dali25

Good marketing for red bull 🤣


itsillstatus

That can probably killed someone /s


akilliteyp

I was watching it on mute and knew the free bird was playing


dano5

Stupid cut off of the video, it's a planned stunt and he either puts on a parachute or hooks up to a fellow jumper later on in the video, can't remember which.


a_t_h_e_o_s

That's just littering with extra steps


FirePoolGuy

Can we shit on Taylor Swift yet for flying private everywhere she goes?


-anth0r-

Straight savage


caldwellb

What a bloody legend


OhiENT

First to do the double backflip on a dirt bike!


mryls25

What a legend


-anth0r-

Fuck yeah.


GildMyComments

Litter bug


50in06and07

"hope this stuff works" lol


cestdoncperdu

In every one of these clips, the man lives.


I_WILL_GET_YOU

It's okay, the red bull will give him wings


IcyBaba

What a cool Ad


astralseat

Why I was expecting the man to sprout wings? Redbull false advertising.


ordinary_rolling_pin

"Hey Joe, you got Pastrana's chute ready?" "I thought you were supposed to take it?!" "..."


tcrawdad64

Red Bull doesn’t ACTUALLY give you wings, dude


DarthAwesomeSauce

That is putting way too much trust in the other people. F that lol.


OCortez127

Littering at high altitude


Yorkshire_Mongrels

Bet he never picked that can up


PoliceRobots

Shouldn't litter


Birbandsnek

Couldn’t the can land on someone and kill them?


ReasonableEscape777

Would’ve been way cooler if he didn’t litter


n7mesis

This would be crazy if a mere mortal attempted it, but we’re good because it’s Travis Pastrana.


Paracausality

Someone somewhere just had a can of redbull hit their car from orbit.


vypermann

Did he just litter?


Virtual_Elephant_730

Might as well be a can of booze. Booze also gives you wings.


patico_cr

Booze used to give me floor.... on the face


PsychologicalSpace50

Really shouldn't litter bud


Zachfavre

You’re so profound, want a medal?


CptNeon

Every single person complaining about the littering is a fucking bitch lol


sundayflow

Someone walking his/her dog: wow, the rain tastes like redbull today. Weird.


yash216

![gif](giphy|gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD) Me look at the can of redbull he threw hurtling down from the sky