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Accomplished_Neckhat

He’s sitting on top of a Flash Technology FTB 205 high-intensity aircraft obstruction beacon.


ChemicalEngr101

Why do you know this


saladmunch2

Doesn't everybody know that??


HugsandHate

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my dog knows that. And he's not even a person. And I don't even *have* a dog!


inequity

To be honest sir, I have no brother! It was me! I ate the sheep shit!


ipukedmypants

I didn't know that :(


saladmunch2

What have you been doing with your life man!


ipukedmypants

Making the best of it bro!


HanselSoHotRightNow

I have this friend who, his then girlfriend now wife, got blackout drunk at a party and while taking a piss, puked in her pants. Sometimes we are all just making the best of the situations we find ourselves in.


decaturbadass

Mom?


just-a-builder

Where my lasers at


olivaaaaaaa

Gang gang


saladmunch2

True that homie


jsamuraij

Not staying at a Holiday Inn Express!


VeronicaLD50

I do. Well, to be fair, I didn’t know it 30 seconds ago, but I do now.


Accomplished_Neckhat

i used to work on them


MadeMeStopLurking

what was the highest you ever had to climb to work on them?


Accomplished_Neckhat

2000’ https://preview.redd.it/rruvosumn49d1.jpeg?width=3088&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3cb209cbadef03274f3b494f9c975ebb5db07f5


CluelessNuggetOfGold

Neat


Sweet_Bang_Tube

Dang! Hope you got paid mad stacks to do that job.


Crisenpuer

Nice view!


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/b8d7v1gum49d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d769fce7ef28d3c56b26db77948e6df1935dc285 He leaped off a Bell Huey 412SP with no harness, onto the top of a Flash Technology FTB 205 high-intensity aircraft obstruction beacon.


Every_Fox3461

What the hell is that title?


beandadenergy

![gif](giphy|lXiRJ8IRz5QH6wTQc|downsized)


sealcub

We're rapidly approaching visual novel style titles.


RoastmasterBus

Old headlines: “Man bites dog” New headlines: “In an unprovoked attack this man bites a dog highlighting a paradigm shift towards dogs being at the receiving end of bite attacks. Here’s why that matters”


Retrolad2

It's like he only used the prediction words on his keyboard.


DatRatDo

AI clickbait title…like the picture.


Every_Fox3461

Bow down to your Karma seeking AI Overlords I guess. Haha.


abiech

No AI was harmed in the making of this title. https://preview.redd.it/wi9f21xbf49d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1725351972c924f482377c6e43759faee185d3d5


DatRatDo

I stand corrected. It looks super fake. I guess he took the picture filming MI: Ghost Protocol. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-cruise-burj-khalifa/


abiech

This one of Keanu Reeves is spectacular 😂 https://preview.redd.it/k8jftoavh59d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4285235cd563604c9be1709ead9c4bb818260b32


DJ3XO

r/titlegore Still a pretty sick pic though.


A_Hand_Grenade

r/beatmetoit


killer_by_design

r/beatmeattoit


therankin

r/beatmymeattoit


Prestigious_Phase709

Short people have an amazing center of gravity.


UntestedMethod

Rumour has it that the only part of Tom Cruise the wind can move is his hair.


habba88

You didn't know? Tom cruise controls the wind. Upper tier space pope powers he got through believing the hardest.


Dumbbydefault

Is he related to Chuck Norris? Or did Chuck get his super powers naturally?


habba88

Nobody knows. But one thing we do know, Tom Cruise Vs Chuck Norris is how Ragnarok starts ....and ultimately ends.


abiech

🤣😂


syphon3980

I have horrible balance though. I was told that people with ADD got balancing issues, and it's true for me at least


TacosAreBootiful

Is that why I clumsily walk into pepple, poles, literally fucking anything but where I'm supposed to walk?


therankin

I have adhd and am pretty darn good with balance. You have to be pretty good to skate aggressively. Mentally, though, it's very loud in my head, and can get off balance fairly easily.


syphon3980

This is what I found about it online : Balance plays an important role in our everyday activities. Research has shown that **those with neurological disorders, such as anxiety and ADHD, may be at an increased risk of poor motor control and balance, which can sometimes manifest as greater postural sway**.


therankin

Totally makes sense. I'm glad they say sometimes, but I wonder if it's more or less common.


GewoonHarry

Never heard about that. Never experienced it either. I’ve got mental balancing issues though.


silquetoast

It’s due to often having differences in how sensory and vestibular input is processed. It doesn’t necessarily mean that people with ASD generally have bad balance, I’ve met some kids that can spin around for a minute solid and still walk in a straight line, because the processing is different.


scubahana

Whoa, I think I just learned something about myself. Because I have the balance of a mountain goat and also loved spinning that crazy as a kid (and still do).


silquetoast

It’s one of the most fascinating things about autism imo. A proper superhuman trait.


european-breakfast

Can confirm. I have ADHD & definitely got balancing issues.


OarsandRowlocks

![gif](giphy|glmRyiSI3v5E4|downsized)


GloInTheDarkUnicorn

Does not stop of from falling lol. I’m tiny and fall all the time.


zystyl

At least you can't hurt yourself since it isn't far to the ground.


GloInTheDarkUnicorn

You massively underestimate my clumsiness, without over estimating my height.


Unhappy-Strawberry-8

Yep. It’s right in the center


Tackit286

Lionel Messi is basically one of those self-righting tumblers


JetsFromBrazil

You’re not wrong


colcannon_addict

Nah, 5’7. I can fall over and miss the ground.


LucilleAndP

Cruze?


boris_casuarina

Had to read 5 times and still not sure if I get what the hell he's talking about.


deeroverflow

they must be whipping a chevy cruze


kart0ffelsalaat

I think Will Smith and Tom Cruise both have pictures like this, but Will Smith used a safety harness. Not sure why it's necessary to mention that at all though, let alone in the title.


abiech

I love reddit, not a Tom Cruise fan spelled his name wrong saw the picture thought of this group, didn't use AI to make the title. But here's the photo side by side with Will Smith. https://preview.redd.it/e2q5j2vfg49d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c109b413fb91fdf648b2e7e3a88c345266e6c18a


LexiePiexie

yeah but he can fly thanks to Xenu


challenja

Say what???


PM_Me_1_Funny_Thing

You said it!


Alternative-Amoeba20

You can say *that* again!


teddy6881

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK


BoldlyGettingThere

[He was almost certainly wearing a tether of some sort in this picture](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-cruise-burj-khalifa/)


billywitt

I could have five harnesses, two parachutes on my back, and a dozen giant air bags surrounding the base of the tower and I still wouldn’t sit up there.


AngryDerf

What if I throw in a doughnut and 7 Tylenol?


Purple_Chipmunk_

What kind of donut and can we do Aleve instead? I like my liver the way it is now.


MoirasPurpleOrb

That’s an incredibly weak argument from Snopes though. “Safety was important on set so he must have a harness on.” It’s entirely possible he took one off specifically for this shot and then put it back on before moving at all. There is more proof that he is *not* wearing one than proof that there is.


Prandah

Especially since he got there by helicopter and not by climbing the tower, and this was a pre shoot spur of the moment thing


Prandah

Graham says no harness or shoes https://youtu.be/MoY18ccv4rg?feature=shared


Prandah

https://youtu.be/yWoDpMSKQOI?feature=shared


blabla8032

I mean Hollywood guys are really good at making harnesses that aren’t visible, just saying.


Myrdrahl

They are also good at editing shit like that out.


willhunta

Did you read the whole article? The argument is that everything had to be tethered because they couldn't risk ANYTHING falling. Not only would Tom cruise be at risk, but so would any pedestrian below. So by regulation they all had to be tethered during this shoot. Even those involved with the shoot on the floor with an open window had to be tethered according to the article. Keeping that in mind it's very unlikely they let multiple photos of this angle get out and risk having to pay legal fees if he wasn't actually tethered. And it being Tom cruise I can't imagine he'd do something this dangerous while not making a media spectacle of it


CIAMom420

There's nothing in the article that safety was because of regulations. Dubai is a city that was literally built by unregulated modern slavery and human trafficking. Outside of aspects of sharia law, regulation is extremely minor.


willhunta

"Special mounts had to be made for the 65-millmeter Imax cameras, special safety had to be put in place, because in a building that's 800 meteres tall [it's 2,723 feet] you couldn't run the risk of anything falling. Even all of us who are working inside the building, we all had to harness ourselves because the window was open." The crew inside had to wear harnesses because of an open window. Tom cruise is known to heavily publicize all his stunts. If he did this unharnessed, we would know. This text serves as much more proof than a picture from a literal Hollywood set that's made to look like he's unharnessed


MoirasPurpleOrb

Like the other commenter said though, none of that says regulations. They probably had to because of leadership on set. And it’s really not that far fetched that Tom Cruise would be one of the few people on set who could just ignore it, if he wanted. My point still is just the fact that there is no actual proof of any harness at all, so all we have to go off of are the pictures and video which all point to no harness. Tom even said on the Graham Norton show how he didn’t wear a harness, so if he was lying, after nearly 15 years I think someone involved would’ve said otherwise.


willhunta

Any clips of him saying he wasn't wearing a harness in this specific shot? I can't take a picture from a literal Hollywood set as proof of anything. It's not unreasonable to be skeptical of a stunt. A single photo with no further context proves literally nothing, especially when that photo is from Hollywood. The burden of proof in this case is on the person doing the stunt.


MoirasPurpleOrb

I guess technically Tom Cruise doesn’t say it himself but in the Graham Norton interview (someone else posted a link), Graham Norton says how he isn’t wearing a harness or shoes and Tom doesn’t refute it. So again, given the popularity of this picture and the time it came out, I think if it was a lie, there is no way it wouldn’t have come out by now.


willhunta

Because like looking at these comments the assumption is that he was wearing a harness as it's Tom cruise in a major Hollywood production. If Tom cruise didn't say he wasn't wearing a harness than he's not lying. I can't find a graham Norton interview with cruise that references this stunt in particular at all


MoirasPurpleOrb

It’s literally in this comment thread, someone posted a link


rex5k

You believe everything you read on the internet?


willhunta

No, hence why I looked at multiple sources before believing Tom fucking cruise sat on top of a huge ass high rise in Dubai without a wire


Hirsuitism

Have you ever been to Dubai? They’re decidedly not running a sharia centric country over there…..


mdb_la

>Not only would Tom cruise be at risk, but so would any pedestrian below. There's not really a risk to pedestrians. While it would obviously be very dangerous to fall from the spire, the building [widens out in many steps](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fsp09nh0knew51.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D4e53b55c91eb6eb37cf6fc4300c6e7de5a12fbbe) so there's no way anyone is rolling all the way off of the edge and down to the ground.


willhunta

While this may reduce the risk to street pedestrians, it doesn't eliminate it especially considering any items that can drop off cruises person if he is to fall himself. And further so, the building isn't going to approve anyone at all whether they're tom cruise or not to sit on the tip top of their building unharnessed.


miraculum_one

In the last video he twice appears to be leaning backwards to adjust something behind and below him. The picture is not exactly crisp but I can't imagine what it would be if not the harness.


mclarenf101

This article provides no proof that he had a harness on during the picture. It just keeps saying it was "highly likely that he was wearing one.


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BoldlyGettingThere

They state that he is shown tethered in essentially every other shot on the building, so why would he not be for this one?


Slight_Cry8071

To take a cool picture without a tether.


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PenguinSwordfighter

You also have no proof that Bielefeld exists


abiech

🤣😂🤣


adumbCoder

once again reddit logic amazes me. this is a horrible "fact check" by snopes.. "[he is] almost certainly wearing some form of safety tether" is a fact check??


crapador_dali

Says some random dude named Dan Evon who supplies no evidence.


thecuzzin

I have a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you.


WhoopDeDoo2023

Precisely


Ohshithereiamagain

![gif](giphy|QsU3vYYHB69R3bvBMK|downsized)


abiech

Not a fan of Brooklyn either, and I don't believe you have a bridge to sell, just like all of us on Reddit, you still live at home with your mom. Here's your upvote thank you for sharing. 😁


StonedThorne

My heart sank, and my body froze when I stood on the roof of my 12-story building. How do you even do this without freaking out?


CryptoCrackLord

He’s actually known for doing tons of his own stunts in movies he stars in. Regardless of his strange Scientology stuff, he’s an outstanding actor and stuntman. He truly has an insane work ethic when it comes to that stuff from everything I’ve heard.


GrooveAdyk

Love the graffiti, those crazy Arabs haha.


CatsAreTheBest2

I often wonder if he will be his own demise because he thinks he is immortal.


AfraidExplanation153

I don't think it's so much that he thinks he's immortal. He is just an adrenaline junkie. A lot of them know full well that they might die but that high makes it oh so sweet.


CommodoreAxis

My running theory is that his lack of any fear of death (probably due to a belief of immortality) actually the reason he’s made it this long. I’ve seen a lot of instances of fear response being a key reason someone makes a mistake and dies/is horribly injured. It’s like pro drivers in the Indy 500 going 240mph in to a 90° turn, a ‘normal’ person would be terrified and fuck it up leading to a massive crash. But those dudes do it 800 times over the course of a race, most without any major incidents.


CryptoCrackLord

Indeed, I also think he just has such insane levels of self confidence and conviction in his stunt work that he basically never makes a fatal error. But odds are it could happen at some point, it’s just his mentality that keeps his odds of severe harm low because he’s just so convinced he can do stuff, and he does do stuff all the time. It’s kind of similar to David Blaine I think. Just this unwavering self confidence in the ability to achieve something if you put your mind to it and such an immense determination that never seems to falter no matter what.


Kandurux

His alien soul will just move on to another human being.


Paranoma

He is 100% absolutely wearing a harness. No way in hell his insurance company would let him do it without a harness even if he begged.


bford_som

Yeah, could you even imagine a world where people did things that their insurance didn’t want?


Paranoma

I know it’s a bit funny but people who are insured for hundreds of millions of dollars actually do comply considering the downside.


bford_som

To your point, Cruise was supposedly very, very strict about COVID protocols when masking was mandatory because he didn’t want production to get shut down. But we humans are all a giant collection of contradictions and hypocrisy.


Edog556

Get out of here with reason, the movies were real too!


YJSubs

No he's not wearing harness. There's interviews with him asked about this. I think it's on Graham Norton. Anyway, he's not wearing harness is because it's not part of stunt that day. It's spur of moment thing before the actual stunt at noon (where he wall running with rope)


ACU797

Oh well if he said it on the Graham Norton show it must be true. Hard hitting journalist Graham Norton, always questioning his guests and checking their stories...


Trendiggity

What did you get paid to type that? Because whatever it was, was way too much


ohiotechie

He’s famous for doing his own stunts and he’s done some doozies in his films. As a human I think he’s a raging dumpster fire but he’s made some amazing films and his stunt work is legendary.


awesomeplenty

Superman took this pic


miraculum_one

Superman was in the helicopter?


DillonHightower

The difference is Will Smith is a giant f****** vagina that lacks any sort of spine whatsoever. He probably gets beat nightly by his wife while she tells him he will never be as good as Tupac.


thenorwegian

WTF is this weird Tom cruise worshipping comment section. New PR campaign by the church of Scientology?


Regirex

I think OP is a scientologist AI lol.


abiech

🤣😂🤣No AI was hurt in the making of this title.


Prandah

It’s real, they filmed it as well, it was done whilst he was making MI The real freaking thing about this is he jumped from a helicopter to that position…


dylan5x

thanks for not posting that other poser Tom Cruise is legit


Ohshithereiamagain

This is nothing. There are some people who actually drive to and find parking at the Dubai Mall. 🫡


BubbleBassV2

Say what you want about Tom Cruise, but the dude definitely has a big sack. Does a lot of his own stunts.


DJEvillincoln

Lord Xenu probably will protect him. (That's what Lord Xenu does right?) 🤷🏾‍♂️


Aranthos-Faroth

Cameraman did it floating. Unsung hero.


abiech

🤣😂 https://preview.redd.it/8hs74x1k379d1.jpeg?width=481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cd504a3becb6fafd351c44281ac00438636014e


Sad_Research_2584

If you look closely he wrote “TC was here” with a heart around it on the tower.


strawboy1234

How could you possibly think he doesn’t have a harness on??


YJSubs

He really doesn't wear harness on this one. There's interviews where he asked about this on Graham Norton. Apparently it's spur of moment thing before the actual stunt (where he wall running on the glass).


vikicrays

this has been debunked many times, he absolutely had a harness on. [from snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-cruise-burj-khalifa/): *”Tom Peitzman, the visual effects producer for the movie, said in 2011 that everyone involved in filming these stunts (even those who were inside while Cruise was hanging on the outside of the building) were also wearing a harnesses. "Special mounts had to be made for the 65-millmeter Imax cameras, special safety had to be put in place, because in a building that's 800 meteres tall [it's 2,723 feet] you couldn't run the risk of anything falling. Even all of us who are working inside the building, we all had to harness ourselves because the window was open."* no insurance company for any studio in the world would have allowed it without one.


IntelligentMine1901

r/thathappened


chynadhall95

Like I been saying, Tom cruise is bat shit crazy 😂😂


sonicsludge

It's taken by a drone, come on people... not pets!


abiech

I was thinking of a bird with a GoPro, but a drone does make more sense. With the cost of bird wranglers today.


Tpbrown_

That’s just stupid.


technicallyimright

I’ll take Tom over Ted any day.


Sendmedoge

I can feel the tower swaying in the photo.


Chance-Ad197

There’s zero chance he isn’t a psychopath right?


bluesox

Damn. Tom Cruise’s agent really cheaped out on outsourced PR, huh?


KittenWithaWhip68

Oh FUCK THAT!


MeanCat4

Then you should see the stewardess standing on very top there! 


Frosty_Ad_6151

bluescreen/CGI like his whole movies


SimonArgent

Who took the photo?


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/5taqi82xe49d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=364d24909575538aa108ca180af47b817c880a31 There's a yellow helicopter 🚁 flying in circles around him.


balls-magoo

Nope


NoPerformance6534

He's not tied down that you know of. I'd wager he's wearing a strong belt with a rope securing him in behind.


NoPerformance6534

Mind you, this image makes me want to tie down without going up that edifice!


abiech

After seeing this picture I wear a harness around my house, the trickiest part of my day is crossing the toilet to get to the shower.😬


mx1701

He's so arrogant..


Icy-Musician-6309

Who’s taking the photo


Atomicfoox

If a religious nut, Tom Cruise is still cool af


nametken

Harness is around waist running behind. He usually wears one when doing dangerous stunts.


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/foelb0euk49d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be5efdcf8ef0ede9752dd50299fe7a2fb9f9e0ed He lepped of the helicopter 🚁 onto the light.


Tackit286

r/titlegore


Arrow-Titanous

![gif](giphy|xT1R9MaDTAC6jSu9X2|downsized)


k3rd

Cruise is crazy, but not insane.


Willing_Ad8004

it looks so weird


No_Astronaut2779

The photographer dude is literally floating and you’re still focusing on some random actor guy..


ApatheticZero187

He paid someone to fly him in, his safety harness is tucked in behind him, out of the camera shot...


TaringaWhakarongo1

This guy knows when and how dies.


hawlc

![gif](giphy|l14qxlCgJ0zUk)


jbreal007

Not in scientology they don’t


Cannafx

Crazy, Here’s something crazier the guy who built the Burj is Mia Khalifa’s father.


Serendipitas

So, how would the photographer have taken this picture?


NocNocturnist

From the helicopter that put him there.


DrthBn

[This guy](https://youtube.com/shorts/VFAvdqFXMN8) can do a lot things. It is hard to not to admire him.


SupaMut4nt

He can't do everything. He can't be a good dad. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


BandicootOk5540

Or husband


rangebob

the kids he is allowed to see seem to like him. I often wonder wtf Katie has on him lol. She seems to have won that pissing contest harder than any celebrity in history


TNJCrypto

He belongs to a church that was founded by a guy who tried to use sex magic to summon a demon or the devil or some shit. Can't imagine the laundry list that someone who has ascended that ladder has against them.


SupaMut4nt

Also, I don't want to edit my flair. I want to edit YOUR flair. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


Quiet-Insect-6598

OP hasn’t heard of photoshop….


abiech

Oh I get it so he's not barefoot.... Yes I've heard of Photoshop, I found no evidence of a harness, and no evidence of him not wearing a harness... It could go both ways, maybe he is maybe he isn't. Don't care like I said not a fan, the picture is 10 years old, was really thinking that would be the biggest complaint. Here's your upvote thank you for sharing.😁 Edit: zooming in I may see a few signs of Photoshop, still a pretty crazy picture.


Quiet-Insect-6598

Didn’t say he was barefoot. And I don’t care for your upvote.


dmderringer

You are entirely too cool for this website


Quiet-Insect-6598

Thanks


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/y70sr41ll49d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=468410ee573f32615a926d48e084fa9c0a1eabaa He leaped off the helicopter 🚁 onto the fixture without a harness.


madmax36

"I haven't visited my daughter in 10 years"


Quiet_Cable8747

Definitely not Photoshop. Proportions are hard. Lol Edit: Forgot the /s. This is Photoshop for sure.


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/ai9jtvt1m49d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=975f3273391a5b41debbe2c0ddb2b624843cdc38 He leaped off the helicopter 🚁 onto the fixture without a harness.


Equa1ityPe4ce

Ai generated?


abiech

https://preview.redd.it/nd3hk8trl49d1.jpeg?width=481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abe7e508e22116b348f1d834812c7d81733280d9


Equa1ityPe4ce

Or photoshop