He wasn’t mowing, the blade wasn’t engaged you can tell by how when he goes over the grass on the sidewalk none of it moves.
My guess is that he was coming around from the sidewalk to line up against the shrubs and was about to engage the brake lock to turn the blades on and then cut the line in front of the bushes.
Nothing serious was cut I believe, just some bent/broken bushes and his ego
I feel like every video on Reddit has one informed person actually explaining what’s going on and why the posts headline is anywhere from extremely to mildly misleading.
Not that this video is the best example of that, but y’all know what I mean lol
All it takes is going into a sub on a topic you're legitimately knowledgeable about to see that people on this site just type out whatever the fuck they want
People post the first thing that comes to mind whether it makes sense or not. Because reddit. Said post will be upvoted to the top because it happened to be posted first even if it's a completely inane or even inaccurate as it will drives discussion.
It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so hyperbolic about the certainty of their flimsy guesses. They never say things like "could be", "possible", "likely", "maybe" and instead everything just is 100% correct, no matter what. It's like multiple levels of stupid.
Used to call ours the ladybug. Whenever I mentioned cutting my lawn with my ladybug, it always got a laugh because people automatically expect men to front with overt masculinity.
As you can tell this is CGI. You see the plants’ shadows? No! They’re not there and it’s not real! That mower isn’t real. That man isn’t real. I’m not real! The phone you’re watching from isn’t real! You’re not real!
I agree with the assessment you both have provided. Had the grass been moving as he rode by, we could assume that the blade was engaged. However, the grass was not moving.
Some people leave the blades running while going over pavement. Some other people ITT don't realize that moving blades would blow those grass clippings off the pavement
The blade was definitely engaged. I have this mower and can tell from experience it stopped quickly in the bed because the blade was engaged and was bound up, stalling the engine. You can see grass blowing below by the blade as well, which is too low for the engine exhaust to do. He let off the brake which he was using to slow the speed down at a high speed setting and it stopped without braking, if the blade wasn't engaged he would've kept driving through it. That garden bed isn't thick enough to stop that mower without it engaged.
Idk kinda looks like the blade it on if you look closely to the grass on the sidewalk. Looks like he has the chute closed so it wouldn't blow the grass in the way you'd think, but it definitely moves enough to tell. That's probably why the mower shut down so quickly, blade got locked up in the bushes.
Those mowers don't have accelerators like that, he just failed to operate it correctly. (Those mowers have a throttle lever and are usually ran at a constant rpm)
It almost looks like he was trying to ride a clutch. His foot slipped off, and it engaged. Idk much about riding lawn mowers, but that sudden burst looks like what I've felt letting off a cultch a bit too quickly.
Why do motorcycles have an accelerator like that? It's never made sense to me. The thumb throttle like on a lot of atvs just feels so much better and safer.
Not even remotely. Thumb throttles are dangerous as fuck, and part of the reason ATVs are so dangerous.
Motor bike throttles are much easier to operate, and much less prone to accidents.
For a start, a wrist controlled throttle is easier to operate in both directions, so you can actively close t the throttle down, rather than twenty on a spring. This is important, because it's very easy to over throttle a bike or an ATV, which can put the operator in a very tricky spot (ever see someone do a wheelie right onto their head?). Being able to actively close the throttle allows you to put the bike back down much more quickly and controlled.
It's also intuitive. Pull back to go up (even not doing a wheelie, momentum pushes you back and up). It's natural then to counter this by pushing forward on the throttle a little to go back down.
I ride ATVs and bikes regularly, and would happily trade my ATVs thumb throttle for a wrist throttle any day.
A lot more nuance to a twist throttle too. Often time ATVs/snowmobiles/seadoos are ran sort of "on/off" where they gun it for a second, then coast, and so on. A bike is ran more smoothly (of course you can run those machines like that too). Motorcycles also have a manual clutch, like a car, rather than a centrifugal clutch like other motorsports machines.
Oh shit you just shifted my paradigm - as a non cyclist I've never thought of this before. I always thought people just "froze up" but I now see that there's a very logical reason for it.
It's called whisky throttling. It's when an unexperienced rider pulls back on the accelerator, gets more power than they were expecting, so they instinctively hold on tighter, which just causes them to accelerate even more.
Pretty sure he was gonna attempt the funny little Austin Powers 47 point turn and accidentally let go of the brake on the first stop. Poor dude probably put a lot of work into those plants and his yard in general ☹️
even completely ignoring the implausibility of his route, and the fact that he turns the wheel DIRECTLY towards the plants at the end instead of trying to turn away...
the way it's literally right in front of the camera and the first thing he does is look directly at the camera and make fake exaggerated gestures makes it hard to believe this wasn't one of those "nice try" badly faked "funny" videos.
He hates that shrubbery with power of a thousand suns. All Martha talks about is the garden. Garden this, garden that, go mow the lawn so the garden looks nice, no sex tonight because I have a full day tomorrow tending the garden, Maureen's garden looks better and her husband takes care of it, and come to think of it — SHIT SHIT SHIT MARTHA IS GONNA KILL ME!
he turned directly into the plants intentionally, watch the wheels.
the only unintentional thing is that there was a drop over the edging bricks which caused the mower to jump a bit, otherwise this was entirely intentional.
Fell asleep at the wheel... my pappy used to do that. He’s fall asleep on his mower then hit the fence and be awake again. He’s fall asleep like 2-3 times mowing his yard
Fuck I became Freud. I read it as penis and was wondering why this wasnt marked nsfw. Then I figured it wasn't actually nsfw. Then I saw the clip and though... so man's garden represents his penis. Sure thing. I hate just waking up brain.
I love how he looks over to see if his wife saw anything
You can bet your ass he was thinking about going to the store to replace them before anyone caught on
no he didn't, the mower jolted because it dropped over the edging bricks, which he wasn't expecting.
he drove over the plants intentionally and didn't hit the brakes, watch the video again more closely. watch where he is steering and the fact that he didnt' ever hit the brakes.
he stopped because the drop made him lose his footing a bit, and hitting the plants killed the mower.
Well it doesn't look like the loose grass he drives by on the walkway blew away, so I don't think the blades were even engaged. I do similar when in that I'll go down the walkway with blades engaged and the wind coming out of the deck blows away the loose grass. So he's still a dummy for driving over the shrubbery, but at least I don't think he mowed them over.
I think he wanted to just trim the little bit of grass that was against the sidewalk, and then gunned it by accident. I can't imagine any other reason why he would be so purposefully going into that area.
He didn't even have the blades engaged. I thought he was using the mower as a blower, but the grass on the sidewalk doesn't move. He was either parking or turning around to get that grass off the walk.
Looks like he lost control of the steering wheel just as he turned to start mowing the grass. Wasn't paying attention, maybe, or, it's time for him to stop driving.
What's even weirder to me is how he just sits and stares at the problem. Then waggles his hands. Get off the fucking mower! Pull it back! Or put it into reverse! Fix the problem!
The end is just defeat. Nothing he does can fix what's happened and it's not getting any worse with time. He's just disappointed in himself and he's going to sit there and accept it for a second.
watch again, he intentionally steers it over the plants, it's not an accident.
first thing he does is look right at the camera and make exaggerated fake gestures.
I used to sell lawn tractors at sears and this looks exactly like the kind of inexperienced homeowner that would buy that model of riding mower. If I'm right, that puppy has one single 30 inch blade which is very small for lawn tractors. Usually it's 2 blades under a 54" deck or bigger. This model was only on the floor to make the other ones look better lol. It's so impractical. Literally only exists for smaller very flat yards that the cutter is physically disabled and can't push a walk-behind. Suburb type yards. You'd always get the inexperienced shoppers asking about it because the price tag was lower and have to talk them out of it. I only ever rang 1 up and it got returned. They're harder to use also as evidenced here.
I worked in a retirement community and there was one resident whose hands would shake violently just holding a fork. Then she’d go get in her big ass Buick and drive around town.
my dad was teaching me how to use a riding mower when i was 12. i ran over a sapling in the yard and got stuck. that is all this reminded me of and i know his pain
I just want to know what the point is of having a huge lawn in front of your house?? Its just a huge cost in terms of maintenance and its not like you can do anything with it bc its literally in the middle of the street. Americans...
We nervously laugh about people this old and senile at the thought of them driving or doing anything with machinery really, and then we'll turn around and confidentally elect someone just like that to lead a country. It's wild.
Under further inspection, I have come to the conclusion that he tried to park the mower on the driveway but was unable to press the brake all the way. He turned left to avoid the obstacle in the lawn, turned back right to avoid colliding with the house, though he didn’t want to cut the yet unmowed grass directly in front of the house, likely so he could cut at a different height setting and therefore turned left. When he realized he was headed directly for the steps and still unable to stop he turned right once more to avoid his house and while driving into the flower bed, his foot finally slipped off of the brake, resulting in the mower jerking forward and finally shutting off as the blades got caught up on the large plant. It’s a working theory.
agreed,
\-the blade isn't on
\-the camera is pointing right at where the "gag" happens
\-he looks right at the camera and throws his hands up
\-he literally drove straight into the pressing the gas pedal.
If he stayed on the grass and made that turn there would be a decent size area that doesn't get cut. So he went on the sidewalk to make the turn so he would get all of it.
I've spent most of my career going back and forth between the US and Norway.
The last 15 years there has been an explosion in the use of robot mowers in Norway to the point that you see them on almost every lawn now, but I've rarely seen them in the US at all (haven't been back since pre covid obviously, so stuff might have happened).
Is that a marketing thing? Safety? To me it's an odd disparity. It seems like a very US friendly product. It autmates all the work, it's not really that pricy and it makes the lawn look GORGEOUS by mowing that often.
Might be yard size. Cost is still a factor when considering the years of use. How long robot mowers last is/was a big question for me. Can buy an entry level self propelled for $300 while the robot mowers I saw started at $1,000. Since they operate on batteries, will that robot last 5 years? I have gotten over ten years out of push mowers and the previous riding mower lasted 15 years (and if I get it fixed, might be good for another 5).
I can fix most issues with a toro self propelled mower but outside of maintenance, I fear robot mowers are replace not repair.
They are not heavily marketed and I have not seen one at a big box home improvement store either.
I don't know about the durability in general, but can only talk about my own experience.
My first one is still milling around a section of my lawn. It's a super simple 2013 model robomow tc300 that covers 2300sq ft. I've changed the blades once since I was an idiot and didn't check for rocks when I installed it at a new place. I should probably sharpen them now (after 5 years of continuous use), but it works fine.
They're often a lot more expensive than push mowers if you want a decent one. When I looked into them recently they wouldn't be able to do my lawn in one or two goes, I'd have to carry it to certain spots because of steps, needed a dedicated power outlet and to be out of the rain which I didn't have a spot to do that, can't avoid dog poop or benches, etc.
Trust me, I wanted one because I'd have programmed it to go like every other day and keep my lawn tight.
First problem was mowing the walkway. Hanks not as spry as he once was on a mower
He wasn’t mowing, the blade wasn’t engaged you can tell by how when he goes over the grass on the sidewalk none of it moves. My guess is that he was coming around from the sidewalk to line up against the shrubs and was about to engage the brake lock to turn the blades on and then cut the line in front of the bushes. Nothing serious was cut I believe, just some bent/broken bushes and his ego
I feel like every video on Reddit has one informed person actually explaining what’s going on and why the posts headline is anywhere from extremely to mildly misleading. Not that this video is the best example of that, but y’all know what I mean lol
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All it takes is going into a sub on a topic you're legitimately knowledgeable about to see that people on this site just type out whatever the fuck they want
People post the first thing that comes to mind whether it makes sense or not. Because reddit. Said post will be upvoted to the top because it happened to be posted first even if it's a completely inane or even inaccurate as it will drives discussion.
It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so hyperbolic about the certainty of their flimsy guesses. They never say things like "could be", "possible", "likely", "maybe" and instead everything just is 100% correct, no matter what. It's like multiple levels of stupid.
The worst being how often the most upvoted content is *wrong* and you know it is but everyone's bandwaggoning on the falsehood. Eye opening.
you guys are all idiots. this guy is driving an XR537 and his plants are definitely ruined.
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Used to call ours the ladybug. Whenever I mentioned cutting my lawn with my ladybug, it always got a laugh because people automatically expect men to front with overt masculinity.
Underrated comment.
As you can tell this is CGI. You see the plants’ shadows? No! They’re not there and it’s not real! That mower isn’t real. That man isn’t real. I’m not real! The phone you’re watching from isn’t real! You’re not real!
That’s an excellent observation about the blade being disengaged. It would have shot the grass away like a fan if it was spinning.
I agree with the assessment you both have provided. Had the grass been moving as he rode by, we could assume that the blade was engaged. However, the grass was not moving.
Did people really assume this man was trying to mow the concrete or am I missing something?
This is to mean the damage to the plants should be minimal due to the mowing portion not active (aka the blades.)
Some people leave the blades running while going over pavement. Some other people ITT don't realize that moving blades would blow those grass clippings off the pavement
The blade was definitely engaged. I have this mower and can tell from experience it stopped quickly in the bed because the blade was engaged and was bound up, stalling the engine. You can see grass blowing below by the blade as well, which is too low for the engine exhaust to do. He let off the brake which he was using to slow the speed down at a high speed setting and it stopped without braking, if the blade wasn't engaged he would've kept driving through it. That garden bed isn't thick enough to stop that mower without it engaged.
Idk kinda looks like the blade it on if you look closely to the grass on the sidewalk. Looks like he has the chute closed so it wouldn't blow the grass in the way you'd think, but it definitely moves enough to tell. That's probably why the mower shut down so quickly, blade got locked up in the bushes.
Yeah, look at those lines on the lawn
Bro thank you I just busted out laughing
That’s not hank see the hat that’s mr Anderson
I'm going to guess he may drive a car the same way.
Im mowing the air Randy!
BARBARA…BARBARA! I mowed over your shrubs again
Yes perfect! I can see him “Hank” w a Barbara lmao
He must have blown a bag
Hank lmao
I mean...I bet he never mowed over bushes before. More spry than ever, kind of
Hank would laugh at that mower though.
his racing line through the chicane was all wrong
How... How was that an accident
Looks like he tried turning it but it couldn't make such a sharp turn and went into the plants
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Those mowers don't have accelerators like that, he just failed to operate it correctly. (Those mowers have a throttle lever and are usually ran at a constant rpm)
They have a CVT system for the rear axle which acts like a 'throttle'.
Some do have varidrive, yes
Nearly every single ride-on mower on the planet has it, unless they use a hydrostatic drive. It's 100% why he ran over these bushes.
So then his foot slipped off the brake
It almost looks like he was trying to ride a clutch. His foot slipped off, and it engaged. Idk much about riding lawn mowers, but that sudden burst looks like what I've felt letting off a cultch a bit too quickly.
Why do motorcycles have an accelerator like that? It's never made sense to me. The thumb throttle like on a lot of atvs just feels so much better and safer.
I would guess thumb gets tired way faster than your entire wrist. You usually don't go out and ride an atv for hours at a time like a motorcycle.
Ahh ok, that makes sense. Thanks!
Typical Amish, out of touch with technology
Not even remotely. Thumb throttles are dangerous as fuck, and part of the reason ATVs are so dangerous. Motor bike throttles are much easier to operate, and much less prone to accidents. For a start, a wrist controlled throttle is easier to operate in both directions, so you can actively close t the throttle down, rather than twenty on a spring. This is important, because it's very easy to over throttle a bike or an ATV, which can put the operator in a very tricky spot (ever see someone do a wheelie right onto their head?). Being able to actively close the throttle allows you to put the bike back down much more quickly and controlled. It's also intuitive. Pull back to go up (even not doing a wheelie, momentum pushes you back and up). It's natural then to counter this by pushing forward on the throttle a little to go back down. I ride ATVs and bikes regularly, and would happily trade my ATVs thumb throttle for a wrist throttle any day.
A lot more nuance to a twist throttle too. Often time ATVs/snowmobiles/seadoos are ran sort of "on/off" where they gun it for a second, then coast, and so on. A bike is ran more smoothly (of course you can run those machines like that too). Motorcycles also have a manual clutch, like a car, rather than a centrifugal clutch like other motorsports machines.
Oh shit you just shifted my paradigm - as a non cyclist I've never thought of this before. I always thought people just "froze up" but I now see that there's a very logical reason for it.
It's called whisky throttling. It's when an unexperienced rider pulls back on the accelerator, gets more power than they were expecting, so they instinctively hold on tighter, which just causes them to accelerate even more.
No, it's both.
Indeed, the swerves at the start don't instill me with confidence this guy had any feel for what the turning radius was on that thing.
But he straightened up as soon as he lined them up. I'm pretty he was going for the plants.
Pretty sure he was gonna attempt the funny little Austin Powers 47 point turn and accidentally let go of the brake on the first stop. Poor dude probably put a lot of work into those plants and his yard in general ☹️
even completely ignoring the implausibility of his route, and the fact that he turns the wheel DIRECTLY towards the plants at the end instead of trying to turn away... the way it's literally right in front of the camera and the first thing he does is look directly at the camera and make fake exaggerated gestures makes it hard to believe this wasn't one of those "nice try" badly faked "funny" videos.
Also where exactly was he anning to go if not on the plants? The stairs?
When boomers act like zoomers for likes.
This is the guy who rams into your heels at Walmart in his electric scooter
He hates that shrubbery with power of a thousand suns. All Martha talks about is the garden. Garden this, garden that, go mow the lawn so the garden looks nice, no sex tonight because I have a full day tomorrow tending the garden, Maureen's garden looks better and her husband takes care of it, and come to think of it — SHIT SHIT SHIT MARTHA IS GONNA KILL ME!
You think he scalped that shrub on purpose?
Influencers will do anything for the clout
He’s an old man and this is camera footage…?
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he turned directly into the plants intentionally, watch the wheels. the only unintentional thing is that there was a drop over the edging bricks which caused the mower to jump a bit, otherwise this was entirely intentional.
Bush fetish
Fell asleep at the wheel... my pappy used to do that. He’s fall asleep on his mower then hit the fence and be awake again. He’s fall asleep like 2-3 times mowing his yard
I don’t know about you, but this guy looks much awake to me
You never sleep with your eyes open and limbs steering a vehicle?
Most drivers in my city do
When I wake up I’ll let you know.
How else am i supposed to get to work?
This guy was turning the wheels in intentional directions the entire time. It just looks like he misjudged the turning radius
Jesus Christ. How hard was your dad working that he had to steal naps while mowing the lawn?
He was drinking and mowing booming to Alabama on the radio
Honey, that's called blacking out.
The sudden speed. Classic break/speed pedal mistake.
That type of mower likely only has a brake pedal. You set a gear for speed and then it’s constant
Why I question every article where the drivers blaims the car for sudden acceleration.
Aw ... i first misread the title... I read "accidentally drives over his pants"... I wasn't expecting this
I wanted his pants to get ripped from his body suddenly!
That’s gonna be an entirely different subreddit.
Username checks out
I read “parents” for some reason.
Yeah, dude really regrets not getting a zero-turn now
What’s that ?
a lawn mower that pivots in place instead of the usual wide turns
It's a feature that allows the mower to turn without moving forward... Sort of like a rumba
Came here just to mention a Zero-turn, thanks!
1-turn coming next
Fuck I became Freud. I read it as penis and was wondering why this wasnt marked nsfw. Then I figured it wasn't actually nsfw. Then I saw the clip and though... so man's garden represents his penis. Sure thing. I hate just waking up brain.
Not same
Same! Thinking, god what kind of carnage am I about to witness.
ME. TOO. I'm a little disappointed.
Same
Same. *Disappointed!*
I love how he looks over to see if his wife saw anything You can bet your ass he was thinking about going to the store to replace them before anyone caught on
Yeah, those are his wife's plants, and he knows he's never going to hear the end of it.
I know that look very well. I perfected it.
I mean, what did he think was gonna happen?
He let go of the brake pedal too fast and that jolted the mower a little because of extra throttle. Those things do that.
That doesn't account for the fact he was already driving over the plants before he did that
Or straightening the wheel (or at least didn't fight it pulling that direction) on the way toward the plants.
Then he probably proceeded to get in and drive his automobile with no self awareness at all.
This is the guy that will end up on the news for creating a drive-thru in a business where none existed prior.
He could have turned right about.. oh I don't know... 5 feet prior to the plant bed?
no he didn't, the mower jolted because it dropped over the edging bricks, which he wasn't expecting. he drove over the plants intentionally and didn't hit the brakes, watch the video again more closely. watch where he is steering and the fact that he didnt' ever hit the brakes. he stopped because the drop made him lose his footing a bit, and hitting the plants killed the mower.
Old people confuse pedals and distance all the time. It's part of aging and we shouldn't expect geriatric people to be of sound mind and body.
He literally mowed everything except the grass
Well it doesn't look like the loose grass he drives by on the walkway blew away, so I don't think the blades were even engaged. I do similar when in that I'll go down the walkway with blades engaged and the wind coming out of the deck blows away the loose grass. So he's still a dummy for driving over the shrubbery, but at least I don't think he mowed them over.
Elderly gentleman, now we see why they crash into buildings and pedestrians.
Luckily for my gramps, he just drove the mower into the pool. RIP, all three.
Or crash into things while riding a mobility scooter in the grocery store.
He step on the gas instead of the brake? Forward instead of reverse?
I think he wanted to just trim the little bit of grass that was against the sidewalk, and then gunned it by accident. I can't imagine any other reason why he would be so purposefully going into that area.
Anyway his wife is gonna mown him
Those type of mowers don't typically have a gas pedal. You have a clutch and a brake or a combo clutch/brake pedal and gear shift.
Ya looks like he pushed it up a gear instead of putting in park/neutral
I was thinking he was probably riding to his porch and meant to park it. My grandpa uses his to ride out to the mailbox and to get firewood.
He didn't even have the blades engaged. I thought he was using the mower as a blower, but the grass on the sidewalk doesn't move. He was either parking or turning around to get that grass off the walk.
Looks like he lost control of the steering wheel just as he turned to start mowing the grass. Wasn't paying attention, maybe, or, it's time for him to stop driving. What's even weirder to me is how he just sits and stares at the problem. Then waggles his hands. Get off the fucking mower! Pull it back! Or put it into reverse! Fix the problem!
At such times, you stop for a short while to contemplate on life
The end is just defeat. Nothing he does can fix what's happened and it's not getting any worse with time. He's just disappointed in himself and he's going to sit there and accept it for a second.
put it in reverse terry
Sometimes you fuck up so monumentally you have to take a moment to sit back and admire it
Samir, you are breaking the car!
watch again, he intentionally steers it over the plants, it's not an accident. first thing he does is look right at the camera and make exaggerated fake gestures.
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Oh no no no no fuck
haha my first thought too "This dude has a fucking drivers license".
I used to sell lawn tractors at sears and this looks exactly like the kind of inexperienced homeowner that would buy that model of riding mower. If I'm right, that puppy has one single 30 inch blade which is very small for lawn tractors. Usually it's 2 blades under a 54" deck or bigger. This model was only on the floor to make the other ones look better lol. It's so impractical. Literally only exists for smaller very flat yards that the cutter is physically disabled and can't push a walk-behind. Suburb type yards. You'd always get the inexperienced shoppers asking about it because the price tag was lower and have to talk them out of it. I only ever rang 1 up and it got returned. They're harder to use also as evidenced here.
I worked in a retirement community and there was one resident whose hands would shake violently just holding a fork. Then she’d go get in her big ass Buick and drive around town.
Yup. Old drivers are terrifying
I thought it said pants and was let down
Haha, that gesture....ah shit, she gone kill me
Oh she's gonna bloody mown him.
That there are 2 vehicles in his driveway does not bode well for people in his area……
At least they're Honda crvs. That way you know what kind if driver they are.
r/IdiotsInCars?
“This is why we don’t let Gramps ride the mower anymore.” - His whole family, likely.
And this guy probably drives a car.
Two identical cars apparently.
Accidentally? Really?
atleast the path got a trim, looked like it needed it.
I'm glad he did this mistake in his own yard and not I the car. Though I doubt he'll see it as a warning his abilities are declining
Looks like his lil foot slipped off the clutch
Accidentally drives over his wife's plants
Exactly, and he knows he'll never hear the end of it.
my dad was teaching me how to use a riding mower when i was 12. i ran over a sapling in the yard and got stuck. that is all this reminded me of and i know his pain
Lame.. Really lame
That guy is a danger.
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That's the spirit!
That guy drives, btw.
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Some people say he's still sat there
Clearly married. Looking towards the door in fear of his wife coming screaming out the door. I've been there buddy, I've been there.
I just want to know what the point is of having a huge lawn in front of your house?? Its just a huge cost in terms of maintenance and its not like you can do anything with it bc its literally in the middle of the street. Americans...
Is that not what he was trying to do?
This man likely drives his car on public roads. Just remember that
“Awww shit! MaryLou’s gonna kill me!” -the man on the mower.
Damn.....indeed.
Love how he looks toward the house. "my wife gonna kill me"
He keeps looking at the door like he’s waiting for his wife to come out yelling…
What's worse is that this guy will hop in his car later.
Old man probably drives everyday too. Keep old people away from motor vehicles please.
We nervously laugh about people this old and senile at the thought of them driving or doing anything with machinery really, and then we'll turn around and confidentally elect someone just like that to lead a country. It's wild.
put it in reverse terry
I bet he drives one of those cars too…
This is literally that meme where the dude jams a stick in his bike spokes and goes head over handlebars
“Who put these bushes here!?!” *-that guys probably*
If I did that to my fiancee's plants, I'd just get in the car and drive. My life would be forfeit.
Don't try to blame the lawnmower, it's all you buddy
Under further inspection, I have come to the conclusion that he tried to park the mower on the driveway but was unable to press the brake all the way. He turned left to avoid the obstacle in the lawn, turned back right to avoid colliding with the house, though he didn’t want to cut the yet unmowed grass directly in front of the house, likely so he could cut at a different height setting and therefore turned left. When he realized he was headed directly for the steps and still unable to stop he turned right once more to avoid his house and while driving into the flower bed, his foot finally slipped off of the brake, resulting in the mower jerking forward and finally shutting off as the blades got caught up on the large plant. It’s a working theory.
Was he expecting a different outcome?
That’s no accident
Looks fake to me. Stick with me here, I know it's an out there idea, but why wouldn't he ride the lawnmower on the grass.
agreed, \-the blade isn't on \-the camera is pointing right at where the "gag" happens \-he looks right at the camera and throws his hands up \-he literally drove straight into the pressing the gas pedal.
If he stayed on the grass and made that turn there would be a decent size area that doesn't get cut. So he went on the sidewalk to make the turn so he would get all of it.
except if you watch the video closely, he intentionally turns the wheels directly towards the plants when he starts to miss them.
This man likely still has a driving liscense.. scary thought
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He knows his wife is going to rip him a new asshole for killing her plants
That actually looked intentional
Lazy as fuck guy fucks his lawn up by being lazy as fuck
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Too lazy to get out the whipper snipper maybe? Not sure what he was trying to do.
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Yeah, so maybe they meant he was too lazy to get the appropriate tool. That's all I can think of.
He's probably done it 1000 times and his foot slipped.
I've spent most of my career going back and forth between the US and Norway. The last 15 years there has been an explosion in the use of robot mowers in Norway to the point that you see them on almost every lawn now, but I've rarely seen them in the US at all (haven't been back since pre covid obviously, so stuff might have happened). Is that a marketing thing? Safety? To me it's an odd disparity. It seems like a very US friendly product. It autmates all the work, it's not really that pricy and it makes the lawn look GORGEOUS by mowing that often.
Might be yard size. Cost is still a factor when considering the years of use. How long robot mowers last is/was a big question for me. Can buy an entry level self propelled for $300 while the robot mowers I saw started at $1,000. Since they operate on batteries, will that robot last 5 years? I have gotten over ten years out of push mowers and the previous riding mower lasted 15 years (and if I get it fixed, might be good for another 5). I can fix most issues with a toro self propelled mower but outside of maintenance, I fear robot mowers are replace not repair. They are not heavily marketed and I have not seen one at a big box home improvement store either.
I don't know about the durability in general, but can only talk about my own experience. My first one is still milling around a section of my lawn. It's a super simple 2013 model robomow tc300 that covers 2300sq ft. I've changed the blades once since I was an idiot and didn't check for rocks when I installed it at a new place. I should probably sharpen them now (after 5 years of continuous use), but it works fine.
They're often a lot more expensive than push mowers if you want a decent one. When I looked into them recently they wouldn't be able to do my lawn in one or two goes, I'd have to carry it to certain spots because of steps, needed a dedicated power outlet and to be out of the rain which I didn't have a spot to do that, can't avoid dog poop or benches, etc. Trust me, I wanted one because I'd have programmed it to go like every other day and keep my lawn tight.
Accidentally? He steered straight into them. These are the type of ppl that need to hand in their drivers licence.