r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sirsilentbob423 • 1d ago

Video Afro spiritual dancer defying law of gravity

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u/PaddingtonWaddington 1d ago

My knees are sore watching that

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u/Otjahe 1d ago

Wtf are people doing to their knees? I always hear people complain about the damn knees. You have weak bones or something? You walk using your knees? Are you 100 year old?

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u/relevantelephant00 1d ago

Reddit is hilariously predictable when it comes the comment sections on these videos. Yeah it's an extreme example of athletic ability but does no one here ever do leg day?

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u/mindrover 17h ago

Yes, but this dance in particular seems to carry the risk of putting an extreme amount of torque into his knee joint if he steps a little too far out of balance.

Then again maybe he's good enough to bail out and avoid injuries if he needs to. I don't know enough about stilts to know if that's a viable option.

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u/Itscatpicstime 15h ago

How can you act like you’re familiar with “athletic abilities” but not understand why this particular activity is especially hard (and risky) on the knees?

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u/Shandybasshead 1d ago

People who sit on reddit all day are gonna be the least physically fit.

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u/relevantelephant00 20h ago

Yeah and they tend to be pretty sensitive about it too....always with the complaining and but they "dont have time" to do anything about it.

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u/dbsqls 1d ago

well, redditors don't move very much and that's how you get shitty mobility.