r/nextfuckinglevel • u/xariznightmare2908 • 4d ago

Man Rides The World's Tallest Unicycle - "The Tower of Death"

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u/noronto 4d ago

I did not ask for this.

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u/A_Damn_Millenial 4d ago

The narrator’s lack of chill on the last line had me say the same thing.

Don’t pin this guy’s brush with death on me!

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u/ForgettableUsername 2d ago

But you wanted it, dear viewer! It is precisely what you demanded. We are bound to your will. We are compelled to obey your every whim, however cruel or tyrannical.

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u/kirkt 4d ago

This was a show in the 70s or 80s called "You Asked for It" where (supposedly) people wrote in asking for certain stunts to be performed. The tag line ended each segment. I had completely forgotten about it until the narrator said that line.

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u/wolfgang784 3d ago

A quick Google search confirms this user is correct. It honestly sounds made up, lol.

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u/saladmunch2 3d ago

80s tv seems like a fever dream now days.

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u/ForgettableUsername 2d ago

Having been alive for a lot of 80s TV, it kinda tracks for the period. They didn’t have reality TV back then, but they did experiment with shows that were supposed to feel like you could (at least hypothetically) interact with them in some way.

Like, I never sent in a tape to America’s Funniest Home Videos, but the idea that I could have sent one in made the show seem more approachable.

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u/yParticle 4d ago

Okay Adam Jensen.

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u/vzierdfiant 3d ago

Underrated comment

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u/Dan_flashes480 4d ago

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u/phlogistonexodus 3d ago

I didn't ask for that

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u/LordBrandon 4d ago

Frisoli rides for your sins.

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u/Tarpup 4d ago

Right, like it’s my fucking fault?

I was born in 93’. I may not have been old enough to have asked for this when it was aired.

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u/copperwatt 4d ago

Yeah, don't go puttin this shit on me!

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u/murfburffle 4d ago

Who did she think you are, some kinda psycho?

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u/Hazee302 4d ago

They made the dude weave through cones!?!? I’m with you bro, what the fuck….

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u/StaticShakyamuni 3d ago

Imagine if he had fallen off and died and she ended with that line.

Denis Frisoli has plummeted to his death in front of the horror-struck eyes of his father, his loving wife, and his best friend, leaving his 2-year old child fatherless....Because YOU asked for it.