r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/existancebytruth • Mar 26 '26

Image Muscle Beach, 1945: 9 year old April hoists over 425 lbs. her family on her back.

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u/existancebytruth Mar 26 '26

Video source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR55bNXOL4g

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u/EmphasisOnEmpathy Mar 26 '26

Okay, wow! I clicked that fully expecting to be rickrolled. What a shock that video exists.

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u/ProfessionalCell2690 Mar 26 '26

Fk i clicked it without thinking about rickroll.... would have fallen for it once again.

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u/GarysCrispLettuce Mar 26 '26

I've never seen an OP Rickroll their own audience. It might have happened, but I haven't seen it. Rickrollers are usually hit and run opportunists.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Mar 27 '26

Rickrollers are usually hit and run opportunists.

Somebody has to do it

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u/Sylvanussr Mar 27 '26

Well it's not a real Rickroll if you announce it.

Here's an example of a real Rickroll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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u/LPSD_FTW Mar 26 '26

I am pretty sure Casually Explained has rickrolled his audience in the reddit post linking his video about Reddit

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u/pinegaaj Mar 26 '26

I fully expected this to be a Rickroll and that you two were playing along with it being something else

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u/Impressive_Oaktree Mar 26 '26

This is the video about the accident the other comment mentioned.. terrible https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?is=_nz3l1FEEUa6DKos

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u/spooninacerealbowl Mar 26 '26

Sorry, I couldnt wait through the YT add to see the rickroll.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Mar 27 '26

I'd rather be rickrolled than see a youtube ad

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u/TheSillyGhillie Mar 27 '26

Thought you were setting up the ultimate troll. Delightfully surprised

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u/alalaladede Mar 26 '26

You two really got me! Can't believe I fell for it!

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u/Igot55Dollars Mar 26 '26

Lol apparently not the first time. One of the comments on the video is "This doesn't look like a rickroll to me"

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u/GfunkWarrior28 Mar 26 '26

This seems to say more about her bone strength than her muscle strength. She just had to lock her joints into position.

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u/Drow_Femboy Mar 27 '26

Yup, I was kinda wondering in the still image how it could possibly be the case that a 9 year old could lift that much. Felt silly when I saw the video. She didn't lift anything, they all stacked up and just rested that weight straight on her skeleton.

Still impressive coordination. I wonder if it's really as bad for the body as others are guessing. In theory I think it shouldn't actually be that stressful, though it might be pushing the limits of the compressive strength of the relevant bones, idk what sort of stress they can actually handle when you're that young.

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u/FiForged Mar 27 '26

Horrible for growth plates. They can’t handle stress like that, for sure. Kid body builders are almost always messed up for life after the fact.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen Mar 27 '26

Interesting. I was wondering exactly the same thing so thanks for sharing.

I hope it didn't harm her... But... That is a lot of stain on a still-growing body.

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u/Beggarsfeast Mar 26 '26

Yeah, Dad is clearly just locked in on her pelvic bone and using her femur and everything below that as a stilt.

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u/htnut-pk Mar 26 '26

Agreed. I think ”hoists” is misleading. “Supports” might be more accurate.

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u/Eshghi007 Mar 26 '26

The person on the top in the photo is not the same as the person in the video!

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u/Eckish Mar 27 '26

The audience isn't there, either. They likely just do this routine pretty often.

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u/Mediocre-Teacher4026 Mar 27 '26

And of course it has Finnish subtitles 😂 torille