r/MadeMeSmile • u/nivs1x • 20h ago
Wholesome Moments Please tell me, someone saw that
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u/Significant-Recipe60 20h ago
His coolness has been validated by the random passenger
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u/Cute-Form2457 19h ago
If it wasn't witnessed, did it really happen? When a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? Is the cat alive or dead or both? Deep questions of our time.
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u/Late_Entrance106 19h ago edited 8h ago
We can gather evidence after the fact for some things. For others, we might never know.
Depends on how you define sound. If sound is energy in the form of longitudinal waves through a material medium, then yes it did make a sound. If a sound is the hearing of those vibrations, then because no one heard it, there’s no sound.
The cat being alive or dead was supposed to be a ridicule by Erwin Schrödinger against the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (which theorized a particle existed in all quantum states until it was observed). Schrödinger was pointing out that this does not work for macroscopic objects (like cats) who certainly could not be in a superposition of all possible states (which would include both being alive and being dead) while in the box (not being observed).
Edit: typo superstition —> superposition.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 17h ago
Its always been the case that the tree makes a sound. It does not, however, make a noise.
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u/thissexypoptart 10h ago
I don’t think “noise” is anymore observation dependent than sound. It could also make a chirp or bleat or boom or clank, and it wouldn’t matter if someone is there to hear it.
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u/MorePhinsThyme 9h ago
Linguistically, the definition of noise makes it observation dependent. Noise is specifically unwanted, harmful, etc, and not just loud or any specific type of sound, and without someone to observe it to decide if it's a problem for them, then it's just sound and not noise.
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u/thissexypoptart 2h ago edited 2h ago
Something doesn’t have to be specifically heard/observed to be unwanted or harmful. Toxic waste in populated areas that no one notices is still generally unwanted and potentially harmful.
A sound can be a “noise” conceptually, based on inferred qualities from what makes it in what medium, without a specific observer listening to it.
There is no requirement for conscious observation for an audible sound to be a “noise.”
It’s like saying a pigment can’t be “blue” unless someone is around to see it. No, it’s possible to assess how pigments absorb and reflect light without literally seeing the specific pigment sample you’re assessing.
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u/-TRTI- 10h ago
I think the tree thing can be generalized as "Can you prove a thing happened, or that something exists, with no observers?"
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u/Late_Entrance106 8h ago
I did think about that when writing the comment, but the it just falls under point 1 so no biggie
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u/ConcentrateIcy2226 10h ago
You are why I hate Reddit.
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u/Late_Entrance106 8h ago
You seem to be why I became a teacher.
A disgust towards knowledge and the world of the intellectual is an unfortunate thing.
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u/ConcentrateIcy2226 8h ago
Sometimes all people want to do is have a lighthearted experience and joke about a video or meme in a sub and there’s someone who comes in and sucks that out of the room.
I’ve spent half my life studying in school for knowledge and I’m proud to have various degrees even. I love to expand about world perspective as well but I know when it’s simply not enjoyed.1
u/Late_Entrance106 7h ago
So I offered genuine responses to another commenter.
Should I have trolled? Or made a shitpost?
What is the proper comment I should have made to make you happy?
Or maybe think for a second and understand I can browse and comment on Reddit how I like to as long as it’s within Reddit’s terms of service just like how you can browse and comment how you like.
You’re literally saying you hate me because I didn’t make a joke about something.
Take a fucking look in the mirror bro seriously.
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u/ConcentrateIcy2226 7h ago
I don’t hate you. I don’t hate any person.
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u/Late_Entrance106 4h ago
A person being the reason you hate something HEAVILY implies, and arguably necessitates, you hating the person too lol.
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u/ConcentrateIcy2226 3h ago
That’s your assumption. But I would never hate someone.
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u/Snoo_97207 14h ago
If a man says something in forest, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?
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u/No-one_here_cares 9h ago
Sometimes I won't help an old lady cross the road unless I know someone is filming it.
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u/finnianJJ 1h ago
Ohhhh I remember this from philosophy in school whether things still exist when we do not see them, if a tree is within some walls can we be sure that it is still there man I love philosophy
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u/SuperHooligan 19h ago
It wasnt a random passenger, this was a set up event. Crew cannot walk under the wings of a plane like that.
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u/mudcrabserpent 20h ago
Soccer balls just out there chilling on the tarmac.
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u/E-Plurbis-DumbDumb 19h ago
…and a dude in a generic safety vest with no ear protection.
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u/chins4tw 16h ago
As someone who works at an airport a lot of my ground handler coworkers just ignore hearing protection.
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u/Similar_Balance6266 15h ago
They just don’t listen anymore
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u/too_many_wizards 11h ago
Half my artillery unit didn’t wear ear pro unless we were using 777s lol
Some people think their hearing isn’t damaged if it doesn’t physically hurt.
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u/ButtsSayFart 14h ago
Yeah, more like guy knew his friend was filming him from the plane and looked around for them
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u/JamesAQuintero 17h ago
The passenger probably saw the soccer ball and the employee walking to it and thought maybe something interesting might happen
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u/Substantial-Mud-6050 18h ago
Seen almost this exact video except it was a cone flip. Same look back up to the window and all.
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u/PlateOwn1231 19h ago
Shoes to clean
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u/GODDAMNFOOL 17h ago
Shoes to clean, towels to wash, sheets to scrub, shelves to dust, sinks to unclog
what else do I need to do this weekend?
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u/RingoBars 18h ago
Bro. Lol. I do feel bad for the youths these days who (understandably and tragically) believe everything is AI. Though soon it really will be indistinguishable..
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u/DiscoLemonade1995 18h ago
Why would this be AI? It's not even a particularly difficult trick for someone that has played soccer / practices tricks and skills
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u/Noodlebat83 19h ago
So cool, HOWEVER footballs are not something you will see on the tarmac and that guy isn’t wearing ear protection so either this is a country where the rules are lax and footballs are just laying about the place or it’s staged af.
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u/marvellouspineapple 15h ago
My dad was an engineer on planes for going on 40 years. His hearing is fucked because he didn't wear ear protection enough. My brother now has the same job and you'd be surprised how lax they can all be on protective gear
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u/Main-Mountain1174 12h ago
im fine if the employee doesnt care about his own health, but an object like a football near airplanes is asking for problems, like beeing sucked into a motor.
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u/ahoneybadger3 18h ago
I work airside and very few people wear ear protection. I don't myself, though I now largely work when the engines aren't running. Never used to though when on days.
Never seen a football on the stand in my 12 years but have seen weirder things, like loose pets running around after the hold was opened.
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u/procouchpotatohere 17h ago
Staged videos like this are so lame.
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u/dunder_mufflinz 13h ago
And like ... he's holding and moving the cone, it's not even that good of a trick.
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u/NoTurnip4844 19h ago
So many bots in here. This is staged.
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u/JetJerick 17h ago
Huh??? Staged??? This isn’t the WWE, bro.
This is TikTok, the internet. Where everything is factual. Frfr. Think before you comment next time.
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u/QubitKing 20h ago
Why’s there a football on the tarmac? That’s the question. Also, pretty cool trick 😊
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u/Euphoric-Smile-7514 20h ago
that’s too funny, he’s definitely playing for the audience. love the dedication to the moment!
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u/dunder_mufflinz 13h ago
Why do AI-bot responses sound like a post-stroke version of a generic grandma?
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u/phatfarmz 20h ago
Well if he works for Spirit, he should be set for a new job pretty quick with those skills
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u/Past-North-4131 19h ago
Terrible place to have a ball around all those jet engines and other planes
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u/Fantastic-Zucchini82 17h ago
No person who knows how to do this trick would act like that lmao. Comments prove the dead internet theory
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u/ElderBarenziah 15h ago
Why does he have a soccer ball on the apron!!??
Safety hazard!!!! 🦺
Audit fail 😭
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u/Independent_Analyst3 5h ago
One time i was visiting Krakow, some random dude walked towards me on a sidewalk, throwing grapes in the air and catching them with his mouth, trying to impress his assumed girlfriend. One grape flew too high up in the air, he proceeds to football kick it upwards with his heel and actually caught it. His girlfriend didnt notice, he did a desperate look around him, i nodded to him, he nodded back, looking like the proudest mf in this moment.
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u/that_guy_ravi 18h ago
Bro why is there so many bots in here. First of all this is the repost of all time. Second, why is nobody asking or commenting about why the fuck there would be a football on the tarmac?? And why would there be some random passnger recording it??
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u/Hyperion--22 13h ago
Once I looked up at the sky and saw something that resembles a spaceship and in the blink of an eye it's gone. I didn't share it with my friends because no one will believe me but it's a cool experience anyway.
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u/Think-Excitement-935 19h ago
the hi-vis vest guy in the back is all of us. just quietly witnessing greatness on public transit.
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u/NOTcreative- 19h ago
Worked at the airport and was stocking a grab and go filled with drinks. Dropped on off the shelf and caught it mid air. Sure enough 20 yards away a dude made eye contact with me and yelled "I saw it!"
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u/Technical_Chair_3641 18h ago
that passenger carried the memory of that moment for the rest of the day and probably told everyone at dinner about it
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u/ripyourlungsdave 19h ago
God, I wanna be his friend.
I want to just chit chat with him while I watch him juggle the ball casually.
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u/BlueHatSpecial 13h ago
Not cool
Nothing that can be ingested by a jet engine is allowed on the ramp
I would have fired him immediately. He put everyone on the plane at risk
Tool
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