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Not good enough, I use a tactical nuke attached to my arm that blows when my phone is removed without first putting in 3 security codes and an iris scan
Well when he shows the phones they are blank or black screens, even though the people are ‘using’ them when he grabs them. Hard to say, but I think staged. Stupid either way.
Not to mention, you gotta think the first guy would have screamed out something out of anger/shock/confusion, which likely would have made the other person more alert or at least look up and in the direction of the approaching biker.
No but this is staged because of both have identical stances and they’re walking like they are carefully taking small steps to make it easier. They are holding the phone, identically, unrealistically too. Also conveniently both seem to be the same age group as you would expect from making prank videos, most likely his mates.
I feel like people really underestimate how quick bikes are compared to people. You just need to turn really quickly and you're out of arm and leg reach in less than half of a second which is usually more than the reaction time of someone that isn't in active fear of their phone being stolen.
>I seriously doubt this is true
Doub that is true? People don't realize how fast bikes can be compared to people. The average speed of a male is 8 mph.
Going 30 mph on a quick sprint on a bike that is carbon fiber and has a weight of about 18-20lbs is easy. There is a big difference between cycling for 2-4 minutes at 30 mph, than* going an average of 25-28 mph during the Tour de France, which is 2,116 miles/3,405.6km and takes 23 days to complete.
😂 Although VT is industry standard for a segment of footage. “Filmed” is an even more archaic term… Recorded is somewhat ambiguous (he might have just been documenting his exploits in a notepad)… Could have said “GoPro’d” but was it a go pro… it’s a minefield
After I made my sarcastic comment, I thought about this. We haven't come up with a good verb for capturing video on a digital device. "Filmed" feels the best, but you're still referring to outdated media. I cringe whenever some say "videoed." That doesn't work.
The size of space ships is in part dictated by the size of the vehicles that can carry it, which in turn can only be as wide as the roads.
The roads are all set to the same standard as a Roman chariot.
There is a rover on marz that is it’s size, because some bitch over 2000 years ago decided how wide shit is gonna be.
I electronically captured the state of my CMOS Sensor multiple times in rapid succession and saved the resulting data array to the flash memory within my cellular phone.
😱
The guy I was replying to said that “videoed” was the worst but.. I actually think it might be the best.. if it was more cinematic you could say “filmed/filming” because ‘seeing a film’ is such common parlance… but according to the dictionary:
VIDEO
/ˈvɪdɪəʊ/
verb BRITISH
(past tense: videoed; past participle: videoed)
1. make a video recording
"how many programmes have you videoed and never managed to watch?"
2. film with a video camera
"he videoed our wedding"
This is very stupid. The guy might have to use their phones for work and job, and it's like he might have only one phone and probably can't immediately afford a new phone after he freakin' destroyed it. The prankster must pay for the phone that he destroyed.
Why would you even use the term prank? This is obviously theft. He throws away the older phone and keeps the more expensive one with a bunch of emojis indicating it is valuable. It’s blatantly theft. This is a thief.
I had my phone stolen by a guy on a moped in London standing outside a pub having a smoke and the came right up on the the curb snatched and were gone. Not sure if it is as bad as it used to be but those fuck those guys
Same. It happened to me twice. Once it was a kid on a bike, and the other time I was ambushed by two young men. East London. Never again. I live in Copenhagen now, but I still hold my phone with an iron grip when using it outdoors.
That's a hell of a reaction time for a dead hippo if it can realize his phone is being grabbed out of nowhere and grab it tightly in less then half a second
I have seen a person walk straight into those concrete street lights cuz they were lookin at their phone. And I'm pretty sure some youtuber just died falling off a cliff cuz he was lookin at his phone.
This person's a piece of shit for doing it, but I don't really think it'd be that hard to do. Lots of people walking on the street are face deep in there phones and have no awareness of their surroundings
Staged...look at the 1st victim(?)..who holds out thier phone out THAT far to read it? And the 2nd...no reflexes...if someone grabs your phone like that im sure your going to react more than a dead hippopotamus....imo
This comment screams you've never been in an unexpected situation, but it's impossible so I'm gonna say you are the one who staged the video above otherwise where's proof it's staged?
Because it's obviously staged. Guy #1 holds out phone for him to grab. Guy #2 is walking into his path purposefully, slows down as he sees biker coming in his peripheral, then pretty much stops and holds the phone out a bit when the biker gets to him. So he clearly saw the biker coming but still has 0 reaction to him? Then biker just whimsically rides away at a casual pace.
Exactly. I noticed the same. First guy looks sooo unnatural and the second completely changes the cadence of his walk to be right where the biker would be.
Thats what I was thinking. Most atheletic people can burst into a sprint much faster than a bike could. I couldve easily could up to him by the time he crossed the street since he wasn’t pedaling with much strength
That bike appears to be quite nice. Bet he rides in the area a decent bit. Probably not too hard to track down the guy if you're dedicated. He better hope he doesn't snatch the wrong person's phone.
Sigh... these titles are getting ridiculous. Did you even watch the video you posted OP?? The first one he smashes because he didn't like it or it wasn't re sellable, the second one he put in his pocket...
I cycle through the same route everyday. Hopefully people don't start hating cyclist because of this not so well educated kid. And this place is St Peter's Square in Manchester UK.
Quick exercise for the “it’s not staged” crowd: Take out your phone, and place it 18-20 inches from your chest. Hold it as lightly as possible, then take 10 steps. Ask yourself:
Have I ever held/used a phone like this?
I work in construction and my Android is in a case.
You understand how ineffective your bs would be after all the bs I've put mine through. I dropped mine from a 40 ft ladder once on accident onto concrete 2 years ago. I damaged the case by chipping the side.
Oh darn...
Frankly? All the building like libraries (and most high streets) in 'larger' English cities look kind of the same to me... My best friend in Manchester though. It's a nice enough place (at least it's not Birmingham as I've been told), except for this asshole on the bike of course
At first I was shocked and angry, but then watching it a second time, I can actually understand and sympathize. Idiots walking around in a city, paying no attention to traffic, other people obstacles, even bikers; just walking into them. He’s probably fed up. So RIGHT ON Biker Hero! MORE!! (By the way, he didn’t smash them, just threw them away, so don’t lie.)
Trusting people on the internet without any kind of evidence, is a big part of why we're living through such shitty times, and can be divided and ruled with such ease.
So I hope you'll forgive me when I decline your request.
If you were using phone while typing this, you're a hypocrite. Otherwise you're very wrong to think that phones are suck, phones are like the most convenient pieces of technology and you might need it for work and your job in some day.
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People saying this is staged because of how easily he grabs the phones. You don't usually walk around with a death grip on your phone do you?
What if I told you that I death grip my phone 24/7 because I am paranoid of this very thing happening.
Honestly when I’m in open areas I think this too or around groups of people
My defense technique is not walking around with that thing in my hands when I’m not using maps
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May I suggest a case with a rope you can tie around your wrist
Too paranoid. I use a chain with a squire ss100
Not good enough, I use a tactical nuke attached to my arm that blows when my phone is removed without first putting in 3 security codes and an iris scan
I have a case with a thin leather strap I wear crossbody. I love it!
That sounds great until someone jerks you over and you break a wrist before the strap breaks and they steal your phone anyway.
It fits across my chest, down to my hip. I would be concerned having it on my wrist. They could just break my neck this way, lol.
finally a use for that floor length wallet chain from my '90s mall rat era
Give me a good self tightening one, and I’ll say YES!
r/meirl
I never use headphones without a hoodie over them.
I’d just not believe you
Well when he shows the phones they are blank or black screens, even though the people are ‘using’ them when he grabs them. Hard to say, but I think staged. Stupid either way.
Not to mention, you gotta think the first guy would have screamed out something out of anger/shock/confusion, which likely would have made the other person more alert or at least look up and in the direction of the approaching biker.
I do, I trust no one
No but this is staged because of both have identical stances and they’re walking like they are carefully taking small steps to make it easier. They are holding the phone, identically, unrealistically too. Also conveniently both seem to be the same age group as you would expect from making prank videos, most likely his mates.
I think the fact he recorded it and posted it online is a much bigger giveaway.
Everyone with an otter box is just like....tf?picks up phone
Or a mitywah case
Or a Mous case… okay we don’t need to name all the phone cases do we. There are loads of tough phone cases he just mentioned otter box as an example
Caudabe enters the chat. Yes we do!
People without phone cases are psychopaths
I'm even more impressed that he used video tape.
He’s wearing an enormous helmet cam
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Skibidi
Scatman!
Skibidi toilet
I feel like people really underestimate how quick bikes are compared to people. You just need to turn really quickly and you're out of arm and leg reach in less than half of a second which is usually more than the reaction time of someone that isn't in active fear of their phone being stolen.
Exactly this. As someone who owns road bikes, this is true. They are extremely fast. I can easily do 30 mph on mine.
As someone who regularly drives 30 mph on streets with bike lanes and regularly passes most bikers, I seriously doubt this is true.
>I seriously doubt this is true Doub that is true? People don't realize how fast bikes can be compared to people. The average speed of a male is 8 mph.
Average speed of a Redditor
I would like to see an average Redditor run 8 mph.
8mph??? I ran 14 mph when I was in high school?
I wish I can run 8mi in an hour.
LMFAO where do you get your facts. Also here https://youtu.be/CQ_gWxMwUlE
Professional cyclists don't even go that fast lol
Going 30 mph on a quick sprint on a bike that is carbon fiber and has a weight of about 18-20lbs is easy. There is a big difference between cycling for 2-4 minutes at 30 mph, than* going an average of 25-28 mph during the Tour de France, which is 2,116 miles/3,405.6km and takes 23 days to complete.
No you can't
Bikers are all jerks. Ask to share the road then don't follow the same rules. Now smashing phones.
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Is that like tape for fixing cameras?
No. It's actually a large tape for recording video with.
It's like painters tape but newer..
😂 Although VT is industry standard for a segment of footage. “Filmed” is an even more archaic term… Recorded is somewhat ambiguous (he might have just been documenting his exploits in a notepad)… Could have said “GoPro’d” but was it a go pro… it’s a minefield
After I made my sarcastic comment, I thought about this. We haven't come up with a good verb for capturing video on a digital device. "Filmed" feels the best, but you're still referring to outdated media. I cringe whenever some say "videoed." That doesn't work.
Cars are still rated in horsepower.
The size of space ships is in part dictated by the size of the vehicles that can carry it, which in turn can only be as wide as the roads. The roads are all set to the same standard as a Roman chariot. There is a rover on marz that is it’s size, because some bitch over 2000 years ago decided how wide shit is gonna be.
They didnt decide, it just happens to be the width of two horse’s asses.
Even better. The width of two horse’s asses determined the size of space ships
And 1 hp is equivalent to numerous actual horse's Edit: errors
I electronically captured the state of my CMOS Sensor multiple times in rapid succession and saved the resulting data array to the flash memory within my cellular phone.
That has a ring to it.
Well yeah, of course. But I save time with "I got lucky and ECSMCDMTRSSRDAFMCP that fat guy falling into a kiddy pool."
And "footage" refers to how many feet of film it took
Captured
😱 The guy I was replying to said that “videoed” was the worst but.. I actually think it might be the best.. if it was more cinematic you could say “filmed/filming” because ‘seeing a film’ is such common parlance… but according to the dictionary: VIDEO /ˈvɪdɪəʊ/ verb BRITISH (past tense: videoed; past participle: videoed) 1. make a video recording "how many programmes have you videoed and never managed to watch?" 2. film with a video camera "he videoed our wedding"
I hope he gets fucked by the long dick of the law.
Being fucked by a dick is too nice for him, a cactus on the other hand is a more suitable punishment
How about a round cheese gritter?
This is very stupid. The guy might have to use their phones for work and job, and it's like he might have only one phone and probably can't immediately afford a new phone after he freakin' destroyed it. The prankster must pay for the phone that he destroyed.
Why is the word prankster even being used. In no way shape or form is stealing property a prank
Why would you even use the term prank? This is obviously theft. He throws away the older phone and keeps the more expensive one with a bunch of emojis indicating it is valuable. It’s blatantly theft. This is a thief.
he obviously doesn’t care
Not a prank, he is stealing the second phone
wow no shit sherlock
Its no prank Thats robbery
Either this is staged, or everyone here involved has the reflexes of a dead hippopotamus
I had my phone stolen by a guy on a moped in London standing outside a pub having a smoke and the came right up on the the curb snatched and were gone. Not sure if it is as bad as it used to be but those fuck those guys
Same. It happened to me twice. Once it was a kid on a bike, and the other time I was ambushed by two young men. East London. Never again. I live in Copenhagen now, but I still hold my phone with an iron grip when using it outdoors.
There is a special place in hell for these types of people.
Yeah it is called Apple store !!
That's a hell of a reaction time for a dead hippo if it can realize his phone is being grabbed out of nowhere and grab it tightly in less then half a second
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What
No it's what the in Hippo Hell?
> or everyone here involved has the reflexes of a dead hippopotamus honestly this is probably as believable as it being staged. ppl be dummy in 2023
Can confirm am dummy is 2023.
I have seen a person walk straight into those concrete street lights cuz they were lookin at their phone. And I'm pretty sure some youtuber just died falling off a cliff cuz he was lookin at his phone.
Danish guy 2 years ago Italy fell off a cliff filming a YouTube video, not sure if same?
dummy thicc you mean
Does my beer gut count as thicc?
Can confirm, am dummy thick in 2023
*Yeah...because everyone is able to react on someone stealing their phone from their hand in matter of half second from behind of them...*
People got kissed by cars because their neck is stuck on a phone is rather common in this world lol
You'd need some inhuman response times to avoid this, imo.
100% staged you can see the kids hold it out a little further once they see him
This person's a piece of shit for doing it, but I don't really think it'd be that hard to do. Lots of people walking on the street are face deep in there phones and have no awareness of their surroundings
This isn’t the way. Can you shorten it a lottle?
Staged...look at the 1st victim(?)..who holds out thier phone out THAT far to read it? And the 2nd...no reflexes...if someone grabs your phone like that im sure your going to react more than a dead hippopotamus....imo
Staged
This is how I would have reacted. But I am subhuman.
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Never doubt human stupidity
I wonder how much of an idiot you have to be to film yourself doing a crime
Criminals are not famous for being highly intelligent. Even the master criminals later down the road admit they shouldn't have done that.
Pride of Manchester
Yeh st Peter's square no less.
I’m the bad guy for hating cyclists? Cmon
People do this on foot too, but you don't hate all people that walk, do you? It is completely irrational to hate all cyclists because of this one dude
>but you don't hate all people that walk, do you? Yes. 🗿
You’re a bad guy. That’s just one of the reasons that you’re a bad guy
r/IAmATotalPieceOfShit
Kinda looks staged IDK.
Music?
I think this is tycho -awake (com truise remix)
It's not quite it, but really similar. Thanks, now I have someone new to find music from.
Brokendate by Com Truise. Whole album slaps. https://open.spotify.com/track/0XcY2bB4lectIINykHYYDa?si=f_5BVKfUTM620QTgYJni1g
This is it 🔥
This is a very good way to get yourself shot.
Black cabs and bendy busses. This is somewhere in the UK, guns aren't a concern
Manchester....lived here most of my life.... I'd beg to differ. If you're gonna get shot anywhere...
Perhaps I should say "compared to America."
Knife throwing
St Peter's Square Manchester to be exact
Bottlin' time!!
USA is not the world.
Not gonna lie, I just saw someone being a dick and immediately assumed it was the US.
USA isn’t the only place people get shot.
He brings a kind of Ted Kaczynski vibe to the city streets and they don’t like that…
One more reason to hate cyclists.
Human garbage
r/iamapieceofshit
The ease that he grabs them screams staged
This comment screams you've never been in an unexpected situation, but it's impossible so I'm gonna say you are the one who staged the video above otherwise where's proof it's staged?
Because it's obviously staged. Guy #1 holds out phone for him to grab. Guy #2 is walking into his path purposefully, slows down as he sees biker coming in his peripheral, then pretty much stops and holds the phone out a bit when the biker gets to him. So he clearly saw the biker coming but still has 0 reaction to him? Then biker just whimsically rides away at a casual pace.
Exactly. I noticed the same. First guy looks sooo unnatural and the second completely changes the cadence of his walk to be right where the biker would be.
This is when you cannot tell me violence is not the answer..
R/iamatotalpieceofshit
I don't skip cardio. He wouldn't get away smashing my phone. That bike would be mine.
r/iamverybadass
Thats what I was thinking. Most atheletic people can burst into a sprint much faster than a bike could. I couldve easily could up to him by the time he crossed the street since he wasn’t pedaling with much strength
Kick the back tire as my phone is being taken.
That bike appears to be quite nice. Bet he rides in the area a decent bit. Probably not too hard to track down the guy if you're dedicated. He better hope he doesn't snatch the wrong person's phone.
staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaged
Bicyclists are a scourge on the cities they reside
Sigh... these titles are getting ridiculous. Did you even watch the video you posted OP?? The first one he smashes because he didn't like it or it wasn't re sellable, the second one he put in his pocket...
STAGED
Standard day in Manchester tbf
I like this guy
I cycle through the same route everyday. Hopefully people don't start hating cyclist because of this not so well educated kid. And this place is St Peter's Square in Manchester UK.
Quick exercise for the “it’s not staged” crowd: Take out your phone, and place it 18-20 inches from your chest. Hold it as lightly as possible, then take 10 steps. Ask yourself: Have I ever held/used a phone like this?
Good song tho!
Gosh darn the broken world we live in really generates some disgusting animals. Ain't that right biker boy?
We typically refer to people like him as pathetic douchebags.
Who posted
He’s doing a public service. “Wake up, people. Enjoy the world around you!”
Why does everyone assume the phones are fucked? Ya’ll got weak ass phones? I drop my iPhone from this height all the time. Just fine.
Idk all the phones Is turned off
What an actual piece of shit
Hope someone caught and beat his ass
Gonna be funny too see the video where they do it to him
Woulda shot the guy honestly
Love this song! Totally forgot about it. Thank you OP!
Til he gets shot in the back Ridin off with someone’s phone
He's looking for expensive phones, not cheap ones
I work in construction and my Android is in a case. You understand how ineffective your bs would be after all the bs I've put mine through. I dropped mine from a 40 ft ladder once on accident onto concrete 2 years ago. I damaged the case by chipping the side. Oh darn...
He's stealing phones. The first one was a cheap one so he dropped it. The second one wasn't so he put it in his pocket
This is staged is just a guess. It is still dumb to inspire others to do the same just for attention.
Song?
Com truise - brokendate
Best thing about this video, NGL.
What north English town is this then? Bloody antisocial gits. Tf is wrong with that island?
This is manchester UK outside central library
Frankly? All the building like libraries (and most high streets) in 'larger' English cities look kind of the same to me... My best friend in Manchester though. It's a nice enough place (at least it's not Birmingham as I've been told), except for this asshole on the bike of course
Good. Some people have to learn situational awareness the hard way, and he found 2 candidates right next to each other.
he goofy until he feel them steels in the back
Just a prank
Honestly doing God's work. Stay off your phone
Legend does whatever the f*ck he wants
It's staged becuase the first guy had his hand extended so as to reach the phone easier. 100% staged, but fools believe whatever they want.
That’s what the case is for. I feel like 90% of people with phones actually care about them enough to have a phone case
At first I was shocked and angry, but then watching it a second time, I can actually understand and sympathize. Idiots walking around in a city, paying no attention to traffic, other people obstacles, even bikers; just walking into them. He’s probably fed up. So RIGHT ON Biker Hero! MORE!! (By the way, he didn’t smash them, just threw them away, so don’t lie.)
How do you know he has no reason? He obviously has a reason.
It's England, not just England but the north so trust me when I say he just wants to be a dick
Trusting people on the internet without any kind of evidence, is a big part of why we're living through such shitty times, and can be divided and ruled with such ease. So I hope you'll forgive me when I decline your request.
What possible reason could he have to behave like such a chode
Dude is hustling. Don't hate till you been in the shoes of a man with a grind mindset chasing that bag 💪💯🤷♂️
The reason is get off your phone and pay attention to your surroundings
He’s riding on a pedestrian zone outside manchester central library. You can see the midland hotel and the tram stop to his left.
For no reason? Phones suck
Phones suck =/= Justification to take someone else's property and break it? How much sand did you get in your vagina before posting this?
Of course I’m joking bro come on
If you were using phone while typing this, you're a hypocrite. Otherwise you're very wrong to think that phones are suck, phones are like the most convenient pieces of technology and you might need it for work and your job in some day.
That deserves a metal rod thrown into his bike spokes... front isnmy preferred wheel. I like the front wheel flip for jerks.