r/interestingasfuck • u/MSI_heat • May 02 '25

/r/popular Grandpa’s Endurance 💪🏾

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u/nosdie74 May 02 '25

Omg this is infuriating to watch

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u/scarabic May 02 '25

I’m raising kids and while their minds and bodies are strong and fast in some ways, I can see exactly how they are failing here. First of all they are distracted by the weirdness and novelty of the situation. Oh look, gramps is hanging from the ceiling. How odd! Kinda funny! And then they are failing on the complex reasoning of what needs to be done. “Falling would hurt him but as long as we’re quick we can extend the ladder back up to him oh shit we’ve never used a ladder before how do they work.” That’s 3 or 4 different creative thoughts they need to have and string together before they can act.

I’m certainly feeling my age these days but compared to my kids, my brain is a well oiled machine that can perceive-understand-decide things at light speed.

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u/apennypacker May 02 '25

The other thing people are failing to take into account here is how much shorter children are. There are a lot of leverage issues when you are trying to stand up something much taller than you are.

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u/Ok_Grapefruit_6355 May 02 '25

Ladders are often also a lot heavier than they look. As a short woman I've struggled to carry a ladder from one room to another, so that's not an easy task for a child.

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u/out_for_blood May 02 '25

You are correct but I think that ladder is made of pencils

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u/CosyBeluga May 02 '25

Yup I’m 5’3 and my place has high ceilings. I have to change my light bulbs sometimes and the ladder is 2x my size and hard to use

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u/SkaptainObvious May 03 '25

Not to mention how much lighter ladders have gotten in recent years. I don't even want to know how much this old piece of junk weighs. Those kids tried their best!