It appears that the allowable load capacity was exceeded
  • 1 points [deleted]

    Must of bought it from IKEA. Call their missing parts dept. They shouldn’t be that busy

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  • 4 points Lumpy_Government_495

    from swing to sofa in 2s flat!

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  • 9 points EverLearningMind

    He's probably not mad because he put it up... And realized if he complains... He's only himself to blame...

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  • 13 points Lordapsy

    He just accepted defeat

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  • 6 points Ok_Reputation2051

    This happened when I was a kid. There were like six little kids on the same swing. When it fell, my sister's leg was under it. Snapped like a twig.

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  • 5 points logiscar239

    Hey cool low chair

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  • 7 points nonanumatic

    This is why I've never trusted these chairs before, now I have precedent XD

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  • 6 points Ambitious-Kitchen639

    chyna furniture not made for american heft

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  • 3 points latetini

    Hook ‘em

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    3 points Tank_2600

    Aggies had it comin fr

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  • 3 points ThenCommunication960

    CCTV or cameraman?

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  • 6 points mehheff

    Grade A install

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  • 18 points Wonderful_Life-6280

    Those chains look weak.

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  • 5 points NobuLLdAd1

    Yeah no I planned on that happening……. did anyone see…….. the Sheetrock should’ve held the weight for sure………. Ok no one saw that. Dodged that bullet

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  • 9 points NoZebra2430

    Why was it so close to the wall? And why was it so high? 😂

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    4 points Ethanos101

    He probably installed it by himself

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  • 8 points TemporaryBoss64

    I was sitting in one area my then girlfriend’s parents house and the bar across the seat front broke. Seat was cloth. Me and the pug just sitting on the ground just as we were in the chair.

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  • 8 points NefariousnessGood718

    But are those chains?

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    2 points stinkyfootcheese

    Yes

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    0 points Dear_Strategy_5146

    Nah it’s a sofa, a chair is ment for one person, a sofa is meant for more than one🦅

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    1 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    1 points NefariousnessGood718

    They look like the chains they use in the bank to keep their pens from being stolen

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  • 9 points imSleepyAsh

    Dang. Call it System of the WAAAAY Down.

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  • 10 points Lpedrys23

    Don't jump on it gravity increases velocity and force of pressure impact

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  • 12 points Candid_Rise5153

    Think he installed it himself? 😬

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  • 9 points FeralTalent

    My dawg.

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  • 12 points Fancy_Tour_5762

    Why am I laughing so hard!? 😂😂😫😂😂😭

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    11 points [deleted]

    He just gave up and said “floor seat now”

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  • 10 points Interesting-Risk-404

    I once was pushing my cousin in a swing and it broke in panick, to help her I grabbed her dress, and it got torn in half.

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    14 points Yggdrasilo

    I don't like where this is going

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    1 points ROMVS

    Especially if it was in Alabama.

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  • 4 points Fujita_Seiko

    Cats do that too

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  • 6 points Puzzled-Jello-3981

    Sometimes it pays to be skinny but hey we lose some we gain some 👌

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  • 12 points Grapekoola1d

    I had a bench swing on my porch. But I have three goats. I had to take it down because those damn goats wouldn't stay off of it. They would even fight over the damn thing.

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    7 points formandovega

    Is it bad that I would fully pay money to watch that ? 😭

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  • 9 points WastedMejarAmin2904

    He accepted his fate

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  • 2 points kemonodragon

    Never trusted those things 😭

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  • 14 points Chazzer4500

    Bro said “ight bet…”

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  • 11 points Past-Ad5731

    You have a bench now

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  • 2 points AJay_89

    Just turn it into a rocker, bud.

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  • 2 points QuietUno

    Water bottle is a paid actor.

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  • 2 points arielanything

    Wholesome content I like to see

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  • 5 points Not-a-MurderBear

    This man Dad's. There is nothing in this world that can give a man that patience like being a dad.

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  • 6 points -Crazyhorse

    “Hey baby I think I like the swing chair on the ground better “ lol

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  • 6 points Frosty-Ad-2971

    He took it well.

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  • 9 points [deleted]

    Well damn maybe I shouldn’t have eaten that extra plate. Now I got to fix this before she comes home.

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  • 2 points What-now-Val

    Boomer!!!

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  • 3 points Select-Macaroon-3232

    Yep

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  • 4 points ofirkedar

    been there. I feel this.

    and he's probably like ⅔ my weight so it's probably the first time this happened to him

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    3 points SensualBeefLoaf

    right? i’m 6’5 and muscular. the amount of shit i’ve broken by sitting on it or walking into it…

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  • 12 points Erparus

    This happened to me once. Except the bolt at the bottom went THROUGH my foot.

    I think I may still have some trauma from that 😂

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  • 12 points -_ByK_-

    From 100% confidence to 100% disbelief

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  • 6 points Jam_Jester

    Bro just wanted to sit down and enjoy his day outside.

    Looking up to God and just think.

    "Well God? Think Satan has has enough fun screwing with the world and our individual lives?"

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  • 5 points PlagueBirdZachariah

    Bro, same

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  • 7 points Budipbupbadip

    mount to the studs do with that what you will.

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  • 6 points ajitsan76

    questioning his choices lol

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  • 3 points sreek4r

    (Regulating Emotions Face)

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  • 6 points Super_Comfort_2346

    “I guess I am fat” look

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  • 6 points FabFun50

    Dude has achieved inner peace! 10/10

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  • 3 points AtlasHighFived

    Wasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?

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    1 points Tractie

    Apparently it wasn't. I mean the front fell off...

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    1 points BSpecificBeautiful88

    It all fell!! lol

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  • 3 points ToolTimeT

    I bet he was wearing sandals when he put those small eye bolts in.

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  • 7 points i_need_brain_cells

    well... porch couch?

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  • 35 points Jsearsy3

    At least it didn’t crush his hand

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  • 38 points 10fm3

    I like how he just folded his hands & accepted his fate, like 😧🙄😌

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    2 points Disastrous_Hell_4547

    Yeah and the perfectly timed helicopter. Great ending

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    5 points TheAmazingSealo

    Yeah man I came here to say that. I'm kinda envious, I'd probably be like 'what the fuck, world?' where this guy is like 'ah good one world, you got me again haha'

    I aspire to be more like the man that broke the bench thing

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    1 points 10fm3

    God has a sense of humor lol

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    2 points Ndtphoto

    Guess the world just wants me down here. 

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    1 points 10fm3

    God wanted him to reconsider his life choices for a moment, put him on the ground.

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  • 12 points dmcguire05

    Wife: How you gonna attach those chains to the rafters? Husband: HOOK ‘EM

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  • 15 points Lost-Priority-907

    Ive been there. And I'm even skinnier than this dude. Everyone who sat in my swinging chair had 50 pounds or more on me, but the next time I sit in it I hit the floor. I had the same exact look as this guy haha

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  • 31 points Slugzi1a

    That face tells me he put it together 😂

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  • 4 points indigofeather4

    It's ok, buddy. Casey Jones did it, too. You're good.

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  • 24 points [deleted]

    He was thinking, just wanted to relax and now I gotta fix this crap.

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  • 8 points Extreme702

    TEMU = GOT EM!

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  • 15 points TrollSlap619

    How do you explain this to your new girlfriend that you broke her swing

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    5 points Geno_Warlord

    Hon, I know you’re a DIYer and all. But if you really want to install that sex swing in the bedroom, we need to have a little chat about the porch swing. You absolutely must find a stud and use long enough screws, otherwise even just a little feather like yourself will make it fall. That will be good for no one. I’m just glad it happened to me and not you.

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  • 25 points triptonite

    that sucks. I bet it was the beard.

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    4 points TheBrettFavre4

    I think it was the tshirt. Go Sooners.

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    2 points triptonite

    😂💀

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  • 20 points Typical_Samaritan

    With my luck, the wooden frame would have scraped my Achilles down to my heel.

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  • 0 points Anxious-Ad2177

    He looks like my ex, our relationship didn't end well.

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  • 58 points eightdotthree

    I like how he’s just chill as fuck.

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  • 76 points Wrong-Diamond5253

    He JUST finished installing that seat, at it was his first test sit;)

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  • 28 points [deleted]

    If I sat on that, that shit woulda went through the concrete

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    2 points chickensalad402

    Found Superman’s account.

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    1 points [deleted]

    Superfatman

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  • 80 points Lumpy_FPV

    The look on that man's face and his posture tell me he definitely knew that shit probably wouldn't hold when he installed it.

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  • 38 points Ill-Birthday3311

    Nice

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  • 57 points NenIsNotOk

    The people in the helicopter probably heard that and were like “someone dropped a bomb? It aint me!”

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    12 points ZacW94

    Sounded like a semi truck.

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  • 71 points LuRouge

    I guarantee that man's first thought right after "Ow" was "So thats how today is gonna end eh?"

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  • 374 points extac4

    This is exactly the type of thing that happens when you’re already having a bad day, lol.

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    26 points Tom_the_Fudgepacker

    Coworker calls you „fat“. Hanging bench at home confirms it.

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  • 135 points Visual-Connection44

    BTW THAT Chain is kinda flimsy for that job too. It has lots of problems but starting with a solid mount is in the instructions and it wasn’t anchored correctly with that thin of a chain . All the Good ones Ive sat in can hold 3 people = THICK ASS CHAIN INTO big STUDS WITH big ass bolts - and huge Nuts Lol 😂

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    36 points Dissy-

    HUGE NUTS????

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    17 points AngryCoffeeTable

    DEEZ NUTS

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  • 61 points Metalhead1686

    Dude gave up on life at that moment.

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  • 53 points Waffle-Wiggle

    dude must've skipped Physics 101. RIP to his confidence 😂

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    3 points SnooMaps7370

    whoever installed the bench skipped structures 101. Probably bolted in with drywall screws instead of anchoring it to a beam with properly sized wood anchors.

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  • 123 points ulfric_stormcloack

    He looks so done with everything

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  • 81 points Brave_Ad9140

    this happened to me and my grandpa one time when i was little. hurt my ass lol porch swing was done after that

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  • 78 points tragedy_strikes_

    It shouldn’t have snapped. I nailed it into the vinyl soffit.

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  • 204 points Bishop825

    You ever feel like you need to just hit the gym?

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    75 points ChaseC7527

    Muscle is heavier than fat 💯💯

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    3 points alter-egor

    What's heavier - a kilogram of far or kilogram of muscle?

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    3 points tasteyclay

    How much far are we talking here?

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    3 points ChaseC7527

    A kilogram of steel.

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    2 points tasteyclay

    Balls of Steel.

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    -16 points Bishop825

    You can do cardio at the gym and lose weight.

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    2 points justas710

    Way better to run outside

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    1 points Bishop825

    True, but the original point was to reference losing weight with something we all know very well is associated with losing weight.

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    5 points Vin_Blancv

    Dude got downvote for being honest 🙏

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    8 points bedm2105

    No, he got down voted for being an idiot and not seeing that he was reinforcing the other guy's point inadvertently. It was a "DUH!" situation.

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    17 points _oranjuice

    Well muscle is Denser than fat

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    2 points ChaseC7527

    Yuup

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  • 179 points vaderwalker

    The way he just accepted it lmao

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  • 99 points ImCringeThatsBased

    The chains stayed attached to the chair - they were attached to the roof incorrectly

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    55 points tasteyclay

    Incorrectly.

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    2 points ImCringeThatsBased

    fucks sake i cant spell 😭

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    28 points [deleted]

    Goofy ass comment

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    3 points Obvious-Skill-7134

    😂

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  • 15 points CallingOutCultists

    That extra turkey and stuffing!

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  • 17 points TopGdasher

    A day after Thanksgiving.. GG

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  • 63 points No_Field6800

    Dude is lucky his calves weren't in the way. If they were, the swing would have carved the shit out of them on its way down.

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    19 points krilu

    Or that his hand didn't end up under the chair either

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    5 points No_Field6800

    Oof. That would be brutal.

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  • 37 points TumTumMac24

    Lol, this is why I hate metal chairs.

    I’m heavy and anything that can’t support at least 300lbs isn’t gonna hold me.

    When I sit in metal chairs I can feel the legs straining and straightening.

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    16 points oshunman

    You hate metal chairs because you need a stronger material? Like what, obsidian?

    If a metal chair is struggling to hold you, it's not the material's fault. Maybe the design, but not the material.

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    6 points InnisNeal

    Only diamond chairs for this man

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    18 points Noodlesaurus90

    Or those thin plastic outdoor chairs lol, oh man have I broken my fair share of those shitty plastic chairs.

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  • 123 points [deleted]

    Imagine if you had your feet underneath you and you landed on them.You could really do some damage

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  • 85 points mxxiestorc

    Porch swing temporarily porch seat. Sorry for the convenience. - Mitch Hedberg

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  • 75 points Thick-Ad-4940

    Do these ever stay up?

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    64 points Zito6694

    If anchored properly they can hold two adults easily

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  • 427 points Swimming-Underwater

    Bro handled it like it was one of those days

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    1 points LiveLearnCoach

    You know? This video popped up for me when it was posted, and again now. I didn’t notice his right arm coming sideways as a reaction to the (initially) sideways fall. It’s amazing how quick the body reacts.

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    63 points Mekroval

    Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays!

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    15 points Scientific_Anarchist

    I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that, man.

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    10 points Tbplayer59

    Corporate accounting... Just a moment... Corporate accounting... Just a moment...

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  • 186 points Ok-Professional9328

    Could have been way worse, dude got lucky

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    23 points adelie42

    Yes and no. From the looks of it, the wrong attachment was used. Bolted with the right washer, it probably wouldn't have failed.

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    14 points Doff_Sploophen

    You’re assuming whoever hung it up bolted it into something that could bear load. There’s too many DIY’ers that don’t DIY it right..

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    1 points adelie42

    That's my entire point. It couldn't have been done right for the failure to be so basic. That was not a catastrophic failure at all. It is clear that the force necessary to cause the failure was minimal.

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    5 points HailMi

    Seriously. That's why you should always use drywall anchors for something like this. You will want that extra support!!

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    1 points adelie42

    Lol

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    3 points Stayofexecution

    Lol @ drywall support.

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    1 points Visual-Connection44

    Have you ever heard of that ? I know it’s in my home 🏡 but not in regular houses . The way I know is it keeps making a nice pile of dust that’s white , when using a titanium bit , but really feels like concrete- we don’t know what it is . There’s 4 inches of it

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    16 points Mekroval

    Yup. Imagine if his feet were tucked underneath the bench.

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    4 points Ok-Professional9328

    Right? or his fingers/hand

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  • 161 points LegendWacker

    THE SHIT THAT HAPPENS ON YOUR WORST DAYS

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  • 157 points mak112112

    He handled it with grace and composure. I would have dragged it to the center of the yard and burned it.

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  • 78 points [deleted]

    Stay calm is the best way to handle bad things or bad days,,,,,,,

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  • 32 points One_Fox4087

    Just go with it

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  • -77 points [deleted]

    [removed]

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    27 points TheRealGarbanzo

    Oof.. that's mental illness if I've ever seen it

    Please get help

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    25 points Evster888

    Frank, we talked about this. You’re projecting on Reddit again, it’s not good for your mental wellbeing.

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    8 points sgtwildfire

    Kind sir, I think you need to get your eyes checked

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  • 88 points Worth-Zone-8437

    People seriously underestimate their own weight and what it takes to support it.

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    19 points DrMonkeyLove

    Seriously, there's ratings on chains and bolts and stuff. Plus you should include a safety margin. Like when I bolted my kids swing to my deck with four bolts rates to 800lbs total, and my father in law is like, "oh my God, are those bolts going to hold!?" Yeah, I think we're good for supporting my 20lb kid.

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  • 71 points Altruistic-Poem-5617

    Looks still comfi xD

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  • 63 points [deleted]

    It keeps getting funnier every time I see this pop up 🤣

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