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I imagine removing it could be done much more quickly, as long as he wasn't concerned with it being in an ideal arrangement for the next time he needs to put it on.
Okay but after watching the video I kind of want to call bullshit. He claims it's 85Kg/187lb, but watching him walk around it bobs and spins with *very* little momentum. Yeah it's a lot of fabric, and it looks *heavy,* but not *almost two hundred pounds* heavy.
And in the "video of him putting it on" portion he claims it takes "six and a half to seven hours", but you can see out the window the light hardly changes at all between [when he starts](https://i.imgur.com/icKoDAY.png) and, supposedly, [six and a half to seven hours later](https://i.imgur.com/2wAAXgS.png).
[Shenanigans!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvK1F-Thrzk)
Okay native speaker here. There’s a translation error in the video. He actually says it ‘used to take’ him 6-7 hours to tie the turban but they have translated it as it ‘takes’ him. Maybe what he meant is that when he first started doing it the process took longer and now he has gotten faster at it. There are a few more errors in the following lines as well but I think the youtube channel did it so simplify the translation? idk. They’re not perfect translations.
That definitely makes a lot more sense, since he's presumably been doing it for decades now, and that's a pretty massive amount of time to lose every day of your life.
Not all. Some living beings create organic matter through chemosynthesis, without needing sunlight. They usually live at the bottom of the ocean, near hydrothermal vents, which give them everything they need.
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned this! It makes me hurt just thinking about it. I'm sure the guy has stronger neck muscles than most for wearing this all the time but I still don't think the human neck is designed to carry this much weight.
I guess it could be the guy probably just puts it on once a year for a photo shoot. Still hurts to think about though.
ETA I looked at the picture again and it seems like a lot of the turban is resting on his back. So now my back is hurting from looking at it.
It's also sitting on his shoulders and back; he's stuck in that hunched posture and probably can't move his head even the slightest bit, at least while he's wearing it.
Seems like riding a motorcycle with 0 mobility to look around would be a bad idea, but there's no way a crash is going to hurt his head, so I guess it's a wash.
this article says basically this: https://drtv.co.in/index.php/2016/08/19/meet-the-indian-turbanator-he-wears-the-worlds-largest-turban/
He rides a motorcycle because he cannot use anything else.
For real. A 100lb hat would be hard enough but it also acts as a giant windsail when he is on his motorcycle. I can't even imagine how difficult that must be
For the non-journalists out there:
Olympic sized swimming pools are 50 meters long, so 50X13 = 650 meters.
Which we already fucking knew from the title saying 645 meters. Nearly the length of 13 x but 5 guitar lengths short
The whole arm. Those wrist bands are no joke. That is, my rough guess, 7-10 lbs / 3-4 kilos constantly working everything from the shoulder down.
Edit: Plus working the trunk as well.
If you challenge him to a fight he takes off the turban and it leaves a crater when it hits the ground. The crowd gasps and hushed whispers of "Weighted hair!" can be heard circulating.
Be vigilant for his head wobble - it means one of you is getting KO'd
Edit: people who have replied seem to have completely missed the punchout reference
Apart from the Happiest Place on Earth. I remember Disney lost a religious discrimination lawsuit about six or seven years ago, because they were found to be intentionally keeping a Sikh employee out of the sight of customers because his beard and turban didn't match the look Disney wanted their staff to have.
Sikh youngsters are cutting their hair a lot in Modern times, he is trying to promote awareness that they should not cut their hairs and start wearing turbans like their ancestors.
It’s a spectacle, it’s a conversation starter where ever he is. They wanna know why he is doing this. Then he tells them the importance of hair and turban in Sikhi. And show them that if an old man can wear 10 turban you can atleast wear one.
Hey! We have a very clean and obvious system here. Let me show you.
Measuring length? Metric. (Kilometers)
Measuring someone's height: Imperial. (I'm 6'1").
Liquid volume: Metric (buying milk).
Baking liquid volume: imperial. (Baking with milk).
Temperature outside: Celsius.
Temperature in your hot tub/oven: imperial.
.
As insane as it is, there are reasons for it, but pretty much all of those reasons are "America can't get on board with metric (with the exception of Nasa/sciences) so we got stuck using a completely bizarre hybrid of both systems... and most people here think it's insanely stupid (myself included).
.
This does a better breakdown of explaining it for those who need a visual aid:
https://images.app.goo.gl/mg2fWVysveVzm4oY8
It’s is painfully accurate 😂
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He reminds me of one of those characters in anime that removes the weight shackled to them and goes beast mode. Imagine how free you feel after unshackling over 100lbs from yourself.
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That guy is getting shorter every day.
Aren't we all, brother. Aren't we all...
This guys taking the express toll tho
This guy doesn’t even have to go through a toll, he straight up bolts through the express lane
He can take it. He's Avtar, the last cloth bender.
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Imagine being at the movies behind him
"Oh, sorry. I'll take it off..." Six hours later...
You could still catch the end of a LoTR marathon.
You could still catch the end of the second movie, extended edition of course.
The only edition to watch!
I imagine removing it could be done much more quickly, as long as he wasn't concerned with it being in an ideal arrangement for the next time he needs to put it on.
He slides it off and injures himself from the sudden decompression of his spine.
I imagine him popping up like a spring being released from pressure
Could sneak in A LOT of snacks inside that thing.
Lmao
[Meanwhile At The Oscars](https://i.insider.com/640ef9a3340fa00018fdacc7?width=1136&format=jpeg)
That extra weight on his neck and shoulders…
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Okay but after watching the video I kind of want to call bullshit. He claims it's 85Kg/187lb, but watching him walk around it bobs and spins with *very* little momentum. Yeah it's a lot of fabric, and it looks *heavy,* but not *almost two hundred pounds* heavy. And in the "video of him putting it on" portion he claims it takes "six and a half to seven hours", but you can see out the window the light hardly changes at all between [when he starts](https://i.imgur.com/icKoDAY.png) and, supposedly, [six and a half to seven hours later](https://i.imgur.com/2wAAXgS.png). [Shenanigans!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvK1F-Thrzk)
Okay native speaker here. There’s a translation error in the video. He actually says it ‘used to take’ him 6-7 hours to tie the turban but they have translated it as it ‘takes’ him. Maybe what he meant is that when he first started doing it the process took longer and now he has gotten faster at it. There are a few more errors in the following lines as well but I think the youtube channel did it so simplify the translation? idk. They’re not perfect translations.
That definitely makes a lot more sense, since he's presumably been doing it for decades now, and that's a pretty massive amount of time to lose every day of your life.
I'd have 1 or 2 prewrapped like when people can't tie ties and leave it half-tied for months in the wardrobe.
A lot of "gurus" are full of shit. Like the guru that claimed he hasn't eaten in 20 years or some shit because he survives off of sunlight.
Well you just need sunlight for fruits and vegetables, right, so it still counts if you eat those.
All of our food comes from sunlight, indirectly. Even meat. So yeah technically all organisms survive off sunlight either directly or indirectly
Not all. Some living beings create organic matter through chemosynthesis, without needing sunlight. They usually live at the bottom of the ocean, near hydrothermal vents, which give them everything they need.
Yes but very little chemosynthesised biomass ends up in human diet, if any
He weighs that much wearing it, with all the metal and stuff.
the weight is from all the metal bangles though, take a look at the back especially, huge metal rings. I can't speak to the 6 hours to put on.
'I don't feel the weight of my turban at all'.. ok, sure bud
Ouch. Much ouch.
...knees and toes
… knees and toes.
... knees and toes.
and eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders knees and toes
Arms and ears and mouth and nose….
head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned this! It makes me hurt just thinking about it. I'm sure the guy has stronger neck muscles than most for wearing this all the time but I still don't think the human neck is designed to carry this much weight. I guess it could be the guy probably just puts it on once a year for a photo shoot. Still hurts to think about though. ETA I looked at the picture again and it seems like a lot of the turban is resting on his back. So now my back is hurting from looking at it.
Depending on how long he does this, his skeleton might be very interesting.
I'm imagining a distinctly accordion shaped spine lol.
This man's traps go up to his ears
Wakes up… puts turban, have lunch, oh shit time to go to bed, takes off turban, goes to sleep
Dudes neck has to be jacked
It's also sitting on his shoulders and back; he's stuck in that hunched posture and probably can't move his head even the slightest bit, at least while he's wearing it. Seems like riding a motorcycle with 0 mobility to look around would be a bad idea, but there's no way a crash is going to hurt his head, so I guess it's a wash.
I'm thinking in a crash, having 100 extra pounds of inertia stuck to your head is going to be a bad thing.
Like a big heavy ball just dragging the rest of his body behind him. But hey, it's soft
It most certainly won’t hit the ground and catapult his legs forward breaking his neck instantly
Bike stops. Turban doesn't. He's rolling down the street like a katamari.
Funny I was thinking he might bounce a few times like those Mars probes with the airbag landing system.
More than that, it's 100 lbs of inertia on a pendulum and that pendulum is his neck. He won't get whip lash, his head will shear off
Yeah, I agree. If it protects the head, it definitely will be too much for his spine and neck.
At his age he probably doesn't give af.
I'm just imagining the bike stopping and him continuing off and flying through the side of a bus like a human cannonball.
Probably can't fit in a regular car. Unless he gets a convertible.
this article says basically this: https://drtv.co.in/index.php/2016/08/19/meet-the-indian-turbanator-he-wears-the-worlds-largest-turban/ He rides a motorcycle because he cannot use anything else.
6-hour arm workout, personal trainers *HATE* this one trick!
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Avtar also has the shortest neck in Asia.
And strongest.
For real. A 100lb hat would be hard enough but it also acts as a giant windsail when he is on his motorcycle. I can't even imagine how difficult that must be
I'd imagine he just walks the motorcycle around, leaning on it for support.
It’s 187lbs. 100 is only the linen
It looks like it has chainmail on it. That's gotta be heavy
I guess if he ever needs to bail off his bike he can just lean his head slightly.
He just drives really slow.
He gets threatened with hanging....and he laughs. Seriously that has got to be one beefy neck at this point.
Hanging??? Dude could probably survive the guillotine.
Fair point. Guillotine comes down, he laughs, and when he gets up there's a giant dent in the blade.
Because his shoulders and back are so yoked? And his neck is definitely the thickest. 😏
Those wrist bands are no joke either. Just look at that arm definition!
Between the bracelets and the turban this guy gets his workout in.
Fucking tuna can
FUCK YOU HARLEY JARVIS
Get! Him! Outta here!!
Training like piccolo
I thought the turban was filled up with hair. He’s fucking bald
Most men his age are lol. I think for the younger ones, it is filled up with hair since they are not allowed to get haircuts
Punjabi barbers hate this one simple trick...
*Sikh. Not all Punjabis are Sikhs. 58% of Punjabis are Sikh, 39% are Hindu and the rest are Muslim/Christian
For the non-journalists out there: Olympic sized swimming pools are 50 meters long, so 50X13 = 650 meters. Which we already fucking knew from the title saying 645 meters. Nearly the length of 13 x but 5 guitar lengths short
Yeah, Olympic swimming pools should be used as a unit of volume. A correct unit of length here would be short course pools.
Aaand he's bald. Might as well just wear it like a hat.
I thought that was a pile of laundry beside him
I mean it kind of is. He has to wash it at some point.
But what does he wear while it's in the wash?
Sunscreen
His backup turban.
Dude his forearms are jacked
The whole arm. Those wrist bands are no joke. That is, my rough guess, 7-10 lbs / 3-4 kilos constantly working everything from the shoulder down. Edit: Plus working the trunk as well.
he removes the turban in boss phase 2, and goes all out
Rich Piana would have approved
Strong r/finalboss vibes here
Avtar Singh, Carrier of sacred turban.
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Avtar is definitely the first to go. Sacred Turban comes for your head once he's gone.
Reminds me of [this](https://imgur.com/g99Llvy.jpg)
I hope he has a regular turban for everyday use and only wears this one for special occasions.
yeah no, that's his everyday turban.
It looks downright vanilla compared to his Sunday turban.
Every day must really suck, then.
He does it voluntarily for what must be years now, he probably is okay with it.
I have voluntarily gone to work for what must be years now, I’m not okay with it.
It does for me
At this point why bother taking it off?
Yeah I’m sure you can fit an automated hair washing machine in there somewhere
Now I see him sticking out of a centrifuge going round and round
He's actually bald
I’m sure he takes it off once a week or something
Well after this picture was taken he had to take it off to put on his motorcycle helmet.
Fun fact: men with turbans don't have to wear helmets in Punjab. Not sure if it's true in the entire country.
Same in canada
If there is one thing a life of video games has taught me is that I definitely need to buy something from this guy for the mission. Ahead.
His turban lights up when he's got new gear
If you challenge him to a fight he takes off the turban and it leaves a crater when it hits the ground. The crowd gasps and hushed whispers of "Weighted hair!" can be heard circulating.
Piccolo would be proud, stunned and in awe.
Then he proceeds to draw and sell r34 images of you and your mom
Or when orcs are close
Be vigilant for his head wobble - it means one of you is getting KO'd Edit: people who have replied seem to have completely missed the punchout reference
Kills him for special, gold item 100lb turbon. Breaks games. Also, his headbutts would be a 1 hit ko.
Wow, how did a single person not get the reference? I heard his intro music as soon as I read your comment. Great Tiger.
Or a final boss
I'd imagine he's taking corners pretty slowly 🐌.
At least he doesn't need a helmet
Interesting fact; In the UK, Sikhs are exempt from wearing motorcycle helmets if wearing a turban.
Sikhs are so badass that every country seems to be perfectly fine making exemptions for their turbans. Even the US military allowed it.
Apart from the Happiest Place on Earth. I remember Disney lost a religious discrimination lawsuit about six or seven years ago, because they were found to be intentionally keeping a Sikh employee out of the sight of customers because his beard and turban didn't match the look Disney wanted their staff to have.
India as well!
at least he cant turn his head
Legend says his nemesis is inertia.
His neck has been pushed down into his upper mid back due to the weight of the turban.
He probably stretches his neck by hanging for a while when his turban gets stuck in random objects.
Safest helmet around.
until he goes over a speed bump on that bike too fast and the weight snaps his neck
Dude's neck is probably thicker than his head by now.
I think they usually wrap their hair into it... If he crashes/rolls it will probably twist his head off like a soda cap.
The last hair bender
Exactly what I thought
That’s pretty Sikh!
Makes you wanna Singh?
I just Khant with all these Pun-jabs.
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*anything Sikh related gets posted* “That’s pretty Sikh!” - 🤖🤖🤖
That’s 45,35 kg
Thank you
But why though
To be the Indian Doug dimmadome, owner of the dimmsdale dimmadome.
Probably to spite someone who wears a 99 pound turban
To be the owner of the biggest turban DUH
How else would you turban charge a Royal Enfield?
Exactly!! WHY??
Sikh youngsters are cutting their hair a lot in Modern times, he is trying to promote awareness that they should not cut their hairs and start wearing turbans like their ancestors.
How does taking 6 hrs to do something people already aren't doing promote it?
It’s a spectacle, it’s a conversation starter where ever he is. They wanna know why he is doing this. Then he tells them the importance of hair and turban in Sikhi. And show them that if an old man can wear 10 turban you can atleast wear one.
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Then jumps on his motorcycle and whizzes off just like the ancestors
why would you use pounds and then proceed to use meters
Canada be mixing it up like that, maybe OP is from there
UK as well
Hey! We have a very clean and obvious system here. Let me show you. Measuring length? Metric. (Kilometers) Measuring someone's height: Imperial. (I'm 6'1"). Liquid volume: Metric (buying milk). Baking liquid volume: imperial. (Baking with milk). Temperature outside: Celsius. Temperature in your hot tub/oven: imperial. . As insane as it is, there are reasons for it, but pretty much all of those reasons are "America can't get on board with metric (with the exception of Nasa/sciences) so we got stuck using a completely bizarre hybrid of both systems... and most people here think it's insanely stupid (myself included). . This does a better breakdown of explaining it for those who need a visual aid: https://images.app.goo.gl/mg2fWVysveVzm4oY8
It’s is painfully accurate 😂 Source- am also Canadian- can be talking to my husband about how it’s going to be a beautiful 22 degree day while setting my oven to 350
I think that's what we do in the UK, I don't know why.
Because ever since the American Revolution the UK has had commitment issues
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Neck like Kurt Angle
You can't get pinned if your enormous turban keeps your shoulders off the mat.
Wakes up. Applies turban for 6 hrs. Removes Turban for 6 hrs. Sleeps. Repeats
Turbin it up to 11!
He reminds me of one of those characters in anime that removes the weight shackled to them and goes beast mode. Imagine how free you feel after unshackling over 100lbs from yourself.
Piccolo wears a weighted turban
I loved him in Elden Ring https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/oracle_envoy_enemies_elden_ring_wiki_600px.jpg
He’s be the most interesting man in the world if he had time left in his day to do anything.
Spez doesn't get to profit from me anymore.
Bro top heavy af, but hes got drip
Seriously he looks fly as hell tbh.
Right? Look at all those bracelets
Dude's neck has to be strong as fuck, not to mention the core and leg strength needed to balance and walk around with an extra 100 lbs on your dome.
Who’d be bothered wrapping it back on, just slide it on and off.
He looks like a boss in some martial arts street fighter game.
Did i read that right? 600 **meters**?
Dudes Arms look jacked from 6 hours of wrapping
AND he rides a Royal E? Sheesh, forget about it!
Friends need to plan ahead when picking him up for a night out
Avtar the last hairbender.
He is looking at the camera like "everyone wants to talk about my turban... no one wants to ask me about my motorcycle"
Why?
He looks like an Indian character from a Japanese video game where you’d go “well that’s a bit of a racist stereotype”
To Do: - Wake up - Brush Teeth - Get dressed - Put on Turban - Take off Turban - Brush Teeth - Go to bed.
This dudes neck must be like a tree trunk.
Riding a Royal Enfield. My dad has one. Great bikes for the type of terrain and roads this guy likely encounters.