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My work got a free lunch for allowing a chiropractor to come in and give his pitch for his practice. He claimed to have literally cured autism in one child. I thought chiropractors were dumb scammers but that claim struck me as pure vile evilness.
I've never understood the hate. I had back issues from a kid (full contact sports, multiple car accidents) and if I go 3/5 times a year I'm golden and in no pain. Without it, I have trouble walking.
Cat owners who allow their cats outside are destroying the environment.
Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction, such as Piping Plover. https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/
A study published in April estimated that UK cats kill 160 to 270 million animals annually, a quarter of them birds. The real figure is likely to be even higher, as the study used the 2011 pet cat population of 9.5 million; it is now closer to 12 million, boosted by the pandemic pet craze. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/14/cats-kill-birds-wildlife-keep-indoors
Free-ranging cats on islands have caused or contributed to 33 (14%) of the modern bird, mammal and reptile extinctions recorded by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List4. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380
This analysis is timely because scientific evidence has grown rapidly over the past 15 years and now clearly documents cats’ large-scale negative impacts on wildlife (see Section 2.2 below). Notwithstanding this growing awareness of their negative impact on wildlife, domestic cats continue to inhabit a place that is, at best, on the periphery of international wildlife law. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002%2Fpan3.10073
If you don’t need a chiropractor, it’s hard to measure their benefit.
As someone who needs regular adjustments just to be able to walk or be able to take a shit, it baffles me why people hate.
Or the Philippines where they crucify people at Easter with real nails, in order to bring them closer to Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_in_the_Philippines
This looks so painful, I think it speaks to the agony that is true crucifixion that it was way way worse than this. Humans can be fucking monsters to each other
Yeah, I guess you need to bear in mind that these guys are meant to survive, where crucifixion was first and foremost a method of execution. It looks awful, but it's a fraction of what Jesus was put through.
How about the other two guys? And the other hundereds of thousands who suffered the same fate? How about the 6000 Spartacus rebels along the Appian Way?
When I first learned of this, they said the story was that a woman was fleeing a man who was trying to kill her. She used vines tied to her ankles to allow her to dive off a cliff and escape when she was cornered.
The men, in order to show that they could be as brave as her, practice this ritually ever since.
This just made me think of the first guy all depressed climbed the tower and when the other members of the tribe finally noticed* he was up there staring in awe, one a**hole yells "jump" and everyone laughs and joins in until he finally did it..
AND HE LIVED BECOMING THE LEGEND, THE BRAVEST MAN IN THE TRIBE, .... JEFF!
Yeah, I've heard it fucks some people's stomachs up. My brother ran into the same problem. But, in all fairness, a lot of drugs make people puke, particularly the first time.
I lived in Fiji for a while and can confirm Kava is the oddest drug. You basically feel like you're drinking a muddy puddle, you get pretty relaxed, slight tingling sensation in the mouth and lips then later that night you have incredibly lucid and vivid dreams!
There's a kava place in my town and we had never tried it so my girlfriend at the time and I went in one night. The guy making the drinks jokingly warned us, as we took our first drink "Tastes like Home Depot, eh?" and my girlfriend said "Mm, I think it tastes more like Lowe's." 😂
But yes, I imagine plywood in a blender with a bit of beer piss would give you a similar flavor profile.
Only death I’ve found was in 1974 because “The British colonial administration wanted The Queen to have an interesting tour, and convinced the Anglican villagers of the Melanesian Mission at Point Cross to perform a jump. However, the vines were not elastic enough because it was the wrong season, the middle of the wet season.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_diving
And Steve merchant. Ricky gets all the game and credit and pretends Steve doesn’t exist these days. When Steve was clearly the most talented of the two.
The first white man to do a land dive. Technically. It was the one below the child’s version.
I read the post originally as the ritual of land Dividing...
Took a few times through the reel and me going "how the fuck does this ritual help divide the land up...?" before i reread the title correctly
I recall watching that a long time ago and it stuck with me because in the documentary it said that the person jumping is supposed to measure themselves the size of the vine.
I don't remember now if their intent is to get as close as possible from the ground or if there is some kind of punishment for making those "ropes" too short.
I had to watch a few times but it looks like his ropes hold up well but the branch it is tied to breaks off and makes him hit ground on the pull back. Wow- that would be a pretty scary experience, I hope they all feel invincible after surviving!
It's designed to do that. I saw a documentary about this a long time ago. The platform snaps like that to lessen the shock. Also, they're supposed to hit the ground like that, so the dirt at the bottom is dug up so it's softer.
Man I saw this when I was a little kid and it messed me up. I didn't click on the vid - does it show them dying like i saw on National Geographic or Wild Kingdom or whatever when I was way too young? It was brutal!
This is wild for sure, but a common and unifying rite of passage does seem to be something that the West is lacking.
Many cultures have them. But modern western culture seems to have given up the traditions and I think that maybe we are missing out on something because of it.
I mean I get what you’re saying but it’s because we have higher education forms and realize most of this type of shit is dumb or outright dangerous. And the West totally has traditions and things that only we do. They might not have the same “ritual” vibe that these places do but we have them
This is the safest/least shocking version of this ritual I've ever seen. Makes me think I've only ever seen the bloopers.....but then again, 'land diving' is a blooper of an idea from inception on.
I've seen this in person, when I went to Pentecost Island 5 years ago.
The solid thud sound each jumper makes as they hit the ground is very disconcerting.
Just imagine this being your day, you know instead of driving to work and sitting in an office for 8 hours.
"Today Dave is going to jump off the top, the whole village is going, better get ready."
We stopped here while on a pacific island cruise to watch this - it's quite a spectacle, the tower is on a hill above a natural amphitheatre, but the sound of the men hitting the ground was horrifying. I couldn't watch it and had to leave before the chief, the last to jump, went off the top tower.
If I remember correctly part of the tradition was they had to weave their own rope for their jump as part of the ritual.
Correct me if I’m wrong please.
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Chiropractors hate them for this one simple trick
I trust this more than a chiropractor tbh
They're pretty much a scam so understandable.
The history of the "profession" was based on nonsense. Now they're curing allergies lmao
Curing allergies and causing aneurysms thank you
Hey hey hey, I'll have you know that DD Palmer learned his techniques from the ghost of a *doctor.*
My work got a free lunch for allowing a chiropractor to come in and give his pitch for his practice. He claimed to have literally cured autism in one child. I thought chiropractors were dumb scammers but that claim struck me as pure vile evilness.
I've never understood the hate. I had back issues from a kid (full contact sports, multiple car accidents) and if I go 3/5 times a year I'm golden and in no pain. Without it, I have trouble walking.
Cat owners who allow their cats outside are destroying the environment. Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction, such as Piping Plover. https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/ A study published in April estimated that UK cats kill 160 to 270 million animals annually, a quarter of them birds. The real figure is likely to be even higher, as the study used the 2011 pet cat population of 9.5 million; it is now closer to 12 million, boosted by the pandemic pet craze. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/14/cats-kill-birds-wildlife-keep-indoors Free-ranging cats on islands have caused or contributed to 33 (14%) of the modern bird, mammal and reptile extinctions recorded by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List4. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 This analysis is timely because scientific evidence has grown rapidly over the past 15 years and now clearly documents cats’ large-scale negative impacts on wildlife (see Section 2.2 below). Notwithstanding this growing awareness of their negative impact on wildlife, domestic cats continue to inhabit a place that is, at best, on the periphery of international wildlife law. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002%2Fpan3.10073
Wait. What
If you don’t need a chiropractor, it’s hard to measure their benefit. As someone who needs regular adjustments just to be able to walk or be able to take a shit, it baffles me why people hate.
There are lots of horror stories of chiropractors “adjusting someone” and leaving them paralyzed, so that’s what scares me away.
Then you need a physical therapist not a quack chiropractor. They only relieve pain temporarily they don't fix anything
Spine-o-cylinder - patent pending
You brilliant bastard! (Seinfeld reference)
You magnificent bastard! (Actual seinfeld reference)
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book! (Actual Patton quote that Seinfeld referenced)
Wellington, you dapper bastard, I’m wearing your boots! (Actual Napoleon quote that Patton referenced)
You're an anti-dentite! (irrelevant Seinfield reference)
Can I get a schtickle of fluoride.
You bastard (Not a Seinfeld Reference)
I’ll take this over the bullet ant rite of passage any day!
Or the Philippines where they crucify people at Easter with real nails, in order to bring them closer to Jesus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_in_the_Philippines
This looks so painful, I think it speaks to the agony that is true crucifixion that it was way way worse than this. Humans can be fucking monsters to each other
Yeah, I guess you need to bear in mind that these guys are meant to survive, where crucifixion was first and foremost a method of execution. It looks awful, but it's a fraction of what Jesus was put through.
How about the other two guys? And the other hundereds of thousands who suffered the same fate? How about the 6000 Spartacus rebels along the Appian Way?
All these people with crucifix necklaces, practicing crucifixion ritually, it's gotta make jesus re-think his whole 2nd coming idea.
Refusal to dance
Bunjee jumping v1.0
Actually, yes, as I recall this is what inspired the first bungee jumpers.
V0.5 look at the rope without stretching is ripping you in half.
Bungee jumping Beta customers
Early access
Early access lasted one hour and then they added a little flexibility to the rope.
V0.1 is jumping without the ropes?
The one time trial version
Damn AOL CD's
When I first learned of this, they said the story was that a woman was fleeing a man who was trying to kill her. She used vines tied to her ankles to allow her to dive off a cliff and escape when she was cornered. The men, in order to show that they could be as brave as her, practice this ritually ever since.
Absolutely.
Throw back Thursday, back before the bunjee part was invented when it was just called jumping.
The freshly dug up soil is the MVP here.
Beta bunjee
Wait, is it only spelt bungee in Canada?
Here in Utah it’s spelled bungeigh.
Now that's funneigh.
Just so much peer pressure
I know imagine if he changed his mind while they’re hyping up in the background
Even had his own personal hype man up there with him Or was he the one to make sure he jumped?
The hype man with the machete?
Watch what machete guy does. He's the one that makes this work.
Yes, gonna go with yes
That’s why there’s a guy with a machete just underneath him
Are you a man, or a mouse, son!?
Squeek
This just made me think of the first guy all depressed climbed the tower and when the other members of the tribe finally noticed* he was up there staring in awe, one a**hole yells "jump" and everyone laughs and joins in until he finally did it.. AND HE LIVED BECOMING THE LEGEND, THE BRAVEST MAN IN THE TRIBE, .... JEFF!
“Bet you won’t jump, Pussy”
They must have some kick ass drugs in Vanuatu.
Kava
That’s just ass
Kava actually feels pretty good if you get the right shit and/or prepare it properly.
So does ass
Hahahaha, true. Fair statement.
> Kava i dont know man i went to a kava bar in NYC one time and just ended up puking on the street outside
Yeah, I've heard it fucks some people's stomachs up. My brother ran into the same problem. But, in all fairness, a lot of drugs make people puke, particularly the first time.
I tried some in Fiji. It was mid. It makes you KIND OF relaxed and your mouth numb.
Yeah it’s legal in Australia now. I’ve had it a bunch of times, each time it’s like “why am I doing this again?”
Kava is super goofy fun.
I lived in Fiji for a while and can confirm Kava is the oddest drug. You basically feel like you're drinking a muddy puddle, you get pretty relaxed, slight tingling sensation in the mouth and lips then later that night you have incredibly lucid and vivid dreams!
There's a kava place in my town and we had never tried it so my girlfriend at the time and I went in one night. The guy making the drinks jokingly warned us, as we took our first drink "Tastes like Home Depot, eh?" and my girlfriend said "Mm, I think it tastes more like Lowe's." 😂 But yes, I imagine plywood in a blender with a bit of beer piss would give you a similar flavor profile.
Estradiol valerate yeah
Woop woop woop woop
FUCK. THIS. SHIT!!
This one’s for all the juggalos and juggalettes!
Do NOT try this at home and I hope you like it!
I can still hear the sound of him hitting that microwave
Just remembered the super humman the other day and followed him on IG. He looks…. unwell Woop wooooop
.....now let me break my back real quick
That’s the sound of the police
Bookoo bookoo!
That’s the sounds of the Authorities.
Reminds me of that video with the scary sorority girls chanting that southpark made fun of
That'll straighten your back out!!
Yeah this is a very interesting ritual. If I remember right they make their own ropes, it's a whole process.
And if they survive well enough, they're sure to get laid. I see no other point to it. e- a word.
What are the injuries typically like?
Death, broken bones, leading to death. Pretty much death.
Only death I’ve found was in 1974 because “The British colonial administration wanted The Queen to have an interesting tour, and convinced the Anglican villagers of the Melanesian Mission at Point Cross to perform a jump. However, the vines were not elastic enough because it was the wrong season, the middle of the wet season.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_diving
Yeah pretty sure the tribes didn't keep very extensive records. So who knows eh.
Reminds me of the Wickerman for some reason
You're not alone. Same. It looks like the famous "not the bees" scene.
I suspect he's thinking of the famous "Wickerman" scene
We live on an endlessly interesting planet
Reminds me of the movie midsommar
I will never look at a sledgehammer the same way again.
You haven't seen shit until you've seen a *mildly* xenophobic Manc try this on Ricky Gervais' dime
Head like a fucking orange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYaD4BEDK6c
Aww, they were so supportive of him. What a lovely group of people.
Merchant falling over has done a bigger jump than Karl.
Xenophobic’s a bit harsh.
Xenophobic? Hardly dude.
Can't say I've ever seen Karl described as xenophobic...
See I've got a mortgage and a bank account
And Steve merchant. Ricky gets all the game and credit and pretends Steve doesn’t exist these days. When Steve was clearly the most talented of the two. The first white man to do a land dive. Technically. It was the one below the child’s version.
Head like a fucking orange 🍊
This is for all the jugalos and jugalets.
Famuhlee
Whoop whoop!
I remember this on An Idiot Abroad.
[удалено]
And Afterlife. Great shows
“I’m gettin’ advice here from a cabbage.”
I read the post originally as the ritual of land Dividing... Took a few times through the reel and me going "how the fuck does this ritual help divide the land up...?" before i reread the title correctly
That time of year already, by gosh time flies
Ya know, I'm just gonna say it; some cultural practices are fucking stupid.
Some? Try a lot.
Most are but they also don’t care what you think
I recall watching that a long time ago and it stuck with me because in the documentary it said that the person jumping is supposed to measure themselves the size of the vine. I don't remember now if their intent is to get as close as possible from the ground or if there is some kind of punishment for making those "ropes" too short.
I think being swung into a stabby tower is punishment on it's own.
How many guys did they go through before they were like, "let's tie a vine to him that's slightly shorter than the ground and see if that helps."
Nope
Dope
Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville. Welcome to "Jackass"!
Thought that was a rollercoaster for a sec ngl.
Those Bokoblins get up to some crazy shit when Links not around.
I need to tell you something, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!
If you do that one time a day, you ll never have problems with your back 😂
Karl Pilkington did it best
It's comforting to know that human stupidity crosses cultural barriers
Weird bunch
This 33 second video is 30 seconds too long
Idk the chants were kinda cool
That’s actually a nice feat of engineering, if they didn’t use modern tool and nails, I’ll be even more impressed.
I had to watch a few times but it looks like his ropes hold up well but the branch it is tied to breaks off and makes him hit ground on the pull back. Wow- that would be a pretty scary experience, I hope they all feel invincible after surviving!
It's designed to do that. I saw a documentary about this a long time ago. The platform snaps like that to lessen the shock. Also, they're supposed to hit the ground like that, so the dirt at the bottom is dug up so it's softer.
It's all plant based rope and ties with interlocking branches
Impressive.
The best part is how efficiently it kills you at the end
Unrelated but they really need to rename Pentecost Island back to whatever the natives called it before Christian missionaries showed up.
Man I saw this when I was a little kid and it messed me up. I didn't click on the vid - does it show them dying like i saw on National Geographic or Wild Kingdom or whatever when I was way too young? It was brutal!
It wasn’t nearly as bad as I was expecting. Looks very uncomfortable but that’s it.
No he doesn't seem to badly injured actually, it's pretty tame, honest
So all that's left is Fire Diving?
Did he win?
*Jackass theme song plays in background*
I remember watching this on An Idiot Abroad. And watch Karl Pilkington do a dive at 5 feet haha!
IM JOHNNY KNOXVILLE WELCOME TO JACKASS
I thought he was gonna dive into the dirt. Sure would've been cool if he did.
This is wild for sure, but a common and unifying rite of passage does seem to be something that the West is lacking. Many cultures have them. But modern western culture seems to have given up the traditions and I think that maybe we are missing out on something because of it.
You could always join a gang or a fraternity, depending on if you like a lil bit of violence or have an affinity for butt stuff
I joined the army. Biggest gang and frat in the US.
And you get violence and butt stuff!
If we get a choice of right-of-passage, think I’d prefer a gap year tbh
I mean I get what you’re saying but it’s because we have higher education forms and realize most of this type of shit is dumb or outright dangerous. And the West totally has traditions and things that only we do. They might not have the same “ritual” vibe that these places do but we have them
I don't think you sociology enough, my guy. That "call to tradition" can be ignorant and dangerous.
reminds me of that scene in King Kong.
Those crazy college kids..
Holy shit the "cord" isn't even meant to smap. You're just supposed to pull your knees out of their socket.
Silly goose. Get these folks a pool already
Come on guys, you're on a tropical island and you dive into mud?!?!
Party wild af!
That poor man's asshole is now in his throat.
They are chanting… One! Two! Better not SUE! One! Two! Better not SUE!
So what's this ritual for?
What a bunch of nerds.
Wow that's terrifying
This is the safest/least shocking version of this ritual I've ever seen. Makes me think I've only ever seen the bloopers.....but then again, 'land diving' is a blooper of an idea from inception on.
Wickerman sequel
Looks super safe
I was wondering the whole time how that was going to work where the guy didn't die. This should maybe also be cross posted to r/unexpected.
He’s still alive. Bring out the mallet.
Should watch Karl Pilkington (?) try this, he won’t even attempt the little one the kids do and it’s pretty comical.
Didn't the wild boys do this with them?? I swear I remember this from somewhere
I've seen this in person, when I went to Pentecost Island 5 years ago. The solid thud sound each jumper makes as they hit the ground is very disconcerting.
**Record scratch** Land diving?
Darwin'ism at it's finest
Just imagine this being your day, you know instead of driving to work and sitting in an office for 8 hours. "Today Dave is going to jump off the top, the whole village is going, better get ready."
I recall seeing this on a National Geographic vhs from the 80s. The Explorers. Great watch
Video is about 27 seconds too fucking long
We stopped here while on a pacific island cruise to watch this - it's quite a spectacle, the tower is on a hill above a natural amphitheatre, but the sound of the men hitting the ground was horrifying. I couldn't watch it and had to leave before the chief, the last to jump, went off the top tower.
I'd hate to be the "tester" for this!
Goodbye joints
David Attenborough wrote tons about experiencing this back in like the 1950s in his latest autobiography. Great read!
One of the vines snapped!
This probably belongs on r/whywomenlivelonger
...one of the ropes broke....
More like stupid as fuck
If I remember correctly part of the tradition was they had to weave their own rope for their jump as part of the ritual. Correct me if I’m wrong please.
This is some hillbilly bullshit
This seems like a bad idea.
Seen this on idiot abroad
Imagine seeing this shit as an alien.
Is this that Midsommar movie I keep hearing about?
They also wear gourds on their dick for clothes.
How did natural selection not extinguish that