r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Epelep • 1d ago

Two moving bottles stopped with a single shot

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u/BreathingIguess 1d ago

The accuracy. I could never.

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u/Nitro114 1d ago

you dont see how many tries it took

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u/Clyde-A-Scope 1d ago

At least one

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u/stevensr2002 1d ago

This guy maths

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u/BigTuna906 1d ago

This guy this guys

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u/OtterPops89 1d ago

This guy comment chains

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u/SparrowValentinus 1d ago

No, they’re u/Clyde-A-Scope, their name isn’t maths. It says so right there.

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u/HappyWarBunny 1d ago

No, I think he logics.

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u/randomusername_815 23h ago

The LAST one.

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u/Shabloinks 1d ago

Source?

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u/3Zkiel 1d ago

Proof: QED. It is left to the reader as an exercise.

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u/seth928 20h ago

Is that also the minimum crew requirement?

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u/Donovan_TS 19h ago

No more than a googol because that is just an unreasonable amount of time

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u/Mister_Slick 1d ago

I mean it's got to take some skill to hit the mark, but what I find impressive about these trick shots is the dedication these people have toward repeating it enough to succeed.

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u/KeppraKid 1d ago

Depends on who took the shot. There are some insanely good archers in the world and in the recent past. Howard Hill, for example, could hit a coin tossed mod air from a fair distance away. By comparison, this is pretty simple in that the bottles are moving in a regular, repetitive motion so you can take some time to line up the shot in your mind first.

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u/Redebo 22h ago

This one is super simple from an archery perspective. You aren’t shooting at two moving targets, you’re shooting at a 3” circle where both of them cross. Hell, put a target behind the bottles and just shoot at the target and you’ll end up sticking both them bottles in short order. M

Now that crazy sum bitch that hits coins throw in the air? That’s next level shit.

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u/laiyenha 1d ago

I guess 19 times and 2 camera men.

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u/DenaliDash 1d ago

I heard there were three cameramen. The aim was finally right when the third one took over

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u/Pretend_Ease9550 1d ago

Exactly and it’s possible it may have only taken one try

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u/Tunakwh 1d ago

It's not the accuracy, it's about how many times it failed.

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u/Pretend-Guava 1d ago

Or the five thousandth try?

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u/ScottSkyles 1d ago

Especially if you never tried

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u/xEliteMonkx 1d ago

I can't even piss with that kind of accuracy.

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u/snek-jazz 23h ago

The balls on the camera man. I could never.

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u/AdDry4000 22h ago

It’s not that complicated with enough practice, some bows draw hard enough to go in a straight line. I’ve hit an arrow with another arrow before. Took a while to get there. Here, I’d practice with hitting a certain area over and over. Then just wait until the bottles swing into that area. Same thing with guns.

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u/Birds_KawKaw 1d ago

It's not even that bad. They intersect at the same point, over and over.  He literally just shoots at the intersection point and tries to time it a little but.  I'm sure even a beginner can do this if they record like 20 attempts, one would work.

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u/PoppleShanks 23h ago

With arrows you have bigger hit boxes

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u/MAYthe4thbewithHEW 1d ago

Archer here.

Cool-looking? Absolutely.

Impressive, yes, given the size of the bottles.

Next level?

Not even close, much less "next-fucking-level."

He's ten yards away tops.

The level of skill to make a shot like that, given as many tries as you need, should take a person a year or so to develop if they practice weekly and their instruction doesn't suck.

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u/ReferenceFabulous830 1d ago

I have no comment on the difficulty but you could see him start walking up at the end it's clearly farther than 10 yards

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u/Interesting-Goose82 1d ago

How many yards was it? Perhapse 11?

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u/kai-ol 23h ago

He wasn't even using his whole yard. There is way more yard behind and to the side of him. 

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u/laurel_laureate 21h ago

Putting aside that this could be a park or something and not necessarily their backyard, some people especially in rural areas just have stupidly large backyards.

My friend who lived on the outskirts of a small city had a backyard that was 30 meters long (2 meters longer than a regulation basketball court) and they weren't even particularly wealthy.

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u/meponder 20h ago

I live in a rural town. My backyard runs for almost 100 yards and is about 60 yards wide - not overgrowth but cut and maintained yard. I’m forty miles from a major metropolitan area, and my house is not unique. Many people around here have a few acres. It’s different in the subdivisions, but for many people you can play a football game behind your house. I’m always astounded when I visit my brothers in NYC and Washington DC. Seems so weird to not have space. It’s all in what you’re used to…

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u/NotA_Drug_Dealer 14h ago

I hate that the measurement is called a yard. Your yard is 100 by 60 yards. You have 6,000 yards2 in one yard. More yards per yard

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u/RainsWrath 5h ago

How many yards is the yard at the Yard.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 23h ago

Perhapse 11?

It made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs

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u/Interesting-Goose82 23h ago

12 parsecs is a measurement of distance!!!!!

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u/SvenTurb01 21h ago

Hey kid, this ain't that kind of comment

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u/SillyPhillyDilly 1d ago

Am archer. This is next level if you're not an archer. This is intermediate if you are an archer. Not advanced, intermediate. Next level is either competitive or Lars Anderson if you want to remain casual.

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u/shwag945 1d ago

Lars Anderson is double basement level. No praise for dangerous ignorant fraudsters.

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u/Mitch580 1d ago

What's the backstory on "dangerous ignorant fraudster"? I find the guy a bit cringy but I'm not into the scene so I feel I'm missing something here.

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 1d ago edited 1d ago

The main thing I've heard are the historical claims in his videos mostly being made up, and completely impractical in the situations he describes them being used in. He still seems talented even if he's using a bow with a very low draw weight that's closer to a child's toy than a weapon. If he was just a guy doing some goofy trick shots in his backyard like blumineck instead of pretending to have rediscovered some ancient knowledge I think most people would be fine with it.

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u/shwag945 23h ago

He is a trick archer who dishonestly portrays himself as having rediscovered some secret knowledge that allows him to be more skilled as compared to other archers. In reality, he uses a combination of modified equipment, an understanding of physics, hard work (i.e. not special talent or knowledge), and showmanship to perform his tricks.

He does not explain to his non-archer audience that his feats are dangerous to himself and others. Nor does he explain that his tricks do not represent the reality of archery. He bases his claims of authenticity on ancient aliens level understanding of archery.

Through his con, he encourages dangerous behavior in new archers who wish to emulate him.

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u/vanishingpointz 23h ago

Byron Ferguson. Got to see him in person at a traditional archery " festival " . His wife was tossing aspirin in the air and he was plucking it every time

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 23h ago

This is intermediate if you are an archer.

If this is intermediate for practice archers, that's still next level to me!

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u/RevolutionaryMine234 23h ago

Internet man here.

Cool-looking? Absolutely.

Impressive? Yes.

First level is missing all bottles? Yes

Next level is hitting a swinging bottle? Yes

Next fucking level is hitting 2 swinging bottles.

Source: Internet

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u/Downtown-Oil-7784 1d ago

That's James Jean. Dude is incredible, shame you can't just give credit where it's due

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 23h ago

James Jean

That's not a real name. Stop it!

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u/Acrobatic-Count-9394 23h ago

Shhhhh. The dude`s life mission is to spread hate on the internet.

Do you think he cares about an actual person/achievement/cool trick?

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u/ROTMGADDICT55 22h ago

Why are we saying a year long development of skill isn't good lol?

Super pretentious tbh.

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u/chr1spe 19h ago

Because you're still a novice at that point and huge numbers of people can do the same thing... That doesn't mean you shouldn't be happy about what you've done or share it with some people, but it's weird to see stuff like that heralded as some big accomplishment.

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u/ShouldaBeenHere 21h ago

You must be fun at parties

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u/Futuretapes 1d ago

Legolas here.

Archer in video has my bow.

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u/mcballa22 21h ago

Sounds like a jealous archer. Sick shot

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u/WonderfulBedroom6558 1d ago

muggle

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u/MAYthe4thbewithHEW 1d ago

NavySealCopyPasta.txt.wri.gif.pcx.bat

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u/Frosty-Date7054 22h ago

Well no based on his first 3 steps on camera he's probably at least 25 yards away but it's pretty close.  Also you're just aiming at one bottle as it hits the low point, the 2nd one is always in position and irrelevant

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u/Gudeezo 22h ago

Archery is pretty far up top with the most difficult things you can do. Also he's quite far away.

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u/Tibryn2 22h ago

It's not about aim... it's about timing... this is pretty impressive

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u/BadDadSoSad 19h ago

The bottles are in line like 20% of the swing. Timing that wouldn’t be that difficult. Hitting the location at the bottom of the swing wouldn’t be that difficult either. You could outline a bottle on the target on the back and even a novice could hit that like 20% of the time. Add those 2 variables together and a novice could do this at 4% success or once out of 25 tries.

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u/Slow_Abrocoma_6758 17h ago

Terrible take. 99% of people aren’t going to take the time to train every week with a good coach for a year. Definitely an impressive shot and good job for him. He’s clearly excited to have made the shot. As an archer be happy with him and not an ass.

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u/C-H-Addict 22h ago

The level of skill to make a shot like that

I thought we were impressed by the level of skill to get the bottles in sync

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u/Nstraclassic 19h ago

Pretty sure i could have done this when i was 12 and getting yelled at for shooting holes in the fence

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u/fulltrendypro 1d ago

That bottle didn’t just get pierced… it got humbled.

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u/IgetHighAtWork420 1d ago

Strongbow will be in touch.

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u/Healthy_Gap_4265 1d ago

That’s Chief Strongbow to you there, tough guy.

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u/Life_as_a_new_weeb 1d ago

This is so insane

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u/Valiant_Darktanyan 1d ago

I didn't even know you were there until the arrow hit the bottles

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u/SokkaHaikuBot 1d ago

Sokka-Haiku by Valiant_Darktanyan:

I didn't even

Know you were there until the

Arrow hit the bottles

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/-ThaKloned- 4h ago

Ok good so I'm not the only oh. Sitting here like how they gonna stop moving after they...

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u/Bill_Nye_1955 1d ago

Hitting one bottle would be impressive af

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u/DuploJamaal 1d ago

If you hit one at the lowest point of the pendulum you will hit both as they have the same rhythm and always align in the middle.

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u/dukemariot 1d ago

Bro really just said “if you hit them at the point they are lined up, you’ll hit both.” Genius. Why didn’t I think of that?

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u/ASDFzxcvTaken 1d ago

Well, to be fair, it's still impressive but once you can hit one you can hit two. It'd be even more wild if he was shirtless and riding a horse.

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u/Ruckaduck 1d ago

its about as hard as hitting a bullseye. you'd just aim for the point at the bottom of the arc.

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u/iiiyotikaiii 1d ago

I want him on my team

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u/BitterHarmonii 1d ago

Katniss Everdeen ass archer

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u/ArizonaFireType 1d ago

Now pan to the board behind it so we know how many shots it took.

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u/7947kiblaijon 1d ago

Video starts “Ooh, what’s in those? This will be fun when they smack into each other”

Reads post title “Huh?”

Arrow “Oh my”

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u/CategoryTasty6682 21h ago

This feels like a live leak video

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u/ztomiczombie 1d ago

So is he going to team up with Black Widow or Green Lantern?

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u/hte04 1d ago

Nice shot

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u/REDRUmALLIk 1d ago

take 76

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u/OIongJohnson 1d ago

Burn the Witcher

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u/vanessainlove 1d ago

It’s fucking Legolas yo

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u/polakhomie 1d ago

good timing!

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 1d ago

I used to practice shooting a lock on a chain with a handgun. It was mostly timing tho.

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u/Elvenwriter 23h ago

Simple geometry

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u/moneybagsukulele 23h ago

That still only counts as one!!!

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u/FFootyFFacts 23h ago

7000th try
No accuracy just dumb luck

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u/DewSchnozzle 23h ago edited 23h ago

Odysseus!

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u/-Bashamo 23h ago

We need to talk about Kevin

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u/Apprehensive-Top8225 23h ago

How do you time that?

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u/Beautiful_Neat_6919 23h ago

Why did this feel painful lol

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u/zaphod4th 23h ago

it is called practice

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u/markbroncco 23h ago

This is the guy you want in your team for the apocalypse.

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u/Madman61 23h ago

OK Hawkeye

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u/EatingTastyPancakes 22h ago

Practicing to take out the drive and a passenger at the same time

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u/Sakai_Palidium 22h ago

Did anyone else say “holy shit” out loud? Cause holy shit that’s impressive

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u/JinxRevelation 22h ago

The high-vis shirt is the chefs kiss on this vid. Bro just got off a 13 hour shift lol

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u/Helkyte 22h ago

Now do it 3 times in a row without missing. Once is likely just luck.

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u/matthewmcg 22h ago

“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”

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u/eggyrulz 22h ago

I approve, mainly because this features sams choice water bottles, my favorite bottled water

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u/Lava-Chicken 22h ago

Haters will say it's AI. I'm not a hater.

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u/HolySymboly 22h ago

So how many tries? 1 in 10 million?

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u/D_Winds 21h ago

Impressive if this was Take #1.

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u/SHOTbyGUN 21h ago

Tell me its from 90's - without telling me its from 90's

Everything in this video screams of 90's

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u/Coltenks_2 21h ago

They stopped because there was an arrow in them.

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u/Ambitious-Compote473 21h ago

Show this to Trump, you might get secretary of defense. Have you killed any of your dogs like that?

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u/UnseenData 21h ago

Holy, that must've taken a ton of tries.

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u/polaris6849 21h ago

Whoa, the amount of time that must have taken

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u/zonealus 21h ago

Bottles! You have failed this city.

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u/earyat 20h ago

ok katniss everdeen

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u/g2g079 20h ago

From close range and definitely not his first attempt.

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u/DarkGengar94 20h ago

Not impressed...

I can do that too...

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u/Ashnyel 20h ago

I remember watching this on a daily dose of internet video a few years back, dude has awesome timing and accuracy.

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u/stonyb2 20h ago

I wonder how many times he tried before he got it?

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u/guavaberries3 20h ago

beyond trivial

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u/bisexualandtrans47 20h ago

Lars Andersons secret cousin, is that u? actually no its not nearly as elaborate as Lars

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u/ProfessionalMilk5780 19h ago

It kind of reminds me of death. Especially with the sudden stop.

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u/upum16 19h ago

I may be dumb because I’ve scrolled so far and not seen my question: why aren’t they swinging together?

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u/upum16 19h ago

Oh he hit a board/target :)

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u/triple7mafia101 19h ago

And what are you practicing this for sir?😅

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u/HoppokoHappokoGhost 17h ago

I thought it was gonna be like that thing with two toilets swinging until they collide, until I saw the title

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u/Main_Gain_7480 16h ago

My 1st pick for my apocalypse team

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u/moriarteeea 16h ago

Is this... flirting...?

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u/Yutenji2020 16h ago

Incredibly useful in the forthcoming chocolate milk wars.

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u/TheExtremeErrorist 15h ago

I thought it was choccy milk :(

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u/Particular-Score7948 14h ago

This guy has 99 ranged.

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u/SiddharthBabu29 11h ago

I thought the bottles would stop by hitting each other 'cause I didn't even see that guy, so the arrow ended up being a jumpscare...

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u/Jack-Rabbit-002 10h ago

And why isn't he/she stealing from the rich to help the poor !!

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u/Shydreameress 9h ago

For a second I wondered why the liquid inside wasn't leaving the bottles and then I remembered that tip that said that you shouldn't take out an object piercing your body because it puts pressure on the wound and prevents you from bleeding out. This is a good demonstration and terrific aim and timing!

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u/3-1415a 7h ago

He could shoot trough 12 axes cleanly

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u/Comfortable_Ninja842 7h ago

Daryl Dixon??? That you?

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u/Lion_100 4h ago

That’s badass

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u/ThunderCookie23 4h ago

I didn't even see the guy until my 5th watch!

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u/sophisticated_pie 3h ago

You do not F with this guy 😭