Epic Yard Sales IG

[AlpedHuez]

An Instagram channel I stumbled across

 

[Scrundy]

Good thing nobody was in his path

 

[Ken_R]

Good thing nobody was in his path

Very close call, that could have had a tragic ending.

 

[dbostedo]

Do they call them "garage sales" in Europe? I've always called them "yard sales".

 

[newboots]

I don't find those videos funny. I am too worried about injury and pain, and (as most of us have, at one time or another) I have been there. Not that harrowing, but scary anyhow.

 

[dbostedo]

But "garage sales" are pretty much the same thing as "yard sales," whether inside the garage or out in the yard.

(Super nit-picking, sorry)

Oh sure, they mean the same thing. But "yard sale" is a technical term.

 

[Ogg]

But "garage sales" are pretty much the same thing as "yard sales," whether inside the garage or out in the yard.

(Super nit-picking, sorry)

Garage sale doesn't really evoke the same image in the context of skiing, IMO, even though the terms are largely interchangeable in their common use.

 

[newboots]

Oops! I edited that out too late - you guys had already commented. Hah!

 

[cantunamunch]

I don't find those videos funny. I am too worried about injury and pain, and (as most of us have, at one time or another) I have been there. Not that harrowing, but scary anyhow.

Eh, at this point the only question is whether you will get followers from <content here> or whether someone will repost your content for their own channel. For more followers than you could get.

Actually funny content is a luxury.

 

[oldschoolskier]

Garage sale in our area.

 

[AlpedHuez]

Yes I meant to title this Yard sale - if an Admin can edit that please.

I agree that the particular video I posted could have easily had a lot worse outcome. My intent was simply to draw attention to the IG account in general, not that video in particular, although it was the one that drew me to the account.

 

[dbostedo]

if an Admin can edit that please.

Done.

 

[wooglin]

Done.

Shoot. I was having fun picturing a multi family garage sale in a 5 bay garage.

 

[crgildart]

It looks like a typical hold my beer stunt. Person filming was set up there just to capture that person's certain disaster. And the guy even smiled and nodded at them as they skidded by. It does appear they tried to wait until the traffic was low when they started out too.. Still a close call near the end though..

 

[no edge]

I didn't like what I saw with the extent of out of control skiing. There was a small kid near the bottom who changes direction because he saw the fallen skier coming. If he didn't change there could have been a really bad crash and the kid would have gotten banged up.

 

[newboots]

Yes I meant to title this Yard sale - if an Admin can edit that please.

I agree that the particular video I posted could have easily had a lot worse outcome. My intent was simply to draw attention to the IG account in general, not that video in particular, although it was the one that drew me to the account.

Don't worry. I think a lot of people find this stuff funny. I have never been able to tolerate slapstick humor (pratfalls, fake fighting, etc.); even as a child I realized it never seemed funny to me. I was too busy cringing or trying not to look. Yes, I grew up to be an empathic psychologist.

 

[newboots]

I didn't like what I saw with the extent of out of control skiing. There was a small kid near the bottom who changes direction because he saw the fallen skier coming. If he didn't change there could have been a really bad crash and the kid would have gotten banged up.

Yikes! That was really close. Those are the guys who need their passes pulled. That kid could even have been killed given the speed and complete lack of control of the "falling" skier.

 

[AlpedHuez]

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