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[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

My lord. Whoever planned that is a fucking genius.

[-] magikmw@lemm.ee 35 points 10 months ago

Red Bull, if anything has amazing marketing teams.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

The alt-right is nothing without their marketing.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago
[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry, did you sleep through any class that covered 1925-45 global events? ๐Ÿซฃ

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Is there anything more specific to connect Red Bull and alt-right? I'm not exactly a fan of Red Bull, but I wonder if there's any real reason to avoid them

Edit: I see in another comment

Servus TV is a TV station based in Wals-Siezenheim in the Austrian state of Salzburg and owned by Red Bull Media House GmbH, a subsidiary of Red Bull GmbH ... It is politically aligned with the far right.

which is not a 100% convincing of what company as a whole is, but indeed is not good

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

At the end, he did the thing Jamie Hyneman wasn't allowed to do

[-] SoleInvictus 4 points 10 months ago

I didn't notice his motion relative to the background the first time and rewatching it with this in mind makes the video even cooler.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

In Poland they only get BMX once per year if good harvest.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 23 points 10 months ago

Introduction to physics professors everywhere are salivating.

[-] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

I know I'm a moron but isn't this just purely visual? Like wouldn't this be the same as doing it on the ground? Still looks really cool regardless but as far as degree of difficulty isn't this just pretty much as hard as doing it anywhere else? I know this is extraordinarily difficult stuff anyways and it's still impressive, I just don't really get the point of the train other than just kinda looking neat cause of the frame of reference.

[-] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

It's basically the same as doing it on the ground, except here you get hit by a train if you mess up.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I'd say a bit more difficult, dude is managing his exact speed to stay in frame.

[-] courval@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Yes, look again, it's a commercial.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

John Deere more like!

edit Oh shit, I never saw that before... And conti tyres, too

[-] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 8 points 10 months ago

I think it would be a bit disorienting for the rider.

[-] prole 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah and what happens if he doesn't land a trick?

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Off the top of my head, since he's not moving, his momentum is very different than doing the tricks on the ground. He probably had to get a feel for the difference (notably the difference in air resistance, again, since he's not moving forward).

My guess is the relative distance traveled is greater than usual for some of these things (train moves at a steady speed while he's in the air, while an equivalent ground jump he'd have a velocity that would be decelerating).

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

wouldn't it be the same as wind?

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 10 months ago

Yep, Redbull hire and film a lot of these stunt for commercial. Also a big sponsor for extreme sport.

[-] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago

Red bull is an evil company. Fuck their PR stunts.

At least 20 athletes sponsored by Red Bull or taking part in Red Bull events have died in training; while participating in their sport; or in circumstances related to their sport. The youngest was Toriano Wilson, a 14-year-old boy who was hit by another rider during a Red Bull motorcycle event in 2008.

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/03/26/extreme-sport-deaths-are-rising-why/

Servus TV is a TV station based in Wals-Siezenheim in the Austrian state of Salzburg and owned by Red Bull Media House GmbH, a subsidiary of Red Bull GmbH ... It is politically aligned with the far right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServusTV

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait. You mean a cheap, hype-driven stimulant product with unregulated "proprietary" and/or intentionally obtuse compounds claiming to grant superpowers, et al, and wildly marketed as a powerful refreshment only the most heroic mortals could be capable of enjoying casually... is tied to white supremacism?

/shockedpikachu.webm

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

damn even has the webm needs moar jpeg

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

I wonder how much that cost to set up

[-] jagermo@feddit.org 36 points 10 months ago

The Prada cars probably cost a fortune, they could have saved money by using a cheaper brand.

  • Ken M.
[-] prole 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

GOOD point

(Been years. Love me some Ken M.)

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Wife makes Prada with salt and pepper for extra flavor.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Seldom has the British term "madlad" been more appropriate in both the colloquial and literal sense ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜ฎ

[-] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 14 points 10 months ago

That was dope.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

I don't think this is even the craziest stuff he's done. Both brothers are crazy.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

So it's for sure a great achievement to master the timings etc. but aren't the jumps rather easier than harder compared to a non-moving track? I mean, you have to jump 'only' upwards and don't have to use any of your momentum on distance. Or do I oversee something?

[-] Wilshire@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

From his frame of reference the train is still, so he's using the same amount of energy.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

Oh, is it? I thought that's just applicable in an enclosed space. So if I jump on top of a moving something, I should still land in the same spot?

[-] Rinn@literature.cafe 17 points 10 months ago

...yes? That's how physics works (provided that that something is moving at a constant velocity). The only difference between an enclosed moving platform and unenclosed one is that there may be additional issues with the wind/surrounding air, but the train in this post isn't moving fast enough for that to be a concern.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, makes sense in the end even though it's hard to grasp for me. Especially if the object on top is freely rolling and therefore feels somewhat decoupled to me. I imagined the train below the bike to behave like a tablecloth pulled from underneath a glass and where the glass keeps in the same place thanks to inertia.

But coming back to my initial statement, if the train's movement doesn't impact the point of landing, does it increase the difficulty for the stunts? Or is it more for the nice effect in the video?

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 6 points 10 months ago

It's for the nice effect, it looks cool with that perspective, almost videogame-y, while normally it's hard to follow any stunt in this angle. It's very share-able.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I will wait for you to easily accomplish those jumps.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I didn't say they're easy. I'm not a biker but from my outsider perspective - timing aside - this didn't look harder than doing the same performance on the ground. If I'm wrong, please enlighten me, I'm willing to learn.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

"Timing aside", you say about a series of tricks requiring almost superhumanly impeccable timing ๐Ÿคฆ

Punching people and avoiding being punched by people aside, Mike Tyson was never much of a boxer ๐Ÿ™„

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

That was quite the John Deere commercial.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's a Fendt. Source: Farming Simulator enjoyer

[-] portuga@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

California Games.

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