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              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

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      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.

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    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.

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

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      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).

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

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    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

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      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

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

      • Ken M.
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    Seldom has the British term “madlad” been more appropriate in both the colloquial and literal sense 😆😮

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

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    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?

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

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        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?

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          …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.

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            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?

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              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.

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        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.

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          “Timing aside”, you say about a series of tricks requiring almost superhumanly impeccable timing 🤦

          Punching people and avoiding being punched by people aside, Mike Tyson was never much of a boxer 🙄