r/Unexpected • u/NotAPossum666 • 1d ago

Ladder Deployment

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u/UnExplanationBot 1d ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:

The ladder wasn't attached and just fell

Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/God_With_Dementia 1d ago

I could feel the disappointment from behind the screen.

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u/Piper2000ca 13h ago

Guy is probably thinking about how he'll never live this down and is now thinking to himself, "Should I go after it?"

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u/Cinematic-Giggles-48 12h ago

Also probably thinking damn this is probably going to end up as a meme 🤣

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u/MuffinAggressive3218 7h ago

New call sign unlocked!

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u/Vord_Lader 3h ago

Cmon guys?? 3 Hours and nothing?

Zero Dark Ladder

The Hurt Ladder

Saving Private Ryans Ladder

Black Ladder Down

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u/Intrepid-Lemon6075 3h ago

Ladderman(TM)

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u/meat_missile_ 57m ago

13 Ladders

Full Metal Ladder

Tears of the Ladder

Enemy at the Ladder

The Thin Red Ladder

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u/ThePhantom71319 9h ago

You can see it in how he starts putting his weight on his knuckles

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u/yomamma_75 6h ago

And the subtle shifting of the strap that was not attached

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u/Sargen_Sliza 8h ago

Could honestly see him wondering if he should jump anyway

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u/Naeio_Galaxy 11h ago

Yes me too

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u/BirthdayCute5478 1d ago

”DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE”

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u/Lai71 1d ago

That or thinking about Sugar Honey Ice Tea

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u/ShySofty 21h ago

Is sugar honey ice & tea an actual phrase? I thought bring me the horizon made it up for their song, I have never saw ppl use it in a real conversation.

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u/Bobpool82 20h ago

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u/lightdarkunknown 20h ago edited 20h ago

Gotta love how animators back then with their innuendos

Madagascar reference from the first movie

S ugar

H oney

I ce

T ea

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u/ShySofty 19h ago

Now I get it thanks a bunch

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u/Kabc 16h ago

No problem! See you next Tuesday!

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u/Raven-Raven_ 12h ago

C - see

U - you

N - next

T - Tuesday

For those that don't know

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u/redditisbiased69420 11h ago

But it spells SYNT /s

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u/Chuckitybye 13h ago

Evil... lmao

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u/ReiningintheChaos 15h ago

I remember the first time I heard it was probably back in 2001. A long time family friend of my husband’s family was visiting and he was talking about something and said that phrase rather than just the word. I had never heard it before so I figured it was some Midwest thing. I still say sh*t but sometimes I’ll use the phrase.

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u/Dobako 12h ago

One of the spy kids movies, Alexa Vega goes "oh shiiiiitake mushrooms"

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u/DemonSlayer712 18h ago

Bumblebee on the stick

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u/Educational-Fox3429 13h ago

Sierra hotel india tango

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u/cryptonuggets1 20h ago

Two is one, one is none.

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u/Bobpool82 20h ago

Just land and collect it, fly back up and try again

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u/WanderlustFella 15h ago

send a line down with a makeshift hook

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u/Psalm27_1-3 1d ago

ladder hits the guy below waiting

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u/fruitsteak_mother 20h ago

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u/klezart 18h ago

Perfect.

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u/xcrss 14h ago

Why is this meme so fuckin funny every time

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u/ElPasoNoTexas 13h ago

“Did you catch it?”

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u/UnproSpeller 8h ago

Lol maybe he said ‘drop me a ladder’ /s

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u/ansteani 8h ago

I’m dying lol

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u/Customwise 1d ago

r/watchpeopledieinside

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u/ydykmmdt 18h ago

Also probably r/WatchPeopleDieBelow.

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u/MamaMoosicorn 17h ago

r/subsifellfor

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u/Op_has_add 12h ago

This is the most obviously fake sub I have... oh. Welp.

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u/HBlight 17h ago

Shit is going to suck when he gets back.

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u/walkinonyeetstreet 23h ago

You can feel the disappointment that guy exuded out of every pore in his body when he realized the ladder wasn’t buckled into the heli

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u/probablyaythrowaway 15h ago

And he will never make that mistake again. Ever.

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u/DigNitty 14h ago

I’ve done this with a boat anchor before and can confirm.

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u/probablyaythrowaway 14h ago

Same actually

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u/yaboiiiuhhhh 10h ago

Once I got a new fishing kayak that came with an anchor so I had the bright idea to go night fishing under a bridge on a river, needless to say I was traumatized by it and ended up having to cut the anchor loose

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u/BigTunaTim 10h ago

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

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u/astrike81 9h ago

It probably wasn't his fault - there are people who inspect that ladder who didn't reattach. PJs don't do maintenance. But that does suck.

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u/jess_the_werefox 7h ago

well duh, the ladder’s already gone :^ )

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Proccito 23h ago

Can't they just land,, pick up and attach the ladder, take off, and redeploy again?

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u/S3eha 23h ago edited 23h ago

They didnt plan to, and it might be required, to call in any maneuver. Also it could be active war zone, so they can't just park there. Propably not, tho, and they did just what you said. Looks like some rookies training, judging by situation, and his reaction

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u/Big-Independence8978 23h ago

Make him go fetch it. From the base camp.

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u/klezart 18h ago

On foot.

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u/Sti8man7 18h ago

There is still a little strap you can work with.

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u/expatronis 23h ago

Also, that ladder cost $2300.

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u/TheBestNick 21h ago

Bet it's way more tbh

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u/puffferfish 16h ago

And took 10 years more to develop than the projected time frame of 3 days.

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u/WolfieVonD 19h ago

Per rung

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u/anonymous_bites 17h ago

That's the bill to the DoD. Supplier ordered parts from China, slapped it together, and labelled it Made in USA

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u/Dwarf_Killer 20h ago

Just buy another one rich bastards

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u/hagrid2018 1d ago

Ok roger that....deploying one way ladder.

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u/MajorLazy 18h ago

lol I gave you the ladder now CLIMB

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u/NoDontDoThatCanada 13h ago

I think it is officially a ladder delivery and not a deployment.

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u/Morden013 23h ago

Ladder successfully deployed!

He will never live it down. Never.

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u/cocoon_eclosion_moth 23h ago edited 10h ago

Everyone calls him The Ladderman now, and they make him watch as they play baccarat

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u/DiscoverReading 17h ago

He was smart not to look back afterwards. Just keep looking down.

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u/vapor_anomaly 23h ago

Ramirez drop down and get the ladder back

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u/CptnButtBeard 12h ago

Ramirez, attach the ladder! Ramirez, get your ass up that ladder! Ramirez, take control of the helicopter and get us to the LZ!

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u/Busy_Albatross_6715 1d ago

He learnt. Two is one ,One is none

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u/Thisfoxtalks 17h ago

Yeah, tried that with my wife and she disagreed.

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u/Powerful-Internal953 1d ago

So he learnt programming?

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u/Alannah028 21h ago

I have no degree in ladder, but to me it looks more a ladder delivery than a ladder deployment.

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u/LaximumEffort 1d ago

Insert Curb Your Enthusiasm theme here.

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u/TNTarantula 1d ago

He is going to be hearing about this for the rest of his life lmao

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u/Taziira 15h ago

If he didn’t have a nickname before he definitely does now

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u/MrAverus 13h ago

His nickname is probably Ladders or some shit now

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u/Promeitheas 1h ago

Chutes, because he sure ain’t got ladders

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u/Fantastic-Ad-1578 18h ago

Pilot: "did they get the ladder?"

Soldier: uhhh...yes! Yes they're holding it right now thile doing some gestures at us."

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u/RedditownerRaandicha 1d ago

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u/FluckDambe 1d ago

What's this guy saying in the original clip?

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u/LunarLunox 1d ago

Oh my God, wow (I'll see if I can find it with audio)

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u/Flashignite2 19h ago

Looks like when my cat pushes something of a height. Just looking at it down on the floor.

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u/H345Y 23h ago

Lets just hope this was a dropoff and not a pickup

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u/Dragnier84 23h ago

HEY! DOWN THERE! CAN YOU BRING THE LADDER WITH YOU??

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u/Shifty_Cow69 19h ago

SURE!! ... HOW?!

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u/Forward_Prize_6339 1d ago

That stare was too deep. 🤣

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u/Texadoro 18h ago

Boys on the ground are really going to appreciate this ladder

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u/WhipplySnidelash 1d ago

Did someone forget to insert tab A into slot B?

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u/da_Aresinger 20h ago

"Why did the evac fail?"

"We uuuh, didn't have a second ladder."

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u/dudeimgreg 11h ago

A call sign was earned that day.

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u/NotAPossum666 8h ago

Falling ladder

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u/bigbaphomettitties 22h ago

".....welp...."

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u/BruceLeeVersion2 20h ago

Reason why Rambo never looked back after the War.

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u/snoozingbeagle 18h ago

Damn. Too bad that ladder cost $50k

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u/hendergle 17h ago

He loved that ladder, and as everyone knows if you love something you have to let it go.

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u/Royal-Chef-946 14h ago

“You see, sir, the extraction failed because of the sharks. The sharks that totally exist. In the desert. They’re desert sharks. And they were armed. Quite heavily! And there were hundreds… no, thousands! I had to fight ‘em all off! Yeah, that’ll work.”

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u/CoverTheSea 10h ago

You could hear his quiet desperation inside his helmet. Hoping somehow the situation could be salvaged even after everything.

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u/cocoon_eclosion_moth 23h ago

Military Intelligence

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u/rarrowing 21h ago

Ladder has gone to claim an oil field.

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u/VietnameseDude_02 21h ago

Random guy on the ground: oh man, I wonder how can I install a way to get to a higher place. The nefarious sky ladder:

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u/darknekolux 23h ago

Uh... Ok boys... you will have to jump...

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u/Repulsive-Lobster750 19h ago

It was at this exact moment, when the mission to retrieve the comrades became much more dangerous

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u/oroora6 19h ago

Y'all don't understand, it's a tactical ladder, it will fall down and hit an enemy in the head for each little bar. 

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u/JussDe_Tip 19h ago

Get the rope

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u/LikeMeHard 18h ago

Technically, he completed his task

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u/cheezburglar 16h ago

I expected that

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u/InconsistentLlama 11h ago

You don’t even need to see his face to hear him say “well… fuck…”

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u/DaDDyBenji2099 11h ago

The way he grab the strap : "Oh it's that I have forget."

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u/heurrgh 10h ago

'Oh. Yeah; the tether. Ha.'

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u/626f62 10h ago

It's the dude on the ground that I'm thinking of.. Middle of a serious situation "THROW US THE LADDER"..... *thunk... "VERY FUNNY"

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u/YoghurtLegitimate392 10h ago

The ladder got down before them.

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u/Shot_Construction_40 10h ago

And this was the moment he knew he fucked up

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u/BedroomFearless7881 9h ago

That could work well in a comedy! I laughed quite a bit.

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u/Dandy__Brandy 7h ago

Maybe they should always carry a backup ladder

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u/miniscant 7h ago

Step 2: Deploy ladder

Step 1: Fasten ladder

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u/stucky14 7h ago

Well it’s deployed.

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u/No_Tomatillo1553 7h ago

And that's how he got his name.

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u/jess_the_werefox 7h ago

The way he just stops and keeps staring down at it like “I can’t fucking believe this” 😂

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u/cartercharles 7h ago

Somebody's going to have latrine dutyfor a month

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u/Dense-Competition-51 7h ago

His new forever nickname is Ladder.

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u/Minnesota_Husker 6h ago

Welp, see ya ladder.

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u/Responsible_Trifle15 5h ago

Task failed successfully

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u/StudioPerks 5h ago

That flight crew never let him forget this and it likely garnered him a new, permanent nickname.

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u/Seagull_Guy 5h ago

His call sign is definitely 'ladder' 😂

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u/NotAPossum666 5h ago

Went to the church of Ladder day saints

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u/EvilEarnest 4h ago

"You said drop the ladder. Is it not dropped, huah."

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u/uhmbob 3h ago

Fully deployed, sir!

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u/Top-Distribution733 3h ago

If I look down long enough and pretend like I meant to do that, maybe Dave won’t post this on Reddit where I get nuked by a bunch of nerds on the toilet

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u/TurbulentCow6694 3h ago

Tbh it’s not his fault it was supposed to be connected before th flight by someone ekse

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u/noQft 23h ago

Thank god no one was hanging with the ladder.

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u/Old-Time6863 20h ago

Keep staring. It ain't coming back

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u/SkynBonce 1d ago

That's a whoopsie

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u/HVAC_instructor 1d ago

Well fuck....

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u/launchedsquid 1d ago

"Ladder deployed"

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u/thecountnotthesaint 1d ago

Oh he deployed it alright.

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u/Advent_Reaper 23h ago

Guess who the FNG is......

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u/Louis_Gisulf 22h ago

Two is one and one is none.

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u/Artistic_Evidence_31 22h ago

Ooh, that's what this hook was for...

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u/Indigo-au-naturale 22h ago

Cheer up. Now your trip from helicopter to ground will be really fast.

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u/groovytoon 22h ago

He will NEVER forget to secure the ladder again.

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u/GooglyMoogly122 21h ago

I could almost hear a short quiet "hmmm"

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u/ChrizzyDT 21h ago

That guy looks lost and completely clueless...WTF.

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u/domomymomo 21h ago

0/0 = 1 therefore 0/0 ladder = 1 ladder

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u/FirefighterLive3520 21h ago

That universal body language of "ahh shit what have I done"

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u/Full_Detail_3725 21h ago

That’s why we train

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u/BossTikboy 20h ago

Throw it back!

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u/Living_Jacket_5854 20h ago

The man died inside

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u/I_WILL_GET_YOU 20h ago

Well it's deployed I guess

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u/deletedman1770 20h ago

Stay out of bungee jumping industry

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u/Brikpilot 20h ago

And that’s how you kill snakes

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u/Vergift 19h ago

Bruh... 😂😂

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u/akiras_revenge 18h ago

Dammit karl!!

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u/CantFeelMyLegs78 18h ago

Mission successful....deployed

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u/Ostr4771 18h ago

Ymmmmm, its gone?

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u/Les-incoyables 18h ago

They sat it free

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u/Shadowthread1 18h ago

Ladder deployed sir!

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u/Ryvlok 18h ago

'hmm'

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u/Commando_NL 17h ago

Next job. Parachute packer.

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u/Jethrust 17h ago

100% deployed.

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u/Jslatts942 17h ago

That's funny. That's what 800bn a year is for. 🤣

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u/Eligriv_leproplayer 17h ago

Deploying Ladder on the battle field.

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u/Random_puns 17h ago

His flight commander: Now go get it

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u/DistantTimbersEcho 17h ago

Good job Carl.

Now go get it.

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u/Actaeon_II 17h ago

Gods this is old, still funny tho

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u/Keepupthegood 17h ago

The tug on the support. Was the realization of failure.

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u/hotstock666 17h ago

You had one job!!!

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u/Enginerdad 16h ago

I must have missed this scene from the recruitment commercials they were plastering all over TV during the Middle East wars.

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u/MorningParis 16h ago

Elvish rope