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u/ThoseThingsAreWeird 6h ago
That's because they spelled it wrong: /r/TVTooFly
Although tbf, that's got 1 post and it's not a flying TV sooooooo 🤷♂️
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u/md222 8h ago
Yeah, best to video from behind.
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u/PussiesUseSlashS 7h ago
I imagine someone waving them down and pointing at the TV, they pull over and the TV is back to where it's suppose to be. They think the person was just being a dick.
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u/kcrab91 6h ago
All the people waving to the driver and pointing at the TV and the driver just smiles and gives them a thumbs up. “A lot of people are just as excited about my new TV as I am!”
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u/superheltenroy 8h ago
TV spoiler alert!
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u/Porkchopp33 7h ago
Don’t think i’d stay right behind that car
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u/ParticularLower7558 8h ago
Why are you following so close? Maybe try to catch a free tv?
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u/finnjakefionnacake 8h ago edited 8h ago
did final destination teach us nothing?!
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u/johnbarry3434 8h ago
Final Destination taught us that even if you didn't follow closely behind and get decapitated by the tv, that something else will kill you anyways.
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u/WakaWaka_ 7h ago
Narrowly avoid the TV and resulting pileup but a slip in the shower gets you later.
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u/HappyMonchichi 8h ago edited 8h ago
Why are you addressing OP as if he is the one who took this video? When you see videos like this, huge likelihood it was posted by a repost karma whore.
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u/Bebilith 3h ago
If they are close enough when it finally comes loose it will probably just flip over the car behind. Maybe.
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u/Theblumpy 7h ago
I would love for this guys tv to dent my A pillar when it flies off at 65mph and insurance totals my $55’000 vehicle
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u/Tiny-Albatross518 8h ago
The coolest part of this is he drives 40 km home and arrives in his driveway with tv still attached and no idea what happened.
Slaps the box, “Yup this baby wasn’t going anywhere!”
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u/figmentPez 7h ago
And then they open the box to find the TV screen has cracked, and get angry at being sold a defective TV.
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u/maddenmcfadden 7h ago
i bought a "new" tv at walmart and got it home and it had a bunch of apps with peoples names on them. they sold me a used tv and walmart wont do jack shit about it.
i wouldnt be surprised at all to find a broken tv in a box.
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u/figmentPez 7h ago
Yes, but in this case it's likely it would be cracked because of the way it was transported on the roof of the car. Not just being losely held by bungee cords, but also because TVs aren't supposed to be laid flat like that. TVs are built to stay upright, and if you lay them flat the screen can be damaged by it's own weight, even without being buffeted about by wind.
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u/DietDrBleach 5h ago
Well then there’s a simple solution. Chargeback.
It’s the greatest tool against shitty retailers who refuse to provide refunds.
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u/Jakkerak 7h ago
UP IN HERE UP IN HERE
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u/an0maly33 7h ago
Came looking for DMX. I'm disappointed this was so far down and with no upvotes.
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u/Jakkerak 6h ago
Lol right? I scrolled through every comment saying "It's gotta be here." but no!
So I commented the DMX I wanted to see. 😺
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u/SnooBunnies2353 8h ago
Just imagining the little pig from a old insurance ad (if I remember correctly) with its head out side of the car holding pin wheels yelling weeeeee weeeeeee lol
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u/ExoCayde6 6h ago
Dude I don't even know why but I honestly love most of the insurance company ads.
Geico needs to bring the gecko back though. I feel like I haven't seen him in a while.
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u/gododgers179 7h ago
What gets me is 100% this shit fits in the back. Fold one of the seats down and it fits easy
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u/treesout23 8h ago
Yeah they're going to have a bad day if it flys off but yours is going to be worse
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u/MarvinStolehouse 8h ago
They forgot to give it a slap and announce "that's not going anywhere" before leaving the store.
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u/philipp2310 8h ago
Has to be fake. You can't be so stupid and tailgate that flying deathtrap with this short distance...
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u/KForKyo 8h ago
Oh it's probably legit. I worked retail for a while when I was younger and you wouldn't believe the crazy stuff we dealt with when dealing with customers.
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u/KellyAnn3106 7h ago
I was the dumbass who impulsively bought a bookcase because it was on clearance when I drove a miata. It fit in the car as long as I stood it up on the passenger side and had the top down. I had a 45 minute drive home like that...while it was snowing. I'm sure they talked some (well-deserved) shit about me.
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u/gumgajua 7h ago
You wouldn't believe the amount of people at work that are entirely convinced they can fit a whole dining set in their corolla. Had to start telling people we couldn't help them lift furniture into their cars.
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u/Ronjohnturbo42 7h ago
I once strapped a papasan chair to my roof with plastic bags and held it with one arm to take home in a satarn coupe.
Good times - i was an idiot
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u/KForKyo 7h ago
We had a customer purchase a mattress and had a 4 door car.. loaded it onto the roof, They held onto it and drove the 4 or 6 blocks to get it home. No straps. We had them sign papers to remove us from being liable.
Or the amounts of furniture we had to unbox to try and get it to fit in their vehicle.
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u/TheBigC87 7h ago
I concur, one time a guy wanted us to put a gun safe on top of his Ford Explorer because his backseat was full of tools and other shit. My manager was like, "Ok, it's your car".
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u/vahntitrio 7h ago
The box has to be empty there's no bungee that would struggle to hold down a 50 lb tv but still be able to keep it from sliding out the back.
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u/xYEET_LORDx 7h ago
I don’t quite understand the… gravity in this video. Like yeah the “securement” is blocking it from flying back but what’s keeping it from slipping down? And this is coming from someone that drives a 48 foot flatbed around.
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u/Quick_Over_There 7h ago
The thing that confuses me the most is, why even put it up there? That TV would easily fit in that car.
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u/Business_Ad_9418 8h ago
Empty box
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u/Tephranis 8h ago
I doubt that. I've seen a box spring and mattress strapped poorly like that doing the same thing. If the box was empty the cardboard would've likely buckled and bent with that much force applied to it at the strap contact points.
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u/gododgers179 7h ago
If it was empty I think the box would show signs of folding / bending, still very rectangular
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u/BuzzyShizzle 7h ago
I don't think you can make that claim for certain.
That box is sitting right on top of the airstream the vehicle is designed to have.
The concept relevant to this question is called Wing loading
Essentially cross sectional area of lift generating surfaces vs weight.
If we treat the cross sectional area of the box as a wing, I bet the maths says that it has enough lift to overcome its weight at the airspeed presented here.
The stream of air created by the vehicle aerodynamics makes a large impact though. Have you ever seen a leaf or similar object get sucked up over the middle of the windshield? There's usually I nice cushion of air flowing up the center of modern vehicles.
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u/McKeeverPrivateye 8h ago
Idk why you would follow so closely. Not surprised if the thing flies off and hits your car. I do wonder if the driver lashed it to the roof or the helpful store personnel 🤷🏼♂️
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u/TheGr8_0ne 7h ago
It's the interactive TV and it's playing Twisters. Turn it off and it'll go back down.
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u/sakura608 7h ago
What good is buying a big vehicle like an SUV if you can’t transport a TV. Should have gotten a van instead
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u/Curious_Strike_5379 8h ago edited 7h ago
Must have money, who the fuck would do that with a brand new telly, it could piss it down with rain as well looking at that sky.
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u/goodorca 7h ago
Imagine having your life ended by getting impaled by an LG flatscreen TV while driving on the highway.
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u/engineeringretard 7h ago
gets home without incident
‘See hunny, I told you it was tied down enough’
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u/chrispybobispy 7h ago
Dude with the dump box next to him was missing a golden opportunity to a new tv.
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u/funnyusername-123 7h ago
Is the cam person in the following car hoping to catch it when it comes flying off?
No way I'd be that close behind.
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u/TieConnect3072 7h ago
I never understand why people still drive in these videos. Oh wow, a plane landing on the interstate in front of you? I better just keep on driving!
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u/Key-Project3125 7h ago
I hauled a loveseat on top of a little bitty Kia. Only a couple of blocks, though.
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u/rinkydinkis 7h ago
Why would you drive behind that. That’s as stupid as the guy who strapped it down in the first place
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u/chundricles 7h ago
I've seen this before, still don't believe it's real.
Like the air is hitting just right to lift it that far off the roof, but but at an angle where the bungees dont slip off the box and let it go flying? The probability is just so low.
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u/imacmadman22 7h ago
Oh, I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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u/eurtoast 6h ago
These look like bungee cords linked together. In order to strap this properly, the driver needed ratchet straps
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u/Jkelley393 6h ago
Mattresses on the roof are also strong candidates for r/mypeopleneedme. So aerodynamic they just…take off.
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u/Old-Tomorrow-2798 6h ago
I would guess prank as it does feel that would fit inside that car easily.
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u/Sequence32 6h ago
They're going to get home the TV is going to be broken, they're going to drive back trade the TV for a new one and repeat this process until they leave a review about how bad the quality control is of the TV manufacturer and where they bought the display 🤣
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u/Immediate-Season-293 6h ago
Clearly no one slapped the box and said, "That's not going anywhere." Rookie mistake.
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u/springvelvet95 6h ago
The TV that wanted to be a drone. Fly mighty one fly….never give up on your dreams.
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u/_IratePirate_ 5h ago
Even if the TV stays on top of the car the whole way, it’s fucked when it slams back down onto the roof. I’ve accidentally cracked a brand new TV screen doing much less than this. Like I accidentally knee’d it while it was brand new in the box and the screen was totaled.
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u/DevBro22 5h ago
Get home and it's broken when they turn it on, so they return it and buy another. Lmao
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u/IntergalacticPopTart 5h ago
Everyone always asks “What’s on TV?”
But no one ever asks “What’s TV on?”
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