r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Andi82ka • 4h ago

Doing handstand at the dentist

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u/beetle8209 4h ago

For what purpose?

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u/allnamesbeentaken 3h ago

Many people are fucking stupid and just follow whatever impulse that smooth hunk of meat between their ears commands

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u/AntTheMighty 3h ago

He's filming it. It's not impulse, he just wants attention.

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u/allnamesbeentaken 3h ago

Wanting the attention is an impulse and he's following it through

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u/mfukar 2h ago

It's not an impulse when it's driven by money.

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u/AntTheMighty 3h ago

That's fair. I always think of acting on impulse as having a much shorter delay between the thought and the action.

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u/Leows 3h ago

Impulse means he would just do it on the spot whenever his brain commanded him to, regardless of the camera.

Him going out of his way to set up his phone, adjust the angle, and hit record BEFORE GOING BACK TO LYING DOWN AGAIN is not impulsive.

He literally just went back to lying down as a setup for the video before doing whatever he was going to do. That's the opposite of being impulsive, if anything.

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u/NarwhalPrudent6323 3h ago

Impulsive means the idea lacks proper foresight, consideration, or planning, not necessarily that it happened quickly. 

Just because his impulsive decision involved a few steps and didn't happen the second it crossed his mind doesn't mean it wasn't impulsive. For example, it's possible to impulsively decide to travel somewhere. But that decision often involves multiple days, even on an impulse.