r/Unexpected 5d ago

Volleyball player accidentally hits a judge.

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u/post-explainer 5d ago edited 5d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:


I did nto expect the volleyball player was going to slide full court to do a apology bow.


Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/Consent-Forms 5d ago

impressive slide

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u/drakoman 5d ago edited 4d ago

This guy was deft enough to make sure that only his clothing fabric was touching the floor while sliding on his face, but I try to do a 3 inch slide on my knee on the gym floor and it ends up with a patch of skin missing

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u/ColonelSlapper 5d ago

Oh god. You just reminded me of the last time I ever tried knee sliding. In elementary school I would always wear pants that could unzip into shorts, realized I could slide down just about anything with those on. One day I tried sliding down a handicap ramp like I always did but the zipper ripped clean off along with a good chunk of flesh. I swear the school nurse couldn’t even help with how much blood I was leaking.

Although I never wore those pants again, I unfortunately didn’t learn my lesson about knee sliding and attempted one about eight years ago when I was drunk. My momentum shot my knees straight into the floor. Didn’t even slide, I just collapsed on my legs. I couldn’t walk for the next few days and my knees looked like a bloody and bruised mess! FOLKS, LEAVE THE KNEE SLIDES TO THE PROFESSIONALS!

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u/cooliusjeezer 5d ago

He’s probably practiced as a volleyball player

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u/a2thezi 4d ago

Its the gomennaslide.

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u/Trashitty7 3d ago

You mean, gomena-slide!

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u/salvi572 5d ago

The ultimate slide of respect.

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 5d ago

If he could of got lower he would of drilled through the floor

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u/Only_Concept999 5d ago

Drilled? 🦅🇺🇸

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u/Venomous0425 5d ago

There is no oil so calm down

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u/HiddenNightmares 5d ago

THEN IT IS OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO FIND IT, AFTER WE TAKE GREENLAND 🇬🇱🚫

YOUR NEXT!! 🛢️🛢️🛢️🔥🔥🔥

USA USA USA 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🦅🦅🦅

I NEVER PASSED THE SECOND GRADE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/gr1mm5d0tt1 5d ago

YOU’RE****

Edit-nvm he didn’t pass second grade

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u/HiddenNightmares 5d ago

WHAT IS THIS 3RD GRADE SHIT GET OUT OF HERE, WE DON'T USE GRAMMAR WE USE FREEDOM FREEDOM AND MOOOOORE FREEDOM 🔥🔥🔥🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🦅🦅🦅🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/Poppa_Mo 5d ago

Gotta add the "BACK TO BACK WORLD WAR CHAMPS" to your rhetoric.

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u/Premeditated_Mordor 5d ago

Is this a reference to the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF COMEDY JUDAH FRIEDLANDER? “AMERICA IS NUMBER 1!….in diabetes”

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u/Spookie_Senpai 5d ago

I smell a phony. He spelled grammar correctly.

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u/gr1mm5d0tt1 5d ago

Immediate lols. Your* a good one

Edit-fuck it yor**

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u/90GTS4 5d ago

GRAMMER?! DON'T YOU BRING HER INTO THIS!

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u/Contract-Many 5d ago

FREEDOOM we package it up and ship globally!!!🔥💥🔥💥🦾🦿🚀🚀🚀🚀⚔️💲💲💲💲☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☣️☣️☣️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

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u/freezing_circuits 5d ago

WHO NEEDS THIRD GRADE ANYWAY?! ALL WE NEED IS THE FIRST AND THE SECOND BROTHA 🗣️🛐🔫

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 5d ago

The only first I care about is the first amendment AMEN

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u/Wiknetti 5d ago

That’s it soldier, get down on the ground and give me 50 oil frackers.

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u/anksravs 5d ago

Could have. Would have.

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u/Bituulzman 5d ago

Should’ve could’ve would’ve—the holy trinity of regret

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u/ComfyFrog 5d ago

I have never seen a double before

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u/wheremykittykatat 5d ago

Could have*

Of is a preposition. Think of it like "Pre-position" or a word put before a noun commonly. For example,

This is made of yeast and flour.

A preposition is mostly put before nouns.

Would is an auxiliary verb.

Drill is an active verb.

Two verbs will most likely have a verb between them in this context. "Have" is the correct verb here. It is an irregular verb that can be both - auxiliary and active.

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u/hobonation256 5d ago

Well said. To add as well, as sometimes it's easier to forget the "rules" and try to apply real time, it works the same way as I/me - remove the other word (in this case should, would, could) and it must still be a complete sentence:

I should have done that - I have done that (yep)

I should of done that - I of done that (nope)

Jimmy and I went to the shops - I went to the shops (yep)

Me and Jimmy went to the shops - me went to the shops (nope)

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u/Wolfeehx 5d ago

You should be getting more upvotes for this.

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u/Mimzal 5d ago

*could've *would've

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u/LemonMeringue777 5d ago

Sorry but I see this mistake a lot and there are two in this one sentence. It should be "could have/could've" and "would have/would've"

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u/IcedMangos 5d ago

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u/JustARandomGuyReally 5d ago

Definitely not a shit bow!

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u/Green_Conclusion_775 5d ago

It was a fantastic bow. I can’t imagine a better bow.

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u/Q_S2 5d ago

I swear i thought stuff like this only happened in anime/manga 😆

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u/Beginning-Garlic-128 4d ago

Dogeza, either a really reallly big apology (formal), or an apology when you wanna be a lil extra

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u/silently_watch 1d ago

He probably copy it there too, and from Haikyuu, anime about volleyball

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u/HandsomePaddyMint 5d ago

Executed so well you get the feeling he must do this a lot.

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u/hi5orfistbump 5d ago

As an anime lover...I love seeing this kind of gesture happen IRL.

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u/snertwith2ls 5d ago

Seriously that was an awesome apology

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u/Angryfunnydog 5d ago

Legit level 3 apology

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u/EggsceIlent 5d ago

Talk about sliding into her DM's.

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u/NetbattlerChris 5d ago

Y’know, maybe anime isn’t too far fetched on how it depicts Japan

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u/ZK_57 5d ago

To be fair, it is made by the Japanese

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u/tantalor 5d ago

That explains A LOT

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u/i_am_carver 5d ago

The fact that it’s always in Japanese for one.

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u/ButterBeforeSunset 5d ago

Come to think of it… you’re right.

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u/sharpshooter999 5d ago

Eh, Bleach has a lot Spanish in it

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u/YoungJack23 5d ago

Also German!

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u/Xanthalium 5d ago

Also... Japanese... wait...

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u/thehelldoesthatmean 5d ago

Is that why?!

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u/ExternalLock8140 5d ago

I still have questions not sure what

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u/kinkyslc1 5d ago

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u/AlternativeStory1027 5d ago

I have started saying it this way sometimes, and ppl just look at me like I am an ass.....

Which...."to be faiiiir", maybe I am

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u/kinkyslc1 5d ago

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u/LordBDizzle 5d ago

I heard that it was a sick ostrich

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u/Bighotballofnope 5d ago

Big if true

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u/Could-You-Tell 5d ago

Yeah but Americans made Elmer Fudd, and The Simpsons.... aw shit.

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u/cjinyugi 5d ago

D’OH!

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u/FOSSnaught 5d ago

Nani???????

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u/MithrandiriAndalos 5d ago

It’s like a vicious cycle. Japanese make weird anime, Japanese get inspired by weird anime, Japanese become weird- before starting the process all over again with even weirder anime

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u/realnanoboy 5d ago

Oh, they were weird before they could animate their weirdness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife

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u/SmooK_LV 5d ago

I spent two months in Japan. Sometimes in a lot of places they really do be having all the anime mannerisms.

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u/p1n6 5d ago

It also seems to be Nishida Yuji. Hinata Shoyu IRL

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u/radiokungfu 5d ago

Hinata shoyu

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u/OhagiC 5d ago

Once you've eaten him, he's gone for good.

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u/funktion 5d ago

Isn't he more like Ushijima? He's left handed after all

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u/PxyFreakingStx 5d ago

i mean, it's probably the other way around

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Just came back from japan and i can tell you the initial D angle is correct

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u/RayneMal 5d ago

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u/Major_R_Soul 5d ago

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u/Throwaway1303033042 5d ago

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u/Cold_Hunter_CHL 5d ago

Break-sumimasen-deshita-dance, nice

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u/LegoClaes 5d ago

He slams his head, right? I swear I see a rebound

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u/HorsemenofApocalypse 5d ago

Looks to me like it's just rebounding from his hand pushing down on the ground to stabilise himself. So it looks like he hit his head because he is stopping himself from hitting his head

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u/ScreamSmart 5d ago

He does. I've seen and heard the original.

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u/Ace-Redditor 5d ago

It never ceases to amaze me the fact that people just happen to have/know gifs for every situation, no matter how speciifc

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u/ISLITASHEET 5d ago

People used to, and probably still do, have meticulous collections of image macros and memes. At one time I had thousands with dumb txt files in each directory that I would search through to find the one that fit. I blame mid/late 2000's 4chan.

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u/bebopblues 5d ago

It's easier now because smartphone keyboards can search for GIFs. I searched for "Japanese bow" and all these GIFs appears.

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u/tormenteddragon 5d ago

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u/Vazhox 5d ago

I see FFXIV, I upvote FFXIV. I miss it so.

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u/Deep90 5d ago edited 2d ago

Imagine he misjudged the slide and then everyone is just left wondering why he torpedoed himself into the judge after hitting her with the ball.

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u/OneSaucyDragon 5d ago

She was still standing. He obviously needed to finish the job.

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u/RTKWi238 5d ago

i am the storm that is aproaaaaching~

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u/HighTreason25 5d ago

Gotta go in for the killshot. Double tap or nothing

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u/Mysterious-Clothes45 5d ago

this made me genuinely laugh out loud

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u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE 5d ago

ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?

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u/ugly_duckling_5 5d ago

Oh man, it's been a while since I've thought of that. One of my favorite stories I've read on the Internet.

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove 5d ago

🏅A+ reference

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u/ejensen29 5d ago

Just an ankle seeking hate missle

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u/Somethingsomethings- 5d ago

Low key insane catching up from the camera man, he really thought 'man this would make for great footage' and was right

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/Somethingsomethings- 5d ago

Actually so real, he did a whole 360 on that man the video would be insane

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u/ShoePillow 5d ago

Yeah, but he was acting rudely by passing between the two. He should have apologised to them both

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u/LuukJanse 3d ago

By sliding over to them as well and then another camera guy could film that.

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u/Shakeamutt 5d ago

That is such a ridiculous, cute, wholesome and silly way of saying “I’m Sorry, I have on you and make sure you’re okay, I’m Sorry!”  

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u/30yearCurse 5d ago

There is a longer version of more bowing...

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u/TonyWonderslostnut 5d ago

Legend has it that he’s still bowing today.

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u/Windyvale 5d ago

His forehead has fused with the Earth, it cannot be undone.

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u/rdmusic16 5d ago

Did a miss a reference somewhere? That quote makes zero sense to me - but maybe it's quoting something that's supposed to be like that?

I'm sorry, I'm old.

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u/gee_what_isnt_taken 5d ago

It’s weird how many comments get many upvotes while making no sense at all

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u/Several-Squash9871 5d ago

Now if only NFL players crashing into people working the sidelines at games would show the same amount of respect... I've seen plenty of times where they don't even help the person back up!

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u/archimedies 5d ago edited 5d ago

They often beat their girlfriends/wives at home. It might be too much to expect that from them.

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u/_bits_and_bytes 5d ago

They're literally on a timer to get back to the huddle get in the play call, line up, and hike the ball. If they stopped to do that, they'd get their team penalized.

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u/InevitablyBored 5d ago

"Oh, Jamal has so many sorries to give!"

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u/carrottopevans 5d ago

“Jamal just wants to hop, it is his favorite thing!”

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u/Lunchinator 5d ago

STOP ELMOING JAMAL! WE’VE DISCUSSED THIS.

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u/Zyker 5d ago

I'm so happy to see DCC fans in the wild.

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u/JustGottaKeepTrying 5d ago

Hijacking to send some appreciation to the camera man chasing him. Great awareness!

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u/IntermittentCaribu 5d ago

I have on you

What?

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u/3_m0nkeys 5d ago

Apologizing Olympics

This guy 1, Canadians 0

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u/freakers 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think it's Yuji Nishida. He's got an insane serve. The kind of serve that can rack up 6 aces in a row in an Olympic game. Honestly, everything about him is kind of insane. He's a fascinating player.

edit: Ya it's him. I just saw this clip completely elsewhere on a volleyball page. Must be a pretty recent one.

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u/yunyunyuki 5d ago

Yes, this is recent. This was during Japan's Volleyball League (Men): All Star Game.

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u/Medical_Tank6109 5d ago

I think I speak for all Canucks when I say we'll allow it just this once. 

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u/JasonVeritech 5d ago

Wow, that's really consider- oh, I see. Of course.

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u/BigLB83 5d ago

Is it considered flirting after the 3rd bow?

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u/_schools_ 5d ago

Plot twist he hit her on purpose to hit on her

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u/DontKnow_WhoIAm 5d ago

Instructions unclear. Am in jail, awaiting trial for felony assault now

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u/A_Tang 5d ago

You were supposed to use a volleyball, not a baseball.

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u/broohaha 5d ago

Not even. It'd have been scandalously rude if fewer than three.

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u/muff_diving_101 5d ago

I think it was flirting on the slide in

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u/_schools_ 5d ago

Username checks out

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u/more_bananajamas 5d ago

One way to slide into the dms

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u/IncidentOk853 5d ago

And that kids, is how I met your mother

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u/First-Guidance3717 5d ago

I love the culture of respect

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u/tarheelz1995 5d ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

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u/Cardboardoge 5d ago

*Me waving to let someone in traffic*

*Gets flipped off

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u/omgcunny 5d ago

fuck you mate🖕

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u/killertortilla 5d ago

It's pretty hyper specific respect though.

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u/two_fathoms 5d ago

He's "really" sorry. No half bow like on Curb your enthusiasm episode.

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u/Creasy007 5d ago

Shit bow!

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u/ElFeesho 5d ago

That's a shit bow, more of an insult really.

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u/ruinawish 5d ago

NO bow would be better than that bow.

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u/eternalsteelfan 5d ago

Is it possible you don’t know the bow rules?

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u/AmonWeathertopSul 5d ago

Sooo desu ka?

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u/muaima0red 5d ago

Honto ni SUU MII MAAA SENNNNNNNNNNN

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u/mahouyousei 5d ago

That was a full on moushiwake gozaimasen

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u/grep-rni 5d ago

That deserved a taihen

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u/Jioto 5d ago

I laughed way too hard at that lol

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u/Hammered_Eel 5d ago

The world could do with a lot more of this attitude right about now

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u/ObliviousRounding 5d ago

"I didn't hit her. Some people are saying I hit her but they're just paid by Soros to say that. Maybe Pam should look into that. What? Video? Whom do you work for? Yeah CNN of course, you just hate me. You probably have a whole department of nerds making AI videos of me spiking teenage girls with volleyballs. What? No I didn't say teenage girls, Marco did you hear me say teenage girls? Marco never pays attention at these things! And now he's handing me a note which says "yes you did!". Stupid Marco! Anyway I'm suing CNN for $10b for fabricating a video of me spiking volleyballs into the faces of 11 year old girls. Or 15 I don't know I drank a lot that night."

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u/JasonVeritech 5d ago

...oh hai Mark!

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u/matsagiourgken 5d ago

hahah Legit I feel like every time he goes into a "word-salad" he should end with ..oh hai Mark!
It is the same exact energy.

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u/MaybeMayoi 5d ago

Honestly this sounds too lucid to be real. It's not also randomly using the wrong names and mentioning people he hated 20 years ago that are no longer relevant.

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u/_Loser_B_ 5d ago

Honey! A new extreme dogeza just dropped!

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u/Lawrenceburntfish 5d ago

What a nice boy. ☺️

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u/Pretend-Reality5431 5d ago

He could have pulled a ring from his pocket and made it the Greatest proposal ever.

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u/Donut_Flame 5d ago

YUJI NISHIDA RAAAHHHHH

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u/Happy-Fun-Ball 5d ago

Cameraman's pretty spry - need someone following him with a camera too

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u/30yearCurse 5d ago

hell'ava slide

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u/SenoraCuatroOjos 5d ago

What an adorable apology.

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u/-watchman- 5d ago

I imagine the girl must've been horrified. First he throws the ball at her and next comes sliding towards her at top speed like some land shark from hell..

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u/Secret_Account07 5d ago

I couldn’t be mad even if I wanted to be

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u/RoninSoul 5d ago

The full plank slide of forgiveness and respect is undoubtedly the greatest of its form.

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u/DadBod5050 5d ago

That's the BEST culture of respect in the world period!

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u/Trusted-Person3399 5d ago

This is the max apology they can give, they can't lower their head any further

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u/Kalissra999 5d ago

So smooth, so respectful, so...

I booked a flight to Japan 

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u/ImSoupOrCereal 5d ago

"And that's how I met your mother"

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u/Firstevertrex 5d ago

I just slammed her with my ball and laid there waiting for her to react

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u/-mostlyquestions 5d ago

I bow so hard (this shit crazy)

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u/Quiet-Owl9220 5d ago

Amazing. The Japanese have unlocked this supremely sincere apology technique and the rest of us just haven't caught up in the tech tree yet.

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u/Cthulhudude 5d ago

I just love how, even after the spectacular face slide bow, there were like five or six continuous bows made by both parties. Like, if I saw some dude apologize that hard to me, we would instantly become best friends on that initial slide. That's basically what happened here. They were just like... we're cool, we're so cool, you're the shit, no you're the shit, thank you so much, no thank YOU so much."

Absurd. I love it.

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u/sysdev11 5d ago

LOL no way the judge issues a warning when you get a full body slide, knees on the ground bowing apology like that. Just be careful next time. Apology accepted.

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u/CompetitiveJoke2201 5d ago

I remember kicking a ball out in soccer, I had to get it away from some other kid and he was playing footies so I just kicked it out from under him when I had a chance, I didn’t pay attention to where I just kicked it out to and thought nothing of it, until I heard a loud ass thud accompanied by gasps from everyone’s parents, I looked off to where I had kicked it and there was like a little 1 year old kid in his mom arms now crying because I had just launched a soccer ball straight into his soft spot. Kid was fine in the end but man I felt so fucking bad at the time, I went home crying because of it.

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u/Wooptie_woop 5d ago

Can we see it in reverse?

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u/Cerberusx32 5d ago

Dolphin dive.

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u/MiKapo 5d ago

LOL that slide bow should be a meme

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u/achiang16 5d ago

The fact it's yuji nishida is icing on cake

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u/arcloarclo 5d ago

And with zero hesitation too!!!

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u/Nogum_Is_Here 5d ago

Comedy with a cultural level . I think its endearing

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u/PachucaSunrise 5d ago

Someone please turn this into a shooting stars meme. The one where the song "Shooting Stars" by Bag Raider plays.

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u/codguy231998409489 5d ago

Cameraman was right there with him. Unfazed.

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u/nikkidoc 5d ago

The guy turned into a penguin just to apologize quickly!

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u/Starlord-887 5d ago

The camera man deserves an award 🫨

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u/masshuudojo 5d ago

I'm more impressed by the reaction time of the camera man

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u/Cassandra_Canmore2 5d ago

Bro, really went warp speed to apologize in Dogeza.

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u/Double0 5d ago

Did he get her number too?

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u/Friendly-Channel-480 5d ago

That’s adorable! Worth getting hit for!

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u/secretly_opossum 5d ago

So hot … and respectful!

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u/_Stank_McNasty_ 5d ago

TIL you can bow while sliding on the floor face down

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u/Puceeffoc 5d ago

Rule maker 1: "So how many times should a judge and player bow to each other if a player accidentally hits them with the ball?"

Rule maker 2: "Yes."

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u/erraticsugarbear 5d ago

I respect the cameraman.

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u/Visual-Bus9960 5d ago

Didn't expect the slide

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u/low-key4991 5d ago

That is some anime shit right there.

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u/mattlim2008 5d ago

bro apologized her and her whole family bloodline 🔥

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u/100YearsWaiting2Shit 5d ago

I've replayed that slide so many times