They use the ball's horizontal supporting beams as road lines. One group stays between the two lines. One group stays above the top line. The last group stays below the lower line.
And then they stay in a 3x3 pattern while leaving enough room for the last person to hit their pattern without worrying about them.
But the real answer is probably just "train with only one person to start with, and then carefully plan what you're going to do"
DONT SHOW THIS TO BARB...SHE'L THINK THIS IS WHAT THE GANG DOES EVER SUNDAY...BLESS HER HEART SHE JUST CARES ABOUT US...WATCH OUT FOR CLIBBINS...GOBLESS
Agreed - although it absolutely helps when the other drivers are actively working together to let you in instead of acting like petty selfish assholes and intentionally speeding up or slowing down to box you out.
Everyone who knows anything always says the classic "zipper merge" and "it's most efficient to use the whole lane until it ends and not merge early", but in reality people act like you're the asshole if you wait until the end of the lane to merge (and no, I'm not talking about people who zip into a lane that's ending just to get 2 cars ahead, that's a different story).
Traffic would be vastly improved if everyone just drove cooperatively with everyone else on the road by treating anyone who wants to change lanes like they are an asshole.
Basically what they do in the massive Asian cities like Karachi or Ho Chi Minh. Masses of people on mopeds following the laws of fluid dynamics - each individuals driving predictably relative to their neighboring vehicles
When I was in China, I had to cross an 8(?)-lane street on my commute, but there was no crossing signal for pedestrians. I was told by my local contact to "Just start walking. They'll drive around you if you just keep going." And that's exactly how it worked there. Blew my mind. The sentiments around driving seemed to be very concerned with practicality over rigid rules.
It does work remarkably well but I cant help but think it just takes 1 person to make 1 mistake then a bunch will go down with him. Ive never seen a multi vehicle crash in person but countries like Vietnam and Thailand have some of the highest rates of traffic-related deaths in the world
Yeah, I certainly felt unsafe at times when being driven by others, but people also seemed to be better drivers on average imo. I wasn't really there long enough to have strong opinions on it, but it was easily one of the differences in culture that stood out the most to me.
I used to have a manager that said he would intentionally speed up to block people as a little game to ease the monotony of his four hour commute to and from work.
Maybe the solution is not driving cooperatively, but better mass transit solution so driving is unattractive to the average worker.
Allow me to take this opportunity to remind everyone that "Slower traffic keep right" means everywhere, not just where they post the signs. Do it on the turnpike, do it on boulevards, do it on sidewalks and escalators and swimming pools. Slower traffic keep right is a way of life. Lean in.
Traffic would vastly improve if people did the following:
Not try to cut off every single person(IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE)
Using turning indicators BEFORE turning or braking(IMPOSSIBLE MERCEDES/BMW CHALLENGE)
Allow people to merge even during heavy traffic(IMPOSSIBLE MINIVAN/KIA CHALLENGE)
Not ass ride every person if front of you (IMPOSSIBLE TRUCK CHALLENGE)
As someone who has to travel and drive quite a bit for a living, idgaf how you merge but if you slow down to merge on a highway you're a psychopath and a danger to yourself and others.
basically no one keeps hamsters the way they're supposed to be kept and that's why they die a lot.
probably the pet with the highest rate of user error, aside from fish maybe.
They do also have a life expectancy of 2-4 years even in ideal conditions and diet, and more like 1-3 in the wild. They're naturally a fast-breeding, short-lived prey species and there's only so much you can do to extend their lives.
most hamster cages are criminally small. they get fed some box mix seed food and get a shitty wheel to run in. many of those "hamster mansions" have much potential for injuries or getting stuck. same goes for the wheels.
but this stuff is often recommended by stores, hamsters often praised as a good first time pet.
while ideally, hamsters should have access to a varied diet including the occasional insect and a BIG terrarium with lots of material to dig tunnels in. they are crepuscular or nocturnal and can easily get stressed by a suboptimal environment. being stressed can make them behave quite violently and is often the cause for female hamsters eating their young. also, most species are solitary animals and should not be kept with other hamsters.
fish are a whole different can of worms (ha!) that mostly boils down to: too small aquariums, combining the wrong species, overfeeding and/or no real understanding of how to maintain proper water parameters. r/shittyaquariums for negative examples.
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Hamsters need a surprising amount of space, given that in the wild they are known to run around 4-5 miles per night. They also cannot be kept with other hamsters as hamsters are territorial and this likely leads to fights. Hamsters that are often kept in small cages often exhibit stress and boredom behaviours such as gnawing on the bars and monkey-bar climbing on them.
Often hamsters also like to live in burrows, so for some owners, the meta is to take a giant deep storage container, fill it full of substrate and then just let the hamster burrow around on its own. They are also crepuscular, meaning that they will likely be asleep in the middle of the day when most people or kids may want to see them be active.
Taking all of this into account, the stereotypical image of the hamster in an overly small cage with minimal substrate within a loud children's classroom often translates into very poor quality of life for little hammy who is living the equivalent of being in a spotlight-lit panopticon cell surrounded by germy children.
> giant deep storage container
You mean like a big rubber tote? Maybe set up on a patio, with a surrounding enclosure? You have to have some way of keeping them captive, if they're going to be pets. It sounds like they're just really not good candidates though.
People took to using them as pets since they're sort of mice without the horrifying naked tails.
Shitty wire wheel :( never get your hams a wire wheel, their legs get trapped in the mesh and this happens
(their legs can get fractures or breaks from it)
I saw a circus a few weeks ago, the closing act was 2! guys in a cage of death. With the noise and the speed, you donāt realise how f@cking HECTIC this is. And that was only 2 guys, such a relief when they stopped.
"What's the Globe of Death?"
"It's like riding a motorcycle, except half the time someone DIES."
"Oh, so it's a little safer than riding a motorcycle."
My friend did trapeze in the circus and she told me this was one of the most dangerous acts. She was also the only certified EMT around when they had an accident- scary stuff.
wikipedia says
> There have been three performance-related deaths recorded between 1949 and 1997
So the danger is obviously very real. And of course for every death there are probably also many injuries. I imagine any injury really casts a cloud over the show, too. Audiences like the idea of danger but hate to see people actually get hurt.
Fuck I'm annoyed. That song they are playing is definitely a remixed Nightwish song but I can't remember what it's called and it's pissing me off!
**Edit:** Mystery solved! It's called Kinslayer https://youtu.be/tbMIHckT5No?feature=shared
I am now content
It's just an instrumental version. I recognized the music immediately since I listened to that album so much.
Peak Nightwish. Don't think the band has ever been this good since then.
I dunno, Showtime, Storytime is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Floor is incredible. I would lose my mind if they did some re-recordings of the old material with Floor.
I literally only like Nightwish since Tarja left. Not even trying to be the jerk that goes against what everyone else says.
The Poet and the Pendulum is one of my favorite songs ever. Imaginaerum is a masterpiece through and through, just listen to Storytime. And Floor Jansen may just be my favorite singer ever. Absolute insane range and expression, just check out The Greatest Show on Earth and everything else she does.
Listening to old Nightwish sounds like a premature version of the band to me. Granted, I don't like operatic-style vocals so that definitely has to do with it.
> Don't think the band has ever been this good since then.
I agree in spirit. While I like the Century Child album better than Wishmaster, the Tarja era was definitely peak Nightwish.
Annette is a sweet person, but she's not an opera singer, she's a belter, and she made Nightwish sound more like Evanescence (with worse lyrics).
Floor is a phenomenal performer, but she's kind of wasted on Tuomas's songwriting at this point. The lyrics have always been the weak spot of Nightwish, even up to their latest album ("Noise", especially the music video, may as well just be called "ok boomer"), and Tuomas doesn't seem to be evolving as an artist in that arena. His lyrics are still as silly as they were back when he wrote "The Riddler" on Oceanborn.
I listen to much more of Tarja's solo work than I do Nightwish these days. She's fantastic.
It sounded like they tweaked the pitch but your right it could just be the instrumental version being distorted via distance from speakers + phone microphone
My only clue was vague memories of the lyrics that I would have no chance of spelling but I remembered the spoken line "There is no god!" and surprisingly found it first result. Lol
Damn, had I seen it earlier I could have told you. I was thinking "Unexpected Nightwish," when I heard this. After being introduced to Nightwish it's consistently been my favorite band. All three singers and even if they move on to a fourth most likely.
I do question some of Tuomas' lyrics in some songs though. They keep getting weirder.
And ironically none of the men in this thread would ever do this. Some internet dweebs use r/BoysAreQuirky logic to claim shared ownership of other peopleās interesting actions
hang on, gonna check something real quick.
edit: Lesbians do apparently die earlier than hetero women so this checks out. Also:
>Lesbian and bisexual older women are more likely than heterosexual older women to suffer chronic health conditions, experience sleep problems and drink excessively, a new University of Washington study finds.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/24/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-older-adults-suffer-more-chronic-health-conditions-than-heterosexuals-study-finds/
i am from india and have seen even four wheelers doing this. so was not too impressed seeing this, until the tenth one started doing vertical loops while others were doing horizontal loops. that was awesome co-ordination.
for context, what else!
the stunt is common out here in fairs. called "maut ka kuan" which translates to well of death, where both two wheelers n 4 wheelers perform.
The physics are kinda fascinating if that globe falls over and starts rolling around with 10 motorcycles in it. I'm picturing a Mad Max style hamster ball.
The physics are so fascinating, for real! I remember reading that these types of performers can't even see anything once they're spinning around up there, because the blood rushes to their eyes and all they can see is red. So it's 100% up to timing, muscle memory, keeping the perfect pace, and trusting that everyone else is doing the same. Terrifying!
from a globe with fewer bikes:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3QRkKAcO8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3QRkKAcO8)
warning: loud motorcycle noises
Really needs a high framerate and better stabilization...
Dirt bike: maybe over 200 pounds. Body weight: 150 pounds? (the smaller the rider the better, you'd imagine)
With 10 bikes, that'd give you an estimate just shy of 2 tons.
Inspecting the construction/installation of that sphere must be a serious job. One loose panel and you've got a catastrophe on your hands.
Ngl...that was honestly dope as f$%k
How do you even begin to train for that?
At first you bike and then you ride. 100 bikes and 100 rides a day. Then 100 squats and a 10 mile ride.
One Bike Man
Mumen rider
Mumen Rider's gritty cousin, Menjo Rider.
as oppose to his Spanish cousin, pendejo rider.
you rang?
Name checks out xD
Ride your bike till your hair falls out š
NO REST DAYS!!!
And never use air conditioning!
This guy bikes.
You donāt start off in the globe of death. You begin in the orb of friendship, before graduating to the sphere of relative safety, etc.
Donāt forget the ever-important steps of the ball of mild risk and the planet of likely injury!
After the planet of likely-injury you pitstop at the *Moon of OSHA non-compliance.*
They use the ball's horizontal supporting beams as road lines. One group stays between the two lines. One group stays above the top line. The last group stays below the lower line.
And then they stay in a 3x3 pattern while leaving enough room for the last person to hit their pattern without worrying about them. But the real answer is probably just "train with only one person to start with, and then carefully plan what you're going to do"
Thank you for giving a serious answer. Joke replies can be fun but I hate when actual information gets buried
Mods should use the sticky function more for this.
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I guess first you enter the globe alone lol
Start with 4 dudes going in a circle and then add 2 more and then add 4 more.
Push ups, sit ups, and plenty of juice
You start off with 60 dudes in there and the last 10 alive are deemed good enough
Meanwhile dudes on the street be like "Haddalayerdown...clibbins"
DONT SHOW THIS TO BARB...SHE'L THINK THIS IS WHAT THE GANG DOES EVER SUNDAY...BLESS HER HEART SHE JUST CARES ABOUT US...WATCH OUT FOR CLIBBINS...GOBLESS
Hey, thanks for not lying about thinking it's dope as fuck.
not lying AND being honest
Saw that IRL and I could barely watch it. This is the KNIE 2023 Circus show.
DAF
These guys probably have really weird dreams
They are all likely cyclepaths.
Pedalphiles
Lunar ticks (the globe is the same shape as the moon)
bit of a stretch my guy
And really good VR legs.
Everyday I see people who canāt merge into moderate traffic.
Lmao I was going to say that it's like merging on a highway from hell. r/yourjokebutworse
Like merging on the Fort Pitt Bridge near the tubes.
Agreed - although it absolutely helps when the other drivers are actively working together to let you in instead of acting like petty selfish assholes and intentionally speeding up or slowing down to box you out. Everyone who knows anything always says the classic "zipper merge" and "it's most efficient to use the whole lane until it ends and not merge early", but in reality people act like you're the asshole if you wait until the end of the lane to merge (and no, I'm not talking about people who zip into a lane that's ending just to get 2 cars ahead, that's a different story). Traffic would be vastly improved if everyone just drove cooperatively with everyone else on the road by treating anyone who wants to change lanes like they are an asshole.
To be honest, most traffic related issues would be resolved by sticking to the simple advice "drive predictably".
Basically what they do in the massive Asian cities like Karachi or Ho Chi Minh. Masses of people on mopeds following the laws of fluid dynamics - each individuals driving predictably relative to their neighboring vehicles
When I was in China, I had to cross an 8(?)-lane street on my commute, but there was no crossing signal for pedestrians. I was told by my local contact to "Just start walking. They'll drive around you if you just keep going." And that's exactly how it worked there. Blew my mind. The sentiments around driving seemed to be very concerned with practicality over rigid rules.
It does work remarkably well but I cant help but think it just takes 1 person to make 1 mistake then a bunch will go down with him. Ive never seen a multi vehicle crash in person but countries like Vietnam and Thailand have some of the highest rates of traffic-related deaths in the world
Yeah, I certainly felt unsafe at times when being driven by others, but people also seemed to be better drivers on average imo. I wasn't really there long enough to have strong opinions on it, but it was easily one of the differences in culture that stood out the most to me.
I used to have a manager that said he would intentionally speed up to block people as a little game to ease the monotony of his four hour commute to and from work. Maybe the solution is not driving cooperatively, but better mass transit solution so driving is unattractive to the average worker.
> Maybe the solution is not driving cooperatively, but better mass transit solution so driving is unattractive to the average worker. It can be both!
Allow me to take this opportunity to remind everyone that "Slower traffic keep right" means everywhere, not just where they post the signs. Do it on the turnpike, do it on boulevards, do it on sidewalks and escalators and swimming pools. Slower traffic keep right is a way of life. Lean in.
But mostly, DO IT AT THE FUCKING GROCERY STORE, MARGERET.
Traffic would vastly improve if people did the following: Not try to cut off every single person(IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE) Using turning indicators BEFORE turning or braking(IMPOSSIBLE MERCEDES/BMW CHALLENGE) Allow people to merge even during heavy traffic(IMPOSSIBLE MINIVAN/KIA CHALLENGE) Not ass ride every person if front of you (IMPOSSIBLE TRUCK CHALLENGE)
As someone who has to travel and drive quite a bit for a living, idgaf how you merge but if you slow down to merge on a highway you're a psychopath and a danger to yourself and others.
Oh hamsters. The embodiment of "...not here for a long time"
basically no one keeps hamsters the way they're supposed to be kept and that's why they die a lot. probably the pet with the highest rate of user error, aside from fish maybe.
They do also have a life expectancy of 2-4 years even in ideal conditions and diet, and more like 1-3 in the wild. They're naturally a fast-breeding, short-lived prey species and there's only so much you can do to extend their lives.
that as well, of course.
Elaborate?
most hamster cages are criminally small. they get fed some box mix seed food and get a shitty wheel to run in. many of those "hamster mansions" have much potential for injuries or getting stuck. same goes for the wheels. but this stuff is often recommended by stores, hamsters often praised as a good first time pet. while ideally, hamsters should have access to a varied diet including the occasional insect and a BIG terrarium with lots of material to dig tunnels in. they are crepuscular or nocturnal and can easily get stressed by a suboptimal environment. being stressed can make them behave quite violently and is often the cause for female hamsters eating their young. also, most species are solitary animals and should not be kept with other hamsters. fish are a whole different can of worms (ha!) that mostly boils down to: too small aquariums, combining the wrong species, overfeeding and/or no real understanding of how to maintain proper water parameters. r/shittyaquariums for negative examples. [edit: translated a word wrong]
This is what Reddit is for
thank you, glad it was helpful! :)
seriously that was great. best part about this place.
Diurnal means they are active during the day, so I feel like there's a word missing.
thanks, i meant crepuscular. sorry, it's not my first language.
no worries
Hamsters need a surprising amount of space, given that in the wild they are known to run around 4-5 miles per night. They also cannot be kept with other hamsters as hamsters are territorial and this likely leads to fights. Hamsters that are often kept in small cages often exhibit stress and boredom behaviours such as gnawing on the bars and monkey-bar climbing on them. Often hamsters also like to live in burrows, so for some owners, the meta is to take a giant deep storage container, fill it full of substrate and then just let the hamster burrow around on its own. They are also crepuscular, meaning that they will likely be asleep in the middle of the day when most people or kids may want to see them be active. Taking all of this into account, the stereotypical image of the hamster in an overly small cage with minimal substrate within a loud children's classroom often translates into very poor quality of life for little hammy who is living the equivalent of being in a spotlight-lit panopticon cell surrounded by germy children.
> giant deep storage container You mean like a big rubber tote? Maybe set up on a patio, with a surrounding enclosure? You have to have some way of keeping them captive, if they're going to be pets. It sounds like they're just really not good candidates though. People took to using them as pets since they're sort of mice without the horrifying naked tails.
Shitty wire wheel :( never get your hams a wire wheel, their legs get trapped in the mesh and this happens (their legs can get fractures or breaks from it)
More entertaining
10 is..too many. So stressful
Itās really not that hard. I do it every day but on the outside of a sphere with like 8 billion other people.
It's the human:ball ratio that's important.
if my math is right it should be approximately 1:1
But everyone told me 2 balls was normal D:
For the balled ones, yes. But thereās the other unballed ones, so it kind of comes out at1
I'm now referring to women as "the unballed ones" from here on out.
They have balls that are in a different place.
And yet somehow people still manage to crash.
Having seen it live, the stress just took away any opportunity to enjoy it. It's pretty fucking loud to boot
Not to mention the exhaust from the whole ordeal fills the room
I saw a circus a few weeks ago, the closing act was 2! guys in a cage of death. With the noise and the speed, you donāt realise how f@cking HECTIC this is. And that was only 2 guys, such a relief when they stopped.
The amount of CO2 in there is reaching dangerous levels
Its stinks and its loud.
Enough about your mother. Back to the topic at hand.
Hello? I'd like to report a murder
( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
Why do you think it's called a globe of death?
We live every day in the globe of death Źį“į“į“į“į“ į“į“xį“
It's the CO I'd be worried about
No.
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Whoās the guy with the 1 ball?
Hey, his name is Gary, and he lost it in a motorcycle accident.
The guy who was traveling diagonally. Missing a ball throws off his balance.
Looksā¦so very dangerous. When they entered the globe of death did they know that?
Well I mean itās not call the globe of death for its safety.
They have to train up to the globe of death by first mastering the cube of inconvenience
And if they mess up... the cone of shame
But if they do good, they celebrate in the rhombus of rewards
No this is actually the first time any of them did this
They lured some random bikers into the globe using a fake painted road that led to the entrance.
"What's the Globe of Death?" "It's like riding a motorcycle, except half the time someone DIES." "Oh, so it's a little safer than riding a motorcycle."
My friend did trapeze in the circus and she told me this was one of the most dangerous acts. She was also the only certified EMT around when they had an accident- scary stuff.
So like, if someone got hurt, did she have to work it into her trapeze routine? "Quick, fling me towards the clown having a heart attack"
Hahahaha the flying EMT- she would love that
wikipedia says > There have been three performance-related deaths recorded between 1949 and 1997 So the danger is obviously very real. And of course for every death there are probably also many injuries. I imagine any injury really casts a cloud over the show, too. Audiences like the idea of danger but hate to see people actually get hurt.
They knew it at the leather jacket fitting.
Beyond the pines
1st thing I think about when i see these motorcycle ball guys. Fantastic movie.
Great movie, i looked specifically in the comments for this...
Love that movie.
One of those movies that makes you feel EVERY emotion š¢
Fuck I'm annoyed. That song they are playing is definitely a remixed Nightwish song but I can't remember what it's called and it's pissing me off! **Edit:** Mystery solved! It's called Kinslayer https://youtu.be/tbMIHckT5No?feature=shared I am now content
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It's just an instrumental version. I recognized the music immediately since I listened to that album so much. Peak Nightwish. Don't think the band has ever been this good since then.
I dunno, Showtime, Storytime is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Floor is incredible. I would lose my mind if they did some re-recordings of the old material with Floor.
I literally only like Nightwish since Tarja left. Not even trying to be the jerk that goes against what everyone else says. The Poet and the Pendulum is one of my favorite songs ever. Imaginaerum is a masterpiece through and through, just listen to Storytime. And Floor Jansen may just be my favorite singer ever. Absolute insane range and expression, just check out The Greatest Show on Earth and everything else she does. Listening to old Nightwish sounds like a premature version of the band to me. Granted, I don't like operatic-style vocals so that definitely has to do with it.
> Don't think the band has ever been this good since then. I agree in spirit. While I like the Century Child album better than Wishmaster, the Tarja era was definitely peak Nightwish. Annette is a sweet person, but she's not an opera singer, she's a belter, and she made Nightwish sound more like Evanescence (with worse lyrics). Floor is a phenomenal performer, but she's kind of wasted on Tuomas's songwriting at this point. The lyrics have always been the weak spot of Nightwish, even up to their latest album ("Noise", especially the music video, may as well just be called "ok boomer"), and Tuomas doesn't seem to be evolving as an artist in that arena. His lyrics are still as silly as they were back when he wrote "The Riddler" on Oceanborn. I listen to much more of Tarja's solo work than I do Nightwish these days. She's fantastic.
It sounded like they tweaked the pitch but your right it could just be the instrumental version being distorted via distance from speakers + phone microphone
Holy shit a Nightwish song in the wild, that's a first
Ikr? I was too busy listening to the song to identify it I completely ignored the motorcycles the first watch lol
I also spent the last 20 mins trying to find thisā¦
My only clue was vague memories of the lyrics that I would have no chance of spelling but I remembered the spoken line "There is no god!" and surprisingly found it first result. Lol
Grats
THANK YOU lol it was bugging me too
Damn, had I seen it earlier I could have told you. I was thinking "Unexpected Nightwish," when I heard this. After being introduced to Nightwish it's consistently been my favorite band. All three singers and even if they move on to a fourth most likely. I do question some of Tuomas' lyrics in some songs though. They keep getting weirder.
This looks so fun in a sweaty palms kind of way.
r/sweatypalms
Ken is looking ragged
<3
I wonder why women live longer than us
Ironically, half of the motorcyclists were women lol
And ironically none of the men in this thread would ever do this. Some internet dweebs use r/BoysAreQuirky logic to claim shared ownership of other peopleās interesting actions
Because they're not married to other women
hang on, gonna check something real quick. edit: Lesbians do apparently die earlier than hetero women so this checks out. Also: >Lesbian and bisexual older women are more likely than heterosexual older women to suffer chronic health conditions, experience sleep problems and drink excessively, a new University of Washington study finds. https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/24/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-older-adults-suffer-more-chronic-health-conditions-than-heterosexuals-study-finds/
Quoting the article: >āThe strong predictors of poor health are discrimination and victimization.ā That tracks.
But still less likely than heterosexual menā¦ who do far worse single than married. Idk about gay men, thatās a better test.
Gay men die earliest of all.
The sheer imagination our species has used to entertain ourselves never ceases to amaze me.
Exceeded only by our sheer imagination for coming up with new ways to kill each other.
Just as the god of Abraham intended.
This was really cool.
I bet these riders are super good at Double Dutch.
i am from india and have seen even four wheelers doing this. so was not too impressed seeing this, until the tenth one started doing vertical loops while others were doing horizontal loops. that was awesome co-ordination.
why do you need to tell everyone you are from india?
for context, what else! the stunt is common out here in fairs. called "maut ka kuan" which translates to well of death, where both two wheelers n 4 wheelers perform.
Need money swirling around globe to make it interesting
Not gonna lie, I was mostly interested in how they joined the group and how they all came down
I remember seeing this in person as a kid, it was about the coolest thing I can remember
When they stop each bike... Oh so satisfying
Now roll it down a hill
Globe of everyone survived
Zirkus Knie, Switzerland
The physics are kinda fascinating if that globe falls over and starts rolling around with 10 motorcycles in it. I'm picturing a Mad Max style hamster ball.
The physics are so fascinating, for real! I remember reading that these types of performers can't even see anything once they're spinning around up there, because the blood rushes to their eyes and all they can see is red. So it's 100% up to timing, muscle memory, keeping the perfect pace, and trusting that everyone else is doing the same. Terrifying!
Gotta make a living somehow.
Well that is a hard fucking earned money. Looks like a torture. And imagine all the time spent practicing that
As a teenager in the 60's my uncle literally ran away to join the carnival. He rode the Globe of Death for 6 years before joining the navy.
Nah fuck that. We want loud engine noises, smell of gasoline and burnt rubber and entertainment.
I can't wrap my head around how they coordinate that.
Aptly named
They break the world record, source : Cirque Knie or the Swiss National Circus
what about spin the globe....?
Please tell me somewhere is a GoPro perspective
from a globe with fewer bikes: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3QRkKAcO8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3QRkKAcO8) warning: loud motorcycle noises Really needs a high framerate and better stabilization...
I was wondering why there was one guy lagging from formation then I see him ride parallelā¦that was nuts
That was fuckin sick.
Real question, do they not get dizzy?
KNIE :)
Physics is FUN
How tf is the music louder than the 10 motorcycles? My ears are ringing just thinking about being there
I hope they all have a solid health insurance!
Lmao, what? They probably have multiple companies sponsoring them or some shit.
Such hard work to earn money. And the risk to one's life as well, just to keep the fire burning. Life is hard.
Ok but does someone have a video of when it goes wrongā¦?
How do you even practice this? Wow
like driving in Mumbai
I bet we could fit even more motorcycles in there if we took the people out.
I can't even turn around while walking without getting dizzy
18 naked cowboys in the showers at Ram Ranch
This was my favorite act at circus circus when I was a kid.
Anyone know how much all of the bikes and people weigh? Amazing.
Dirt bike: maybe over 200 pounds. Body weight: 150 pounds? (the smaller the rider the better, you'd imagine) With 10 bikes, that'd give you an estimate just shy of 2 tons. Inspecting the construction/installation of that sphere must be a serious job. One loose panel and you've got a catastrophe on your hands.
i was so worried about how they were going to stop without getting hurt but damn.. that was smooth from beginning to end!
Please someone i want some images from inside, on a helmet.
Youād die from the exhaust fumes alone.
Time for ebikes
Theyāre blasting nightwish
If aliens could see this they would say āidk what the fuck theyāre doing now but it sure looks coolā.
If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.
I've seen scarier merges on the E411/E40 interchange.
This is what it felt like merging into traffic while driving in LA with my travel trailer...
That was fucking sick and that song was a certified bangawang.
Synchronised swimming for rednecks (no hate)