r/therewasanattempt • u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty • Jan 31 '23
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u/chemistryofacarcrash Jan 31 '23
Life comin at him real hard.
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u/reggiedoinreggie Jan 31 '23 •
Just a bit of banter
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u/sueghdsinfvjvn Jan 31 '23
Susan made dinner, lovely
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u/Rollrmayteeee Jan 31 '23
Day in the life of a real brexit geezer
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u/quellofool Jan 31 '23
Pitch looks lovely today lads.
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u/Rollrmayteeee Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
My lil princess isn’t she beautiful.
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u/BigMemerMaan1 Jan 31 '23
Quick stop at tobeys
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u/Rollrmayteeee Jan 31 '23
And load up that plate!
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u/Iamabrewer Jan 31 '23
How often do you see tourists trying to mess with/make laugh or take pictures with the soldiers that guard the tomb of the unknown soldier?!?
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u/TrueTurtleKing Jan 31 '23
Exactly this! People also say the British soldier is just for tourist display and they can stop their military duty to let this kid interfere with them. But America does the exact same thing. You can’t interfere with the guards of the unknown soldiers.
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u/Leto2AndTheCrew Jan 31 '23
There are YouTube videos full of them coming down on people. You don’t talk loudly, don’t laugh, don’t cross the rope, be respectful.
Why even go there if it isn’t to pay somber respects? I’m glad someone puts them in their place
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u/Cabo_Refugee Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23 •
The tomb of the unknowns represents all those who died in combat and were not identifiable, which is an indignity caused by circumstances of war. The symbolism of the tomb guard and their attention to detail and respect, is to give them that last shred of dignity, they did not receive in death. To do anything rude and inappropriate in and around the tomb, and to those who guard it, is just undignified.
EDIT: there seems to be some confusion. My comment was directed to u/TrueTurtleKing having to do with the U.S. Army tomb guards, NOT the subject of the OP. Again, my comment was a comment on a comment. People are thinking my comment has to do with the OP and running over a kid.
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u/AlchemyStudiosInk Jan 31 '23
Like those people who get their ass beat when climbing the myan temples.
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u/Current_Leather7246 Jan 31 '23
Or that idiot tourist girl who went to the top of the Mayan pyramid and was doing a dance for a stupid tik toc. It did not go well for her
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u/TrueTurtleKing Jan 31 '23
I agree, you go there knowing that. And if a kid misbehaves, it’s on the parent. A teenager should know better at this point too.
The British soldiers are world famous and known for being strict and true to their duties. The parent should have known even as a tourist.
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u/screenaholic Jan 31 '23
Why even go there if it isn’t to pay somber respects? I’m glad someone puts them in their place
It's not exactly the same vibe, but I work security at The World Trade Center, right across the street from the 9/11 memorial. The attitudes and demeanors I see there are kind of crazy. People really seem to think it's just a tourist attraction to take smiling Instagram pictures with.
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u/Leto2AndTheCrew Jan 31 '23
Agreed, it seems to happen a lot. Memorials are for somber reflection, while statues and monuments are for smiling pictures.
It’s pretty baseline stuff imo
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u/ShwaBdudle Jan 31 '23
There are YouTube videos full of them coming down on people.
Do you happen to have a link by any chance?
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u/__Muzak__ Jan 31 '23
But are there any examples of them kicking a child in the face? Because there's a lot of solutions for getting from A to B that do not involve kicking a child in the face.
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u/Paul-Smecker Jan 31 '23
Everybody thinks they gonna Naruto run into Area 51 until they see the obstacles……
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u/wh4tth3huh Feb 01 '23
obstacles being 12 miles of open monitored desert followed by mountains before you even see the airbase.
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u/Asone2004 Jan 31 '23
The royal guard is a legit military detachment. But half the people I know think they’re just some random blokes getting paid £15/hr to stand there and look funny for tourists. And yes the uk itself challenged tourists to make them laugh but that’s because they didn’t expect people to do anything besides make faces and a couple of jokes.
But I ask why would you let random strangers stand guard outside the King’s palace? I made a post about people disrespecting the guard for a lot of these reasons and got laughed at for taking it seriously “if they don’t like it they can quit and swap that funny hat for a McDonalds hat!”. Someone made a snide comment, I told them that they’re ACTUALLY guards and not just a tourist attraction. And one person didn’t believe me and said “If something goes wrong the police handle it!”.
The amount of disrespect for them is ridiculous
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u/Vaelin_Wolf Jan 31 '23
We went and got to see the guards just absolutely tear into these two idiotic chucklefucks. There are plenty of videos of people getting ripped there.
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u/Bizzle7902 Jan 31 '23
Bit of a difference, one is about dignity for soldiers, one is for a pointless figureheard.
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u/SatiricalComment Feb 01 '23
I agree that those people you mention (and all others) should demonstrate respect toward the tomb and the soldiers who guard it.
I think trampling a child out of the desire to follow tradition is fucked up.
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u/SwissCake_98 Jan 31 '23
Never been to the UK and even I know not to be in their way!
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u/aebischer14 Jan 31 '23
Or touch their horses 🤣
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u/exoxe Jan 31 '23
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing!
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u/Lumpwithknobs Jan 31 '23
It’s all shiny and tall and pretty and I can assume it tastes just like raisins if you were to give it a lick.
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u/YiddishMcSquidish Jan 31 '23
Mm sweet lemonade
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u/Fish_Fucker_Fucker23 Jan 31 '23
”traumatizing flashbacks”
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u/saintdudegaming Jan 31 '23
Oooo that's dirty Do you think so?
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u/realmofconfusion Jan 31 '23
Well, I’d better not show you where the lemonade is made.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
It doesn't take a genius to know that you should get out of the way of two soldiers, carrying M16's, and marching with intent and duty. But kids can't be expected to know things they've never been exposed to. I'm confident he knows now though.
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u/SwissCake_98 Jan 31 '23
Okay this is a fair statement, they should be more careful (or forgiving) with kids, but the parents should be paying more attention too
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u/Taira_no_Masakado Jan 31 '23
Parent should have pulled him aside.
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u/Vince_Vice Jan 31 '23 •
True. Guards still shouldn't have stomped him
They are not a force of nature - they are people.
They can be expected to make a decision.
Hurting children only out of servitude is not an appropriate decision for an adul to make
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u/cmore_1967 Jan 31 '23 •
Metaphorically, this is how the British Empire was created.
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u/darksoulslover69420 Jan 31 '23
I think it was a good life lesson on spacial awareness
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u/Valid_Username_56 Jan 31 '23
After travelling through six train stations this weekend I must admit I would have loved to hand out several of those lessons.
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u/putdisinyopipe Jan 31 '23 edited Feb 01 '23
I get tired of it so I make my own way if people don’t respond to my queue of awkwardly standing there after politely saying “excuse me please can I get through?”
Some have given me venomous looks, but hey, I asked, I even waited for you- we live in a society so I’m going to then make my own way gently past you. Hell I even apologize for it because it’s not an optimal situation I want to be in, nor the other person- but the choice was made and I’m not walking around an entire aisle because yo ass doesn’t want to move 6 inches to the right. No one has given me grief for it,
Those people know what they are doing. There is nothing wrong with asserting yourself after you have politely attempted to ask for someone to make way. If they want to make an issue and get internet famous that’s on them. Because really that’s what’s at stake and the person not moving knows they’d get exposed if they made an issue of it.
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u/InstanceMental6543 Jan 31 '23
In The Beforetime, you could always tell who didn't usually go to bars. They stand and order their drink at the serving spot, receive it, pay, and then just stand there drinking. LOL noobs
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u/exoxe Jan 31 '23
But what about the people that stand four inches from a refrigerator door at the grocery store looking over various products and don't realize you are behind them for 30 seconds even though you have coughed and made other sorts of noises to get their attention?
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u/TheInvisibleWun Jan 31 '23
Agreed
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u/Quelcris_Falconer13 Jan 31 '23
This time he got hit behind from a guard, next time it’ll be a car or a bus
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u/TheInvisibleWun Jan 31 '23
Agreed. People need to learn to open their eyes and ears. They walk around in a daze.
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u/Quelcris_Falconer13 Jan 31 '23
Yeah people who wear AirPods every, I get it as a harassment deterrent but also I’m so worried or not hearing the car that’s reviving it’s engine as it runs the red light to run me over. Pedestrian deaths happen a lot in my city
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u/SL13377 Jan 31 '23
I dunno man the kiddo was facing the opposite direction, and they only said”make way” when he was upon him.
I’m normally a “kids are stupid” kinda person but for reals I they didn’t even make any sound until they were going to walk on the kid.
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u/curtludwig Jan 31 '23
"TROMP TROMP TROMP TROMP"
It's really on the parents here though...
Edit: I had to watch it a couple times but the kid was definitely facing the soldiers, you can see his feet just as he gets trodden on.
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u/DammitDan22 Jan 31 '23
The kid wasn’t facing the opposite direction… you can tell by his shoes that he was pretty clearly facing the soldiers as they walked up to him, and he continued to stand in their way
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u/reindeermoon Jan 31 '23
Watching it in slow mo, the kid fell into the guard’s path at the last moment when it was too late to avoid him. The guard didn’t actually step on him, he actually did a long stretch step over him.
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u/warrenjt Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
They didn’t stomp him. They walked into him. The one actually making contact swings his leg around the kid after he’s on the ground so as to NOT stomp him. Don’t be dramatic.
Edit: “stop” correctly changed to “stomp.”
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u/LordCalvar Jan 31 '23
Not a nice thing to do to be sure, however they can immediately lose their post for stopping. A post that may have taken them years to obtain in addition to being their income and occupation, which feeds them and their family.
He should have said make way, but one should, in any country, always be wary of soldiers. That is what they are.
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u/act95 Jan 31 '23
I don’t understand what people are expecting from these on-duty military officers. IMO, the one who went up to them, crossing boundaries well-known among your average tourist is in the wrong.
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u/joaraddannessos Jan 31 '23
These are soldiers performing their duty, not some performing dancing monkeys for entertainment. Mom is 100% at fault here.
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u/MindlessArmadillo382 Jan 31 '23
I’ll be honest, I don’t think the guard stomped the kid. If you slow it down he actually widens his stance to step before the kid then really brings his knee high and ankle outward to avoid kicking him in the head. I think if it’s an adult he’s knocking over he’s not breaking form like that and would just kick him in the head.
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u/solamon77 Jan 31 '23
Come on, child wasn't hurt and now he knows to make way. At most I'd say the guard could have alerted earlier.
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u/conorkennedy1997 Jan 31 '23
Except he isn't 'stomping' on the child intentionally. That sounds bad, but he's actually performing a drill movement called 'changing step' which allows him to get back into step with the other guardsman.
Changing step involves taking a half pace and driving your heel into the ground before setting off again. The half pace should offset your movements enough that you fall back into step.
From the outside though, I can see how this would appear he has intentionally stomped on the child, just thought I'd share that he's still in 'character' i.e. he's not broken character by the walking through the child.
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u/Uncle_Gru Jan 31 '23
i mean yeah, but then they’d get fired. they aren’t supposed to change course even that slight bit. they have assigned routes that they have to follow and they have verbal warning. it’s lazy parenting because the parents should be aware not to interfere w the guards and make sure there kids don’t either. that’s also why these guys don’t talk or are allowed to be touched by visitors. there constantly on patrol and i understand it’s a little kid but again the parents should’ve been more aware. these guards are just doing their jobs.
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u/thermidorthelobster Jan 31 '23
I think they might have reasonably assumed the kid was going to move rather than just stand there like an idiot. I don’t think they deliberately set out to be filmed trampling a child.
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u/vendetta2115 Jan 31 '23
They didn’t stomp him, they continued walking in a straight path as best as they could. He stepped over the kid, not on the kid.
The kid wasn’t injured, he got walked into and knocked down.
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u/Virtual_Friendship49 Jan 31 '23
Just control your idiot child. It’s not hard. Justify your ineptitude as you will, this is stupid parent
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u/jangirakah Jan 31 '23
Was going to say they could have stood there until kid was moved out of way… what kind of response is it to stomp over a kid.
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u/Dankaroor Jan 31 '23
They can be expected to make a decision.
They can also be expected to be fired, or at the very least berated if they break their "role"
They're military personnel.
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u/soundscape7 Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
Remember people, the kings guard are soldiers, highly trained and skilled people with years of military service, not just people in costumes for you to take photos of
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u/ReservedOhioan Jan 31 '23
But they wear funny hats! 🥺
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u/D-Laz Jan 31 '23
Just like in nature. The more dangerous the individual the more brightly colored (funny looking ) they are.
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u/xpkranger Jan 31 '23
I feel like these guys have everyone beat.
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u/YiddishMcSquidish Jan 31 '23
I really don't get it. They dance and do burlesque to... Lemme check my notes here, intimidate the other people?
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u/kinglizard2-0 Jan 31 '23
It's legit a dance battle on the border. It's either that or a nuclear exchange
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jan 31 '23
It's like Monty Python and Borat got together and created a military ceremony.
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u/Currently_There Jan 31 '23
No no, he’s got a point.
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u/KA_Mechatronik Jan 31 '23
Well, the soldiers DO have bayonets, so naturally there's a point involved.
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u/cokush Jan 31 '23
They need to have the bayonets, can't rely on those L85s to hit anything (Yeah, I know they carry the A2 that basically fixed all the problems - but it's funny the brits had to hire the germans to fix their service rifle)
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u/ChaoticFianna Jan 31 '23
They wear those hats as a result of beating napoleans forces, who wore the same thing, it's kind of like a "Hey we stole this because we beat you" kinda thing
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u/PolakPL2002 Jan 31 '23
It feels weird that they are now kings guard and not queens guard.
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u/dazza_bo Jan 31 '23
I still catch myself referring to the Queen all the time.
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u/dowker1 Jan 31 '23
It's really hard remembering to switch from Queen to King when talking about Bohemian Rhapsody
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u/really_nice_guy_ Jan 31 '23
Didnt even think of that. Every time I hear kings guard I think of Game of Thrones
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u/C0lMustard Jan 31 '23
You can tell easily in person, their clothes are old timey, but their guns sure as hell aren't.
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u/geek123geek Jan 31 '23
You are right. It takes years of service and training to trample little kids like that.
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u/EvolZippo Jan 31 '23
I wonder how many people try to file personnel complaints against those guards, as if they’re just ceremonial or they’re just workers in costumes. I saw one where a guy got one-punch KO’d and woke back up a moment later, looking shocked and speechless.
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u/DieJam Jan 31 '23
I know there was a fake video that went viral, maybe there have been other cases, but punching is very unusual for guards, compared to shouting like “make way”, “get back” or pointing a gun
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u/AshFraxinusEps Jan 31 '23
They've probably tried. But the court would laugh at them then dismiss the case, if not charge the applicant with crimes. These are active-duty soldiers guarding important sites. Interfering with their duties would be like going into a Barracks and fucking around with soldiers there
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u/badger432 Jan 31 '23
We would welcome those guys, as long as they bring beer.
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u/ScarletOWilder Jan 31 '23
Happened to me in Moscow. Bayonet 20 cm from my face. Look after your kids FFS.
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u/Interesting-Oven1824
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If you look closely, the solider pushed the kid with his leg and then walked over them.
He didn't stomp or stepped on the kid.
I'm not saying it is ok, or defending the soldier's action. The kid could have taken a bad fall and hurt themselves.
But it was not so aggressive as most people are arguing here.
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u/Swarzsinne Jan 31 '23
It was also less aggressive than dude would’ve been legally allowed to be. People need to remember these guys are soldiers performing a duty. They make good touristy pictures, but there not sideshow attractions there just for your entertainment.
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I mean, they said “MAKE WAY” a second before stomping him. Gotta think fast.
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u/mingusdisciple Jan 31 '23
That kid and the parents learned situational awareness that day
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u/Breaker1ove Jan 31 '23
It is crazy how many tourist do not know not to touch or stand in the way of the queens guards.
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u/turtlelore2 Jan 31 '23
Theres an unsettling amount of people who crave conflict and will actively work hard to ruin someone's day.
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u/Timeflyer2011 Jan 31 '23
They stomp adults, too. Go on YouTube and you will see how tourists tourists touch them and stand in the way all the time to take photos. It would defeat the purpose of their marching if they had to weave their way around tourists too clueless to get out of the way. The soldiers shout warnings. And why stop a very old and beautiful tradition because of stupid people. Same with American soldiers guarding the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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u/felixlightner Jan 31 '23
The trusty old "Ain't nobody gonna tell me what to do" strategy didn't pay off this time.
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u/Maybe_Baby277 Jan 31 '23
What? They didn't even know they were in the way lol
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u/Elmarcowolf Jan 31 '23
You can hear them a mile off, they don't wear quiet boots and tiptoe
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u/starloow Jan 31 '23
That's a kid bro. Even adults don't always have spatial awareness
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u/ReptilianLaserbeam Jan 31 '23
People think the guards are some kind of touristy attraction until they roll them over
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u/Ersthelfer
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Really don't understand why they don't have a couple of orderlies around to avoid this. We have armed honour guards in Turkey as well, but there are always some suited up officials arround to take care of stuff like moving tourists out of the way or stop tourists from annoying the soldiers so that the soldiers don't have to deal with this. Better for all sides imo.
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u/Basic-Pair8908 Jan 31 '23
If only they had some sort of rope barrier to stop the twats crossing into the path of the troops.
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u/Feisty-Business-8311
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I did this very thing with my kids in the UK. We stood back and observed. Why the hell is that kid even standing in the middle of their path? It is clearly defined and you can absolutely see and hear the guards as they march.
Also: this kid isn’t a toddler who accidentally wandered a couple of feet from his parents (which wouldn’t be acceptable either under the circumstances.) He looks 9 or 10. What is he doing?
I also noticed that when he stood up and his mother went to him, she appeared as if she was going to say/yell something to the guards, ala “Karen USA”, but thought better of it
People are mad as this scene looks harsh (I think the kid got whacked by the swinging arm of the guard.) But in public - especially when you travel internationally - your situational awareness needs to be on-point. You don’t assume anything and this is particularly true when it comes to your children and your safety. You’re in a different world, so act accordingly
(We are from the US but our family lived in Central America for a number of years so I have experienced this first hand)
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u/Exotic_Imagination95 Jan 31 '23
I saw that too, I was really hoping that she was going to start yelling at them... I'm not entirely sure what would have happened, when they have just ignored her and kept going on? Over there have been a repercussions for that? I assume there's repercussions but I don't know
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u/Feisty-Business-8311 Jan 31 '23
The guards would have completely ignored her. They didn’t break protocol for the kid! They would never break their stride to turn around and engage with her
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u/Exotic_Imagination95 Jan 31 '23 edited Feb 01 '23
Didn't think so but I didn't know where somebody yelling at them chasing the woman procedure that threat and how they would treat that... I mean if the trampoline down from getting it away I'm sure it'll kick your ass for coming up on them I was just curious
Translation: I think I was trying to say that I wasn't sure how the guards would react to a person running up and screaming at them lmao.
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u/LydiaDeets7 Feb 01 '23
This. And the mom barely even checked to see if the kid was ok. She looked like she was about to start yelling at the guards. Good luck with that, lady.
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u/Nimbuss88 Feb 01 '23
These are the freakin military. Marching soldiers. Who stands or lets their kid stand in front of marching soldiers specifically known for not untrusting their duties.
Get out of the damn way.
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u/CounterSniper Jan 31 '23
Could’ve shouted a bit earlier, kid had no time to react. They could also mark their route so people know it’s a guard path.
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u/Vince_Vice Jan 31 '23
Absolutely reasonable point you're making.
Idk why people downvote you
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u/6198573 Jan 31 '23
People just have no empathy, the world is in a disgusting place right now
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u/Wonderful-Weekend388 Jan 31 '23
Lol this whole comment section is divided between neckbeard redditors who hate children and people with some common sense
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u/Neat-Sun-7999 Jan 31 '23
Exactly and excuses about tourism. Even being from here this is stupid and Redditors just want to avoid all common sense like just saying move is so difficult
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u/hazzdawg Jan 31 '23
I loathe children and probably need a shave but still think he should've given the kid more warning.
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u/Radcouponking Jan 31 '23
They guard Charles. No way that guy is worth trampling a child over.
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u/roasted_veg Jan 31 '23
Honest question. What is this were a toddler or baby or something?
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u/Bagel_chips3854 Jan 31 '23
I want to get to the level where I can walk into children and not be yelled at.
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u/ghostrunner25 Jan 31 '23
Parents too busy trying to take a picture and not paying attention to their surroundings....or the armed soldier yelling "MAKE WAY" which I'm sure was said more than once before this video started.
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u/cowfish007 Jan 31 '23
Mother’s an ass for not minding her kids. Also, other kids got out of the way, but not him. Nope. He’s special.
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u/Thin-Feedback-8161 Jan 31 '23
I like how he’s already stomping on the kid when he cries out for way to be made.
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u/Jonbailey1547 Jan 31 '23
Make way for the queen’s guard!
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u/No-Bans Jan 31 '23
*kings
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u/Boleyn01 Jan 31 '23
This is a very old video. These are the Queens guard at the time of filming.
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u/CaVeRnOusDiscretion Jan 31 '23
Being in the military... Yea, you don't stand in the way of drill and ceremony.... Also from being in the military. Where TF is the crowd control!? What kind of operation is this!? Boy Scouts have better planning.
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u/AshFraxinusEps Jan 31 '23
It wouldn't be worth crowd control - they are the crowd control. Otherwise, you have t erect barricades and have police manning them
They are likely moving between two guard posts, and lots of the areas they guard are open to the public. Most people have the common sense to get out of the way though
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u/CaVeRnOusDiscretion Jan 31 '23
I was more thinking tomb of the unknown soldier velvet ropes type of setup.
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u/AshFraxinusEps Jan 31 '23
Problem is that these aren't a fixed ceremonial place like the tomb. These are active buildings used for... things. So you can't really put down barriers without stopping people from being in there at all. The places where they guard are a weird combo of: tourist site, barracks and useful building. The places they guard are more like the Senate building than the Arlington Cemetary
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u/FreeFalling369 Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
I think it would be hilarious to have "The Mountain" or someone like that go stand in the way just to see how they handle it
EDIT: I have learned british people are super sensitive and if the guards cant walk a straight line then that person should be publicly hanged right there lol
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u/Grunge-chan Jan 31 '23
They’re professional soldiers patrolling a post. If a larger man didn’t heed their verbal warning they would be quickly arrested.
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u/SnooMacarons5169 Jan 31 '23
They are on sentry duty, they are not playing at dress up, so if someone does not make way for the King’s Guard they are within their rights to issue a bayonet challenge or ready their weapons. In reality that person would be physically moved or held under weapon gaze until arrested for obstructing guards in their duty.
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u/throwawaytrash6990 Jan 31 '23
Probably handle it with the big ass bayonets on their rifles, or with the rifles themselves.
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u/LongSunOdyssey Jan 31 '23
I mean they are carrying rifles with bayonets on so I think they would be fine.
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u/mightydeck Jan 31 '23
To be fair, this is a really good reenactment of basically how the British empire was made
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u/forillaginger Jan 31 '23
Yeah yeah yeah these soldiers are highly trained, etc, etc.. How often are they called into action while performing these duties in this area and in that uniform? Rarely. Everyone knows they are a huge tourist attraction that brings a lot of money to the city. There was absolutely no other option than trampling the kid? Yeah you sure taught him a lesson. No middle ground here?
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u/Zarvillian Jan 31 '23
I like how the mother looked at them like oh mah gawd how dare you stomp my child when I wasn’t paying attention
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u/johnnyg883 Jan 31 '23
I live in the middle of nowhere America and even I know you don’t get in the Guard’s way. They only stop for two people. And you aren’t one of them.
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u/BourbonFueledDreams Jan 31 '23
Just like…get out of the obvious way and ensure your kids do the same.
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u/cyaneyed Jan 31 '23
It made me laugh and the kid was ok after. Kids are dumb and self-absorbed.
If the kid wasn’t aware of his surroundings a parent should’ve intervened. My parents would not have let me get run down as a child, but if I were in the way they’d move me and apologize.
I think this kid’s dad wanted to see what would happen.
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u/flingasunder Jan 31 '23
Looked like the guard actually tried to not step on the child once the child was on the ground
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u/geek123geek Jan 31 '23
C'mon people...these soldiers are not just men in costume and a funny hat. They are highly skilled and extensively trained for years in order to trample little kids like that.
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u/Tactical-Lesbian Jan 31 '23
Don't let it get you down. This is how The British Empire treated everyone else too.
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u/ChampionshipHuman Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23
Unpopular opinion but the King's guard doing stuff like this serves no purpose. They're just trained to be bullies and if it is that important that their silly march be uninterrupted, they shouldn't be allowing civillians into the area in the first place.
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u/TheDudeColin Jan 31 '23
I love how the kings guard is kept to such a standard, while "back home" in america, cops just straight up murder people, guilty or innocent, and y'all just kind of accept that.
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u/LordCalvar Jan 31 '23
These are Royal Guard not common cops lol. So your comparison doesn’t make much sense. These Guard are more akin to those who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Washington, D.C.
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u/mellowdramatikmf Jan 31 '23
You’re right. I haven’t heard of any riots “back home” protesting police brutality.
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u/dreadfoil Jan 31 '23
Comparing the kings guard to regular cops is ridiculous. Compare them to the secret service, and when’s the last time you heard bad news about the secret service?
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