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By DesiredUsername (Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 02:30:31 AM EST) (all tags)
I frequent MetaFilter but I can't open an account.


This thread has a couple of credulous bozeaux who think the linked video might be real.

Even putting aside the fact that if it was real they probably wouldn't put their names to it, it is clearly fake. It is obvious he's not directly in line with the oncoming car. Further investigation showed that there's a transparent step in the middle of the road that he steps on. Watch for when his shadow crosses it and you'll see it best, but once you know its there it stands out like a sore thumb.

Given that the first is fake, the second stunt is probably also staged. (How ironic if not.) In this one, it looks more like he's in line with the car and frame by frame didn't reveal much besides a blur. Then I happened to notice the parked car closest to the camera on the left. Watch for the man's reflection in the window. It disappears just before the car hits, suggesting the man standing there is just a video insert at that point.

Could an editor please move the above to MeFi? kthx

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Done [nt] by TheophileEscargot (6.00 / 1) #1 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 02:38:11 AM EST
nt = No Trouble
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lol (nt) by DesiredUsername (3.00 / 0) #2 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 02:43:15 AM EST


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OK sorry by DesiredUsername (3.00 / 0) #3 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 02:50:54 AM EST
ONE credulous bozo. Too bad you can't balance him out with an incredulous bozo like myself because of the closed accounts.

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'smarmy'? by DesiredUsername (3.00 / 0) #4 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 03:22:45 AM EST


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Video source by Greener (3.00 / 0) #5 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 04:24:28 AM EST
It was made by B3ta regular Mr. Wheatley for this week's newsletter.



I too by MillMan (6.00 / 1) #6 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 04:37:33 AM EST
desire a MeFi account. I wouldn't post much so it's no big deal, I'm there for the great links mostly.
This may be the first class war in history where the victims will die laughing.


I thought I had one by ad hoc (3.00 / 0) #7 Sat Oct 16, 2004 at 07:55:39 AM EST
but I never paid the five bucks, and it seems to be gone now. If I did still have it, I'd give it to you.

HTH

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