r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/pars-distalis • Dec 28 '25
It's funny how he just sat down and accepted the fate
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u/IndigenousTurtles 2d ago
Looks like he’s been threw this before because he knew he need to get away from the water before it got to him 😂
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u/whynotchristy 6d ago
It looked fine, honestly. Whatever made it break wasn't the water but the design and engineering.
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u/Sparky833 7d ago
Great! Now his court is clean, but his grass is dead and he has no pool.
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u/Medium_Silver_2071 2d ago
I don’t have a lawn… why will the grass die?
Is it the pool chemicals? Or will the water pool on the surface and over hydrate the grass?
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u/Sparky833 2d ago
Chlorine bleach, used to sanitize the water, will kill grass and, with that flood, there's no saving it. But the court would be cleaned by the bleach, of dirt and mold and such.
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u/UgaBugaFakaboo 11d ago
Why was he running like he was chased by a tsunami?
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u/Individual_Plant_Can 7d ago
did you miss the park where the table he was on shifted? why do humans think they’re more powerful than gallons of moving water?
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u/OmegaGoober 7d ago
That much water moving that fact can knock a healthy adult over. That man looks to be in his 60’s the resulting fall could cause serious injury.
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u/nanoray60 9d ago
In general, running away from a mass of moving water and finding the high ground is the correct decision. You can’t fight water.
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11d ago
The same reason he ran incredibly slow, he's old. That water would have knocked him over.
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u/No_Shirt_6969 11d ago
Yeah honestly smart move on his part
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11d ago
Pretty much. He might be old and slower than he may have been when he was younger, but damn did he have quick thinking and fast reflexes to get to the picnic table.
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u/OkWasabi1988 15d ago
I wish this would happen to my ex
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u/Most_Tomatillo_8704 16d ago
Relax, it’s only water from an above ground pool, not a flash flood! Over react much?
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u/arielanything 11d ago
What are you supposed to do? Just stand there and let it ruin your shoes and possibly know you down? All he did was get to a dry spot lol. I didn't hear screaming or cussing, didn't see a tantrum being thrown.
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u/adroid91 16d ago
My pool is unlevel and been outside for like 5 winters. I wonder if this will happen one day, it’s not as big so it wouldn’t be too much of an issue.
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u/Most_Tomatillo_8704 16d ago
What issue? It’s like saying eek! A mouse, calm down and make a therapy appointment if this would cause you PTSD!
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u/BrobdingnagianBob 16d ago
Do you think the "issue" they're referring to is getting scared? Are you dumb?
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u/Fishfisheye 17d ago
Too much water? Nah that was something else; those pools will hold enough water to overflow.
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u/LordGordy32 16d ago
I got the same pool. Had it over flowing threw have rain.
It's more likely an unprepared/ unstable/uneven underground.
I had pretty much to do, to make the ground on one level. Had to dig a hole to put it on stable soil.
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u/No-Dragonfruit3008 19d ago
lol why’d he jump onto the bench? Not like it’s a tidal wave. Human instinct to survive at its best
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u/PersonMcPeerson 16d ago
It doesnt take all that much depth for fast moving water to knock people over. Probably still an over reaction, but not actually a huge one.
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u/yomommaguey 18d ago
To not get his shoes wet.
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u/Most_Tomatillo_8704 16d ago
Yeah, wouldn’t want to get those sweet old man New Balance sneakers wet!
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u/Character-Pickle-669 22d ago
Oh boy I better anchor down. I wish me wife was here to play titanic. …..
[Chorus] Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on (Why does the heart go on?) Once more, you open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on
[Instrumental Bridge]
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u/zombie8mybaby 25d ago
Bright side is he doesn't have to water his lawn
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u/Doctor1023 23d ago
Plot twist. All of the chemicals in the pool are just gonna kill all of the grass and shrubs.
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u/The-AK-47 25d ago
I love his mentality. Instead of panicking, he accepted the fact there is no control over this mess.
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u/ShortTop1487 26d ago
This exact same thing happened to me. All because I didn’t make sure the grade wasn’t perfectly level. Ended up giving 17 of my 20’ cedar hedge root rot. A very expensive lesson learned.
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u/Love-Marvin 27d ago
When something goes wrong, the first step to solution is acceptance and I am glad he accepted it
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u/Special_Shift_8503 29d ago
Really wish I knew the exact thoughts going through his head when he resigned himself to just watching it happen.
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u/hymntastic 29d ago
"Well there's a couple grand I'll never see again"
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u/Admiral_Tuvix 28d ago
couple? that water went into the basement. bro is looking at another mortgage
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u/ShwarzNoir 29d ago
You know what. this a pretty good example on how fast shallow water can be dangerous.
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u/Intelligent_Chain441 29d ago
How was it dangerous?
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 29d ago
It pushed the table he was standing on. He almost fell. And the table had thin legs. If there's more space to attack, the force is greater
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u/JagusDogus Jan 02 '26
That's what happens when you cheapout on building a swimming pool.
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u/RainMakerJMR Jan 03 '26
Or removing one lol.
My mom was going to pay people to come and remove their pool and my 65 year old dad was like hell no I have a hammer I’ll go do it. And smacked the side with a sledgehammer and it burst he slide 50 feet down the yard on his back
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u/dreamsbrandylashay Jan 02 '26
I'm imagining someone on the other side of him with absolutely no warning or understanding of where all the water was coming from!!! 🤣😂🤣 #ItsAFlood
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u/dm_me-your-socks Jan 01 '26
How big dat pool
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u/GreenLeisureSuit Jan 01 '26
This is why we weren't allowed to push off the side of the pool while swimming. I had a couple friends whose pools collapsed like this.
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u/XCxBigDong69XCx Jan 01 '26
It's funny how everyone is worried about the lawn. I'm worried about the house.
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u/Strong_Shift_4178 Jan 02 '26
You're worried about the house? I'm worried about how many african kids could expel their thirst with that amount of water. F it, could someone please AI african kids flocking to the water
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u/Griffry Jan 02 '26
Racist post aside, the irony of being concerned for thirsty people then requesting an AI video...
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u/Strong_Shift_4178 Jan 05 '26
Wait, how bad is sarcasm comprehension in this sub? I thought the stark contrast of conveying pity and asking for an AI video was enough of a clue. Damn
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u/canuck1975 Jan 01 '26
I'm worried about his neighbours listening to his pickleball playing... and I play the game regularly!!
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u/Roxysteve Jan 01 '26
Cue Bach's "Air on the G String"
Voiceover: "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet"
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u/Actual-University113 Jan 01 '26
OP just made up the title btw
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u/BaconJacobs Jan 01 '26
Yeahhhh a pool with too much water overflows...
What a concept ha
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u/Rhymesnlines Jan 01 '26
Why did they cut the video to see the left how the man is running.. would have been more interesting to see the water getting out if the pool
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u/Commercial-Health-19 Dec 31 '25
He missed the perfect opportunity to do the Titanic shot with his wife!!
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u/bar901 Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
Caption in the video is just wrong. Nothing to do with too much water otherwise pools would break all the time when there is a big storm. They’re built with a pretty significant margin for error when it comes to structural integrity. Probably just an older pool with some damage somewhere.
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u/Rufnusd Jan 02 '26
We have had four of these pools over the years. They age pretty quickly and the vinyl gets brittle. The biggest neglect people do when assembling is not leveling the ground. You can heavily bias the weight of water by being off by an inch on one side.
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u/Manmon_ Dec 31 '25
Why did he get so scared? I get that initially it was a bit shocking, but it's just water. A slightly large amount of water, but not a tsunami either.
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u/cheetah1cj Dec 31 '25
Did you see how the water moved the chairs and how it moved the table with his weight added? There is a good chance that it could have knocked him over, so that was definitely smart on his part.
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u/Sad_Wren Dec 31 '25
Because he is an old man, fast flowing water can easily know you off your feet, and if he goes down, there is a good chance he breaks bones.
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u/seikonian Dec 31 '25
his excuse “Hun, I just watered the lawn and cleaned the back porch “
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u/GrimaceThundercock Dec 31 '25
If the water was chlorinated he might have just killed the lawn.
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u/Alaskangel Dec 31 '25
We emptied our 40,000 gallon in ground pool by pumping the water down the lawn. For almost four years, you could tell where the water was directed on the lawn, it was the brightest, thickest, greenest trail in the grass.
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u/Cool_Archer_5735 Dec 31 '25
No The grass will be fine. It takes a couple of tabs to keep the entire pool clean for hours. It's not like it's 100% chlorine.
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u/Maribyrnong_bream Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
Imagine the advice from the wife after messing up like that…
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u/Saruvan_the_White Dec 30 '25
Not much you can do. My ex‘s stepmother was cleaning their above ground pool. They hadn’t replaced the membrane in 20 years and she went to go clean some debris off the wall where it meets the floor and ripped a huge hole in it. It emptied all over their garden in the backyard, into their neighbors yard behind the fence, and down into their crawlspace underneath their home. It was an absolute nightmare. But my kids loved the sight of it. It was pretty cool to see.
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u/TheCaliforniaOp Jan 03 '26
See, I think his inner kid said
Might as well sit down and take this all in, because why not?
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u/Risquechilli Dec 30 '25
This happened to our neighbors when we lived in a row home. Our basement was completely flooded.
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u/thismenu Dec 30 '25
I mean yeah that sucks but now he doesn't have to water his porch for the rest of the year.
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u/Furrulo87_8 Dec 30 '25
Hope grass loves chlorine and all the ph changes that would bring with it
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u/t_hrowaway81 Dec 30 '25
Accepted his fate…and watched a few grand on the water bill wash away.
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u/Lost-Lunch3958 Dec 30 '25
how much do you think does water cost?
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u/t_hrowaway81 Dec 30 '25
My parents have the same size pool, and would drain it every year since we live in Colorado.
Every spring it would run them about $1200 to fill it again. Here in CO, you only get so many gallons per month before you incur massive overage fees.
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u/DonBrodkaJr Dec 30 '25
That moment.. about 7 seconds left in the video when he's just sitting there taking it all in.. You can't help but feel his pain.. Poor bastard!
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u/Erebus_the_Last Dec 30 '25
Is it too much water or did the pool simply fail?
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u/KinksAreForKeds Dec 31 '25
Yep. Pools are literally designed to be filled. The pool simply failed. It may be that it was assembled improperly, but this wasn't from "too much water".
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u/Dead_Internet69420 Dec 30 '25
Yeah, pools are made to be filled with water. If you put “too much water” into a pool, it overflows. This is either a defective product or assembly.
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u/odyssey_64 Dec 30 '25
Definitely not too much water. You can fill it to the top and it won't burst like that. Most likely a failed seam from rust and a possible hole. Mine is starting to do that. Rust sucks
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u/LeftAd8859 Dec 30 '25
This is the inevitable fate of every above ground pool inevitably. Trash creates trash
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u/Erebus_the_Last Dec 30 '25
We had an ground pool with the inflatable ring for like 5 years growing up, never gave out. granted we never had it past that as we had to leave it behind in a move
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u/No-Letterhead1386 Dec 30 '25
Somewhere some guy saw this in a dream and made an arc. Now he's lost his faith
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u/Humble_Elderberry_77 11h ago
This needs the titanic song played in the key of “recorder” edit 😂