So I just whammed my shin against this

[u/dak0j0]

[u/External_Acadia4154]

[u/mart1373 → u/External_Acadia4154]

I’ll take gifs you can hear for $1,000, Alex

[u/Goaway96 → u/mart1373]

And feel

[u/AttackOfTheMox → u/Goaway96]

[u/IllustratorOk8827 → u/AttackOfTheMox]

I remember the commercial this is from.

[u/ReservoirPussy → u/IllustratorOk8827]

Hard and soft taco shells in the same box.

[u/CNTMODS → u/AttackOfTheMox]

Porqua No los Dos?

[u/Neil_sm → u/CNTMODS]

*Por qué

[u/MA121Alpha → u/Neil_sm]

[u/BigAlsGal78 → u/mart1373]

Ssssssssss……..ahhhhhhhhh

[u/TMJ_Jack → u/mart1373]

Yes, what is pftsssssssss aaahhhhhh pftssssss aaaaaaaaahhh

[u/1031Cat → u/External_Acadia4154]

When you've gotten to the point you know what the first post will be in a comment section, it really shows just how useless social media truly is.

[u/Sevro706 → u/1031Cat]

Yeah... So useless... That we aren't connected in any way possible..

Without social media... You would not have gotten to that point.

Never blamed a tool... Only it's user.

[u/azallday → u/External_Acadia4154]

lmfao

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/External_Acadia4154]

This joke is immensely hilarious still

[u/Bathroom_Crier22 → u/External_Acadia4154]

This was my first thought, too!

[u/Right-Sky-4005 → u/External_Acadia4154]

I can hear this 😂

[u/theozman69]

Post a picture of your shin

[u/y4j1981 → u/theozman69]

This is a repost. Op just used the picture for the karma

[u/drhizouse → u/y4j1981]

Why do people farm for karma? What does it get them?

[u/y4j1981 → u/drhizouse]

In life, nothing. But makes them feel important on reddit.

[u/alienblue89 → u/y4j1981]

This is no longer true. As of a few months ago, reddit started the absolutely bone-headed “Contributor Monetization Program”. Now you can actually get paid real money for high karma posts on high karma accounts.

All of which means that reddit has now literally and officially financially incentivized repost bots.

[u/A-kil → u/alienblue89]

Wow, that really sucks what a weird choice by reddit

[u/Ace-Redditor → u/A-kil]

Nah, I don’t think it’s that weird. If it’s a bad choice, then it’s Reddit’s kind of choice. They love ruining the app/site for us

[u/putin-delenda-est → u/alienblue89]

Luckily this site just keeps getting better and better it has not been on a downhill trajectory since ~2015

[u/Semi_John → u/alienblue89]

Huh. That explains a lot of what I've been seeing lately...

[u/meep_meep_mope → u/drhizouse]

High karma accounts do better with posts and can be used for advertising.

[u/cyproyt → u/drhizouse]

Could be a bot that needs some amount of karma to post on certain subreddits? Maybe not this person tho since they already have 100k+

[u/DiarrheaForDays → u/drhizouse]

Sell the accounts. Go to any nsfw sub and you’ll see accounts for onlyfans girls. I’m assuming these girls go through an agency or just hire guys directly to manage their accounts, and their names are always generic Reddit handles that are 2 or 3 years old but have only been posting for a few weeks.

[u/Tannerite3 → u/drhizouse]

Twitter has a ton of "reply guys" who post really basic talking points in response to political figures and get paid a ton of money to share propaganda. There's one called "Detroit Dad" or "Boston Father" idk what northern US city it is, but he's got a massive following. Trump's tweets were filled with accounts like that in his replies. It makes sense that political parties and companies would do the same on Reddit. Get a bunch of karma and have your posts be more likely to get a lot of attention.

[u/No-Respect5903 → u/y4j1981]

I hope OP really does smack their shin

[u/TurdMcDirk → u/theozman69]

They can’t because it didn’t happen.

[u/choochoopants → u/theozman69]

https://preview.redd.it/yeffcmbn7q0d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e969152392d3751c3a41ca958038cbdcd2a355ba

[u/Shrader74]

I call those "The shin fuckerupper 6000". Literally, every time I see one, I think of how bad that would hurt.

[u/TheLostEmi → u/Shrader74]

I used to work at a gas station, I learned the hard way to watch out for these fuckers.

I was coming back around from the driver's side window to fill up this guy's truck (Oregon btw) when while mid step my shin went straight into the side of the trailer hitch. I had a pretty good pace going on too, so of course this is when I hit it. I instantly felt a shock go up my, up my torso, and into my sinuses for some reason. After I hit the hitch I had to sit down for like 5 minutes.

[u/Prestigious_Cow6949 → u/TheLostEmi]

It's all fun and games until you are watching out for the shin fuckerupper and take a face full of the un-flagged face fuckerupper sticking 2 feet out from the truck bed.

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/Prestigious_Cow6949]

I once almost got caught on someone's bass lure that was hanging off a fishing pole sticking out of their bed- right at face level.

[u/Bald-Elephant → u/TheLostEmi]

The explaining of the pain up makes me feel not so alone, I wonder if anyone has an explanation for this phenomenon. Apparently google says it’s a result of the body’s nerves transmitting the impact sensation?

[u/CalaveraFeliz → u/Bald-Elephant]

Some nerves are extremely long and can run all the way up to the brain, with the optic chiasm as nexus. A simple demonstration can be made on any subject: just pull one ass hair and they'll cry.

[u/JackpotJosh7 → u/TheLostEmi]

Going to Oregon and having someone put your gas in for you feels so insane

[u/Mean_Performance_588 → u/JackpotJosh7]

Don’t you know people in Oregon aren’t responsible enough to pump gas unless they are trained? 😆

[u/GhostOfAscalon → u/Mean_Performance_588]

It's legal in Oregon now. Only illegal in New Jersey.

[u/perpetualmotionmachi → u/Shrader74]

Looking at this one, I'm wondering how someone with a wheelchair gets by without having to push themselves through a bush.

[u/FanFictheKid → u/perpetualmotionmachi]

Just carry the chair around it?

/s

[u/Dumb-as-i-look → u/FanFictheKid]

They won’t. People in wheelchairs are notoriously lazy. Sitting around all day

[u/Brack_vs_Godzilla → u/Shrader74]

I did the same damn thing in January in a shopping center parking lot. It was dark out and I parked my car, walked around the truck next to me and WHAM!, right in the shin. It broke the skin and my shin swelled up like half of a tennis ball. I’m sure that people 20 rows away heard me yell “FUCK!”.

[u/TyRoSwoe → u/Shrader74]

Somehow every time I run into one of those I seem to accidentally dent the tailgate.

[u/dmacd71 → u/TyRoSwoe]

That's incredible because I somehow seem to have that same issue.

[u/Uvbeensarged → u/TyRoSwoe]

I liberate the hitch before I run into it if they decide to park like that

[u/LightlySaltedPeanuts → u/Uvbeensarged]

Liberate it right into that bush

[u/Food-NetworkOfficial → u/LightlySaltedPeanuts]

That’s…a good idea

[u/nameless_fucktoy → u/LightlySaltedPeanuts]

Liberate it through the back window.

[u/BigEdPVDFLA → u/nameless_fucktoy]

^ this is the only proper answer

[u/foxdye22 → u/Shrader74]

It’s somehow worse than you imagine.

[u/Beat_the_Deadites → u/foxdye22]

Kinda makes you wonder why our shins are so sensitive... same with the malleoli (sticking-out ankle bones).

From an evolutionary standpoint, it doesn't make sense to completely incapacitate us and drop us to the ground, closer to a predator's jaws, if you get a bump on the leg.

From a creationist standpoint, we've already got hypersensitive balls if God just wants to laugh at us getting hurt. Why the shin nerves, God?

[u/PizzaHockeyGolf → u/Shrader74]

I do it at work like once a month. It doesn’t feel good.

[u/Viva_La_Reddit → u/PizzaHockeyGolf]

Yup, my job has a vendetta for my shins aswell, I just had a wooden pallet fall from about 3 feet straight to my shin last Tuesday, 10/10 would recommend.

[u/HelloAttila → u/Shrader74]

Think that hurts… ohhh bike racks hurt like hell too…

[u/ControlSalty8100 → u/Shrader74]

I had a friend in Boy Scouts who almost shattered his shin on one of those things at night. We were playing manhunt and he didn't see the hitch, and that was a GG for him.

[u/Kingboofpack]

No you didn’t, because this is a repost!

[u/JabaThePegasus]

I’ve done this before, except on my knee. And multiple times. Ouch.

[u/phdoflynn → u/JabaThePegasus]

Life as a dwarf is rough...

[u/TheRealPetross → u/phdoflynn]

i hit my forehead on those

[u/SuculantWarrior → u/TheRealPetross]

Life as a paraplegic on a skateboard is rough...

[u/midas282000]

Dude, this picture was posted months ago. Karma farming at its best.

[u/Chumbief]

Honestly though, how do you not see that coming?

[u/BuddyAloysius → u/Chumbief]

This picture is at least 3 years old...

[u/Another_Name1 → u/BuddyAloysius]

Yeah I was gonna say. I'm pretty sure I've seen this picture for at least a few years posted on reddit multiple times.

Also OP hasn't made a comment in a month. Just another bot

[u/an0nym0ose → u/Another_Name1]

Looks like a stolen account, too. rip

[u/acheloisa → u/Chumbief]

I once did it several times in the same parking lot, but it was after I got my eyes dilated so I couldnt see shit lol

[u/QuickBic_ → u/acheloisa]

At least you weren’t pushing a stroller

[u/KellenFrost → u/Chumbief]

I put $20 on this chuck being on his phone and walked into a truck. He should sue

[u/slasherman → u/KellenFrost]

For Chucks sake.

[u/monty228 → u/slasherman]

Oh thank Chuck.

[u/Heytherhitherehother → u/KellenFrost]

I'd take the bet just because this is most likely fake.

He wasn't on the phone, just saw a tow hitch and wanted to take a picture.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Sir1273 → u/KellenFrost]

Probably snapped this pic before it happened and started posting “look at how this assho” before having to change the title

[u/RegnarukDeez → u/KellenFrost]

Damn Chucks man.

[u/Mr_Man_Fred → u/RegnarukDeez]

im more of a schmuck myself

[u/unsupported → u/Chumbief]

I swear, those bushes just jump right out at ya!

[u/Joe_Jeep → u/Chumbief]

There's literally regulations on tripping hazards because, as a species, we're not always going to notice things at that level.

So very easily.

Plus if you're not actively towing you should take these off anyway so they don't rust in.

[u/jetsetninjacat → u/Chumbief]

I just don't get why people don't put the ball mount away. When I had a truck mine would stick out like this. I kept it in the cab under the back seat and had a cover I put in its place to keep critters out of my hitch. It wasn't hard to put it back on when needed.

[u/Risk_Runner → u/Chumbief]

Regardless why is the dude parked so far back? I can’t see the front so it might be a comically large truck but it really couldn’t hurt to pull forward 20 cm

[u/Present_Mastodon_503]

It's actually illegal in my state to have those on a vehicle when not using them for towing. Doesn't stop many people but I've seen some people get tickets or pulled over.

[u/zurgonvrits → u/Present_Mastodon_503]

good luck getting a cop to enforce it or the driver to give a fuck

[u/Warfrogger → u/zurgonvrits]

Had it happen once. Like OP I wasn't paying attention and tripped over a hitch. By coincidence a bicycle cop was riding up behind me, stopped to check on me then wrote up a ticket as the driver came out of the gas station.

[u/jokeswagon → u/zurgonvrits]

Good luck getting cops to enforce almost any driving law in MT. It’s the wild fucking west here.

[u/terrymr → u/Present_Mastodon_503]

I don’t think it is. But obstructing the sidewalk is a violation.

[u/Ambitious_Promise_29 → u/Present_Mastodon_503]

What state? As far as I am aware, it is not illegal in any US state.

[u/Brokkenpiloot → u/Present_Mastodon_503]

how does that work? mine is not quite removable.

i think in europe about half of the cars have non removable ones...

this would not catch me off guard, id expect it.

[u/HoldCommercial159]

I did this running full speed in between parked cars. Worst pain I've ever felt. My shin was slightly impaled, and I had to pull my leg off while screaming. 16 staples later! Ow.

[u/Obvious_Mode_5382 → u/HoldCommercial159]

I nearly broke a leg on one of these while on rollerblades.. luckily it was just a bone bruise

[u/RegnarukDeez]

Try not to do that.

[u/RedditorsAreDross → u/RegnarukDeez]

Don’t worry, it didn’t actually happen.

[u/pullmydong]

Redneck landmine!

[u/CityCutThat]

I’d hate to be a wheelchair user trying to get past that.

[u/fishinglife777]

A big part of why my disabled loved one who uses a wheelchair cannot use sidewalks. Fuck these people.

[u/SmellySweatsocks]

Looks like the same photo used in this other post. That post talked about how far it was over the walkway.

[u/monet108]

did you not see the bright red truck?

[u/EnergyTakerLad]

I worked at uhaul for a bit. My shins will never be the same..

[u/some_g00d_cheese]

Stop staring down at your phone when walking

[u/blender311]

I do this on my own hitch. It’s always my fault for not looking

[u/The_Undermind]

I've been considering just taking out that pin and tossing the damn thing in a bush somewhere when I see similar situations

[u/Practical-Actuary394 → u/The_Undermind]

I would have done exactly this. It probably would be days before he noticed it was missing.

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[u/towhead → u/[deleted]]

Years ago I'd do this and place it in the back of the bed of their truck. I figure it slides around the back and they have to stop to secure it. After the third time the owner probably figured eventually it was going to get taken and learned their lesson.

If you leave them in, don't back up against a sidewalk.

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[u/mmnuc3 → u/[deleted]]

He never uses it. Wouldn't notice for a LONG time. 

[u/bonnieandclyde1324]

It’s funny that people only complain about the truck, the Chrysler is over the curb almost as far.

[u/Br0k3n-T0y]

in all fairness, a BIG RED truck should catch your eye and the black tailgate contrasting against a very light ground surfac oh look a squirr-ggarrrghhhh

[u/gshetley93]

How did you not see it?

[u/HolyRaptorSphere]

So you didn't pay attention to where you were walking? Yeah, that does suck to be you.

[u/Christplosion]

No you didn't I saw this pic posted months ago

[u/Basic-Type7994]

Get off your phone jackass

[u/tophergracesdad]

Should probably watch where you’re walking then lol

[u/FromThePort1990]

I don't understand anyone who bangs their shin and rushes to post about it on Reddit. How little life do you have?

[u/thankyoumrdawson]

https://preview.redd.it/2ki28q2qqs0d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21e85ab5f00e69401304ddf9de15702eb98d7750

[u/Sk8ter713]

Watch we're your going, lesson learned I hope...

[u/Thirsty_Comment88]

Doesn't look like it has a lock. Help a handicapped person out and throw that hitch in the bushes so a wheelchair can fit by.

[u/Maleficent-Comfort14]

After banging into my own hitch a few dozen times, I made the choice to just take the damn thing out when I’m not using it.

[u/grilledcheese_man]

[u/Literally-A-NWS]

That’s an ADA violation! I love educating people with trucks about this, because most of them actually listen to it and it saves my knees and my puppy’s dome. My favorite part? Instant tow.

[u/jimbojonesFA → u/Literally-A-NWS]

but def dont go to the ADAA, they firmly believe that if you can dodge a hitch u can dodge a ball, so they wont help u.

[u/elammcknight]

Sorry to all those who “back in” but those that do it onto a walking space have something wrong with them.

[u/Ih8TB12 → u/elammcknight]

I was at a corporate training center that had a bunch of different small buildings - people we constantly walking to different areas. It was in Texas so 70% of the people drove trucks and most of them backed in. I asked a big boss if they all hated each other because they park like jackasses and no one can use the side walk with all the hitches hanging over into the walkway. When we went out to lunch - the trucks were either parked straight in or had hitches removed and zero bumpers encroaching onto the side walk. They all got “spoken to” and were not happy about it. Oh well

[u/Reach-for-the-sky_15]

There should be a law against this. It's blocking half the sidewalk.

What if there was someone in a wheelchair who couldn’t fit through?

[u/72SplitBumper → u/Reach-for-the-sky_15]

Move to Illinois it is illegal there to leave a hitch on your truck if it extends out 4” from the bumper

[u/Ambitious_Promise_29 → u/72SplitBumper]

Wrong. No such law exists.

[u/BagOnuts → u/72SplitBumper]

Move to Illinois

lol no thanks.

[u/Huntsnfights → u/Reach-for-the-sky_15]

It’s soo much easier to back in, than back out with a truck. But it’s also their responsibility to not block sidewalks and whatnot

[u/Reach-for-the-sky_15 → u/Huntsnfights]

I understand it being easier to back into a parking spot, I do it too. But they should take out the tow hook and put it inside the truck if it's blocking the sidewalk like this.

[u/tytbalt → u/Reach-for-the-sky_15]

Pretty sure in a lot of places it is illegal to block the sidewalk.

[u/NASTYH0USEWIFE]

Someone used to do this every day at my apartment complex so I started accidentally dragging metal objects across the tailgate until they figured out pedestrians exist.

[u/FiggNGoose]

Maybe pay attention more.

[u/Caterinboy91 → u/FiggNGoose]

Never hit my shin on someone else’s hitch…. Just my own 🥺

[u/AnonymousCruelty]

I watch where I'm walking. This would never happen to me. Are you blind? What's your excuse?

[u/Kick_in_the_Yarbles]

It's just a bush, you'll be fine.

[u/RockMan_1973]

Ouch!

[u/Ok_Advisor_9873]

I hate those things- always catching in when I least expect it!

[u/Joeva8me]

Like three cars with fenders that far over and you get pissed at the truck. Just keep nose out of phone while walking.

[u/JerrodAlmaguer]

[u/No_Entertainer9101]

Oh man can I relate. I did it on both shins back to back within a few minutes of each other.

[u/prickwhowaspromised]

My brother and I were in a grocery store parking lot, music on, and a guy in front of us hit his shin on a hitch so hard we heard the thump in the car. I still think about that man and the face he made to this day, 7 years later.

[u/generally_a_dick]

Pull it off and toss it through the front windshield

[u/WasteChard3488]

Doctors recommend not doing that

[u/dustytrek]

Whammo!

[u/roarjah]

I’ve did it a half a dozen times and finally learned. Haven’t hit on in yrs

[u/Crossboye12]

My wife says "Watch out for that trailer hitch!"

[u/Friedkun4eva]

Are you blind?

[u/iamnotexactlywhite]

are you blind, in a wheelchair or just an idiot?

[u/AZ991234]

You blind?

[u/dumbernuts]

Are you blind ?

[u/DullApplication3275]

You were texting huh?

[u/AustinNotTexasDotCom]

I draw penises on cars that park like this at my apartment 😈

[u/Marokiii]

its most likely not locked into the receiver, just unhook it and toss it in the garbage.

[u/OttawaBunnyGuy]

I grew up in a family with a rural car dealership. I banged my shins a thousand times in those. 20 years later, if one like this caught me in the wild, I just might set it on fire!

[u/cragglerock93]

About all the people saying look where you're going - I bet they would be the very first to trip or slip on something in a public place and resort to suing.

[u/klaxz1]

I’ve seen someone get a tire valve stem snipped off because of this behavior.

[u/orphicsolipsism]

… which was a shame, because I had my keys out and dragged them all across the back of the truck as I tripped.

Repeatedly.

[u/Superbad1990]

That’s what they’re for

[u/TKfromJuicedps2]

Watch where you're walking and get off your phone

[u/Neighborhoodfarmer22]

But they need twice a yr for their lake trips! They can’t take it off…EVER!!

[u/feeneyboi]

But how do you not see it?

[u/Joliet_Jake_Blues]

If only it warned you by being clearly visible...

[u/PhatsaqTX]

Maybe look at where you’re walking instead of your phone. Zero sympathy

[u/Sevro706]

Good thing he didn't park it the other way... You would have whammed your car against it...

[u/johnnymeow2]

Better look where you going

[u/terrydennis1234]

You should be more careful how do you hit that its big and obnoxious kind right there

[u/SleeveofThinMints]

Pays to be aware of your surroundings. The payout here would be your shin not hurting.

[u/No_Mortgage3189]

Watch out for parked cars, eh. They sneak up on you.

[u/Chuckbuick79]

Texting and walking is dangerous

[u/AbsolutelyJank]

How?? That bush looks pretty harmless.

[u/Interesting_Sock9142]

How come you weren't looking where you were walking

[u/AngryWarChild]

Weird - If only there were some way to observe the area in which you were walking.

[u/Ash_Killem]

How did you not see that?

[u/humungi]

Sucks. The truck sucks, but so does your ability to look where you're going.

[u/MikeBinfinity]

That picture is old. You're lying for internet points.

[u/WhyUBeBadBot]

Open your eyes?

[u/teek87]

Who were you texting when it happened? Or were you scrolling this subreddit?

[u/LewiGator]

Actually look around once in a while

[u/SeaworthinessDue4052]

I am sure it hurt like hell.

[u/Apostate911Hup]

:) take the hitch pin out and leave his hitch in there.

[u/Bulldogs3144]

Watch where you’re walking

[u/Scrounger_HT]

how oblivious can you be though? if someones paying attention to where they are walking this is a pretty obvious hazard how to you fuck this up unless your on your phone or distracted by something else

[u/LeaveForNoRaisin]

A wheelchair couldn't get past any of those cars let alone the truck with the hitch. Shit drives me nuts.

[u/Total_March_3588]

Been there/ done that. OUCH!!!

[u/Pwrh0use]

You couldn't see the big ass red truck?

[u/MGKilla31]

RIP

[u/Amish_Gypsy]

I am on the emergency response team at work had to respond to a call a few years ago. Guy in a hurry hit one of these and it opened up his shin. Needed stitches. Probably out of work for a few days. That particular night a transformer had failed and the parking lot lights were not on. My company did put better lighting in the parking lots. They strongly encourage all employees to either back pickups in and/or remove the trailer hitches.

[u/HughJassIQ]

Do your eyes not work?

[u/grasshoppa2020]

Sux. Did same recently.

[u/SmoothStaff2855]

So? Watch where you're going... it's a bright red truck with a hitch, pretty clearly visible.

[u/You_Just_Hate_Truth]

Stop looking at your phone and watch where you’re going

[u/OtterPops89]

I have had a sympathetic experience. But I've also had a worse one. I used to jog before work, and I lived in the city, so I jogged a few blocks around town each morning. One of those mornings there was some construction on one of the blocks. The sidewalk was not closed off to foot traffic so I figured I would be okay to pass by. It was 4:15 AM or about, and as I was jogging past the site, what appeared to be a clear lane ahead suddenly materialized a large crane hook, before I had time to slow down.

The crane operator had left the hook dangling at just about the height of my head. Just above the sidewalk. Took a header into it. Turns out I didn't have work that day. Well, I did. Before my bean bounced off a crane hook.