Slog - Comments on Don't Watch This

Comment by econ

econ — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:39:03 -0800

risk v. reward in action.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:39:07 -0800

For those of us whose office blocks Youtube . . . a little hint?

Comment by blaire with an e

blaire with an e — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:17 -0800

I love the medical shields

Comment by A

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:41:32 -0800

The shields...that's a new thing isn't it?

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:41:45 -0800

@2 Let's just say that the guy won't be lifting anything with his right arm for a very, very long time. Picture Joe Theismann, but an arm not a leg.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:42:03 -0800

a really, really nasty way to break your arm...

Comment by snopes

snopes — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:43:00 -0800

this olympic moment doesn't even compare to:

He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise then a fierce stabbing
pain and then not being able to move from the squat position.

He remained in this position for about half an hour, since trying to
stand caused him overwhelming agonising pain.

Para-medics arrived and applied anaethesia on the spot and carried him
to an ambulance.

He was rushed to surgery, where surgeons described the trauma as an
"explosive and aggravated prolapse of the bowel".

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=109;t=000221;p=1

Comment by walrus lord

walrus lord — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:45:29 -0800

it's totally safe for work, just a very weird arm angle and very obvious twitching from the pain right before the Chinese-swiss pike formation envelops him.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:46:16 -0800

#2, looks like he dislocates all kinds of shit in his right arm, drops the weight, which then lands on his hunched back. Pained scream and twitching commences.

Comment by whomsRU

whomsRU — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:10 -0800

the shields... oh my...

(also: trying to post this on my blog, can't find the video on liveleak? help)

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:58:27 -0800

Sometimes the pains yells out of you before you know what hurts.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:58:43 -0800

the shields are the most hilarious part as if they know some bad shit is gonna go down.

Comment by John

John — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:00:40 -0800

not all glam

pain and sorrow and hard work, on with the saga

the shield is very nifty concept, keep it

Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER

UNPAID BLOGGER — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:03 -0800

Ah, China- you'll censor anything, won't you!

It would have made for effective marketing to sell ad space on the Med Shields... Aspirin anyone?

Comment by Dead Wood

Dead Wood — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:14:43 -0800

Well his career as a weight lifter is over now he can go over to Fratmen and make a few videos. He only needs one functioning elbow.

Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey

Matt Fuckin' Hickey — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:15:06 -0800

Thank you, SLOG, for having more taste than Drudge who just posted a still from the video with no warning. Thank you for being more taste than Drudge in general, too.

Comment by dafydd

dafydd — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:37:23 -0800

You could always find and post the video of the kayaker from Togo winning the Bronze (and his country's first medal ever) in the kayak slalom...

Comment by RonK, Seattle

RonK, Seattle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:58:49 -0800

Do the stick-person figures on those shields strike anyone else as inappropriately ... gay?

Comment by Vince

Vince — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:19:57 -0800

I was an athletic trainer at a prestigious east coast college. I saw these things surprisingly often. If you know what you're doing you can pop that sucka right back in.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:25:48 -0800

In the voice of Officer Barbrady "Nothing to see here. Move along."

The people with the shields were faster than the medics.

Comment by cunei4m

cunei4m — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:29:30 -0800

Gross and disturbing, yes...

But it's got nothing on the horrible arm-wrestling footage of arms breaking...

Comment by Ben

Ben — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:36:16 -0800

From what I could tell from the news articles I read (with images disabled, thankyouverymuch), they did pop it right back in. It didn't sound like a career-ender, by any means, but it could put him out for a good year. Full disclosure: I know nothing about weightlifting beyond that it involves the lifting of weights.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:45:47 -0800

I showed this to the weighlifter who sits behind me at work and it made him cry like a baby...

Comment by Dan Savage

Dan Savage — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:06:13 -0800

Uh... that guy? With the messed up arm? He's HOT. Until he messes up his arm. Then he's not.

Comment by Sasha

Sasha — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:24 -0800

I guess this is a situation where life imitates art (except without the drugs and stuff):
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4090/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-all-drug-olympics

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:09 -0800

Wow.

Not the popped arm. The human shield that materialized within seconds. Holy shit!

Think about it. It makes me suspect that this kind of thing must happen pretty often if they felt it necessary to have such a crew in place, trained to dash out and deploy the screen so fast. I mean, those guys were better than synchronized diving.

Maybe humans aren't designed to lift that kind of shit...

Comment by Self-Hating Hipster

Self-Hating Hipster — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:55:55 -0800

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Comment by Silverstar98121

Silverstar98121 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:02:29 -0800

Popped it right back in? It took 4 hours, good drugs, and putting a heavy weight on my arm to pop my shoulder back in when I dislocated it. Worst pain in my life.

Comment by Miles

Miles — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:22:24 -0800

@18, RonK, here is where that little "stick figure" on the shields comes from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnv3KiKbcJ0

Comment by former editor

former editor — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:49:41 -0800

@14 for the win.

Still things have evolved. Does anyone remember
"the agony of defeat"?

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:07:52 -0800

Jesus, you'd that shit would be up there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKEDD1i4oGk&feature=related

Comment by Oh that

Oh that — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:47:51 -0800

I dislocated a shoulder whilst skiing. Due to natural shock reaction the first 30-40 minutes were painless, in fact I skied down to the base without poles. As time passed about 1.5 hours - the pain grew worse and worse.

If the Olympic medics knew their stuff, they could have easily popped the lifter's shoulder back in place (it's called reducing the dislocation). He would need a couple of months to recover but he could certainly lift again assuming that that there was no associated joint/ligament damage.

Comment by Oh that

Oh that — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:52:22 -0800

#32 - On further viewing it looks like he dislocated his right elbow which would be more painful than a shoulder dislocation.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:03:12 -0800

In case @7 you couldn't link to the retina-searing photograph, try Rotten.com - and go to Weightlifter Injury. Rotten.com is not for the constitutionally weak but it's a great site to prove that when bad things happen, someone's usually standing by with their little Brownie Hawkeye to record for posterity things You Just Don't Want To See.

Comment by whatever

whatever — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:27:46 -0800

@7,34 That's not a real photo. Check snopes.com

As far as whether his career as a weighlifter is over or not, my guess is it most likely is. While some athletes come back from serious joint injuries (ACL/MCL, Tommy John elbow surgeries), very very few ever reach the point they were at pre-injury. For a powerlifter, it seems like it would be awful risky to try and lift that much over your head on that elbow again. I sprained/hyperextended my thumb years and years ago playing softball and now its really easy to re-sprain it. A lot of people I know who have dislocated a shoulder have dislocated it multiple times, and all say it is much easier to dislocate now.