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Mar 24, 2017 7:32 PM
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lr5123
Aaaaaaaaaaand upvote.
braingain
Timgotdabass
IIRC, The people of Pompeii played this too!
Souljah42
CirB
We need more of these!
Khirashi
Sauce?
JanMichaelVincentQuadrant16
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MrMango415
Metallicat70
Meanwhile in America, I have the same shitty commute EVERY FUCKING DAY! (Thank God for Pokémon Go)
ScoobidyBop
See, this is a prank. A good hearted, honest prank
SuperTacticalSandwich
I know what I'm doing for my next birthday.
mburicao
KentuckyFriedChildren
Refreshing!
NotPunnyNoMemes
If only life was this silly more often
Unverified
Should have thrown a couch in there
Kidiri
"But what about convection?" Kidiri inquired moments before being pushed onto the floor.
thotsandprers
So much fun. What country is this?
ReadOnlyMemories
England
cazzegiare
All humor aside, can we talk about how irresponsible it is to just throw lava on the street like that?
Noumenon72
Seriously. Asphalt's melting point is over 180 degrees, they're going to have a terrible time peeling it back up.
gerdygerdygerdy
I do this randomly with bricks and cracks in the sidewalk
rosiekins45
Is it a Just For Laughs gag?
AliBarber
I have no idea what's going on here. Are they playing the floor is lava with the general public? I'm so confused
ReadOnlyMemories
Yes, across a Zebra crossing so the black bits become the lava so you only must step on the white parts.
AliBarber
I think you missed the obvious sarcasm
ReadOnlyMemories
Oh..You remark on the repetition of "playing the floor is lava with the general public" rather than making a legitimate enquiry. Not obvious
AliBarber
Is it hard being as cool as you are? You must be absolutely drowning in pussy
ReadOnlyMemories
Absolutely.
KeeperofthekidS16
Best
reallycoolalias
Ministry of lava avoidance
sjokoladenam
This is why we need Ministry of Silly Walks, so people can avoid the lava.
reallycoolalias
^This man knows what's up.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
We're going to need The Ministry of Putting Things On Top Of Other Things so people have somewhere to step that's higher than the lava.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
*Royal Society, rather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f-kfRREA8M
LadyBumps
I love the way we Brits will gladly tit about in the middle of the road. You'd get a ticket in the states.
DoublevBomb
Given that this is put on by the local government, the disruption to traffic was probably planned for in advance.
Equinox13
I invite you to visit my old college campus and reevaluate that statement.
IllegalDuckling
I've seen people freely driving around a weaponized mech on the road in the states. Not sure what you mean.
ReadOnlyMemories
Technically the pedestrian has "right of way"; far as it is written, but throwing yourself in front of a car unexpectedly is your own fault.
colinstu
Peds only get right of way in a marked crosswalk. And if that crosswalk has traffic controls, only has RoW when the signal permits them.
eetsumkaus
San Francisco Bay Area resident here. I have no idea where you get that from
ToShellWithYou
From SF, can confirm. Once saw dude stop rush hour traffic to ride inflatable dong through Financial District to Ferry Building...
eetsumkaus
Oakland and ESPECIALLY Berkeley are even worse IMO
Raggart
This should be an everyday occurence but it should move throughout the city.
socksynurse
I want these for my next BBQ
suckaplumbus
You can make it into a drinking game
zimchaa
I don't think they're actually hot...
Exactually
I got you fam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx9Wf9m0l84
lovemybikerboots
I just need to save this that made me giggle +1
socksynurse
Yeah but watching my tipsy friends playing this would be fun!
EverardDigby
Is this Shoreditch? I bet this is Shoreditch.
EverardDigby
Ah, after much scrutinizing of the street sign - Hackney. Close enough.
Endomaxheart
Not far off. It's London Fields, right outside the train station
dormantmutant
This is so painfully fake. I imagine most people would be like "yeah fuck off mate, I need to get to work"
Momof2needsabreak
Dude, I would gladly join in if I saw this in person. I know a lot of people who would.
Equinox13
I would be the one who freaks out that masked men are coming towards me with their arms outstretched to herd me somewhere.
Promethianfire
When the robots take most of the jobs, people should be paid to do weird shit like this.
IAmNotAnExpertBut
Why not make robots do weird shit like this and we keep our jobs.
Tkeleth
Ah yes, mindlessly pulling a lever/quality checking an assembly line product is so valuable to my self-experience called life.
ourari
Universal Basic Income FTW!
mastermazeproductions
you mean paid to make art?
Candyman216
They took our jobs!
TheGhostofElizabethShue
The transition to a hijinks based economy is going to be rough.
Gayforbae
I think I've got a good start on it with all my shenanigan futures.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Insider tip: short prank securities. They're a fundamentally unsustainable model destined for collapse.
MoonbyulBias
I plan on getting myself a cushy position in the Ministry of Silly Walks. They've got some great benefits and job security!
reaper8891
JET TECH joy enhancement and thrill technicians.
usarsnl
This is what communism wants, my friend
FlamingIdiot
Every government works on paper. The problem is trying to realise it
Burke616
Does not compute. Let the meatbag handle it.
humptysorthopedic
yessss!
Kodaxmax
People already do get paid to do dumbshit likes this. Entertainment is our future.
manicmalki
Career choice I have been training all my life for.
SomeDetroitGuy
That's not how that works.
dysiode
Says who? The future hasn't been written yet and there's no historical basis I know of to make a prediction from. Let's make it great!
Tkeleth
LOL no historical basis... oh, my sweet summer child...
dysiode
YES! http://imgur.com/FOwZ77O Now that you're here though, tell me more... I'm listening
Phaggotboy
Because automation isn't going to create masses of unemployment people?
BubbleGutandtheHotSnakes
Universal basic income. It's inevitable
Phaggotboy
According to economists, its really isn't
MadMupp
Unfortunately when the robots take over people will be left to starve in the streets
AgentSmithPS4
Don't worry, the globalists under Bill Gates plan to reduce the human population by 80%. It's just a conspiracy theory ;)
DoublevBomb
They'll use poisonous gases to poison our asses. (Not the same gases that come from our asses, we've built a resistance to those).
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
The robots will be too confused to take over, methinks.
Promethianfire
Nah. People have to be able to buy the things the robots make. Also, that much destitution would result in revolution.
MadMupp
Thats where the rich upper class and super rich come in. They wont give a rats ass that their working class workers have no means of income
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
"No society is more than three meals away from revolution." Arnold J. Rimmer.
Kaylin
When we train robots off human behavior this should be the seed data.
jfd8u438fdsfkds
But everyone except the richest 1% will be dead.
arranrp
Then they will be the 100%
Promethianfire
How will they stay rich if no one can but what they sell?
AreThoseMyPants
The richest 1% will be the richest 100%.
jfd8u438fdsfkds
Why would they need to stay rich when robots do everything for them?
arranrp
This video is in London & though the summer the local government does pay people to make games in public spaces
ODSTsRule
And all of a sudden i like the brits a little bit more :D
ilikebadpunsandpolitics
Community governing done right, in my opinion.
MerToo
Need bread as well as circuses.
ilikebadpunsandpolitics
To keep the amenities on pace with the population?
MerToo
increased population is an easy way to pretend that there is "growth"
TheOne11111
Agreed
StrangelyCalm
You say that like a joke. But the reality is that while a lot of jobs will be automated (predicted 50% by 2030), creative tasks require a
StrangelyCalm
Special mix of pattern recognition and control that AI won't be able to master for quite a while. Your arts degree majors are going to be
StrangelyCalm
Some of the most in demand positions around.
arranrp
I'll just leave this here https://arstechnica.co.uk/the-multiverse/2016/06/sunspring-movie-watch-written-by-ai-details-interview/
BurntRamen
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine
OrionKaelin
I can't remember the source but i read or watch something to the effect of "robots make us more human" with the ides being that with >
BubbleGutandtheHotSnakes
Universal basic income. Let's do this!
OrionKaelin
increased automation in many fields of work people will have more time to do the things they want and love therefore can be more "human".
EkkuZakku
I mean think about it, automated cars driving people around, nobody being frustrated at traffic and bad drivers, we'd all be way happier!
antiver
You're not wrong, but that's the basic theory of civilization itself, and things like the renaissance. Technology frees us.
erischilde
We want that; but we are money/work centric right now. With less jobs people are still yelling "get a job! Do a thing! Money!". Being human1
erischilde
Is frowned upon or, you have to earn it.. which is sick to me. 5 days on, 2 off, if you deserve or are rewarded with vacation, 2 weeks a /2
erischilde
Year... it's all backwards and we need to address this! Minimum income or something. Soon there will be almost no work at the "bottom" /3
RobBobertyYT
When robots take most of the jobs i would hope we would be smart enough to realize we don't need jobs or money, but i doubt it.
Promethianfire
We'll always need money. Legal tender is a heck of a lot more democratizing than barter systems
Cbass28
My hotel is downsizing =(
Cbass28
Yep. Self check in
Promethianfire
Because of robots?
LittleDragon
This is brilliant.
vitfall
TheGodsMustBeCrazy
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michonnedisapproves
They remind me of beastie boys from the intergalactic video
elecvette
Brilliant is the best word for this.
BaronvonSimian
I've got a lava love for London
MrStLouis
What? The floor is lava part or the Facebook video turned into 3 unnecessary gifs?
LittleDragon
Lava
yesthisisturbo
AND it's not some shitty prank where someone is going to get punched (or shot in America)
WhovianBron3
They didnt include that part from the footage
wilypants66
What you don't see are the people being thrown into the lava as a offering to Magulius the god of lava
kidswat
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
LarryTesler
It's the reality tv generation, you have to tell them what they are looking at
SpamYarBlockers
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public.
oKingTutt
This made me laugh so hard
maincarrot
- a dialogue by Kim Jong-un
Burritotacotime
I'm so unsure as to why this comment has so many upvotes. Please enlighten.
AngelicIcefire
Because it was the title of the original post.
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
I'm too a member of the public society
Muddskipper2
Idk why,but for some reason that wording makes me think some detached rich person wrote it
Noumenon72
Playing 'The Floor Is Lava' on the prone bodies of the peasant class.
baldewok
This is so middle class.
Equinox13
Ugh, the bourgeoisie.
IllegalDuckling
Engaging in playful "The Floor is Lava" activity with the peasants.
TidePodPirate
This sounds like it came from some north korean tourist guide
sakkehattu
Mi Lord 'n me playeth footsymealty on me kings cobblepaths!
Neyxx
The Plebs shall have a wondrous moment of their Plebeian life for I have granted them with a Play of "Thy Stage be Liquid Obsidian!"
100PercentCanadianBeef
The commoners shall be delighted when partaking in an exquisite activity known as "thine cobbled avenues art constructed of molten stone"
marionic
people done a lava game
TheyCallMeATree
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
100PercentCanadianBeef
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
KLUSTENATOR
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the pubic hair
Wellthatsfuckincool
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
NarfButterslut
First
motorolo
I fucked it up didn't i?
KLUSTENATOR
More than you know
ShouldWeTellHim
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
04FoxSake
Playing 'The Floor is Lava' with members of the public
100PercentCanadianBeef
lostsincethemomentigothere
God so much fun. We need more silliness in adulting.
Zephyr00
Being a preschool teacher provides lots of opportunities for silliness every day! It's sad how many adults have forgotten how to be silly.
eetsumkaus
agreed, we should elect a silly adult to the White House!
Khyrberos
Beat ya to it! How prescient.
dReWdAt
Jokes on all of us!
Popcorn179
I'd be the guy that steps in it and screams in agony.
Demauscian
You'd be the guy that learns the lava was real the whole time
HalfPint13
I still play games like this to motivate me to do things that are no fun. The floor is lava: cleaning edition.
Zephyr00
When I was a kid and it was my turn to clean the toilet I would pretend to be a brave knight on a quest to defeat the Great Toilet Beast 1/?
Zephyr00
and the toilet brush was my sword. I would clean it ferociously and say words like "huzzah!" and "take that thou foul beast!". I even 2/?
Zephyr00
named my imaginary steed and would gallop around the bathroom. It made toilet cleaning so much more fun. I should try it again.