Biker could of died on this bridge … But after 10 days this happened …

[u/Competitive_Set_4386]

[u/encreav]

The bird

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS

[u/Exciting_Ad_8666 → u/encreav]

reminds me of thar one saying, early bird gets bugged by some dude

[u/LifeAd963 → u/Exciting_Ad_8666]

Early bird gets the worm, early worm gets eaten :(

[u/dunnodudes → u/LifeAd963]

Second mouse gets the cheese

[u/DelMarVa369 → u/dunnodudes]

3rd goat gets billy

[u/R0LL1NG → u/DelMarVa369]

4th wall gets broken

[u/Pseudoname87 → u/Exciting_Ad_8666]

....are they cousins or.....

[u/Dimensionish → u/encreav]

Also me reading could of in the title.

[u/therevjames → u/Dimensionish]

Major trigger.

Could've = Could Have

Could Of = FUCKING NOTHING

[u/cob59 → u/therevjames]

Even as a non-native English speaker this triggers me.
I can understand mixing up -your- and -you're-, but wtf is -could of- ? Where does it come from? It's not even a thing anywhere else in the language.

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edit: To the dozen+ answers missing the point: my confusion is not about "have" and "of" sounding the same. I get that. My confusion is about how people come up with this pairing "could of" that appears almost nowhere in the language and pick it over "could have" which they probably read thousands of times. "there/their/they're" all exist, so it's understandable to mix them up... but "could of", I don't get it.

Like, do people also write "I don't of enough money" by mistake?

[u/godpoker → u/cob59]

It’s due to people having terrible writing literacy. They write it as they hear it. Generally, people say “could’ve”, but it sounds like “could of”.

Pisses me right off.

[u/Iowa_Guy2 → u/godpoker]

Funny thing is, some people say it that way. Could of, making the distinct break like that. Rather than saying it like it would sound as written with the contraction could've, or the could have. It is a lazy speak. Grammar is tough when the dialect of language is so regional even in just small areas.

[u/Yami-sama → u/cob59]

Illiteracy is where it comes from

[u/dunnodudes → u/Yami-sama]

*illiteracy is where it could of come from

[u/DroidSoldier85 → u/therevjames]

Its the only thing I thought of during the video.

[u/RojoTheMighty → u/DroidSoldier85]

*thought've

(I'm sorry, I need to go take a shower now)

[u/Hollowbody57 → u/encreav]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WeVICbDhEE7IrDveJu

[u/Sef247 → u/encreav]

This is honestly one of my favorite gifs.

[u/How_that_convo_went → u/encreav]

Luft!

[u/WARILA_ISW]

That bird was like "Holy shit"!

[u/Aggravating_Speed665 → u/WARILA_ISW]

Gangway, birdie!

[u/KAMGOSEN]

[u/Mediumofmediocrity → u/KAMGOSEN]

Little homey is taking a crack at that next time

[u/ydnar3000 → u/Mediumofmediocrity]

Haha that dude is smiling ear to ear!

[u/PsyCar → u/Mediumofmediocrity]

Kid did it the day before. He's not impressed.

[u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 → u/Mediumofmediocrity]

Ya that's hilarious timing looks like a balance bike so not even training wheels or anything yet, the two ends of the spectrum of bikes 😂

[u/Accomplished-Mix-745 → u/Mediumofmediocrity]

Dude as a parent I would be really pissed about this. 1000% my son would wanna try it

[u/Key_Construction6007 → u/KAMGOSEN]

Really? Right in front of my toddler?

[u/Keyezeecool → u/Key_Construction6007]

That poor dad will never hear the end of this.

[u/scricimm → u/KAMGOSEN]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LdoOhsgOhHN6C2qgNQ

But daddy..that man did also...

[u/Mole-NLD → u/scricimm]

9, you can’t.

[u/Arcturian-WuTang → u/KAMGOSEN]

Dude is like “My son did that already”

[u/ohnomoto450 → u/KAMGOSEN]

Just created an x games baby

[u/dontknowshiitake → u/KAMGOSEN]

Yeah lol. That kid won’t remember this situation but neurons are certainly locked on “people do awesome shit and I want to also”

[u/Geknapper → u/dontknowshiitake]

You'd be amazed at how good kids are at remembering the things you aren't supposed to do. Sure he won't remember it forever, but I bet he'll be asking to go "over the bridge" for months.

[u/CharlotteBeer → u/KAMGOSEN]

"On your upper right!"

[u/PandaPocketFire → u/KAMGOSEN]

looks at biker on bridge

looks down at the neuroplasticity of his son

[u/Outrageous_Main4425 → u/KAMGOSEN]

Processing img y31s9uoy31mg1...

[u/Neat_Abbreviations70 → u/KAMGOSEN]

I was pretty chill watching this until that little kid came into view… and then the parent and teacher in me freaked tf out. Some new ideas were formed in that kiddos brain that day. 😮

[u/Macho_Mans_Ghost → u/KAMGOSEN]

"ON YOUR RIGHT!"

[u/No-Cherry-9670 → u/KAMGOSEN]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3uxonk9VUCTbozplMr

[u/Spottswoodeforgod]

Half a stunt. Could have had a crack at the drawbridge at the same time…

[u/BlahBlahBlahBingo → u/Spottswoodeforgod]

Could have thrown in some bunny hops as well

[u/SluggJuice → u/BlahBlahBlahBingo]

Missed the wheelie bonus

[u/Number1Framer → u/SluggJuice]

Should've just grinded the whole thing on pegs.

[u/Content-Alarm5003 → u/Number1Framer]

Also should have integrated cowbell somehow

[u/InvincibleMirage → u/Spottswoodeforgod]

Next in another 10 days.

[u/handsy_pilot → u/Spottswoodeforgod]

*Could of

/s

[u/poorly-worded → u/Spottswoodeforgod]

Especially if you built up speed on the way down

[u/AdAlive6530 → u/Spottswoodeforgod]

Surprised this is r/GuysBeingDudes and no one said anything about the rust on those girders. Bridge maintenance crew needs to get to work.

[u/Zejjk]

I bet he practiced in GTA

[u/Deltaforces2025 → u/Zejjk]

Came here to comment that this was exactly what I used to do in GTA San Andreas

[u/Speedy_Silvers71 → u/Deltaforces2025]

Same. And GTA V/Online as well. Plenty of bridges to try this on in those games.

[u/edejoe]

Biker could HAVE died. Sorry for the policing.

[u/Mom_said_I_am_cute → u/edejoe]

Nah I totally am on your side. The amount of people writing Could of would of and other stuff like that is annoyingly high these days and they should learn that is doesn't exist and that it looks dumb.

[u/Thirty_Helens_Agree → u/Mom_said_I_am_cute]

I see these kind of mistake’s alot, like everyday and it’s the worse - really brakes my wife and I’s hearts.

[u/Sunbythemoon → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

A missed opportunity to write, “kind’ve” in there.

[u/LisaWinchester → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fQJSYE2Qy6OtXfwEuf

[u/dandle → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

You bastard

[u/PickleDiego → u/dandle]

Hey, I could care less about their feelings towards appropriate use of language

[u/Kramerica_ind99 → u/PickleDiego]

I know right!? It's on a whole nother level!

[u/dandle → u/Kramerica_ind99]

Its getting really fustrating. Time to nip it in the butt.

[u/FlowinEnno → u/dandle]

Time to go nucular!

[u/marmaladetuxedo → u/FlowinEnno]

For all intensive purposes, we're halfway there.

[u/ADeadWeirdCarnie → u/marmaladetuxedo]

I feel sick all of the sudden.

[u/Intelligent-Name-NOT → u/PickleDiego]

Non-native English speakers reading this thread must think everyone has had a stroke.

[u/QuentinLCrook → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

I defiantly agree with you.

[u/zdubbzzz → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

its*

[u/babyqueso → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

Kind have*

[u/SpiritualMongoose751 → u/Mom_said_I_am_cute]

Probably has nothing to do with a certain group of politicians defunding public education over the last 20 years... right? /s

[u/CyberWiz42 → u/Mom_said_I_am_cute]

Its also likely to be baiting :-/

People pay more attention if there are spelling or grammatical errors, and us commenting about it makes the algorithm think it is great content and promotes it further...

[u/cocotheape → u/CyberWiz42]

Yep, engagement bate is the worse.

[u/Illustrious_Bed2937 → u/edejoe]

The only reason I was going to comment. And English isn't my native language...

[u/Even_Might2438 → u/Illustrious_Bed2937]

I really don't understand how native speakers can mess this up

[u/Aquilarden → u/Even_Might2438]

While the mistake annoys me too, the answer is that native speakers are speaking the language more than reading or writing it and have always done so. "Would've" and its siblings sound close enough to the mistaken version to become what a person thinks when they say them. It's nonsense grammatically, but it's what they're hearing.

[u/Greedyanda → u/Aquilarden]

Any native speaker should be able to understand that this combination of words doesn't make any sense. It's not a spelling mistake, it's a completely dysfunctional sentence. It's fascinating how some people just refuse to think about the meaning of their words.

[u/Even_Might2438 → u/Aquilarden]

Yeah, that's fair. I can think of some similar examples in portuguese where this also happens, so it makes sense.

[u/TazBaz → u/Even_Might2438]

“Could’ve” sounds like “could of” if you don’t recognize it’s a contraction of “could have”.

So if you hear “could’ve” a lot, but don’t recognize it, you just think it’s normal to say “could of”

[u/mrthomani → u/TazBaz]

But that still requires never thinking the slightest bit about what words mean.

The sentence obviously still has to make sense without the could/would/should.

Example:

“They could have been killed” without the could -> “they have been killed”. That’s still a perfectly valid sentence.

“They could of been killed” without the could -> “they of been killed”. That’s nonsensical gibberish.

[u/denkmusic → u/edejoe]

When I was a kind my mum said I couldn’t of a bike. Now I’m older I’m going to get the bike have my dreams.

[u/JetlinerDiner → u/denkmusic]

*kid (lol)

[u/Funderling → u/edejoe]

Unless we are talking about 'Sir Could of the County of Died' you know like Catherine of Aragon.

[u/SalamanderPop → u/edejoe]

The whole thing is title gore. It's nonsense. "After 10 days?” "then this happened..." Clickbait bad grammar engagementbait nonsense.

[u/Ok_Table_876 → u/edejoe]

Downvoted the post, upvoted the comment. Not a native speaker and this infuriates the hell out of me.

[u/RoughDoughCough → u/Ok_Table_876]

I of so much hatred for people who of no idea how to use the word have. 

[u/VeryVideoGame → u/edejoe]

The internet gives us a window into society's illiteracy.

[u/JimEJamz → u/edejoe]

Bird could have died. (Agree with your comment, just adding additional edits)

[u/Accomplished_Gas6963 → u/edejoe]

Beat me to it. It’s truthfully sad that so many people use “of” and not “have.” It’s concerning.

[u/Epik44]

"Could of died".. I think some grammar has died

[u/shewy92 → u/Epik44]

I don't even get the post considering it was just a failed stunt and not an accident. "10 days later this happened*, you mean he completed the stunt? It's weird wording by I'm assuming the bot OOP is.

I guess the bot got what they wanted, engagement by making a dumbass title.

[u/Nut-craker-_-]

[u/Surkuse]

What the fuck is that title? Could of died?

[u/AdditionalNewt4762 → u/Surkuse]

Im almost certain this is a bot account

[u/burglar_of_ham → u/AdditionalNewt4762]

I've been noticing a huge increase in post titles that either dont relate to the video, or adds unneeded info to try to bolster a narrative and drive views.

Like in this one, after 10 days what? He tries a second time? Why is that relevant? It's just another form of the old click bait titles.

Of course, just us talking about it drives up the posts engagement, which im sure is partially the goal

[u/kamieldv → u/Surkuse]

Illiteracy is my first guess, second guess is engagement bait. A last option would be that they are not English-speaking

[u/torrso → u/kamieldv]

I think this mistake is mostly made by American native English speakers.

Native speakers learn English by ear first, so they internalize the sound before the structure.

[u/kamieldv → u/torrso]

Then illiterates I guess. Imagine writing color and saying leftenant

[u/fnezio → u/kamieldv]

Non-native speakers make endless mistakes, but of/have is usually not one of them. For most European languages for example "to have" is an auxiliary verb so we have no reason to switch it for "of".

[u/CloudCalmaster → u/Surkuse]

I could've died but went to work today

[u/Lazy_Cause_2437]

Its in Sønderborg

[u/Vliegende_Fokker → u/Lazy_Cause_2437]

So a German cycles into Northern Slesvig and breaks Danish traffic laws to do a very cool stunt.

EU has gone mad!!!

• Morten BF109, probably.

[u/Hackingbeef → u/Lazy_Cause_2437]

Synes det nok. Tak!

[u/Thomas_Grmela]

Guys we need to discuss the definition of dudeishness. This is not it, he's just being stupid.

[u/Llyon_ → u/Thomas_Grmela]

Probably fits better in WhyWomenLiveLonger subreddit

[u/ChoiceMycologist → u/Thomas_Grmela]

yeah. I feel like a core part of being a dude improves the world for those around him. And this jeopardizes a number of people.

[u/astroshiroi → u/ChoiceMycologist]

And a bird

[u/Ok-Land-488 → u/ChoiceMycologist]

I'm sure the other people on the bridge would have LOVED watching him fall to his death or serious injury, in an event that would haunt them/ traumatize them for the rest of their lives. Remember, if you die doing something stupid around other people; all of those other people have to watch you die.

[u/Rancorousturtle → u/Ok-Land-488]

This is actually preferable to the other potential event: he falls on top of someone and kills them in front of their child.

Imagine if he was at the top and those two waking were under as he fell?

He's being dumb and selfish.

[u/killertortilla → u/Ok-Land-488]

I almost took a job watching cameras on a bridge a bit bigger than this and I remember them being deadly serious talking to me about mandatory psychologist appointments because of dipshits like this.

[u/Mihsan → u/Thomas_Grmela]

As a cyclist... Fuck that guy.

[u/FluidLegion → u/Thomas_Grmela]

I was just thinking about this.

I always saw being a dude as injecting something positive into the environment, whether it through simple mindedness, blatant selflessness, or being overwhelmed by something really simple and mundane.

[u/TheOtherWhiteCastle → u/Thomas_Grmela]

Let’s be honest here, a majority of “dude” activities involve some degree of stupidity. Like half the posts on this sub alone are guys doing dumb crap with their friends.

[u/tubbytucker]

*have died

[u/Worldly-Peak-7256]

Why are some people so determined to be paraplegics?

[u/SgtMajorPanda]

When did people start thinking "Could've" which is the combination of "could" and "have", is really just "could of"?

[u/ripe_data → u/SgtMajorPanda]

People who don't read books make these mistakes (peach tree dish). They just mishear the phrase.

[u/AfalloutAdcit56 → u/ripe_data]

Or on the flip side you could read a word in a book and not realize what it sounded like out loud. I read the word epitome as Eh-pi-tome and would regularly say it out loud. No one around me realized what I was saying until college..... Eh-pit-oh-me.....

[u/senolou → u/SgtMajorPanda]

It would of, but it dontent.

[u/RoutineLingonberry48 → u/SgtMajorPanda]

Most things can be explained by the fact that most people are at a 4th grade reading level.

[u/cinistre64]

A bike lane so narrow that even the bike lane symbol doesn't fit. The urban designer in me died.

[u/Professional_Mouse99 → u/cinistre64]

the fisheye effect

[u/GerchSimml → u/Professional_Mouse99]

The bike lane width is similar to the width of the handles. So the bike lane is WAY too narrow.

[u/Mom_said_I_am_cute]

Could'VE is a contraction of Could HAVE. Could OF does not exist in English language, stop using it.

[u/redmuffdiver → u/Mom_said_I_am_cute]

Thank you thank you thank you. I was going to say the same.

[u/IamGriffon]

Imagine if there's a police cop waiting for him on the other side ready to bust him LMAO

[u/heresdustin → u/IamGriffon]

A police cop. LOL

[u/Goonalips → u/heresdustin]

https://youtu.be/YWDUEVL0PMI

Police Cops!

[u/heresdustin → u/Goonalips]

YES! 🤣

[u/Johnnywarhero → u/Goonalips]

Where my brain went IMMEDIATELY.

[u/King_brus321 → u/heresdustin]

Double cop

[u/bogardo → u/IamGriffon]

Given that this is Denmark, he’d probably be told something like “that was pretty cool, but please don’t do that again, because I’d have to write you a ticket”

[u/Johnnywarhero → u/IamGriffon]

Police Cops???? Like Detective Simpson, Homer J???

[u/Myron0117]

*could have

[u/theunmentionable]

This is a guy being stupid.. not guys being dudes.

[u/pwn4321]

Why women live longer

[u/pounces]

Unpopular opinion? This is not fucking cool. Some (many?) people do not want to see this. The chance of death is distressing. That person walking the bridge with the kid did not look impressed. Not guys being dudes worthy imo.

[u/ilovesalt1892]

Incredibly stupid.

[u/LyriumLychee]

Guys being dudes who think they’re special. I hate these parkour videos clearly in danger of hurting others or damaging infrastructure.

Go buy a jungle gym or something, don’t try to murder someone by falling off a bridge on a bike into moving traffic.

[u/allaskhunmodbaszatln → u/LyriumLychee]

fcknig send out a spotter least, to know there is nobody under you if you fall

[u/Other-Armadillo-3606]

It would of been funny if he ran into the barrier at the end

[u/ResidentOwl1 → u/Other-Armadillo-3606]

To both you and op: it’s “would have”, never “would of”. Same with “could have”.

[u/GoonYourBrains0ut]

*could have

[u/Najin_bartol]

Putting innocent children at risk isn’t very guy or dude imo

[u/HopinC]

Yeah, the biker could have died. And so could the small child at the end of the bridge who didn't know it was unwillingly participating in a dangerous stunt.

[u/Stef0206]

I told the pigeon “run”, and then called it lovely when it flew away 😭

[u/Rectal_tension]

Could have - Could've ....wtf has happened to understanding contractions in our language?

[u/strtbobber]

Could have.....🤦🏼‍♂️

[u/508_crucial_Error]

Could HAVE died. Jesus to hell with this trend.

[u/nightcritterz]

I can still hear my 4th grade teacher's vocie 26 years later, "could 'of'? you mean could 'have'??"

[u/HXXIV]

Could have*

[u/Lagiacrus111]

Could have

[u/Useful-Influence-125]

Sorry, OP, you knew this was coming.

Do you mean 'could have'?

[u/Striking_Programmer4]

*Could have

[u/SenorPea]

Could HAVE.

[u/KaytotheJay]

*could have

[u/BlueRedGreenNumber5]

could have*

[u/Bosonidas]

Could HAVE

[u/TruckNads]

*could have

[u/KrotHatesHumen]

could have*

[u/Lyxerttt]

The fucking phrase is "could have", not "could of".

[u/bulbousEd]

"Could of"

[u/FLiP_J_GARiLLA]

*could have

*have

Never "could of"

[u/Haasmin]

've.

[u/CommercialTangerine9]

“Could have” or “could’ve.”

Is average intelligence level in the toilet when it comes to grammar and syntax?

[u/ErnieHecklerock]

Could have*

[u/SecondhandUsername]

"could HAVE"

[u/educated-duck]

Could have

[u/BeanyIsDaBean]

Could have*

[u/Soggy-Fly9242]

*Could have

[u/Ok-Cancel-3114]

*could have Not "Could of

[u/ofyellow]

Could of died...

I looked no further

[u/Firm_Put_24]

*could have

[u/_clever_reference_]

could of

could've*

[u/AllMaito]

Why do people use "of" as a verb in English?

[u/Dracoster]

"could of"?

[u/Dunaliella]

*could have or could’ve. Not difficult.

[u/zasrgerg-8999]

Whenever someone says "could of" I just assume that they are incredibly ignorant.

[u/Competitive_Wait7332]

I got trauma just watching that. No, no. Just... no.

[u/7StarSailor]

>COULD OF

[u/ounehsadge]

*Have

[u/DW_78]

that got my kegels done for the day

[u/Williamb3]

Yes yes yes!

[u/Badassbottlecap]

"Could of". Lol. Lmao, even

[u/Ant97gkm_]

Yeah, Sønderborg video! Woop woop

[u/bebop1065]

"... could have..."

[u/qoo_kumba]

Could've. Could have.

Did not. Didn't.

[u/12ParsecsFM]

Not a native english speaker here. But i have a question, what is this trend of writing "could of" ? Never seen it before a few months ago and it's driving me crazy now.

[u/meisawesome126 → u/12ParsecsFM]

People hear "could've" and think "could of"

[u/modernoverdrive]

Do you ever get that tingly sensation in your body when you are at a scary height? I got that just by watching this video.

[u/Afraid_Diet_5536]

Dude falls off, brakes every bone. In the hospital he gets asked - why did you do it?
The dude: I thought it could be done. Had to try.
Perfect dude logic.

[u/__GMCC88__]

The bird said wtf 🤣

[u/angel700]

arnr.

[u/OvErMeCh]

The bird and the little kid and the end

[u/tHollo41]

This is not Mario Kart...

[u/The_Amazing_Brando]

NOPE!

[u/UnctuousCretin]

Can't ride there, mate.

[u/Silly-Pitch-2565]

Wow how cool said no cool person ever

[u/J_Knish]

Could have. Could have died

[u/CranjizzMcBasketball]

Have

[u/Lilhughman]

Could have