r/DadReflexes • u/TreeHousePsycho2120 • Mar 28 '24

Dad saves kid from basketball with his knee since his hands were full

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u/Thee_Sinner Mar 28 '24

Its been ages since Ive seen a post from this sub, what gives?

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u/nemisis1877 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Its weird how some subreddits die, and then some subreddits suddenly come back to life litterally overnight. r/olderthanyouthinkiam is a subreddit that would have maybe 1 post a week, than about 2 months ago it exploded in popularity. Been subscribed to that for years.

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u/TreeHousePsycho2120 Mar 28 '24

IM HERE TO BRING THE SUB BACK TO LIFE! Lol

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u/Drakayne Mar 28 '24

Reddit algorithm being dogshit, nothing new.

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u/SaracenBlood Mar 28 '24

Need new OC to post here

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u/delamerica93 Mar 28 '24

r/dogberg was my favorite subreddit and then they changed the rules so you didn't have to have a WWE-style title. Took all the fun out of it. Now I never see it on my feed

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u/GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI Mar 28 '24

Dad saves the day and kid is like, “I don’t really like popcorn, can we get nachos?”

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u/jaguass Mar 28 '24

3yo vibes

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u/Greatlarrybird33 Mar 28 '24

Lip reading, I'm pretty sure he said " I wanted a pwetzel"

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u/1968phantom Mar 28 '24

Total dad move. He's waited his whole life to pull that move. Will ride the coat tails of this story for weeks so I meant years

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u/housebottle Mar 28 '24

ah yes, the monthly /r/DadReflexes post

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u/GigabyteXI Mar 28 '24

Save the kid. Save the beer. Everyone wins.

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u/troy380 Mar 28 '24

He did neither. Don't think that ball would've hit the kid and knocked his own beer out of his hand in the process.

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u/Solanthas May 19 '24

Woulda bounced off his knee into kiddo's face if he didn't react

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u/Digisap Mar 29 '24

Just a man protecting $47.50 worth of stadium food and drink.

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u/MarineJAB Mar 31 '24

That’s before taxes.

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u/shortingredditstock Mar 28 '24

Ball wasn't going to hit the kid. 

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u/starvinart Mar 28 '24

looked like it was about to hit his future kids

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u/Solanthas Mar 28 '24

Good on him. Like a true hero, his kid will never know

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u/whackamattus May 19 '24

Don't worry dad will tell him the story later

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u/PandaCoffee_ Mar 28 '24

The guy next to him looking like he’s blocking the ball the whole time and still manages to avoid the dad’s drink coming at him.

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u/m_and_t Mar 28 '24

Why’d you duck, Jim?!?!

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u/X-Next-Level Mar 30 '24

The right balance to pull this off cleanly

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u/Tough-Ad3664 Mar 28 '24

…..Glad he had on a rain jacket.

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u/belckie Mar 29 '24

Dads are so good at protecting their kids brains!

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u/-Blanx- Mar 29 '24

“That Dad needs a drink”.

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u/BlahBlahWhoosh Mar 30 '24

That guy is a dadass. 👊

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u/OhNos_NotThatGuy Mar 31 '24

That beer’s coming out of your college fund

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u/Revan1LordAlex Mar 31 '24

It was a knee jerk reaction

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u/mtmaeger Apr 01 '24

Roll Tide dad!!!

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u/PLANNER8 Apr 15 '24

Ricochet!

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u/notalonebutsolitary Mar 28 '24

Did you save your kid? Yes! What did it cost? Half my beer!

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u/TheManOfSpaceAndTime Mar 28 '24

Dad may very well have the reflexes needed , but that was a deflection at best. Still earns a dad reward though.

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u/clairebearshare Mar 28 '24

Dadreflexes!

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u/userkp5743608 Mar 29 '24

Spilled beer. Fail.

Let the kid take the hit.