Water Towers falling down are some of the most hilariously anti-climactic things I've ever seen.

Feb 1, 2018 5:01 PM

Water tower.

There goes the water tanker

Oh, for those curious I just picked some favorite from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDY7uD4E8p4

Some do have a slightly satisfying metallic noise, but mostly just "DONK" "SPLAT" "FWOOM" or a variety of other flat noises. Enjoy :D

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

All of them are so anticlimatic! I love it

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

They look like toddlers flopping over for a nap

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Uh no. These are cut scenes from War of the Worlds. Don't lie.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Missing arms and googly eyes.

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

They are so sleepy!

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

You were right, OP.

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 1

Like old drunks falling on their faces!

8 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Water huge disappointment

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I wish they were full of water when they fell

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Would be so cool to build a apatment in a old water tower!

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Check out "The House in the Clouds", in Thorpeness, Suffolk.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

As an amazement, this was disappointing, but as a disappointment, this was amazing.

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I know exactly what you mean.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Something about each of them makes me a little sad. Like giants felled, their dignity stripped.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You should play Shadow of the Colossus.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Dude, during all of these, all I could imagine was the music they play when a Colossus dies

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I did, during my formative years.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The best years. I hear they're about to re-release it for ps4.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago | Likes 448 Dislikes 3

All I could hear in these gifs was "Bong"

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I hear a soft thud. Like "dn"

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

RRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRR-bonk

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Someone needs to add eyes and arms to each of these!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Now let's see them filled with water

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

*explosives

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Did anyone else say “boop” each time one of them hit the ground?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I went with 'thunk'

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#9 v

8 years ago | Likes 161 Dislikes 0

Thank you.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

There it isssss

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Oof.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

ouch

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Suddenly my childhood fear of a water tower bursting and flooding the whole world seems even more silly than it already did.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Now I want to see one full of water when it falls

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I am whelmed.

8 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

I too could not be more or less whelmed by this post.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Much whelmed. Awesome. Wow.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

(1) how does one think of this (2) how does one find this. Pls advise, need to know how I'm inter-webbing wrong.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Just looked up a video of water towers falling over then gifed my favorite ones.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But where will the Animaniacs live now?

8 years ago | Likes 51 Dislikes 0

They can move in with Professor X, Wolverine, and that other weird guy

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Hulu

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

ACKTCHUALLY they're called The Warner Brothers and The Warner Sister.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 4

This is a quote from the show people, deserves updoots, not downboots

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Well, they did buy that one guys Garage

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

British person. Why so many water towers in US, too much distance between reservoirs?

8 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

a LOT of flat land in the US, water towers make it easy to maintain water pressure.

8 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

I too would like to know this.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's usually more about maintaining pressure in the system than storing large volumes of water.

8 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

That's one point. Lots of small towns have their own towers. The last base lived at had at least 4-5 from my count.

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

sounds like you were a ft carson?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Riley

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ah, Ft. Carson's got like 10 just scatter everywhere. :P

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Need the Michael Bay version of these.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Bey?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Bae!

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8 years ago | Likes 1630 Dislikes 4

*neeeeeeer-PIFF*

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yep...this kept going through my mind. Upvote for you!

8 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

now add squiggly arms to it

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I knew I've seen something like this! Nice work.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Niiice

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*falling, fairly certain some of those were pushed.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I want the robot from the Incredibles to be posted! Where are those gifs!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

FUCK YOU! BEAT ME TO IT!!!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They each need a face and flailing arms!

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.

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8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And a top hat!

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

That was all I was seeing as I watched them

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Comment below yours

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8 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 1

Second this, the tall ones just look like sad, clumsy octopi.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Page /r/reallifedoodles

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yes! They need that face and arms animated flailing thing!

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Fuck Yeah! Oh man that would be so cool for these. Front page for sure.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Poor fellas...

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Late to the comments but does anyone know what opera that is from?

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8 years ago | Likes 132 Dislikes 1

Fuckin' A!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

More! More!

8 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Youre a hero to mankind!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Thus ended the Martian invasion...

8 years ago | Likes 347 Dislikes 4

I was thinking the exact same thing. Just about to type something very similar and your comment caught my eye.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Was exactly going through my mind as each mammoth water tower slowly, so slowly, fell. Good ol' oxygen.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Ahh *just* posted a quote! Beat me to it- was excited my username was somewhat relevant haha

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I kid you not. I was legitmatly afraid of watertowers because of War of the Worlds(1953)...

8 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

I can quite believe it. I was terrified of the 60s Doctor Who theme. Loved the monsters, just the music was more than I could stand.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

That spooky theremin theme

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

None of the original theme was done on a theremin.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the spindly ones are pretty freaky-looking

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

ooooh laa

8 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

The chances of getting to the Front Page are a million to one against...

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Do I go with the star wars reference or the hhgttg reference? Aaaagh. *Does neither. Fails spectacularly*

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Considering this is a War of the Worlds musical album reference: neither.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Farewell thundeeeeeerrrrchiiiiiild!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I like stringing them together though. Apologies

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Now show me some falling that are still full of water!

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One was rigged for demo here and filled with water for the first time in years. Overnight it collapsed without neighbours hearing a thing.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I need the sploosh!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I wasted my lunch break on this..

8 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

Yeah, this is why nothing happens.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Much disappoint here too

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Came down here to say this!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

First thing I thought of.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You can see his balls after it tips

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

WE GOT OURSELVES A SHY N

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8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

That doesn’t happen much. They are designed and more stable with water in them than without.

8 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 2

They are designed!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Landing on a pile of sodium

8 years ago | Likes 640 Dislikes 3

*Francium

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Do you want to end all life on Earth? Because that's how you end all life on Earth

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

and on a cop thats two dys from retirement

8 years ago | Likes 86 Dislikes 16

SODIUUUUUUUM! SO-DI-UH-UH-UMMMMMMM!!!

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

- Written & Directed by Micheal Bay

8 years ago | Likes 369 Dislikes 1

Filmed by the Slo mo guys

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Damn this is a beautiful string.

8 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 1

Nah, man - cesium. And a lot of it. Alternatively, a large quantity of azidoazide azide.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

chlorine?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Nah, not explosive enough - cesium makes sodium look like a fart in a barn. Azidoazide azide is a compound of extreme volatility.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Saying Azidoazide azide is extremely volatile is like saying that the Tsar Bomba was a bit loud.

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Having grown up in a farm, I know that farts in barns are dangerous. That much methane.. bad.

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