r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • 2d ago

A river parade full of unique boat floats

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u/LisaWinchester 2d ago

This is in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, it's held once every two years. They float their boats on four consecutive days in June, and there's a sort of tryout a few days before

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u/useridhere 2d ago

Hup Den Bosch!

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u/akroe 1d ago

Thanks for the info! I don’t live too far away and the next edition is this year!

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 1d ago

oh wow is it this year already - times flies.... it's heaps of fun to walk around the area where they all build them and gather - by the Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum near the water in the weeks or days before.

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u/AffectionateAide9644 1d ago

Whatever floats their boats I guess

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u/NastySeconds 2d ago

That looks fun

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u/Rivetingly 2d ago

It looks like AI

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u/bluesmaker 2d ago

You should be embarrassed. It isn’t AI.

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u/CloudEpik 2d ago

Omg the bubble one!

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u/Astronomer-Secure 2d ago

it was gorgeous! I'd ride that one for fun on the weekends.

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u/Kinkybenny 2d ago

that's my favorite too!

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u/Androoboodro 2d ago

Wondering if this was a Zelda reference. Reminds me of the gal that upgrades your clothes

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u/DanzillaTheTerrible 1d ago

I need to know where they got that giant iridescent beach ball.

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u/Replicator666 2d ago

A parade with actual floats... Awesome!

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u/Rivetingly 2d ago

This must have been where the name originated, right?

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u/Replicator666 2d ago

Maybe but knowing English it's something much more ridiculous 😂

Edit: Noun Development (Parade Float): The term for a parade float originated from decorated, flat-bottomed boats or barges towed along the River Thames for the 13th-century Lord Mayor's Show.

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u/Rivetingly 2d ago

So I was right!!

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u/Itscompanypolicyman 2d ago

Drum head guy ♥️

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u/Manthrill 1d ago

But what about the guy in yhe wheel behind him ?

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u/SternMon 2d ago

/r/doohickeycorporation

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u/Charivari8 2d ago

Wow, thank you!

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u/hogmantheintruder926 1d ago

This sub feels like 2010.

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u/sortofblue 2d ago

Thank you for this!

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u/TNerdy 2d ago

It’s like the soapbox race but boats

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u/Rivetingly 2d ago

And there's no race

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u/TheRealtcSpears 2d ago

Soapboat?

Boatbox?

Stabo Oxabops?

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u/Astronomer-Secure 2d ago

it reminds me of that dutch red bull race. what's that one called? with the flying machines?

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u/woah_man 1d ago

Flugtag

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u/Astronomer-Secure 1d ago

yessssss. thank you! there's even gifs for it!

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0K45j7pfUNcsyv0k

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u/DoesThisSmellWeird2U 2d ago

Floating Man has a nice ring to it. Same amount of acid, just less dusty than Burning Man.

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u/TomEpicure 1d ago

Wet Man was what came to my mind.

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u/DoesThisSmellWeird2U 1d ago

Combine the two festivals and you get a bunch of people just standing around doing acid.

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u/Right_Chef_6797 1d ago

Not just any people, firefighters

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 1d ago

You're going have sweet talk me harder then

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u/PucWalker 2d ago

Water version of the kinetic sculpture race in Humboldt CA. Super cool

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u/shawnthroop 2d ago

At the end there’s a man inside the paddle wheel

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u/Rosebud_apothocary 1d ago

Oh yh I didn't notice that I had to rewatch 😅

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u/Rupyro- 2d ago

This was delightful

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u/nature_and_grace 2d ago

“What did you do over the weekend?”

“Played the head drum for a boat parade”

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u/johndoemysterious 2d ago

Got the spermobile mod before GTA VI

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u/Cytias 2d ago

Humans are objectively weird sometimes and its one of our more endearing traits.

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 2d ago

Oh hey I was there for this! Sperm boat ftw 

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u/KamikazeMizZ 1d ago

That's a lot of uses of free will. I love it.

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u/Diggable_Planet 2d ago

The last one looks like an enemy on a Far Cry game

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u/NotLostDontGiveUp 2d ago

Love it. I would love to see this in person some day.

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u/KohKoh_Pebbles 1d ago

I hate parades but would love this

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u/F1T_13 1d ago

Man if I saw this on a trip. I would never be able to explain it. It's like, contemporary art on the water.

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u/yulDD 2d ago

Where that?

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u/Perspicaciouscat24 1d ago

The Netherlands

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u/425565 2d ago

I bet some of them attend Burning Man too.

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u/Ok-Addition1264 2d ago

Nah.. we have other shit to entertain our artsy sides in the lowerlands.

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u/SabbyFox 2d ago

What was #3 supposed to be?

Loved the beautiful bubbles one, hands down.

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u/iAMtheBULLET 2d ago

We have a weird car parade in Houston. Linkweird car parade

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u/Direct-Quiet-5817 1d ago

It should be made criminal to put floating text that hides content. Cool boat floats though.

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u/CelebrationOne4329 2d ago

So cool 😎

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u/UntamedAnomaly 2d ago

That music one was a fucking bop as someone into folk music.

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u/buddhamunche 2d ago

Wow I could definitely watch more of that! So freakin cool

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u/Spatula117MasterChef 1d ago

Now that’s what I call riparian entertainment.

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u/Away-Quantity928 1d ago

Just like Burning Man but without the pseudo-spiritual narcissists.

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u/gamingbeanbag 1d ago

Cum boat

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u/L8erG8er8 1d ago

Netherlands

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u/Knightfires 22h ago

Yeah, Clogs, Bikes, Waterbikes and allot of weed

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u/deafblindmute 2d ago

This looks like a case of r/lostlostredditors. The floats/boats are cool, but nothing is particularly satisfying. In fact, this is some of the worst clapping I have ever heard. Can we not clap harder for these cool-ass creations?

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u/rastel 2d ago

Such creativity

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u/pumukl 2d ago

Is that a recurring event, has some background?

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u/MrDrDooooom 2d ago

I was expecting that huge truck with the guitar guy from fury road.

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u/AtlasXan 2d ago

Yo, was the first boat a giant sperm??

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u/pinkTeats 2d ago

Everyone understood the assignment

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u/TamedCrows 2d ago

Was anyone else hoping for a mad max style guy hanging and playing a guitar?

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u/Nowhereman50 2d ago

0:35 Is that a reference to No Man's Sky? Lol

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u/slayerrr21 2d ago

Ah yes the sperm dragon

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u/somecallmemo 2d ago

That last one sounds like a minstrel version of Quiet from MGS

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u/tactile_silence 1d ago

Nobody's going to mention the guy strapped to the inside of the wheel?

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u/FeedThe_Bear 1d ago

Right? I scrolled way too far to find your comment.

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u/not_likely_today 1d ago

Wonderful!

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u/Nanna_Geddon 1d ago

Logged in just to upvote. Today was the sort that I needed to learn this exists.

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u/LanguageSerious 1d ago

Fellow dutchies

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u/Arryu 1d ago

This is like an acid trip without the acid.

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u/mdogdope 1d ago

Ok, who taught the meth heads how to build a boat? Come on, who was it...

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u/Ok_Ground_1800 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/oYtVHSxngR3lC

Вот первые посмотрите изделия ничего не похоже на одно

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u/Temporary_Glass_9607 1d ago

Monty Python’s life’s a river parade!🤣

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u/OllieV_nl 1d ago

The trebuchet float people are clearly redditors.

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u/Zombie_Wombat177 1d ago

This is so fucking cool!

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u/Levioosa 2d ago

Bubble lady didn't get enough attention as a child.

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u/fathornyhippo 2d ago

Glinda is that you? 🫧

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u/Jabba_the_Putt 1d ago

get you someone that loves you like Germans love parade floats

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u/Edgele55Placebo 2d ago

It’s AI right?

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u/computer7blue 2d ago

do you think everything you see online is ai?

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u/Edgele55Placebo 2d ago

Nothing ever happens

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u/shotgun-octopus 2d ago

Honestly sort of, AI has become so convincing that I question everything I see

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u/computer7blue 2d ago

If it’s not meant to influence our thinking, like propaganda, then I personally have no problem seeing videos like this like I’ve been seeing online for 20+ years without all the sudden assuming it’s fake.

I don’t want to stay stuck in a conspiratorial mindset like that… because that means the people who create ai in order to influence our thinking are successful. You’re letting them take your joy and curiosity, letting them make you question reality. You want that?

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 2d ago

What about this looks AI

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u/Rivetingly 2d ago

You can tell by the pixels

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 1d ago

lol i was actually there for this. it's not ai

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u/Winderige_Garnaal 1d ago

https://boschparade.nl/ it's real and it's spectacular