r/MadeMeSmile • u/ControlCAD • Jul 07 '24

Small Success Messi’s bodyguard protecting him at all costs

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u/spacepie77 Jul 07 '24

Yeah i thought to myself “that’s some gentle handsmanship”

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u/Refflet Jul 07 '24

Yes that's a true professional right there. Even when he tackles people, he doesn't knock them to the floor but embraces them.

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u/Autofrotic Jul 07 '24

This user is a bot. Comment copied from : https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1dwztlw/-/lbyconn

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u/forgottenoldusername Jul 07 '24

Reddit is a big fat lie

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u/conscious_terabot Jul 07 '24

Can we have a bot that does this?

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u/Autofrotic Jul 07 '24

I'm sure some must exist

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u/MrBoiledPeanut Jul 07 '24

There used to be a few of them, but Reddit's changes to the API killed off the legitimate bots.

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u/BearfootSparklz Jul 07 '24

Thank you for pointing that out! I really thought for a second I was in the matrix. I knew I read that same comment yesterday

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u/Autofrotic Jul 07 '24

Same thing happened to me lol, I knew I had read it before so I went to check and voila

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u/JoMoma2 Jul 07 '24

Thank you!

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u/Classic_Airport5587 Jul 07 '24

It’s like that scene with drunk Lenny and Smithers comes sprinting full blast just to gently lead Lenny away

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u/snow-eats-your-gf Jul 07 '24

Bodyguard work is to avoid contact and protect your principal, not to defeat someone who comes close enough.

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u/Refflet Jul 07 '24

Sure, but many bouncers are nowhere near as professional and go too far.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/Refflet Jul 07 '24

Yes and no. At Messi's level, sure. But in the lower end a bodyguard and a bouncer attract the same sort of employee.

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u/snow-eats-your-gf Jul 07 '24

Bouncer and bodyguard are pretty different jobs.

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u/_Kutai_ Jul 07 '24

Also when he intercepts anyone, he's not tackling them to the ground, he's giving them gentle hugs!

I'd run at Messi to get this guy to hug me, rofl

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u/DrFrosthazer Jul 07 '24

What do you expect him to do to a fan that takes a picture with his idol in public? Punch him in the face?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

His protection perfectly mirrors the energy of the fan