r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 14d ago

Video The process of making badminton shuttlecocks from raw feathers

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u/DigNitty Interested 14d ago

And at the end you can see it’s one woman’s job to literally just hold a badminton racket and swat away any of the finished product that doesn’t fly straight.

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u/paiute 14d ago

And after doing this job for twenty years she accidentally wanders into a tournament on her day off and smokes the field.

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u/AllEncompassingThey 14d ago

I'd watch that movie

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u/load_more_comets 14d ago

Lady being shoved in to the court with a racket in hand.

"I don't want any trouble."

Proceeds to start wailing on the opponent.

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u/jx2002 14d ago

"I wasn't even supposed to be here!" she yells while swatting away another shot perfectly.

"Just let me...I don't want to do this!" smashes another shot.

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u/dirtykokonut 14d ago

Sounds like the plot of a typical Chinese kungfu movie. The average Joe with hidden martial arts chops

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u/Sir_Meowsalot 14d ago

Make it a Kung Fu Hustle style film!

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u/enlightenedude 14d ago

landlady in kungfu hustle

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u/PeanutButterSoda 14d ago

Kungfu shuttlecock

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 14d ago

not a good skillset to be working on if your job requires you to hit the bird to the side lol

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u/New-Raisin-209 14d ago

Maybe she wanders in sideways

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u/Afraid_Call1213 14d ago

just have her stand at a 90-degree angle, duh

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u/CanUlysSupri 14d ago

I srartled the dogs with a loud HAH! the moment I saw her giga bored body language XD

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u/Roy4Pris 14d ago

The look on her face crushed my soul

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u/AileenKitten 14d ago

Im hoping its rbf 😬

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u/Nevertek 13d ago

That last step is wild. How many times they’re all carefully stacked nicely over this process just to get shot across the factory into a massive bucket at the end is almost comedic. I guess the final quality control is necessary why not just yeet it

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u/kcstrom 13d ago

"We personally test every shuttlecock that comes from our factory!"

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u/AdminsLoveGenocide 14d ago

I loved that bit. Simple and effective quality control.