That officer is the living embodiment of ragdoll physics

As a Boston local, I stopped by it last night. What made it even better was when I got there there was a full moon, so the slide had this weird shimmer and glow to it. I truly felt like I was looking at something otherworldly.

Imagine you’ve called the police and suddenly hear clanking from a nearby slide.

As someone who lives in Boston, the best part about this is that having gone down that slide myself I can tell you it is actively difficult for a person larger than a child to get up to the entrance to the slide so he had to seriously put effort into getting up there.

I am genuinely impressed he can turn a 6 second clip into an 8+ minute video

As an architect, I can tell you those slides are age restricted not only due to structural weight limits, but also the heavier the body, the more dangerous the curves get while descending. The same would happen if your vehicle was too heavy & tall and you hit a curve too fast, you'll easily flip. funny as hell to see with my own eyes tho lmao these cases were always theoretical in school.

Charlie's ability to turn a 5 second clip into a 8 minute video and still keep it insanely entertaining, with his immaculate vocabulary, is immensly impressive

"Learn to slide better its a skill issue." SENT ME LMAOOOOOO

The speed he got flying out of that thing was seriously impressive. Guy knows how to slide.

Thank god Charlie is spreading awareness for this. As a victim of slide to man violence since I was a child, this video has already played a big impact on helping slide victims like me.

The best part is that there ARE video videos of adults going down that same slide on twitter, and they come out actually pretty slow. It really is a mystery what that officer did to get slingshot like that.

This one feels like vintage Charlie: goofy stuff, no cutouts to a live stream, and he making a lot of theories on something this little. I really enjoyed this clip lol

Not all youtubers are brave enough to cover such controversial and serious topics. Thank you, Charlie.

We honestly need more people covering harmless and fun news like this

Bro fell so hard he dropped his inventory

I love that Charlie's description of what happened is funnier than the actual video 😂

Charlie has an uncapped water bottle on his desk. Truly a brave man.

Thank you for the officer testing the safety of the ride for the rest of the public. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

As a criminal, I will make sure to use slides to get away when being chased by cops from now on

A couple of things that made the officer go flying : 1) His Hi Vis vest is very slippery and has tiny grooves that allow air to pass through quickly 2) The officer's centre of gravity changed at exactly the moment the slides gradient descent was at its max so he flew out with no drag because his weightiest part of his body was not held down to anything whereas if he slid down it normally his legs and buttocks would stick to the slide causing significant drag .

I actually went on this very slide a couple weeks ago when I was in Boston. It was late and there was alcohol and friends involved, but even then I couldnt gain even a fraction of the speed this guy got. What's more interesting is how much of a pain it is for a full grown man to actually get up into the upper cage to ride the slide. There's some pretty tight turns I had trouble getting up there, and I'm not even a heavy guy. So props to this guy for getting up there with all his gear on

To be fair Charlie has been blessed with the perfect frame and build for any childrens park slide so he is definitely the most reliable amusement park slide reviewer.

I don't know how Charlie kept a straight face for the first 3-4 minutes of the video. It's 2am and I have just laughed so hard at that first 3-4 minutes my parents woke up and asked "are you okay". I was crying tears of laughter, my face red like a bunch of ripe cherries, my nose producing more snot than blood from a nose bleed. That intro was legendary.

Momentum = Mass × Velocity He entered the slide quickly, probably by holding the area above the slide and swinging his legs in first. He hit the curve and flipped as you hypothesized, Charles, and careened out as shown.

Charlie is seriously turning into the local news channel of KZfaq. Sometimes he’s got 20 minute long segments about serious stories that need to be covered, and other times it’s just dumbass stories like this. I’m all for it lmao

Charlie needs to take a road trip to Boston and try out the slide. He can see if it was a skill issue or a design issue.

It’s simple. It has a hot-wheels booster track in the tunnel.

Personally I think it was the High-Vis jacket being a material that took away a lot of friction. Also it's possible that the officer swung into the slide by grabbing onto the top and swinging himself in. The only time I ever got close to that speed on a slide was when the slide was icy and I had put my coat waterproof side down and got a running start to slide down on that. This slide looks pretty steep so it doesn't surprise me he is moving that fast.

As a certified bostonian, I can confirm that the Hamburglar has been a major problem in our city. For years now we have been warned about the criminal who has been duping cops into using the slide. It's been absolute chaos.

We need a video of Charlie and Matt testing out different slides now

“It’s not like sliding is a skill you have to develop “ 😂😂😂😂

Couple of things: There's friction on the surface. Obviously the more surface area you have, the more friction *possibly*, but more importantly is that the more mass you have (often much much larger multiplier than your surface area) the less of the ratio of friction to your momentum. Because of this, the more massive slider is going down closer to freefall, but also as the slide curves, depending on the curve, it can actually accelerate you *faster* than freefall. Like a ski jump. If the curve is progressive than the acceleration can be massive. Not a huge deal for a little kid who is lighter and slowed down more by friction, but for a man it's a cannon.

My son was 4 years old and did this same thing at a local park. The park had water fountains for the kids to play in when it was hot. After getting wet, he went down the big slide, and the speed he got was so extreme that he launched off the end, landing a good 6 feet from the edge of the slide. That was the day he broke his arm.

Reminds me of the winter time in elementary school, I discovered that if you put some snow on the slide and then grabbed a chunk of ice and went down the slide while sitting on it, the result would be that of attaching a rocket engine to a skate board. Truly some good times

Can you imagine that slide on a 102° day

It's how limp he is when he flies out that kills me every time.

I honestly think this cop deserves some respect for going so fast. It's pretty impressive. I'm sure Elon Musk will hire this guy to try and build a super slide across the country.

Respect to the officer flopping like a fish coming off the production belt testing the safety of that metal slide 👏🏼

I was laughing 8 minutes straight it is 2 am in Germany... I think after this amount of joy I can sleep in peace. Thanks for providing us all with fun dude 😂

“Hey buddy, you went down a slide, now you have to slide yourself from our force” 😂

I rely on Charlie for my current events.

Little did we know, he’s actually a time traveler that was sent here to warn us about something huge. Unfortunately his colleague flubbed the numbers and he was sent back in the middle of the slide going 100mph.

I love the way he just bounced like a ragdoll when leaving the slide.

I love how Charlie cant contain himself laughing. Also there is a video of an adult woman going down that same slide and it was so chill... this is a mystery indeed.

It has to do with mass. My dad went on a slide made for 8 year olds when I was a kid and he flew into the air and cracked his skull open. Turns out, heavy adults go down slides faster with more inertia than children. My dad got some stitches but survived, btw. The way I described it made it sound like he died but he's still alive.

I think he gained so much speed due to the fact he had equipment on him, like his radio, handcuffs, taser, etc. I think they acted as spacers to minimize contact and friction, allowing those incredible speeds.

The image of him going after a criminal makes this so much funnier, and honestly more understandable. This is so perplexing.

I recognise that *exact* type of slide. There’s on similar in South Bank and that last turn can be brutal if you don’t prepare for it.

The cop clearly hit a warp gate but miraculously made it back. His heart was stopped but on first impact once exiting the slide it resuscitated him bringing life back into his body.

As a Bostonian, I can say two things: 1. Those slides are absolutely insane and I’ve seen people go down them like 30 mph if they have the right clothes/velocity 2. Good amount of the BPD just spend good amounts of their time doing effectively nothing (don’t act like y’all don’t with your jobs/school)

The sound before he cannons out is what gets me lol every time

This clip is the hardest I’ve laughed in so long.

You can see that the slide has one section where it is wider, like a car exhaust pipe. That is probably filled with like detection sensors to determine if the slider is within the allowed age limit. If not, the slide activates the eject button and basically hits the slider with the green arrow super mario cart boost, just shooting them out like a human potato canon.

What happened is the mesh polymer in his hi-vis-vest reduced the friction. Think of the mesh as little air pockets, so there's less overall contact with the slide. That combined with his adult body weight to accelerate him much faster than a child would. Edit: So many 'professional physicists' in this comments section quoting false facts. First off, free fall states that all things being equal, objects at different mass will fall under gravity at the same rate. This is true. However, all things, but mass have to be equal. A 100lb sphere will fall at the same rate as a 1lb sphere, because everything else is equal. However a 100lbs cube will not fall at the same rate as a 1lb sphere because all things are not equal. Surface area effects drag, which is why I didn't say mass, I said adult body and weight. What I really should have said was size, because that is based on shape and surface area. A grown man skydiving can tuck in his arms and legs to accelerate to the ground faster than another man who has his limbs spread out. Friction is the limiting factor in all cases of gravity based acceleration. Since air is not the only form of friction in this case, surface area and weight distribution make a difference in acceleration.

Thank you Charlie for making me giggle on my bad days

Charlie is the only guy that can turn a funny clip of a cop shooting out of a slide into a 8 and a half minute video

I was in Boston a few months ago and rode this slide! It was truly an incredible experience, the slide was remarkable both in its lack of friction and velocity you’re able to achieve

Here’s my little analysis: in view of the full slide there is a steep incline at the top, looking closely enough you will see that the turn to go towards the exit of the slide is not visible, implying that it’s a sharp turn which in a dark metal slide is completely invisible. The officer must have hit the side of the slide when he turned and tumbled gaining more momentum the further down he went, resulting in what ever loony tunes bullshit he experienced.

The slide was lined with mario kart boost strips.

This happened to my friend at six flags on a water slide 😂😂😂 it was identical, he’s just too heavy for the slide since it was designed for 12 year olds. At six flags my friend was about 300 lbs so it’s just something that happens when people are too heavy for the ride.

It's official. Charlie has to go to Boston and test the slide out himself.

He may have slid out of control but he somehow slid into hearts with how much laughter it gave us.

Charlie is the only guy who can upload a video like this and still get views on youtube anymore. And I absolutely love it

I needed this. Thank you

This man has single handedly changed sliding history

This video really proves that Charlie can talk about anything and still be entertaining.

Man flew out of there like a change dispenser at a laundromat😂

It's 3 am, I'm laughing way to loud at this hour

i remember hearing about plastic metal friction being super low, those bikes that can go like 60mph use plastic metal chains for lower friction. maybe the plastic vest gave the officer a very low friction situation and accelerated him like a railgun shot out the end of the slide

These slides are probably created with kids in mind, not adults, so the physics change when the mass going down is 5-10x. Also could have been wearing clothing that was very low friction, hitting that corner can definitely cause someone to flip upside down like that. I've had something similar happen on a waterslide, started out normal, hit the first curve and flipped over upside down and I almost drowned due to sliding down the fucker on my stomach, face down, legs first, all the water funneling up my nasal passages.

Happy late birthday, August 2nd the great day of the moistboy's journey into life itself, i hope it was a banger of a day

Genuinely looks like a gmod ragdoll rocketing out of that slide, wow

0:08 I always appreciate Charlie being so sure of his audience being up to date on internet shenanigans.

Judging by how tall and the general shape of the structure I'm going to say I think he just went too fast and it tossed him around. And I think the reason that happened was because of his outfit. He had that bright vest, and the material those are made out of basically have no friction on smooth surfaces. My guess is that he laid all the way down and had much less traction than is expected. Like when you go down those slides at the county fair on burlap.

That Officer was reenacting F-Zero IRL. "You Got BOOST POWER!"

He fell out like bag of ice

I'm from the Boston area and tried out that slide one late night. The momentum you gain and the velocity that you exit the slide with is insane! I fell flat on my ass, laughing the whole time 😆

Bruh, I've driven by this slide hundreds of times. It's in Boston by Government Center. I've always thought there's no shot this is a kid's slide but have always wanted to try it

I needed this 😂 imagine how much darker it could've been considering they have a non safety pistol

i love watching the news take this dead serious and let the fact that its just a bored officer being a fool much in the same way many non officers do at work. this really is just one of those your manager posts a passive aggressive note in the break room telling people not to ride pump trucks around kind of issues.

Here in scotland it feels kind of normal for police officers to be able to have a little laugh like this on the job sometimes lol, you need more like this dude in america 😅

Guys, the reflective vest is way too slick on polished metal. Also with his utility belt on, all of the stuff sticking out minimized his area of contact with the slide so he had very little drag. Have you ever used just your shoulder blades and heels on a water slide instead of your whole body? You will go Way faster.

That's some good holster retention, I want one of Does.

One must imagine sisyphus happy

Charles literally covered child predators and horrific murderers 2 weeks ago, and has now made a 8 minute video from a 6 second clip of a guy going down a slide. Mr. White will never cease to amaze me

Once went down a water slide at Hawaiian Falls back in ~2005 in one of those double innertubes with my dad. I'm riding in the front when halfway down the slide, we hit a bump and I go flying up, hit the roof of the slide, land behind my dad, and he's somehow in the front seat now, and I'm holding onto the back for dear life as we go mach 10 out the end and I slide across the surface of the pool setting the record for amount of rocks skipped. It was a blast. (And incredibly dangerous)

Dude. I was laughing so hard at your commentary on this video. Great job!

I have to take a break! I've watched this 12 times now and my health seems to be deteriorating due to laughter

The video was a masterpiece though. It had the anticipation, the tension-building with the noises and the absolute comedic shock of seeing a man being pelted around with ragdoll physics.

The fact Charlie can take such a goober video and get more than a million views in less than 24 hours is absolutely insane. You are the GOAT

I love the confusion on the face of 1st lady they interviewed like how is this a story

truly one of the slidiest moments of all time

He must've perfectly held his feet up to avoid any contact with the rubber on his boots. A true thrill seeker

I love how effortlessly funny you are Charlie. I listened to this in the car and laughed the whole ride home. Thank you. 😂👏🏼👏🏼

The way he looked back at the slide in the end hahahaha

I can totally visualize ä diorama of the slider and the cop.

My theory: he discovered a method for going down really fast as a child. (Maybe a run and jump situation), and now he uses it as some sort of party trick as an adult anytime he's within the vicinity of a slide because he thinks it makes him cool and quirky or something. This would also explain why he was going down the slide in the first place. Also, this was probably his first time on this slide and perhaps the last turn was a bit sharper than he had calculated for and that's why he came out all discombobulated.

I pass by that slide everyday going into work, and I still could not tell you how he picked up such terminal velocity on that bad baby

the ragdoll as he appears from the slide bro im dead

Ive seen this slide/cop clip a few times but Charlie’s take on this incident literally made me 🤣 til my sides actually hurt! Fantastic !