Man Earns Internet Fame For His Impressive Bricklaying Skills

Jun 06, 2020 by apost team

A construction worker in Essex, England has taken the Internet by storm with his incredibly quick and precise bricklaying skills.

Sometimes, the most satisfying thing in the world is to see something simple done well. For one bricklayer, that has proven more than true. Although his skills are hardly unique, he's racked up a significant number of views on websites like YouTube. By laying simple red bricks with great speed and precision, he's shown viewers an everyday example of excellence.

A lot of times, our society only glorifies extraordinary feats. That's especially true when it comes to physical actions. We want to see spectacular slam dunks. We want to see the most home runs.

We make documentaries about people who run the most marathons the fastest. We tell ourselves that there are only a few hundred people in the world who can perform incredible physical feats.

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The truth is, there are people executing similarly intricate patterns every day on the job. They're in our communities, we just don't often think about them. The work that they do may not be as high-paying as a sport. It's certainly usually not that attention-getting.

But thanks to the popular r/oddlysatisfying thread on Reddit, many average people are achieving recognition on line. This one bricklayer found that he had achieved a little fame.

In the video, he moves quickly but lays the bricks perfectly in their pattern. There's a real urgency in the motions he makes. He's totally silent. He's not talking to himself or listening to music. He's just paying attention to a simple task. Watching it, you can hear the clack-clack-clack of the bricks landing and the wind, but that's it.

In our busy, go-go world, that's incredibly unusual. But it's reassuring to see someone work in the quiet that way. He has incredible focus. Just like an athlete, the motions are so practiced and smooth that they just come to him. He doesn't need to think them through.

The most interesting thing about the video may be the reactions in the comments. Some people simply admire the man's work. Others critique his posture. They worry about his back and the strain he might be putting on it given his work style. Other commenters compare the way he works to a video game.

They compare it to the famous video game, Tetris. In a way, that practiced geometric fitting is the same. This video taught a lot of people to see the world in a different way. That's the most oddly satisfying thing about the whole tale!

What's the most oddly satisfying thing you've seen recently? Did you do it yourself, or was it an online find like this? Let's discuss it in the comments.