Asking Strangers to go Skydiving on the Spot

Yes Theory
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What if a total stranger came up to you and asked you on the street if you'd go skydiving with them right now?
Would you do it?
Well, we've been fortunate enough to experience some incredible things through this channel.
So today, we just really wanted to share that with some total strangers.
Skydiving is usually number one on everyone's bucket list,
so without much thought as to how people would react,
we thought it'd be a good idea to book two skydiving spots the same day
and hit the streets of Venice to see who'd be crazy enough to say yes to joining us on such a spontaneous adventure.
I literally have a reservation at 2. It's 12.14.
I have about an hour and 15 minutes to convince someone because it's an hour and a half drive away.
So I'm basically going to have to convince someone on the spot to just leave everything they had planned for the day and come skydiving with me.
You know what? There's this guy walking towards me. I'm going to ask him straight up.
Have you ever been skydiving?
No.
Do you want to go skydiving?
Not really.
Not really? Fair enough.
I'm looking for a stranger that will say yes to come to skydive with me today for free.
I have other stuff to do today, but I would say yes.
Fair enough. Good luck. Have a good one.
I didn't have a lot of time.
I think this is the only time I've ever had a time restriction on having someone say yes on the spot.
Got to make this happen today. It's Sunday. Let's do it.
First couple approaching.
Have either of you gone skydiving before?
Do you want to go skydiving?
No.
No? Okay. Fair enough.
No is such an ugly word.
No.
Yeah.
No.
Yes. It's just so much more pleasant.
Yes is just a way easier word to say than no.
No.
Should we get a surfer coming up?
Just catch one on the wave.
Yo, dude. You want to go skydiving?
Have you guys ever been skydiving?
No.
Do you want to go skydiving today for free?
Today I woke up and I decided that I wanted to go skydiving,
but the only way it works in my house is that if I take a stranger to do it.
So I'm looking for a stranger.
I have a booking at two.
I have myself booked and a guest.
Have you ever been skydiving?
No.
So it would be your first time too?
Do you want my number?
Sure. Okay. Perfect.
What's your name?
Desiree.
Desiree. Ammar. Nice to meet you.
This might have worked.
All right. We might have gotten someone, so hopefully it works out.
I'm going to ask more people regardless.
Have you guys ever been skydiving?
No.
Have you ever wanted to skydive?
Yeah.
Do you want to go right now?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Okay. Sweet. We're going.
I'm actually dead serious.
All right. I'm serious too.
Yeah. We're doing it.
You just said yes to going skydiving to a stranger,
so actually now I'm going to take you up on that
and we're all going to drive about an hour and 15 minutes out.
So, um, are you serious?
I'm damn serious. Like, I am dead serious right now.
All right. All right. We're doing it.
Yeah? Let's go on a drive. Let's go.
I'm not kidnapping you. Don't worry. I got you.
We'd love to kidnap you and give you the best day ever.
Two people who agreed to do this.
Have you ever been skydiving?
No.
Perfect.
You know what? If she also said yes and she texted me,
f**k it. I'll just have everybody skydive.
Getting two strangers to do s**t today.
I'm not going to die.
Don't worry.
Dude, I've wanted to go skydiving for so long.
I'm glad.
The best part about this is that someone woke up today
having no idea that they're going to be jumping out of a plane.
Why?
Oh my goodness.
What the hell? Did you say yes to this?
Yeah.
Holy crap.
She lives in Atlanta and I live in Nashville.
I'm going to the beach.
And we're going skydiving.
I want her to be the one to go today.
You know what? I've done skydiving before
and you guys were just so cool in saying yes,
so you can take both spots.
No, dude. No way.
No, no, no. You guys, this is your day.
You know what? If she ******* said yes, f**k it.
We'll take everybody. You know what?
Hi.
Hi. This is Ammar, the skydiving fella.
Hi.
So yeah, meet me at the address. I'll scoop you up with the car.
Guess what?
What?
I got two more strangers to say yes to this,
so we're going to be going with a group.
It's not going to be just us.
I've never been skydiving, man.
It's literally on my bucket list.
I don't believe this is happening.
I don't either.
All right. Let's go.
Hi.
How's it going?
Great.
Yeah, these are the...
Our other new friends.
We have been in California.
And they're starting to sweat a little bit.
You are about to experience a tremendous pumping thrill of a lifetime.
People who had no idea they were going to jump out of a plane this morning
are now signing their lives away.
I'm not going to answer that right now.
No way.
Instructors are going to grab you, gear you up, and kick you out of a plane.
I'll see you when you're back on the ground. Enjoy.
What?
It's going to work.
I'm going to do this every single day for the rest of my life.
Absolute head-on.
I was ecstatic.
No, I was speechless.
It's a dream come true.
For sure.
Thank you guys for saying yes.
Oh, my gosh. Thank you.
Let's call your dad.
Let's tell him about this.
That's the thing I'm most nervous about.
All right. Let's do this.
Mikey.
Dado. How's it going?
Great. Where are you guys?
Dad, if you were walking around Venice Beach,
and someone came up and asked you if you wanted to skydive,
what would you say?
Oh, no.
Dad, I have the most insane story to tell you.
Did you skydive?
Yeah.
Yeah, me and Viv just jumped out of a plane with some strangers.
You jumped out of a plane with complete strangers?
Well, they're not strangers anymore,
because we know them now.
They're friends.
But we're alive.
I would have said no, by the way.
Yeah, I know.
I noticed that you didn't call me until after.
Thank you for watching all the way until the end,
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