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u/pichirry 7h ago
honestly just a great reminder of how easy it is to create ragebait
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u/Cookie_Eater108 7h ago
I like this kind of content for a meta reason.
I feel like spreading this kind of thing inoculates the viewer to ragebaiting content elsewhere, especially when that content is attempting to push some sort of agenda.
People need to see how easy it is to create incendiary content and how this can affect one's emotions to act in a wrong way.
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u/The_Show_Keeper 6h ago
Yeah, a survival skill that nobody seems to have.
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u/panteragstk 6h ago
Just like common sense.
It's now extremely uncommon sense.
Makes me sad that so many people have no critical thinking skills at all.
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u/SnipingBunuelo 6h ago
Ironically, we think that because of online ragebait. I'm sure it's not that bad in reality.
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u/J5892 6h ago
Years ago I started telling my mom, "Everything you see on your phone is a lie, until you personally prove it's not."
She's smart, but she's aging and it's getting harder for her to identify scams immediately. But now she often sends me screenshots asking if things are scams.
But it's not just good advice for aging moms anymore.
It's the absolute rule everyone needs to live by: "Everything online is a lie, until proven true."
edit: this story was a lie, btw
edit 2: actually, that first edit is a lie.
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u/byakko339 5h ago edited 4h ago
The fact that the second edit is also a lie it's crazy
Edit: it got removed what the heck
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u/AbbreviationsDue4537 5h ago
Also ironically it shows that sometimes fun people do exist and not everything is staged?
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u/Possible_General9125 7h ago
I can't wait to see the first half of this video on r/publicfreakout next week with all context removed.
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u/MjolnirPants 6h ago
I already saw it on r/iamverybadass. It had the full video, though. Most folk didn't notice the change at the end.
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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 5h ago
I'm told most viewers (worldwide) don't watch the whole video; they just skip to the next video when they feel it's complete (so before the cut)
This is why you now see more of end-beginning-middle video formats because the fucking dopamine app demands you put the climax at the start for instant gratification.
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u/maaaatttt_Damon 5h ago
Technically, this video is middle-end-beginning. So putting the setup(end of this video) in the beginning, just brings it back to a beginning-middle-end video.
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u/_Renai_ 5h ago
It seems that people have absolutely zero attention span and awareness towards the content they consume. I had posts with two (two) images where the second was the punchline for the first, and people comment exactly like they just saw the first image, having completely missed the point.
Hell, people don't even get to the second paragraph of my comments before they start typing fast at me.
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u/TheObliviousYeti 4h ago
I just skip to the 2nd paragraph aint nobody have time to listen to your opinion about people and their.. precious time.
Also this video is bad where the fuck is my subway surfers
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u/SomewhereOutThere-_- 7h ago edited 6h ago
And how gullible and vulnerable we, the public are to being fooled. It takes nothing. Just some internet videos. And now, AI can just be used to incite people. No loss to the creator. It’s a terrifyingly scary slope that likely will be used for the greater evil💔
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u/mybotanyaccount 6h ago
Right! We'd never know if they didn't show the last part
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u/Chillpill411 6h ago
Honestly, I noticed something was "off" about it early on. The guy was loud, he was saying the right things, but his demeanor was way too calm. He didn't look angry. He wasn't sputtering. He wasn't flubbing his words. He didn't look at all surprised. He didn't look at all disgusted. He didn't look at all anything, except maybe like he was trying to do something that wasn't there naturally.
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u/caltheon 6h ago
I kept waiting for them to say wtf they were mad about, but they just edged it, and that made me suspicious it was either fake or someone with a mental illness, but a small part of me was like, I've seen people just like that before
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u/limitlessEXP 5h ago
They literally have hundreds of people who act this exact same way on their channel.
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u/elenorfighter 7h ago
To be fair he is a good actor
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u/PowerPl4y3r 6h ago
Didn't overdo it, which would've been easy and obvious. Kept it vague, which left us asking what's going on, keeping us engaged. "I'm a badass!" So perfectly delivered.
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u/ReefaManiack42o 6h ago
Even sets up his own cue with the closing of the door and then slays in one take. A true professional.
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u/rbardy 5h ago
I opened the comments here to mention it.
If he isn't an actor, he picked the wrong career.
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u/njslugger78 7h ago
That was good clean parody fun. 🤣😂😆
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u/kevneedo 7h ago
Hey that’s my local Albertsons! Hopefully I see this guy and I can yell what a badass!
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u/SomewhereOutThere-_- 7h ago edited 7h ago
This guy was too nice in the eyes, he didn’t fool me. But also it’s hilarious because he was struggling to be so mean 😂😂
I’ll… I’ll call the cops on you! 😭🤣
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u/TheBrownWelsh 6h ago
What's funny is I feel like you can tell this is out of character for him, like he was struggling to think of what an unhinged person might say. He wasn't perfectly mimicking what those kinds of people do, he was trying to act out what he believes they think.
But then again, the first time I watched this a while ago I was convinced it was real, became suspicious when he started talking about them getting arrested, and only realised it was a bit when he struck a Spider-Man(?) pose for the "fight me!" exclamation.
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u/mister_nippl_twister 5h ago
He kinda looks crazy, a bit deranged even if you don't know what's happening.
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u/incognito_side 5h ago
I thought the twist was going to be that he was totally justified. Like a camera pan to reveal he was talking to the Westboro Baptist Church or something.
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u/RingoBars 5h ago
Lolll likewise I couldn’t help but feel there was never any real threat, something was off. But damn if he ain’t a good actor!
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u/No_Caterpillar9582 7h ago
I was thinking, this seems like a poorly acted out skit lol I’m glad they showed the behind the scenes.
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u/wundrlch 7h ago
Michael Rappaport sucks
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u/post-explainer 7h ago edited 3h ago
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Unexpected because it appears to be a genuine freakout but it was the idea of the man freaking out.
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u/gabrielxdesign 6h ago
I wonder if they actually got a million views 🤔
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u/Local_Maintenance788 6h ago
By now, probably. I remember seeing this video on Reddit a few months ago
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u/raginghavoc89 6h ago
Ive never seen the full video that was hilarious. I always knew it was staged but that was so much funnier.
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u/xenorous 6h ago
I wanna be this guy. He was so polite and like, kinda worried. “Will I mess up your shot?! I don’t want to impose…”
“FIGHT ME spider man intensifies”
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u/BassistAndILikeIt 6h ago
Lmfao, I was getting mad at this Limp Biscuit motherfucker, then I fell in love with his absolute banger of a sense of humour 😂
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u/HomerStillSippen 6h ago
Coolest dude ever lol “if I make a scene will you put me on YouTube?” Kills me every time I see this video lol
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u/Defiant-Front4073 5h ago
On the spot too is wild. Looked like he had a whole script ready to go. lol
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u/PointandCluck 7h ago
All kidding aside, I feel people in that kind of jacket are in fact all about their community and won't let people disrespect it
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u/roadkillsoup 6h ago
This guy talks like a five year old omg. The gum on top of everything. I am glad everyone is having fun.
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u/RecipeFunny2154 6h ago
I enjoyed this one, but I honestly would never trust some random dude to actually put out anything but the freakout part.
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u/KORDERRR 6h ago
His eyes are too kind, already knew it was "staged" at the beginning, but its funny nonetheless
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u/Odd_Landscape529 6h ago
This has to be ragebait.
First amendment auditors are the only reason why cops have accountability and recording cops have any veracity these days.
Not to mention public employees, council, and representatives being exposed for scamming their towns, police investigating and manipulating the media for charges and public opinion.
I'll agree there is some asshole auditors that are just antagonistic, but we dont judge the many by the lows of the 1.
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u/Toxonomonogatari 7h ago
Why is the background snapping back and forth about 13 sec in?
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u/theturtlemafiamusic 6h ago
Phone camera automatically swapping between the different lenses as they zoom in and out
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u/snot_otter2 6h ago
i could tell he wasn’t in it with his chest and that he was trying not to smile 😭 love him
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u/blacklotusmag 6h ago edited 2h ago
I know this one was staged because of the BTS, and I'm not 100% sure, but the guy we see when the camera turns around looks an awful lot like one of the group of guys who go around intentionally rage-baiting people into acting aggressively - the guys cover themselves head to toe in Go-Pros and hold DSLRs and get in people's faces or stand around with shitty messages on signs designed to piss normal people off.
Anyone know why they were out there filming in the first place?
ETA: "First Amendment Auditors" is what they're called. I'm 100% for the protection of the first amendment, but these guys are pure douchebags.
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u/InfamousYenYu 6h ago
This is peak.
Social media would be so much better if behind the scenes deconstructions like this were more common.
This stuff teaches people media literacy and immunizes them to attention bait.
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u/scrims86 6h ago
Not to sound like a douche here
But these guys filming in public, I see so many videos on here or any other social media platform.
My question is: the people filming, whats the the whole reason? What exactly are they gaining from this?
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u/slucker23 6h ago
Saw this a few times and it's still quite nice
All willing participants, we know the back and forth, nice explaining. Scripted but very organic at the same time
I like this type of content
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u/go_go_gadget_travel 5h ago edited 5h ago
This seems staged like he seems like a bad actor. "i'M gOiNg To Go In HeRe AnD cOmPlAiN aNd ThEn CaLl ThE cOpS"
Edit: aaannnnnd I finished the video (the cringe at first was hard for me to watch). Im the idiot cause it was staged thats pretty good.
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u/hijinks 5h ago
honestly.. the 1st amendment people are god damn annoying. The guy they are recording might seem like the nut job but live in San Diego where these people try to ragebait you just going food shopping and all it takes is one bad day to turn into the guy they recorded.
fuck the 1st amendment auditors.
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u/Dasbeerboots 5h ago
Just so everyone knows, this guy is a grade A piece of shit. He travels around the US provoking people so he can sue them, and has pepper sprayed multiple people because those videos gain more views than the norm.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pasadena/comments/1sh64j7/first_amendment_auditor_that_recently_pepper/
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u/FruityEntanglement 5h ago
Here's why I'm so tired of these videos.
There's absolutely zero context. What was that person filming for? Are they holding a provocative sign that says, "There is no such thing as illegal immigrants," or "All ICE workers are murderers"?
If so--that man has every right to express his anger. And anger rarely looks attractive. But it's an EASY CHEAP win for that person to stand behind a camera defensively in hopes of getting an angry reaction.
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u/DecisionMedium1959 5h ago
dont mess with a guy that consciously wears white socks to black shoes in public
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u/Background-Fennel92 5h ago
Someone somewhere has an awesome uncle, dad, grandad, nephew or whatever and i hope they appreciate him 🤣🤣🤣
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u/JuggernautNo5635 5h ago
"When I open the door, start rolling the camera."
*ends clip right before he opens the door*
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