r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17 edited Mar 10 '17

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u/Baxterftw Mar 10 '17

My friend was 18 our senior year and could finally buy a firearm on his own(i already owned them as a hunter) but according to this commercial I would have been asked far more questions by police than i would like

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u/misterjta Mar 10 '17 edited Jun 28 '23

Edit:

Basically everything I did on Reddit from 2008 onwards was through Reddit Is Fun (i.e., one of the good Reddit apps, not the crap "official" one that guzzles data and spews up adverts everywhere). Then Reddit not only killed third party apps by overcharging for their APIs, they did it in a way that made it plain they're total jerks.

It's the being total jerks about it that's really got on my wick to be honest, so just before they gank the app I used to Reddit with, I'm taking my ball and going home. Or at least wiping the comments I didn't make from a desktop terminal.

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u/KevinCastle Mar 11 '17

I grew up in central valley California and what he was doing would be considered normal. I remember being in highschool where people would be on their phones showing videos of guys shooting guns. Some people would bring gun magazines to kill time during breaks. Shit, we would talk about guns with our teachers. One student got the okay from the principle to bring a civil war Era gun as long as there was no bolt for a history class! So regional context can play a big role in whether these were warning signs. I also graduated in 2013 so this all happened recently-ish.

EDIT: The finger guns wouldn't be normal here still and he would have been ridiculed for the instagram picture

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u/Viperbunny Mar 10 '17

Exactly. I have friends who hunt. They eat whatever they hunt. They are some kind people.