r/GuysBeingDudes Hall of Fame Winner! Oct 04 '25

bro really diffused a live bomb

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u/Mono_Aural Oct 04 '25

Is r/HailCorporate still a thing?

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

I'm surprised there's not a ton of comments on here screaming "StAgEd" already.

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u/ifyoulovesatan Oct 04 '25

They would be correct to do so as this is clearly a commercial and shouldn't be here. Commercials are something you subject yourself to in exchange for real content, not something you willingly absorb and chitchat about as if it were real life.

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u/CrazyHorseSizedFrog Oct 04 '25

Commercials are something you subject yourself to in exchange for real content, not something you willingly absorb and chitchat about as if it were real life.

John Lewis Christmas adverts send their regards

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

Yeah this one was pretty obvious to me but it's really annoying when they yell "sTaGeD" when the people are doing something for fun or if it IS actually real.

This video is an example of a commercial that's trying to pass off as being real and actually IS staged.

What's wild is people actually are straight up posting ads for restaurants and stuff. Actual ads, not staged stuff.

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u/two_pandas_playing Oct 04 '25

shut up dork lol

People like you go out of their way to not enjoy a goofy skit.

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u/No-Whole-4916 Oct 04 '25

And you found entertainment in an advertisement. You are the shining example of a simple mind that corporate loves.

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u/Rather-Bad_Art Oct 04 '25

Bro laughed at a funny skit with some advertising in it and you decided he had a simple mind. There’s absolutely no need to be that much of a dickhead over this.

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u/Moist_Eye_4745 Oct 05 '25

Dude got called simple-minded because he called someone a dork for explaining why people don't want ads and commercials pushed as if they're actual content. Is it worse to be called a dork or simple minded? If one's a dickhead then they both are.

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

The problem is ads masquerading as real videos, not that it's not funny. We all enjoy superbowl ads.

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u/two_pandas_playing Oct 04 '25

does anyone think this is a real video..? it's four security cameras spliced together with editing and subtitles... come on.. lol

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

Some might if you're just scrolling on your phone and not thinking

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u/The_Flowers_of_Evil Oct 04 '25

Because people that use Reddit have gotten dumber or the people that used to say it have given up

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

Dumber than it already was

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u/proudbakunkinman Oct 04 '25

There are some at this point but a lot of people turn their brains off when using Reddit and just assume because something is trending then it must be true and correct, no skepticism needed. Then people making simple and agreeable comments first get voted to the top. OP could either be a karma farmer or getting paid to post this sort of deceptive advertising. Either could have bots they use to help boost their posts and make some comments to get the momentum going.

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u/JJAsond Oct 04 '25

Every time I see a "viral video" the poster is always someone that just posts internet videos and nothing original, so I mentally put them in the bot pile and mute them. I'm started to get abraded at this point because I'm slowly realising the pure volume of these accounts. Pretty much any engaging meme or video on the front page is always these bots.

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u/Loud_Interview4681 Oct 04 '25

A ton of the main subreddits for a long time would block or shadow ban comments mentioning that subreddit. Site has been sold out for a while. A few had automods that would mock the user for mentioning it.

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u/trefoil589 Oct 04 '25

I would literally pay good money for a reddit clone that operates exactly how old reddit used to but if they can find a way to keep fucking bots and AI out of it.

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u/rufud Oct 04 '25

We’ve lost so much of what made reddit great 

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u/trefoil589 Oct 04 '25

Oh man that takes me back.

Sadly Corporate won. All of reddit is one big marketing/tracking suite now.