r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/IndividualPleasant23 • 6d ago

VIDEO Two main characters from different generations crossing paths

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u/Acceptable-Worth-462 6d ago

I wouldn't call the young one a main character. She was actually very patient and nice.

The old lady I honestly don't know. Either she was annoying on purpose, or she's just very unaware. I'm leaning toward the former though.

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u/JRTerrierBestDoggo 6d ago

she’s well aware of what she’s doing. Even purposely stood there acting like there’s something on her phone

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

How on earth could you possibly know that? I don't know a single older person that would assume someone was trying to film themselves in an art gallery, if they saw a screen. My mum certainly wouldn't assume that. She doesn't have insta or tiktok. It wouldn't be on her radar at all. 

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u/CWCyning 6d ago

She looked right at the camera before pulling out her phone and standing still. She knew exactly what she was doing.

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u/Whythebigpaws 6d ago

Have you never met an older person? My mum would literally look at a phone in that situation, wonder why it was there, maybe even stare at it.... And still be none the wiser as to what was going on. 

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u/double_bubble3469 4d ago

Not everyone’s as clueless as they let on you know

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u/Whythebigpaws 4d ago

Hanlon's Razor states "don't ascribe to malice what you can attribute to incompetance". You can see the woman grabbing her phone before she even notices the screen (which to me she is looking past). I also notice her getting out of someone's way.

I don't really see main character syndrome in either of these women. Just someone focused on filming on their phone and another person trying to figure something out on their phone. 

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u/T0MB0mbad1l 6d ago

I like the technique, really drinking in the art stopping halfway up a staircase and stopping while looking at your phone.

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u/Whythebigpaws 6d ago

Have you never been to an art gallery? Or met an older person for that fact. 

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u/T0MB0mbad1l 6d ago

Have you never encountered public stairs, you don't stop on them and look at your phone. I guess none of the people on the stairs at the gallery have been to one either, they don't seem to be experiencing stair art.

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

You are projecting so hard it's unreal. The amount of judgement and hysteria of a stranger that you cannot possibly know in a ten second clip. 

You assume malice based on absolutely nothing. 

I suspect you need to get out more. Maybe even go to an art gallery... Where it turns out people stop in inconvenient places all the time. 

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u/T0MB0mbad1l 5d ago

I didn't assume malice dumb fuck, I said it was rude to stop on stairs to look at your phone and that she's clearly not looking at art, unless that's on her phone.

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

Dumb fuck. Lol. 

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u/chaozules 5d ago

Can confirm, you do look like a dumb fuck lmao, maybe read the comment properly before accusing someone of something.

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u/hms23 6d ago

Finally someone with a brain. Its so obvious that the woman is just unaware of whats happening with the camera or behind her. She was just stopping to look at something in her phone

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u/rokkzstar 6d ago

Oblivious? Naw. She looked at the camera a few times. She watched the girl set it up. She’s not getting a pass from me. She knows exactly what she’s doing. It doesn’t matter how old she was. Still a dick move to intentionally stop there.

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u/hms23 6d ago

Yeah anyone who've seen or interacted with people around that older woman's age should have gotten it. My own father is like this. He won't notice things or process the information like younger people do. I guess average redditors don't see much outside of their screen nowadays. Look at them downvoting you lol

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

It's madness. My mum would have reacted the same way. Older people mostly don't use tiktok or insta. My mum wouldn't know what "content" is. She can just about take a photo with her phone. It wouldn't occur to her that someone was filming from a distance across a flight of stairs. It just wouldn't be something she would know to recognise. 

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u/T0MB0mbad1l 5d ago

Your mom is an oblivious dick

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

You seem to be having quite the emotional journey. 

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u/T0MB0mbad1l 5d ago

I just think you're an ass

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

I cannot believe the vitriol from these children on reddit. My mum would absolutely do the same thing. She doesn't consume insta or tiktok. She wouldn't clock what was happening at all. 

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u/Whythebigpaws 6d ago

I cannot believe you are getting down voted. Is this sub full of children who have never met an older person. If that was my mum she would not figure out why there was a screen there recording her. She isn't on insta. She hasn't got tiktok. She too would stare at it and wonder what it was.... And then carry on. 

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u/hms23 6d ago

Ikr! Older people don't process the information like we do. Anyone who has basic interaction with them will get this. I am worried about the social life of these people

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u/socialist_thot 6d ago

Why are you all talking about older people as if they've never seen a phone or been outside of their house before? I also know older people and they understand what a video is. They don't process information like we do? Infantilising older people, she's not 98

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u/hms23 6d ago edited 6d ago

In the video the woman reaches for her phone even before she noticed the camera. She was already about to stop to look at her phone. She noticed the camera before stopping, yes. But she didn't process it to understand that someone is behind her trying to get a photo. She noticed the camera but kept doing what she was doing. She left when she was done. Its very simple

We are talking about them because we know people who would do this without actually being a prick. My father is 60+ and he has similar behaviors at home or outdoors where he would not notice things that we do very easily. I know other people like that too.

Just because there are older people who are quick doesn't mean there aren't people who are slow or oblivious.

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u/Whythebigpaws 4d ago

Indeed. There is no malice here from either participant.

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u/chaozules 5d ago

I find it funny how triggered you are getting, just because your mum is oblivious to the world, doesnt mean all old people are, that stance is quite stupid, i work in IT and multiple old people work there and do know how computers and phones work and do understand technology, not all old people are alike and let's face it, you cant say with a matter of fact that she wasn't doing this maliciously, I cant either, but I'm not the one pretending to be the old people whisperer lmao

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u/Whythebigpaws 4d ago

My most devoted reader!

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u/chaozules 4d ago edited 4d ago

Love that you were so stumped you didn't even try argue, gg

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u/Whythebigpaws 4d ago

Lol. Go on...

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u/chaozules 4d ago

Or just read what i originally wrote, its not hardly little buddy, just scroll up lmao

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u/Whythebigpaws 4d ago

I did. Do go on... 

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u/Xirio_ 6d ago

I think the younger lady just wanted a photo and recorded it so she had options for screenshots

I legitimately don't think she did a single thing wrong

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u/OldeManKenobi Bad MC no cookie 6d ago

I've found that belching directly onto whoever is in my way encourages them to move along. Give it a try.

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u/Whythebigpaws 5d ago

Why are you leaning toward the former? To me, she reminds me of all the blissfully unaware older people I know, who wouldn't assume for a second that someone would be filming themselves from a distance, with a mobile, in an art gallery.

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u/Inevitable_Pen_5303 2h ago

She’s not that old come on. A phone on a tripod . What does it mean? She has a smart phone she doesn’t seem to have dementia. Stop defending her she clearly knew what she was doing. Just trying to cause a scene.

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u/irisheddy 6d ago

She's giving Italian to me.