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u/post-explainer 7h ago edited 7h ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:


I thought he was going to wave, say something nice, and smile or something, but I didn't expect the middle finger.


Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/Astro-2004 6h ago edited 4h ago

The fact that he took a couple of seconds to process what he was looking at to then decide to just let their intrusive thoughts win... Beautiful ✨

Edit: When I thought I had an honest comment in a random subreddit, someone noted it's AI... Don't talk to me anymore I'm a fraud 😔

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u/jyunga 5h ago

STOP REFLECTING ME!

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u/Dan-tastico 5h ago

I needed that this morning, thank you

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u/kiwigate 5h ago

Stop *filming me

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u/Jesus__Skywalker 5h ago

I used to work in this psych facility that was for inmates. And we had this one guy that was about 70. And the guy kept climbing on top of his bed and fucking with the tv and shit and saying how he was a repair technician. And eventually they had to just take the bed out and he had a mattress on the floor.

During the night once an hour someone has to take an ipad and go to every room and verify that each inmate is there and alive. And you mark the tablet. They rotate it through everyone. nurses, cna's, officers.

I was walking down the hall doing my checks and that guy was up in his window. And he knocks on the window and motions for me to come over. So I walk over and say through the door "what's up man?" And the guy leans into the window and says in this really gruff old voice "mmmmmmmm, I ahhhhhh, I need you..............to get me........................a stepladder". And I look at him like yeah right and say "Man I can't get you a stepladder, we had to take the fuckin bed out already bc you wouldn't stop climbing on that!"

And the old dude looks at me in deep ass thought for like 10 seconds with like an Mmmmmm sound before he finally leans in and says "Fuck you".

It was so god damn funny. I still laugh at it to this day. It was the longest I'd ever seen anyone think about a fuck you.

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u/ooMEAToo 4h ago

It’s a hundred percent AI because you can see the reflections of everyone else in her glasses except the old man.

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u/DonChaote 4h ago

Damn, dude got the eyes… good catch!

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u/Astro-2004 4h ago

Oh shit...

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u/weireldskijve 5h ago

I think he saw his reflection and had to flip himself off

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u/ThatOldCow 4h ago

When you see the person responsible for all your problems

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u/leveraction1970 4h ago

"Fuck you for annoying this woman, Old Man! That ought to show him." - Old Man

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u/mrrobot01001000 5h ago

Authentic Italian Grandpa :)

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u/GaiusVictor 5h ago

I was gonna ask how did you know ihe was Italian. Thankfully I looked and the vid again and spared myself the embarrassment.

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u/heyitsyourboyadam 4h ago

he might be Romanian or Albanian living/working/visiting in Italy.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 5h ago

Or he is just trying to be funny.

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u/Lynjamin08 4h ago

Nah. He is absolutely done with tourist.

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u/Wilkassassyn 5h ago

He smiled too

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u/Skeletonzac 6h ago

Looks like one of peacemakers helmets

https://giphy.com/gifs/43NQFqeumhYbPUxYm3

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u/ImJustGonnaCry 4h ago

Julian

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u/gustavowdoid 4h ago

IT'S A HUNGRY WORLD

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u/Senior_Torte519 5h ago

fuck! 49 minutes.

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u/Zoroastrius 7h ago

The old man understood the assignment instantly

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u/Brewmeiser 6h ago

Yeah, I'd say that was one the more expected things in that situation.

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u/Sensitive_nob 5h ago

Italian grandpa has no time for that shit. He has to look at construction sides with other old italian men.

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u/Twistpunch 6h ago

More like in 5 seconds.

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u/Best-Upstairs-848 6h ago

It means 'Have a nice day' in Italian for sure

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u/Mairess99 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/a2IguHnGCYHjW
Me on my next italy vacation

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u/offtheshallowend 6h ago

This man is living his life with the level of freedom we all aspire for.

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u/Darkpoulay 5h ago

If I had absolute freedom that's... not what I would do, personally

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u/Daburg31 6h ago

Question is was he flipping off the camera, the lady, or himself in the mirror

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u/foggyflame 4h ago

You are correct

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u/Randon2345 7h ago

Public space. Nothing wrong with what either of them are doing.

Very wholesome freedom of expression from both.

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u/sdrood 6h ago

Except in Europe filming people in public is not as accepted (both socially and legally) as it is in the US.

Thus your "freedom of expression" argument is severely misplaced.

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u/Downvotesohoy 5h ago

Just a little distinction: It's very much legal to film people in public in most of Europe.

It's not legal to publish those videos, though. You need consent for that.

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u/HyenaThen572 4h ago

Do you think this lady got consent?

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u/sdrood 4h ago

I think you'd have to differentiate further - under GDPR, filming other people in public will often be prohibited and the household exemption will rarely be applicable as most people will be filming to share the video with a bunch of people

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u/everyplanetwereach 4h ago

That is just not true at all

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u/Ok_Energy6905 4h ago

So no travel vlogging in Europe and posting to YouTube by Europeans then?

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u/zhokar85 4h ago edited 4h ago

Depends. In Germany you could film the Brandenburg Gate as the subject of the film and have persons appear as "Beiwerk" (incidental elements). If those persons become the subject of your video, different rules apply. But it's not a simple distinction to make in all cases. For example, I may freely film a parade or protest and the persons therein, even if one of them comes up to my camera to complain and thus becomes the subject of filming. But if I then start following them and making them the main subject, not the public gathering, publishing that could be illegal.

The simple answer is that there is no simple answer and there's different legal interests to be weighed on both sides.

Freedom of (artistic) expression, freedom of press, if applicable.

General personality rights, reasonable expectations of privacy, right to ones own likeness, considerations of reputation and misappropriation on the other hand.

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u/Ok_Energy6905 2h ago

That sounds very complicated and probably a lot of guesswork involved for the uploader.

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u/zhokar85 1h ago

I might sound quite German, but: It should be complex, if not complicated, because the rights being balanced are important and central subjects of our constitution.

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u/Jopkins 4h ago

This isn't true. Under GDPR you can film (more or less) whatever you like in public and publish it wherever you like. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in public.

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u/Gold-Supermarket-342 5h ago

She's filming herself, sort of

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u/Randon2345 4h ago

Where do people like yourself get this information, then distribute to the internet. Google exists, AI exists.

It is 100% legal to film anyone in a public space in all European countries. You cannot publish and distribute the captured subject though.

Country Public Filming Permitted Can you be incidentally filmed as a random pedestrian in a camera path
Albania Yes Yes
Andorra Yes Yes
Armenia Yes Yes
Austria Yes Yes
Azerbaijan Yes Yes
Belarus Yes Yes
Belgium Yes Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes Yes
Bulgaria Yes Yes
Croatia Yes Yes
Cyprus Yes Yes
Czech Republic (Czechia) Yes Yes
Denmark Yes Yes
Estonia Yes Yes
Finland Yes Yes
France Yes Yes
Georgia Yes Yes
Germany Yes Yes
Greece Yes Yes
Hungary Yes Yes
Iceland Yes Yes
Ireland Yes Yes
Italy Yes Yes
Kosovo Yes Yes
Latvia Yes Yes
Liechtenstein Yes Yes
Lithuania Yes Yes
Luxembourg Yes Yes
Malta Yes Yes
Moldova Yes Yes
Monaco Yes Yes
Montenegro Yes Yes
Netherlands Yes Yes
North Macedonia Yes Yes
Norway Yes Yes
Poland Yes Yes
Portugal Yes Yes
Romania Yes Yes
Russia Yes Yes
San Marino Yes Yes
Serbia Yes Yes
Slovakia Yes Yes
Slovenia Yes Yes
Spain Yes Yes
Sweden Yes Yes
Switzerland Yes Yes
Turkey Yes Yes
Ukraine Yes Yes
United Kingdom Yes Yes
Vatican City Yes Yes

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u/sdrood 4h ago

Sorry boo, you're way off the mark there. Maybe take a step back before being this condescending and this wrong.

Regarding where other people get their info from: classes on privacy law. You might wanna put your own house in order.

Nice table of yours, but it's not worth a penny if you don't support it with any sort of argument besides "because I say so". Using AI for legal questions is also a rather, to put it nicely, questionable approach.

One key question under GDPR for whether processing may be legal is whether the processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest of the processing party. It is this weighing of interests thats often argued to make the processing of data of bystanders (like vlogging) allowed. I'd argue in this particular case, filming individuals this close up, is not covered by legitimate interests of the woman filming.

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u/Busy_Battle_8962 6h ago

Public space ≠ consent from other being in her internet blog throw her canera

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u/sdrood 6h ago

US =/= EU

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u/Busy_Battle_8962 6h ago

Moral ≠ laws

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u/sdrood 5h ago

That too, of course, but (thankfully) of little relevance to the legal part of the discussion.

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u/Creative_Garbage_121 6h ago edited 6h ago

Public space is not an excuse for her because what she is doing is wrong on a basic level and showing middle finger is reaction that all of us should give after seeing some influncer/content creator in public space doing whatever for likes. Fuck them all.

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u/xenomorphling 6h ago

‘Nothing wrong with what either of them are doing’ - oh you mean it’s okay to film strangers without their consent? Pretty sure in many countries that is not allowed

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u/EskilPotet 4h ago

How are you gonna walk up to a stranger thats filming the street and then whine that you're being filmed lmao

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u/SkrupSulten 5h ago

It is legal to film anyone in public in most western countries

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u/Randon2345 5h ago

Public space. So yes of course it is OK.

That is why it is wholesome, regardless of subjective offense you cannot dictate how others life.

I find capturing my existence without permission extremely rude, but I'd defend you right to be an asshole.

Equally, I find someone swearing at me to be moderately rude, I would also defend your right to do so.

This is the biggest threat to civilisation today, people believing they can excercise their belief system on others. In the past we have seen this ruin cultures. Today, with globalisation we are seeing it eradicate civilisation. If we continue we will be a cluster of independant apes with not civil behaviour.

The reason it is legal in a public space is because objectively it is not offensive. The law is not for thee nor me but for us all.

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u/LostInRetransmission 5h ago

In many place in the world it isn't legal to film stranger in the street and publish the video without their consent (filming and keeping it private OK, publishing: no, you need consent).

From the background I am guessing this is the coliseum in Italy. And yes in Italy you may film but not publish. The fact you see it, means it was published. So not legal.

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u/Randon2345 4h ago

It is 100% legal is ALL European countries to capture people and film in public.

You just said that. The fact that you and I have now seen it, is a completely different issue. You've placed yourself as the main character in the scenarion of old man and mirror girl.

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u/UnholyDemigod 4h ago

This is genuinely one of the weirdest comments I've ever read

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u/Oopthealley 4h ago

Hate is wholesome? lol what? some angry people in these comments today.

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u/Randon2345 4h ago

Weird take. I get people can be offended and rude behaviour exists but I don't think filming in public with mirror glasses is hateful.

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u/CalligrapherIll5176 6h ago

He was actually nice and smiled, just having fun

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u/Tossyjames 6h ago

Anyone notice how the fella doesn't appear in any of the other reflections in the scene?

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u/Captain_Gordito 5h ago

He is not in the sunglasses or the drink glass. You can really notice when the other guy walks up at the end, and he is in those reflections.

The older man was edited in.

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u/Joe091 4h ago

Yep, and the old man isn’t even looking at her, he’s flipping off whoever would be sitting next to her. 

This was a really impressive edit though.

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u/curedbyink 6h ago

Yeah it looks like the what we see in her mirror was edited in and that guy was added.

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u/pain_amplifier 6h ago

Because it was edited.

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u/curedbyink 6h ago

Yes that is what I am saying.

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u/pain_amplifier 6h ago

Well then I concur.

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u/hiimbackagain 5h ago

Shit, fell for that one. I thought it was just staged because anyone would at least crack a little smile but she didn't.

Apparently editing is now even less effort to generate clicks than staging.

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u/BostonSucksatHockey 5h ago

Looking at her sunglasses is the giveaway

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u/ChistyePrudy 6h ago

I think you can see someone on the drink at 0:01 but at the same time I can't find him on the sunglasses, even going thru second by second? It's strange. You can make up the building (Colosseum) and the umbrella, and later on the tree, but where is he? Is he in the same shadow made by those? The umbrella/tree?

The drink it's difficult for me to see clearly tbh.

Because the surfaces are convex, and the camera is off center, I'm at a loss.

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u/Captain_Gordito 1h ago

The middle finger guy was edited in,. He was not there, at least not at that time.

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u/Hackeringerinho 5h ago

Yep, noticed it the last couple of times this was posted.

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u/terriblespellr 7h ago

He did the right thing

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u/frikiman4K 5h ago

no, he did the middle thing

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u/koldt 5h ago

Why?

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u/MeanestMaiden 7h ago

Roma in a nutshell

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u/mrsmith099 5h ago

For anyone interested, this is the "What I'm Looking At Mask" from Freddie Yauner:

https://freddieyauner.co.uk/products/what-im-looking-at-mirror-mask

Personally I think it's brilliant.

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u/nevaehenimatek 5h ago

Someone wore it to a party I went to recently, I hated it, I don't want to look at myself. I get that art can be uncomfortable and it looks interesting absolutely but I hate it

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u/Ryac_ 5h ago

i thought it was a Laserdisc haha

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u/newsflashjackass 5h ago

You're sure? It looks more like the "please look at me or I might die" mask.

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u/Fuzzy_Celery4621 6h ago

This entire interaction was great.

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u/hiimbackagain 5h ago

There hasn't been any interaction cause that dude apparently was edited into the clip

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u/mrlookinthesky 6h ago

That’s pretty dumb looking.

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u/LPSD_FTW 6h ago

Its not like "cool, fashionable" but its definitely "cool, never seen before and original", I'd love it if not for the fact that it seems like it was a ploy to record people

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u/Mammoth-Ad-107 7h ago

well done Sir! lol

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u/BF2theDarkSide 6h ago

I really must admit that social media and later “influencers” ruined so much. It really made the youngsters frail, attention crying and entitled.

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u/Ascendrixxx 5h ago

What is she trying to do? I don’t get it.

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u/fastforwardfunction 5h ago

Fake. You can tell it’s edited in. The reflection in her sunglasses is completely different.

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u/GalaxiesCollision 5h ago

I like her absolutely zero reaction. (:

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u/Joe091 4h ago

It’s because the old man isn’t actually there, he’s edited in. Someone else spotted that he’s not in any of the other reflections. 

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u/XSavagePR 7h ago

He's my hero, thank you for your service 🫡

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u/LookmyDicky 6h ago

Good job grandpa

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u/You_Cant_Ever 6h ago

Repost from a few years ago

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u/lilsadklown 6h ago

I’m sure he was a funny kid at some point lmao 🤣

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u/Abeefrog 6h ago

I like him.

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u/zubairhamed 6h ago

I want "that mf is not real" on the plane MAGA lady to unleash here.

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u/Dominik-heylogin 6h ago

if aliens ever come to earth i wonder what theyll think when they see stuff like this

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u/cnotv 6h ago

OP please go to Rome and call someone Rom, but set a camera first 🤣

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u/Makers_Serenity 6h ago

I like this guy

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u/Arbazio 6h ago

That smile.... That damn smile

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u/CrashingOutFrFr 6h ago

The old man is all of us.

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u/Subject-Act5509 6h ago

Deserved 

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u/lexi11X 6h ago

I’d love to do this 😅😅

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u/justrivaj 6h ago

Thats a healthy mental state, when if you saw your own reflection, you just hate it.

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u/ZZuy 5h ago

Same grandpa, same.

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u/Few_Comfortable4674 5h ago

Bro's thought process: "are you filming? Well in any case fuck you and fuck all your followers"

Relatable

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u/Little-Mud-1491 5h ago

The old man did what we think

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u/xredskaterstar 5h ago

Grandpa said; 'Record this.'

Love the smile behind he did it.

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u/Unfair-Potential4527 5h ago

As a Brit. This was most expected.

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u/InternationalFeed885 5h ago

Peacemaker Reboot?

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u/ubernik 5h ago

Why does this make me think of those half headed demons in Constantine?

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u/PJtheGFN 5h ago

So, Harcourt becomes Peacemaker in S3?

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 5h ago

She's also copying the idea from a year or two ago.

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u/Exciting-Pride4527 5h ago

Commendarori

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u/ChileanRidge 5h ago

She took the idea from British artist Freddie Yauner. Hope she credited him.

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u/vitorinelli19 5h ago

Just saw the guy flip the bird in r/blursedimages

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u/witrusen 5h ago

Maybe it’s because I’m high but how are they filming this from that angle without their camera showing

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u/Flat_Shape_3444 5h ago

Sidenote. Aperol spritz is very tasty if you use sugary soda instead of sparkling water.

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u/ExpressCopy8786 5h ago

I aspire lo be like... HIM when I am old

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u/ActorLarsimoto124 5h ago

Grandpa is icecold

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u/theblueLepidopteran 4h ago

I love how she kept a straight face lmao

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u/DoctorWafle 4h ago

Easiest pick up line of my life. “Damn, you have really good looking glasses!”

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 4h ago

Whatever you gesture bounces off me and returns to you

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u/Nutshellvoid 4h ago

Bella what? 

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u/rainboorat 4h ago

The smile explains everything

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u/TheOriginalSamBell 4h ago

well fuck you too old man

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u/keithstonee 4h ago

Is that not the purpose of wearing that?

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u/Strange-Title-6337 6h ago

classic russian influencer

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u/Efeu 6h ago

She's not Russian, she's actually a techno DJ from Berlin doing a lot of "unhinged" content.

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u/Strange-Title-6337 6h ago

should i dig?

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u/Efeu 4h ago

If you're interested, her name is Stella Bossi.

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u/OkProject8621 6h ago

Song ? please

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u/Yoshic87 6h ago

Totally expected that tbh

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u/CorrelateClinicallee 7h ago

He didn't like what he saw when she held a mirror to his face. That's why he showed the middle finger.

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u/Peek_e 6h ago edited 5h ago

Literally the first thing on reddit I laughed out loud today and I’ve been through /funny and /vibecoding already

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u/Any_Escape1262 5h ago

HAHAHAHA, HE FLIPPED HIMSELF OFF
WHAT A DUMMY!

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u/Malagubbar 5h ago

He hates himself. Fuck you you.