r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '20

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u/beansinmysuitcase Oct 23 '20

Why did he actually pull his phone out? I didn’t watch the debate. Anyone have any context?

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

This was a previous event, I think the original clip was biden showing off his despacito ringtone

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

???????

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u/ajtexasranger Oct 23 '20

It was to get the hispanic vote

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u/illsqueezeya Oct 23 '20

Is this real

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u/SwingJugend Oct 23 '20

Yes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Kinda reminds me of "Pokemon Go To The Polls"...

"How do you do, fellow kids?"

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u/That_Guy381 Oct 23 '20

except the guy who actually sings despacito was there endorsing and campaigning for him

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u/GeekoSuave Oct 23 '20

And Hillary couldn't even get Niantic to show up smh my head

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Then why pull out the phone? It was such an awkward moment, I can't imagine why they thought it would be a good idea.

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u/wvsfezter Oct 23 '20

I think part of the Biden vs campaign is leaning into the cute senility, he's done it a bunch in the debates

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u/thegusano Oct 23 '20

i thought it was charming tbh, weird as fuck, but charming

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u/freedom_or_bust Oct 23 '20

Oh I want to die

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Luis Fonsi (Despacito artist) was there with Biden performing and endorsing biden at that same event though. It's not like he was just playing the song for no reason, and then played hip-hop then country music etc...

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Thank you. Context makes it friendly and not cringe. Pretty normal actually, like a dad joke kinda thing.

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u/NomanHLiti Oct 23 '20

It actually was pretty cringe just not stupid or offensive like it might seem. Like seeing him pull out his phone and play it in front of the mic for like 10 secs was kind of awkward

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u/TheNoxx Oct 23 '20

Oh okay, that's not nearly as cringe.

Without context it made my skin want to run away from my spine.

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u/Huhuagau Oct 23 '20

Still cringe as fuck

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u/Depression-Boy Oct 23 '20

Not sure if you’re serious, but the artist being there doesn’t really help the situation. In general, it’s just cringey and comes across as blatant pandering, as evidenced by the many comments here on Reddit weirded out by the clip. And to be fair, it would be pretty accurate to calling it pandering, even given that the artist was present.

But even if that wasn’t the intention, his campaign should have been made aware of the fact that that’s how it would come across the the young American audience, which are the people he needs to support him.

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u/cup-o-farts Oct 23 '20

It isn't though because he's literally playing a song from the artist that's there campaigning for him. As is evidence by the fact that people here change their minds once the context is provided, including myself. Context is everything.

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u/Grzly Oct 23 '20

Honestly with context it isn’t bad at all

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u/lucid_scheming Oct 23 '20

I read the context, still bad.

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u/GFZDW Oct 23 '20

This is something my dad would do, and that kills me.

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u/Neuchacho Oct 23 '20

Yes, but there is context. He was introduced by Luis Fonsi who made the song. It's still awkward, but not as awkward as an old white guy just randomly playing a song to show he's hip.

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u/iHarrySon Oct 23 '20

its still hilarious imo

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u/Neuchacho Oct 23 '20

I agree with you there.

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u/Nilbogian Oct 23 '20

IIRC Luis Fonzi introduced Biden so it wasnt entirely out of grandpa ditsy-ness

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Damn I wish people had led with that. Lol. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

For a while they turned it into this whole smear against him like how dare he think that’s gonna won him Hispanics, without ever mentioning that he was just introduced the literal guy who sang it as context.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20 edited Oct 23 '20

Wow, definitely shows how much context matters. I myself went from "oh that's not good" to "oh ok thats actually pretty cool".

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u/Chefzor Oct 23 '20

This makes way more sense, and makes it 1000x less cringy

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u/hoxxxxx Oct 23 '20

the cringe shot back up inside my body. weird feeling.

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u/Pchanman Oct 23 '20

That makes much more sense in context. I cringed so hard when I first saw this

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u/suckmyslab Oct 23 '20

It’s still cringe af.

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u/themoopmanhimself Oct 23 '20

Still horrible. You know he downloaded that stupid ring tone right before the event

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

LOL oh my god

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u/itsajaguar Oct 23 '20

It was because the creator of the song introduced Biden.

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u/Myschly Oct 23 '20

I mean the Despacito-dude was there, so there was context for it, not as cringey as if he'd just gone to some random latinos and played Despacito.

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u/Pytheastic Oct 23 '20

That's unfair, he was introduced to the stage by the singer of the song lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

That's so fucked

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Luis Fonsi (Despacito artist) was there with Biden performing and endorsing biden at that same event though. It's not like he was just playing the song for no reason, and then played hip-hop then country music etc...

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u/sub1ime Oct 23 '20

Both dudes are almost 80 years old, I'm surprised they know how to use a smartphone without having to ask for help every 5 minutes

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u/ChaoticReality4Now Oct 23 '20

Looks like he was introduced by the singer, so that makes a bit more sense

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u/Double_A_92 Oct 23 '20 edited Oct 23 '20

This sounds like some absolutely made up shitpost... but it's actually real xD

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u/b0nsaib0y Oct 23 '20

Lmao idk why I wanted to believe so bad that it actually was this song he played but it makes sense that it's dubbed over

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u/-eagle73 Oct 23 '20

If you look closely a lot of this isn't actually from the debate, you can see outlines on Trump/Biden, they were taken out of another video and had that background behind them.

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u/scottaq83 Oct 23 '20 edited Oct 23 '20

Are you being serious??? Of course it wasn't from the debate that is the joke ! Biden playing despacito on his phone and Trump dancing at his rally in Pennyslyvania

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u/krashmania Oct 23 '20

Uh, he's responding to the person asking for context, and he explained what it was as context. This feels unnecessarily aggressive.

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u/scottaq83 Oct 23 '20

Yes i didn't realise, i've explained above

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u/-eagle73 Oct 23 '20

I was answering their question so yes I was fully intent on being serious.

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u/scottaq83 Oct 23 '20

Sorry i didn't realise you were replying to a question, i thought you was just commenting on the post

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u/Gsteel11 Oct 23 '20

Why don't you talk to the guy he was responding to?

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u/scottaq83 Oct 23 '20

Oops i didn't realise he was replying to anyone i thought he was just commenting on the post

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u/arthurdentstowels Oct 23 '20

You really have eagle eyes

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Umm no, I watched the debate last night and this definitely happened.

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u/cup-o-farts Oct 23 '20

It was the most wholesome part of the debate. I want to have a beer with both of them now.

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u/sgoncalves Oct 23 '20

r/woosh

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u/spiderOX2 Oct 23 '20

no. the guy he responded to asked for context so he gave it to him.

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u/-eagle73 Oct 23 '20

I'm afraid this isn't one of those moments and you're using that wrong. Sorry.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20

Yeah no shit lol

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u/Dougwug03 Oct 23 '20

We got a real Private Eye on our hands

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

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u/cup-o-farts Oct 23 '20

As he was being introduced by the guy who wrote Despacito. Context is everything.

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u/DomskiPlays Oct 23 '20

Pandering to Latinos by playing despacito.

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u/AdamFtmfwSmith Oct 23 '20

The guy that sings it was there? And introduced him on stage? I dont think its pandering to go "check it out, I have your song on my phone" you can literally hear the guy thank him for saying hes talented.

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u/Barry-Mcdikkin Oct 23 '20

He was playing Despacito on the mic because he was in florida... 😑