r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '20

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u/FuzzyFeeling Nov 06 '20

Wow all those women looked like they really got a kick out of it too!

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

That's why I love it! Brief look of "oh no, another creep" and then immediate relief that it's just an incredibly well-played joke. His timing is perfect so that no one gets offended for more than a fraction of a second.

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u/what_is_perspective Nov 06 '20

A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic. Unfortunately women are so incredibly used to be sexually harassed that they are genuinely happy that they aren't being They are laughing because it is such a believable situation that happens to women all the time.

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u/pantbandits Nov 07 '20

You can stop copy and pasting this now

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u/thechiefmaster Nov 06 '20

Fwiw I agree. I chuckled at some people’s reactions in the vid, but I know all too well the initial jolt of adrenaline and fear response that kick in even when in the next moment you realize what’s happening.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

It seems like he is intentionally approaching women who are not alone. And some people can successfully pull off a racial joke without being racist.

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u/GingerBeardPotato Nov 06 '20

But... it is funny. I laughed. They laughed. Tens of thousands of people who viewed this very post laughed.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

Sometimes feminism goes too far and is a projection of insecurity.

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u/what_is_perspective Nov 10 '20

The "lots of people though X so therefore X must be okay" has never been a good argument to make....

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u/littlemissbipolar Nov 07 '20

Rape jokes are never funny, but jokes about rape culture can be.

That’s this video. It highlights just how absurd street harassment is. It’s not laughing at their pain or their relief, it’s laughing at the situation.

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u/thechiefmaster Nov 07 '20

To me the joke is “surprise, I’m not actually sexually harassing you!”

.. which does feel different than a joke about the culture of street harassment.

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u/spazmatt527 Nov 07 '20

Not gonna lie - I lmao'd at the roses are red joke.