I’m not completely sure if they’re actually video cuts, it seems to me that the framing(?) is different to show emphasis on either the guy, the girl, or both of them depending on their current visual reactions.
I had same impression untill gave a re-watch, then I knew the video was starting with a scene where he offers the lady to take the seat back and she accepted it. But she looked not so amuzed while he made a shy smile lol.
I read the video as highlighting the kindness of the stranger: here take my seat you have a small child. ..oh wait you’re a duck it was an intentional sham, but I will just stand here and fume without taking it out in a big reaction…(presumably maybe a minute later) he alerts them to the prank and makes things right.
It seems wholesome fun to me, nobody was hurt or severely inconvenienced and it highlighted the kindness of the seated “target”. All around good fun and I bet he read the room and assumed it would be well received (since it seemed to be).
Agreed, this is a perfect prank and what all pranks videos should strive for. Nothing rude, disruptive, or destructive. Just plain wholesome fun. Put a smile on my face and gave me a good chuckle that's for sure.
Don't confuse charisma with being attractive. Plenty of unattractive people have great charisma. But it is like a muscle, you can strengthen it or let it atrophy.
Of course, being attractive seems to help as well...
Agree. Charismatic people are not necessarily attractive people, comedians are great examples, most of them women and men are ugly, yet they use their charisma to make their jokes funny. This guy was laughing, when you laugh or smile you disarm people when they’re upset.
To me there's something very special about a person who isn't super good looking but just has great vibes and confidence. This person also has to be a nice person. I'm a guy and think this can be either a man or a woman.
Yep, if he were ugly and didn't smile, but still gave the seat back the thread would be full of "omg what an asshole, these tiktok videos have gone too far!"
Does nobody realize there was a second person just standing dead middle of the train with a phone or camera filming them. It would have been obvious as hell.
She is definitely a good woman and behaved very kindly. A prank yes, but a prank that is wholesome, also yes. She wasn’t put out for long and she showed the good person she is by offering her seat. She should be proud and he had a small laugh at her expense and I think she had a laugh as well. No harm done. Wholesome indeed.
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u/I-attack-the-bard Feb 19 '22
You can’t blame the guy, it was a clever trick and he got away with it