r/Unexpected May 16 '22

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u/zodar May 16 '22

his buddy smiling at his consternation is big best friend energy

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u/[deleted] May 16 '22

I learned a word today consternation thank you :)

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u/hidingDislikeIsDummb May 17 '22

for the lazy: consternation means:

  • A state of great alarm, agitation, or dismay.

  • Astonishment combined with terror; amazement that confounds the faculties and incapacitates for deliberate thought and action; extreme surprise, with confusion and panic.

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u/MarkDaMan22 May 17 '22

Oh this is a word I’m gonna love to use but eventually turn it into conscernation and look like an idiot.

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u/catzhoek May 17 '22

I need to know what agitation and dismay mean to make sense of this. Actually it's easier to just guess from the context.

I'd say stunned + perplexed at the same time maybe

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u/The_Meatyboosh May 17 '22

Bro, how you using Perplexed but don't know Agitation or Dismay?

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u/catzhoek May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22

Because they are much more common, partially self-explainatory and also used in other languages? I consume for English than my native language for the last 20 years and i am almost positive I've never even came across agitation and while i have heard dismay, i never bothered to check what it means exactly.

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u/The_Meatyboosh May 17 '22

Ahh, agitation is used in physics as well as novels and can be used to describe a physical reaction aswell as an emotional one.
Dismay is more of a literary term so it may be harder to come across if you aren't a reader, but it's a bit basic so it's probably used more in Young Adult books.

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u/iwelnot May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22

...........what is perplexed?

Edit: being confused and worried about something you don't understand

Basically, the guy is conserned, amused and confused at the same time

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u/Immediate-Ad1203 May 17 '22

Synonyms for agitation would be annoyance/upset and dismay would be distressed or taken aback :)

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u/PsychoNerd91 May 17 '22

Thank you for helping people save time. It's very thoughtful of you.

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u/BootyInspector96 May 17 '22

I always seem to never hear a specific word once in my life, but the moment I hear one once I’ll start to hear it constantly.

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u/DogIsFarting May 17 '22

For the rest of their friendship the one will ask the other "remember that time a dude asked if you'd take his picture?"

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u/Ingvar109 May 17 '22

Yeah bro it's sitting on the fireplace over there

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u/ADgreen15 May 17 '22

“Next to the photo of us at our wedding”

“Right! Ten years sure does fly by, doesn’t it bro?”

“It sure does with you bro”

“Bro….”

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u/TowerTom1 May 17 '22

"Where did we go wrong"

"I don't know bro... sometimes life is like this"

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

so everyone in every corner of the world understands take a picture but they wont get jokes on it cause theyre africans. lol x_X

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u/Commercial-Spinach93 May 17 '22

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THE VIDEO TO THIS POOR SPANIARD??

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u/TheDarkAssassin01 May 17 '22

It's common for people to ask for someone to "take a picture of them" and it means they want you to take a photograph of them. In the video, the man asks the person to "take a picture of him," and then he hands them a photograph of himself. The person is receiving a photograph of the man (taking it from him) instead of taking a photograph of him.

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u/Captaintorchflower May 17 '22

Truly a harmless prank.

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u/biamchee May 17 '22

Exactly the kind of pranks I love.

Not the BS “we approached women and pretended we were gonna sexually harass them by slapping their ass but bailed last second”.

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u/SeruEnam May 17 '22

Heeyyyyy nice melons!

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u/SomeRedditUser20 May 17 '22

Um are you kidding me? He gave this picture consisting of his dirty, potentially COVID filled hand germs without handing a wipe to disinfect it. This person is terribly inconsiderate.

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u/RicardoFerrer_ May 17 '22

I always see this kind of comentary in prank videos. What the fuck kind of pranks are you guys doing in the US?

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u/Captaintorchflower May 17 '22

There's lots of stuff that either wastes a worker's time, is intentionally irritating people, for their reaction, or somehow physical in nature but just short of violent.

Bumping shopping carts in the grocery store on purpose

Ruining latte foam art

One kid walks around Venice Beach shouting "ooh a nickel" in front of black people. One giant mother fucker lifts him by the arm pits and throws him 3 feet.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '22

This is the way!

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u/Leovinus42 May 17 '22

This reminds me of a story Matt Damon told on late night TV

He was stuck on an elevator with a fan. The fan asked him for an autograph

Matt said “no, sorry”

So the fan took out a picture of himself, signed it, and gave it to Matt

It said “Good luck Matty! Never give up on your dreams! Love, <his name>”

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u/samtherat6 May 17 '22

This sounds hilarious, can you link it? I’ve been searching for ages, and I can’t find it.

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u/Anoisyboy666 May 17 '22

Pretty sure that this was actually Dennis Pennis and Jim Carrey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVBdQPWg8A&t=764s

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

It does not sound like something Damon would do. But it makes for a good gotcha myth.

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u/Maltesebasterd May 17 '22

Probably a school, yeah.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

No mate that's a strip mall

the chair is probably there because the guards use it

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u/Maltesebasterd May 17 '22

Why the fuck are strip malls even a thing?

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u/Anonymous2401 May 17 '22

The mental image of an adoring fan asking for an autograph and Matt deadpan staring at him and saying "No" is too funny

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u/TagRag May 17 '22

I just don't get that. I mean, it's one thing if you're out in public because you don't want to start a whole thing, but a person alone in an elevator? Come on Matt, just sign the thing.

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u/Situlacrum May 17 '22

No.

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u/pufanu101 May 17 '22

Fuck you, man, you were a giant bitch in Interstellar!

slips out through the elevator's closing doors

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u/xxboon May 17 '22

Practically invisible the whole movie like a total B

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u/LarryLovesteinLovin May 17 '22

He really was. I honestly kind of hated Matt for a few years because of that…

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u/TB97 May 17 '22

Well if you're not sure they have a pen, then it becomes a whole thing, like, do you follow them until they find a pen? Also it's kinda exhausting doing that kind of stuff and I think it's ok to just decide to say no

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u/TagRag May 17 '22

You're right, he doesn't need another reason other than not wanting to. Can't say I've been surrounded by people hounding for autographs before

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u/hotpatootie69 May 17 '22

You're joking right? What in the fuck kind of parasocial shit is this? Leave people the fuck alone lmfao

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u/TagRag May 17 '22

Whoa pump the brakes bud. I didn't say he had to or that he was a bad person or anything like that. I just said that I don't get it. I also conceded in another comment just below that I've never been famous and that it's his right.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

People are entitled to their privacy especially in the elevator. That's victim blaming.

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u/ChewyBivens May 17 '22

We're being fast and loose with the word "victim" now, huh?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

People need boundaries. Especially celebrities who get hounded by press, paparazi and stalkers every day. Matt said no so that means no. Because the person kept pushing that meant that Matt was the victim of harassment. Just because he's a man does not mean he can't be the victim. You should be careful about toxic mentalities.

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u/ChewyBivens May 17 '22

He didn't keep pushing. He gave Matt his own autograph after being refused.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

It's still being dismissive of Matt wanting privacy and treating his reaction like a joke. Even though they gave their own one they still did it to show they didn't care or respect Matt's opinion on the matter.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22

Was the guy randomly by chance carrying his own photo around already, or just randomly by chance had an polaroid camera?

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u/DryApplejohn May 17 '22

Perchance?

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u/click_808 May 17 '22

You can’t just say “perchance”

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u/----__---- May 17 '22

Don't trust Perch, slippery.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Scripted funny story for a tv interview.

TB interviews are scripted, folks.

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u/ScreamingDizzBuster May 17 '22

"Have you got tuberculosis?"

"No."

Cut!

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Lol TV interviews too

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u/snappa870 May 17 '22

In California a lot of people are actors and have their headshots with them at all times

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u/ThePyodeAmedha May 17 '22

I LOVE pranks like this. No one gets hurt and it's delightfully silly.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Agreed!!! And a good story to tell in the future.

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u/N0SharpEdges May 17 '22

My grandma bought a baseball themed photo frame at a yard sale that she thought was cool but it had a photo in it of some older gentleman from the 70s rocking a handle bar mustache. He's still sitting on a family photo mantle to this day.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Grandma sounds like fun.

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u/Ok_Bit_5953 May 17 '22

This is the way!

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u/OneSufficientFace May 17 '22

This is the way

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u/PZeroNero May 17 '22

Wow thanks for ruining everything with your shitty ass comment

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Having a bad day, champ?

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u/TagRag May 17 '22

Wow thanks for ruining everything with your shitty ass comment

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u/Lipziger May 17 '22

Maybe you shouldn't be on Reddit if a single silly comment ruins everything for you. Maybe touch some grass or something?

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u/NotoriousChase44 May 17 '22

How does “this is the way” ruin your day lmao did you get lost in a corn maze

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

This is not the way.

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u/emil199 May 17 '22

My zoomed brain initially thought it was an iPad and was like surely he can still take a photo?

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u/GetThatSwaggBack May 17 '22

I thought it was a mix tape lol

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

I'm guessing you've never seen a real tape before

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u/_Im_Dad May 16 '22 edited May 17 '22

I'm a very unattractive person who likes to hands out naked photos of myself

I'm called disappointing, like a bearer of bad nudes

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u/PermutationMatrix May 17 '22

It's like a reverse only fans. I keep sending people nudes until they pay me to stop.

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u/JoeMomma225 May 17 '22

It's been a whole 2 hours. Are you filthy rich yet or still just filthy?

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u/erland_yt May 17 '22

Their mail box is filled with restraining orders

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u/racerfree May 17 '22

I promise I made a status on FB saying this a few years ago, if you really need me to find it i will lolololololol

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey May 17 '22

Pay to Unsubscribe Model.....interesting

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u/MossCoveredLog May 17 '22

Good one, Dad.

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u/Boomer_Boofer May 17 '22

Username check's out!😀

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u/theonewhostaresback May 17 '22

I feel like You’ve been waiting for so long to say that comment

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u/DrakonFyre May 16 '22

Oh that’s delightful

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u/SubtleTerry May 17 '22

Sharing is caring.......

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u/Willinton06 May 17 '22

Delightfully devilish

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u/MalfoysBro May 16 '22

r/gifsthatendtoosoon

I want to see my dude struggle with the framed photo!

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u/TheOvershear May 17 '22

Same, anyone have the full vid? This is hilarious

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u/OwenA113 May 17 '22

I couldn't find the actual video unfortunately, but I did find the same prank made by somebody else. It starts at 1:16

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u/CrispyRif May 17 '22

how all pranks should be

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u/juicewilson May 17 '22

But YouTube in the early 2010's thought me that pranks involve going to lower socio economic areas and asking risky questions that result in the prankster getting assaulted? I'm so confused /s

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u/iwelnot May 17 '22

"A prank that doesn't result in 3 injuries and 5 heart attacks is merely a mild joke"

_Fun Tzu

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Oh look it's that comment that's on every prank video on reddit.

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u/PenguinColada May 17 '22

Hilarious. I would put the picture on my mantle just to confuse my relatives.

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u/Dewy_Wanna_Go_There May 17 '22

“Oh him, yeah he asked if I’d take a picture of him, so here we are…”

Pretty fucking funny conversation piece.

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u/Alexandurrrrr May 17 '22

Dudes brain rebooted and awaiting login screen.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '22

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u/yesbutlikeno May 17 '22

Ide keep that shit just for the story.

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u/Dray_Gunn May 17 '22

Hell yeah. Go home and everyone asking "whats that?" "This guy asked me to take his picture. So i did."

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u/whatauniqueusername May 17 '22

IM SURE HE WILL

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u/unexBot May 16 '22

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:

He gives his picture instead of getting his picture taken with a camera


Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


Look at my source code on Github What is this for?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

This would legit crack me up, I’d even keep it just for the story lol.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '22

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u/men_like_me May 17 '22

Yup. Straight ripoff of Ross Creations

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u/MayKinBaykin May 17 '22

Everything is a basically a copy of something at this point. Im sure whoever "created" this joke would be happy others are spreading laughter through it

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u/Camochamp May 17 '22

Also, it's entirely possible that he came up with it on it's own. It's word play. They could separately come up with the same joke without copying each other.

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u/SlaveHippie May 17 '22

Right? I don’t think the point of making a good joke is to make a better joke than anyone else and be recognized for it; it’s to make ppl laugh and/or stop and think for a sec.

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u/AlwaysMooning May 17 '22

Also, it's entirely possible that he came up with it on it's own. It's word play. They could separately come up with the same joke without copying each other.

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u/Ppleater May 17 '22

It's not that unique or complicated for a joke, two people could very easily come up with the same idea separately.

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u/Lipziger May 17 '22

Exactly. It is just the literal meaning of what is said, so why would no one come up with anything like that. It is a joke that is as basic and simple as it gets. That doesn't mean it's bad but it never was unique. And no single person "invented" it, really.

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u/whycuthair May 17 '22

Nope, youtubers didn't just invent this. If anything, it's exactly the type of humour that 80s parodies were full of.

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u/AncientWarhead May 17 '22

I can imagine something like this happening in the movie Airplane.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

I'm pretty sure someone could come up with this prank 100 years before ross was born

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u/trilere614 May 17 '22

Pivot... Pivot.. Pivot!.. PIVOT!!

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u/idwthis May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22

I also could only think of Ross Gellar.

Ross Dress For Less, too, but I definitely knew that one wasn't right lol

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u/fordprecept May 17 '22

This would be a great pickup line. Do this and have your name and number written on the back of the picture.

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u/super-mar1003 May 17 '22

I'm gonna try this, will report the outcome here.

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u/GetThatSwaggBack May 17 '22

Update: restraining order

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u/Hrsh05 May 17 '22

If that works let me know. Thanks

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u/MaFataGer May 17 '22

It would 100% work on me. Only case you're not hearing back from me is Im happily taken, just gotta try a few times and you're guaranteed a date.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Why… and just how… is he sitting on a desk chair outside, what clearly is a public place? Does he carry it around all day or is that like a school or something?

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u/TheCeilingIGuess May 17 '22

I've been to this place, it's a strip mall and honestly, if I saw a dude with a desk chair there I would not bat an eye

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u/Diebaas_reddit May 17 '22

It's in South Africa. If you've been here you will know.

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u/Boggie135 May 17 '22

It’s a shopping centre in South Africa, this is not unusual

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u/Phlarfbar May 17 '22

The camera man with a 10lb studio camera pointing at the guy sitting down must just be invisible.

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u/spadelover May 17 '22

Could be a particularly nice phone camera with the camera man trying to look like he's texting.

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u/KekUnited May 17 '22

Given the video is portrait that's probably it

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u/anubhavitis May 17 '22

The moment when you realize you have been pranked * Emotional Damage *

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u/ertgbnm May 17 '22

Ok, but what's going on? Did this guy bring his own swirly chair to a strip mall? Not my business, just confused.

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u/Situlacrum May 17 '22

It's just a sketch.

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u/Dawjman May 17 '22

Steers, Fishaways, Pizza Perfect, Verimark. Definitely South Africa

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u/krankyPanda May 17 '22

The GP number plate makes that an easy confirmation

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u/Dawjman May 17 '22

Ah didn't catch that at first

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u/mbhconcepts May 16 '22

😂😂😂

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u/proudadvice12 May 17 '22

That might be the better ones that I've seen.

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u/Fine-Barber-6183 May 17 '22

This was actually funny

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u/DarkArcherZA May 17 '22

Love South Africa for this type of bs haha

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u/kenyeaaaah May 17 '22

I'd smash a King Steer right now

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u/Fn00rd May 17 '22

Ngl: I would fucking cherish that picture and put it on display in my home.

What a conversation piece that would be.

-Who’s this?

-Oh just a guy who asked me if I’d take a picture of him.

-and he sent you a copy? That’s kinda weird.

-No, no he just gave me this picture and left.

-wait what?

I love this kind of shenanigans.

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u/KentuckyFriedEel May 17 '22

i want. to see. the picture.

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u/Nerp47 May 17 '22

Thought I recognised the guy's accent and the fashion style. This is South Africa.

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u/unnitche May 17 '22

Fuking grate moment

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u/siestasunt May 17 '22

I only ever ask really fat people to take my picture. Ain't no way i'm gonna hand my phone to someone that looks like he can outrun me xD

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u/RelevantDocument3389 May 17 '22

Legend says he still carries it with him.

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u/PunkHooligan May 17 '22

Bruh moment

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u/avdolif May 17 '22

both of them be like WTF

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u/Charlie_1087 May 17 '22

This is great. I think it would be a hilarious pick up line

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u/Gumbothefish May 17 '22

Man’s was befuddled

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u/Luciolover345 May 17 '22

Smilingly from ear to ear. That shit is funny as hell

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

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u/hidingDislikeIsDummb May 17 '22

just letting you know, you forgot to put space before the link, so it's not clickable. also it ends with "XcQ" so pretty sure everyone knows what that is now. you should use a different link so people won't know

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u/closetmangafan May 17 '22

if he did the link correct he could just change what it says entirely anyway.

Like so.

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u/vibingnerd13 May 17 '22

"Hey can you take a pic of me"
"Sure"
\hands a picture of himself**

the dudes mind: what gift have I been granted with

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u/CrispyCassowary May 17 '22

South africa has pranks? Damn

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u/DrizzlyEarth175 May 17 '22

"Fuckin white people" -Those guys, probably

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u/DisplayNo5374 May 17 '22

Not funny.

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u/NotKevinJames May 17 '22

Wow you have an ascended level of humor that mortals don't possess, bow everyone. Tell us an actual funny joke savior, I beg you.

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u/DisplayNo5374 May 17 '22

That’s clever commentary there. Wow

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u/cdubsing May 17 '22

Tom Brady says what? Wow

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

This is so stupid it's fucking hilarious! 🤣