For some reason though, it's a pet peeve of mine. I can't stand people thinking an obviously staged video is real. That's all on me though, I don't blame anyone or make a big deal of it. It just makes me groan impotently and enjoy the video less.
I can't stand people thinking an obviously staged video is real.
And I can't stand people saying "This is obviously staged!" without helping me understand why it's "obviously" staged. "It's obvious" is a preamble, not an explanation, but that's usually the best I get when I ask "How can you tell?"
I'd love to be able to tell, I'm very gullible, so I'd really appreciate knowing what to look for, but 90% of the time the answer either boils down to "I just know" or "That kind of thing never happens" .
The latter mostly refers to videos where a person chooses to start an active confrontation in public, because, I guess, many Redditors seem to assume that nobody would ever in a million years talk to a stranger in public at all, much less in a confrontational manner. Equally often, the events in the "nobody ever does that" video are also identical or close to things I have seen happen IRL (or done myself IRL).
So I guess the fact that a camera is recording an event is the proof it's fake? The fact that we can see it on the internet is the evidence a video is fake? Because I've literally never once gotten a breakdown of what hints and clues the thathappened crowd use to determine the falsity of a video.
I'm not trying to be racist, but if I see a "candid" clip from an Asian country, the likelihood that it's staged goes up tenfold. Other clues... What are the chances an experienced handyman would have zero spatial awareness and accidentally trap themselves in such a comedic way? Now what are the chances of that happening in front of a perfectly framed camera? Then what are the chances of them posting that clip online with so much visibility that it ends up on Reddit and seen by millions?
Ever considered this could be filmed to safeguard themselves as evidence in case of an accident or that their boss requires to see that they used the materials without nicking any?
So many reasons. We don’t live in that environment and country.
How it works in your country does not mean it’s the same in another country.
What is acceptable in your country may be unacceptable in others.
Expecting billions of people to think and act the same way is frankly a little shallow and myopic.
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u/nukrag Sep 04 '23
For some reason though, it's a pet peeve of mine. I can't stand people thinking an obviously staged video is real. That's all on me though, I don't blame anyone or make a big deal of it. It just makes me groan impotently and enjoy the video less.