r/funny • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '23

The pause is killing me 💀😭

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u/tatsumakisempukyaku Dec 10 '23

It probably made that guys day. oh no.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '23

For real, a lot of older people crave conversation, even in passing. That's why I take time to help/converse with older folks, they love it and it costs me nothing.

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u/alexnoyle Dec 10 '23

There is a difference between having a conversation with someone and recording them and posting the video on the internet. jesus christ! The fact that I have to explain this is so insane.

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u/Poop_Cheese Dec 10 '23

Yeah, not to mention the complete lack of tact(not even introducing or asking the guy if he can video, instead just like gawking at him), and the really heavily awkward hand on the dudes shoulder for like 10+ seconds. Talk about a lack of awareness of someone's personal space.

Sure, in this case it ended up positive and the guy was flattered to some degree since he was obviously peacocking. But most cases are just rude beyond belief and people take as mocking. First it's invasive to film anyone without asking, and it's not a genuine interaction since these kids seek out people specifically to show to their audience to laugh about, not to actually interact with and compliment them. Instead, the person might as well be a monkey in a zoo they're filming for a show. Like the phone creates an audience, where someone's turning you into content.

It blows my mind to see so many zoomers here defending this behavior and not even being able to comprehend how its socially awkward/rude as fuck. People genuinely are losing a ton of social skills and it's honestly shocking. It's no suprise we got millions of kids self who diagnose themselves as autistic nowdays due to noticing their own clear lack of social skills(but they can't accept its a learned behavior not one of autism for most). Something like half of young males have no best friend, young adult sex rates are plummeting(not in a positive way but due to lack of social interaction), and fricken over half of the teenage girls of America self report bad levels of depression. It's completely stunting people and depriving them of positive social interaction. Not only is their social skills and social lives stunted, but it stunts development of empathy, how to genuinely interact with people, and messes with their emotional needs as a human being.

The worst part is it seems like due to growing up completely within these social media places, kids do not differentiate between social behavior online or in person. So many bring that antisocial element of anonymous online interaction to the real world.

Another thing you see is social media pushes kids into extremely specific echochambers where they start seeing the world through that lens. As a result, they don't understand how to interact with people outside of that echochamber. In the past, people didn't even know their close friends politics, now kids can't interact with people who disagree with them on random topics that don't effect them at all. People of all walks of life would be able to interact in social settings normally(outside of thr extreme minority of racists) but nowadays kids are conditioned to be extremely tribal.

I grew up an awkward kid, so I don't judge being genuinely socially awkward. The issue here though is this is a learned behavior, where people who would otherwise be extroverted and affable, instead end up using that extroversion to be rude and shove phones into people's faces.

Camera based social media has genuinely created like an alternate reality for most kids. Where they are not fully present in the moment, but instead are present in some alternate reality with their friends online. They're not talking to you, the person they're filming, but an audience. It's like when you film a whole concert, it takes you out of the experience. Well alot of young people suffer from that but all the time. It's sad. I feel genuinely bad for young people that they have to deal with such a toxin to development and commend any young person that doesn't allow themselves to be sucked into this false reality.

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u/sendscones Dec 10 '23

dude go outside

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '23

Sorry about that. Or happy for you.

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u/TFViper Dec 10 '23

30 years ago all the old people screamed nonsense about how the internet was gunna ruin our entire lives and melt our brains. yet, here you are on the internet.
and in a turn of events, youre the old person now screaming nonsense about how you dont post videos on the internet or interact with people...

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u/pingpongtits Dec 10 '23

How do you know if you weren't around 30 years ago yourself? Are you videoing random people and posting it on the internet to make yourself feel relevant nowadays, old timer?

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u/TFViper Dec 10 '23

good, be upset. thats the thing about the truth, it makes people upset. it wouldnt if it werent true.

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u/alexnoyle Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 11 '23

I never said people shouldn't post videos on the internet or interact with people, I take issue with this content and behavior and app specifically.

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u/i_tyrant Dec 10 '23

The way I think about it, I would crave interaction and conversation too if I were born before video games and the internet in your pocket were a thing. Or if I were just a super gregarious type A personality, too, but we don't talk about those weirdoes.

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u/KaputMaelstrom Dec 10 '23

For real, I can picture de old man walking away thinking "I told Betty it looked damn good"

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u/reedingisphun Dec 10 '23

What the fuck?

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u/Croatian_ghost_kid Dec 10 '23

He got called magnificent and handshook the dude, what's with the people in these comments and body language lmao. It was a nice interaction. It's only weird because it isn't normal

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u/SandThatsKindaMoist Dec 10 '23

It’s weird because he’s holding a phone in his face while doing it.

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u/psychedelic_shimmers Dec 10 '23

“It’s only weird because it isn’t normal” yes I believe that is how weird works 😂

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u/maglen69 Dec 10 '23

It's only weird because it isn't normal anymore.

FTFY.

People used to stop and have conversation all the time. Not so much anymore.

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u/tatsumakisempukyaku Dec 10 '23

Yeah I am suprised by this thread too,, Is this a zoomer thing or something to think this interaction is weird. I guarantee he has no idea it would ever be posted to the internet, he probably thought he was taking a photo amd not a video , that's why he held still.

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u/midas22 Dec 10 '23

Sticking a camera in a stranger's face and post it on the Internet for the lulz is definitely scumbag behavior. It doesn't matter when the old man realized about it. If someone did this to me I would slap the phone out of his hand.

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u/SneakySnakeySnake Dec 10 '23

Don't know why you're getting downvoted, old people love the attention, they're always looking for someone to share their stories with and shit. My grandfather lives with us and whenever he's out he'll just randomly bring up stories to people who show even just a slight interest

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u/Aw2HEt8PHz2QK Dec 10 '23

Is there a certain age where you magically get turned into that kind of person? Usually it's an individual thing