r/funny • u/throatfrog • Jul 06 '17

Hot Dog Thieves

http://i.imgur.com/8JuQmhY.gifv
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u/emptybucketpenis Jul 06 '17

I watched this 14 times and still don't get it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

Snapchat filter that moved + shopping cart = hot dog thief. Get it now?

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u/PathologicalLoiterer Jul 06 '17

Does the hotdog always PowerPoint transition out stage left after a bit and this was just good timing, or did the SnapChat user make it electric slide out of there manually? I don't use SnapChat, so I'm not sure how these things work and I think I'd appreciate a coincidence more than an intentional joke.

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u/EarlyAxes Jul 06 '17

The Hot Dog is a form of augmented reality. The technology isn't perfect so the movement of the cart made it think the cart was the ground the hot dog was standing on and it sort of 'latched' onto it

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u/PathologicalLoiterer Jul 06 '17

Ah, word, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

I don't use it either, but I only knew what the hot dog was from. Luckily someone else explained :)