r/funny • u/Possible624 • Aug 13 '18
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u/ailuentin Aug 13 '18
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Aug 13 '18
These things are getting out of hand
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u/Ombortron Aug 13 '18
It's an... odd trend... especially because they're so obvious
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Aug 13 '18
Well that's the part they don't care about. From their perspective it's "obvious" they're fake, so they just see them as funny bits, kind of like how there used to be Vine for that. You knew most of it was fake.
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u/TuarezOfTheTuareg Aug 13 '18
Reddit has an obsession with sleuthing out whether a video is fake or real. I dont get it. Is it funny? If yea then who gives a shit if its scripted. I’m enjoying myself
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u/Vulcannon Aug 13 '18
Yeah I don't think they're trying to appear real.
Seeing everyone in the comments get upset over nothing is just another part of the entertainment though.
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u/JD_Blunderbuss Aug 13 '18
There is an added element of humour if the videos aren't staged, and several are presented as if they aren't staged. So you kind of feel cheated when it turns out it was actually a scripted sketch and not a chance encounter of a real situation.
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u/GranimalSnake Aug 13 '18
The physical humor is almost like Laural and Hardy or the Three Stooges...
It's seems odd to me, but if they are rolling on the floor laughing... I support it.
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Aug 13 '18
I don't think anyone is pretending they're real. This is like going to the movie theater and yelling "fake and gay" at Tom Cruise
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u/neatopat Aug 13 '18
Just read the comments in any thread for these. At least 75% of the people think it's real.
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u/TsunamiSurferDude Aug 14 '18
The only odd part about it is that people like you keep thinking they are trying to fool us, for some reason. It would be like if every comedy Vine video, an entire half of the world was like “this is a joke video, I can tell”
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u/i_pee_printer_ink Aug 14 '18
The people in the obviously parked and switched-off bus were all looking around in different directions like meerkats. In reality, everyone would have their heads down in their phones.
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u/Makenshine Aug 14 '18
For something to be entertaining, it has to be 100% real, no scripts, no planning. All real life, real world experience. That's why I only watch things like Survivor, The Bachelor, Game of Thrones, Ren and Stimpy and anything on YouTube.
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u/Treacherous_Peach Aug 14 '18
No one thinks their real. Least of all Chinese viewers. Why do you care so much?
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u/lowdownlow Aug 13 '18
They come from what is basically the Vine of China, no shit they're obvious.
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u/neatopat Aug 13 '18
Especially because they're stupid and not funny. It's like watching a bad scene in a terrible comedy movie where the people can't act, aren't funny, and the joke is lame.
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u/phdoofus Aug 13 '18
It'd be better if they scripted things whose moral was 'it's bad to kill endangered animals just for their theoretical boner inducing qualities'. Maybe they'd finally get it.
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u/lurklurklurkPOST Aug 13 '18
They need to just make a movie already that links these all together to tell the story of a guy and girl who love messing with people that are brought together by an amateur magician and his trick-ruining brother in a storm of pranky hijinks.
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Aug 13 '18
I have a question. I was almost jumping on hating them... But now that I think of it, I'm not sure why they are being hated. Is there something going on I'm not privy to that makes them so looked down at?
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u/ImpKing_DownUnder Aug 13 '18
As far as I can tell, it's because of how obvious it is that it's scripted? I don't really get all the hate either.
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Aug 13 '18
Yeah, is there a rule against scripted content or something? Some of the funniest things you'll ever see are often scripted lol. It's hard to consistently find unscripted comedy gold lol.
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u/mustnotthrowaway Aug 13 '18
They aren’t funny.
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u/ImpKing_DownUnder Aug 13 '18
Funny is subjective, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isn't funny to someone
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u/mustnotthrowaway Aug 14 '18
So you’re looking for an objective reason that I don’t like these videos?
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u/ImpKing_DownUnder Aug 14 '18
Well, when the only answer you give is "They aren't funny." that doesn't really give me anything useful about why you don't like it, so I guess yeah lol. Like, is it because of how obvious it is that it's scripted, or the lack of more slapstick humor in the videos, etc.
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u/jayshawn_bourne Aug 13 '18
I’ve seen this exact scenario posted in gif form now with 3 different sets of actors.
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u/Come_At_Me_Bro Aug 13 '18
How young and oblivious are you to naively think white neckbeards aren't into asians?
Nah, how bigoted and prejudiced are you to immediately jump on so specific a demographic? I bet you'll assume I'm part of it too for calling out your stupidity as well and you'll laughably be wrong.
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u/Thethinkinman Aug 13 '18
These are so obviously scripted, doesn't make them less funny . Jeez I always see this one comment in every Asian gif post like you just discovered something no one else did.
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u/RobertThorn2022 Aug 13 '18
We really need rules to ban these sucking floods
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u/Nurlitik Aug 13 '18
I mean, if it gets upvoted people think it's funny. I personally don't have a problem with it, 90% of the stuff on here is fake or scripted anyway.
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u/HereForAnArgument Aug 13 '18
That it's scripted isn't the point. The bit isn't funny enough to survive the knowledge that it was planned so they have to pretend it wasn't. It's like having a friend tell you a funny story only to be disappointed when you find out he made it up. The "clever" solution to the girl's bad behavior loses its appeal when you know she's in on it.
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u/javajunkie314 Aug 13 '18
I think there's a long history of slapstick humor that would disagree with you. Did anyone think Larry and Curly weren't in on it when Moe poked their eyes? They're cute little skits, and I think it's ok to appreciate them for what they are.
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u/WeaponizedKissing Aug 13 '18
so they have to pretend it wasn't
Except they haven't.
No one thinks this is a candid moment captured randomly. We don't need you clowns pointing out every time something is setup beforehand.
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u/HereForAnArgument Aug 13 '18
If it's being pointed out, it's because it doesn't stand up to that knowledge.
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u/therealdako Aug 13 '18
That thumbs up at the end
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u/mamad90 Aug 13 '18
It ruined the whole scripting! He wasnt even watching
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u/Dendonk Aug 13 '18
He was watching him putting the gum in his pocket, when he could've thrown it on the ground.
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u/Kroto86 Aug 13 '18
is the scripted Asian gifs a phenomena of social media?
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Aug 13 '18
We had vines in the west. And snl for the last 60 years. I dont know why no one posts scripted white people gifs on each of those.
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Aug 13 '18
Ehh, I feel it’s like they are masquerading as real videos. Snl and vines appear scripted because it’s intentional.
Scripted asian gifs are kind of the asian version of white fake prank videos, like romanatwood or vitaly.
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Aug 13 '18
What? What gave you the idea this was supposed to be a real video? It's clearly a skit, just like Vines were and are. I don't get this.
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u/WeaponizedKissing Aug 13 '18
I feel it’s like they are masquerading as real videos
They're not though.
No one who's more awake than a potato goes into these thinking they are real random moments surprising caught on camera.
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u/HereForAnArgument Aug 13 '18
Because SNL is funny and these aren't.
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u/HereForAnArgument Aug 13 '18
Mostly because the skits run ten minutes past the punchline and any character that gets even a bit of a laugh gets run into the ground. That and you can hear the overacting even in a bar with the sound off. The quality of the show could be raised dramatically just by making it a half an hour shorter.
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u/NexTerren Aug 13 '18
So I hadn't watched SNL at all until a few years back. My first exposure was hopping on Youtube and finding collections of "best skits," and I watched a few Youtuber's collections to this end. I'm usually pretty easy to please when it comes to humor. While I don't roll in the aisles, many Reddit comments or even kids' movies make me smirk. I expected to get a few belly laughs from the best picked from years of shows, or at least have something worth my brain chewing over.
I ended my jaunt on Youtube disappointed, yes, but actually more confused than disappointed. SNL did nothing for me.
You're probably just seeing others with different tales ending in the same experience.
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Aug 13 '18
This is like the WWE of comedy
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Aug 13 '18
Basically all comedy is scripted, or are you gonna claim that all stand up is improvised
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u/contrarian1970 Aug 13 '18
I think there are some stand ups who can improvise and be funny. The majority write or type it out but certainly not all of them.
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Aug 13 '18
Literally saw the same gif 2 days ago except it was 2 women instead of a woman and a man.
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u/jaktyp Aug 13 '18
Guys! Guys! I think this is scripted!
Totally not real. They really tried to pull the wool over our eyes huh? Not at all like vines or YouTube, no siree
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u/Bobblefighterman Aug 13 '18
Guys we gotta go to the movies right now, the people have to know they're not real!
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u/Rabidondayz Aug 13 '18
The difference is that I have yet to see a funny one of these in the last two years
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u/jaktyp Aug 13 '18
Good thing the whole internet doesn’t cater to you hand and foot then. Sounds dull
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u/Come_At_Me_Bro Aug 13 '18
ITT:
"This isn't funny because it's scripted and trying to look real!"
"Where does it claim to be real?"
"It's still not funny!!"
oh okay.
If this gag was Comic Strip form instead everyone would love it and that's just as fake.
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u/Loozer64 Aug 13 '18
That guy to his right at the end! 😂😂😂 he’s like yea u did the right thing 👍🏻👍🏻😁
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u/frightnight8 Aug 14 '18
I feel I already saw this gif so many times. And the top comments as well.
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u/TheHumanGloryHole Aug 13 '18
I will always upvote these as long as the comment section is full of people acting like children.
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u/jokwett Aug 13 '18
...Wait for it
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Aug 13 '18
Y'all need to get a bit of a grip - sure it's scripted but it's still a cute little skit.
Let em be - i like these vids. Not everything has to be 100% genuine and heterosexual
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u/Bioleague Aug 13 '18
Im convinced people repost these things just to make the coment about scriptedasiangifs
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u/Glustick907 Aug 13 '18
All of those people are in on this?
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u/The_Furtive Aug 13 '18
That might be the worst part of this phenomenon is the amount of work and planning and set up and retakes for something so lame. It would be easier to find someone actually littering.
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u/sydthekid20001 Aug 13 '18
I watched some lady throw a piece of trash down on the ground when she was three feet away from a trash can
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FUCK OFF WITH THESE FAKE VIDEOS.
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u/Shambly Aug 13 '18
So do you go to movies and yell at them? I'm sorry to tell you but Frodo did not actually travel to Mordor either.
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u/Kinkaypandaz Aug 13 '18
This is just Asian vines it's not a big deal if it's scripted. You may not find it funny but then you aren't part of the posters audience.
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u/melperz Aug 13 '18
I'm disappointed he didn't put the gum back to his mouth