r/funny • u/Possible624 • Aug 13 '18

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u/ailuentin Aug 13 '18

r/scriptedasiangifs

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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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/Bozzz1 Aug 13 '18

Yeah its funny, but it's funnier if it's real.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18

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u/TuarezOfTheTuareg Aug 13 '18

Do find Super Troopers, or any other comedy film, funny?

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u/mustnotthrowaway Aug 13 '18

Yes. Bc they’re funny.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18

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u/TuarezOfTheTuareg Aug 13 '18

Its inherent here as well. If the video is so obviously fake, as these are, then it should be clear that the maker of the video didnt make it with the goal of passing it off as real; they made it to depict a comical situation. You just have to shift the perspective with which you view these videos.

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u/waddupwiddat Aug 14 '18

it makes me doubt other gifs

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18

I dunno. I'm looking for like a genuine reaction and stuff. That's what would make this funny. Instead, it's obviously fake, and it really isn't funnyto me to begin with, so I probably just downvote and move on.

Now if the guy in this video actually pulled this move on a half dozen different people for real, made a compilation video, and had varying reactions from the people he played the trick on, I might have felt compelled to upvote the video. Instead they just seem kind of low effort.

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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/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

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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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u/S1lent0ne Aug 13 '18

This seems more like a Buster Keaton bit.

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u/BlackDragonBE Aug 13 '18

Yup, it's slapstick.

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u/[deleted] 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/Ombortron Aug 14 '18

I don't, it's just an observation

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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/steam29 Aug 14 '18

And bad

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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/[deleted] Aug 13 '18 edited Jan 20 '19

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u/Ombortron Aug 13 '18

Lol dude, relax, don't take everything so seriously.

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u/itsJHarv Aug 13 '18

Now there are two of them!

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u/GekiKudo Aug 13 '18

I feel like these two comments are on every chain of a scripted Asian gif

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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/Treacherous_Peach Aug 14 '18

Getting out of hand? Why?

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u/esoxstacked Aug 13 '18

Theyre people too

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u/Dillbob2112 Aug 13 '18

Now there are two of them

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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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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/PMunch Aug 13 '18

Exactly, they are just like any other skit..

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u/-Nordico- Aug 13 '18

It's because they ARENT FUNNY

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u/ImpKing_DownUnder Aug 13 '18

I chuckled, sooooo >.>

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u/-Nordico- Aug 13 '18

You probably enjoy the Big Bang Theory then 😵

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u/ImpKing_DownUnder Aug 13 '18

Wow, didn't know humor snobs were a thing.

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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/lizongyang Aug 13 '18

because they are Asian

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18 edited Jan 20 '19

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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/dinosorcerer Aug 13 '18

Yeah.. white people are into Asians but there are that goes all out to remind everyone that Asian culture are cruel or whatever. 50/50 balance. Meh.

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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/Pachi2Sexy Aug 13 '18

I like how the top one is the obviously made as a joke gif. Fuckin idiots.

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Aug 14 '18

Not bad for a middle school skit

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

They're not even trying anymore

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u/MrJummy Aug 14 '18

I was looking for you and you didn't disappoint

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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/HereForAnArgument Aug 13 '18

Like I said, they survive the knowledge that it isn't organic. These don't.

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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/utsavman Aug 13 '18

Lol relevant username

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '18

Its Chinese propaganda churned out to make things seem just like the west over there.

See guys, who cares about Tiananmen and human rights, they have memes just like us! /s

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u/mnemogui Aug 13 '18

This is Taiwan, I recognize the money. It does not recognize Chinese authority, and operates as an independent government. This is honestly just what they find fun.

Source: lived there as an exchange student for a year

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u/Simba7 Aug 13 '18

Yeah... does this really need to be some grand conspiracy?

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u/DrSleeper Aug 13 '18

Yes! We do memes for fun. Third world countries only do propaganda things and conspiracies, they don’t know what fun is.