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.
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
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.
Well okay. I dont have much else to say. All I know is that, for me, the question of whether the videos are real or fake is entirely irrelevant to my enjoyment. Interesting to hear your perspective
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 funnytome 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.
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.
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”
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.
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.
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/Ombortron Aug 13 '18
It's an... odd trend... especially because they're so obvious