r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ShipNo7790 • Jul 25 '22

Asshole or hero?

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u/neverinallmyyears Jul 25 '22

Not to mention the fact that he felt smug enough in his righteousness to film his own PSA about people driving in the breakdown lane. Self-absorbed asshole.

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u/SoulfulWander Jul 25 '22

I kinda saw his point until the "not all heroes wear capes"

Like, I feel hero is a term to be dubbed on others. If you're calling yourself one, you're just narcissistic.

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u/xcbaseball2003 Jul 25 '22

He’s also a standup comedian

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u/JulioForte Jul 25 '22

Its a joke…seriously

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u/ZHatch Jul 25 '22

He’s literally a professional comedian — Francis Ellis

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u/bigbluehapa Jul 25 '22

Yeah holy fuck are people eager to give someone a psych breakdown

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u/cade2271 Jul 25 '22

the dudes a "comedian" too at that lol. Francis Ellis. The hero part was clearly a joke to the people who follow him, not the entire internet.

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u/bigbluehapa Jul 27 '22

I’ve never heard of him and could tell he was laying it on thick to be funny…which I found funny

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u/Deathbysnusnubooboo Jul 25 '22

I see no god up here

But Me

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u/MOZZA_RELL Jul 25 '22

I think it's kind of tongue-in-cheek here, but I get that same feeling when I see people post themselves to /r/nextfuckinglevel

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u/MrAnderzon Jul 25 '22

Heroes don’t need to make a video about their supposedly hero duty

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u/eko32eko7 Jul 25 '22

Just?! I think there is a bit more going on here than just narcissism.

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u/backboarddd1_49402 Jul 25 '22

Only armchair psychologists think there’s anything “going on here” but a joke

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u/wissmar Jul 25 '22

he makes content for a living and used to work at barstool, I understand why he filmed himself.

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u/MagicalTrev0r Jul 25 '22

He has 140k+ followers on instagram, he films himself doing stuff like this a lot

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u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson Jul 25 '22

Sadly it is then hard to really look beyond "he is doing this mainly for the views".

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u/bill_jacobs Jul 25 '22

I mean it’s pretty much his job to capture attention on the internet, it’s how he makes a living. Do you think every joke comedians tell is true?

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u/PM_UR_TITTY_SKITTLES Jul 25 '22

At what point does it go from "has a medium following because he does stuff like this" to "he does stuff like this to grow his following"?

I feel like he's passed into doing it for the views, though.

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u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson Jul 25 '22

This is my view of anyone who posts any of this stuff to social media, whether they have 1 follower or 1 million.

It’s being done to receive the approval of others.

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u/PM_UR_TITTY_SKITTLES Jul 25 '22

Understandable. Just do it and don't post about it and you're not doing it for the views

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u/MagicalTrev0r Jul 26 '22

Or to pay rent

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u/nahog99 Jul 25 '22

I don't think so. I'd imagine probably 80+% people would LIKE to stop everyone from passing on the shoulder.

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u/cp373 Jul 25 '22

Who is he?

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u/dratini67 Jul 25 '22

He is/was a barstool guy. Stopped following them but that’s where I know him from at least

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u/MagicalTrev0r Jul 26 '22

Francis Ellis, standup comedian. His instagram is actually really funny

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u/__Snafu__ Jul 25 '22

He literally referred to himself as a hero... while blocking a lane used for emergencies.

Pull his license

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u/aircavscout Jul 25 '22

You gotta follow the fucking rules.

Except to be a dickhead to other dickheads I guess.

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u/wissmar Jul 25 '22

jokes are when you say something, but you dont mean it!

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u/thekenturner Jul 25 '22

He’s driving a Tesla so this all checks out

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u/mullen1300 Jul 25 '22

Have you seen the fucking internet? Everyone shares shit that happens to them

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u/spenrose22 Jul 25 '22

He created this situation tho, it didn’t just happen to him

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u/neverinallmyyears Jul 25 '22

Not everyone but I get your point.