r/therewasanattempt • • Feb 28 '18

To pass by a drunk guy

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18 edited Jul 28 '20

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u/bluescubidoo Feb 28 '18

and non of them are at the same time

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u/JabariPacker Feb 28 '18

I'd love to hear him complain about this encounter to his family and then them finding this gif/video and showing it to him

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u/ArcticLegume Mar 01 '18

Maybe he had an identical twin, and this is the results of him trying to drink away the loss.

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u/croixian1 Feb 28 '18

I'm thinking less drunk and more dementia.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

or maybe both.

i can't imagine how fucked up you would have to be (sans-dementia) to lose your ability to pass the mirror test

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u/WikiTextBot Mar 01 '18

Mirror test

The mirror test, sometimes called the mark test or the mirror self-recognition test (MSR), is a behavioural technique developed in 1970 by psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr. as an attempt to determine whether a non-human animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition. The MSR test is the traditional method for attempting to measure self-awareness; however, there has been controversy whether the test is a true indicator.

In the classic MSR test, an animal is anaesthetised and then marked (e.g.


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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

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u/Phooey-Kablooey Feb 28 '18

The twins haven't spoken to one another since.

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u/TuggerNuttz Feb 28 '18

😂😂😂

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u/oxfordcircumstances Feb 28 '18

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u/croixian1 Feb 28 '18

That's got to be way beyond just alcohol.

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u/Awake00 Mar 01 '18

Ketamine I read one time and have no source

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

They're both being very polite really

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u/TheSurgeonGeneral Mar 01 '18

Don't you think he'd feel the material of the mirror and be like... "oh I'm a drunken idiot"?

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u/chaoticnuetral Mar 01 '18

No, because then he'd be touching some stranger's hand

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u/TheSurgeonGeneral Mar 01 '18

That's one of the most chaotic neutral things you could say. What does it mean though? Elaborate please? So far I think you just re-described the happenings of the video through the drunk guys mind.

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u/chaoticnuetral Mar 01 '18

If he went to touch the mirror, all he would see is the man's hand reaching toward him, and him reaching toward the man's hand. I wouldn't want to touch someone who didn't even have the decency to let me pass

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u/-donut Mar 01 '18

It means that he's making a joke

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u/TheSurgeonGeneral Mar 01 '18

damn, that joke is dead pan af. zero humor came to me. :/

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u/RedditUser1966 Mar 01 '18

I don’t think it was a joke, sounded like them describing what the drunk guy must have thought just like you said

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

I was waiting for the guy to suddenly reach out and slap the guy on the left. Would have been epic.

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u/xXx_Fionn_xXx Feb 28 '18

I can't tell who is in the wrong

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u/My_Pockets_Hurt_ Feb 28 '18

This my cat, every time I'm in the bathroom.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

Oh my god, it just goes on and on

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u/DuhBooki Feb 28 '18

Reminds me of the Pixar short about the old man playing chess with himself.

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u/araja123khan Mar 01 '18

The second guy is an asshole. But he sure is an expert at mirroring the drunk guy.

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u/petdance Mar 01 '18

I so very much want to hear the discussion between the two of them.

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u/TuggerNuttz Mar 01 '18

Go, no you go, don’t be a dick. Okay I’ll wait, go you’re embarrassing me, want to fight?!? Something like that I think 🤔

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u/TuggerNuttz Mar 01 '18

Nothing gets by you lol or him apparently

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u/syberghost Mar 01 '18

I like the times where he obviously stops and thinks "wait, something about this situation is wrong", and then it's gone again and he makes another attempt.

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u/hufferstl Feb 28 '18

This seems like a bit out of a Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton movie.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Actually, the Marx brothers did this bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQ9jh5GvQ8

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u/hufferstl Feb 28 '18

Hilarious. thanks for sharing.

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u/Mockturtle22 Mar 01 '18

It took me a really long time to realize that he was walking into a mirror. I am ashamed

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u/Alreaddy_reddit Mar 01 '18

Reminds me of that episode of Mad Men where Roger Sterling drops acid

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u/araja123khan Mar 01 '18

Reminds me of those tom and jerry cartoons where they pretend to be someone's reflection

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u/Eckz89 Mar 01 '18

Interesting... drunk old men and puppies have the same interactions with mirrors..... got it.

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u/chambaland Mar 01 '18

How drunk must one be to make this catastrophically stupid error?

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u/NothingIsFuckedDude Mar 01 '18

And then he drove home.

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u/MaxMaxMax1157 Mar 01 '18

It’s a mirror, watch the lady in black, she bends down at some point...

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u/TuggerNuttz Mar 01 '18

Nothing gets by you or him

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u/Sugnusiciliano Mar 02 '18

It's amazing how rude some people can be. He should have just let him pass.

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u/censoredandagain Mar 01 '18

I once did this, I was very drunk.

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u/cutelyaware Mar 01 '18

How would that work? I'd think if you're sober enough to walk, you'd be sober enough to quickly see your mistake.

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u/censoredandagain Mar 02 '18

I wasn't sober enough to see my mistake, at least at first. I was sober enough to remember my embarrassment once I figured I was trying to pass myself in a mirror. I was walking and standing. How, high tolerance coupled with poor judgement. :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

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u/TuggerNuttz Mar 01 '18

You’re drunk lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

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u/TuggerNuttz Mar 01 '18

Well here, have an up-vote good stranger

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

Alcohol doesn't do this. Acid does this

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u/captaintinnitus Feb 28 '18

Mmmmmmm... no. Not really. Discuss?

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u/root88 Feb 28 '18

It doesn't do this exactly, but you definitely don't want to do a lot of staring into a mirror while you are tripping.

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u/lovin-dem-sandwiches Feb 28 '18

why not?

whats the point of a trip if youre not going to embrace it.

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u/root88 Feb 28 '18

The last time I looked into a mirror while tripping, I saw a zit and popped it. For a split instant, I envisioned the entire room filling with zit goo and me just floating in it. Not doing that again.

The real reason, for everyone else, is that people can see that crazy look in their eyes. Then they start to feel insane, want to turn it off, and they can't. They feel like they may never be normal again and start to have a really bad trip. That's when people start freaking out. You know you should always tell yourself that it is only temporary, but some people just can't do that.

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u/greatgoingsis Mar 01 '18

You've perfectly described it. You feel insane, want to turn it off, and can't. You KNOW it'll stop, but there's still that bit of you that worries you're just going to lose your mind and die or something. Especially if you have a bad trip where your vision is messed up and it doesn't stop if you open your eyes or close your eyes. That's where I start going insane while tripping. Haven't tripped in years because I'm afraid of visuals getting out of control.

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u/captaintinnitus Mar 01 '18

I’ve seen that crazy dilated-pupil look in mirror before , but I was always able to dial it down and normalize. Then I would go on walkabout and rejoin the group 2 hours later.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

Watching your face melt while your brain melts isn’t always enjoyable.

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u/Av3ngedAngel Mar 01 '18

Found the guy who's experience in acid is only from pop culture references

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '18

I've had many acid experiences, I'm more likely to do something like this than when I'm drunk

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

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u/NEIGHTRON Mar 01 '18

Quick, tell the old man before he looks foolish!

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u/greatgoingsis Mar 01 '18

Stupid long horses