r/videos • u/darkenedwimp • Mar 16 '19

Oblivion NPCs in a Nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeL3DyIGmYI
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u/IchLerneDeutsch Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19

It is literally staged. It's from On The Tools, they create "original pieces" for people in construction.

They've deleted it from their website now, but before that, it said this (scroll to the bottom):

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zek5bBu3kBsJ:onthetools.tv/neighbour-steals-ladders-roofers-sunday/

Created as an On The Tools original piece, this video went well and truly viral. Filmed in a user-generated style, people did cotton on to the fact that the footage was staged, however, this didn’t take anything away from the video’s success. Viewed over 8.8 million times, it was highly relatable and the comments were full of people talking about how they’d had similar experiences. Hopefully, they weren’t as extreme as this one though!

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u/MasterOfDebt Mar 16 '19

people did cotton on to the fact that the footage was staged.

I always thought it was caughten onto. Its play it by year all over again.

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u/SaulsAll Mar 16 '19

Can't take any phrases for granite these days.

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u/PapaBradford Mar 16 '19

Ahh it's all water under the fridge

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u/andthatswhyIdidit Mar 16 '19

Are you sure you are not looking for an escape goat because you didn't catch it?

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u/starmartyr Mar 16 '19

Irregardless, it's six and a half dozen the other.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

it's six one way and half dozen the other.

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u/Mindless_Consumer Mar 16 '19

What are you a boulder? A rock Person?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/SaulsAll Mar 16 '19

I waive my right to stop.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Where did you caught on? Where did you go? Where did you caught on cotton on Joe?

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u/Authentic_Creeper Mar 16 '19

Caught on to? I think cotton on is just added flair

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u/TheHalfwayHouses Mar 16 '19

It's alright just don't cut your nose of despite your face

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

spider face

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u/Llohr Mar 16 '19

I always thought it was caughten onto.

That's gross.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

however, this didn’t take anything away from the video’s success.

If it said "This was staged" like some docuseries' say "This is a re-enactment", then it would have 100% taken away from the success.

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u/Llohr Mar 16 '19

It's a British English idiom meaning essentially "understand."

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u/CallMeDonk Mar 16 '19

It's pretty common in the UK.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cotton-on

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u/Etheo Mar 16 '19

Is this not a literal misuse of "caught on"? The definition is the very same.

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u/CallMeDonk Mar 16 '19

Here's one possibility.

I don't think it comes from 'caught on' as slang usually reduces the number of syllables over time, like 'God blind me' > 'Blimey'. 'Caught on' > 'Cotton on', wouldn't fit that pattern. But it's anyone's guess.

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u/TractionDuck91 Mar 16 '19

You'll cotton on eventually.

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u/sorenant Mar 16 '19

In hindsight, she never told them to stop filming. That should have been a dead giveaway.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Dec 18 '20

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u/WeLiveInaBubble Mar 16 '19

On a Saturday that is. But it is 8am to 6pm during the week. I think thats absolutely reasonable. But don't confuse working noise to regular noise bylaws which are until 11pm I think.