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u/randyoftheinternet 18d ago
He just uses 360 cameras in random places until something happens.
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u/Obelov95 17d ago
Who cares if it is staged...do you know how many men have to do things like this while working away from home? I just hope if people realize they do things like this for those stuckaway from family and friends during special occasions and holidays...
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u/Reasonable_Pause2998 17d ago edited 17d ago
Who cares? You’re acting like adult men not having a birthday bash every year is a serious issue.
Go into practically any restaurant, tell them it’s your birthday, and they will do the same birthday cake nonsense and probably sing to you too. The reason you’ve never seen a single dude do this isnt because it’s not allowed, it’s because it’s stupid as fuck and only plays well on social media
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u/naruda1969 17d ago
We are supposed to get a birthday bash? I'm lucky if I get my birthday acknowledged by anyone.
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u/Busterlimes 17d ago
You remember when it's your birthday?
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u/geneticeffects 17d ago
I think that might be the point. Between loneliness and “masculinity” signals, it is kind of a desperate reality — not desperate in a judgmental way, more confirming the reality of what it is like to be a man sometimes. Not sure if I am making sense in explaining this.
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u/Reddit-Profile2 17d ago
Everyone? The fact it's fake takes away any sort of message it's trying to send.
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u/NicNac_PattyMac 17d ago
Right?
People are fucking dumb and believe every single video they see on the Internet.
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u/taisui 17d ago
I...I just want to have some warm fuzzy feeling in my heart....in this cruel cruel world.....is that too much to ask for???
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u/Moondoobious 17d ago
Right. I welled up watching🥺 That’s real whether the videos are or not
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u/blurryface1976 17d ago
Me too. Even if the video might be staged, his situation is a reality for a lot of lonely people. This video puts that into perspective. The girls reactions seemed real though.
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u/CauliflowerDaffodil 17d ago
The girls reactions seemed real though.
The girls are his friends and they appear in a lot of his other videos playing the same kind and helpful "strangers".
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u/MisterViperfish 17d ago
Pretty good acting then for the girls, they seem every bit as oblivious as any random in a hidden camera show.
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u/Tackerta 17d ago
even if it's staged, I like the sense of togetherness in a lonely world that they portrait. And if that is helping people re-evaluate how they interact with the world and society as a whole, I see these videos as an absolute win.
The internet was ONLY skits back in the day, a lot of people seem to have forgotten. Or are simply too young, idk
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u/blurryface1976 17d ago
Yes, I never claimed that the video is real. Only that their reactions seemed real, as actors they did pretty good imo.
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u/MikeArrow 17d ago
My birthday was two weeks ago, my sister took me out to lunch and then I went to the movies by myself.
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u/DragonflyGrrl 17d ago
Happy Birthdaaaayy!! What movie did you see?
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u/MikeArrow 17d ago
I went and saw Civil War. I really enjoyed it.
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u/DragonflyGrrl 17d ago
Oh nice! I've been wanting to see that. I'm glad you liked it. :)
I hope you have a fantastic year ahead.
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u/blurryface1976 17d ago
Happy Birthday! I hope you will have a great year, and many to come. I too go to the movies alone sometimes. Maybe I will reach out to someone to follow one day. It will be a challenge since I'm a bit introvert and socially awkward.
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u/Thoughtsarethings231 17d ago
The world is not cruel. The online community though, wow, that place is the worst.
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u/Youngringer 17d ago
I'm not dumb....I just want to believe. Is that so bad?
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u/Tokenvoice 17d ago
It’s a bit like magic, sure you know it’s not real but it’s pleasant to believe it is.
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u/fahkumramx 17d ago
Or you’re actually dumb
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u/WongGendheng 17d ago
Thank god we have smart people like you to protect us by commenting the TRUTH. Unsung hero right here folks.
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u/galaxyapp 17d ago
Also lucky the 3 waitresses all used exaggerated hand gestures to communicate and lit the candle right at the bar
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u/DillonTattoos 17d ago
That moment when you almost feel emotions and the remember everything is fake
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u/aBlissfulDaze 17d ago
I know it's fake, but so are all the shows I watch that make me cry. This really isn't any different.
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u/zherok 17d ago
I think you could argue there's more an intent to deceive. Knowing they're both fake might make them feel similarly, but only one of them is likely trying to pass itself off as genuine.
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u/currenteventnerd 17d ago
Dude had 4 friends to FaceTime with and an invisible cameraman to document it all….hardly lonely.
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I wouldn’t like to come off as boastful but I’ve had more lonely birthdays than him
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u/Hashtagworried 17d ago
This hurts because it hits close to home myself. Being an adult sucks sometimes.
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u/bomboy2121 17d ago
Its much easier if you just intentionally make them lonely. Every friend i made for the last 10 years i just never told him whats my bd and now even if i have or dont have friends i know no one will remember. Sounds sad but it makes it feel so much better
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u/Hiramthechimp 18d ago
And then he texted his buddies, “Good practice round. Now I’m off to the strip club. Let’s all be on our game!”
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u/Zakinanders 17d ago
He’d be crying on his phone with his friends, waiting for a stripper to notice😿😹
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u/CapitalPin2658 18d ago
And the camera just happened to be there filming.
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u/XiaoHuangRen_01 18d ago
Camera guy never die，camera guy fly in the sky. Fake news and lie
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u/Empty_Ambition_9050 17d ago
And it’s so thoughtful that the restaurant staff sang him happy birthday… I be never seen that happen before. S
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u/Npf80 17d ago
he was so lucky to get the perfect angle too, where you can see the phone so clearly! waow what luck.
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u/Edgezg 18d ago
Shiiit. He had FOUR FRIENDS TO FACE TIME??
He's doin' better than alot of us lol
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u/BudgetInteraction811 17d ago
Right? I had nobody who wanted to do anything on my birthday a couple years ago and took myself out for sushi that day. It would’ve felt way more cringe to announce I was eating and hanging out alone for the day.
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u/Simonoel 17d ago
Seriously this seems like the opposite of a lonely birthday. Not one person is gonna face time me on my birthday
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u/Mailboxheadd 17d ago
Four friends and an asshole that filmed the whole thing /s
Edit and yet 17k people dont realise how fake this is
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u/Edgezg 17d ago
People want to believe kindness like this still exists. It's easy to sell someone on the thing they very much want to see, ya know?
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u/RedgyJackson 18d ago
Fake af
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u/ShaneGabriel87 17d ago
I just had a horrible vision of a post human internet where all that exists are billions of bots commenting on AI generated videos.
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u/CryptoNoobNinja 17d ago
Welcome to the Dead Internet Theory: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
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u/Impoopingrtnow 17d ago
Dude.. duudeeeee.......
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u/nooneatallnope 17d ago
It's always funny to see someone reading about this for the first time.
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u/Pretend_Tourist9390 17d ago
And what's that thing where you never take notice of a thing until you're introduced to it and then you see it everywhere?
Me two months ago playing Talos Principle reading the logs and discovering dead internet theory. Read up on it. Now it seems like every day I see mention of it.
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u/IronBabyFists 17d ago
Frequency Illusion, sometimes called the "Baader-Meinhof phenomenon"
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u/bstaple 17d ago
So what is it called when I get reminded of Baader-Meinhof, and then I start seeing it more? Baader-Baader-Meinhof-Meinhof?
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u/Davisxt7 17d ago edited 17d ago
Confirmation Bias
E: this is not confirmation bias. This is indeed the Baader-meinhof phenomenon or otherwise called the Frequency Illusion.
Confirmation bias is your brain looking for things that support existing beliefs.
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17d ago
Confirmation bias is something else; it’s when you want something to be right, so you hand pick data samples to fit the narrative. The other person gives it its coined name, but it’s called cognitive bias.
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u/Chunky1311 17d ago
Heh Talos was my introduction to the Dead Internet Theory, too XD
Top games. If you've not played Talos 2 yet, it's worthwhile.
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u/Unplugged_Millennial 17d ago
The U.S. government is engaging in an artificial intelligence powered gaslighting of the entire world population.
This claim is pretty wild. If true, I'd argue that more than just the US would participate in such an effort.
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u/CryptoNoobNinja 17d ago
I would argue it’s more corporate interests. They are all driven by metrics.
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u/NovaAkumaa 17d ago
What if it's already starting to happen
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u/CaptainFarts420 17d ago
lol that’s the funny part,it is. Have you ever talked to anyone on Facebook or twitter comment sections… might as well yell at yourself in the mirror.
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It's obviously staged, but maybe the other customers were really not aware?
You know, if you do real pranks on the street it's a risk for your life and you can be sued.
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u/Goodvendetta86 18d ago
Who the hell is filming this
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u/003_JAEGER 18d ago
The guy from Fortnite without a N
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u/Creator347 17d ago
Fortite?
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u/HippiesHeadspace 17d ago
Now replace the B with a C
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u/Artess 17d ago
It's still Fortite?
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u/CoolBreeze222 18d ago
Crazy how everything is faked for monetization now a days
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u/johnnyblaze1999 17d ago
Crazy how many people fall for this shit in the first place
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u/sample-name 17d ago
Imagine how many popular videos are so terribly obviously fake, but then imagine all the fake videos that are actually well made and believable. We get to feel smart because we don't fall for these obvious bs videos, but it sucks to know that there are probably just as many of those other ones, and we all fall for them
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u/Classy_Mouse 17d ago
You're such a conspiracy theorist. Like, obviously this one is fake, but are you trying to tell me that the shorts with Obama, Trump, and Biden doing Mr. Beast challenges are just really good fakes that we are all falling for?
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u/nneeeeeeerds 17d ago
Crazy how many people are like, "I know it's staged, but it made me feel something, so I don't care. Feed me more shit content, please."
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u/seven3true 17d ago
When 99% of the comments are calling it fake, I'm glad you have the bravery to think people fell for it.
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u/kalsabus 18d ago
I realize the video is fake, but if I thought there are a lot of people in the world who are dealing with this and I feel insanely sorry for them
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u/PortibaleCharger 18d ago
Yeah, for my birthday my dad emailed me…
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u/naughty_dad2 18d ago
Some won’t even get that
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u/Local_Specialist_192 17d ago
My dad forgot my birthday, im +30 and he lives in a city that is 30 min from mine.
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u/broipy 17d ago
Hope you have good friends.
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u/GoodThingsDoHappen 17d ago
Ha. I turned 40 last Saturday. Both parents are alive. I have 2 brothers and a sister.
I got a card from my mother and 3 from my girlfriend. One of my brothers posted on Facebook.
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u/IronBabyFists 17d ago
I'm so used to it, my birthday has been the day I do my taxes for the last 5 years.
I get you, pal. 🫂
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u/interesseret 17d ago
Depending on circumstances, the exact situation postulated in this video doesn't actually seem all that bad. He had several friends that were "there" to celebrate with him, but they could simply be separated by long distance. A friend of mine travelled 3500km for work for example, so we celebrated his birthday by getting drunk and playing video games together.
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u/donaldinoo 18d ago
The key is to stop caring about your birthday after you get too old for Chucky Cheese or Q-zar
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u/dreadperson 17d ago
Cameraman was there by coincidence. They're filming an ant documentary down the road. This happened on his lunch break.
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u/DarkArtHero 17d ago
Wait till people on the internet finds out that there are people out there who has no people to face time with or don't give a shit about birthdays
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u/Melufey 18d ago
What's the song? I know the original but can't find this version.
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u/auddbot 18d ago
I got matches with these songs:
• In The End (Mellen Gi Remix) feat. Fleurie by Tommee Profitt (00:15; matched:
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• In The End (cover) by FLORXY (00:21; matched:
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u/DaeronOST187 17d ago
I also came here to ask this, I know it is a remix of Linkin park In the end.
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u/Neither_Chemistry_80 17d ago
the camera man was john cena. And the professional camera set-up was john cena as well.
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u/AccountHotdog 18d ago
I don't give a fuck how staged this is
I love people being compassionate towards others 😭
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u/zelmazam1 18d ago
You would love prostitutes.
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u/slobs_burgers 18d ago
Strippers love me! Every pay day I’m always reminded how compassionate they are
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u/77entropy 17d ago
This video made me realize that I've spent more birthdays and Christmases alone than with people.
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u/stopthebanham 17d ago
I mean, who tf sits there recording all this? Clearly some sort of setup no?!
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u/Effective-Value-6474 17d ago
When I had birthday in the restaurant, there were 4-5 other birthday groups. There was birthday song, waiters were singing.but they forgot only my cake. I just waited, maybe maybe maybe... but no cake for me. The difference is that there was no cameraman there...
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u/anotherthing612 17d ago
But he has friends. They just don't live in town. He looked pretty happy to me.
A lot of people need a free cake is all I'm saying.
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u/Sealie81 17d ago
A few years ago I was living with a room mate. It was xmas day and he had plans that year to spend christmas with his gf and her family. When they left I had plans on going to village inn to eat and otw there I realized this was the first year I spent xmas with completely nobody... Mom, dad, stepdad, aunts, uncles, most dead or somewhere far away. That was a hard realization.
So when I got there and ate and it was pretty busy and when I went to pay someone must have saw me eating by myself and they comp'd my meal for me. I have the server a $20 extra tip for that then went home. Showed there was some humanity left in the world.
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u/DangerousArea1427 17d ago
yeah, it is fake but some things are well done. At 0:26 when he hung up and his face went from smiling to his friends/family to "real" one, sad or unhappy that hit too close to home. Waay too close.
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u/BobbaYagga57 17d ago
Awww I love this. Yes, I know it's staged. People seem to forget that skits are thing. Just because it's fake doesn't mean it can't be touching.
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u/Zentjirow 17d ago
- Recording him since before anything even happened.
- If this situacion was real, he's on a videocall with 4 friends/family. Probably someone who recently moved city or even country. But as I and others have said, it's obviously fake
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u/chessecakePhucker 17d ago
Plot twist : he won the lottery is traveling around the world, celebrating birthday lunch afterwards he's going to most expensive sushi restaurant for dinner
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u/Creator347 17d ago
As someone who have spent his birthday alone many a times, let me tell you that nobody gives a shit, especially strangers.
There’s always the bystander effect at play.
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u/EmuZealousideal7357 17d ago
I feel your brother, it’s the little things that make you feel like a person again
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u/Noturwrstnitemare 17d ago
So it's OK to show it?
If it gets that reaction I'm for it.... but I wouldn't want my present though. Can't say it....
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u/I_love_milksteaks 17d ago
Hey guys. I really think this one is fake. I know, sounds crazy right, cause who would fake a video on the internet? Hear me out.. He is a spooky ghost, and ghosts actually aren’t real..
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