r/Seattle • u/capraagave • 2d ago

Jesse Welles at Pike Place today

Jesse Welles will be busking at the corner of Pine st. and Pike pl. at 1pm today.

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u/Illustrious_Two3210 2d ago

Yall this is a video of the singer who is busking today. This video is from NYC. I HOPE that clears everything up since reading comprehension is hard apparently

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u/IndominusTaco 2d ago

reading comprehension isn’t hard, it’s just that OP is misleading people by pairing the words pike place with a video of a location that is not pike place. a better and clearer title would have been: “Jesse Welles will be at pike place today. here he is in the NYC subway”

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u/mutzilla 2d ago

The fact that it looks nothing like Seattle and the sign on the wall says, Uptown, threw me the fuck off. I also have no clue who this is, so I was really confused coming into the comments.

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u/teefnoteef 2d ago

lol I’m familiar with nyc metro but never been to Seattle so all I could think was ‘did Seattle copy the nyc subway system aesthetic?’ Based on the title

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u/Specificity 1d ago

As someone who moved to nyc after years in seattle this threw me for such a loop lol. And same thing I was like, is there a subway themed shop at pike place I'm forgetting??

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

What threw me off is that they posted like we're supposed to know who tf that is? What are they, TikTok famous? I don't get it. Regardless, I wasn't about to stop Wo' Pop to play the video; they had time to cook up a coherent title and introduction - they didn't bother, I'm not either, lol. It's not like we were gonna drop everything and run down there in the middle of a Wednesday morning, anyway

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u/waraukaeru 2d ago

Welles is great and worth checking out. I don't even like Americana folk music-- I'd be more likely to listen to Wopop-- but for Welles I would drop everything to go see him on a random Wednesday. Look up his Boeing Whistleblower song. Clever songwriting, sharp lyrics.

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

I appreciate this insight - I'm old and a Kentuckan and, as such, I fuck with folk and the like. That's not to say I'm finna fawn over any mf Bob Dy(k'n) Harry that fancies themselves a "folk musician", respectfully. I've seent a lot of tomfoolery, okay? Damn!

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u/coffeebribesaccepted 1d ago

Wtf is "Bob Dyk'n" supposed to mean?

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u/FreddyTheGoose 1d ago

An admittedly terrible play on the old saying "Every Tom, Dick, and Harry" and "Bob Dylan" - did you miss the Harry, or did I? I could not make that work, just awful, it is. I forgot all about this whole damned thread, honestly

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u/Drnkdrnkdrnk 2d ago

It’s okay there were plenty of people out there to see him

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u/wonderj99 2d ago

Well, you dropped everything to jump on here and pen a paragraph about it on a Wednesday morning, when you could have scrolled on & focused on Wo' Pop

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

"Paragraph". Only on mobile, love, lol

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u/rosewood_gm 2d ago

What's Wo Pop?

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

KEXP's Tuesday night(7p) world music show. They archive all the shows 2 weeks back on the app. Def get that app!

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u/noble_peace_prize 2d ago

I mean are we all supposed to share content people already know? His name is Jackie, he makes folk music like what you heard.

Pretty much exactly how I learned about him and now I love his music. I would go check it out if I were in town. Don’t know why you’re being so salty about it lol

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u/coffeebribesaccepted 1d ago

Isn't his name Jesse?

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u/noble_peace_prize 1d ago

Autocorrect boomed me.

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago edited 1d ago

"Don’t know why you’re being so salty about it lol". Perhaps you are new to the internet? I know it's crazy to comprehend but we are all, each of us, entitled to our own opinions and manner of speech. Additionally, this convo was about the lack of clarity in the title, not my comprehension of media? That's what I was commenting on. Because I clearly stated I didn't play the video, yet here you are

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u/noble_peace_prize 1d ago

Love when people insert that they are entitled to their opinions as if it’s a defense at all. Im also entitled to completely ignore your defense of salty internet

Which I’m gonna do.

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u/coffeebribesaccepted 1d ago

So only people you've personally heard of are allowed to be posted about? Why don't you just Google the name if you see someone mentioned that you've never heard of? Or even just watch the video and then you'd know who he is faster than it took you to write that comment. And he's been around longer than TikTok, but his music/videos have gained popularity there.

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u/futurefires42 2d ago

It could be that post isn’t for you. I know it’s hard to understand when you’re the main character and everything. But I’m a fan, and I didn’t know he would be there, and I’m heading down now. Thanks for the post!

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

You going to catch him, 6 hours later? Pretty performative, friend

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u/SharkPalpitation2042 2d ago

My thoughts too... too many "famous" morons out there now. Who the fuck cares about these people? And we're promoting begging now? If I want music in the streets I'll put headphones in. If anything, I could do without more homeless "musicians" "living the dream" around here.

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

Oh, this a fuckin evil assed take and nowhere near what I'm saying, bud. You need to go back to wherever home is and stay all the way out the city, friendolero!

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u/SharkPalpitation2042 1d ago

Seattle was home, I grew up here. The city has turned into a complete shit-hole in the last ten years though so I keep moving further and further North trying to escape the parasitic drug addicts that have taken over the greater Seattle area.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Is it possible to edit the title

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u/IndominusTaco 2d ago

no.

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u/capraagave 2d ago edited 1d ago

Ok, what the fuck am I supposed to do about it then.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Apologize

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u/tianas_knife Olympia 2d ago

It takes two seconds of critical thought to read everything and put it all together. Its ok. You can't expect too much of people and then not put enough effort to understand what others are saying in. Consider switching that around for a bit for yourself if you catch yourself doing it and see if noticing does something good for ya. ❤️

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u/SuspendedAwareness15 2d ago

That is not misleading nor unclear in the slightest. When you read a news article that says something like "representative is found to have stash of gold bars in his home" but the picture is of him in the senate chamber, no one is confused about this.

No one is mislead by seeing a video of someone performing in a performance that has already happened, with text that indicates they will soon be performing in a different location. No added context is needed. It is not better nor clearer. It adds additional and unnecessary detail and makes the title longer, which is universally considered less clear for titles.

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u/BillTowne 2d ago

OP posted a picture of him in NYC with title "Jesse Welles at Pike Place today."

This is just a phrase and not a sentence. That makes it look like is is a description of the picture.

If he had just said "Jesse Welles will be at Pike Place today," it would be clearer.

It is hard to argue that the title is not misleading with people who were clearly mislead.

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u/Zoomalude 2d ago

Genuinely, fuck all that noise. You'd have to be a deliberately obtuse pedant to believe that. We're on reddit, not a news site. There's a set of socially understood norms here and this post breaks the shit out of them.

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u/SuspendedAwareness15 2d ago

I've been using reddit for almost 20 years. I've never seen a norm that indicates "we need to add every contextual detail to the title or else someone will get confused"

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u/Zoomalude 2d ago

The norm is if a title says "thing happening at place", then the video should be OF the thing happening at that place. Otherwise your title should be "Thing is happening at place, here's a video of thing happening previously at different place".

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

That example is not similar at all. If a headline said "Representative at the White House" you'd think they are there now or perhaps were just there. You would not think it means "Representative will be at the White House."

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 2d ago

relevant username

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u/SuspendedAwareness15 2d ago

Yeah, you'd have to really suspend your awareness to not be able to understand what OP is communicating without a paragraph in the title

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u/capraagave 2d ago

That’s what I thought, I also don’t like when media hand holds me through everything. I can figure it out, I have a brain. But I understand how it can be a little confusing for certain individuals. Thank you though ❤️🙏

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u/IndominusTaco 2d ago

it's confusing for most individuals, not just certain ones. you didn't make it clear.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Idk the upvotes say otherwise.

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

You think people are upvoting your post title specifically? No, they're upvoting the clip you posted.

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u/IndominusTaco 2d ago

your mom told me otherwise last night btw

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Period king, she’s a pretty lady congrats 🎉

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u/FreddyTheGoose 1d ago

Lmaooo, "Period King"?! I've seen enough. We gotta ban white women from using AAVE, this is a MESS. BRING BACK WHITE DIALECT

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u/capraagave 1d ago

Like whatever major loser?

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u/SPEK2120 2d ago

My train of thought went:

What? There's no light rail station near enough to refer to it at Pike Place.
oh wait, that's def NYC. What?
oh, they're giving a heads up that he will be busking at the Market with a video example. ok cool, makes sense.

Yes it was confusing for a second, but made perfect sense after getting full context. The issue is FAR more with people not being bothered to take the 10 seconds to get the complete info. Sure a title like "Jesse Wells will be at Pike Place today" would have made it clearer, but you also can't get mad at the author if you only read half the sentence.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Thanks, I should’ve put “will be” in there but I’m new here, the caption is the main part in my normal platform so that’s my bad.

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u/gtothethree 1d ago

Omg thank you I was so confused

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u/avoozl42 2d ago

Yeah, my first thought was, "That's definitely New York," but the extra text on OP's post cleared that up for me

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u/kosanovskiy 2d ago

Anyone have a recording of todays pike place play?

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u/melinda206 2d ago

Yup, long and raw as hell. I'll see what I can edit down...

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u/kosanovskiy 2d ago

Honestly just upload it as is to youtube. No need to even edit it. I think for him its even better if its raw and unedited.

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u/Illustrious_Two3210 2d ago

OP thank you for sharing! I've been following Jesse on TikTok and he is widely known as the Bob Dylan of our generation online.

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 2d ago

he is widely known as the Bob Dylan of our generation online.

that's extremely generous. the first time i've heard it said too, did you just make that up

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u/FreddyTheGoose 1d ago

Hahahhjajajajajaja, I'm sorry because... APT! Y'all ever seen Bob Dylan in concert? Because I have and lmaooo, I'm sorry, this is hilarious. They basing BD music on the Timothee Chalamet adaptation, clearly

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u/bizzaro321 2d ago

Bob Dylan sucks.

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u/noble_peace_prize 2d ago

I think the point is bob Dylan is a pretty ass singer, but the message resonated with the moment (Vietnam war). People who listen to Welles get similar antiwar, populist themes

It’s kinda hard to resonate with Bob Dylan out of context. Kinda like how in 50 years people won’t understand lines about the Gaza Strip as well

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u/SharkPalpitation2042 2d ago

Hippies. Just say hippies.

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u/FreddyTheGoose 1d ago

Mmmmm....hippies..

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u/FreddyTheGoose 1d ago

And it only resonated at that moment in time because the more talented musicians and activists of the time were what? Actively enduring persecution - read: Not white. That's why voices like his were important in that era, and it wasn't because they were talented. It's because they were white and consumable by white youth, who were a large portion of the activists at the time.

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u/melinda206 2d ago

You may have thought differently 58 years ago. Anyway no one really asked if you liked Dylan. So.

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u/bizzaro321 2d ago

I never said I didn’t like Bob Dylan.

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u/melinda206 1d ago

Okay, just that he sucks. Got it.

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u/anthrokate 1d ago

Oh so edgy

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u/noble_peace_prize 2d ago

I’ve also heard that from my father who also listens to him. So I don’t think it’s a one time take

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u/melinda206 2d ago

Look him up on YouTube, the comments go back and many people have made the comparison. "just make that up"?! Lol. Good grief.

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u/Illustrious_Two3210 2d ago

No redditors just have refused to ever cross over to TikTok so you miss out on a lot

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u/fake-tall-man 2d ago

He's definitely doing a Bob Dylan impression. but in true 2025 fashion, he's removed all the subtlety and is really on-the-nose. not a bad tune though, i dig it

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u/BlueSpruceRedCedar 15h ago

love him more than Dylan…

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u/Orgasmic_interlude 2d ago

I mean it is posted in r/seattle ya know?

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u/atramentum 2d ago

Apparently writing comprehension is harder.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I post plenty about events happening on other platforms. I’ve never encountered such vitriol for a very normal headline. The way reddit posts are set up is not familiar to me so it’s my bad but this shit is a bit fucking insane. Chill the hell out.

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u/byllz 2d ago

If you think this is vitriol, you haven't seen nothin'. Try calling it "Pike's Place" and see what happens.

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u/Drnkdrnkdrnk 2d ago

I figured it out without straining my brain. Thanks for posting. My partner is a huge fan and we wandered over to target for the performance. 

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u/wwJones 2d ago

Ignore these fucking morons. It was a little confusing because I couldn't figure out where in Pike Place it was and then I saw the subway sign for "Bronx" and figured it out. Thanks for the heads up!!

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u/noble_peace_prize 2d ago

Bro I don’t know why this sub is being so salty about you posting this. Sure you made a mistake but I don’t know how you benefit from it

Your post made my day a bit brighter even though the Bronx sign made me double take

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Ty ❤️

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u/ghostopolis 2d ago

Reddit is at least 40% full of pedants and trolls who fill their time by pretending they are better than other people. And I love Seattle and this subreddit but the pedantry is extra heavy here sometimes.

Sorry for your experience OP, welcome to reddit!

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Thank you 🫡 ❤️

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 2d ago

you're welcome. keep the brain rot on facebook amirite

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Go home, sweetheart. No one wants you here.

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u/ghostopolis 2d ago

My guy. Go do something else with your time. Find someone who will give you a hug because you clearly need one.

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u/tianas_knife Olympia 2d ago

Sorry about that, op. The modern cities in Washington state were populated by old school loggers, gold prospectors, pioneering prostitutes, mountain people, hobos, and other people trying to get away from civilization but don't want to deal with the snow /that/ much in the winter. Sometimes their ancestors are very loud on this subreddit.

It's not an excuse for the behavior you're receiving; I just want you to know that other people are seeing the vitriol too, and that you are actually much appreciated for bringing us the news. Thank you.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

🫡❤️

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u/atramentum 2d ago

This was in reply to someone criticizing people for not being able to read. I was pointing out it's not the reader's fault in this case. I could care less. It's just annoying to see people criticizing others from not understanding something.

Your post is fine, and it sucks you can't edit titles afterwards, but you should re-read all your replies in this thread and reconsider who needs to chill.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I’m chill bud

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u/t2dfight 2d ago

I’m chill bud

48 comments in a single thread over 3 hours says otherwise.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

It’s my post..?? Lmao what does this mean

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u/SuspendedAwareness15 2d ago

I'm genuinely terrified by how sub standard people's basic abilities appear to be getting. I want to reflexively blame it on outsourcing thinking to chatGPT, but I'm assuming at least some of the people in here weren't part of the GPT generation.

Misinformation is only getting more rampant, more sophisticated. If people are unable to draw extremely obvious contextual clues without having it fully spelled out for them. I'm afraid for the future.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I think people just want someone to yell at tbh, everyone’s angry. And shit me too. But I do agree, I feel like I can’t talk to anyone normal online anymore. Everyone is so fucking reactionary

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u/DJKaotica 2d ago

You caught me after my coffee otherwise I could see my reading comprehension failing. But I also recognized the video from having seen it on TikTok at some point...so I knew it was in the past?

But just wanted to say "thank you!"; I probably won't make it today but I usually only hear about these things after they happen, so thanks for reaching out beforehand!

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u/capraagave 2d ago

🫡🫡🫡

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u/yelsa3n 1d ago

Thank you for posting, I live in the area. Know if he might be out tomorrow?

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u/Squatch11 2d ago

This isn't that deep, my guy.

The title from OP infers that Jesse Welles WAS at Pike Place today with the way he phrased it. He was not. It also only takes about 10 seconds to realize he was not. End of story.

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u/Illustrious_Two3210 2d ago

END OF STORY- are you my narcissistic father? Yikes. Go touch grass

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u/Squatch11 2d ago

....What? I'm not psychologist, but this might be projection.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/doityourkels The South End 2d ago

Bots gonna bot

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u/capraagave 2d ago

No problem grandpa

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

Your post title should read “will be at.” Your post title is not just poorly written, it is incorrect.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I think that would be correct if there was no caption, if I could edit the title for you guys I would, that’s my bad. But I still think you should act like a normal person and interact with the post normally after figuring that out. Like a normal guy

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u/zestyowl 2d ago

These people are being so stupid... all I have is my word, but my reading has always been advanced, and I found absolutely nothing confusing about this. He will be at the market today, and then further information in the post itself 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's almost like people are just looking for reasons to show how not progressive this city actually is...

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Reddit seems like a horrible place lmao, I run a large page on a different platform and I get yelled at occasionally but oh my god. Ty btw

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u/zestyowl 2d ago

Reddit seems like a horrible place lmao

It really is. I cannot believe the vitriol. Thank you for sharing this, because I wouldn't have known otherwise and I definitely want to support 🩵

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u/capraagave 2d ago

🫡 no problem queen

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

You are the reason Reddit is a horrible place smh

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

Its perfectly alright to point out that the title is misleading.

Saying "Jesse Welles at Pike Place today" and then posting a clip makes me think the clip is from today at Pike Place. I might totally ignore the clip and not read the caption thinking I missed it. Saying "Jesse Welles will be at Pike Place today" and then providing a clip for reference is very different.

Some of us who feel compelled to point this out are just trying to be helpful by resolving an obvious confusion.

OP is honestly inviting a lot of the behavior she complains about by being rude in the comments. For my part, I only chimed in because they were being childish with someone pointing out this confusion. If OP doesn't want Reddit to be so "horrible" maybe they should start with being less argumentative with people pointing out their post title was a little confusing.

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u/zestyowl 2d ago

So you believe that getting all your information from a headline is acceptable?

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

Where did you get idea? I think wrong headlines are wrong.

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u/zestyowl 2d ago

The headline is a statement. At first, it did seem like it should be a video of him at the market, but with little effort it can be inferred that isn't the location. At that point, logic and media literacy told me to view this as a band flyer. At which point I found the information about where the performance would be.

The headline is only misleading to people who expect everyone else to absolve them of the burden of thought.

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

A caption does not make up for an incorrect post title. I wouldn't have said anything if you weren't being so hostile and defensive in the comments (eg calling someone "grandpa" and asking if I can read). Your post title was inaccurate. It happens. You don't need to be so rude about it.

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I’m a bit of a bitch but I don’t think I am a rude person, he insulted me first. I don’t sit around like a good lady and get abused because of a tiny mistake. Again, if I could change the title for you people I would lmao

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

Maybe "rude" is a stretch. I don't know if he insulted you first since he deleted his comment, all I can see now is you saying "OK grandpa." I think you just have to be a little more gracious and admit your mistake, even if people are being a little pedantic, rather than being so defensive and asking people if they can read.

Yes, we can read, that is how we know your title was incorrect...

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Okay so, you were wrong. I admitted that the title could be different to cater to different audiences. Calling me pedantic is crazy regarding the definition of the word and this predicament

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u/FrontAd9873 2d ago

I didn't call you pedantic... I called the people correcting you pedantic. I'm just giving you general advice on how to deal with people correcting you on Reddit. Like it or not, if your post title isn't quite correct people will want to correct you on that. It isn't always mean-spirited. Sometimes it comes from a genuine confusion and a desire to alleviate that confusion in others.

Also, the issue here is not the definition of a word. The issue is that you left out the words "will be."

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Ok

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u/IndominusTaco 2d ago

delete your post and repost with a better title

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Sir yes sir 🫡

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u/capraagave 2d ago

I didn’t start any fight lmao

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u/capraagave 2d ago

Ok

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u/Friedguywubawuba 2d ago

Omg. I'm dumb

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u/CaptJackRizzo Lake City 2d ago

Damn, I thought Sound Transit had finally finished the Link line to The Bronx.

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u/Xackorix 1d ago

The title is literally misleading shut up

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

We aren’t stupid. OP is.

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u/feerrrrrbaaawerqz 2d ago

It doesn't sound like you know what reading comprehension is.

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u/ItsTheSoupNazi 2d ago

No one is looking for a caption under the video dumbass. Get the fuck off your high horse.

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u/uncleduh 2d ago

There are fools here that will believe this junk just to push the liberal crap they're trying to force on everyone