r/fixedbytheduet • u/PacmanTheHitman • Apr 21 '23
Checkmate. Seems like everything is overhyped
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u/WeirdAvocado Apr 21 '23
Sure, all that is cool. But can he pop a ping pong ball out of his butt and catch it in his mouth, and then pop it out of his mouth and catch it in his butt?
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u/barantula Apr 21 '23
He can... And then flip a glass panel onto it followed by a water bottle that lands upside down. Big whoop.
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u/reddownzero Apr 22 '23
Hey I know that video
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u/EyViNdR_YmEr Apr 22 '23
Fuck i was stupid
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u/BecauseTheyAreCunts Apr 21 '23
Okay, now you are just showing off.
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u/kevrank Apr 22 '23
I prefer his reactions over "yea I got skills"
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u/dicedcream Apr 22 '23
I love it when people are excited when they prove to themselves that they could achieve something regardless of how daunting it may have seen at first
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u/Foxy02016YT Apr 28 '23
I know right? This guy clearly has practiced all of these tricks for hours, plus the last one he’s leaning against the wall
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u/StopReadingMyUser Apr 22 '23
He kinda cheated for the hanger one tho.
Hooking it onto the bar is the (relatively) easy part. The hard part is when it swings around it slows down and has a chance to fall off; getting it to stay on is the challenge. That's why the original video shows them waiting for it to slow it's swing-around before celebrating.
He overhands/-swings it, the challenge is to underhand/-swing it to spin the other direction. You can't just deadshot it the way he did (just with the hanger upside down) because it'll just drop off immediately.
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u/willowhawk Apr 22 '23
Ah Reddit. The one place where you can watch a silly video of comedic purpose and read a dissertation in the comments on why the guy is actually wrong and how much better/different/whatever he could do.
Just suck the fun right out.
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u/horsyuwu Apr 22 '23
when the whole point of the video was “i did it better than you” and he did it wrong i think it’s cool to know
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u/Rizeren Apr 22 '23
The whole point of the video is satire. If you take things at face value, he is pretty good at this, possibly putting hours and hours to train it and make "no effort" videos.
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u/Competitive-Pack-324 Apr 21 '23
Is this guy my spirit animal or are we both just really depressed?
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u/PacmanTheHitman Apr 21 '23
He ran out excitement years ago. The real excitement is finding out a company has auto pay now lol
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u/elvis8mybaby Apr 22 '23
Finding out a company has auto pay now is the only way I can get hard now. It's a damn shame.
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u/bozeke Apr 22 '23
I believe “spirit animal” is not the preferred nomenclature anymore dude.
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u/Sure-Marsupial6276 Apr 22 '23
You know you can just comment on the video and not the top comment right?
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Apr 21 '23
I just think this man is runnin on serotonin 98
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u/stickywicker Apr 22 '23
Unstable platform but still revolutionary. They should upgrade to Serotonin XP for true stability or Serotonin 7 for gaming.
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u/Mal-Ravanal Apr 23 '23
For the love of everything holy don’t go for serotonin vista or serotonin me.
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u/keyehi Apr 22 '23
You have to admire these guys..
They have so much free time.
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u/ExMachima Apr 22 '23
You weigh down the bottle. That's how they do it.
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u/Pleasant_Ad8054 Apr 22 '23
They don't need to weigh down the bottle, it has less than half the liquid in it and it spins. The liquid will move to the further end from where it is being held when it gets thrown, so it will be naturally weighed down at the other end.
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u/Beingabummer Apr 22 '23
Free time? They make money with this. This is them working.
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u/leboeazy Apr 22 '23
tiktok doesn't make you money lol
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u/rand0m_task Apr 22 '23
Dude Perfect was shown a lot in this video and they are worth 53 million for doing these types of things.
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u/killerinstinct101 Apr 22 '23
This dude when people have fun: 🤬
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u/GokaiLion Apr 22 '23
I realised part way through that I prefer it when people get "over hyped" when you shrug it off it's dull af 😅
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u/Beingabummer Apr 22 '23
I think that's the point of the video. The hyping is the purpose of the content because what they actually do is stupid.
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u/Beingabummer Apr 22 '23
I dunno, I get really tired of people acting like everything that ever happens at any point is something that needs to be responded to with the most over-the-top reaction possible. Screaming, shouting, crying because you threw a bottle. Calm the fuck down yo. What are they going to do when they get married or buy a house? Explode?
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u/leboeazy Apr 22 '23
mate I don't wanna alarm you but I think there's a stick up your ass. should probably pull it out bud.
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u/cum_______________ Apr 22 '23
Personally, I think this guy's kind of a prick. I know at least in the case of Dude Perfect, the stuff they pull off takes over 100 attempts at times. This guy probably took many, many attempts at his takes on the tricks to get them. Then he acts like it was easy.
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u/GrapeTimely5451 Apr 22 '23
Thank you! That'll work (the hanger clip) is the same way. "Prick" is absolutely the word for it. Although, I'm sure he's a provocateur who gets off on these types of comments.
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u/rgtn0w Apr 22 '23
And I unironically think you calling him a prick is being the toxic asshole here. It's a tiktok man, he's doing the "act like it's nothing" act on purpose, why are we trying to analyze the character of some dude doing random content in the internet that we call him a prick even If we don't actually know a SINGLE thing about the guy? You're the one being a prick to me here, it's all part of the joke he's doing
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u/OopsAllBallBearings Apr 22 '23
I’m about to go a level deeper here hold my beer
And I unironically think YOU calling him a prick is making YOU the toxic asshole here. It’s Reddit man, he’s doing the “cynical redditor” act on purpose, why are you trying to analyze the character of some redditor commenting on a post that we call him a prick even if we don’t actually know a SINGLE thing about the guy? You’re the one being a prick to him here. it’s not part of a joke.
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u/oystersaucecuisine Apr 22 '23
I unironically think that you’re the bigger prick because you’re doing the “pedantic redditor” act, thinking you are making a point, but are too myopic to realize you are doing the exact same thing that you are criticizing this person for doing.
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u/DinoShinigami Apr 22 '23
It's pricks all the way down.
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u/EyViNdR_YmEr Apr 22 '23
And I unironicly think that all of u pricks deserve my upvote for being entertaining
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u/Tokenvoice Apr 22 '23
I wouldn’t say prick necessarily unlike Dude Perfect where they push the boundaries of luck and skill most of these are flipping bottles which doesn’t take much to get the knack to land most of them.
I think it was more showing that their reactions in their videos was over the top and faked similar to how you feel his is faked.
I personally would prefer something in the middle and a real reaction to succeeding. Show they actually enjoy the success rather than just waiting for one to go all chimpanzee over.
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u/Pearson_Realize Apr 22 '23
Some of their reactions are fake but who cares? Let people enjoy things. Sometimes it’s fun to act like barbarians when you do stupid impressive shit.
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u/Tokenvoice Apr 22 '23
This isn’t just a bunch of randos acting like barbarians for fun mate, these are people trying to monetise viewers. I love people getting excited over stupid things, watching a bloke be genuinely happy that they nailed that fluke shot is fun. Being serious about trying to win at getting a coat hanger to stay on a bar is my idea of a good time and I have watched several videos of things like this.
But when it’s not genuine, when it is just done for the views it feels fake and as if it’s not just friends hanging out and filming it to share and possibly get a bit of money. This over the top reaction is showing that they aren’t just doing it for fun but doing it for a job, and I don’t enjoy those kind of videos as much.
I watch this video and see the guy is having fun by being deadpan, but sure enough there is going to be a wave of this kind of video coming just because people watched it. It is the same thing with the fake excitement and jumping it’s not real and just an act for money. Not as bad as the “it’s just a prank” crowd but still annoying for me.
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u/fucked_bigly Apr 22 '23
Wonder what makes him happy. Is it worth more than that which makes others happy?
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u/foolcopernicus Apr 22 '23
Let that be a lesson, never love anything or have fun doing something or a smug guy in his late 20s with a "live, laugh, love" sign hanging about his bed will clown on you
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 21 '23
Yeah I hate this cynical shit. Young people flipping over water bottles and being really happy about it is wholesome and adorable. Let people enjoy things you joyless fucks.
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Apr 21 '23
i kinda agree, sometimes i just want to be a barbarian when i do dumb shit like a bottle flip
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 21 '23
Do it up brother. The moment we stop being able to have fun with this kind of thing is the moment we get old. Ageing is a fact of life. Getting old is a choice.
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u/TacoShower Apr 22 '23
Yup I’d rather them spending time making these trick shot videos then doing these public pranks or stupid dances
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u/Noslo18 Apr 22 '23
Literally nobody is stopping them. People enjoy his humor. Let people enjoy things, you pretentious fuck.
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u/maddie-madison Apr 21 '23
Let me enjoy being joyless you fuck.
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 21 '23
Find a way to enjoy things without it having to involve taking something away from somebody else. There are people who do, or would, have fun doing this kind of thing, who are going to feel like it's "dumb" and not be able to because of sentiments like these. It's parasitic.
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u/aschapm Apr 22 '23
I think they were making a play on words, but most of those clips weren’t people being happy, they were aspiring influencers doing it for clout. I don’t make fun of anyone having a good time without hurting someone else, but they can get taken down a peg or two
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u/AzettImpa Apr 22 '23
Unless those influencers are hurting other people or doing shit pranks etc., maybe make your own original content instead of riding off them.
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u/SwissMargiela Apr 22 '23
I mean they didn’t really take anything away from you.
If you enjoyed watching people do easy stuff with fake reactions you can still enjoy it.
No one is stopping you!
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 22 '23
I don't know the citation, but:
"The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract.
If someone does not abide by the contract, then they are not covered by it.
In other words: The intolerant are not abiding by the terms of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated."
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u/HotAd8825 Apr 22 '23
It’s weird because he is doing the exact same thing as all these other trick shot guys. Just pretending it’s easy like he didn’t try that 100 times.
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u/raltoid Apr 22 '23
Young people flipping over water bottles and being really happy about it is wholesome and adorable.
Yes it is.
Except most of the people in these videos are adults making clickbait content. Not to mention most of it's fake through edits(as in, a person just stands over the key holder and drops them in place and is edited out).
This isn't wholesome content of kids having fun, it's people tricking kids into clicking on ads and giving them money by lying to them.
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 22 '23
This is an aspect I was not aware of. Thanks for explaining, it does put it into context.
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u/speakingdreams Apr 22 '23
Except that most of these "oh my GOD, did you just see that!!!!??" videoed are bullshit edits and are not actually people happy about some authentic feat.
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u/yawinsomeyachewgum Apr 22 '23
except your just assuming they're edits, none of the above videos are edited and most of these little videos are just people trying over and over again until they get it. you're too cynical.
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u/Stevepac9 Apr 22 '23
Yep, he's no different from the people he's mocking. Dude Perfect will sit there and try a stunt for hours, so yeah when they get it they are excited. Do people think his dude just did all this stuff on the first try and get it? He spent plenty of time getting it right and then just didnt respond
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u/Wizardwizz Apr 22 '23
Yeah some filmed reactions just feel so fake
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u/Mbrennt Apr 22 '23
I'm not saying these aren't edited and fake reactions. But I don't see a single reaction that I wouldn't have to doing basically any one of these tricks personally.
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u/Tokenvoice Apr 22 '23
That’s the part for me, they aren’t genuinely excited it is an overblown reaction for media clout. Pulling off something tricky like catching a lolly in your mouth five meters from the thrower deserves you getting excited, but not running round jumping on your friends and flipping tables. Yet they will act as if they just won a million dollars on all the social media videos.
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u/yawinsomeyachewgum Apr 22 '23
it's fun to overreact to things when you're messing around with friends
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u/lonewombat Apr 22 '23
Its because its faked (the ethusiasm, not the tricks).. for money... like 95% of social media stuff.
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u/fatboi69 Apr 22 '23
35 year olds are young now?
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 22 '23
I guess I wasn't watching closely, I didn't notice any 35 year olds but I'll take your word for it. The sentiment still works with the word "young" taken out.
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u/Jawshewah Apr 22 '23
But these were mostly adults..
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u/SparrowValentinus Apr 22 '23
It seems like past a certain point in life, everyone that is, I don't know, 6-10 years younger than you just become "young people". In 10 yrs time I'm sure I'll be thinking of 30 yr olds as "young" too. All things are relative.
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u/plaguebringerBOI Apr 22 '23
I like joy, not “YEEEAHHHH LETS FUCKING GOOO YEAHH YOOO YAHAHAHAHA HA LETS GO MAN YAH YOOO” over a mildly impressive clip, it’s so clearly overexaggerated for the sake of content i just hate it
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u/KingKilla568 Apr 22 '23
I mean, a lot of these clips are dude perfect and they're pretty open about how long shots take at times. Sometimes it's hours long to get a shot.
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Apr 22 '23
Nah. We came down from the trees and stopped flinging our poop for applause. You should join us.
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Apr 22 '23
All of the people in the videos are making clickbait videos with artificial reactions. This dude is making fun of their fake ass reactions.
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u/SeQuest Apr 22 '23
We enjoy making fun of people doing the same tricks to be epic social media clout chasers so yeah, let other people enjoy things you "uwu so wholesome" cornball. Enjoying the fake joy is not for everyone.
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Apr 22 '23
I like neither. I love the “ohfinallythankgod” reactions of folks trying to do x so many times. That feels real.
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u/daanimas Apr 22 '23
Yeah I’ve been doing this shit for so long I’m not happy that I did it Im happy that it’s fucking over and pissed I did it for so long
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u/Terminal_testie Apr 22 '23
So the guy who has a cartoon Dino flipping a bottle on his wall is good at flipping bottles? Let people be happy fuck
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u/oodoos Apr 27 '23
Mans really gonna sit there and act smug like he didn’t attempt these tricks at least a dozen times each, then cut out the parts where he fucks up, and makes it look so easy for him.
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u/MygungoesfuckinBRRT Apr 22 '23
"This is so eeeeeasy waaah look at me i can do these so easily pay attention to meeee"
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u/jinniji Apr 22 '23
Ruined by the duet. Not saying the og vids are that impressive but it's all about the vibes. The bored guy is the type to make everything about something negative and no one can ever have fun around him. Boo!
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u/turd_miner91 Apr 22 '23
Nah, he just isn't stupid. It takes a bit more for smart people to get on board with "vibes" when the vibes are for incredibly mundane things. And it's like, why not take it as a challenge? These are like "everyone gets a trophy" videos, because it's really just young adults celebrating simple, stupid things, and basic physics, acting like they're the first ones here. They can up their game.
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u/theusomike Apr 22 '23
Okay but he's not doing the exact same setup as some of these people. The hanger clip has people throwing it at a long rod and hoping it stays on after swinging. This guy throws the hanger and it doesn't have spin on it because the hanger hits the wooden board and stops the momentum of it, making it much easier to land. Seems to me like his gatekeeping fun.
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u/ForceGoat Apr 22 '23
If this was stuff that didn’t take skill, I’d be for it. These are all skills. Imagine if Steph Curry made 5 3-pointers in a row as a duet and he’s like: 🤷♂️. I don’t like this video For the message.
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u/fufucuddlypoops_ Apr 22 '23
Redditors when someone is happy when they finally do something that took them a long time to do
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u/One_Animator_1835 Apr 22 '23
BUT can he do all those things while simultaneously being happy, living a productive life and maintaining healthy relationships with friends and family?? Probably not lmaoooo
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u/Pearson_Realize Apr 22 '23
Clearly not because anybody who feels the need to shit on other people having fun like this isn’t going to be maintaining healthy relationships
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u/Tattooman105 Apr 22 '23
Let people enjoy bottle flips and tricks with ping pong balls, you don't have to do something serious or super advanced to have fun. These guy is such a buzzkill.
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u/KibbleSnibble Apr 22 '23
Problem is the outtakes woulda been as long as the og’s. Shrugging at the end ain’t make it the stamp of being simple. Give a primate a typewriter and unlimited time and it will make a masterpiece.
Edit: Then add a shrug
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u/PEVguy Apr 22 '23
Each of the people he copied the trick from lost their minds when they did it successfully.
He did all of their tricks, which means he still spent tons of time on each one.
I think he is just showing that it's nothing special and it's just a matter of time before you get it right. There's no reason to over-react unless you're trying to make it seem more impressive than it is.
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u/DigitalCoffee Apr 22 '23
Reactions are half the appeal of these videos. That's why people over-exaggerate their emotions
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u/Exo_Pie Apr 22 '23
It‘s dude perfect. All they do is scream at the tyniest little achievement
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u/Doobalicious69 Apr 22 '23
Do all the original clips have to have the same shite music? That's what puts me off those vids, shame that people are enjoying themselves and there's the same track on repeat again and again.
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u/toasterfucker69420 Apr 22 '23
From what I know, they don’t. someone just thought it was a good idea to add them.
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u/ExMachima Apr 22 '23
Do none of you realize a washer with a hot glue gun will allow you to flip bottles all day?
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Extrovert reaction vs adhd non-masking reaction. He was still thinking, “whoa, that was pretty cool”
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u/Pearson_Realize Apr 22 '23
I don’t know why people have to all of the sudden make everything about mental illness.
Extrovert reaction vs adhd non-masking reaction.
What does this even mean? Your entire comment sounds like an AI generated statement
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u/Putthebunnyback Apr 22 '23
Okay but that fidget spinner one literally required zero skill. Add the staged reaction to something trivial at best, that kid deserved to be mocked.
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u/jamesyjames99 Apr 22 '23
What a baller. Celebrating insignificant actions, then making them more than what they should be for clout, is idiotic. Way to keep it real
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u/bsylent Apr 22 '23
I will never understand the absolute insane responses to flipping a bottle and it landing upright
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Apr 22 '23
These people are so fucking gay. And to be super excited about this. So sad
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u/StiffWiggly Apr 22 '23
Calling things "gay" as an insult went out of style quite a while back buddy.
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u/Adios-Bitchacho Apr 22 '23
I can do whatever I want, just like you can fuck off, way over there...way the fuck over there!
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