r/gifsthatendtoosoon 3d ago

Whose fault is it?

Dad? Brother? Sister?

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u/ok_throwaway161 3d ago

fake

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u/photozine 3d ago

Like most stuff online nowadays, that's why it's so difficult to enjoy social media anymore, everything is staged.

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u/CaptainHubble 3d ago

And people tell me to just start having fun watching those. Like it's a switch you can turn on. I physically can't. They don't care if they're staged. But I do.

All these skits and set up "funny" clips just aren't funny or even remotely interesting to me. Am I getting old?

I just want real stuff man. No staged shit, no AI slop and no fake stories.

And no, going to watch a 2h movie with a carefully written but made story to tell isn't the same.

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u/photozine 2d ago

We ARE old haha

But, to your point, if I'm watching something staged, I'd rather watch a well produced show or movie, not talentless people that want to be famous.

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u/India_Golf99 21h ago

I'm 25 now. I've been using internet since I was 7 or something. By 12 I had already gotten fed up with staged shit and nowadays is even more common. How can it be fun? How is someone lying and playing stupid funny? They're literally trying to trick me. It's not an old people thing, it's just common sense.

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u/RentDueFixDoor 2d ago

90% of the internet nowadays feels like a distraction rather than creating something people genuinely like.

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u/CaptainHubble 2d ago

I like they way you put it. That's the core problem.

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u/NyarVn 2d ago

Just touch some grass.

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u/glordicus1 1d ago

So true! Things can't be funny or enjoyable unless they're candid. I literally hate television, it's so scripted. Stand up comedians literally just tell the same jokes night after night, did you know it's all rehearsed? Don't get me started on musicians.

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u/photozine 1d ago

I never said that.

What I dislike is people thinking they're talented and staging videos that are not only not enjoyable, they're cringy, and this video is somewhat there.

My point is, people trying to pass staged videos as candid, make social media I unenjoyable for me.

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u/DrSomniferum 1d ago

I think that's reasonable. Like I'll watch sketch comedy troops all day, but if they tried to pretend it's all real, they'd lose me.

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u/Prohawins 3d ago

And gay

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u/FrohikesFeather 1d ago

OK? And? Still funny

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u/India_Golf99 21h ago

ah yes, grown-ass people playing stupid and lying to me is so funny

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u/FrohikesFeather 20h ago

That's.... That's literally what comedy is? Like, you've literally just described acting.

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u/India_Golf99 20h ago

The difference is that acting is sold as fictional. When I watch a movie, I very much know that it's just a story being told and no one is trying to trick me.

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u/FrohikesFeather 16h ago

Unless it's "based on a true story" or found footage, or any of the many other genres that pretend to be non fiction

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u/India_Golf99 12h ago

that's still sold as "not real footage" and still no one's trying to trick me

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u/FrohikesFeather 5h ago

.... "found footage." isn't pretending to be "real footage" and "based on a true story" movies arnt trying to trick you????

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u/Silomafia 1d ago

I don't know....

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u/temporalraccoon 1d ago

I agree. But do these people like rehearse this with their kids? That just seems so crazy and a bit sad - all for what - some likes on socials? Wonder what it teaches the kids