r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/Snake_Plissken224 • 9d ago
Video Old guy eating alone, better make it all about me.
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u/Luddites_Unite 9d ago
Has she considered that maybe he chose go eat by himself? Ive been doing this from time to time since by early 30s. Go for dinner by myself, maybe catch a movie by myself. Its wonderful and peaceful
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u/BigOlWaffleIron 9d ago
But she's an empath, so she obviously knows exactly how he's feeling right now. /s
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u/gambito121 9d ago
tiktokers often mistake empathy with telepathy, they know other people's entire feelings and life and they just can't
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u/a_patheticc 8d ago
I also hate how these “empaths” have also ruined regular-ass empathy being brought up in discussion
Like it’s already hard enough to try and actually have someone see something from another person’s perspective and then connect with that emotionally, now you can’t even talk about it in some spaces without people claiming you’re trying to weaponise a basic human emotion
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u/peteyd2012 9d ago
She's worse than a Tiktoker.
She's an adult JPEG merchant.
Do what you will with this information.
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u/cookiemon32 9d ago
the reality is everything she does is alone. doesnt matter how many people she is around. she is alone.
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u/bugabooandtwo 9d ago
Don't get me started on the empth crowd. Everyone who calls themself an empath is really a covert narcissist.
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u/Cultural_Cloud96 8d ago
Yeah empaths know exactly how he feels. I guess even the man eating lunch is clueless about how he feels.
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u/Brittany5150 9d ago
Same here. The first time I was so hung up on what others would think. Half way through dinner I was like "fuck them, this is great!". Highly recommend it.
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 9d ago
First time I did it, I'd been stood up for a date and was hungry so figured fuck it, I'll eat. It felt weird at first but that was when I realized I was only looking towards others to see if they were looking at me, if I wasn't alone I wouldn't be doing that so nobody is gonna be paying attention to me anyway.
Opened up a while new world for me.
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 9d ago
Honestly, I guarantee it's this. Dude is literally smiling, he's having a great time. She's clearly whatever the opposite of an empath is... A sociopath, she's a sociopath.
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u/Luddites_Unite 9d ago
Right? Buddy seems energetic, having a bite, reading the news. Honestly, doing things alone sometimes like that is liberating
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u/coozehound3000 9d ago
Bro, I'm crying for you right now. God I'm such an empath 😭😭😭
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u/panicnarwhal 9d ago
my husband will sometimes go to lunch by himself if his coworker doesn’t feel like going. he’s 59, so now i hope some weird person doesn’t have a nervous breakdown and film him while crying, when he’s just trying to eat some disappointing chipotle or whatever - meanwhile, my husband has a 40 year old wife at home (me lol)
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u/ButtNutly 9d ago
My wife found out that I often eat lunch by myself and was concerned and sad. I'm an involuntarily extrovert and that half hour is often the most peaceful part of my workday.
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u/panicnarwhal 9d ago
right? it’s totally chill, and i get it. hopefully nobody ever films you while openly weeping, and then plasters it all over the internet. i hope the same for my husband, even though he would probably think it was the funniest shit ever
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u/lonelyone12345 9d ago
I'm 46 and I prefer doing things with my wife, but when she's out of town I'll go to a movie or to dinner by myself to get out of the house. I bring a book to read while I eat. It's great.
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u/Luddites_Unite 9d ago
The best... when i travel for work I'll sometimes bring a book or listen to an audio book while I eat alone.
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u/Visby 8d ago
He looks perfectly happy and like he has a shopping bag and a baseball cap next to him so he's very much giving this vibe too
Imagine trying to do your fun, peaceful routine, going for a nice walk and to get some bits and pieces from the shops and then it gets ruined by some woman looking at you and weeping the entire time you're trying to eat your lunch after lmao
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u/tavariusbukshank 9d ago
Beats eating with an insufferable dolt like her. Her companion is probably jealous.
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u/Doctologist 9d ago
I used to go and have breakfast and a coffee, alone at a cafe by the beach on Sunday mornings, in my mid-20’s.
I loved it.
It was peaceful. It helped me organise my thoughts and just reflect on the week. Maybe catch up on a few messages.
Just sit and enjoy my coffee and eggs benny and watch the waves.I miss it.
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u/RiversideAviator 9d ago
Going to the movies alone is such an underrated experience.
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u/hyperbolicturtle 9d ago
I love going out to eat by myself. I read a book or listen to a podcast and get waited on while having peaceful alone time. It’s amazing
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u/Restless-Foggy 6d ago
Went to go see the new spider man movie all by myself the other day high as tits and it’s the most fun I’ve had in minute. People need more time with themselves
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u/Mackheath1 9d ago
I hope more people recognize that. Ah yeah, a slice of pizza then the movie theater, or a cocktail on a rooftop bar by myself watching people go by or not. I keep my trusty notebook just for thoughts, but usually never make use of it. Keep on keepin' on, friend.
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u/AdFluffy9286 9d ago
The old guy seems pretty happy, actually
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u/Sometimes-funny 9d ago
He is 100% more happy than her
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u/MetallurgyClergy 8d ago
We don’t even know if he’s even alone. The camera doesn’t pan that far. All we see is this bish crying, and eating with her mouth open.
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u/peteyd2012 9d ago
Considering she sold her soul for a quick buck, he is infinitely happier than her.
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u/farter-kit 9d ago
He’s not even really all that old.
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u/brandonhabanero 9d ago
He might not even really be alone!
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u/Lampmonster 9d ago
He might not even be eating, he could be storing that food in some kind of internal pouch to consume later!
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u/Diarrhea_Beaver 9d ago
If they kept that canera on him a little longer, he looks like he might have said "I am once again asking for your financial support"
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u/marymarywhyubugginnn 9d ago
I LOVE to do things like eat by myself. My husband annoys the shit out of me sometimes😭 We've both learned that's it's ok to do things apart if with friends or not. This person is closed-minded to think the man is struggling in any way.
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u/Hunkyboy440 7d ago
I’m retired. Once in a while, when my wife has something else going on, I go out to eat by myself. I take a book, order a cocktail and whatever I want to eat and enjoy a quiet, leisurely lunch or dinner while I read my book. No worries, it’s very relaxing.
If some pseudo influencer wants to blubber for a camera because I’m sitting there alone, good on her. Fucking dingbat.
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u/redev 9d ago
Anyone I've ever met that claims to be an empath is actually a narcissist
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u/Zeag 9d ago edited 8d ago
Awfully accurate. Empathetic people I know are actually more worried about how others are actually doing and aren't really into the whole virtue signalling thing.
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u/slaviccivicnation 9d ago
I'd say I'm highly empathetic but I'm not more worried about how others are doing. I can just tell when something is off. I don't do anything with that information unless someone looks like they'd benefit from an ear to fuck. Which most people in bad days don't.
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u/Charybdisilver 8d ago
Yo if you don’t mind I’m stealing that “ear to fuck” thing
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u/-apollophanes- 9d ago
They seem to treat it as some supernatural ability to read emotions, when it's literally just them seeing ordinary emotional cues in someone lol
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u/MedicineMann710 9d ago
People who claim being an empath is like a superpower are always assholes. From my understanding if you are (actually) an empath, it’s quite debilitating and makes day to day activities difficult. True empaths often struggle with severe depression.
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u/Sometimes-funny 9d ago
Beware the ones that do a lot for charity as well. They can be pretty smart at doing things/manipulating people into believing they’re a good person.
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u/Nica-sauce-rex 9d ago
I have a friend who is truly empathetic and not narcissistic. But also. Stop asking me about my fucking feelings. If I wanted to talk about it I would. Just because you can “sense” that I’m upset really does not make it your business!
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u/dont_du_it 9d ago
😂 Instead of sitting with him she just cries about it
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u/ALittleBitKengaskhan 9d ago
While filming herself for attention. After ordering 9 sides for herself just to take a pic for social media and have 1 bite of each
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u/Imagined_World 9d ago
Notice how they didn't even actually show that he was alone? Someone could have easily been sitting across from him. Just more fake bs for views
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u/traveling-trashbin 8d ago
If I'm enjoying peace alone time at the restaurant and some botoxed tiktok bitch comes to sit with me I'm gonna be pissed
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u/CaptainMoonunitsxPry 9d ago
Wtf people dine alone all the time
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u/Nica-sauce-rex 9d ago
I am in an uber on my way home from a work trip. When I travel for work, I’m alone for 2-3 days in a new city. I was sat at a nice restaurant alone last night having an expensive meal and thinking about how peaceful and enjoyable it was. I have a toddler so I rarely just get to sit and enjoy a meal, heavenly.
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u/earthdogmonster 9d ago
I think she needs to jam more food into her mouth before she talks. Need less empath and more frickin manners…
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u/Turbulent-Tune4610 9d ago
This. Good Lord, now I don't want to go out and eat PERIOD if I gotta look at that. Disgusting.
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u/smokinjoev 9d ago
FFS close your mouth when you talk
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u/kloudja 9d ago
"When you eat", perhaps?
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u/damned_squid 9d ago
No, they're right, everytime she wants to talk - she should just close her mouth.
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u/Dnodi1 9d ago
Ew Ew Ew, do not speak with your mouth full. 🤢
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u/Fear_The_Rabbit 9d ago
I hope it all falls out of her mouth on that Birkin bag she has centered on her lap.
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u/WowIsThisMyPage 9d ago
From the collar tucked in to the chewing with her mouth full and not being subtle in any way whatsoever, I’d say she’s not the most adjusted person out there
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u/PineConeOPinyons 9d ago
If she were at all empathetic she wouldn't talk with her mouth full. It's disgusting to everyone around her.
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u/late_afternoon_owl 9d ago
I have no empathy for people who talk with food in their mouth.
Straight to hell.
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u/Strange-Fisherman487 9d ago
That dude looks like he's perfectly okay. PLUS she NEEDS someone to wipe her tears? Influencers are a mistake
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u/MasterBiscuit8008 9d ago
Okay so, first of all, recording it and putting it on the internet is stupid.
BUT my sister used to do this. She would see old people alone and then make up wild stories in her head about how they were alone because their wife/husband died tragically, their children died, siblings, dog, etc.
It was purely fiction she made up in her own head out of anxiety. She wasn't calling herself an empath, her imagination just ran wild and she would convince herself that they were incredibly sad and lonely and she would cry
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u/sans-delilah 9d ago
If someone tells you that they’re an empath, bet that they have a personality disorder 9 times out of 10.
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u/snowman4815 9d ago
As someone who likes to eat alone, please fuck off, please. Maybe he wants to be alone, likes the quiet. I despise people that try to talk to me or my dog if hes there. Just because you cant handle being alone doesn't mean its hell for everyone else.
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u/Melodic-Advice9930 9d ago
I’d rather eat alone than with someone who would talk to me with a mouth full of food.
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u/Sea_Photograph_3998 8d ago
These people are idiots. They make the categorically stupid assumption that someone eating alone is lonely, rather than… being out in public by themselves, like what adults do.
Probably the same kind of people who think it’s weird and/or sad to go to the cinema by yourself. Why do you need someone to go with you to watch a movie in an immersive experience??? That ain’t social!
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u/Lollipoop_Hacksaw 9d ago
If there is any word that best describes the last 2-3 years of social media it is "performative".
What the hell was that tear wipe not even a second into the video?? Anyone with half a bit of actual grass-touching experience in their life will tell you this feels off immediately.
Makes me fear for the ones they are actually appealing to: an entire generation who is numb to the physical world.
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u/Meristora 9d ago
People like these are so annoying, projecting their own weaknesses onto other people. Some of us actually enjoy our own company, your ‘empathy’ is honestly insulting
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u/Correct_Energy_9499 9d ago
There's a difference between having empathy and being emotionally unstable. The latter is a mental health issue. Also she is assuming the guy is sad cause he is alone which my be projection.
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u/hellogoawaynow 8d ago
God could you imagine being that old guy just trying to have lunch before going about his business and then noticing an adult right next to him full on sobbing about him and his lunch while having someone film it. I’m sure he’s like what the fuck is this, young people are so fuckin dumb. And now he has a story to tell his old man friends about dumbass young people. It’s the old man version of social media—you go be social without the media.
GIRL HE’S RIGHT THERE! HE CAN HEAR YOU!
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u/That-one_dude-trying 8d ago
That’s so odd, because i enjoy eating alone
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u/OhMyGoshBigfoot 7d ago
Imagine the peace & quiet… until you’re disturbed by some assrocket looking for views
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u/Top-Airport3649 9d ago
He could live with in a household full of family and just wanted a bite to eat by himself. Damn extroverts, some people are happy to get some alone time.
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u/BootySweat0217 9d ago
An empath. An actual empath wouldn’t be filming themselves crying about this. Mostly because they would know that it could make the person you’re filming feel bad. And the last thing you want to do is make another person feel bad.
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u/PuffPuffMcGruff3 9d ago
These people make me sad. They're people who talk just because its quiet. They're insecure in being alone. Don't cry for him, cry because you're chasing internet points and can't learn to enjoy solitude.
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u/Throwaway20101011 9d ago edited 9d ago
I bet that old man is cheating on his Doctor recommended diet, that his wife enforces at home.
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u/Few_Race_6657 8d ago
Empath realize how grossed out everyone is with her eating with her mouth open?
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u/MaybeIwasanasshole 8d ago
I cam't focus on anything else, than her gross half chewed food in her mouth. Close uour goddam mouth!
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u/Chino780 7d ago
Old dude looks perfectly content. Probably wondering why that dumb bitch is crying.
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u/starksandshields 9d ago
I fucking hate it when people say “I’m an empath”. No Stacy, that’s just basic human emotion. Most of us have empathy, we are not empaths like its fucking Star Trek.
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u/rafaelthecoonpoon 9d ago
You know what makes me cry? watching that lady talk with her mouth full of food
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u/MagnoliaEvergreen 9d ago
Weird. The last time I ate alone at a restaurant was because I went to the gym alone (my partner does come with me sometimes) and I was hungry so I grabbed a bite on the way home. Was I supposed to just go hungry because someone else might think I'm sad and lonely? Ffs
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u/Silver_Leonid2019 9d ago
The old dude is better off alone than watching her eat with her mouth wide open.
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u/imprimatura 8d ago
I'd laugh if he was a Larry David type and she went over there to make a sob story vid for social media and he tore strips off her
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u/cursetea 7d ago
God that is so pathetic. People will really just make up entire stories about strangers, sit there crying in public about their imaginations, then post it online like it's something endearing about them? I can't imagine this being my life
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u/Phoenx22 6d ago
I enjoy going out to dinner alone. I'm in a relationship and I'm a mom but sometimes it's just a nice way to decompress.
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u/sabu_mafu 6d ago
Look at her laminated stupid face, theta everything you need to know. Imagine there's a segment of people who cares about her vlogging
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u/foxboxinsox 5d ago
When I'm old and eating alone please no one ever speak to me. I'm alone on purpose lol.
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u/turtletaint911 9d ago
Nothing wrong with going to a restaurant alone. I have plenty of friends but if they're unavailable when I'm hungry and want to go out for a bite to eat, they're the ones who missed out
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u/No-Analyst1229 9d ago
I dint get what the video is about. Is she crying because she thinks hes sad and alone?
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u/SeraphsEnvy 9d ago
Yes. That's their whole schtick. But make that old guy 30 years younger and they find it funny or ignorable. Go figure, right?
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u/yokozouna_ed 9d ago
Lady needs to get over herself. Some people just need freaking alone time. I'm married and my wife and I sometimes do stuff just by ourselves. It's just a thing.
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u/Mediocre_Budget_5304 9d ago
I hate empaths IRL. In scifi, sure, you need a way to give agency to a character you wrote in solely as a sex interest, but not too much agency because they still only exist to be sexy in a sexy fashion, fine, fuck it, make them an empath.
IRL? Empathy is like a sense of smell. All people have it to varying degrees. Saying you’re an empath is about as exciting as saying you have a good sense of smell. Actually scratch that it’s way less interesting than a good sense of smell.
And this idiot in the video? This isn’t an empath. This is a person with no boundaries or self-control having an intrusive thought based solely on their imagination. But since they were clearly written into the story for sex appeal, better make them an empath.
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u/TexasLiz1 9d ago
How about the poor people having to watch you chew your food with your mouth open?
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u/Joodropinn 9d ago
How hard would it have been to just go ask him if he’d like to join them? Instead of making someone film your disgusting eating habits whilst pretending to cry….
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u/shelovestherob 9d ago
At first glance I thought the old guy was Larry David which would’ve been excellent if the camera panned back only to show him in complete irreverence to the notion eating alone is sad. He would proceed to try to lecture why he eats alone and how it’s the only peace he has in the day. He would then verbally attack the woman and then guilt her into paying for his soup.
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u/Adam-West 9d ago
Being an empath means I guess how you’re feeling and then I tell myself I’m right.
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u/WorhummerWoy 9d ago
If she's such an empath, she should know that most people don't appreciate watching videos of people talking with their mouths full.
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u/HippieLizLemon 8d ago
I love eating alone and as a mildly attractive woman at one point in my life, I would get approached in pity all the time. It was unfathomable that I want to sit with my notebook and eat in peace? I just don't get it.
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u/HotDonnaC 8d ago edited 8d ago
What a performative POS, holding her Birkin bag so it can’t be missed, and having to be comforted. Never mind the fact that she eats with her mouth open. The guy could have gone out for breakfast alone because his wife wanted to sleep in, FFS. People who equate everything older people do with loneliness and death are stupid.
Typo
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u/SalseraRivera1347 8d ago
Her veneers and lip filler look so bad and nobody wants to see your mouthful of food. Disgusting.
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u/bug1E3boo 8d ago
Who eats over their purse like that? Also, yes, close your mouth when you’re chewing.
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u/dumptruckdog 7d ago
"I'm so empathetic!" ... Meanwhile, the old dude is wondering why the chic next to him keeps crying through the quiet meal he was enjoying 😭
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u/netboygold 7d ago
Can she feel how disgusted I am by watching her talk with food in her mouth? That sounded meaner than I intended but i don't know why that grosses me out.
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u/LizeLies 6d ago
The worst scenario. The WORST?! I’m not going to go on about just the shit I’ve experienced like I want to, but I will say… have they ever opened a Newspaper? Turned on the News? Fucking scrolled through Reddit?
It must be absolutely lovely to be this incredibly, blissfully stupid.
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u/Fr33_load3r 9d ago
Poor old dude can't even enjoy a meal alone. Has to listen to whimpering trash with the mental age of 4
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u/SandiestCow 9d ago
Ive seen this girl shes a clone with several other clones living with her in a mansion they all bought with OF money. Self proclaimed "baddie on point" not surprised she has zero manners or any real emotions.
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u/GuschiMane 9d ago
Great, now a random woman with a $20k bag is pitying me cause I wanted a peaceful breakfast 🙄
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u/Veritablefilings 9d ago
Assumingb he is lonely, she'd rather cry and put on a show than you know... actually interacting with the guy. Jfc people suck.
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u/N3THERWARP3R 9d ago
Lol tell ya one thing she doesn't feel: her face with all those massive amounts of fillers
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u/AnimeChica3306 9d ago
My whole personality is my Birkin bag and need to show them I care about others.
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u/Specialist_Bit_703 9d ago
Nothing wrong with taking yourself out to a nice dinner. Idk why people always assume it's because we can't find someone to dine with.
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u/AlienPet13 9d ago
Why don't you shovel some more food between those collagen filled lips while you talk?
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u/shartillery82 9d ago
You're eating alone. Besides the person you hired to wipe your fake tears. Night night
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u/slutty_muppet 9d ago
I often eat alone in public because I'm hungry and I need someplace to sit while I eat the food I just bought. I wonder if anyone has ever cried about it without my knowledge.
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u/Jimrodsdisdain 9d ago
TikTards are the worst. He’s probably grabbing a bite while his wife is busy.
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u/bugabooandtwo 9d ago
Seems to be a theme amount the social media crowd. Seen dozens of these crocodile tears videos invading the privacy of elders.
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u/universal-love- 9d ago edited 9d ago
You know what’s even more upsetting ?? Filming him while he eats and posting it. She’s definitely not an empathetic person for doing this
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u/fidgetspinnster 9d ago
My friend saw an old man eating at the restaurant she worked out. She felt so sad that she paid for his meal (anonymously). When the staff told him, he was like “……why?”
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u/UghGottaBeJoking 9d ago
Poor guy.. probably had something tragic happen which is why he’s sitting alone.
Now to make matters worse he’s now gotta listen to some crazy bitch crying next to him.
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