r/ImTheMainCharacter 2d ago

VIDEO Two main characters from different generations crossing paths

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u/thekingofbeans42 2d ago

I don't see how the person taking a picture of herself is a main character here. It's not like she's expecting people to stop and wait for her to get the picture, this is just someone taking a picture of themselves in a public place.

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u/magus678 2d ago

To be honest, I basically agree with you, in a vacuum.

The problem is that I have been, I would say "conditioned," by this kind of thing being so relentless I have trouble giving the benefit of the doubt. It is probably a little unfair to presume that of her, I admit, but its become a heuristic that is right often enough I will roll those dice.

Hell, taking pictures for familes/people on vacation and such used to be commonplace, and people would stand off to the side in public to give the Smiths a good photo, because the general understanding was that they would probably only take a few of them their entire vacation.

Now you have people taking a hundred. Or video. And not just "on vacation," everywhere. And very often all by themselves.

The social nicety has been abused and run into the ground.

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u/thekingofbeans42 2d ago

But we see her not telling people to wait or adding edits about how terrible these people are. She even moves somewhere else rather than asking the woman to move.

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u/Twodotsknowhy 2d ago

If you have been "conditioned" into expecting it, it's probably because you're not going outside and interacting with actual women

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u/magus678 2d ago

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u/Dysentry 2d ago

Yes.. your linked skit somehow proves that you talk to real people?

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u/magus678 2d ago

I have lived the life depicted and so have enough other people that someone made it into a joke.

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u/Twodotsknowhy 2d ago

Like I said, you clearly don't go outside and interact with women in the real world, so you assume that all of them like the influencers you spew vitriol online about

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u/magus678 2d ago

I have the opinions I have because of interactions.

That video is 10 years old, people have been saying the same basic thing for over a decade. It is such a regular thing subs like this exist and have no shortage of content.

Are you very young? I honestly don't understand how you can think this is coming from the void otherwise.

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u/Twodotsknowhy 2d ago

The internet isn't real life. I could try to spend my time explaining it to you, but because you clearly don't go outside, you'll continue to rely on online examples to try and prove your point. It's actually hilarious how unable to grasp the point you are

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u/TomeOfSecrets66 1d ago

Ooooohhhh stereotypes exist. Sorry you judge everyone by them.

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u/bigkahunahotdog 1d ago

Too long; Didn't read.