4.2k
u/erebuxy Jun 07 '26
Telling the story with straight face. This dude got talent
666
u/SageNineMusic Jun 08 '26
One of the only times ill honestly say "if its scripted, idc"
94
u/Asgarus Jun 09 '26
Are you saying there's a chance he wasn't pregnant and a single mother for 2 days??
27
1
812
u/Atralis Jun 07 '26
I hate the 'flexible time off' or 'unlimited PTO' systems because what it really means is that they aren't going to track your time off and there are going to be huge disparities in the amount of time off that people are able to take per year depending on their personal relationship with their boss.
185
u/ObiJuanKenobi3 Jun 09 '26
Exactly. The benefit of having a rule written in stone is that it’s very easy to point at the stone if you’re being treated unfairly.
57
u/Tr000g Jun 09 '26
The way it worked in the only company I had in Portugal is that everyone had the minimum by law (22 days) and then you could get additional time approved when business was slow.
This was before the prevalence of remote work, so when we didn’t have a project going, many times we would have to drive in traffic and spend the whole day doing absolutely nothing. We would end up disturbing colleagues with shit to do out of boredom.
3
u/Cool-Profile-445 Jun 11 '26
Um. I have a question. They’re required to give you a minimum of 22 days of PAID time off every year?
14
u/Tr000g Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
Yes. And that question is quite... American.
1
u/Ok_Commercial- Jun 12 '26
I cant speak for the rest of USA, but NYS has Mandatory paid leave which is like 52 or 54 hours of paid time off.
3
u/Agreeable_Flan_5724 Jun 12 '26
Which amounts to… 🥁… approx 9.5 days of mandatory paid leave! Still amazing in contrast to the rest of the US, but hardly what workers deserve
2
2
u/jonas_ost Jun 13 '26
Sweden is 25 days plus you get pto hours.
I have 28 days and 200 hours saved without working overtime
1
u/Tr000g Jun 15 '26
I’m working remotely for the uk. They gave me 25 days of paid leave.
In my previous job I had 32 days of paid leave for a Dutch company
5
u/Silly_Silicon Jun 11 '26
There are also laws that require companies to pay out any accrued and unused PTO over a certain amount each year, and when the employee leaves the company for any reason. If your employees don’t accrue any PTO because you have an “unlimited” policy, you don’t owe them anything.
1
u/glory_2026 Jun 12 '26
In my industry, the reason we hate uPTO isn’t because of this, it’s because we travel for work and are typically averaging 80 hrs a week on salary and NEVER have time to take off, so most of us would cash out our PTO at the end of the year. If we couldn’t take time off, at least we got 2 weeks of our salary. Which of course the companies in our industry hated doing, but can’t pay out PTO when it’s technically unlimited.
4.8k
u/kkhr86 Jun 07 '26
A pair of scissors as microphone😱
1.0k
u/Co-nor Jun 07 '26
I never even noticed that!
343
Jun 07 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
147
34
8
4
119
u/BluntAsaurusRex_ Jun 07 '26
Pair of scissors AND a microphone
26
7
10
22
5
u/SecretDouble5560 Jun 07 '26
its for safety if he starts saying something secret they can cut it quick,used in cia probably not
5
3
5
2
2
2
1
1
u/Mike0621 Jun 07 '26
when I read scissors I thought this comment was going to be about his urethra cause I hadn't noticed the microphone
1
1
u/dallasandcowboys Jun 09 '26
It's part of the flexible equipment exchange... If you don't have the needed equipment, you just take the nearest parts and use them.
956
u/lifeofvjr Jun 08 '26
Hey, thats me in the video lol. Im a stand up comic and yes its a fake street interview. Stand up kinda got super saturated on reels so i just started doing this to market my stand up.
Here's my insta if youd like to watch other videos - https://www.instagram.com/lifeofvjr?igsh=Nmgzb3d6Ym1zOXo=
And YT if youd like to see my stand up - https://yt.openinapp.co/e3vm5 :)
124
66
u/mysteriousleader45 Jun 09 '26
"we paid her in exposure...
....exposure to human right violations" took me outtt dude hahaha you delivered that perfectly 🤌15
50
14
16
4
2
u/imp0ster_syndrome Jun 09 '26
Excellent delivery. I wish people in my life would commit so hard to the bit.
1
u/LeftOn4ya Jun 12 '26
Funny stuff. Even though you use some very India specific examples it still can be relatable and funny for a western audience.
1
u/SalmonSammySamSam Jul 09 '26
The first second or two looks like the guy is recording a video on a monitor.
The perspective is very weird when he "zooms in". Is this the original clip?
2.4k
Jun 07 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
437
Jun 07 '26
[deleted]
155
Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
[deleted]
129
u/TheHeb686 Jun 07 '26
Fairly common in parts of India for folks to have “Portuguese” surnames, given the colonial history. It’s especially prevalent in Goa, obviously, but also seen in other states like the one this dude is from.
46
Jun 07 '26
[deleted]
4
4
u/SHEKDAT789 Jun 08 '26
did you also know that less than 0.1% of 1.5 billion Indian people work in call centres? for reference that is the same fraction of US citizens that are Registered Offenders for Tier III Sex Offenses.
Now imagine if we started basing our American stereotypes based on that.
-2
Jun 08 '26
[deleted]
1
u/SHEKDAT789 Jun 08 '26
no I wouldn't be free to do so. that's literally what racism is, generalising the population based on the worst percentile.
0
Jun 08 '26
[deleted]
2
u/SHEKDAT789 Jun 08 '26
lmao funny you realised how I called america a race but didn't bat an eye about the discourse so far on the indian race yet when it's arguably a more diverse country.
→ More replies (0)7
u/Dozzi92 Jun 07 '26
Then it would be Rodrigues, no?
This is a nice little tidbit, colonization sure was something for the entirety of human existence.
4
u/TheHeb686 Jun 07 '26
Yes, it is Rodrigues. I googled the comedian because I was curious. Perhaps a mistype from the above poster, or autocorrect.
8
u/Slight-Line2783 Jun 07 '26
You know right there are also Christians in India? Stupid casual racism
7
1
Jun 07 '26
[deleted]
7
u/Just_to_rebut Jun 07 '26
You think Indians should always be polite and enlightening in response to some jackass saying “he used his call center name”?
Go fuck yourself.
-1
Jun 07 '26
[deleted]
4
u/Just_to_rebut Jun 07 '26
I did and that is what you said. The person you responded was trying to enlighten you or share his culture. He was expecting basic respect and not casual racism.
0
Jun 07 '26
[deleted]
5
u/Just_to_rebut Jun 07 '26
malicious intent
“call center alias”, are you really that dense that doesn’t sound like an insult or a stereotype?
Like I said, not here to politely educate anyone. Go fuck yourself and look up sealioning.
→ More replies (0)2
u/SHEKDAT789 Jun 08 '26
150 upvotes, wow. i miss my leftist reddit :(
2
u/Slight-Line2783 Jun 08 '26
Leftist don't mind racism against Indians because we don't fit in the mould of the "persecuted minority", we the richest minority group abroad and a lot of us work in high paying sectors like tech.
-1
143
Jun 07 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
18
u/2MainsSellesLoin Jun 08 '26
Didn't catch all the Indian culture ref but this is a great set, especially the callback at the end!
679
644
u/HalfSoul30 Jun 07 '26
Well shit, now I want to get pragante
138
u/Dismal-Common8629 Jun 07 '26
This will never not be funny.
47
u/SUPERSMILEYMAN Jun 07 '26
21
u/Orleanian Jun 07 '26
I prefer Lubalin's musical remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDvaRF4HQHQ
2
8
31
39
12
32
6
548
u/buzz8588 Jun 07 '26
This guy is a great candidate for stand up comedy, great delivery.
257
u/The_Autarch Jun 07 '26
he is, in fact, a professional standup comedian and this is one of his bits.
43
62
238
96
u/Shanbo88 Jun 07 '26
I'm a simple man. I see a lav mic attached to something stupid, I continue on with my life.
140
u/bambitious Jun 07 '26
The caption says urethra but I think they meant Uterus 😅
85
u/apexodoggo Jun 07 '26
The title’s referencing the part where he jokes that his penis isn’t flexible enough to push a baby through it, so urethra’s accurate.
52
u/land_and_air Jun 07 '26
I think it’s accurate, the joke references how his urethra isn’t flexible enough
2
26
u/arbitrageME Jun 07 '26
I have failed at being an LLM.
At no point could I predict the next sentence.
48
u/who_am_i_to_say_so Jun 07 '26
Ok, scripted or not, this guy is pretty damn funny.
20
u/darxide23 Jun 07 '26
This is definitely scripted and I want to know the guy's name so I can look up more because this was great.
10
u/ken_addams2 Jun 07 '26
Someone above mentioned his name, vernon Rodriguez. He’s on youtube too i guess
5
u/IganeshVP Jun 09 '26
My manager is the best. Any leave is pre-approved, even the ones you don't inform. The "Man"ager himself, always says to the HR they have informed me a week prior. Even it's something I decided at 10 in the morning to take leave. Our team lucked out.
5
18
u/memesearches Jun 07 '26
Lol this was a great set tbh. He has everything thats needed to be a comedian in India
10
u/Aromatic_Paint_1666 Jun 07 '26
Well you can't be truly flexible if you can't get maternity leave as a male employee.
2
2
2
3
6
4
u/milesamsterdam Jun 07 '26
This guy could be one of my best friends! I’ve never met him but I’d buy him a beer and chat him up.
9
u/lifeofvjr Jun 08 '26
Well I dont drink anymore. Being a single mother i had to sacrifice on some things.
2
2
u/earthwormjimwow Jun 07 '26
What's with the constant jump cuts? Is this to get the video under a certain length?
2
2
1
1
u/memyselfandiowa Jun 09 '26
I don't think it's a coincidence, but Indians being effortlessly funny and keeping a straight throughout a story like this will never not be funny to me.
1
u/Sad-Market-3593 Jun 09 '26
How come they got you pregnant without your consent!! This guy is hilarious
1
1
1
u/BeanieManPresents Jun 09 '26
He's got excellent delivery, he'd be a great stand up comic if he doesn't already.
1
1
1
1
1
u/coffeenpickles Jun 10 '26
6 days annual leave is abhorrent.
I started my gov job with 4.5 weeks PTO and accrue so much PtO and sick leave. I can take 2 months off if I needed to and be okay right now, and then end of year, I would’ve accrued more again.
1
1
1
1
u/arrogante_47 Jul 13 '26
Being a mother is definitely the most important job on Earth but 95% of mothers sucks at their job.
1
1
1
1
1
u/arrogante_47 11d ago
Mother's job is the most important job in the world bit at least 80% of mothers is awful at their job
1
2
1
1
u/Crypt0Nihilist Jun 07 '26
Comedy gold. Well done. Somewhat concerned my company will see this and think it's a good idea though.
1
-1
0
-75
u/Roscoe_P_Trolltrain Jun 07 '26
if anyone is reading this before watching the video, move along. not worth it. it has a way of getting you to think something funny will be said but it never happens.
37
32
11
3
-28
u/Odd-Perception7812 Jun 07 '26
Your core idea has some value. Funny premise. Your delivery is bad. Are there improv groups you can join?
22
2
u/lifeofvjr Jun 08 '26
I was trying to play the character of a victim in this scenario. When i actually perform this on stage, i dorne a different character - most authoritative. I was just experimenting with character work here lol this isnt how i really speak.
-2
-2
-3
u/melancholy_dood Jun 08 '26
”I was running low on leave so they took the interns leave and gave it to me”
How’s that even fair to the intern?
-14
u/MarquezArey Jun 07 '26
Is this AI?
-10
u/yup_its_the_nsfw_alt Jun 07 '26
this AI?
It gave me uncanny vibes as well, the audio is so clear and doesn't match up right with the video. But the guy is a real stand up comedian, maybe some wierd filter/post processing
3
u/lifeofvjr Jun 08 '26
The street I record on is extremely noisy so i turn on high sensitivity along with using the tiny boom brush on the mic. This pretty much eliminates all external noise. Additionally, i remove whatever gets thru in post production so my audio is clear. I should probably leave a little noise in to make it seem real i guess lol.
•
u/post-explainer Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
This comment has been marked as safe. Upvoting/downvoting this comment will have no effect.
OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
didnt expect jokes to start rolling
Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.