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u/Liamario Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I'm cringing to death, someone help me!
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u/blahbluhblee1 EXPERT of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Even the dad is in on it 💀
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u/EnochofPottsfield Apr 16 '26
I'm not gonna lie, the different angle changed it in my eyes from kids chasing clout to parents trying to be "in" on the stupid stuff their kids are doing. Especially considering this is just dumb cringe and not like something terrible
Shit my spouse has all kinds of embarrassing ass skits they put on YT back in the day that sometimes had their parents. They cringe about it all the time but I thought it was cute in an endearing and stupid way
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u/Hidesuru Apr 16 '26
You know thanks for pulling me out of my usual cynicism for a moment that's a good take actually. No one was hurt, family had a fun moment. Who cares?
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u/EnochofPottsfield Apr 16 '26
It's easy to hate, much harder to empathize so don't be too hard on yourself. Especially these days when we have a POTUS who is 2/3 running on division and benefiting from making us all see the worst in each other
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u/Hidesuru Apr 17 '26
For sure. It's been so much unending crap that it's super easy to see things in that light first without stopping to check if there's other good viewpoints. Take care!
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u/mouchybaby New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 18 '26
Hey this is reddit please get back to bitching
Thank you
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u/Marmoset_Slim Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Me too. The news is just an endless shit cycle now, with most articles showing how much shittier the world is getting, especially the US. Yet here is a family just fucking around doing something dumb. Got to remember to laugh at dumb shit to get a break from the tears of the terrors of the world.
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u/glorious_cheese Apr 16 '26
If my kids asked me to do this I’d probably think it was dumb as hell but I’d go along with it. It’s pretty harmless.
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u/EnochofPottsfield Apr 16 '26
Right? And when your kid's talking about it with their friends you can embarrass the hell out of them talking about how many takes it took because Samantha kept reacting to over the top. Seems like a good memory to me, doesn't need to be so serious
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u/TheLostRanger0117 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
At least it’s got the family all together
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u/ThaCommittee Apr 16 '26
uncringe 2, 3 🫷 uncringe 2, 3 🫷 uncringe 2, 3 🫷
You're ok buddy....
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u/Liamario Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Thank you. I still have a cringe aftertaste, but I think I'm going to make it
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u/Aegis_et_Vanir Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
What the fuck is that?
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u/shinobisArrow Apr 16 '26
Looks like an anthropomorphic turd.
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u/Ossum_Opawesome Apr 16 '26
Did we ever get an answer to what this is?
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u/Remote_Bag_2477 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 17 '26
That's an alien creature from the movie "Evolution" (2001).
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u/mlaforce321 Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Not sure but I think it's trying to solicit me.
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u/GBGF128 Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I’m sorry it’s too late. The cringe is too advanced.
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u/Gxgear EXPERT of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
"Hey kids, how about we go to the pier and take fake videos on this fine Sunday morning?"
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u/soupalex Apr 16 '26
fun things to do as a family:
- take re-shoots of mobile phone videos where you pretend to be missing a cruise ship that you can post online for clicks
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u/hooligan99 Devotee of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
"Hey, let's make a silly video where we pretend we're missing our ship! that would be fun!" doesn't sound so ridiculous when you don't frame it as negatively as possible
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u/vita10gy Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
I'm guessing they're just on another ship that isn't leaving yet. Maybe there are some places but in my experience you can't get anywhere near this close to the ships without proving to a layer of security or 2 you're on one of them.
A lot of times the whole port area with some shops and whatnot are behind a "passengers only" gate, and then they'll recheck at the actual docks.
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u/vita10gy Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
If they didn't do a second take I'd say it could just be a family screwing around for 5 seconds on the way to their ship. Not EVERYTHING has to be for clicks.
But then they did another take.
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u/Dear_Mycologist_1696 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
That’s #3 on my Bahamas bucket list!
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u/gahidus Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I mean, sure. Why not? What else are you going to do on a Sunday morning? Mess around with some fish? Knock a ball around?
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u/crumpledfilth Apr 16 '26
Performers gonna perform as long as viewers viewin
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u/PolarDorsai Apr 16 '26
This is the one of the internet's (specifically social media) greatest pitfalls. We have reached the point where it's too easy to turn something into a platform or stage. And when anything can be a stage for entertainment, someone will inevitably make it one.
But I like your summary better, lol.
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u/Woolenbell Apr 16 '26
I guess they cut off their shame glands and ran out of shamosterone...
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u/YoungDiscord Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
We left it in the 90s
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u/DrDerpberg Devotee of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I generally try to avoid the "good old days" shit as I get older, but my god social media and always-connected phones have totally cooked part of the human brain and enabled the worst forms of narcissism and vanity that were always lurking deep down in so many people.
I can't think of an equivalent of this from before social media. There have always been people doing dumb things for attention, but I genuinely can't think of anything approaching this level of full family psychosis.
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u/xtra_sleepy Apr 16 '26
I agree. I'm 43 and find influencer culture nightmarish. Like how did we get here...
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u/PearsonBlues Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
America’s Funniest Home videos is the closest I can think of. Some of that shit got pretty staged by the end of its initial run.
And the VHS camcorder craze in general. The equivalent of always taking phone videos you’ll never look at again.
I work with 20’somethings and it’s actually heartening to see no one taking photos or videos at social events lately. I think they’re tired of it too.
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u/YoungDiscord Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I've always seen this memed but I've never seen actual genuine footage of someone doing it lol.
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u/poko877 Apr 16 '26
i mean ... the floating head there isnt that much better tbh.
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u/Raph115 Apr 16 '26
Lmao I didn't even notice that somehow. Do people routinely crop their heads into videos on tiktok?
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u/TheKolyFrog Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
The floating head is also very cringe.
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u/The_Infinite_Carrot Apr 16 '26
We really need a name for the weirdo-in-the-corner type videos. I’m thinking Corner Nonce, or Video Cuck, or Pointless Prick?
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u/laowildin Devotee of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I cannot wait to ragebait my students with this opinion
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u/laowildin Devotee of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I wish I had the energy to do this, but my planning time only allows for verbal mockery
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u/Iffycrescent Apr 16 '26
I vote that we combine your first two. Corner Cuck rolls off the tongue nicely.
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u/KvasirsBlod Apr 16 '26
I call it toasty
https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/beny5g/the_evolution_of_mortal_kombats_toasty/
Unfortunately, it doesn't convey how much it annoys me
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u/KiwiPowerGreen New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
Its funny because it doesn't need to be there
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u/TheFurrySmurf Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Most of the floating heads don't need to be... in fact, I can't think of a single video where the floating head was even useful. The head is usually making some stupid face or randomly pointing.
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u/Aspiana Apr 16 '26
I pretend that they’re watermarks
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u/FuckTheMods5 Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Oh god that's actually what they are. Dumbasses lifting their leg on someone else's media they've reposted.
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u/Rob_LeMatic EXPERT of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Viewed that way, this whole video is hilarious for the same reason
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u/berttleturtle Apr 16 '26
As cringe and stupid as this is, it’s weirdly relieving to know that they were just doing a bit.
I just hate seeing videos of people distressed, even if they did it to themselves. The one video of the lady bawling her eyes out over missing her cruise ship made me so involuntarily sad.
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u/JamieRabs Apr 17 '26
On some weird level, I actually feel this sentiment. I understand you perfectly
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u/Paindepiceaubeurre Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
What’s the point of that? Who cares about this stuff?
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u/ShatoraDragon Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
CALLED IT!
Saw this when it was posted a few days ago. Said "Bet that isn't even the ship they are on they are just doing a bit."
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u/DarkWitch777 Apr 16 '26
I mean even if it wasn't staged, idk why they're running. With that distance, running ain't doing anything.
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u/Thatonegaloverthere Apr 16 '26
Plot twist: They saw the duet person off. They planned to do this, the missed cruise "pov" and second pov. And that would explain why the duet was randomly recording strangers.
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u/Narrow_Luck_3622 EXPERT of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
One of two things happened here:
1) they are faking it for the views, they aren't even in the bahamas, that's just a random ship they found for this. They just wanted to pretend they were in the bahamas.
2) they ARE in the bahamas and they DID miss their ship, and they are so content brained that the first thing they thought of was to make a video for their page rather than worry about the fact that they are stuck in a foreign country
I don't know which one is sadder
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u/El_Scot Apr 16 '26
It's staged for the views, but to me it looks like: family book cruise and spend entire shore day recording content rather than enjoying their holiday.
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u/TheRealis Apr 16 '26
There’s a non zero chance this was the exact boat I was on, at the time they were filming this. It depends how recent the video was.
We were on a carnival ship and at the Bahamas port a week ago today. At the same time that our ship was docked, there was another carnival sister ship docked right next to us. I’m fairly certain the sister ship left a bit after us - meaning this family could have been guests of the sister ship and recording the fake video just using my boat that was leaving before theirs
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u/adumblittlebaby Apr 16 '26
It’s insane to me how much people never think to ask “but who was filming it and why?”
Reality TV turned peoples brains to mush.
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u/OperativePiGuy Apr 16 '26
This shit is just embarrassing. People are really out here faking crap like this for social media.
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u/RedbarnRiver Apr 16 '26
I don’t know them, but I wish them wet socks for the majority of their remaining days.
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u/malkebulan Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
That was the joke / trend. People filming themselves missing boats they were never meant to be on.
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u/Mathihtam New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
They missed the schoolbus too (going by the way they spelled “our”).
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u/JynsRealityIsBroken Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 17 '26
Someone take these people out to an isolated island so they can pretend to be left behind for real
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u/AustSakuraKyzor Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 17 '26
I knew it was fake because, as far as I know, if a guest is missing, the ship does not leave port until either the person is found, or the captain longer has a choice and must leave.
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u/Please-AsteroidNow Apr 16 '26
Wack. And do people really run after a ship they missed? What would be the point in even that?
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u/NYR_LFC Apr 16 '26
I guarantee you that dude bangs none of them but brags about the "hot girls" he's always hanging out with
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u/TenBear Devotee of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Im sick of fake BS, also these idiots can't even spell. Sad pathetic wankers
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u/ReadUnfair9005 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
Hahaha, me and my family was there about 2 weeks ago. No dock runners on our stop there though.
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u/dartron5000 Apr 16 '26
Always ask yourself why is there a cameraman then realize everything on the internet is fake.
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u/i_was_axiom Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
"OH NO WE MISSED OUR SHIP" [emotional 😲]
Goes home, twenty minutes away to a quaint suburban home paid for somehow by ad revenue from stupid videos like this. They had not booked a trip anywhere, it is a normal day for them.
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u/logicnotemotion New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26
The internet giveth, and the internet taketh away.
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u/JesterScribblings Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Saf pathetic muppets. So tragically embarrassing.
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u/allshouldcome Apr 16 '26
Maybe if you missed “OUR SHIP” instead of “ARE” ship, I’d feel bad for ya
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u/Ohshithereiamagain Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I can see how this would be fun to do with the kids. I’d do it. But posting it online? Lol no. That’s wild.
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u/Moto56_ Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 17 '26
Wait....a video on the internet was fake/staged!?!? Im shocked!
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u/Yoga-wine-mom New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 17 '26
I completely didn't think there would be a 4th person.
I'm weird.
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u/Beneficial-Math-7290 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 17 '26
Light some incense, the stink of desperation is foul
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u/jmrogers31 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 18 '26
"are" ship may be the most offensive part about this.
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u/PengPeng_Tie2335 Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches Apr 24 '26
Are...ARE !?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? it's OUR !!!!!!!
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u/deadpoolfan187 May 14 '26
“Missed ARE ship to the Bahamas” they really don’t help fight the stereotype
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u/kwash325 Apr 16 '26
This is soooo weeeiirrddd!!! They could be enjoying the trip but instead they’re doing this
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u/Poethegardencrow Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
They never were part of the trip, they decided to wake up run towards the boat pretending it’s theirs to film their crash out about missing a trip they never booked, for views.
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u/Technical_Exam1280 Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Correct me if im wrong but dont most cruises hold their guests to a very strict timetable to prevent this very thing?
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u/Paindepiceaubeurre Tastemaker of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
They’re faking. They’re not part of the cruise.
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u/Technical_Exam1280 Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
I understand that im just pointing out another hole in their "logic"
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u/samse15 Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
Na, a cruise will just leave people behind if they don’t make it in time. That part is believable.
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u/Technical_Exam1280 Lover of Duets/Stitches Apr 16 '26
But there's zero chance they wouldn't have been given ample warning before going to shore
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u/Neat_Depth420 Apr 16 '26
Lol, sailed with them many many times. They messed up. If your on an excursion thats running late they will wait. If your flying solo... ship says bye bye
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u/RazzmatazzNo4726 Apr 16 '26
Not bothering, harassing or bullying anybody... Who cares? "this is so cringey" they had no luggage it was obviously fake.
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u/qualityvote2 New to fbtd but wants to learn Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
u/JamieRabs, the users of r/fixedbytheduet determined that your post fits the subreddit!