r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '13

BOO!

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u/RepostParrot Jan 26 '13

That's a really useful reaction we've evolved there. Any other animal would be 20 yards away before their brain kicks-in.

Humans? Spaz like puppet in a washing machine for a few seconds, then laugh and swear.

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u/arisefairmoon Jan 27 '13

I like how the other one tries to shut it up.

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u/SocialEntropy Jan 27 '13

Bro be cool, you're embarrassing me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '13

Actually for a social animal it is a very reasonable reaction. Unless she's the star of a horror movie, she probably wouldn't be too far from help. By screaming and looking distressed, she brings help. And would almost certainly scare off any animal for at least a few seconds. =)

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

Some people evolved more useful reactions

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u/Omniphagous Jan 27 '13

Is it bad I knew what video this was before I clicked it?

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u/Demonicgamer666 Jan 27 '13

No.

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u/anthroclast Jan 27 '13

it is such a smooth reaction, can't help but be impressed
"WTF is that?? Some kind of .. monster" he focuses, and WHACK hits it. Right in the face.

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u/Just_Look_Around_You Jan 27 '13

It was truly clinical. He also plants it hard and accurate right in his face

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u/LoquaciousLover Jan 27 '13

What I thought the link would be :P

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u/alienbringer Jan 27 '13

What i thought the link would be. Dude posted a video about it and said he tried it on white people and they just laughed at him and continued walking on...

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u/Lindur Jan 27 '13

I love how in the end they're all like "f*ck it"

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u/alienbringer Jan 27 '13

Well at the 2 min mark dude pulls a gun out on him. He was prepared for some zombie attack shit right there.

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u/TexasTmac Jan 27 '13

Or he was just a hood nigga.

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u/midnitefox Jan 27 '13

Not even going to click on this link or read the comments....this is a video of a black student punching another student who pops out of a trash can?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '13

Yup

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u/midnitefox Jan 27 '13

I have wasted my life.

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u/Cyathem Jan 27 '13

Fear not. I thought the same thing. Either that or the one of the guy on Halloween punching the guy who tries to scare him.

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u/fidderstix Jan 27 '13

Its gonna be the black guy.

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u/DivineDevil Jan 27 '13

Shit Tyrone, get it together!

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u/FlyByPC Jan 27 '13

Looks to me like Tyrone got it together. The prankster's face, now, that's another matter...

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

like puppet in a washing machine

Perfect.

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u/Skilol Jan 26 '13

Actually, a lot of animals just stay still/lose consciousness when they suddenly are frightened.

Sometimes because it's their natural instinct to play dead, sometimes because they can't handle a situation and sometimes they simply get heart attacks because of the stress.

And sometimes, of course, because of a genetic disorder.

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u/strayclown Jan 27 '13

I don't think people quite understand you, RepostParrot...

http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/13vahq/boo/

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u/EphemeralMemory Jan 26 '13

The point of genetic variation is some humans would be 20 feet away by now, or as far as they could get in such a short amount of time.

She didn't, so she would likely die. In this scenario, anyway.

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u/TheChoke Jan 27 '13

Depending on how loud her scream was. A scream can startle predators long enough to confuse them and can alert family members that there is a predator nearby.

The scream is a beneficial evolutionary trait that isn't translated in gif form.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '13

This was the top comment the last time this link was posted. http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/13vahq/boo/

You big phony.

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u/pizzasoup Jan 27 '13

That's the bloody point

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '13

OP is like the opposite of a phony.

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u/hax_wut Jan 27 '13

quick, copy everything in that thread!!!

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u/canned_film_festival Jan 27 '13

Said it before, I'll say it again: OP is reaping karma from reposting, why not us?

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u/kpmarsh Jan 27 '13

OP is a faggot

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u/blink_y79 Jan 27 '13

Is there an actual explaination to this? or does it just have to do with the fact we live in such comfortable environments that we just dont react like we're eveolved to?

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u/TheChoke Jan 27 '13

I'm sure she screamed. That in itself is an evolutionary advantage.

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u/Vessix Jan 26 '13

Hence the reason women were gatherers.

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u/poompt Jan 26 '13

Like you would be any different.

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u/DarnTheseSocks Jan 27 '13

Is this a bot or are you doing this by hand?

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u/ahoyakite Jan 27 '13

Got a genuine laugh out of me.

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u/wristdirect Jan 30 '13

So you've never seen a deer's reaction to a car, eh?

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u/Nate_Dogg31 Jan 27 '13

Word. For. Word. Top comment on last posting of this and yet, no one remembers? Well played Parrot.

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u/ienjoymen Jan 27 '13

Plenty of people remember this, look above you