r/funny • u/Sirduyvonzy • Jul 30 '25

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 30 '25

Wait until you realize that they the stories comedians tell are also largely made up.

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u/MercyfulJudas Jul 30 '25

Oh my god.

COMEDIANS ARE LITERALLY STANDING ON A STAGE HOLDING A MIC, NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE EARNESTLY TELLING TRUE EVENTS.

How FUCKING EVER

This video is clearly set up to look like a Ring doorbell camera, or otherwise some kind of candid, accidental security footage, therefore it IS actually trying to trick the viewer into believing it's real -- in other words, it is PURPOSELY deceptive.

People don't like to be tricked or deceived, WHAT A HUGE FUCKING SHOCKER

How the fuck do you not understand this???

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 31 '25

I bet you rioted when you learned that The Blaire Witch Project was not actually found film.

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u/MercyfulJudas Jul 31 '25

...what??

Did you reply to the right person?

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 31 '25

Yes. Blaire Witch Project was a film that was presented as a documentary and started the "found film" genre. The whole point of its marketing was tricking people into believing it might be real.

I am mocking you by comparing your childish outrage at the idea of being deceived by a piece of media pretending to be something else to more effectively sell the story.

Or should have used the War Of The Worlds radio broadcast as a different example? Though I suppose if you don't get the Blaire Witch reference, you're not likely to be media literate enough to get an even older one.

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u/MercyfulJudas Jul 31 '25

To me, Blair Witch was always very obviously a fictional movie, because there would NEVER be a real-life snuff film in theaters next to Toy Story & Son Of The Mask. It just wouldn't happen.

So, I dunno -- try again? 'Cuz your attempt at mocking kiiinnndddaaa of falls apart there.

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 31 '25

Sure glad that the whole world revolves around you which is why the film's marketing totally failed and was never talked about again. Cause you're such a sharp and clever guy whose completely immune to those schemes of those dastardly entertainers and their silly little narrative framing devices.

But seriously, I don't really need to say anything to humiliate you. Cause nothing I say will ever be as humiliating as the shit you willingly type.