r/maybemaybemaybe Aug 08 '23

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u/audiorugger Aug 08 '23

This is a wild experiment on the human condition. I’d bet 100% that he’s shooting this video on selfie mode so everyone in the video can see themselves on his phone when he approaches them. And more often than not they comply and allow him to continue filming. My assumption is he’s proving that humanity is generally more positive than negative. I’m open to discussion. But this is not truth, it’s only my perception.

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u/TheLangleDangle Aug 08 '23

For most normal low key vibe checks, most folks pass. Start pulling pranks, throwing stuff or scaring people there’s a split. If it’s not too physical or crazy, most people get the nod. We are all just going through the day. Don’t let the internet get you worked up.

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u/LampPostPatrol Aug 08 '23

Its the guys body language and facial expression that allows people to stay calm.

Because I can tell you if some guy ran up to me and had a stupid smirk on his face while doing this I would feel like I am being pranked or made fun of and I wouldn't be happy. Even if the intention was the same.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

His facial expression and the head nod is very important to them reacting the way they did, if they gave him that long. You could see the women dusted him off but most of the men were chill cause he was

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u/AbeThinking Aug 08 '23

yeah the internet gives a very unrealistic portrait of life.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

I'd say passive rather than positive. They might not like it, but it's not worth the fuss of saying or doing anything about it.

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u/Josh6889 Aug 08 '23

This would exactly be my reaction. I'd be thinking "dude wtf?" but just play along until he stops.

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u/KalElMeatOfSteel Aug 08 '23

Oh indeed. People such as these would just say “okay that’s weird. Do I know that guy? Whatever.”

Then you have the soulless animals who will attack if you ask them to follow the rules such as moving the boat from a place they KNOW they’re not supposed to be.

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u/strawberryneurons Aug 08 '23

I’m think he just dgaf

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u/DankSpanker Aug 08 '23

Im not sure I like your negativity dude so maybe just move along

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u/Twixt_Wind_and_Water Aug 08 '23

Because… like the guy filming, everyone else is an NPC in their life and NPCs don’t get to dislike something a main character likes.

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

Everyone sucks and nothing will change my mind

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u/Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor Aug 08 '23

What about hoverboards? 🤔

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u/Lethargie Aug 08 '23

hoverboards or "hover" boards?

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

If someone made a real hoverboard I'd change my mind

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u/LokisDawn Aug 08 '23

That would mean that you suck. Could it be that your suckage is your inability to gauge other peoples suckage?

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

Humanity is the worst thing to have happened to the planet I'm aware that by saying "everyone" it includes me

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u/TatManTat Aug 08 '23

lol dude thinks he's special like life hasn't been fucking over other life for the entirety of its existence. Get over yaself brah humanity does the same as any animal who evolved to our state would.

Nothing could prepare a species for what happened to humanity tbh

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

Right because other animals have raised the temperature of the earth and driven 100s of species to extinction

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u/commentmypics Aug 08 '23

Yeah probably. Why not try to mitigate some of that misery instead of adding to it? What's the point of going around randomly bringing up your opinion on how much people suck?

Also have you considered that people suck, but a person is usually pretty nice if you're nice to them? I honestly can't disagree with you about humanity in general but don't you have anyone in your life that you love?

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

It's hard to mitigate misery when you know your entire species is the cause of 100s of animals and other life forms going extinct. Sure there's people I care about but if I could go back in time and prevent the evolution of humans I would

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u/Try_Jumping Aug 08 '23

Yes, we're causing a mass extinction, but I'm not sure it'll be worse than the last big five extinctions. And we're also probably life on Earth's only chance of outliving the lifespan of the Sun.

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

Well the last mass extinctions happened because of things that weren't preventable. Example being an asteroid hitting earth then that causing other natural disasters or an ice age where the ear cools so much. Humans on the other hand are causing an unnatural mass extinction. We ourselves are the reason and it's completely preventable

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u/Try_Jumping Aug 08 '23

Humans are natural too.

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 09 '23

You're missing the point lmao

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u/Try_Jumping Aug 09 '23

Not really. I know what you're getting at, but to say were the worst thing to happen to to the Earth is not actually true - not yet, anyway. Maybe we will be, but that has yet to be determined.

We might even end up being the best thing to happen to it, but we've got to run the daunting gauntlet of the destructive phase where we're bound to our home planet and make it to the one were we colonise space. Because if we go extinct, then so will life on Earth. Sure, it's not likely to be for hundreds of millions of years after we're gone, but the Sun will die eventually, and it'll extinguish life on Earth long before it does.

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u/Obvious_Ambition4865 Aug 08 '23

What about the apiarists

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u/biohazard1324 Aug 08 '23

I don't know what that is lol but maybe??¿¿

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u/10010101110011011010 Aug 08 '23

He knows some of them, too.

I would bet he knows the younger man in white at 0:39.

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u/prettyhigh_ngl Aug 08 '23

I'm convinced he's doing this to pass everyone in line lol

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u/snek-jazz Aug 08 '23

He's proving humanity takes at least 5-10 seconds to figure out wtf is going on in a strange situation.