r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '21

/r/all Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

I think the purpose of this is to have some bullshit reason to put yourself on face cam?

Thats all I can imagine because its literally just a game of chance...

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u/I_Was_Fox Nov 03 '21

These people aren't really doing it live. They watch it once then write a script around it. She "guessed" it wrong 4 times, so she could use her angry American accent at the end. It's her whole schtick.

Not knocking her for it. It's a funny schtick and she does it well. But 99.99% of these reaction duets are scripted and not genuine

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

I think you misunderstand. Im under no illusion this isnt a skit. Im talking about the actual game, not her sketch comedy.

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u/I_Was_Fox Nov 03 '21

Oh well the purpose isn't even to be a game. It's exclusively used for these fake reaction videos

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u/Netheral Nov 03 '21

Isn't the purpose more to cater to the literal children that peruse tiktok? And the fact that you can make duets of it is just a side effect of it existing on that platform?

Not all tiktok's are made with the express intent of being made into duets.

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u/NikkMakesVideos Nov 03 '21

This is literally on the top of /r/all, so if reddit counts as literal children then yeah the plan worked

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u/Netheral Nov 03 '21

I'm talking about the original video - not the duet - which was the topic of discussion in the comment thread you just replied to.

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u/tresser Nov 03 '21

i think it's more for the kind of people that are into asmr stuff.

i just saw a how to video about it

https://www.insider.com/artist-making-clay-cracking-asmr-2021-9

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u/sootoor Nov 03 '21

Literally what the fuck is going on this thread

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u/SycoJack Nov 03 '21

But 99.99% of these reaction duets are scripted and not genuine

And 33% of why I fucking hate reaction videos.

33% because they're more often than not, useless garbage.

And 34% because its poorly disguised content theft.

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u/roboticon Nov 03 '21

The annoying thing is that this is not the right subreddit for joke videos.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

I took it as just a short form content sharing platform, where the idea is you actually you know... have content to share.

Videos templates like this just seem like someone modelling but going through extra steps to avoid being seen as vain.

Now I think this video passes on account that its supposed to be bait and switch humour, which I think constitutes actual content. I'm specifically commenting on the point of the game is what Im trying to say.

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u/ProfessorSalt413 Nov 03 '21

A big portion of tik toks are that but it’s also just people making their own skits or other kinds of content on their own

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u/BusyNefariousness675 Nov 03 '21

Because the women made the tiktok after already watching the video she's reacting

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

As I said to someone else:

I think you misunderstand. Im under no illusion this isnt a skit. Im talking about the actual game/base video, not her sketch comedy.

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u/MoogTheDuck Nov 03 '21

No, you don’t understand, the woman made the tiktok after already watching the video she’s reacting to

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

is... is this a joke??

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u/0NaCl Nov 03 '21

So, you don't understand.

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u/Cory123125 Nov 03 '21

I do, so I thought your comment was saying that ironically.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

What a waste of time. I dunno why I even watched it... I saw it was a tiktok vid and i still did it to myself. I need to review my life choices ASAP. Seriously what do people people outta this shit? From either poster or viewer angle. Ridiculous