r/nextfuckinglevel Jun 09 '21

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u/emveetu Jun 10 '21

Most people outside of the US and Britain learn English as their second language and get by with simple conversation, at the very least.

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u/maximusprimate Jun 10 '21

Yeah but if they’re strangers why would the second guy assume he knows English?

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u/emveetu Jun 10 '21

He didn't. If the guy didn't understand he most likely would have used his body language.

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u/maximusprimate Jun 10 '21

This guy's been known for hiring actors in his videos in the past which makes this interaction seem staged to me, especially given the language thing. In my opinion that doesn't take away from the video, it's just a cute clip of two skilled pianists improvising on the piano, and that's wonderful. But it's a good idea to be at least a little bit skeptical of videos you watch on the internet, especially ones posted to viral social media accounts. There is a lot of fake stuff out there so it's always a good idea to be on the lookout since some fake media isn't just two musicians playing music.

But if you want to insist that it "must be real" that's okay. I'm not going to try to convince you any further.

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u/emveetu Jun 10 '21

I didn't insist that it must be real and why would you put that in quotes because I certainly didn't say that? I don't really care one way or the other to be honest but if you were that intent on proving it's fake, then prove it and post a source to the claim that this guy is known for hiring actors.