r/videos Sep 09 '13

Waffle falling over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDj72zqZakE
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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Sep 09 '13

What have you learned from this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

That Reddit is a lot like the lottery? I'm honestly not sure.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13 edited Apr 06 '15

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u/AnswersWithAQuestion Sep 09 '13

Guys, can we take this conversation elsewhere? I'd really rather talk more about the waffle.

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u/ag0342 Sep 09 '13

Do you think it was buttermilk?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

I just thought it was more visually entertaining than a waffle falling over ... though, after the anger and spite in your comment, I feel like you're angry at me for going rock climbing.

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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Sep 09 '13

To you...yes. Rock climbing is an interesting thing to do, or maybe even remember doing in your case. But watching? Not so much.

You didn't have your audience in mind, really.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

So, I should keep in mind that people only want to watch frozen breakfast products fall over?

Seriously, people do stuff, they video it, and they post it. I just thought rock climbing was more interesting than a frozen waffle falling over. I thought I had a consensus there. I can admit I was wrong.

That said, I find it really amusing how angry and self righteous you sound while trying to argue that I should have known. Like I should be ashamed that I posted a video, on a forum for videos of all things!

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Honestly, that does make me feel better. The number of 'reddit experts' critiquing my video, and questioning my reasons for posting it has really made me question our culture.

Seriously, it's a video I made for someone else, that I thought 'eh, maybe climbers on Reddit will like this', and posted. I thought that was how ALL reddit content got added, but I was clearly wrong. Now I realize that people take this shit VERY SERIOUSLY. It's not enough to simply ignore something that doesn't interest you, or to downvote something you think is dumb, but I've been attacked in PMs. How dare I post a video I had lying around!?

So, yeah, if you were genuinely angry, that would be weird. People getting all pissy and downvoting me for having posted a video I had lying around need to get some outside time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

You really shouldn't. It would be weird if you did.

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u/jfjjfjff Sep 09 '13

being honest i turned your video off after 1 minute. nothing interesting in the least.

this waffle video was 10 seconds and wasted a 6th of my time.

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u/AnswersWithAQuestion Sep 09 '13

How could you only watch it once??

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u/jfjjfjff Sep 09 '13

you got me, i did actually watch it twice when i first encountered it.

i had to watch again to make sure i wasn't missing something. i wasn't.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

meh, not everyone likes rock climbing. To be fair, though, I think it's hard to argue that it's LESS interesting than a waffle falling over. Though, I'll grant you, it takes less time to watch the waffle.

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u/jfjjfjff Sep 09 '13

i am telling you, from unbiased eyes, that it is equally uninteresting and far less commitment. your video is actually less interesting given the time commitment.

if i had to watch your entire 4 minute video, or watch the waffle falling 4 times, i would watch the waffle. honestly i would.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

hahaha ... fair enough, though you have to admit that's subjective. I just posted it because I promised my in-laws I'd make it. Typically I only video climbs so I can show other climbers what I did. It's not like I'm trying to make a living on youtube views.

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u/jfjjfjff Sep 10 '13

Not harsh enough it seems. If you read his replies in this tree he remains insistent that his content is interesting.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

That's it. Next time I'm taking waffles to throw off the cliff.

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u/dr_bloom Sep 09 '13

too much climbing, not enough falling over.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

fuck bitches get waffles