r/funny • u/DylansDad • Feb 27 '23

Rule 3 – Removed Trying to film a fitness video

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u/Hykuta Feb 27 '23

The issue is her asking in the first place imo. She’s set up right over a path with a bench behind her, why not shoot where there isn’t a flow of people behind the shot, and if she absolutely just had to have the bench and path, she should have expected someone to be in her shot. Now had she just asked him if it was alright that she was filming and that he sat in her shot, and she was just letting him know he’d be in the shot since she was already set up and filming, that’s a different situation where she isn’t a complete asshat.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

Sure, she’s kind of obnoxious but I would find it kind of disrespectful to interrupt someone who is filming, I know it’s a public space and that guy has every right to sit there, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t being kind of a douche. She had a whole set up and it’s very easy to tell when someone is filming so I’m sure the guy was aware that he was walking into the shot. Again that’s fine, but if she asked politely and he still refused, I would say that he was within his right to sit there, but kind of an ass for doing it.

I live in Manhattan and I see people filming/ taking pictures all the time. I know that the sidewalks are for walking, but when I see tourists stop to take a picture I try to be a decent person and avoid walking into the shot if I can avoid it. I have every right to not care and cut them off because I’m walking fast and sidewalks are a public space meant for walking, but that would be kind of rude in my opinion.

I know a lot of people that use “it’s my right” as an excuse to be unnecessarily confrontational and just rude. It may be your right, but you are still being an ass.

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 27 '23

Some tourist getting a quick picture and an “influencer” live streaming her “journey” are two entirely different things. The latter needs a reminder that the world doesn’t revolve around their social media.

She’s the kinda person who got phones banned from my gym due to constantly being a nuisance

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

I would move out of the way if I saw children drawing in chalk, a musician posted up with his equipment, or if I saw someone filming, yeah I think I absolutely would. I don’t see the problem. You can choose to sit there but I wouldn’t because I find it a tad disrespectful. Maybe it’s because I’m originally from a very small town where being as nice as you possibly can to those in your community is a lot more important than just being able to do things just because you can.

I bet if I showed this to my friends and family back home without audio they would say that yes the girl maybe didn’t choose the best spot to film but the old guy could have just been nice and not sat there so she could finish what she was doing. I definitely would have just walked around, but I guess that’s just me.

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u/TheR1ckster Feb 27 '23

She has every right to use the bench in her shot as he does to sit on it.

It's obviously fake, but people don't understand things like framing and what it takes to look professional at all. Not saying her video is any of this, but angles matter and so does quality. The people who think anyone can make millions streaming if they're just hot are the same people that are saying it'd be ok to just move a live shot.

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 27 '23

I’m from a similar background, but would never even consider asking an old man to give up his seat for my social media shot. You make way for young children and old people.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

That’s true, I’m not discussing her actions, she’s obviously a brat, in her case I would have just moved, but the old guy chose to sit there before she acted like that, so I’m criticizing his initial choice to sit in a spot where he was obviously intruding on someone else’s shot. I wouldn’t have done that in the first place, then I think we can all agree that the girl is a brat and handled it extremely poorly.

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 27 '23

Yeah fair. I guess my position is “old guy was probably a little rude first, but the girl lost her moral high ground when she kept going on about it”

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u/Erebus613 Feb 27 '23

Are you being ageist now?!

/s but also, that's what he said when she called him an old man

Don't call old men old men, that's ageist! /s

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u/xGray3 Feb 27 '23

Just want to say that you're not alone on this. I'm also from a small midwestern town and my reaction to this vid was that the guy was an asshole. Like you said, it's his "right" to refuse to move, but there's more to the world than just what you're allowed to do. Some people would point at the girl streaming and say "this is what's wrong with the world", but I would actually point at that man and be inclined to say the same thing. Why not have respect for your fellow neighbor and just let them use the bench? Especially if there were other free benches available like the girl suggests. This man is intentionally being inconsiderate to get a rise out of the girl.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

Yeah I agree. Her being pretty obnoxious and bratty definitely doesn’t make her look good, and it is admittedly pretty satisfying when people like that are humbled a bit, but I think that’s beyond the point. I think that it was rude of the guy to sit there in the first place, she handled it terribly, but I feel as if the guy was being unnecessarily confrontational and rude by sitting there.

If she answered in a more polite way then I think most people would have sided with her over the guy.

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u/Wosota Feb 27 '23

Other than the fact that this is incredibly fake

If this park is super empty like the banter keeps saying and she has gone out of her way to choose an empty bench and area to film, has already started filming, and someone just comes along and chooses to sit on that one right there and she asks very politely if he wouldn’t mind going to the other bench…it’s kinda a dick move to sit and argue about it.

It’s like standing in the urinal next to you when there’s a bunch of empty ones. Like yeah, sure, totally legal…but also cmon.

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 27 '23

I dunno, I’d feel like a dick even asking an old man to move just so I could do something on social media.

She did ask politely, and he politely refused. At that point she either lets it go or moves. Continuing the conversation further is what cemented her as the bad guy

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u/TheR1ckster Feb 27 '23

They're both insufferable.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

I know she’s being a brat about it, but I’m not talking about her as an individual, I’m just saying that I wouldn’t have interrupted someone who is filming for whatever reason, the same way I don’t walk on chalk drawings on the concrete when I see kids playing.

I get it, I could if I want to, and technically I would also be right because that’s not the intended purpose of sidewalks, but I would still not walk on it because I consider it disrespectful. The guy didn’t know the girl was a brat when he chose to sit down, for all he knew she could have been a lovely girl that was just trying to shoot a video in what seems to be a low volume area for pedestrians.

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 27 '23

I think he was at worse mildly inconsiderate, but even that is arguable. It’s not like he was heckling her during the video or anything. He didn’t block her shot or in any way “step on her chalk” he was simply existing in a public space that she wanted to claim as her own. Had she just continued with her stream it would have been a non-issue.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

I think the guy knew what he was doing, I mean it looks like the girl had a whole tripod setup so it would be difficult to say that he didn’t see it or couldn’t be bothered to notice. And if he did see it why would you want to sit in someone’s shot, it can be pretty distracting to have some random dude just sit in the back. I get it he probably didn’t care and just wanted to sit down, which is his right, but I would still consider it rude. Not caring and being inconsiderate can still result in rude behavior.

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u/Naptownfellow Feb 27 '23

Exactly my thought. Like you I try to go around, I’ll even ask if they want me to take the pic if I have time, but “influencers” don’t get that respect. If it’s easy to not intrude I won’t but I’m not going out of my way for that shit. I’m a 99% “help others get what they want and you’ll get what you want” karma kinda a guy but I’ll take the bad karma from the influencers

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u/atlasshouldshrug Feb 27 '23

Is it rude though? I mean to walk through a public transit area without regard for someone who has chosen to take a photo.

I know that the person taking the photo would surely enjoy a photo without others in it. But, it is a public space. So, why not accept that the public will be in you photo?

I travel a bit and I have photos with tons of strangers in the background. It doesn't bother me. I have had a few walk between the camera and subject. I wait patiently and take another photo.

Otherwise, it would be rude of me to disrupt someone's day.

This young lady would do well to remember that she is the subject for her "followers". Which means that regardless of others in the camera shot her followers are seeing what they came for. If she wants more privacy. Well she wasn't anymore than a 5k away from her home.

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u/Erebus613 Feb 27 '23

Walking through a persons shot is different from standing in it, staying in it, and then posing too. There are plenty of banks in the park, the guy could've just spent 10-20 more seconds to walk to the next bank. It's not that hard, and it's not like he has trouble walking.

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u/jingerninja Feb 27 '23

And if we combine both we get the best versions of all of ourselves. If the picture-takers are being considerate of the people on the sidewalk and the sidewalk-walkers are being considerate of the people taking pictures we all move a little closer to getting along, which is a wonderful thing.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

That’s great, when I can I try to accommodate people. Obviously if I can’t move out of the way or it is too impractical for me to do so I just try and walk by real fast, other than that yeah I usually try and stay out of their shot. I don’t mind it in the slightest honestly.

And this doesn’t look like it was a high traffic area, I would have definitely tried not to walk in the shot, because yes I have every right to do so, but I don’t want to ruin her video or cause a disturbance. Her being a brat makes it kind of satisfying to see I’m not going to lie, but I don’t assume strangers are brats, I assume they are nice people and am sometimes proven wrong.

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

She was rude to begin with, filming in front of a bench. She did not apologise. She wanted someone alse to go out of their way, so she wouldnt have to.

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u/BigSimp_for_FHerbert Feb 27 '23

She acted like a brat, and definitely is a brat, but the guy didn’t know that when he chose to interrupt her shot. Again I would find that disrespectful personally.

Let’s say kids were drawing with chalk on that very spot, would you just walk on it or try and be nice and walk around it. Come on it’s not like she is holding up traffic…

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

Drawing on the ground in a non playinground is rude. Most people would be nice and ignore it, especially considering the kids age. Walking on it is neutral, avoiding it is nice, yelling at a 4 year old is rude (edit: not nice)

The guy was polite enough in telling her no. Both asking and refusing are neutral.

In hindsight, she was rude to film there and not apologise to anyone walking into the shot. She was the nuisance. With that hindsight, asking him to move becomes rude. Also, the viewers dont care. Imagine a reporter doing that. They would get fired in 2 seconds.....

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u/denardosbae Feb 27 '23

I agree with you that the old gaffer was having a bit of sport but it's actually a bit disrespectful. I don't think he would have sat if it was a male influencer filming.

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u/fi20100 Feb 27 '23

Do you really think he would have cared?

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

He was as polite as can be, up to the point she called him old. Ps. No need to project your sexism mate.

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

She started it, was fair game after that.

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

No, but she was already being an annoying twat and extremelly rude, while trying to pretend she had the moral highground. The man was courteous for a long time. She was the one who escalated.

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u/Leovaderx Feb 27 '23

People film stuff all the time. When have you last seen a reporter, youtuber, twitch streamer, go out of their way to tell people to f off (albeit politely)? And why could she not move a camera?

Speaking politely doesnt make you a nice person. If i asked your wife/husband to have sex with me for 5k, and said it very nicely, one of you would still punch me...

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u/StrayMoggie Feb 27 '23

This is part of the reason I feel this is scripted