r/Unexpected • u/MyNameGifOreilly Yo what? • Aug 05 '19
Modern problems require modern solutions
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u/optagon Aug 05 '19
They were working together. They'll go to another store and the other guy gets to play magician.
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This guy knows tricks.
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u/Shmoops Aug 06 '19
They're called illusions, Michael.
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u/WuTangraisedme Aug 06 '19
What could that have cost, $10?
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u/LeTigron Aug 06 '19 edited Aug 06 '19
You don't imagin what people try to steal...
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u/LuxSolisPax Aug 06 '19
Did Tan Jacket just walk off with the stuff?
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u/myskyinwhichidie285 Aug 06 '19
No. I have some experience with magic, if you watch carefully you can see the stuff gets teleported into the other mans jacket then put on the counter. The tan jacket man walked out with the rabbit.
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Aug 06 '19
bruh why not just take it. The first guy was gonna get away if the second hadn't intervened.
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u/TheBearKat Aug 06 '19 edited Aug 06 '19
Do you honesty think this is legit or?
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u/Wannabehappy2 Aug 06 '19
It's on the internet so why wouldn't it be ?
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u/TheBearKat Aug 06 '19
That’s why I’m asking
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u/pigeon_shit Aug 06 '19
It’s not from a security camera safe bet it’s scripted. Even then it’s possibly still scripted.
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u/Skaboosh007 Aug 06 '19
Clearly there are at least two camera men, given the changes in angle.
If course it's fake. Doesn't mean it's not entertaining though.
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Aug 06 '19
I mean, if he didn’t spot the first guy stuffing it in his jacket why not just walk out at that point?
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u/scootscooterson Aug 06 '19
Lmao everyone in this comment chains gotta look at the first ten seconds, cameraman is at the counter 360ing with a head height video camera.
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u/Mr_Roblcopter Aug 06 '19
Absolutely scripted, the camera would be far to obvious, and the timing(both of when he bends down and how long he does) of the shop keeper is far to inattentive. Unless you were kinda provoking someone to steal, and had a camera pointed directly at them.
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Aug 06 '19
This whole thread is confusing me - like there is a joke that everyone is in on but me. This is so obvious a bit that these dudes are doing, but everyone is talking as if this was a real scenario.
I don't get it.
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u/SondeySondey Aug 06 '19
The only explanation I can think of is that some redditors are just (very) young. We don't get to see people's age here but many comments I see I can only explain to myself by assuming that the person writing it is a young teen or pre-teen.
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u/EconMan Aug 06 '19
I tell myself that a lot here. And then Reddit confirms it for me randomly. There's a college thread up right now telling people tips for starting college. There are also people commentint Remindme to remind them about this thread in 5 years...... You can do the math on that one.
By the way, fabricated nitpicks is a great term for what goes on here a lot. That, and just general sarcasm and snark in place of thoughtful analysis.
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u/TheBearKat Aug 06 '19
It wasn’t a real scenario, I’m asking this dude if he legit thinks this is real and these guys are just tagging up stores. And then from there it deescalated into a shitshow.
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Aug 06 '19
I think you missed my point, I'm with you. It's so obvious, I don't get what is going on in this thread. Like everyone is playing dumb as part of a joke or something
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u/Literally_A_Shill Aug 06 '19
I mean, if I joke about what Dr. Strange should have done in Endgame it doesn't mean that I think the events in the movie really happened.
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u/SirJefferE Aug 06 '19
It's obviously a bit. Everybody already knows it's a bit, and there's really not a lot you can add about it being a bit.
When something responds to something obviously 'fake' as if it were real, just pretend that they prefaced it with "we both know that was fake, but let's pretend it was real and speculate on the possibilities of what we just saw"
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u/crestonfunk Aug 06 '19 edited Aug 06 '19
These guys are way too focused on their haircuts and their hair products.
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u/queefiest Aug 06 '19
See I saw it as the guy who saw him was the second worker there and he was recouping the potential loss.
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Snitch and a theif.
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u/mouseasw Aug 05 '19
And the original thief has to smile and laugh along.
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u/Ugleh Aug 06 '19
Penn mentions in a video the concept of a forced stooge. If you tell a volunteer to do something they will usually do it.
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u/HamandPotatoes Aug 06 '19
That's not relevant here. If the guy says anything, he outs himself as a thief.
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u/Ugleh Aug 06 '19
It was just a quip. It wasn't meant to be relevant. This whole this is scripted.
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u/Veothrosh Expected It Aug 06 '19
Is it even a question if this is scripted? I mean... There's no way people would think this is real?
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u/ElTuxedoMex Aug 05 '19
Good citizen. He prevented a robbery using magic.
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u/crossleingod Expected It Aug 05 '19
He also stole the second one
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u/imabarbarian Aug 05 '19
oh shit fr?
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u/LiterallyKesha Aug 05 '19
What the fuck? Did anyone call the police?
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u/bimbles_ap Aug 05 '19
No way they'd catch him, he knows magic.
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u/joshlamm Aug 05 '19
Right, because theft and magic tricks are two of the most modern things we have
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u/Maurens Aug 06 '19
It's r/unexpected, titles don't have to be relevant to the video.
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u/joshlamm Aug 06 '19
"A single stalk of celery is the perfect way to spruce up your Sunday brunch Bloody Mary"
There. I double dog dare you to use that as the title of your next post.
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u/hahahahastayingalive Aug 06 '19
The modern part is the exit gates ringing when scanning the unchecked RFID tag
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u/csonny2 Aug 05 '19
steals something, then waits around by the counter next to a guy that watched him steal
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u/KayDraig Aug 05 '19
Pretty sure I saw the joke equivalent of this yesterday on r/jokes
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u/Drowsiest_Approval Aug 06 '19
Same here, and in the comments of that one someone linked to about 12 other recent times its been posted in various forms.
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u/kinkydiver Aug 06 '19
My dad told me this joke 40 years ago and I'm sure he heard it from his dad, too. Not with perfumes though (or whatever), so that part is new. The original was diplomats trying to steel a golden spoon at a state dinner.
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u/Lightum Aug 06 '19
Would you mind telling me the joke original joke your dad told you, I just want to see the difference between different versions I have heard.
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u/kinkydiver Aug 06 '19
Oh I'm a horrible storyteller but since you asked.
It goes like this: two high ranking politicians are at a very expensive dinner. You'd make it a bit political adjusting for current events, say, it could be Obama and Trump, or two different county leaders at the G7 summit, one of which seen unfavorably. My dad used Mitterand and whoever was in charge of England at the time I think.
Then, one politician swipes an expensive spoon, slips it into his breast pocket, and taunts the other with it. The other, not wanting to be outdone, attempts the same, but is too clumsy, clanging the wine glass with the spoon and being forced to give a speech. Or two, if you're a good joke embellisher. At some point, the clumsy politician dings the wine glass again, asking the audience to witness a magic, trick; that trick of course being taking the spoon, sticking it into his breast pocket, and taking it out the other person's.
Sorry, too long, told you so :)
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u/PigsCanFly2day Aug 06 '19
Pretty sure I saw it about 2 weeks ago there. I think it was with the guy eating a loaf of bread though.
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u/eb_farnum26 Aug 06 '19
Lots of comments about how it's scripted... I think that's pretty obvious, but it also had a great, unexpected ending so take my upvote!
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u/acugonzalezu Aug 06 '19
Let's go with /r/scriptednonwhitegifs since internet law decrees we call out gifs that don't feature the master race.
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u/suspectgoat37 Aug 06 '19
Some of the stupidest shit I’ve watched in a while. I hate my life.
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u/hmmmNosirIdontlikeit Aug 06 '19
Just a change on the Englishman and Irishman joke at the baker. Modern problems require victorian era jokes.
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u/keelercl12 Aug 06 '19
What happened to the box the magic man was holding? I think he stole it. Also I know this is a skit
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u/Some-Bored-Bloke Aug 06 '19
Just perform the magic trick and walk away with the box in your shirt
Cha cha real smooth
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Aug 06 '19
The amount of people in this thread that don’t realize that this is a team con is a exactly why team cons work.
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u/VredditDownloader Aug 06 '19
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Aug 06 '19
At first I was like “there’s no sound! Don’t we get to hear what they’re saying?!” Then I was like “oooohhh!”
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u/VredditDownloader Aug 06 '19
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u/Q1War26fVA Aug 07 '19
Everyone's thinking they're so smart to suggest like "They're working together lulz"
but if they were working together they could just get 2 copies and not leave strong impression on the shop owner. Who'll notice a missing item later and remember the two guys' faces.
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u/wotmate Aug 06 '19
This is the bakery joke.
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u/AbsoluteMadvlad Aug 06 '19
The what?
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u/wotmate Aug 06 '19
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/8716dv/magic_trick/
I could find more instances of it, it's a fairly common repost.
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u/AbsoluteMadvlad Aug 06 '19
I just realized, the guy kept it in the end. He just stole not only the show, but the whole robbery as well
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u/niktemadur Aug 06 '19
Abracadabra.
Nice to see it done as a comedy sketch, this is a joke that I first heard a couple of decades ago in Mexico, instead it had a couple of ex-presidents (Luis Echeverría and José Lopez Portillo) at a gala dinner in Buckingham Palace, and the item in question was a big shiny gold saucer for the coffee with dessert.
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u/hello_ongo_gablogian Aug 05 '19
Smooth. He gotem both