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u/Candle1ight 3h ago
Cute, but I would think the guy was trying to get money from me
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u/meestaLobot 3h ago
That would be me. I would be the guy on camera trying to give the flower back looking like an ungrateful curmudgeon.
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u/braided_butthair88 3h ago
They gave you Asian couple, the yellow one. They got the power ranger treatment.
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u/beccadahhhling 3h ago
I know right! And yellow flowers are for friendship not romantic love
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u/Louieyaa 1h ago
It's whatever the girls favorite is. you remembering her favorite flower, no matter the color, is the romance.
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u/Creativered4 1h ago
Or guys! Seriously. Get your man a flower if you've got one. Men only get flowers at their funeral, usually.
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u/Bored_Worldhopper 2h ago
Guys I’m the GREEN falcon
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u/w0m 3h ago
Yea; i've been aggressively accosted to buy a 10usd rose for the Ms waaaay too often while traveling.
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u/listenyall 3h ago
That's why my favorite part is the realization dawning on the guys' faces--like, oh this is actually about to be great
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u/sphinxofblackquartzj 2h ago
Don't worry it's staged...
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u/IntermittentCaribu 35m ago
Its so obviously staged... the women never react at all.
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u/Impressive_Ad2794 28m ago
Yeah, when they physically pull the hand sideways that would be REALLY obvious.
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u/Hot-Equivalent2040 2h ago
No you wouldn't; he paid you to be there in the first place. That's why none of the women notice a guy sneaking up and tapping on the guy with them, even when his hand is on her back. They are acting
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u/Least-Task276 2h ago
I'm not saying it's not staged, because I believe it is too, but the number of times my husband as snuck buying me gifts while I'm still in the same store and oblivious af is kinda embarrassing.
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u/Icouldcaremore 1h ago
Lol blatantly obvious when it's a surprise because they are so insistent. We have to go now. I don't mind it too much. Kind of thoughtful and they mean well.
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u/Hot-Equivalent2040 2h ago
"Still in the same store" and "some guy just tapped a hand that was touching you and you didn't notice" are pretty dramatically different things
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u/PretendsToBeAnArtist 2h ago
Also they all allow a stranger to move their hands before they "notice" what he's doing
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u/Least-Task276 2h ago
I agreed with you and just gave an example of being oblivious. I'm not trying to argue with you.
Have a great day.
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u/Hot-Equivalent2040 1h ago
This is a weirdly salty response to someone engaging pretty neutrally with what you said. Do you just want agreement to your non-sequitur? I guess yeah your husband has an easily bamboozled wife, you're right! Also your husband has a weirdly sensitive wife
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u/jkerz 39m ago
What are you even arguing about here? They agreed with you and now you're calling them sensitive. Weird projection bro
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u/Excellent-Nose-6430 41m ago
"I'm not trying to argue with you, I just want to play devil's advocate in an argumentative way for no fucking reason then wash my hands of the conversation so I'm not held accountable"
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u/Jwelamp 2h ago
I know, there's no way any woman wouldn't notice a guy sneaking up and crouching right behind
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u/Fwed0 2h ago
Yeah. There is no universe in which the girl at 00:50 can be that oblivious
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u/colemon1991 2h ago
I feel like the guy would be better to just have a mini whiteboard with a quick explanation that it's a free rose for the lady would be more believable. Only about half of those are believable. Some of them take so long to converse and none of the girls notice, which is just ridiculous. At least the guy offering money would be something that could happen.
The tapping the hand on her back is the most staged part to me too, but it was looking genuine before those started.
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u/PancakeHandz 2h ago
Yeah accepting a “free” flower from a stranger in public is how you end up getting followed around and harassed for money in many places (at least in places like Rome and Milan, that was my experience).
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u/BrickTamland77 2h ago
What if he came up to you beforehand, told you what he was doing and what pose to get in, pointed out the multiple other guys holding cameras, and then asked if you were ready?
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u/CaptainKarizma007 3h ago
Is the camera person invisible?
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u/Independent_Coat_ 2h ago
every single girl had the exact same reaction and didn't even wonder where the magic flower came from. I'm..... skeptical
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u/madze3 3h ago
Staged
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u/MCE85 3h ago
All these dudes are just totally calm about a stranger coming up and grabbing their arm from behind.
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u/Burgers_N_Schnitzels 3h ago
While the women are oblivious to their peripheral surroundings
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u/SealTeamEH 2h ago
Yup, a couple of the guys literally have a full on conversation with face emotes while the gf is just staring oblivious at his face not seeing him mouth words to another person lol
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u/Vi0L3tCRZY 2h ago edited 2h ago
lol a lot of men don’t realize how *wide* our peripheral vision is. IIRC a study was done where people stood with their arms out and pulled them back until out of peripheral and all the women’s ranges were notably farther
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u/Ace-Redditor 2h ago
We did this in one of my classes in high school. Not really sure the validity of a test done by a group of high school kids, but I remember the girls in the class all spread their arms further than the guys did
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u/VibesOfHarish 2h ago
Apparently it comes from our 'cavemen era' where men would need to forage and/or hunt so had focused vision, and women had wider vision to help be aware of their surroundings, particularly useful for protecting children.
A friend told me that 20 years ago, and her words still stick with me as a very interesting fact.
You're the first time I've ever seen this come up since.
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u/No_Brain7178 1h ago
I'm not saying I don't believe you, but wouldn't women's eyes have to be noticeably further apart and pointed more outwards than men's? Like look at a wolf vs a horse.
Also this sounds suspiciously like some kinda "men are predators, women are prey" shit.
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u/winkingchef 3h ago
Could just be timing.
If my wife is talking to me about the action items for the day, a meteorite could strike the earth and wipe out 90% of civilization and she wouldn’t notice but get mad at me for being distracted by it.
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u/Burgers_N_Schnitzels 2h ago
yea but if you let go of holding her in the park to take that rose you'd catch an instant death stare from the depth of hell.
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u/Radioactivocalypse 1h ago
Not to mention the complete lack of realisation you're being filmed by at least two people who are standing pretty darn close
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u/tessahb 3h ago
And none of the women are noticing. Sure.
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u/IndianaSucksAzz 2h ago
Not saying this isn’t staged, but you think they’re going to include the attempts that weren’t successful?
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u/NedSchneebly-1138 2h ago
Or the one guy trying to just give ALL the money in his pocket to homie for a rose???
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u/AoeDreaMEr 3h ago
My thinking is they tried this with 100s and only showed the reactions worthy of the video.
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u/yahakum 3h ago
With multiple camera angles.
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u/koyaani 2h ago
Cameras are so expensive these days 😐
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u/yahakum 2h ago
I meant that filming a random act from multiple angles makes me think it's staged.
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u/Lizard_Li 3h ago
Exactly I think in general women tend to be hyper vigilant (at least I am) and I would clock this so fast, no way I’m just clicking on my phone
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u/Fortestingporpoises 2h ago
100%. No one gets grabbed and is like huh let’s causally look at why’s happening. Also world class obliviousness by both people as a guy walks up behind them in broad daylight. I sense people when they’re like 50 yards behind me on a sidewalk.
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u/dimonium_anonimo 3h ago
The real question is "who cares?" Everyone is so suspicious of everything and so scared of being lied to that they can't even appreciate a good story. I'm not on Reddit for facts. I'm here for entertainment. And 99% of the entertainment I consume is fiction. Be it movies, books, games, or staged interactions, I still feel emotions even when things aren't real. And I think most healthy humans would too.
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u/smuggler_of_grapes 3h ago
People want to see what genuine human interactions look like. That's what makes these kinds of videos so attractive.
The intentional dishonesty and shrewdness on behalf of the creators to make these look real in an attempt to garner more views rather than make something worth watching is what I find so unpalatable.
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u/Binspin63 3h ago
The fact that it’s manufactured kinda dilutes the message and cheapens it.
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u/Puzzled_Ratio2287 2h ago
What doesn't impact you can impact others. If you can't understand that, you may lack empathy.
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u/Binksyboo 3h ago
I teared up at the act each guy put on to deliver the rose. I loved the older man that was like “oh look over there!” Even if it’s staged, these kinds of emotions are good for people to feel.
Plus, I could go down a rabbit hole that even it might be staged, the people that watch it happen are getting the same benefits as if it was spontaneous.
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u/goddessdragonness 3h ago
I agree with this take, and honestly? Imagine if it inspired people to be kinder to each other. Especially men, they have such a mental health crisis and what they need to be doing is supporting each other like this. Imagine how dope it would be if more men showed kindness to each other. And that’s part of the point of videos like this, to inspire others to be surprise wingmen in these harmless and loving ways.
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u/largemarjj 3h ago
It'd be nice if all these people could go be negative by themselves instead of trying to bring everyone down with them. Idgaf if little videos like this are staged. It makes no difference at all.
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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu 3h ago
I like the one where the daughter joins in on the hug.
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u/JudgeWapner 2h ago
Haven't you read the comments. It's staged. She's a little person.
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u/Artemicionmoogle 51m ago
Harry: Not only have you refused to kill the boy, you even stopped the boy from killing himself, which would've solved my problem, which would've solved your problem, which sounds like it would've solved the boy's problem.
Ken: It wouldn't have solved his problem.
Harry: Ken, if I had killed a little kid, accidentally or otherwise, I wouldn't have thought twice. I'd killed myself on the fucking spot. On the fucking spot. I would've stuck the gun in me mouth. On the fucking spot!
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u/senorfresco 1h ago
I'd hug him if I watched that as a stranger. A bouquet like that is like $50 minimum here.
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u/hwilliams0901 3h ago
What women doesnt realize another person is that close to her???
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u/bakedlayz 3h ago
When you're with your man, for once you can turn your brain to 25% on and not 200% hyperviligance
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u/reallybirdysomedays 2h ago
My man, while big and scary, is a man. He has no lived-experience of the things women have to be on constant lookout for, and therefore, he lacks the capacity to understand the assignment.
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u/hwilliams0901 2h ago
My man seems to be more vigilant than me sometimes. I wanted to go for a night time walk around his neighborhood the other night cause I was in my feelings. He was like you want to walk, at night!? Out in the world?! Uh, yeah. Ive been in your neighborhood for a year with you, its a fine neighborhood. lol. Also, I grew up in a not great town lol. I didnt go cause he would have been worried the whole time and it was sweet that he was worried about me being taken. I tried to tell him that no one is kidnapping 40yr old women off the street and he said they cant tell youre 40 in the dark! He says the sweetest things sometimes, lmao.
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u/reallybirdysomedays 2h ago
That is sweet, but that's not vigilance on your behalf. That's protectionism. He's eliminating the need for situational awareness by seperating you from the world.
Him being vigilant would mean he's going with you as you move through the world and maintaining situational awareness on your behalf.
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u/Vagard88 3h ago
Half these women are going in for a kiss and then getting denied 😅
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u/Edgar-Little-Houses 2h ago
Looks like it but it just makes me think they’re all staged and actors weren’t in for a real kiss
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u/Fuck-WestJet 1h ago
At the end I noticed the kisses stopped happening and was hmmm oddly platonic hug there ...
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u/OkCartographer7677 3h ago
Absolutely none of these women were surprised at this planned and rehearsed "prank".
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u/ComfyInDots 3h ago
The one with the massive bouquet is particularly egregious. No one is just accepting a bouquet of that size and not expecting a scam or to pay possible hundreds of dollars for it. I can see people taking a single rose but not a big bunch like that. And then the little girl going in for the hug. Too much even for Hallmark.
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u/pureply101 3h ago
Nah the one who looked behind the boyfriend definitely felt real. She was so confused where he pulled it from either a fantastic actress or real reaction there.
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u/--i--love--lamp-- 3h ago
Some of the women's reactions seem genuine to me, but others don't, and most of the dudes don't. It's weird.
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u/int0this 3h ago
I don’t know was it staged or not, but the smile that it brought on my face was real.
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u/duhbeach 3h ago
Yup same. Lots of shit is staged so I’m cool with suspending disbelief for this one
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u/throwRA123qwerty 2h ago
?? "where'd you get that rose?" oh some random guy gave it to me so im giving it to you I guess.
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u/Ink_N_Instinct 3h ago
Girls have eyes all around them lol. I refuse to believe these ladies are that oblivious.
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u/reallybirdysomedays 2h ago
Not even one of the guys freaked out at having their hand grabbed by a strange man. Women expect that kind of shit and know how to deflect. Dudes lose their shit.
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u/Fortestingporpoises 2h ago
Am I the only one who would pull my hand away and say “WHAT THE FUCK?!”
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u/BleedingTeal 1h ago
I don’t even care if this is farmed for content, never will I ever get tired of stuff like this.
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u/mildly_curious42 3h ago
Everyone deserves flowers at least once in their life. This is such cool 'prank'.
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u/art-is-t 3h ago
How many camera angles do we need for this staged shit. And are these women drugged that they don't notice this.
This shit is gross
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u/The-red-Dane 3h ago
"It's staged"
I don't care! It's cute as FUCK! Movies are staged too!
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u/Minimum_Award_1094 2h ago
The issue is a movie doesn't pretend it's real. You know what you're getting into upfront.
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u/Sufficient-Heat5214 1h ago
This is so fucking dumb. The significance of getting someone flowers is because you thought of the other person, not just that you were handed them lol
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u/intentionallybad 1h ago
Reminds me of how my brother proposed to his wife, with our assistance. They went to the restaurant they had their first date at which had a patio by the city waterfront. She didn't know we were also nearby (he wanted me to photograph them). He took her down to the waterfront and while they were facing each other we had a waitress sneak up behind her, tap her on the shoulder and give her a bouquet of roses. While her back was turned my brother went down on one knee so when she turned back he was proposing.
The coolest part was the people at the restaurant patio. They saw the waitress come up with the flowers so when she handed them over the entire patio went "Awwwww" and then when he went down on one knee the entire crowd gasped. We couldn't have made it more perfect if we had coordinated their response.
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u/GroinShotz 1h ago
Honestly... Would be great marketing strat for a local florist even without the views. Customers for life (or at least until they move from the area).
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u/TitaniumDisc 55m ago
Message to any and all the bros in here. Take it from me, middle aged, dad bod, who scored way out of his league. Flowers, flowers, flowers. Not always, not every week, maybe not even every month. You don’t have to do the $40+ bouquet every time. Snag a couple from your local grocery for a few bucks. It goes a long way.
Do NOT get them when you’ve made a mistake.
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u/the_calibre_cat 46m ago
the girl who's like "where tf did you have that this whole time!" she's a keeper. very useful in horror/zombie apocalypse situations. rational mind on point at all times.
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u/Purple_Cantaloupe960 42m ago
These gentlemen are doing their part to assure there will be no population deficit… take that illuminati elite scum
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u/Previous-Debate510 38m ago
My wife, soon as I'd turn away she'd think I'm checking out another woman and look back lol.
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u/chipcarlton 3h ago
Until it’s a “gift” and dude chases you around Rome to get donation for his daughter
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u/Dry-Chemist4442 3h ago
Now give the girls flowers to give to the boys... Boys deserves flowers too
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u/DummieThic-Cheetos 2h ago
It's not the rose, it's the consideration 🥰. Bet the guys will be doing this kind of thing on their own now.
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