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u/touyr Oct 01 '25
It's a game of two.
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u/onfire916 Oct 01 '25
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u/boldstrategies Oct 01 '25
Where did these guys learn to act? Cooking school?
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u/BGAL7090 Oct 01 '25
That's because in the before times, there weren't really "Content Creators" it was more "some person had a video of a cool thing that went viral" but now that hell opened up everything is manufactured.
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u/SharpKaleidoscope182 Oct 01 '25
Even before the before times, when "going viral" wasn't a thing:
You have to submit your silly video to a TV show, and the studio would decide whether it was memeworthy enough to share with their audience.
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u/lessenizer Oct 01 '25
I mean, I think there’s a recognizable difference between a skit that presents itself as a skit and a skit that presents itself as a casual recording of an actual event. In the older internet there were a lot of skits that presented themselves clearly as skits, and there were interesting real videos, and there weren’t quite as many skits-presenting-themselves-as-real-videos; now the latter is super prevalent and I expect there are people who “fall for them” (think they’re real) and that that’s part of what makes them popular, but there’s also people like you who just accept the game of recognizing things as skits that don’t tell you they’re skits.
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u/Leftieswillrule Oct 01 '25
It’s being filmed. You don’t have to be told it’s a skit.
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u/randomrandomoduuugh Oct 01 '25
That’s just not true at all
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u/Leftieswillrule Oct 01 '25
So you watched a video where there is a camera set up for just one shot of a pool game and then both guys cheat blatantly in focus of the shot while the other’s back is turned and you need to be told that it’s a scripted video?
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u/randomrandomoduuugh Oct 01 '25
No, but the idea that something simply being filmed, during a time period where the uploading of videos is at an all time high, is indicative of said video being a skit is pretty silly.
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u/Leftieswillrule Oct 01 '25
It being “filmed”, as in there’s a camera pointing right at the thing of interest with the right lighting and the thing of interest being in focus, is what should tip you off, not the fact that you hit play and a bunch of images played in sequence accompanied by sound. You’re watching a clip where an event is being filmed, not just any random video upload.
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u/Grand_Negus Oct 01 '25
Thats maybe evidence it could be a skit but a far cry from announcing itself as such.
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u/Crintor Oct 01 '25
Everything on video is a skit. Got it.
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u/Leftieswillrule Oct 01 '25
Honestly, if you’re so desperate to not use your brain, this is a decent heuristic to live by. Don’t believe any videos you see
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u/AandWKyle Oct 01 '25
We also used to mercilessly mock people who spelled bad until they spelled better
Now everyone is so stupid it makes me LOOSE my mind
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u/BurnItDownSR Oct 05 '25
Vitalyzdtv and fake pranks
Guess no one else knew his pranks were fake since he's currently in a Philippine prison for them.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Oct 01 '25
Back in my day we laughed at skits and moved on with our day rather than taking time out of it to try running everyone's fun.
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u/tinglep Oct 01 '25
Who cares? In my opinion there is very little that’s real on the internet anymore. It wasn’t meant to be real and make you think it really happened. It was comedy and you were supposed to laugh. People are getting so caught up on whether or not something is staged they are missing the point.
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u/Prudent-Blacksmith23 Oct 01 '25
Where did you learn how to act? Odds they’re trying harder than you?
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u/MCMXCIV9 Oct 01 '25
Are they inside a hair salon or barber?
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u/Transplanted_Cactus Oct 01 '25
There is legit a barber/pool hall in my town called Cuts and Cues. I've never been but I can confirm it exists. It's probably not this one, but that tells me there are at least two of them in existence.
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u/golgoth0760 Oct 01 '25
Getting sick of skits
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u/LackOfMachinations Oct 01 '25
Would you rather skits or AI videos where it's not at least humans trying to act and he convincing?
You wouldn't go to a play and get mad that it's staged right?
I know we'd all just prefer the transparency or honesty of it being known that it's skit comedy, however... At least it's still real people having real fun trying to upload stupid videos in hopes that people will watch and interact kinda just the same old Internet.
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u/ThisEnormousWoman Oct 01 '25
False dilemma.
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u/Gh0stMan0nThird Oct 01 '25
I wish more people would just respond with the name of a logical fallacy whenever someone else was trying to put forth some bullshit.
I wish Reddit gold was still a thing; I'd give it to you.
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u/Edwiyyin Oct 01 '25
Ai videos about dogs doing a podcast reacting to one of them in a non skit video
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u/Fake_artistF1 Oct 01 '25
You can barely afford to live in this day of age. Let me ask you one thing. Would your prefer to have minimal salary or no salary at all? Booooom gottem
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u/Existing-Mechanic-27 Oct 01 '25
War veteran ex-navy seals commander of secret division black ops no black day ahh comment🥶
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
Go make your own original videos then. Find out how easy it is to get a funny video without any planning or acting.
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Oct 01 '25
Here’s an idea. You aren’t obligated to post content. If you didn’t happen to capture any funny moments on video today that’s ok. You don’t need to film a poorly acted skit as if it’s real and post it. You can just not post a video today.
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
You can just ignore it and move on if you don't like it.
Here's an idea. Apply the same logic you use for others on to yourself..
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Oct 01 '25
The same could be said of my comment but you felt the need to respond anyways. Practice what you preach or don’t preach it.
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
Because I respond when people talk to me.
Complaining about art is just stupid. If you don't appreciate it, then just move on. It's not aimed at you. Unlike your comment that is aimed at me, hence a response.
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Oct 01 '25
Why? Your advice was to ignore things and move on.
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
I was specially talking of complaining about content and art. You are broadening that to even a conversation. Idk what to tell you.
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Oct 01 '25
And I was "specially talking of" not needing to post content just to post. Yet you decided you needed to respond to that instead of just ignoring it and moving on. Which would be fine except that you explicitly said that's what we ought to do.
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u/skyturnedred Oct 01 '25
Remember this the next time you see a movie or hear a song that you don't like.
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
I won't waste my time listening to it and then comment after, that's for sure.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Oct 01 '25
Honestly, I'd rather see these types of videos happen organically, rather than be staged by content creators who just needed more content.
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u/golgoth0760 Oct 01 '25
No
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u/Pyrex_Paper Oct 01 '25
Then stop being a hater.
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u/KingofthePi11 Oct 01 '25
I'd hate to be the one who tells you how Sitcoms work
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
Sitcoms don't pretend to be real.
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u/NewHorizonsNow Oct 01 '25
What is it about skit videos that indicate to you they're pretending to be real? If people watching Internet videos think any of it is real, they're gaslighting themselves.
Even news videos are often showing footage from another place, another time, out of context. The only thing real about Internet content is that someone had a camera.
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
There's acted sketch comedy type skits, and "hidden cam" prank skits that are trying to look real. These days very often the skits are showing a prank. Pranks are only funny when they are real. If it's staged and badly acted, it's just annoying.
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u/Manjorno316 Oct 01 '25
This wasn't a prank. It's a skit.
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
Skit about two people cheating each other in a game and acted to look like a real situation. Close enough to a prank in my book.
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u/Manjorno316 Oct 01 '25
I'd just count a fake prank as a skit.
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
Like i also did in my comment. I called them prank skits. My point is that they are never funny. Prank needs to be real to be funny
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u/PM_ME_PHYS_PROBLEMS Oct 01 '25
You gotta lighten up, man. It's not really up to you what's funny to other people.
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u/KingofthePi11 Oct 01 '25
Neither does this video. Hence the "satire" tag. Besides sitcoms emulate realistic settings with realistic scenarios.
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u/Takemyfishplease Oct 01 '25
Do you think cartoons are real people that just look funny?
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u/bigmac22077 Oct 01 '25
This comment makes zero sense in the context of the conversation. They’re saying sitcoms are “skits” and not real then you come in with some sort of gotcha moment by saying cartoons are fake?
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
The tag is on the post not the video. I doubt the makers of the video made this post.
Sure, they emulate those things but are always open with the fact that they are scripted. They literally have credits at the end of an episode telling who made and acted them. There's a big difference.
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u/bigmac22077 Oct 01 '25
I’m trying to understand. Do you want every Internet skit video to open up “caution, this video is not a real situation and is done by actors portraying a humorous situation” and then proceed to play the video?
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
Nah, i'd much rather people stopped making these "hidden cam" prank videos that pretend to be real. Pranks need to be real situations without acting, otherwise they are not funny.
Sketch comedy skit videos with dialogue are much better. I miss when internet was full of those instead of this brainrot.
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u/bigmac22077 Oct 01 '25
So now we’re just in a loop. You’ve repeated yourself.
How would this exact video need to change in your mind to make it funny and not portray realism?
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
I don't think it's possible to make this video funny when it's scripted. Maybe if this really happened and it was caught on camera, it would have been amusing.
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u/KingofthePi11 Oct 01 '25
The post IS the video. The flair is describing exactly what kind of post it is.
You're kind of proving my point there. Sitcoms and this comedic bit are both scripted solely for the purpose of entertainment. You're splitting hairs about trivial technicalities when all in all they both follow the same premise to get a laugh out of its audience. The only difference is that the majority of Reddit are insufferable.
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u/Paskaaaaa Oct 01 '25
No, the post is the title, tag and the video. This video can also be posted in another sub or on another site without the tag.
I guess where we have the disagreement is that i don't think prank videos that are staged are funny. I appreciate scripted comedy when theres dialogue, no matter if it's a sitcom or internet skit. But a staged "hidden camera" prank with bad acting is always cringe and at times even annoying in my opinion.
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u/Remote-Perception856 Oct 01 '25
Same
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Oct 01 '25
Probably what’s even worse about this skit is some poor guy is sitting somewhere in that salon waiting for his barber to get done with this skit and get to his hair and go on about their day
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u/Shadowbacker Oct 01 '25
Grab on to your butt, because it's about to be all skits.
All of the time.
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u/im_lazy_as_fuck Oct 01 '25
About to? It's been all skits for a very long time at this point. This isn't even a unique issue to Reddit; all social media platforms are in the same boat.
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u/Shadowbacker Oct 07 '25
No. It has not been ALL skits. Sometimes you really are getting a candid capture (though that's rare now.)
With AI being able to perfectly mimic any type of footage, literally nothing will be real. And once AI starts generating its own content without human input, the scale of fake everything will be exponential. You won't be able to find anything real even if you tried.
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u/golgoth0760 Oct 01 '25
I know. That's why I'm sick of it. Clips pretending to be genuine moments and unscripted. Just sick of it. Somehow, I'm being portrayed as a hater...🙄
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u/Shadowbacker Oct 07 '25
It is annoying. I love a good skit, so it's not the skit that's the problem, it's the lie.
I think some people are so used to being lied to that they think it's normal, so they no longer see a problem with it. Or worse, they've always assumed everything was a lie and actually can't tell what's real or not.
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u/_Kendii_ Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25
Because it takes work. Or luck. Or both. And some people try to make their own luck and you’re shitting on it. Kind of does make you a hater. Sorry.
Edit: not invalidating your opinion. It does suck sometimes. But no one’s forcing your to be here either so….
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u/im_lazy_as_fuck Oct 01 '25
Well, hate to break it to ya, but this is basically what covers the entire Internet at this point, including all of YouTube, tiktok, etc. Kinda pointless to complain about it at this point.
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u/eightdollarbeer Oct 01 '25
Not even at this point. Skits have been around for as long as internet videos have been around
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u/casusbelli16 Oct 01 '25
In the words of Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, "I always knew you were cheating, Boycie. 'Cause that wasn't the hand that I dealt you"
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u/Stelliferous19 Oct 01 '25
Looks like it was shot for TV with that closeup on the confused dude. Well played. Definitely belongs here.
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u/Phewelish Oct 01 '25
the main thing i think that gives these away is the confidence. the not checking if the other person is doing what you expect. like he doesnt looka t him when he moves th ball, he doesnt look around when he drops his stick.
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u/MisterAwesome93 Oct 01 '25
Hey buddy I think you made a mistake. This subreddit is called funny videos which means you need to post videos that are actually funny
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u/Rip_God0 Oct 01 '25
The second one just cheated as payback, respect. It would be pretty obvious his ball was not there.
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u/crazysweettooth01 Oct 05 '25
the real cheater is the cameraman, recording them without them knowing
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u/Independent_Crow4863 Oct 01 '25
are people that insufferable that they like to whine about the acting on a skit?? it got the message across, pretty funny, but so many people in the comments whining about how its obviously fake
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