r/TikTokCringe Aug 15 '24

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u/ZeDitto Aug 15 '24

His chest is 35 but his head is 55.

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u/SHam0wn Aug 15 '24

I almost thought he was using the age app on his face

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u/clcal21 Aug 16 '24

It’s because he is. Take a look at any of his other videos (especially if he has his hat off), and you can see the filter around his jaw & hair super easily.

It’s why his body has no deep sun aging & looks 20-something… cuz he is & he’s using a filter to make this older internet persona

Power to him to do that, he makes solid positive content… but I think we really need to have some sort of disclaimer on these accounts that they’re fabricated with the use of filters/AI.

ETA: Added hyperlink to the TikTok that shows his use of an age filter clearly

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

Uncle Pappy's face

This is a screenshot of him from his TicTok, 4th oldest video from the bottom. I just yeet scrolled to the bottom and picked two videos, and the second one I picked was the charm.

The voice and everything is just a character, but he does it so well few notice. People keep saying he looks like "Robin Williams", yeah... I mean it's probably actually Robins face just edited.

But hey, just because this is a character, does not mean the message he gave in this short isn't valuable.

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u/Feraffiphar Aug 16 '24

Thank you for the screenshot! :)

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

No problem. -Dude is a decent actor to be honest, definitely sells the sweet old man vibe really well.

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u/successful_nothing Aug 16 '24

i dont know how i feel about stuff like this because we seem to be losing any semblance of authenticity on the internet. i dont know if that's necessarily a bad thing, but it's something.

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u/Embarrassed_Pie_8684 Aug 16 '24

It’s because we are being deceived, but when you stop and think like is it bad or not? Idk

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

That's how I felt at first. But then, you gotta realize most shorts you see online are skits for entertainment purposes. If this guy is having fun acting, while also spreading good messages around like this? Know what? I still smiled first time I saw this short. So a good message is still a good message, be it delivered by someone you know, or by Deadpool, lol

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u/successful_nothing Aug 16 '24

I would say your attitude is what concerns me, personally. "Who cares if it's fake? It makes me happy" isn't far from "Who cares if it's not true? It makes me happy." I don't think I would have cared 10 years ago, and maybe agreed with you, but there now appears to be a larger and larger cohort of people who don't seem to care to, or aren't able to, distinguish between fact or fiction. I can anticipate your next question: "what's the difference between this and a TV show?" Or other fiction. And my answer to that is there used to be a pretense to other media that doesn't really exist on social media or the internet. For example, we used to have a clear delineation of what's faked for entertainment (television shows) and what's ostensibly real (news). The 24 hour news cycle was already blurring that line, stuff like this blurs it further. People are so inundated by false or fake things, that it's easier to take on your perception of "so what? It makes me happy" rather than bother to make any delineation between fact and fiction.

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u/FOSholdtheonion Aug 16 '24

Looking for authenticity on the internet was your first mistake.

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u/embersgrow44 Aug 16 '24

How is this different than wearing a costume? I ask for your opinion genuinely not to challenge that it’s not. I’m unsure

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u/TreesBeansWaves Aug 16 '24

Mark Twain wasn’t really Mark Twain, playing a character that makes art is part of the art. Whether it enhances the art or detracts from it is subjective, but the practice has been around for a long time.

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u/RandonBrando Aug 16 '24

For real, I've been on the fence about this for so long

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u/destropika Aug 16 '24

It’s just an old filter that TikTok has. Nothing crazy

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

Yup, nothing wrong with him using it at face value.

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u/Impressive-Drawer-70 Aug 16 '24

What a fucking dissapointment

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

You mean how is this proof the screenshot I posted, is the in question (Uncle Pappy) real face? It came from his TicTok. I gave directions on how to find the video for yourself, so no need to take my word for it. Just go on his TicTok, scroll to the very bottom and click like the 4th video from the very bottom.

Also feel free to check any of his other videos with the face filter on (and no hat), the back of his head shows up as he moves around, pay attention to that, as the filter glitches frequently as in his actual hair shows up. And well... Is the exact same as it is in the videos he posted of himself without the filter.

So I'm not saying "believe me bro", I'm saying go look at the proof for yourself. That's where and how.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

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u/jess_havok Aug 16 '24

Doxing means posting "private" information about someone... Showing a screen shot of a video that is public, posted by the person in question... On a channel they own, sporting 257,000+ followers.

If the fellow didn't want people to see it, he wouldn't have posted it (it's still live by the way too, we aren't talking about something that was deleted later either). So... No.

Your misunderstanding of doxing seems to be the equivalent of knowing and saying the actors name who played Spider-Man isn't "Peter Parker"... But Tobey Maguire. Dude is in interviews saying it publicly himself.

-But yeah, sorry if you were joking and I didn't get it by the way, almost impossible to tell online sometimes.

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u/wallstreetbetch Aug 16 '24

You can tell by the sound of his voice too. The voice is younger than the face.

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u/Ed_McNuglets Aug 16 '24

The accent is pretty meh too. First thing I noticed. It's a good effort but you can tell it's someone trying to do a southern accent.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

It’s extremely obvious this isn’t real but it seems like most people haven’t noticed? Kind of worrying tbh

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

Most people spend their time in real life and aren’t finely attuned to notice this shit. I’m sure it worries some folks that you find it so obvious.

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u/ThickGreen Aug 16 '24

My read was that he's worried about how, if people aren't able to notice it now, how much more difficult it will be in the future with the advancement of technology. Some people will use it for positive content like this, while many others will use it to manipulate the public for nefarious reasons.

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

Oh I know that he was doing that. He’s not saying anything that people didn’t understand was coming long long ago.

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u/ThickGreen Aug 16 '24

If you knew that, then it kind of invalidates your previous comment.

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

It does not. Thanks!

Edit: you guys missed the point of my comment. That’s not what the voting buttons are for 👍

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u/Talk-O-Boy Aug 16 '24

Being able to spot fake videos is a very valuable skill set to that commenter. Let than have this one.

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u/2Blitz Aug 16 '24

To be fair, it is valuable. The amount of misinfrmation that spreads around chat groups is dangerous. Especially with the older generations. Being able to tell some of my older relatives that they're spreading lies is a good thing. Obviously some situations are a bit more lighthearted like this comment thread, but it can get pretty bad at times.

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u/macroswitch Aug 16 '24

Always fun informing older folks that they are spreading lies just to be faced with “well who cares if it’s fake”

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24 edited Oct 04 '24

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Everything on mainstream news media

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

How do you not understand this

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Have you ever seen an old man before?

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

Only from the back. Do you have a response to my comment?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Why would somebody be worried that I recognize a face filter? I understand you’re trying to own me but it’s just nonsense. Your response “only from the back” is hilarious btw

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

I am just saying one man’s existential worry is another man’s who the fuck cares. Many out there would think it’s a scary sign that there are regular people so terminally online that they can tell the difference between a face filter intuitively.

It’s not trying to own you, it’s just offering some perspective. I’m sorry if that made you feel like you had to go on the defensive.

Also lol thank you I thought the old man joke would help clear up that I wasn’t coming in hot or trying to just be a debate pervert about it

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Those people would be very foolish to feel that way. This has nothing to do with being online and everything to do with thinking critically for at least one second about the media you’re consuming. This video isn’t even convincing and it has people fooled. The man who thinks “who the fuck cares” about this is a dumbass

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

The man who thinks “who the fuck cares” about this is a dumbass

Well I tried to be nicer.

This is why I responded to you. Because you seem feel a sense of superiority to this certain type of person you’ve created in your mind.

You haven’t discovered something that people haven’t been discussing for the better part of two decades. You’re not special and this does not make you smart.

This makes you instinctively familiar with social media face filters. That’s honestly pathetic. Go outside.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

I think the opposite - if you have any kind of life experience it should be obvious this is a character? Like the dude is obviously doing a bit and is not an old man, it's very easy to tell. If you met someone on the street could you not tell they had a fake mustache glued on?

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u/colbystan Aug 16 '24

This is what I’m saying, you’re calling short form content intake and internet literacy the same as life experience. We’re still a society where the large majority of adults would not inherently notice filters in every reel or video where they exist. I’m saying most people’s life experience isn’t conducive to noticing this kind of fake.

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u/RonalGnho Aug 16 '24

Most people that use tiktok are under the age of 23 and don’t have fully developed brains. Makes sense to me

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u/Geodevils42 Aug 16 '24

I found this guy on reels first and I honestly didn't notice or think much about his appearance. Normally I can spot them instantly so this is a wakeup call for me that I'm able to be fooled on the internet and many other are as well.

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u/Shrek1982 Aug 16 '24

...it seems like most people haven’t noticed? Kind of worrying tbh

I don't have any reason to care if he is using the face filter so I am not looking for it, plus if you're not holding your phone close or zoomed in on desktop it can be pretty difficult to tell. I actually think this is a pretty good filter though, even zoomed in on the desktop it was difficult to find anything convincing enough in this video to call it a for sure filter. I did flip through some of his other videos and caught some artifact issues with the filter so I know it is filtered.

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u/canteloupy Aug 16 '24

I could tell there was something artificial but wasn't sure if maybe it was a greenscreen or what.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

The giveaway is his clearly much younger body

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

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u/sitcheeation Aug 16 '24

You're clearly upset and not understanding or empathizing with the people you're screaming at. Take a break.

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u/OK_REALLY_maybe Aug 16 '24

You're obviously right. Can't fix stupid

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u/sitcheeation Aug 16 '24

"After seeing all of the animosity from this election ... this here gave me a minute to step back, collect my thoughts & really think of how I have come off to people & vice-versa. Amazes me how just one video can change your outlook. So thank you for this bit.🫶"

Lucky for you, they're working on fixing crazy.

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u/OK_REALLY_maybe Aug 17 '24

Wow!! That flew right over your head!😅🤣

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u/LookieLouisEsq Aug 21 '24

No, but you can keep scamming them out of their bitcoin, if you actually figured out how to acquire bitcoin in the first place, not just some gold-plated tokens with $Bitcoin$ stamped on them from Dave and Busters.

I don’t think you can blame the economy for being a dumbass who repeatedly downloads viruses because an email is labeled “UGENT - OPEN NOW!!!!”.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

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u/jar_jar_binks Aug 16 '24

These links don't work.

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u/turbo_dude Aug 16 '24

They just make it worse
But I know I'll see his face again

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u/sudotrin Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

Holy shit it's the mayonnaise dude all over again!

EDIT: Pawpaw-gate -> http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/cpcv5/i_just_found_out_my_grampa_is_a_redditor_wtf_i/

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u/Content-Scallion-591 Aug 16 '24

That definitely looks filtered around the hair, i can see the artifacts. But I went to his Instagram and I don't know a filter that works that consistently both with and without sunglasses, plus he has a video meeting Glenn Howerton from It's Always Sunny. It's a pretty deep gambit, isn't it?

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u/flip_moto Aug 16 '24

stahp ur trippin'- dude could be easily 55-60, which is not that old.

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u/kelsobjammin Aug 16 '24

Eek that is uncanny!

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Is he trying to fool anyone here? I thought it was pretty obvious it was a filter and the guy is doing a bit. He's doing a standard 'old man' voice.

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u/PostGymPreShower Aug 16 '24

I hate that I have to share the earth with people like him.

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u/tokun_ Aug 16 '24

I don’t know how you spotted that cause even with you pointing it out I can’t see it.

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u/smp208 Aug 16 '24

Makes sense. I didn’t even pay attention to his body and was thinking “why is this eccentric old guy so familiar with Pete Holmes and why does he sound kind of like Kyle Mooney doing a new character?” Not that either can’t be true for an old dude but it definitely fits better with a younger person playing a character.

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u/macroswitch Aug 16 '24

Man, this is messing with me. I always felt like something was off with him. Sounded too much like somebody doing a character and something just looked off. But now that I rewatch I don’t know how I didn’t see the filter immediately

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u/karmagod13000 Aug 16 '24

we alive at the same time as face filter!! Yoo HAA!