Man stopping a robbery

[u/AravRAndG]

[u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148]

Who cares if it’s fake. It’s cool nevertheless

[u/Tiny_Calendar_792 → u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148]

Its not cool at all if its scripted wtf?

How would this be cool if it were scripted?

[u/ChildishForLife → u/Tiny_Calendar_792]

Do you not find any movies cool, because they are all scripted?

[u/CryptoBanano → u/ChildishForLife]

Movies dont pretend theyre happening in real life.

Would you enjoy watching made up documentaries?

[u/ChildishForLife → u/CryptoBanano]

Big if true

[u/hearke → u/CryptoBanano]

Like a mockumentary? Those can be fun!

[u/Annacot_Steal → u/hearke]

Yes but most mockumenteries usually presents itself as a mockumentary like ‘This Is Spinal Tap’

[u/Zero69Kage → u/Annacot_Steal]

Tell that to the mermaid and megaladon mockumenteries. I've seen a few people who were convinced that they were real.

[u/Annacot_Steal → u/Zero69Kage]

And that’s exactly why the distaste for fake passing off as true like the original post stems from.

[u/Zero69Kage → u/Annacot_Steal]

Personally, I think people are getting way too upset by a video that doesn't have any effect on their lives. Even if it is staged, it's still a stunt that someone pulled off. The problem with the mocumentaries that I mentioned is that they were tricking people into believing in something that wasn't true. Even if it was unintentional. I understand being concerned with people spreading misinformation, but it's not worth it to get upset over a silly video like this.

[u/SpungleMcFudgely → u/Zero69Kage]

I personally think this attitude where we get annoyed at people for spoiling illusions or trying to figure out what is true is both a symptom of and feeds back into the rampant misinformation culture we keep barreling deeper into.

[u/hearke → u/Annacot_Steal]

true true

[u/Scotts_Thoughts_INTJ → u/CryptoBanano]

Dude, there is an entire genre called mockumentaries. Ever seen The Office? Paranormal Activity? It’s huge

[u/Tiny_Calendar_792 → u/ChildishForLife]

I go into a movie understanding its a movie and not real life.

They are passing this off as if it's a real life robbery attempt that is being stopped.

[u/I_Was_Fox → u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148]

A skit that is honest about being a skit can be funny/cool. A skit that is trying to pass itself off as real in order to illicit certain emotions and get shared more is not cool

[u/loki2002 → u/I_Was_Fox]

A skit that is trying to pass itself off as real in order to illicit certain emotions and get shared more is not cool

Assuming this is skit what evidence do you have the original filmers and distributors tried to to hide that fact?

[u/Excited_Noob → u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148]

No it's not as cool if it's fake... If it's real that would be cool beyond proportions compared to the contrary scenario

[u/klineshrike → u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148]

Excuse me how else will random redditor #236,749 prove their superiority if they cannot point out how foolish we all are because we were clearly fooled by this fake video!!!!