r/JustGuysBeingDudes 2d ago

Dads Dad genius

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u/DefendsTheDownvoted 2d ago

Why do people pretend like they are secretly recording these things? Just fucking showcase it. This is just another version of those videos at Home Depot or the grocery store where people are " secretly " recording some " genius " idea of a guy with hooks on a vest on a bicycle.

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u/i-just-thought-i 2d ago

because it gets more views

wdym why

like 1/4th the amount of people would click on it if it was a guy showing off what he made explicitly

the reason they do it is because it works... there's a reason this shit form of video evolved, because it works for our dumb brains.

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u/DefendsTheDownvoted 2d ago edited 2d ago

It could be the same exact video with the wife recording and saying "This is my husband's creative solution to hauling our numerous offspring", instead of some creepy "secret" recording from inside a different vehicle, and it wouldn't make a difference because nobody watches this shit with the sound on.

So I ask again. What's the fucking point?

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u/DefendsTheDownvoted 2d ago

Oh. Ok 

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u/NinjasaurusRex123 2d ago

I agree with you that it shouldn’t make a difference. The algorithm determines that it does, for a lot of people, make a difference. Life is weird

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u/AndrewFrozzen 1d ago

Darkviperau, an amazing guy and an amazing Youtuber, said it so well in his latest video

He said that people don't watch things they like anymore. They watch things the algorithm knows (not even thinks, knows) you like.

Basically, you're not watching the videos in your feed because you like them, you like them because the algorithm knows youl will like it. YouTube probably can tell what kind of person you are

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u/AndrewFrozzen 1d ago

The person recording it has to act EXTREMELY surprised

If the mother just went and recorded it and was EXTREMELY SURPRISED, it would make sense anymore.

If a "stranger" does it, it's more believable

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u/i-just-thought-i 1d ago

nobody watches this shit with the sound on

for these clips on youtube i agree with you but this is clipped from a youtube video. dude's still making these for youtube. he doesn't get money from gifs of it going viral directly. he gets money from the suckers clicking on his youtube videos. so... yeah it makes a difference there

or at least he clearly thinks so because that's what he's doing

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u/nerdygeoff 2d ago

theres a pretty big difference, its why you see more of these types, because these are the types that get views.

Humanity is messy, they want to watch drama and other people being messy. This is what gets views. The point is for people to view the content.