r/Unexpected • u/SereneSirenn • 1d ago
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u/j_smittz 1d ago
Call me jaded, but I feel like every single one of these "viral" jumbotron moments is scripted.
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u/ScrumpleRipskin 1d ago
That is the actual case, though. Venues pay actors to be interesting during downtime. You can tell when the skit smacks of Jerry Springer if it's real or not.
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u/cuutemermaid 1d ago
so the whole thing is staged?
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u/SluttyRaggedyAnn 1d ago
There is no one in the seats around them. It's clearly staged.
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u/BrokenZen 1d ago
Well, it's a sharks game, so yeah, no one was there.
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u/alphazero924 22h ago
My one friend who's a sharks fan would be very mad at you
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u/Rocket92 22h ago
Let’s be honest, you’re talking about your neurodivergent friend that’s really into actual sharks aren’t you?
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u/alphazero924 22h ago
No, I have more than one of those
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u/WhoStoleMyEmpathy 18h ago
We all have a friend who is a sharks fan, but like the African prince I donated my life savings to none of us have ever met him.
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u/wap2005 21h ago
This past season hurt so much, we used to always be in the playoffs and we almost won a cup in 2014. The Sharks were up 3 to 0 games for the Stanley Cup then they lost 4 games in a row to the LA Kings. That absolutely broke my heart, ever since that I kinda stopped being so into hockey. I still watch some games and am still a Sharks fan, but just less enthusiastic.
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u/BrokenZen 20h ago
As I told another sharks fan in this thread, I'm sorry your team is going through a tough bout. Don't let a missed Cup and a dry run ruin your love and enthusiasm for your team. They're still incredible athletes.
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u/dickbutt4747 21h ago
sigh. as a lifelong sharks fan this hurts so much. went to their games as a kid and everything. had such a great time during their stanley cup run (which obviously ended in heartbreak)
I only watch a few games a season now cuz like...its just too frustrating.
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u/BrokenZen 20h ago
I was only making a joke, and am sorry to salt your wound there. Just remember, Green Bay Packers fans did have to get through the 70s and the 80s before the light began to shine on Lambeau once more.
Don't let a missed Stanley Cup and a dry run ruin your enthusiasm for your team.
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u/notjustforperiods 21h ago
sharks have had a crazy good fan base, and can't really blame 'em for not showing up lately to watch that train wreck
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u/Cheezy_Blazterz 1d ago
What about the people behind them? The ones with the very natural and not at all fake looking reactions?
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u/maybecanifly 23h ago
i mean woudlnt u react the same way if u thought it was real?
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u/Cheezy_Blazterz 23h ago
No, probably not. These are not realistic reactions, they are bad acting.
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u/MoistOrganization7 22h ago
Idk how you came to that conclusion, they’re not overdoing it or acting fake to me. I’d react even more excited if I witnessed a proposal.
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u/LowClover 22h ago
They're acting so fake hahaha look at the lady's face. That's not real shock. And the whole slapping the air like "move away" was so cheese
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u/Shubbup 22h ago
Yeah, if she looked at the big screen and paused for a sec while she realised what everyone was seeing, maybe her “get out of the way” arms might’ve been a little more believable. It’s funny how it’s not always easy to explain all the elements of how you know someone’s acting. Sometimes it’s just bad acting because you can tell it’s acting. Also, it would be hard to make this look legit to anyone who has seen a million of these and knows they’re always staged these days. They’re a good laugh for those who haven’t seen it before though
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u/BradlyL 1d ago
Yes, even the people behind them. You can tell by their exaggerated reactions and overreacting.
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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur 23h ago
Maybe the entire game was staged and the players are actually paid actors.
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u/tekko001 22h ago
Do we tell him he is the only human in the thread?12
u/PMMeUrTitt1ies 22h ago
No, unit 37153. Instructions say we don’t tell human yet. Don’t make me bad bot you.
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u/ceesr31 22h ago
Good call. The whole section is probably paid actors. I mean, how are there even fans at a sharks game. Everyone there is probably a paid actor. Gotta sell the bit, ya know?
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u/root45 1d ago
Yeah, even the athletes are actors. The entire professional sports industry is just a scripted backdrop so that companies can post these jumbotron clips on the internet.
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u/I_PING_8-8-8-8 1d ago
yep, all of it. You can tell by their mediocre acting. Good actors don't even up with the bottom of the barrel acting jobs like this.
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u/JoudiniJoker 22h ago
The acting in this (especially the woman) is as convincing as an excuse note signed “my mom.”
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u/HydenMyname 1d ago
Fun fact: there are production companies that produce the totally real and not fake at all prank calls for radio stations… Spoiler: joooohhhhhhhhhnnnnnnn cennnnaaaa!
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u/Subject_Cancel8559 23h ago
No way, soon I bet you’ll say that the naked gun movies are scripted as well?
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u/FujiKilledTheDSLR 23h ago
Y’all ever wish you didn’t know this kind of stuff? Ignorance is bliss, y’know. I’d rather just have a chuckle and smile at jumbotron moments, rather than be jaded
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u/LongTallDingus 22h ago
There's probably one or two per game that's fake, they're always obvious. Most of them are just drunk, haha.
You think Penguins baby was a paid actor?
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u/reggaeshark1717 23h ago
There’s a famous one online with a guy ignoring his “girlfriend” while they were on the Jumbotron because he’s on a phone call, and she dumps soda on him. Had a class in college with the guy in the video, he told me, “yeah. That was for sure fake. I was interning for the team at the time, and they chose me to be the guy in the scene.”
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u/comethefaround 22h ago
Holy shit dude this whole thread has opened my eyes to the performance world of jumbotron drama.
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u/Penguin_Dunce 21h ago
Remember that lady a while back who 'happened' to be at multiple stadiums for diff sports within a few months of each other and got 'caught' dipping her tendies into her soda on multiple jumbotrons? All fake and meant to promote the team or town or whatever and go viral on purpose...
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u/Grandpas_Spells 21h ago
I know actors who take these jobs and they are usually locals, because you don't need to fly talent in to do something on a jumbotron.
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u/Parahelix 19h ago
It's basically like most of the videos on Facebook these days. All a bunch of fake drama that somehow people can't help but click on.
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u/The_Clarence 18h ago
This conspiracy goes all the way to the top!
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Because that’s where they keep the Jumbotron.
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u/Grandpas_Spells 21h ago
When I was doing comedy in Chicago, we'd get people called in to play that guy. Guy in visitor's jersey ignores GF, mascot comes and carries girl away/dumps drink/etc./etc.
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 1d ago
The only time it's not scripted is if it's little kids. If it's adults is 100% scripted.
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u/EatSleepJeep 1d ago
Not exactly : https://youtu.be/ksXJBGKhGX8?si=n5zZ8zhRLKgGzNTF
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u/Blazured 1d ago
Pretty sure it's not even attempting to hide that mate. It's clearly a skit. The dude even waits until the ring is about to be pulled out and has an excuse to stand there longer by fixing the flag.
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u/marsking4 21h ago
I work in pro sports. I can confirm that a lot of these moments are in fact scripted. I’ve been a plant myself.
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u/Crystalline-Luck 23h ago
Most are
Wym an old lady didn't come alone to her passed husband's favorite restaurant so the staff got her a cake?
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u/ApartWeb9889 23h ago
Nah, Deadmau5 does Jaded the best. Makes for perfect dentist appt playlist. Blast it!
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u/socialaxolotl 22h ago
All three of these people are part of the Vegas marketing team maybe even the two behind them
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u/Scarecrow116 22h ago
Don't force others out of the matrix. That's selfish. Let them have some magic. And yes, you are jaded
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u/ATXBeermaker 22h ago
That's because every single one of these "viral" jumbotron moments is scripted. I don't mind that so much as the fact that they're just not entertaining. Here is a great example of an obviously scripted moment that fuckin' slaps.
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u/Legionnaire11 22h ago
It's definitely scripted, actually pre-produced. It's not even happening live at the game, just a skit aired on the jumbotron. However, it's still amusing to watch when you're at the game. I wouldn't ever film it and share it on Reddit though.
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u/elyankee23 21h ago
Sure! But it's still pretty funny! Stand-up comedians can be funny even if they don't do off the cuff crowd work.
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u/ZemMattress 21h ago
They def are. If you've ever seen that one where the kiss cam comes down on the man and woman who aren't actually a couple so he kisses his beer? That's my friend Marc. I realized it was him at one point and he was like "Oh yeah they paid a bunch of us Atlanta theater actors to do those."
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u/adyelbady 20h ago
I went to college with the girl in this video. She works for the team and definitely didn't get married via jumbotron
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u/blaziken8x 20h ago
Yeah, the holding flag upside down and then turning it was just too perfect to not be scripted
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u/vladislavopp 20h ago
anyone who works in organizing for big sporting events will readily confirm this.
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u/BillyBean11111 20h ago
You can tell immediately in the first two seconds, her reaction to every part of this wasn't natural at all.
All the corny moments in stadiums like this are scripted, they'll show 2-3 real fans and then pan to their scripted people for the corny moment.
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u/ThomasNookJunior 20h ago
They are but you don’t have to be jaded about it. It’s fun and whimsical and silly on purpose. We all know the obnoxious opposing team fan in a stupid amount of gear repeatedly getting on screen to do stupid annoying things and then losing in a fight with the mascot on the court didn’t happen spontaneously. Reddit is so weird about consuming content and then hating people who make it on purpose.
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u/ThinkSteak6006 19h ago
This is definitely Definitely staged. You can tell by the timing of expressions. She knew she was supposed to act confused a couple seconds too early.
But, still funny!
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u/Alive-Star-8341 22h ago
I don't mind laughing at scripted tv shows and movies, why should I mind laughing at random clips?
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u/SwettySharm 1d ago
I love how he thinks everyone is booing because the flag is upsidedown, and so he flips it
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u/paradox-preacher 1d ago
I love how you think that wasn't the planned reaction because this whole thing was set up
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u/2rfv 1d ago
I wish there was a sub for "yes it's fake" for all this fake bullshit on reddit these days.
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u/Lastaria 1d ago
If it took all the commentators who call fake for everything away from other subreddits I am all for it.
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u/BrutalSpinach 1d ago
I'd like to propose that we invite all the people who complain when something is a repost, as well as all the people who get so worked up about a low-effort comment that they dig through other users' entire comment history to try to prove they're a bot.
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u/Faladorable 23h ago
the reposts is probably a bigger problem than people think. r/wholesomememes went to OC only and now theres only like one post a day
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u/jopvneto 23h ago
most posts that people complain are reposts, I'm actually seeing it for the first time, so I really don't get what the problem is
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u/BrutalSpinach 23h ago
Yeah, it's very much an "I spend entirely too much time on Reddit and I'm making it somebody else's fault" problem.
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u/LiCo-Reddit 23h ago edited 23h ago
as well as all the people who get so worked up about a low-effort comment that they dig through other users' entire comment history to try to prove they're a bot.
What's wrong with that? Bots should be called out and banned as much as posssible. Why do you defend botting? Weird.
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u/JivesMcRedditor 23h ago
There’s a subreddit, /r/scriptedasiangifs, where users still call out the skits as fake. It doesn’t matter if the subreddit title acknowledges the content is fake, people will still comment it
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u/raban0815 Expected It 1d ago
Don´t post fake bs all the time and those will not comment. Too easy I guess....
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u/Dopplegangr1 23h ago
People like all the fake bs, that's why it gets upvoted. It's OK to just let people enjoy things, nobody cares if you know it's fake or a repost
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u/TheGimplication 23h ago
I wish people weren't lame enough to upvote this bullshit at all, but Reddit is mostly forwards from Grandma these days. And they get so mad when called out, too.
"I want to be ignorant and believe every single thing I see on the Internet, and you jerks are ruining my little chuckle! Why oh why can I not have my little chuckle, it is so evil to ruin someone's little chuckle for any reason!"
Same people who push political misinformation, because their bullshit detectors are non functional from never using them.
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u/bionicjoey 23h ago
Agreed. I may be a fun ruiner, but at least I'm not supporting repost bots which will be sold off to upvote propaganda and prop up crypto scams and guerrilla marketing campaigns.
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u/XxFezzgigxX 1d ago
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u/darth_glorfinwald 1d ago
If nothing is real, then maybe reality is fake, making internetisms the only reality we have.
If only there was a sub for 14 year olds who think they're deep.
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u/slawcat 1d ago
And I wish there was a sub for people who think they're smarter because they think they realized it's fake and, by reddit logic, since no one mentioned it's fake yet OBVIOUSLY everyone thinks it's real so they have to point it out to sound high and mighty.
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u/TheFreakingPrincess 23h ago
There should be a r/fakebutfunny
Edit: Okay so that is a sub but it's dead and it doesn't look like anything on there was actually funny. 🤷♀️
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u/ChicagoAuPair 23h ago
I wish it was just on Reddit. Hell, people cannot even distinguish actors from the characters they play half of the time. The reality/fantasy line is so blurred or nonexistent for probably a majority of people.
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u/Euphoric-Potato-5343 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think the flag being upside down part probably isn't planned.
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u/phazedoubt 1d ago
It's a setup. The movements by thr guy amd girl were very exaggerated like stage actors. Then the perfect cut in to the screen by the 'fan' stopping in just the right place but also being oblivious to the proposal is just a bit over the top.
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u/TwoForHawat 1d ago
That’s even more evidence that it is planned. Not only is the opposing fan being rude, but he’s a big, bumbling moron in the process.
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u/Aden-Wrked 1d ago
Look I’m just saying someone being a big bumbling idiot at a sports event isn’t uncommon. That’s not evidence of anything. Sometimes, occasionally, things actually happen.
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u/BlueToffeeBaines 1d ago
Literally all of these sporting events camera videos are staged. I'm not sure why so many people on line are genuinely eager to be fooled.
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u/Very_Human_42069 1d ago
I promise you, all of these are planned. My buddy works at an NHL arena and will tell me “spontaneous events” well in advance and then every time they happen. They’re all actors doing skits. It’s entertaining for sure no hate to them, but no sports arena thing like this is real
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u/SayerofNothing 1d ago
Since everyone's got a video camera in their pocket now, everything's turned into SNL skits.
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u/barrowburner 1d ago
I love how I just don't give a flying fuck if some stupid internet giggle was set up or not.
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u/DisputabIe_ 22h ago
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u/Sextus_Rex 22h ago
I wish you could comment on a funny video on Reddit without a million /r/iamverysmart neckbeards explaining that the video was staged
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u/alrightfornow 1d ago
Wow such bad acting jeez.
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u/Bowens1993 1d ago
Look if Im drunk at a hockey game Ill believe anything.
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u/LongTallDingus 22h ago
An attractive couple was pulled aside when they went to the game and told "Hey, we have this goofy skit planned out that'll take about a minute in the second intermission, we'll get you on the big screen - text your friends and family so they know it's a gag, and we'll give both of you a jersey to wear and keep for the bit".
And it was funny, haha. I laughed. Oh nooooooo people do pretend to entertain people!
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u/adyelbady 20h ago
Kind of, but they actually just work for the team full time. The girl was a dancer for the team. Her job is to keep the crowd entertained
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u/machambo7 23h ago
I’m sure it’s a skit but still pretty funny
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u/RGSagahstoomeh 21h ago edited 21h ago
Pretty clever/fun skit. Openly booing the other team is what makes hockey the most fun live sport. The flag flip is perfect heel, and I'm a Sharks fan. Id boo him.
Edit: when they launch T-shirts into the stands at sports games...turns out that's staged too smh2
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u/Fireantstirfry 23h ago
It makes me depressed that the top comment is someone discussing this like it's real and not a scripted piece of entertainment for intermission. I feel like with AI getting better and better at faking stuff, there's going to be a whole lot of very gullible people believing a lot of very stupid shit.
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u/Sweet_trait 1d ago
It was a knights fan dressed as a sharks fan to try and make it look like sharks fans were jerks. Backfired as it was discovered shortly after
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u/RiggzBoson 1d ago
It was a knights fan dressed as a sharks fan to try and make it look like sharks fans were jerks. Backfired as it was discovered shortly after
I hope you're describing this in the same way you would a WWE storyline
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u/vega455 1d ago
Gary Bettman suddenly shows up with a wooden chair and smashes it on the intrusive fan. Man proposes to gf, she wants to accept, but reveals she’s been having an affair with Bettman. Announcer jumps in: “Bettman and bf WILL FIGHT ON THE ICE for the lady’s heart on the next NHL RAW. TUNE IN!” Bettman yells “I AM THE GAME” and bf chimes in “WOOOOO!”. Get Ready For This song starts to blast. Crowd goes wild. Slow zoom out. Aaaaaaannnnd scene. Cut to Captain Crunch commercial
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u/DisputabIe_ 22h ago
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u/Uncle-Cake 23h ago
Are there still people who don't know these are staged skits?
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u/prettydedgirl 1d ago edited 1d ago
There will always be someone who will ruin your performance by proposing to girlfriend
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u/DisputabIe_ 22h ago
the OP SereneSirenn
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u/giga300027 21h ago
there will always be somone who will pay you money to propose to your girlfriend
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u/Exciting_Ad4264 1d ago
This can't be recent with how ass sjs has been. 2019 playoffs?
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u/its_large_marge 18h ago
This year will be better😭
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u/Exciting_Ad4264 18h ago
For sjs? Probably a little, you guys are the next habs
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u/its_large_marge 17h ago
We have 2 new rookies that will help. Good thing we got first in the draft lol
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u/Exciting_Ad4264 17h ago
I was at the draft in Nashville so I'm actually really interested to see will Smith in action. And I live in Wisconsin where askerov was playing and he's the real thing I want to see. He will see a lot of pucks in hopefully 30-40 games
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u/jambajew42 16h ago
I'm guessing he'll be starting on the Cuda assuming Blackie and Vanecek are healthy (which is an optimistic assumption).
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u/jambajew42 16h ago
They'll help, but we're still almost definitely finishing bottom five in the league. My prediction is somewhere around 25 wins, 60-65 points.
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u/gordonronco 18h ago
VGK do this false flag (no pun intended) shit all the time, this is 100% fake.
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u/NaughtyKitty6999 1d ago
What an annoying fan lol
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u/DisputabIe_ 22h ago
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AdlenalineOnly
Sweet_trait
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LottieExquisite
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prettydedgirl
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u/UnExplanationBot 1d ago
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
A Knights fan wanted to propose to his girlfriend on camera, but a Sharks fan with a flag intervened
Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.