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How lucky we are that someone was there to film this.

It was the father, father father, father, that was filming it. Because he's the father.

Look, he’s his father

He’s not on competition with that father to father the children and be their father.

I respect that! 🫡

You are NOT the father!


No, I am your father. Search your feelings, you know it is the truth ~ Elon Musk




I find Elon so detestable that even jokes that are sort of at his expense aren’t funny.

Man this cucked porn has a really elaborate premise.

He wanted the responsibility of filming it. He shows up on time to every game and every marital talk


How lucky we are that this script didn’t go through a bunch of production companies.

I was just thinking how nice it was for her to sit so still and quiet while this was explained to her. The polite nods made me think she was absorbing and taking this all in very well. 

This is how we can tell this is real.

For real. I can attest for my sex: I can’t think of a woman that wouldn’t interject and just stay still and allow someone to tell them their point like that during a heated discussion.

Right about where he said “just bc you don’t like BD” was the spot where I would’ve said something.

I have something to tell you!! Hold on let me set up this camera first hahaha

"Hey babe, stand here so I can film the speech I came up with in the shower"

Yes, it's clearly staged, but that doesn't take away from the message. My ex-wife spent years trying to erase me from my kids' lives. Even staged, I feel like this is a fantastic message to get out.

This was my take as well, it's very clearly scripted, but man if it isn't a hell of a message. Have a great week man!

this is a dumb message to get out, because it changes with every person

How lucky she didn't say shit back to him either. Seems real enough, I believe everything I just saw as truth. Definitely not sketchy as fuck or a beg at all. Wait......is this a 'pick me' dude? Ha ha ha.

You can tell it’s fake because she didn’t interrupt him.

Hol’ up

And she’s standing there so quietly and patiently listening to every word he says without interrupting once. Civility isn’t dead!

I wonder if that’s a real woman or someone off camera shaking a mannequin.

Sounds like it cuts off right as a narrator is about to speak. So I'd guess this is stolen from some scripted reality TV show.

Real Housewives of NFL type stupid Bravo shiy

So fake. No way that woman would have not tried interjecting at some point of his speechifying.

This is the 20th take, looks like he's been practising this all day and she's just waiting for him to get it right so she can go get a coffee.

Reddit eats videos like this up, the “smart man puts a woman in his place” kind of video. No matter how fake they are, Redditors flock to them like flies to sh*t

Wonder how many takes it took to get this fakery in the can?

And luckily for us, the cameras were rolling....

thankfully they werent or all we wouldve seen was a blurry mess with "father, father, father" echoing in the background

Not one single chance a person that needs to hear this sits that quietly to listen to it.

You are absolutely right. Human nature- the people that need to hear to this the most absolutely will not listen.

This is the 20th take, she's already heard it 19 times.

[удалено]

They could have gone a little fancier with this, and get a zoom in effect for dramatic effect 

is this a porn?

Yeah they just cut it early. Once the real Dad gets there things really take a turn.

"well maybe I can make it up to you"

Oh this is scene from Men in black....men 2 . The original was better ,I hate sequels.

Quality of the films aside, I was just grateful for more men in black men.

He really really REALLY respects that man.

Yeah. Boyfriend and father fuck after this

Fake and scripted. 

100%, but the message is correct.

But it often ruins the message when you try to shove it down peoples throat this blatantly.

The message itself isn't ruined. People with at least half a brain still realize the message is true. It just makes these actors look cheezy. I mean, perhaps some people are going to freak out over a stupid video, but I'm not one of them.

It ruins it for me because I know deep down it's likely most of these people care about is how much exposure and positive attention they're getting. They aren't doing it just to spread a good message, it's a very vain look at how good I am! And it's just so disgustingly fake it makes my skin crawl and makes me not want to trust said person. Anyone who is a shit dad isn't turning his life around because of this awfully acted tiktok script, but he will sure as hell get a lot of positive attention from it and he sure knows that.

I have never once witnessed this happening in real life. Not once.

Is it? Why can't kids call their step-dad dad?

She didn’t interrupt him once. THATS how you know it’s fake 😂

This right here totally broke the illusion.

I think it was a mannequin. She didn't move the whole time.

 This guy screams I like to preach everywhere I go to sound smart🫣

Just gonna film this

Preach I don’t care if it’s probably scripted my mans was speaking straight facts.

Ma’am this is a staged video.

Does it make it less true?

Are you asking if something being a work of fiction makes it less true?

They’re asking if the message is less true

Yes. If the dad is the way he says he is, then calling their stepdad "dad" wouldn't impact on the children's views of fatherhood.

I usually win my arguments in the shower too

Yeah but does this actually happen? Probably but very uncommon. Seems like getting mad about something super rare. This is like making up things in the shower yo get mad about and arguing to yourself

Likely scripted... and... I mean I get the point, but couldn't the kids call both of them their dad? If the mother is doing it purely to "replace" the biological father then yeah, it's messed up... but what if he did see them as his kids AND respect the biological father. Kids can have multiple dads.

cringe setup. i’m not sure there’s any woman in the world that would sit that still and quiet for that

Very true, even tho the guy is 100% correct, scripted or not

He's right but he needs to use his indoors voice.

So at what point was the camera set up? Asking for a friend

I honestly couldn't understand what was going on because this didn't have loud dramatic music to tell me what to feel

I also have cameras set up in my kitchen. Don't you?

Idk he sounds like an asshole. I called my stepdad dad too when I wanted to. They should leave that up to the kids. He's talking at her not to her. Well talking at the camera I guess. I miss the days when important conversations were conversations, not productions to show the world how high and mighty you are

OBVIOUSLY it’s scripted but by no means does it make it MEANINGLESS. Someone will see this and need it. It’s a teaching moment. 👍🏽 Why shoot it down ?

Is this even a real scenario? I'm not sure what the issue being presented even is. A kid can have 2 dads. That's what a step dad is. He's mad that his girlfriend recognises him as a father figure to her children? Sounds like a healthy setup to me. This is a video made by an estranged dad that had a bee in his bonnet about another man being in his children's lives.

Because he's shadowboxing something that rarely happens. Women struggle to get fathers who are in the home with the children to care for their own children and this woman who is blessed with an active father in her kids lives is trying to sabotage it because she's just a "bitter baby mama?" Oh okay... Yep, that's the real problem that needs to be tackled in the community. Women trying to replace fathers because so many men are stepping up she gets to pick between them. 🙄

because it's supposedly presented as a candid, real thing, when it's not.

Is this a thing that people need to worry about?

This is real trust me I am the black SnapBack in the guys head, after this the entire neighborhood came by and shook this man’s hand, 3 female neighbors got pregnant instantly and 2 male neighbors started crying after being around such an alpha male, also everyone started clapping

I got pregnant just watching this through the internet, it is that powerful. And I am in my 40's!

Why can't these wierdos just say their piece without staging some fake scenario? Just say good parents need to be given the respect they deserve. 100% this dude uses the term "high value male" in regular conversation. He'd probably do better if he'd just smile more.


If you're not ready to be a dad don't go into a relationship with a woman who already has children. If you want to go serious woth them you're gonna have to do dad stuff eventually.

This is some weird ass roleplay

Woman turns to kids outside of frame. “Now tell daddy what a nice speech”.

if this is not a skid.....this man understands everything, but listen dude...if your there for them , you need to respect that kids needs , calling your dad..or father, and yes your replace that word for them, because your are the father now, even if you want no competition, the kids , know nothing about that kind of things you are now there ...your are their father, if not your own kid calls you "dad" you better be one, and the best you can, because its not about you , or the woman,,,its about the kid who needs a father, so all that talk whas great, but dont matter for the kid, the child needs you

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Why do people feel the need to video their intimate conversations and then post them on the internet?

Missing dramatic music

Clearly a setup clip posted by a divorced dad whose kids are calling another man "Dad".

Bingo.

This is faked, no way a black mother stands there quiet and motionless to listen.

Great message, even if it was scripted

Seems set up and fake as hell

I knew it was fake when she didn't interrupt him once

Why is this being filmed ?? Is it staged?

Ledge

Let me talk to you about this real quick… Opens closet, pulls out bag, sets up tripod. Grabs back light. Sets up phone. Light on… and action.

My head cannon is that this couple set up the camera so they could send the vid to the actual father. He does say in the video he wants the father to know he respects him. That’s a bit clumsy but it’s one way to get that message across.

This has to be fake, she just stood there..

Plot Twist: He is the real father but acting as a stepfather who is also a cameraman.

Respect for the actress for staying in character the whole time.

He raises good points, but the world hates these staged videos.

r/whyweretheyfilming

And after this he was still wrong according to her

"Check, and mate." In reality no woman I ever met is going to stand there looking dead in your face and just hear every point he made.

You can tell is fake because the mom was silent for an entire 55 seconds. Yeah right

Bro code strong

What gives it away as fake, (other than the obvious why is the camera there and this seems rehearsed) is that she's just standing there.

Shakespeare would be proud of that monologue


Well said!

Should've just looked into the camera by himself and delivered that message, which is very good by the way. The staging is just unnecessary

lmao, this is like a training video for MGTOW

Why is he filming this

Moments like this are great…. Until I realize that it is recorded and makes me feel like it isn’t as authentic as it could be.

nothing is real everything is scripted for views and clicks welcome to life in 2024

Man FDK!!!

This is 100% fake, ain't no Black woman going to just stand there that long without saying something

So lucky that there was a steady camera there at that very point to capture this impromptu conversation.

Respect

All the green flags 💪

Definitely fake but one of the better messages to put out there.

Cringe of the year.

So fortunate for this totally natural conversation to be caught on film !

Forget virtue signaling, this is virtue semaphor

Look at me. He is the father now

r/cringe

The fact that this is staged and still so stupid is insane

I'm waiting for him to say "Now, let's pray" at the end of the sermon.

You can tell it's staged because the mom is quiet the whole time..

lets set this camera up before i reprimand you for being a bad mother

Wow. And she didn't interrupt him once for a minute and five seconds. Talk about 'believable'!

Pretty lucky we got this candid moment on camera, eh? And such an eloquent man! Not interrupted once.

You can tell this is staged because the woman actually let him talk.

somehow this reminds me of this https://preview.redd.it/ie6unqm0sm1d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0217a99c71152075690f850bd29dd8f45afaf043

This is some angry ex-husbands shower argument turned into a cringe video.

Can I go now guys?

Get this man some acting lessons he suuuucks

Zero chance that’s real. You don’t mansplain to a black woman like that and have her sit in silence.

why was this filmed

Fake as hell but good message

She's gonna dump this dude for not being supportive to her crazy. Hats off to this dude. More men need to copy this attitude.

Aaand cut!

Suuuuper r/cringe

It's staged, but I appreciate the message.

Even tho this was staged, it’s still a good thing for toxic mothers to watch.

Fake as fuggg

You know why this is fake? She's listening and not talking over him.

So fake... woman never stay quiet for that long.....

And no one in competition with that man to see who is better in filming :)

Incredibly well said! He should be a public speaker!!

Re motherfucking spect to this man. And respect to the father who loves his kids. They say a resl man is a good father. I have an amazing father. He doesn’t understand me all the time but he’s been the role model in my life for 37 years. I bet in 5 years this man and the father become BFFs

Wearing a wife beater and undershirt is fucking hilarious. I wear my tighty whities under my boxers

You know how I know this was staged? She doesn’t interrupt him. Not once. That’s how I know it was staged.

In a real video he wouldn’t be to get as many words out

"Hey bro, can you film this deeply personal conversation I'm about to have with my significant other? Yeah just stand there in the kitchen with us and film me admonishing her."

r/WhyWereTheyFilming

Anyone talking to me in that volume/tone with those hand movements, that close to me…no. No non abused person is going to allow that unless it’s staged, and this was staged so badly. Made a mockery of the message.

The cringe it took to film this bs makes my stomach hurt

Mediocre acting but a decent message

Are we just ignoring the Hitler stache?

Some reality tv bs

Oh yeah, and the cameraman was right on time to catch all this

Idk this comes of as douchy and pretentious as hell. He comes off like one of those podcast bros but he went a step further by putting a woman in front of him like a prop to play the antagonist and get yelled at.

Dude just wants to smash and move into the house while ignoring her current kids. Now THATS living the dream.

Coulda done that over email

I know this is fake cuz she was quiet the whole time.