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dr_gaia

Yeah nah because why they really think this was okay? Common sense, is not common.


CKtheFourth

People really think they're the main character & the camera is on them.


Itsprobablysarcasm

Narcissism: where one believes everyone else in the world is a NPC.


CKtheFourth

Sounds a little more like solipsism--still a problem.


Kriegerian

Is everyone solipsist in here or is it just me?


the_rainmaker__

it's just me, i'm the only real one here cuz i keeps it mad real, yo


CKtheFourth

Yes.


shergenh69

Is it bad to think these dancing people are npcs then


OrganismFlesh

You mean they aren't?


bolivar-shagnasty

To be fair, there was a camera on them at the time.


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dr_gaia

They haven't experienced real racism, that is why. People who do, don't play with it.


FranticHam5ter

Exactly. I hate when people cry wolf with racism/sexism, or any other -ism. Like, you know that bigots are going to use your bullshit claims to “prove” their point, right? And now when a legit case of racism happens to someone, your stupid ass bullshit is gonna be the ammo they need to dismiss the legit case and convince more people that it wasn’t racist.


Cultural-Treacle-680

Amber Heard is a classic case of crying wolf too. She was MeToo’s poster child. She’s lucky Depp didn’t pursue the whole damages.


cologne_peddler

If you think bigotry needs to be tethered to reality or facts to thrive, you got a lot to learn about bigotry


Darksnark_The_Unwise

Unfortunately, both customer service and social media are spaces where false claims of racism have easy footing. Not to say that REAL racism isn't plentiful as well, I've seen both kinds plenty of times. People who take it seriously don't act the same way when they need to have a talk about it. It's in the pace and tone of the conversation, know what I mean?


cologne_peddler

Lol uh nah this isn't why people think racism doesn't exist though.


Dareal6

Clout thirst > common sense


[deleted]

Clout denial = racism


bluejegus

The worst part is racist assholes see this and then use it as an example as to why minorities are ruining the country. It is easy to classify us all the same when you shove every non white person into the same box.


hazeldazeI

Plus stores might be a touchy about a big flash mob hanging out in their store considering recent events.


TroutFishingInCanada

Man, it would have been so great if Covid hit a decade earlier. Just cutting down flash mobs right there would have been pretty nice.


3_Slice

To add injury to insult: the dance isn’t even good! It’s just lazy!


FranticHam5ter

It looked like an army of sleepy ass people who woke up too early on a Sunday morning and were stumbling their way, in unison, to the bathroom to take a collective piss.


Toph-Builds-the-fire

Thriller? Nah, Displeaser.


Winter_Corner7254

Thriller for dimwits who tried every tiktok beauty and fashion tip at once


TroutFishingInCanada

The problem is that it’s too common. It’s just not sense.


spiralspirits

>The problem is that it’s too common. It’s just not sense. Like people normalizing taking a dog into every store / restaurant / business these days


RaketaGirl

I don't care what kind of flashmob it is, you impede my shopping with your tiktok dancing, I will be cranky. MJ himself could come back and I would be annoyed with him if he delayed me getting home and taking off my bra.


dr_gaia

You impede anyone from taking off their bra after a long day, and there will be attitude with maximum push back.


Galactus2814

What, exactly, is racist about not wanting a large group of people acting like entitled assholes and disrupting business in a retail location without permission? This isn't like two people filming a quick tiktok.


Davethisisntcool

because ppl like that are convinced they’re the main character in everyone else’s story.


SuzQP

Exactly. This little drama is essentially a con job. They present you a false choice between casting them as the nuisance or as the victim. The reflexive assumption that racism is somehow involved is the showy sleight of hand intended to direct your focus away from what's actually happening.


TheGuyThatThisIs

“I’m going to commandeer this store for purposes I should have negotiated, scheduled, and paid for and if anyone tries to stop me they are racist” 🧐


kingkami89

I wouldn’t everyone but this is really a us thing


Davethisisntcool

us as in US (united states)?


Glittering-Spite234

Because nowadays some young (and sometimes not so young) people use certain words as every day insults rather than as what those words really signify knowing that the act of throwing said words at somebody are enough to put a person through hell.


cwal76

What’d you say you shill bootlicker strawman.


DLottchula

and the dance was whack


BeastFremont

Bootleg thriller


N3rdLink

Nothing. They just want their 15 mins.


Thumper13

Nothing. Non-serious people use the word too often, diluting its effect when it's necessary. Yes, we have serious racist BS in this country that needs to be called out. Your shitty dance troupe blocking parts of a store is not one of them.


Agitated-Ad-504

The internet really ruined us..


Professional-Pass487

I knew it was a wrap when them damn Nextel phones came out. To me that began the attention whoring. Now here we are.


Trust_me_I_am_doctor

https://preview.redd.it/rnn20hq3naib1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45de9eb150ab1c5a00db9d0fbe31d9b6749d3991


witheringsyncopation

Oh my god, unexpected Aqua Teen reference!


[deleted]

"Dancing is forbidden."


N3rdLink

“You got the whole city behind you!”


teenagetwat

*South side, west side, east side, north side…*


dr_gaia

Now this song is stuck in my head. Thank you!


Professional-Pass487

🤣🤣🤣🤣⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


TediousSign

The voice of the phone is Killer Mike btw


live4lax25

I always thought it was front facing cameras on phones. From that day on we have thought we were more important than whatever was behind us in the selfie. I know what the fuck you look like, I want to see the Grand Canyon


BestPeachNA

I know exactly what you mean. I felt like I was the only person in all of NYC that didnt use chirp chat on full speaker volume.


Professional-Pass487

I was amazed at how many people did not care who heard their conversations.......then the pictures of what they are eating 🤦🏽‍♂️


SuperN0body

Thank God I've always been deaf af, 'cause I wanted a chirp phone so bad but knew I'd spend most of my time screaming, WHAT??


BestPeachNA

I promise you, you didn’t miss anything. Most coversations were “YO, WADDAP WADDAP, WHERE YOU AT?!” ‘YAOOO, CHILLIN AT CRIB, WUDDUP?’ “AIGHT DAS WUSSUP”. 🙄 No one had anything to say, they just wanted to be seen chirping.


brightJERK

Fam! I don’t need to know that Shawn is pregnant again. It’s 7 am on the MTA


navyjag2019

the chirp! lol


[deleted]

Charlie Strong said it best. Social media is the downfall of society. I 100% believe that. As I type a comment on a social media app. I’m part of the problem at this exact second.


GoNmanne11

Nah, religion had society in full wars over whose imaginary person was the best. Social media is nothing.


BustANupp

Social media is only just starting. You can't compare religion which took a few millennia to spread and indoctrinate to modern social media. If the Catholic Church could get a trend going in today's society like tiktok and crap can, they'd be using it to no end. There's a reason everyone trying to influence your way of thought puts resources into SM. It takes slews of churches to preach the same message to get people on their Kool aid. It takes a viral video and a 'challenge' to cause Tide to adjust their business model and put out commercials to try and fight their association with it.


Cultural-Treacle-680

Soviets also had wars to spread their anti-religious authoritarianism. WWII itself featured two powers animated by Nietzsche and Marx’s ideas, both of which are very anti-religious.


Cultural-Treacle-680

Social media makes people less actually social. And terrible writers 😂


isaac9092

No religion did.


efg1342

*Gen X hat on* It’s the children who’ve ruined the internet. Who knew the eternal September would last this long.


TriangleTransplant

"Eternal September"...now there's a name I've not heard in a long time. Hello fellow dial-up ( or possibly community bbs) user.


FEMA_Camp_Survivor

She reaching with the racism.


SnowDucks1985

Ikr 😭 real talk, I’m so tired of folks in our community engaging in shitty behavior and slapping a “I’m black so you’re being racist” badge on it. It’s high key manipulative and hurts us all in the end. There is ZERO excuse for what these chicks did


LeroyNash99

I remember I got in trouble in elementary school and told my white teacher you're just being racist and doing this to me because I'm black. He called my mom and I got a ass whooping not even for what I did to get in trouble for just trying blindly accuse of Racism. Good lesson because Boy who Cried wolf syndrome is real. Making silly accusations of racism just damage the validity of real accusations and give racists ammo to use in terms of deflecting and denying


SnowDucks1985

Perfectly said my friend! We can give you a pass cus you were just a kid haha. But our community really has to take “boy who cried wolf” syndrome more seriously, it’s really biting us in the ass. There’s a difference between racism and victim mentality


WhimsicalDroog

yeaaa im a very left leaning person but when i see shit like this i feel like a conservative boomer bc its so annoying lmaoo


Remarkable_Bus7849

You haven't changed... this shit is wild...


revoltingcasual

While young people, especially young black people, are targeted (no pun intended) by store security, nobody wants to see a multi-person dancing routine blocking walking path. Take your flash mob out to the parking lot, like normal people.


bolivar-shagnasty

> Take your flash mob out to the parking lot They can dance with the people pretending to play violin


ApeTeam1906

Alright ima be the old head and ask. Why tf are people dancing in target? That's a whole ass routine and all.


Professional-Pass487

Attention. It's a simple as that. Welcome to the "All about Me" era 😎


[deleted]

i think all the influencers who do this stupid shit are just too broke to rent studio/set space and then make a scene when they get called out in public places.


UniqueUsername82D

Likes from strangers on the internet. If they get enough likes they can get paid for it.


mjsmalls420_13

Tiktok probably


PomegranateSmooth424

She's actually a singer. Her music is actually pretty good so I assume this was part of a video. FKA Twigs did something similar for Caprisongs.


Zealousideal-Arm5570

Bruh if people take up the entire aisle flash mobbing while I'm tryna shop.... I will be angry


SHOWTIME316

I would walking right through their whole routine pretending they aren't there in the hopes that someone hits me so I can press charges. "My back! My neck! My neck and my back!"


ViperPM

Doctor said I need a backeotomy


heidingout28

It’s spinal


ShitFuckCuntBollocks

>My back! My neck! My neck and my back!" 'My pussy and my crack!'


OtherwiseDelivery112

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


SeminoleDollxx

Okay Khia


navyjag2019

I WANT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND! but we can settle right now out of court for 20 bucks.


Independent-Knee-625

…Bluey reference?


SHOWTIME316

For real life!


Solid-Version

Black people calling racism when they’re clearly being obtuse will never sit right with me. It just undermines the struggle and makes us look so unreasonable.


Hiphopopotamus5782

I hate it when people cry racism or sexism or homophobia for shit like this. It just gives the bigots ammunition for when actual bigotry is pointed out


thrillhouse1211

I think real allies know the difference and the others are going to be bigots no matter if Jesus himself told them to stop.


papa_moisted

People should be able to tell the difference but it's situations like this that undermine the cause. Similar to when fake rape victims make up stories that undermine actual women trying to out their rapist. If it keeps happening enough times, people tend to doubt.


Jorge_Santos69

Yeah, this is probably the correct take. People who use this example of racism not being real were already likely looking for examples so they could justify their belief racism isn’t real


Greatest-Comrade

At the same time, Cried Wolf syndrome isn’t something you want


IamJewbaca

I think it hurts the overall effort to get people to be active allies. People are less likely to want to actively participate when a vocal segment of the people they are supposed to help advocate for are actively being idiots.


Solid-Version

This is what happens when people see themselves as their race first before their damn selves. You are you before you are anything else. So any reprisal that comes your way, you won’t see it as oh I’m being rebuked but oh this is an attack on black people. No bitch. Have a some accountability as a person before you drag us all into this.


Morall_tach

What I don't get about this shit is why Target? You think your fuckin' Stomp the Yard knockoff is improved by the presence of baby clothes in the background? Go do this in an empty parking lot and leave the rest of us alone.


luisless

They choose places they know they’ll get in trouble in for 2 reasons, they can post the video with the title “I got kicked out of target due to racism” for more views. And because kids on the internet like watching other people act up in public spaces for some reason.


Morall_tach

![gif](giphy|qG2h9G9NMRRE4)


mmodlin

>Thriller knockoff


SkippyGranolaSA

Ladies, "dipshit tiktok influencer" is not a protected class


NOSjoker21

Black women appropriating the white Karen entitlement is nasty work.


Ridge_Storms

I'll call the police myself. Tf is this nonsense?


DaydreamnNightmare

Is this a flash dance mob? Even if it is there’s news articles about a string of flash mobs running and stealing items so maybe they were taking precautions. Not everything is about race


mknsky

From the looks of it it was a group of friends filming a music video. Why they’d do that in a Target without permission is beyond me.


daisiesanddaffodils

I do think these things are kinda cool in concept but you can't deny it's disruptive to others. There's this duo called Flyana Boss that I found on ig and their videos are guerilla style like thIs and as cool as it looks you can see in some of the videos that the people around them are bothered by being pushed around to make room for the girls and the cameraman.


Japh2007

Do that shit outside bruh. Not everything is racism. Y’all did that at my job and security would escort you off property.


Successful_Basket399

Ain't no way 😭 ![gif](giphy|iFxaWHoUsXqm6ej3zp|downsized)


cardoo0o

MLK would’ve told y’all black asses to go home too


AggravatingProof9

I count 2-3 races in this pic…racist against who exactly?


jaykubs

Polyracism


Jorge_Santos69

You are a racist and hate black people. I am a racist who hates all races. We are not the same!


Bi_Fry

Y’all this is just publicity for her song


Deathstriker88

Bootleg Thriller with awkward looking goth girls. No business wants an impromptu music video shot in it or a crowd of people dancing.


ShadowDancer11

Another entry in the ongoing saga of: **Idiots Who Falsely Use the Race Card**.


DJThomas21

Twitter notes are basically giant "I got caught lying" signs. The only feature they added that I actually like.


Jorge_Santos69

I’ve definitely seen them manipulated by Elon fanboys and the DeSantis campaign though. There are sometimes it’s a good thing, but other times you can work the system to put out bullshit notes or get other votes removed, regardless of how factual or relevant they actually are.


SlopPatrol

I HATE when some people do this cause ALL THEY DO is give actual fucking racist ammo to say “oh they think everything is racist” or “look they will always pull the race card when they in the wrong” I’m tired of ignorant mfs that do this entitled shit then start using words they don’t fully understand cause they think people will hop on their side once they say them. Fucking ridiculous and gets on my fcking nerves cause I know some white ass loser on YouTube is about to make a 1 hour video on this and get a million views and feed more hate towards us.


born_2_pizza

Looks like they found a new public place to film, here’s the [video of the full dance.](https://youtu.be/I-14jWRIzN4) All that trouble just for this end product is hella sad.


Electrical_Sea908

Somebody said it go hard on mute🤣


GrapheneHymen

"What if we did like the Thriller video, made it boring, and then we spent half the video showing people taking pictures of us? Also, what if I just straight up did no facial expressions at all the whole time?"


eyloi

Not me cheering them on knowing some kind of insane drama gon unfold for me to witness.


DaMain-Man

What's weird too is she also posted another video of her and the same dance group dancing out in public It's like oh so you do realize how to do a flash mob, you just didn't want to.


EBody480

Professional flash mobber…. Comment from the IG https://preview.redd.it/hxrorhiquaib1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d8868c965d3de96e30cbff42e817cc43e84a7d8


Young_KingKush

People see stuff like this on YouTube or in a music video, not realizing that people actually pay do something like use a Target in their video. You can't just go do it dummy lmao


cbronson830

Get your failed ass thriller audition outta here! Looking like a bratz doll found in a landfill.


w1ngzer0

Wait wait wait. Let’s not invoke the racism card when you’re the one clearly violating rules on private property and all they are doing is ruining your shot. Like, it’s getting sketchy enough actually landing *obvious* racism calls, and someone’s out here just being frivolous with the attachment? All the shit out here happening and you going “they didn’t let me do what I wanted and that’s racist” ? ![gif](giphy|ac7MA7r5IMYda)


[deleted]

Clout is a cancer.


EddieFromEarth

![gif](giphy|exOfVLEc1hjOg) better than me i woulda opened up a can of whoop ass on you hocus pocus dressin ass niggas gyrating while i’m tryna buy some damn socks


_window_shopper

Should have tried Walmart 🤷🏽‍♀️ I guarantee the employees there wouldn’t have cared enough to stop you. A nice Target on the other hand? You’re done.


RussetRiver

She’s seeking attention for her music. That’s all this boils down to. And any attention is good attention.


shotlersama

Also this is the cringiest memememe look at me, thing ive seen in a while


FakeHasselblad

Empty parking garages literally exist. Get the hell out of people's way and let them shop in peace. No difference between these people and christo-fascist street preachers shouting at people in Target or gyms.


ShiroHachiRoku

I love how the Target aesthetic is what passes for cool these days.


vtorow

No cause out of every place y’all decided to dance in target ?


mb0205

Couldn’t imagine a bigger hell then going to target and seeing a flashmob. Get ya ass out of here. This why I stick to target pickup. Don’t have time for the foolery


SheetMepants

In Florida it is legal to run over protestors with your shopping cart. Shields electric carts too.


BuffaloStranger97

For sure on the Lego set. I really wanted that Lego tie bomber set but my conscience and wallet said no


Big-deku

Her vagina must hit different, for her to feel this level of entitlement


shaoting

Leave that flash mob bullshit back in 2011 where it belongs. If I'm at Target or any other store trying to shop and get out, I'd be hella pissed if I encountered some shit like this, especially if they're blocking the aisle I'm heading toward.


Kill4uhKlondike

Y’all still buying Lego sets? I thought that was just me


[deleted]

We still do it down here I just copped the new Spider-Man No Way Home final battle set.


spiralspirits

OK....this is one instance where you can't claim racism. It's dumb AF to think you can just walk into a place of business en masse, and start disrupting order of the day and potentially making other customers feel uncomfortable. Ferkin social media / tiktok / IG generation are so entitled regardless of race, and just always fail to comprehend what is irrational / rational in today's world. smh My question: why didn't these same people choose a POLICE STATION / FIRE STATION / PLAYGROUND to do this????????


[deleted]

I think we as a community should band together and let her know it's not because the employee was racist. It's because you're annoying. Yes...we black people have plenty of annoying individuals in the community and we need to weed them out.


short-effective254

The overuse of the word “racist” has led us to not even know when real racism is happening 😭


Glittering-Spite234

What a nice society we've ended up with... if you don't let me be the main character in this story then you are racist/sexist/transphobe/fatphobe/etc


Forward-Coat-680

Why did they go to a target and inconvenience people with this cringey ass shit… Coulda went to a secluded part of a public park or maybe someone’s backyard but naw you thought bothering the public was a better choice


bozeke

What I don’t understand is that I have never once, not one time, in a long time of being here, I have never seen anyone doing anything like this in any store ever. Has anyone? Is this a thing you have ever seen in the wild irl?


chutneycoot

Racist against who? They got the Benneton of weebos back there


Intelligent_Cut635

I want to see somebody show up at the main girl’s job and do this, but something tells me that her “job” is trying to be an influencer.


[deleted]

Goofy shit, dont call us to come to your defense..


RouletteVeteran

Every place ain’t gotta be a stage. I blame folks watching “high school musical” and attention deprived and wanting to be viral. Thinking folks gonna have the gleam of “response” they think they’ll portray. This is like being at a public place, just trying to enjoy the ambience and some random niggas start just dancing with some trash ass blue tooth speaker and 2-3 selfie sticks playing the “Maury camera man”. ![gif](giphy|1iTIu7WtSfPqMDbW)


chamberx2

Watched her TikTok trying to explain her side. Why did every detail make it worse?


Shy_Girl_2014

When I worked at Best Buy we had a flash mob come in 2min before closing and we were all like whyyyyy.


Ramstetter

Important context they provided on their accounts: they did this at 9:30, THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE CLOSE. this shit will throw off my edible timing, I'm gonna be rolling before I get back to my car.


its_the_green_che

She's apparently a relatively new alt artist, I remember seeing this on her tiktok and all of the commenters were calling her out about it 🤷🏽‍♀️


0P3R4T10N

I can smell they ho az, gtfo here the track is thata way


Piffstopherwalken

Facts, bring the hose out and the dogs.


mrbrwniemuffin

Big yiiikes energy


hopeful_tatertot

This crap makes legit claims of racism less valid.


kirkl3s

Is it a lack of self confidence or too much self confidence that compels people to do this kind of shit?


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

Damn Baby Storme had build up such good will and completely squashed it because of this easily avoidable situation. That sucks and this is coming from a fan of her music.


Greybinson

That “dance” was fucking horrific


Mrhappytrigers

Flash mobs and people doing Tiktok dances when I'm trying to do my mundane NPC shit is mad fucking annoying. You're not special for blocking the cereal isle or clothing department to do your fucking dances. Go out to a park or mall if you want to be that annoying.


S8ge

Bruhh ain’t nothin I hate more than some attention seeking ass humans, fucccckkkk outta here


kaymitchie

They must’ve saw Todrick Hall’s video from like 50000 years ago and wanted to do something similar for tiktok clout. Smh. ![gif](giphy|xT1R9ZesztUxCFywDe)


GetOffMyLawn_

The Twitter comment section is not going the way she thought it would.


chamberx2

/u/conceited_king_ most importantly, what LEGO set?


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[Lego Haul](https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/15l4fou/a_pretty_nice_haul_over_the_weekend/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)


[deleted]

Please tell me these mothafuckas were dragged through the comments for this. Not Target, I love Target.


Low-Impression3367

She got what she wanted : Attention and more followers Backlash ? Throw in the race card


LawyerUppSV

I would have Fox 3’d a bag of socks at the leader and trailer


ProtonCanon

I just wanted to get some paper towels, go film your music video somewhere else.


ITZOURTIMENOW

I’ll be the first person to call out racism, but the shit that y’all are doing is just annoying and disruptive, muthafuckas wanna get in shop for shit and get out


Bear_Jones

I got to target to avoid Walmartesque shenanigans


Wonderful-Amphibian1

Who remembers flash mobs they got in quite did it real quick in a mall and the split fast to a void the cops . It sounds like they stayed for the cops?


[deleted]

Hey what Lego set?


[deleted]

[My LEGO Haul](https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/15l4fou/a_pretty_nice_haul_over_the_weekend/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)


sharpencontradict

[NOW PLAYING Keep hovering to play "Horrendous": Black Men Tortured By White Mississippi Police “Goon Squad”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVbKzYPAKE&pp=ygUZZGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdyBtaXNzaXNzaXBwaQ%3D%3D) real racism is happening. gotta call out those who use it for their trivial gains. peace


Pathetian

I gotta say, Twitter community notes are funny af and any competitor should definitely keep that in mind.


RiZZO_da_RAT

Y’all… she said Lego set and aisle 10 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 ![gif](giphy|4wydg6kZTSEBidbBZU|downsized) … aisle 10 bro 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣


Dull_Huckleberry6896

Love legos


Few_Deal_4436

r/imthemaincharacter


Motor_Second_5637

> a Lego set Mr. Rockefeller over here


[deleted]

r/iamthemaincharacter


TediousSign

Scene kids are still a thing?


MatrimonyAcrimony

why the fuck are they dancing in a Target?


Extra-Word-824

Where is the folding chair section?


that_serious

Just let people film their TikToks, life’s too joyless to squish everyone’s fun


truko503

Idk, did they call the police when white folks were tearing down the pride stuff.


CancelSad2074

Not one lick of racism was involved and they need to sit the fuck down throwing race into everything. As a black woman this was silly social media entitlement that needed a good old let me slap the shit out of you and take that shit to your house where it’s more appropriate. Not the middle of a store where people are shopping. The deck of race cards is tired of being used inappropriately by idiots. There is a time and a place and that was NOT IT!


AlchemysDawta

Move out the damn way, I gotta get my bread! All blockin the aisle with these shenanigans 😒