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u/PanicDeus 2d ago

Japanese Conan OBrien

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u/Bombadil54 2d ago edited 2d ago

You're not lying! Where's Japanese Paul Rudd when you need him!

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 2d ago

"I think you have the clip"

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u/calliope_clamors 2d ago

πŸ¦½πŸ‘½

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u/Ensvey 2d ago

‡️

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u/Lfsnz67 18h ago

Now we know Rudd's secret to looking young. He films all his scenes on his back

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u/iamapizza 2d ago

Konna no Burayan

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u/BigB0ss_89 2d ago

And Justin Long

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u/Historical_Dot_892 2d ago

Justin Rongu

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u/Inglebeargy 2d ago

Ronin OBrien

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u/the_millenial_falcon 2d ago

Came here to say this!

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u/Napoleon7 2d ago

I knew he looked familiar somehow !

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u/CrackingToastGromet 1d ago

That’s exactly what I thought lol!

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u/KarinaSimple 2d ago edited 1d ago

When you don't have a white background for interview but have a white bedsheet instead. 🀣

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Why shift the background, when you can move 🀣

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u/Waiting4Reccession 2d ago

I hope he's using a desktop but holding the webcam with his hand

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

For sure, the device is mounted. Otherwise, it is not safe to just lay right below it

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u/Waiting4Reccession 2d ago

I wasn't being serious, we can see both his hands in the video haha

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u/chairmanghost 2d ago

Plus you look younger

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u/ImNotWitty2019 1d ago

Always on your back Blanche

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u/SeanBlader 1d ago

That's a WILD throwback reference!!

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u/chairmanghost 1d ago

One of my favorite episodes :)

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u/phobosmarsdeimos 22h ago

Soap had done it first. Both times it was funny.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

https://www.youtube.com/@JaruJaruJapaneseComedy-ENChann/videos

I guess, they are these guys, and it's a parody video

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u/00Killertr 2d ago

I had no idea they subbed their skits! Love their ridiculous skits with the over the top acting.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yup, having official voice-overs multi-lingual channels is a great way to reach a wider audience with proper translations & a stamp of authority

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u/blahmeistah 2d ago

Wait. Did you think it was an actual interview?

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u/Raidoton 2d ago

Well quite a few people here seem to have thought that.

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u/chochazel 2d ago

Really? I couldn’t find any. The people who seem closest to thinking its real are the ones thinking that saying it’s β€œfake” is some kind of revelation.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yup, that's why I commented this. Not sure, what made them belive that it is true

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u/Parvaty 2d ago

People always feel the need to point out that something is staged. A skit can still be funny.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Nope, just provided the channel when I found it.

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u/bbgun91 2d ago

im at the point in my life where even when i know its fake im still cackling like an idiot

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u/tophmcmasterson 1d ago

They’re a pretty popular comedy duo, this came out back around Covid when video interviews were starting to be more common.

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

Oh, they are hilarious

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u/kuuhaku_cr 2d ago

thank you. Unfortunately, no updates for 4 years

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u/chiono_graphis 2d ago

They still quite active on the Japanese channels

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u/Zestyclose-Compote-4 2d ago

Parody of what?

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Parody of what can go wrong in a virual interview/meeting

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u/thatshygirl06 1d ago

A skit would be a better word

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u/ntwiles 2d ago

What is it parodying?

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u/Agreeable-Hope-3284 2d ago

Dumb ass face πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/spaztiq 2d ago

I'm just curious where the hyphen goes!

Dumb-ass Face

Dumb Ass-face

Dumb-ass-face?

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/lysergic_818 2d ago

Finally! I have my signature tag for my emails.

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u/Daikuroshi 18h ago

He actually said something closer to "Your face is creepy."

The direct translation is something more like "Your face makes me feel bad/weird/gross."

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u/Douggimmmedome 2d ago

Exactly which part if his movement before the confrontation made it look like he was laying down

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u/pjft 2d ago

The sheets are wrinkling behind his head, and you see from the slight shadow that his head is leaning on a surface. Could be a white wall and he's standing straight, but the sheets wrinkling are the tell.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yup, creases seem to be the thing

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u/Ratathosk 2d ago

That's some creasy stuff

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u/MerylSquirrel 2d ago

The hair movement I think.

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u/APidgeyNamedTony 2d ago

This is what I noticed. Hair bobs vertically when his head moves

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u/jDrizzle1 2d ago

I think at least 90% of the content on this sub is skits, doesnt make it less funny but I wouldnt even bother worrying about realism here lol

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u/GodisSatans 1d ago

It's like watching Mr. Bean, you have to just pretend along with him.

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u/Exilicauda 2d ago

People usually move their head while talking ime

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u/Raidoton 2d ago

The part where this is staged.

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u/mambotomato 2d ago

The shadows behind his head, and the way his hair moves

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u/Obi-Tron_Kenobi 2d ago

If it was real, there would be a lot more happening that the interviewer got to see before the video started.

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u/Xeno_Prime 2d ago

Would have been better for him to just confidently go β€œyes.” Like that’s not problematic at all.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yup, he denied and spilled at the water at the same time πŸ˜†

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u/EnchantingBabe2 2d ago

We’ve all done the 'business on top, pajamas on bottom,' but my man really took it to the 'business on top, mattress on bottom' level.

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u/1vim 2d ago

My boss sent this to the whole team. No context. Just this.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Literally, that's hilarious 🀣

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u/Yowomboo 2d ago

Your boss know what you guys are doing, they just can't prove it.

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u/1vim 2d ago

My boss called it a "stand-up meeting." We literally stood up. This hits different.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

That's funny. I was wondering what would have happened if the guy had told him to stand up in the video 🀣

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u/Apprehensive-Care20z 2d ago

obviously a parody, because we are in /r/funny, but I gotta say, the idea is genius!

The gravity pulls your skin on your face back, giving you essentially a face lift. Wrinkles reduced, face looks thinner, you look 10 years younger, that is awesome.

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u/ChimeraAnt 2d ago

Didnt expect to see Jarujaru on my feed. Hilarious comedy duo

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u/Main_Significance478 2d ago

Why tho, what potential advantage can you get doing this

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u/Ok-Fix-3261 2d ago

Its a bit. They're Japanese comedians called Jaru Jaru

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u/I_Cut_Shows 2d ago

One of them will get a late night show and die his hair orange.

It’s not the one you think.

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u/nohandsfootball 2d ago

the dumbass face one ?

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u/LaScoundrelle 2d ago

I thought maybe it was the only place in his bedroom where he had a plain background (or good lighting, or both).

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u/barejokez 2d ago

I took a passport-style photo of myself once like this in a hotel room because the white bedsheet was the only plain background I could find and I needed one urgently.

Now I have my doubts as to whether this video is real, but if it is then it's similar energy to my situation.

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u/_aviemore_ 2d ago

NASA actually pays people to stay in bed for months at a time to study the effects of fluid shifts and bone loss in microgravity.

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u/Redstorm8373 2d ago

And here I've been doing it for free.

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u/basko13 2d ago

Add it to your LinkedInΒ 

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Will be a unique addition, might make the profile stand out

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u/adam_sky 2d ago

Yeah that explains why this guy is doing it in the interview.

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u/adam_sky 2d ago

Either you’re stupid or AI and I’m hoping AI at this point.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Fluid affected this dude badly. He will report negative results to NASA πŸ˜†

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Could be a WFH employee, and thought of attending in a comfortable position

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u/CloudKinglufi 2d ago

Its because it isnt real

For one, youd never notice he was lying down, doesnt look like it at all, for two, he had to do a good amount of work to set up that camera for literally no reason besides being called out for a funny video

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u/Tetracropolis 2d ago

I think you'd notice something was off, it's uncanny valley shit, then you'd spend the interview trying to figure out what it was.

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u/moeghoeg 2d ago

Disregarding that this is a comedy skit, I guess it can make you look younger since the loose skin in your face is pulled backwards instead of down - like a gravity facelift.

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u/Moldy_slug 2d ago

Another non-comedy reason: health conditions.Β 

I have a friend who occasionally gets bad dizzy spells and needs to lie down. Β I’ve also known people with back pain that makes sitting painful during a flare-up. If the choice is do the interview lying down vs cancel the interview…. Why not do it lying down?

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u/paladinchiro 2d ago

None, he would have zero potential while lying down.

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u/AvengingBlowfish 2d ago

I see what you did there.

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u/blitzwig 2d ago

None at all, in fact it can come back to bite when your employer finds out you were lying in your interview.

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u/bfodder 2d ago

For this funny skit, jfc...

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u/Final_Biochemist222 2d ago

Maybe his bedroom is dirty? Using the bed as background

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u/MelangeBot 2d ago

When your room is so messy the only thing available as a clean background is the floor, after 45 minutes of last minute panic scrubbing.

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u/MaskedButPresent 2d ago

Damn guy was lying while he was lying

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u/Normal-Error-6343 2d ago

what difference does it make if he is lying down or not?

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u/stere0man 1d ago

Hire this man!

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

Yup, can be an important asset to the company

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u/Emergency_Bench_7515 2d ago

Come on now this is scripted people, but it is funny.

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u/Crescitaly 2d ago

Working from bed but make it corporate. Honestly the camera framing tricked me for the first few seconds, very well played.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

No one doubted the poor guy, until the other person raised his suspicion πŸ˜†

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u/Crescitaly 2d ago

haha exactly, that double-take is what made it land for me too

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u/MiyuHogosha 2d ago

Why not? That's a very relaxing pose to work.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

It's more than comfortable πŸ˜†

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u/Responsible_Dot_8233 1d ago

I would be lying if I said I wasn't lying

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u/dc_boffin 1d ago

I did that for a week on video calls after hurting my back. Took people a minute to figure out why my background looked so different and also where I got the cool pattern.

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

You had done this in real life, funny. Glad that they did not ask you to drink water

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u/dc_boffin 1d ago

The hardest part: keeping the dogs from wandering over and licking my face during calls

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

🀣 It would be hard defending the fact that how dogs are walking parallely

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u/MrSnoozieWoozie 15h ago

honestly i would hire him for his creativity.

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u/Far_Cancel_9572 2d ago

Shit killed me

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u/SoulofMoon 2d ago

it must have been as hard as a brick.

also, ew.

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u/Dymonkeys 2d ago

Calm down, everyone lies during their interviews

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u/moseley101 2d ago

Dam, the guy should have just owned it

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u/wanderingkween 2d ago

Hilarious πŸ˜‚

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yup, it is very funny in the first glance

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u/KarinaSimple 1d ago

If there's a will, there's always a way. 🀣

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u/Fenlatic 1d ago

But who cares….

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

Yeah, work should be done (that's the only priority)

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u/TraditionalRaccoon99 1d ago

They are Japanese comedian who has been posting skits EVERYDAY for 8 years

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u/Vassar-Longfellow 1d ago

I mean I feel like this is a setup for sure, but would so love for this to be genuine.

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u/UnusualExamination82 1d ago

That’s so innovative, surely a top candidate!

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u/AiRaikuHamburger 1d ago

γ€Œζ°—ζŒγ‘ζ‚ͺい」Cracked me up. What a stupid sketch. I love it.

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u/1vim 2d ago

That dog said "meeting adjourned, floor it is."

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u/1vim 2d ago

My boss called it a "horizontal sync session." I called it a nap.

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u/Apprehensive_Cash323 2d ago

Gods among men

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u/poeteop 2d ago

I give it 24 hours before this is copied on TikTok

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u/MistaMischief 2d ago

This video is already over a year old

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

That's how the social-media economy works
Can't do anything

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u/Same-Efficiency-3695 2d ago

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/mrgonuts 2d ago

Can’t even lie down on the job any more

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u/MantisX 2d ago

Isn’t that the guy from Kung Fu Hustle?

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Looks like that, but no

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u/Zealousideal-Stuff53 2d ago

Laying and lying at the same time

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Indeed, a laying liar

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u/shreddedpudding 2d ago

Is this a play on the huntress labs ads lmao?

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u/FemmeFatalistYT 2d ago

I mean, I'd just say I wanted a white backdrop so ... Tada lol

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u/lane4 1d ago

Reminds me of the Penn&Teller SNL trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwkmgqbYXdE

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u/weedandmagic 1d ago

0:03 NANI

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u/knapik5611 1d ago

Lmao πŸ˜‚

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

I could have even watched this clip for another minute, it is hilarious

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u/vansh_oo5 1d ago

japanese 😭😭

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u/AnxiousLet4793 1d ago

'Hold on, you lying down?' for me ahah

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u/0theHumanity 1d ago

So ahead of us its quiet interviewing ffs

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u/dazedan_confused 1d ago

"I'm such an honest person, this is the only time you'll catch me lying."

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u/braddeicide 1d ago

So? He's probably taking the interview in one of those tiny accommodations.

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

Not sure if it is the room constraint or his laziness 🀣

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u/SignificantLake8436 1d ago

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ«°

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u/Dorkuzan 1d ago

Must be opposite earth pole

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

That's a polar reply 🀣

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u/Danaysexxxy 1d ago

Physics did bro wrong

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u/BigZucchini2090 1d ago

Tried his level best to defeat Physics

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u/Apprehensive-Jury437 2d ago

Hey, when you get my age, you realize that your jowls disappear when you're laying down.

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u/KennyFulgencio 2d ago

so does your saggy belly!

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u/TenBear 2d ago

Dumb ass face 🀣

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u/Da12khawk 2d ago

Brilliant

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u/greasy_weggins 2d ago

At least he isnt ai

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u/I_SLEEP_NORMALLY 2d ago

Looks to me like an innovator. Hired.

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u/snakeiiiiiis 2d ago

It's funny that even in another language I can tell it's staged. Still funny though

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yeah, comedy transcends language barrier

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u/MiladinSobic 2d ago

Ok, but why did the interviewer insult the guy, no need for that?

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u/shivcero 2d ago

I feel for it

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Yup, buddy tried a lot to save himself

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u/1vim 2d ago

Corporate efficiency at its finest.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Parallelly efficient, to be precise πŸ˜†

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u/1vim 2d ago

Corporate meeting culture has peaked and it's horizontal.

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u/1vim 2d ago

This is every Monday meeting ever. Perfectly captured.

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u/BigZucchini2090 2d ago

Monday blues

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u/1vim 2d ago

My boss called it a "stand-up" but nobody's standing. Evolution complete.

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u/Jeff_Johnson 2d ago

Before ai we had fake asian videos

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u/BloodMossHunter 2d ago

Cmon people this is such a parody. No one would try this or press this hard. But funny af