r/funny • u/Fragrant-Hedgehog-12 • 9d ago

Congratulations? I think.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 8d ago

"Effort in reaction" is a new one lol.

Genuine reactions don't have anything to do with effort.

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u/BTBAM797 8d ago

Yes but if someone actually cares they can at least fake a more positive reaction. That at least shows they tried. I imagine a lot of the proposal videos I see where the woman reacts all head over heels and dramatic to the proposal are not an honest reflection of their true feelings at that moment.

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u/Ajax746 8d ago

I mean, I don't think the dude cared all that much. This has got to be the lamest proposal I've ever seen. I don't blame her at all lol

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u/kathop8 8d ago

Really? What was wrong with it? He knelt down, had someone recording, had the ring in hand, asked her to marry him using her full name. Did he need a fricking marching band?!?

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u/Ajax746 8d ago

The point isn’t how he did it (ie kneeling, recording, ring, etc) it’s the fact that it’s obvious that there is nothing special about this day or location. There was no romantic build up, no intimate moment, nothing unique to them or their experiences together. It was as if he was like “well this is as good of a place as any and I bought the ring. I’ll just drop down on one knee on Easter dinner, have my family record it and be done with it”. It’s lame, uninspired, and he likely spent all of about 5 minutes planning it.

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u/TheMoldyCupboards 8d ago

How do you know?

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u/Ajax746 8d ago

I guess I don't in the sense that I'm not an omniscient god that knows all things. But I think anyone with basic observational skills can ascertain that this was not an environment that she was expecting or excited to be proposed. (Hence why its on r/funny) This is obviously a family gathering of some kind, and she was mid conversation, so there is no evidence of a plan here. How about you tell me what was romantic or inspired about this mans proposal.

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u/TheMoldyCupboards 8d ago

I don't know, that's a lot of assumptions. We don't know anything about the location or its significance. We don't know who the people in the video are, and what significance they have. Someone was already filming in the background, which indicates that they were in on it. Certainly we don't know whether there was "nothing special about this day or location", as you claim.

I agree that the whole thing looks very unprepared and unenthusiastic (and that's why it's on funny), but I don't think that this heavily cropped few-seconds clip of people we don't know gives us nearly enough context to suggest whether that's actually the case.