Comments on: Long Awkward Pose

Long Awkward Pose

liam — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:41:59 -0800

Long. Awkward. Poses. People secretly filmed while holding poses for photographs.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:47:17 -0800

Very, very funny. I love the moment when they realise she's recording. Great post liam.

By: carmen

carmen — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:52:38 -0800

so funny

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:54:17 -0800

Went back to watch the rest and got down to Dad. I nearly bust a gut. Hilarious! I predict that this site will spawn a whole bunch of people videoing their friends posing for pictures.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:59:32 -0800

Bwahaha. That first vid is awsome.

By: jeffmik

jeffmik — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:01:09 -0800

hilarious! thank you. I have a subfolder of these myself but usually its because I'm drunk - and its usually me realising "fuck its on video"

By: danb

danb — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:10:34 -0800

That was awesome. I actually felt surprisingly awkward watching, and found it difficult to keep the video playing because I felt like I was going to be embarrassed. What's that about?

By: ed

ed — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:15:13 -0800

Mike Leigh plays this behavioral phenomenon up to great comic and dramatic effect in Secrets and Lies.

By: yoink

yoink — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:16:33 -0800

Or: "How to lose your friends and alienate your family--the digital way!"

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:19:01 -0800

oh, this is good. I predict that this site will spawn a whole bunch of people videoing their friends posing for pictures. naaaw, who would ever think of doing that? (while she searches for her little digicam)

By: liam

liam — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:26:47 -0800

Perhaps someone with a video camera could follow this guy around.

By: liam

liam — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:27:39 -0800

That last link of mine is not necessarily safe for work. Apologies.

By: willnot

willnot — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:29:23 -0800

I didn't think this sounded like something that would be all that funny. It sort of is though. I imagine it would get old fast, but for now, I definitely chuckled.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:24 -0800

genius.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:36:03 -0800

*through the gritted teeth of a forced grin* "You... son of a bitch... take the fucking picture already!" Brilliant.

By: numlok

numlok — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:38:10 -0800

This is (real) good. Reminded me a bit of Steven Soderbergh's "mirror scene" in Schizopolis.

By: furtive

furtive — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:40:50 -0800

That's a good gag. I took 800 pics on my vacation and as it was a new camera there were definitely some of those awkward moments where the smile is long gone but they are still posing and waiting for the flash.

By: ?!

?! — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:49:56 -0800

Try playing them all at the same time. It's an awkward pause symphony.

By: phyrewerx

phyrewerx — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:16:49 -0800

His dad called her a son of a bitch? That's just weird. But cool! I can't wait to try this on my friends.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:29:13 -0800

I used to do this accidentally with my old camera all the time. It used a dial to switch modes and it would rotate when you put it away in a tight pocket. Here's a video where I gave it to a friend to take my photo, and it was in movie mode.

By: emoeby

emoeby — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:31:17 -0800

That's awesome.

By: fungible

fungible — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:46:26 -0800

This is the first time I've seen a link where everyone else thought it was great and I was actually underwhelmed. So, without further ado... meh.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:55:51 -0800

Haven't you heard, fungible? Long awkward pauses are now an acceptable substitute for humor. Just watch a few episodes of The Family Guy.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:00:52 -0800

Sarcasm is now an acceptable substitute for conversation.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:02:02 -0800

Liam, thanks for the last night's party link.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:11:18 -0800

Dad was hiLARious. Awesome stuff.

By: breath

breath — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:14:19 -0800

My mom had the same video-mode problem. She took an entire prom's worth of long awkward poses, interspersed with video of the ground.

By: deemer

deemer — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:23:01 -0800

By: sfenders

sfenders — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:28:43 -0800

I predict that this site will spawn a whole bunch of people videoing their friends posing for pictures. I hope so. Maybe that will eventually make people less willing to pose for pictures. When I'm pretending to be a good photographer, I'd really prefer it if people didn't automatically try to strike a pose every time they see a camera.

By: Hildegarde

Hildegarde — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:59:04 -0800

This got old for me a third of the way through the first video.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:48:56 -0800

This got old for me just reading the description, although I might find a pr0n version amusing.

By: damclean2

damclean2 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:12:05 -0800

I don't get it.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:16:43 -0800

Not laugh out loud funny, but something tickled me about this.

By: jiroczech

jiroczech — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:19:25 -0800

Meh.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:51:20 -0800

Hahah... I just did this recently when I was at a concert with my girlfriend and her sister. I was recording some video, pointed the camera at them, and they posed as if I was going to take a picture. After about 10 seconds, they realized that I was recording video. Awwwwkward.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:10:08 -0800

I get called on it when this happens and I'm taking the picture. that, or my subjects get irate and leave the frame. but people who really like to have their picture taken, to the point of just sitting posed for a long time, this is a price paid for such fabulous photos of oneself.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:19:01 -0800

Long. Awkward. Post.

By: quite unimportant

quite unimportant — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:35:24 -0800

Ah, passive-aggressive sadism. How you make me laugh.

By: headlessness

headlessness — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:34:35 -0800

A couple of those are pretty funny. I imagine it'll be worth a revisit when there are a lot more submissions and a few classics have emerged.