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The latest - All men are prowling bastards - video. A social experement of course

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  • 14-11-2014 3:20pm
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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭


    Woman pretends to be drunk in public, watch what happens when she asks men for directions.

    Article with video

    Can't really say much more about this shít in case I get accusations of misogyny.

    Although this line made me laugh. "The man behind the video is Stephen Zhang, an entrepreneur who specialises is social marketing".

    An entrepreneur in pulling cheap stunts to paint a negative image would be a better description.


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Fierce shortage of sabre-tooth tigers to run from these days. That's why you have people going around making stupid videos to make/unmake some stupid point or other.


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    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Wasn't it revealed that the men are acting in the video too?


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    valoren
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭valoren


    1 out of 5 offered genuine help.

    With that kind of solid evidence it is sufficient to label half the population of this planet as sleazy, creepy potential rapists.

    Sterling work.


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    Standman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Standman


    It was fake apparently. The guys in the video aren't too happy about it as they were told it was for some kind of comedy sketch. Google it.


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    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    If you couldn't tell from the video itself, its fake: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/that-drunk-girl-viral-video-was-a-hoax.html


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    tritium
    Registered Users Posts: 7,418 ✭✭✭tritium


    Apparently a lot of the men involved are pretty angry about this- one I think nearly lost his job because how this was portrayed when it was released.

    If the reports are true its basically a dishonest and immoral attempt to stir up controversy, which apparently was very successful until the truth came out.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Standman wrote: »
    It was fake apparently. The guys in the video aren't too happy about it as they were told it was for some kind of comedy sketch. Google it.

    No not too happy at all, I'd say lawyers will be getting involved.


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    Duggy747
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    The giveaway should've been the terrible acting, especially at the end, the ratings and comments disabled, and the fact that all their faces weren't blurred.


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    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Morto for Lapin :p
    Morto x2 For Thread with accompanying :mad: face


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    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    The Internet. Faking it since 1999…


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Hollywood ****hole. If reports are true that the men were actors who were lied to ( still revealing how desperate people are in Hollywood) then Zhang can expect a nice little lawsuit for himself.


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    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    comments disabled

    The comments were only disabled after the video was found to be a fake. Despite the poor acting quite a lot of people thought it was real.


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    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    Thrill wrote: »
    The comments were only disabled after the video was found to be a fake. Despite the poor acting quite a lot of people thought it was real.

    Some people will leap at the chance to believe what they want to believe.


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    tritium
    Registered Users Posts: 7,418 ✭✭✭tritium


    This^^^^

    Do a quick google search to see the amount of outrage displayed at the original video. That's probably understandable if it were true. What's less understandable is how many sites haven't quite been able to come to terms with it being faked yet- lots of edits of the 'its possible that it might happen to be fake though we're not convinced yet....' Variety. Its amazing how unwilling people are to step back from their original position when its shown to be in incorrect. I think the internet might even make it worse because any admission of your mistake is so much more public


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    #16
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    I'm more of a lurker than a prowler.


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    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    They guys have come out saying that they were set up and not told how they would be portrayed.
    It's pretty bad, there's enough bad stuff in the world happening on a daily basis without resorting to making sh*t up like.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    I see he's disabled comments on the video. It's a wonder he hasn't been advised to take it down yet.


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    #19
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Frankly, I don't give a f*cking sh*t


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    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Her acting was terrible and each situation was very staged. If you watched that video and saw the guy was involved in social marketing you would have to be very stupid to believe that was real or at least be a bit suspicious. Looks like a guy attempting to make a name for himself after the walking in NY video.


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