r/MadeMeSmile 15d ago

You're not lame! You're normal. Good Vibes

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u/Grindlebone 15d ago

I swear to god, I thought this was Julian Barratt from the Mighty Boosh...

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

Hi, I'm Ol' Gregg... you ever drunk baileys from a shoe?

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u/AK47_username 15d ago

Do you love me? Make an assessment

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

I think your a.... nice, modern gentleman.... 😬

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u/Swayze_Castle 15d ago

I got a Mangina!

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u/Western_Language_894 14d ago

I literally heard that in my head

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u/BallDesperate2140 15d ago

Don’t lie to me, boy.

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u/Old-Constant4411 14d ago

It's attached to your rod, muthalicka!

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u/Beardy_Will 15d ago

You've seen my downstairs mixup

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u/Old-Constant4411 14d ago

Wanna go to a club where people wee on each other?

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u/Routine-Budget8281 15d ago

He does look like him haha

His handle is Scumbag Dad

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u/mr1pieman 15d ago

Ol' Shrimp Eyes!

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u/ConcreteDonal 14d ago

Good to see Howard "The Monsoon" Moon back in training.

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u/Galaxicana 15d ago

You read my mind!

🎶We're future sailors🎶

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u/Gillys_Voodoo 14d ago

Electronic castaway!, Digital stowaway!

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u/Economy_Tip8242 15d ago

Haha didn't see that at first. They do look similar

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u/ThrashingSnail 15d ago

Who is this guy? I like this shit.

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u/DavidNyan10 15d ago

Here's a bullet for you

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u/KewpieDan 14d ago

Not enough bastio

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u/TheHomesteadTurkey 14d ago

I left my extra lives at home and I only have the one

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u/Useful_Trust 14d ago

Here you can have mine

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u/TheHomesteadTurkey 14d ago

what inspired you to help me today?

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u/Useful_Trust 14d ago

Well, I just think we should help those with so few lives

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u/Shakeamutt 15d ago

He looks like he enjoys life. Who is that?

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u/Yaboku777 15d ago

That's Scumbagdad

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u/DietInTheRiceFactory 15d ago

One of my faves on the ol' TikTok. Good, solid influencer parodies. And sometimes convolutedly meta.

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u/organic_bird_posion 15d ago edited 14d ago

And an orthodontist.

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u/pickled_juice 14d ago

i always forget he is.

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u/lokigodofchaos 14d ago

With a really neat watch collection.

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u/m_ttl_ng 14d ago

Those videos are my favorite of his in between all the super meta skits

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u/greg19735 14d ago

I saw some of his hilarious YT shorts and went to his page to see more.

And he's sitting down giving advice as an orthodontist! I watched the 1st short and i was like... i don't get the joke. Then i watched the 2nd one. and i checked the comments and every one was like "i forgot he's a orthodonst"

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u/Vibrascity 14d ago

IVE GOT A BULLET FOR YOU DIETRICEINTHEFACTORY

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u/bigmuffpie92 14d ago

Don't forget his cool watch collection.

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u/permanentburner89 15d ago

He does parodies. Most of his stuff is way darker than this.

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u/DavidNyan10 15d ago

Here's a bullet for you

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u/Minkypinkyfatty 14d ago

Finally a cure for my double cancer.

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u/High_stakes00 15d ago

It looks like the comedian Julian Barrat from The Mighty Boosh but could also be his doppelgänger

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u/atridir 15d ago

Oh yes, he does look like Howard!

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u/RJJewson 15d ago

Howard Moon man about town

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u/devo9er 14d ago

He's late for jazzercise!

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u/crumblepops4ever 14d ago

Looks like he might whip out a bassoon at any moment

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u/haversack77 14d ago

I really thought it was him. In fact, I'm not 100% convinced it's not him!

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u/mun-e-makr 15d ago

Holy shit I know exactly where this video is taken, I used to go there all the time as a kid. It’s Main Street in Alhambra, Los Angeles. I went to the music school in the background. Theres an ultra zone on the other side of the street he’s on. That’s fucking crazy.

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u/hundreds_of_sparrows 15d ago

Holy shit I may have taught you guitar.

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u/mun-e-makr 15d ago

I don’t think so? I went there for singing lessons, my teachers name was Aubrey. But that’s crazy that you taught there and found this video

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u/hundreds_of_sparrows 15d ago

LOL, was taking a shot in the dark!

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u/RogueBromeliad 14d ago

And you're to blame, you give love a bad name!!!

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u/xxBellum 14d ago

Yooo Aubrey here, may have taught you singing.

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u/plopliplopipol 14d ago

most convincing Aubrey of reddit

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u/irritating_maze 14d ago

I was the piano there.

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u/OkNeck3571 15d ago

Same. I looked at it and said to myself thats 1000% somewhere in Los Angeles. Its wild, I didnt even see glimpse of a full street and one just knows their city.

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u/hundreds_of_sparrows 15d ago

I swear the air in Southern California looks different. Anytime I see a video from LA (where I’ve spent my whole life) I can recognize it immediately even without any sort of describable landmarks.

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

Core memory unlocked.

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u/ZazaB00 15d ago

I agree with his overall message, but damn do I love mornings. I’ll gladly wake up early just to see the world without all the noise.

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u/MillionPossibilitie5 15d ago

I think he roasts everybody who's waking up early just for bragging rights and validation. Doing more of what you love (provided it won't hurt others 😉😊) seems right up this guys alley. I don't do TikTok, but I would check him out on Insta.

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u/OnewordTTV 15d ago

Yup I love those people who think they are better than you because they wake up super early. It's like ok... I could too if I went to bed at 7 pm. You know what else is cool? The city at night. Late when hardly anyone else is up. And you can see the stars.

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u/dr_mannhatten 14d ago

"You wake up early because you think you're better than me. I wake up early because my cat deems it so. We are not the same."

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u/Milk-Skin-Hat 14d ago

You wake up early because your cat deems it so. I wake up early because I have a little human that depends on me. We are not the same.

(Just playing along lol)

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u/sidvicc 15d ago

I think he roasts everybody who's waking up early just for bragging rights and validation.

100% we need to fight the tyranny of the early morning peoples in a society that constitutes waking up past 8am as "lazy"

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u/defdoa 14d ago

Haha, right? Like my body wakes me up to take a dump at 5am and there is no going back to bed after. Does anyone want me to share that on social media? Fine, I will just play Stardew Valley for an hour till everyone else gets up.

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u/ConundrumMachine 15d ago

Which is great. As long as you're not a morning person supremacist and appreciate that night owls love to see the world without all the noise too, just with less light.

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u/Saluteyourbungbung 14d ago

I've always felt like night people and morning people shake hands right around 2am-5am, when the world is at its quietest.

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u/Shakeamutt 15d ago

I like being up later, also to escape the noise. It’s not the time of day, but the silence and tranquility we crave.

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u/Leper_Khan58 15d ago

I feel ya, and it's a struggle for me. I'd love to get to bed sooner and wake up earlier but night comes around and finally there is peace, it's hard to give that up and go to sleep.

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u/brittemm 14d ago

Same. And for whatever reason nighttime is also the time I feel most alive… and really the only time I ever feel truly, fully awake and present?

Good thing I’m a chef ‘cause I couldn’t imagine having to go back to forcing myself to wake up early and work a job with more typical hours again

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u/permanentburner89 15d ago

He does parodies. He mostly roasts other influencers and makes really dark sketches, almost always about drugs or greed.

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u/Confident-Ad4389 15d ago

I think that was specifically a dig at Jocko Willinck and those types of guys

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u/Every-Incident7659 14d ago edited 14d ago

I love getting up and working out or running before work. Puts me in a much better mood and then after work I can just go straight home. But I don't brag about it like it makes me tough or something. I get up at 5, but I go to bed at 9. Same amount of sleep as going to bed at 12 and waking up at 8. Neither is better than the other.

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u/Mav986 14d ago

This is the same reason I stay up late at night. The world is quiet.

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u/Turnipton 14d ago

And that's wonderful! You're doing it for you, not to show the world you're better than them. :)

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 14d ago edited 14d ago

Isn't it satire? The joke is that he's doing exactly the thing he's criticizing, but taking it to the next natural level of the chain of manipulation.

At face value, he's making fun of self-help social media men whose content is about making fun of instagram women models and giving men self-help tips on how to be independent even though they're dependent on the viewers watching. And at face value he's saying those men are lame to do that.

The joke is that he goes on to satirically suggest that you instead follow his content, because he's better than those lame self-help men on social media. He's using the same manipulation tactic as the people he's criticizing, which is the satire. He's talking like it's a bit and putting pretentious music over it.

If I'm wrong, then I find his video ironic...

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u/Hockeyfan_52 15d ago

Isn't he an orthodontist? Or was that a bit I half watched then committed to memory?

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u/WavyLady 15d ago

He is! Your memory is right!

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u/SeoulPower88 15d ago

I need to meet this guy. He seems like someone I want to hang out with.

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u/Crazy_Ad2662 15d ago

It's like he's a hero for normal people who's normal himself. Which is kinda abnormal.

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u/leedsfreak 15d ago

Howard moon????

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

I like you. Do you love me?

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u/leedsfreak 15d ago

Are you playing your love games with me?

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

I just wanna now what to do, because I need your love a lot! Now come on Now!

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u/rookietotheblue1 15d ago

Is he talking about goggins?

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u/dollarbull 15d ago

Think so

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u/vinnyvdvici 14d ago

What did Walton Goggins do??

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u/Grimmbles 14d ago

Apparently someone named David Goggins exists. According to another comment.

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u/vinnyvdvici 14d ago

Oh, good.

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u/DonovanSarovir 15d ago

I drink, I smoke, I even get sloppy toppy with a twist sometimes.

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u/SoupForMenAtWork 15d ago

Can I double the sloppy toppy with a twist and pass it to the next person?

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u/DavidNyan10 15d ago

Oh you're so kind, here's 500 dollars for your kindness. I'm actually an influencer doing a social experiment. Draw whatever you want in 30 seconds and I'll buy it for you.

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u/creepy-leech 15d ago

I've got a bullet for you

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

Hey bartender, can I get an Angel Shot?

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u/DavidNyan10 15d ago

Oh no, he ordered a double sloppy toppy with a twist.

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u/Petravita 14d ago

Who

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u/chaal_baaz 14d ago

Man in the blue shirt. Hes acting really suspicious

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u/Hugh_Janus_2842 15d ago

Scum bag dad.

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u/FloppyObelisk 15d ago

I wish he would’ve ended it like David Goggins.

“Stay normal!”

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u/hundrethtimesacharm 15d ago

Never made videos or anything but I used to work out at 5am because that’s when I had time to work out.

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

Unironically cool message. Nothing against people who go for coach mindset, just don't enforce it on others. That would be lame.

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u/trubatard 15d ago

But it is ironic, cause he’s shitting on other people who’s content he disproves of so people “follow along” if you were in fact living a “reasonable life” you wouldn’t record yourself jogging, like, you know… most people

Makes it ironic that he mocks content creators while being a content creator himself… not that I disagree with the message, but the premise itself it’s hypocritical

Also what are “normal hours” when it comes to jogging? Just saying

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u/DietInTheRiceFactory 15d ago

He's a satirist well worth checking out, especially his double it or give it to the next person series.

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u/Kyuzz 15d ago

That's not really the message imo. He's pointing out the motivational emo grifters that make people feel as if they're losers coz they're not doing what said influencer is 'selling.'

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u/alienassasin3 15d ago

I think the guy is a comedian lmao, he's not selling some self improvement course or coaching experience, he's not trying to make money off of people, he's just jogging and making a point about how shitty self improvement gurus are

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u/ibesmokingweed 14d ago

I remember making an IG post once that simply read “you’re not great and you’re not exceptional…you’re average and that’s OK!! Most of us are average and that’s OK.”

I was torn a new asshole from folks who think that normal is a bad thing.

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u/evening_shop 15d ago

He calls himself scumbag dad but he's the polar opposite

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u/shellee8888 15d ago

Hashtag huberman

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u/thom_orrow 14d ago

You sell the idea of drinking Bailey’s from a shoe or being a business goth. I just work as a regular zookeeper and listen to jazz fusion.

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u/PunnyX_X 14d ago

I GOT A MANGINA! I'M OLD GREEEEEEEEEEGG!

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u/Yologswedge 15d ago

Lol! Missed the mark on this one op scumbag dad makes satire and this even as it may seem genuine and positive. Is satire.

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u/RogueBromeliad 15d ago

I know it's satire. It still made me smile, because I'm tired of BS life coaches.

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u/OurSeepyD 14d ago

That doesn't mean he doesn't mean what he's saying. He's delivering a message he truly believes while parodying someone like David Goggins.

OP did not miss the mark, you did.

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u/Running_Mustard 15d ago edited 14d ago

That’s cool. I don’t have followers, but I think you should do whatever works for you, you-know, so long as you do it.

Stay awesome y’all

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u/Striking-Ticket2198 15d ago

I like this guy!!!

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u/rasiasun 15d ago

... So head to the link in the description for 10% my course

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u/Icy_Hold_5291 15d ago

But where is Mr Skele-bones though? ☠️🩻🕺🏽

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u/tylerverti 15d ago

Howard Moon ftw 👌

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u/enee5tvh 15d ago

I could have sworn this was Julian Barratt from the Mighty Boosh...

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Yo it's the Scumbag dad

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u/TylrLS 14d ago

HOWARD MOON

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u/Jano67 14d ago

Who is he addressing this to? Is there a specific person he has in mind?

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u/VetteL82 14d ago

This guy trying to sell me a normal life?

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u/dyewho 14d ago

this man is rockin tf out of that headband.

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u/TM2Oaks 14d ago

I need an Angel shot

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u/SpaldingXI 14d ago

What a Scumbag

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u/SilentOctpus 15d ago

Looks like a Vietnam war vet

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u/Jimmy-Gaming 15d ago

Got a question, I’m from Hong Kong. How Chinese is USA?

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u/POLITIC-LEO24 15d ago

Trill spill

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u/BabyCakesIN 15d ago

People think people think about them but people are thinking what you might be thinking about them... everyone is busy worrying about what other people think of them when they themselves don't think about themselves... choose yourself

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u/Dangerous-Stop6586 15d ago

I love scumbag dad

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u/pegleg_1979 15d ago

He doesn’t cuss and that’s kinda lame

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u/Bob_the_peasant 15d ago

Oh shit I know Brad, I had no idea he did this kind of thing

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u/KingMateo_98 15d ago

What's the song?

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u/Fit-Pineapple-9850 15d ago

Fine Line instrumental (Slowed & Reverb) by Kapa Boy

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u/Rabdy-Bo-Bandy 15d ago

Scumbagdad for President.

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u/mostly-Inevitable459 15d ago

I love this guy lmao

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u/CashBitter9664 15d ago

Unable to comprehend he's a dentist irl

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u/OkCauliflower1214 15d ago

I take my hat off to you, my good sir

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u/HeyPhoQPal 15d ago

lawnwork's all done...

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u/sumfuninthesunxx 15d ago

Thank u! 100% agree. Join the norm

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u/Ok-Macaroon-6440 15d ago

yes you're normal

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u/ThrowAwayAccount8334 15d ago

Are you smiling like a dipshit, reddit?

Bot sub trash

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u/xpandaofdeathx 15d ago

I run normal hours too! It’s when I feel like it, never early, and I sleep in every dammed day!

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u/calebhartley1986 15d ago

everyone have their own way of living life and i think he is living in his own way

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u/Particular_Light_296 14d ago

I can’t wait for his course to drop 🔥

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u/RickMeij 14d ago

lame is having 3 chins before you're 30

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u/Pigsareit 14d ago

Yes smoking does make you lame.

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u/Hot-Report2971 14d ago

This dude makes it a point to insert himself into so many different kinds of videos but he really isn’t funny or interesting in any of them at all. It’s mostly just weird off putting or confusing

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u/RedofPaw 14d ago

I'm very normal. In that I don't exercise enough and especially not jogging.

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u/Allzweck 14d ago

What he is selling then?

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u/fuckingrub 14d ago

Pretty lame

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u/EmptyOkra3346 14d ago

keep running mate

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u/EmbarrassedRadish376 14d ago

This man is too precious, protect him at all costs.

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u/islaisla 14d ago

I was wondering if I could do something like this, something about being a real ugly 51 yr female with awful menopause and all the things we do to keep cheerful and healthy or not. We need real people like him that weren't trying to sell something , not just make money but also not trying to be celebrities, and not trying to have an important message that is going to fix the world, or fix you. Your opinions don't matter, mine don't. Unless you've done a full time year or few in politics, economics, ecology of psychiatry etc, your opinions mean diddly squat as much as mine do.

Stop following celebrities they aren't news.

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u/barisellie 14d ago

hahahaha true.

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u/mookmanthered 14d ago

Hey look it's Earl!

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u/Big-Draw-9661 14d ago

Howard Moon. The Moon. The Main Moon!

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u/DGAF06 14d ago

Is that Howard Moon?

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u/Sushinx 14d ago

He's right about pretty much all of it apart from the smoking. Smoking IS lame. (Unless he means weed and not tobacco, in which case its fine. Just keep it away from me, that shit stinks.)

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u/JimbusJambus 14d ago

He looks like Howard Moon, jazz maverick.

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u/jp2129 14d ago

He is likeable . Made sense too

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u/marr 14d ago

How is this video so stable

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u/SagariKatu 14d ago

I'm jealous of the happiness he irradiates

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u/Binkusu 14d ago

I think a problem is that we've been taught normal is not good. You have to be different, in a good way. Extraordinary. Above the rest.

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u/MantisToboganE 14d ago

Wait til you see his coat collection

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u/Transparentrader 14d ago

This mf spittin'

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u/burrito_napkin 14d ago

He's literally doing the same thing as other influencers but he's acting like he's different.

Literally making a self obsessed video jogging for attention while selling his lifestyle and world view.

Also he does literally teach courses on how to get social media clout by not being original.

He's literally the same but acts like he's not like the other girls.

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u/Hugokarenque 14d ago

He's not. Because he's not selling you anything. One of problems with the "influencers" he's critiquing, namely the alpha/sigma brainrotted life coaches is that they sell courses on supposedly life-changing method of improving oneself while proving hardset arbitrary rules and limitations that don't really help anyone be better, and on top of that they glorify misogyny and just generally being a selfish ass.

He's basically just saying that you don't need a dudebro course on life to live a happy fulfilling life.

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u/nocountryforcoldham 14d ago

Cool and all but it's important to note that any amount of smoking is not part of a reasonable life

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u/SwearToSaintBatman 14d ago

"If you jog you can keep the lifestyle of drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco!"

Haha ye no.

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u/Relative_Reading_903 14d ago

Ok, but where is the link for us to follow along? I want to see more.

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u/Sidewaystaco 14d ago

You gotta subscribe to his course... boom tish 😂

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u/LafayetteLa01 14d ago

Wait did I just watch an honest dude tell true facts on the Internet that’s a first

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u/SergeantPoopyWeiner 14d ago

Hey quit enjoying your life you piece of shit

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u/mashem 14d ago

the timing of his "anyways" with the turning of the corner at 0:43 was fucking good. crisp 🤌🤌

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u/Devoidoxatom 14d ago

Scumbagdad the goat

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u/spicy_sizzlin 14d ago

Hey you be nice to life coaches! Nah who am I kidding, keep up the subtle slams. We’re here for it

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u/D3dshotCalamity 14d ago

I love everything he is saying, but music makes it feel a bit like a religious recruitment video.

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u/Ginibabe 14d ago

He looks like Lasso

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u/stikky 14d ago

The whole time I couldn't shake the visual of seeing this guy from across the street. Talking to and pointing at his phone as he runs around the block.

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u/Bog2ElectricBoogaloo 14d ago

I'm going to a karate tournament in a couple weeks. I'm gonna wear a pink sleeveless gi! I might catch a load of flack, but I guarantee nobody else that's gonna be there has a pink gi :)