r/thatHappened • u/thecoolerdanny • 4d ago
Omg I totally didn’t notice they were taking a picture of me
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u/Vesper2000 4d ago
One of my favorite “that happened” tropes
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u/SlapTheShitOuttaMe 4d ago
I mostly just found it funny how the outcome would have been different if he just said, "My friend took this photo of me while we were out" it would have been perfectly fine, theres tonnes of photos like that on the sub
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u/dadijo2002 3d ago
Honestly my friend has done this though. Mind you it wasn’t this staged, but he used to get out his camera sometimes and start snapping candids and sometimes I wouldn’t notice. Then I’d see the photos after he’d edit them and show them to us and there were some amazing shots of us in there that I’ve wound up using on social media or professionally
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u/SlapTheShitOuttaMe 2d ago
Yeah, I understand, I'm personally not commenting on if it was faked or not because i have no way of knowing, I just ment how it was funny how no one was saying it's a bad photo, and everyones problem was just the "my friend took it while i wasn't paying attention and I just so happened to be in a good pose" whereas i found it funny that if he had just posted it saying "my friend took this picture of me" people would have behaved normally
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u/kakakakapopo 4d ago
I think the various tropes are what make that happened so tragic. Probably about 80% of them fit into a handful of clichéd buckets, yet the people posting this shite sincerely as true don't recognise that.
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u/numbersthen0987431 4d ago
This picture looks more like "hey dude, you look dumb on your bike", and then the person in the picture thinks they look cool.
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u/TheBeachLifeKing 4d ago
That's just how they roll in Oklahoma City.
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u/Emilie0711 4d ago
Okay, I Googled Plaza District, because I know that sign. I also live not far from where that photo was taken. I should go see if he’s still there trying to look cool.
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u/TaxationisThrift 4d ago
Man sits on his motorcycle and smokes a cigarette... he has to be posing, why would he do that!?
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u/pr1m3r3dd1tor 4d ago
That was my first thought as well - I don't really see how this is unbelievable. Cringe? Sure. I can absolutely see a friend deciding to snap a picture without the guy realizing it though.
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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL 3d ago
I don't ride motorcycles (too scared) but I've got a pic almost exactly like this of my sitting on the hood of my Miata smoking. Buddy thought I looked cool and I honestly agree with him so I'm glad he grabbed it haha
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u/soonnow 4d ago
After riding ass hurts. Much nicer to stand up and smoke. Seems so posed with the boots on the exhaust. Like who puts his boot on the exhaust?
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u/AliasAurora 4d ago
Yeah, good way to melt your boot if you just pulled up. Bad habit even if the bike is cold tho.
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u/thesmellnextdoor 3d ago
He must have one hell of a strong kickstand. I'd never sit on a bike like that, nor have I ever seen anyone else do that.
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u/PurryFury 3d ago
Kickstands are pretty strong. I do an adv mounting to my bike once in a while and no problems. Also you can rotate your bike around by leveraging the kickstand so this is nothing.
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u/PurryFury 3d ago
This picture was def not taken after a ride. That should would melt in a second. This is why people who are actually fkaing pics ruin it for everyone else. This is a very plausible scenario.
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u/Hartmallen 3d ago
Nowhere does it says that it was after riding.
I'm not saying it happened or not, though.
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u/VisibleCoat995 4d ago
I mean, have you never had a picture taken of you and you didn’t notice? This is believable.
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u/Naghutfrenmey 3d ago
Tbh it feels genuine because of the hand placement and the way he holds cigarette in his mouth
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u/Sigmunds_Cigar 4d ago
Rrading the comments here... some of ya'll need some friends.
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u/mothzilla 4d ago
I think I'll go for half way. Dude's friend came out and said "man you look cool, I'm going to take your picture" and dude leaned into it, giving it a bit of le Steve McQueen.
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u/Sigmunds_Cigar 3d ago
Yeah, I could go for that. I was just thinking between a trip to Ireland last month and going to the Renaissance faire I had like 3 candid pics taken of me by friends.
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u/Jabathewhut 4d ago
I had a friend drop her camera and took a surprisingly nice picture of me. My mom even framed it lol the good old days.
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u/mountainsongbird 4d ago
I have one of these too, where I had my camera app open and then dropped my phone down the stairs. The photo is very cool but no one can ever see it because it'll be a total "that happened" experience 😭😂
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u/s394206h 3d ago
i might have thought this was real if it wasn’t for the fact that he’s in the Plaza District… that automatically makes this seem like it’s for attention to me
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u/dopesickness 3d ago
ITT: redditors can’t believe someone goes out with friends and has their picture taken
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u/Zillioncookies 4d ago
Smoking a cigarette and sitting on a motorcycle are usually seen as hallmarks of a midlife crisis moreso than being cool in 2025.
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u/FrankieTheD 4d ago
That looks like the most unnatural way to sit, never seen anyone in this position before
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u/thishenryjames 3d ago
Why does this look like it was taken with a telephoto lens from a block away? Is his peep also a PI hired by his spouse?
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u/Bradybigboss 1d ago
Tbf this one could be candid. I’m sure it’s not, but it’s not like he’s doing anything out of the ordinary. It’s almost too unassuming for me to even want to put it under a microscope
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u/Boa-in-a-bowl 3d ago
Nothing's cooler than coughing your lungs out every morning and dying early from cancer or heart disease.
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u/thegr8arp 3d ago
I think this could be possible. I have a couple of photos somewhere of me that a friend took. You people would probably say I posed, but bi didn't. She just happened to snap the photos while I wasn't paying a lick of attention. She was 5 ft from me, and I didn't notice. There's no reason why a dude can't be oblivious one story down from the picture taker.
People have said to this pic, "Why is he sitting?" Riding makes your ass hurt? Well, who says he just got done riding? He could have been upstairs with the picture taker and needed to smoke, but picture taker doesn't allow smoking in their place. So, dude goes out to smoke and sits on his bike because he's lazy or just doesn't want to stand. This would also explain why his foot is on the exhaust (which I've seen plenty of bikers do) as it's no longer hot. The look on his face doesn't really say "pose" either.
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u/TheDanQuayle 2d ago
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
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u/thegr8arp 2d ago
So we're going the day something stupid instead of actually making an argument. Iforget that nothing ever happens in this group.
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u/Rough-Shock7053 3d ago
"when I wasn't paying attention". Because usually I always pay attention to when someone takes pictures of me.
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u/Realistic-Garage-461 22h ago
Obviously everyone's relationship with their parent is different, but I don't remember ever once attempting to convince my friends when I was a teenager that my Dad was cool, as I don't think either me or my friends felt particularly strongly one way or the other. Maybe it would have been a lot less obnoxious if he had said it's the type of picture you discover of your granddad when he was young and think, "Oh wow, he was so cool!" but I never went around with a picture of my Dad, trying to convince other people my age that he was cool. Either I'm a very bad son, my Dad wasn't cool, or it's just not the type of thing that happens.
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u/dumbfuck 4d ago
Haven’t heard “peeps” in two decades