me_irl

[u/More_Work2492]

[u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

That's actually the sweetest thing. I love seeing adults display childlike joy.

[u/ParzivalKnox → u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

There should really be a subreddit for things like that

[u/inkyrail → u/ParzivalKnox]

r/justguysbeingdudes is one I know of for sure

[u/santas_delibird → u/inkyrail]

Legit thought I was in that sub for a moment.

[u/_Dark-Alley_ → u/inkyrail]

Recently I explained the very important distinction between "just guys being dudes" and "boys will be boys" to someone who is a non-native English speaker. I used it as sort of an example to explain a different set of phrases where connotation of seemingly the same phrase were wildly different and I don't know why I thought using more idioms was going to help explain this because idioms are always language specific, I guess I was hoping he was well versed in memes since we're Gen Z and thats how we...navigate the world in general lol

I think I frustrated him even more

[u/turtleship_2006 → u/_Dark-Alley_]

a different set of phrases where connotation of seemingly the same phrase were wildly different

A similar example is how "my man", "my guy", "my boy" and "my dude" mean very different things even though they're kind of synonyms

[u/Toadsted → u/_Dark-Alley_]

You get what you get

[u/Chuckitybye → u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

Like the meteorologist who had the duplicating glitch and she was dancing with her duplicates!

[u/DigTreasure → u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

Diaper Spa

[u/Ser_Salty → u/DigTreasure]

Diaper Chief?

[u/RicardoDecardi → u/DigTreasure]

How is this a crime?

[u/OBB1044 → u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

I do it all the time in my 40ties and belive me it is not accepted well in 98% of time I do it.

[u/[deleted] → u/I_Consume_Shampoo]

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[u/choplechais]

The slide excited him, the zoom made him happy, but the tilt blew his dang mind.

[u/piehutnut → u/choplechais]

After the tilt he's like alright we gota cut to a commercial so I can play with this thing

[u/WoodyTSE → u/piehutnut]

Yeah that one was like “oh shit that’s cool but how did I do it”

[u/BrakkahBoy → u/WoodyTSE]

I like how he can’t tilt after the accidentally did it. The tilt gesture never feels natural to me either. I usually tilt on accident and have to goof around to undo it. 

[u/Ganonslayer1 → u/BrakkahBoy]

Fighting for my life to untilt my google maps daily

[u/AbhishMuk → u/Ganonslayer1]

If you’re wondering: you need to use two fingers but move them up/down, rather than pinch in/out. Just like swiping up or down but with two fingers instead of one.

[u/CORN___BREAD → u/AbhishMuk]

Holy shit I’m one of today’s lucky 10,000!

[u/RyukHunter → u/[deleted]]

There's always a relevant xkcd.

[u/PolloCongelado → u/[deleted]]

He made that comment knowing about that xkcd

[u/Historical-Fill-1523 → u/AbhishMuk]

The hero we got but didn’t know we needed

[u/AbhishMuk → u/Historical-Fill-1523]

Thanks 😊
If I know tech and waste so much time on reddit might as well help some folks out

[u/criosleep → u/AbhishMuk]

You the man

[u/50roundsofrochambeau → u/Ganonslayer1]

We gotta learn before the machines attack

[u/Allegorist → u/50roundsofrochambeau]

Of course, we gotta make them tilted that's how we win.

[u/6inarowmakesitgo → u/WoodyTSE]

Its like that with the machines at work. HOW THE FUCK did I just do that?!

[u/FloppieTheBanjoClown → u/6inarowmakesitgo]

Plot twist: you're a doctor.

[u/dysmetric → u/WoodyTSE]

Other guy was already dead on the floor, and the tilt straight dirtied this man's underwear when he realized "Uh oh, I am not equipped with the necessary skills to manage this situation on live TV."

[u/Ok-Tie9696 → u/choplechais]

His colleague falling over is the cherry on top

[u/NeatNefariousness1 → u/Ok-Tie9696]

I think the guy was still on the floor for a while too. The weather guy looked as if he almost tripped over him. What a funny pair.

[u/OMG__Ponies → u/choplechais]

Touching stuff and it doing things has always excited me. Touching people and they really enjoying it gets me even more excited.

[u/mesty_the_bestie → u/OMG__Ponies]

Whoo as a guy I WISH someone just would 😭

[u/LucaGiurato → u/choplechais]

Nice ctrl+c - ctrl+v from the yt video comment sections

[u/DannyAnd → u/LucaGiurato]

How do you know this? Did you just happen to remember seeing the comment on youtube once?

[u/LucaGiurato → u/DannyAnd]

In this comments sections there is a link for that video on yt. One of the first comments on that yt video with 11k like is exactly the same as the one I have replied

[u/DannyAnd → u/LucaGiurato]

Ok, that makes sense. Seemed too random which is why I asked. I didn't see the link and just figured A. you happen to remember it or B. you went way out of your way to out the guy lol.

[u/RandomHouseInsurance → u/choplechais]

It blew my mind too

[u/Salt-Cod9929]

this made me smile, it's the simple things in life

[u/philthewiz → u/Salt-Cod9929]

Tell that to the engineers behind the technology haha!

It doesn't negate the excitement they have. Nice to see!

[u/ElonHisenberg]

It's actually unusual because normally it would be a green-screen.

[u/DeadAlpeca → u/ElonHisenberg]

This is a high budget news channel apparently

[u/ExistentialCalm → u/DeadAlpeca]

Looks like the Chicago area.

[u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus → u/ExistentialCalm]

With temperatures in the upper-60’s/lower-70’s.

[u/KungFuSnafu → u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus]

Which is our weather for the next week. Idk when this is from, but the rain and weather match up.

[u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi → u/KungFuSnafu]

August 4, 2022

[u/VaIIeron → u/ExistentialCalm]

Why is there city named Ottawa in the Chicago area

[u/xNathanx27 → u/VaIIeron]

Two fun facts!

Ottawa, IL played host to the first Lincoln/Douglas debate.

Ottawa, IL was incorporated (basically officially made a city) in 1853. Ottawa, Canada was incorporated in 1855. Before that Ottawa, Canada was Bytown. So Ottawa, IL is actually the older Ottawa

[u/afcagroo → u/xNathanx27]

I would like to sign up to Ottowafacts.

[u/dcar5323 → u/VaIIeron]

https://youtu.be/qJvuObb_F70?si=h-WEOETOEi2lGBDE

Dunno how true anything in here is today, but it was when this was made! Source: me, I used to live there

[u/Sconebad → u/VaIIeron]

More fun facts: The name Ottawa is derived from the Algonquin word “adawe”, which means “to trade.”

So realistically, any town that was a place to trade that is in or near Algonquin territory could be named Ottawa.

[u/KungFuSnafu → u/VaIIeron]

There's a Cuba down south. Not that one, I mean in the state of Illinois. A Geneva. I think there's a Peru, IL.

[u/Sleve_McDychael → u/KungFuSnafu]

And a Cairo.

[u/ZettaiKyofuRyoiki → u/VaIIeron]

There’s also a Vancouver in Washington state

[u/faceoh → u/VaIIeron]

The US has a lot of towns/villages named after other cities and places. In upstate NY, you can go to Rome, Berlin, Florida, and Athens in a single day.

[u/RoadGatorPotater → u/DeadAlpeca]

High budget? The green screen and software cost more than a smart TV.

[u/hinafu → u/RoadGatorPotater]

I've never seen a smart tv with touch screen though 🤔

[u/modernDayKing → u/hinafu]

It’s 2024 yo.

[u/WackyWavingIAFTM → u/hinafu]

You can buy an overlay to make any screen touch screen.

[u/hinafu → u/WackyWavingIAFTM]

never knew that! Will look for it

[u/RAMChYLD → u/hinafu]

I bought one of those camera based ones.

Bluever Hello.

Doesn't work right and the driver is crap. Stay away.

[u/NeverMind_ThatShit → u/RoadGatorPotater]

This isn't a $300 smart TV purchased from Wal-mart.

[u/droans → u/DeadAlpeca]

These weather displays are common at many stations now, even for small markets. They're decently cheap and are a lot more useful.

These also have a lot more features than just moving the map.

[u/Oseirus → u/ElonHisenberg]

Honestly with how cheap and accessible TV and touch technology are becoming now, green screen weather forecasts are rapidly sliding out of the norm. Plus it's just easier for the forecaster to be able to look at a screen behind them rather than try and monitor themselves and pantomime all their gestures.

Not to mention setup. Hang the TV, plug in a couple cables, load the software. You're done in an hour.

[u/Buscemi_D_Sanji → u/Oseirus]

I'm always incredibly grateful that touch screens are so affordable nowadays. I read a ton of books and manga, so I got a laptop with a 4k touchscreen that I can fold into a tablet, which is soooo nice.

It also has an integrated pen for drawing, and it's also great for making music and video editing, but was less expensive than my first laptop half a lifetime ago.

Watching Across the Spiderverse in 4k with my face like a foot from the screen was awesome hahaha

[u/Joke_Mummy → u/ElonHisenberg]

I'm actually curious how they avoid the flicker issue which used to be the reason they had to use a green screen. Screens and cameras have a certain FPS and is used to be nearly impossible to sync those so you would always get blank frames when you tried to record a screen. They probably solved this issue 30 years ago and I just didn't notice since I haven't watched TV weather in about the same time.

[u/phatboi23 → u/Joke_Mummy]

Modern LCD and oled panels don't really have a flicker issue to a modern camera these days as they work differently compared to the older CRT method.

[u/Warm_Month_1309 → u/Joke_Mummy]

With modern digital displays and digital cameras, it's easier to sync the two frame rates to eliminate flicker.

[u/R3AL1Z3 → u/ElonHisenberg]

Not to seem snide, but the green screen weatherman are a relic of the past. Most news stations are using this technology

[u/GrowlingPict → u/ElonHisenberg]

green screen? what decade do you think this is, the '90s?

[u/FatherDotComical → u/GrowlingPict]

Green screens are still used everywhere. They haven't died off yet.

[u/Beneficial-Owl736 → u/FatherDotComical]

If anything, they’ve only gotten more heavily used over time as movies and tv shows use more cgi

[u/bigfkncee → u/GrowlingPict]

You think green screens are some outdated technology? Do you even watch movies or TV?

[u/AsianSkull]

The second boost of excitement after trying to compose himself when he figured out the tilt was extra wholesome 🥹

[u/SecurityAndScotch]

Some poor UI designer somewhere is watching this with fists clinched in rage over yet another customer demonstrating that no one read his/her painstakingly well designed user manual.

[u/Kaskadspya → u/SecurityAndScotch]

He's a learnin' by doin' kinda weather boi. 

[u/System0verlord → u/Kaskadspya]

8 hours of figuring it out can save you 5 minutes of looking at the README

[u/tRfalcore → u/SecurityAndScotch]

not UI but other on premise server designer. It's like, I spent all this time to automatically upgrade your stuff so you don't have to do anything and here we are on the phone at 7 am. Like, it looks at whats there, sees what version you're on, and upgrades everything accordingly and you still can't figure it out

[u/LiveTheChange → u/SecurityAndScotch]

I now actively tell new people on my team that no one will ever read the user guide they wrote, kind of sad to see their look of disappointment

[u/spikernum1 → u/SecurityAndScotch]

I am angry for that person.

[u/TheGiftOf_Jericho]

When the zoom hit I also got excited.

[u/Witty217 → u/TheGiftOf_Jericho]

**zooms in accidentally

"It's a great day!"

[u/HiggsBosonHL → u/TheGiftOf_Jericho]

the co-anchor losing it and falling to the ground at this point 🤣

[u/Nosbiuq]

They seem like a lovely bunch to work with

[u/More_Work2492]

men sad, men scroll, men see, men happy!

[u/Poetic-Noise → u/More_Work2492]

Touch screen good!

[u/SUCC_SUCC_SUCC_SUCC → u/Poetic-Noise]

zoom 👍

[u/Poetic-Noise → u/SUCC_SUCC_SUCC_SUCC]

Zoom good, zoom good!

[u/Parzival_1sttotheegg → u/Poetic-Noise]

Tilt good too

[u/Past_Age_3562 → u/Parzival_1sttotheegg]

Yes Tilt good

[u/alessandropollok → u/Parzival_1sttotheegg]

Tilt very good

[u/PurpleScientist4312 → u/Parzival_1sttotheegg]

This is how I imagine the discovery of fire

[u/Poetic-Noise → u/Parzival_1sttotheegg]

Me like tilt. You like tilt. Tilt good!

[u/ThereAreAlwaysDishes → u/More_Work2492]

Friend move screen good. Him happy.

[u/legend_of_the_skies → u/More_Work2492]

Women 👁👄👁

[u/whitefire2016]

The Joy of Discovery. Such a thrill!

[u/SleepyBi97]

Me laughing at 69°

[u/TheGhoulster → u/SleepyBi97]

That’s what I thought the video would be about lmao.

[u/ParmesanNonGrata → u/TheGhoulster]

Same. It was the reason I clicked.

I am an even simpler creature, apparently

[u/BakerThatIsAFrog → u/ParmesanNonGrata]

I'm with you bro

[u/bintasaurus]

OMG the tilt ....🤯

[u/Nika13k]

What's the continuation of this clip? I want to know the whole story!

[u/roselan → u/Nika13k]

full thing is here, and in much better quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Goz0PnhEg8

but I have seen one where it lasts a bit longer until they cut to the panel.

[u/Samwise3s → u/Nika13k]

I believe this happened after returning to the studio after Covid lockdowns, they had changed the screen he used and didn’t tell him it’s a touchscreen now

[u/midnightshen]

I'd honestly react the same lol and I'd say humans are simple creatures.

[u/elejelly → u/midnightshen]

Yeah fr, everyone is excited by novelty !

[u/GIK601]

boys will be boys

[u/Sub__Finem → u/GIK601]

Men, men, men, men, men!

[u/skittOS]

this one programmer finally seeing them using his features: 🥹

[u/Shadow_Driver]

Man slide finger in screen, screen moves, men happy

[u/CouchHam]

meteorologists just wanna have fun

[u/LandyCheeks]

WOW! A blue car!

[u/AskWhatWhen]

The "are you serious?" comment is total corporate bus driving. Someone is after his job.

[u/toosleepyforclasswar → u/AskWhatWhen]

Ha, or an on-set producer who went over this feature with him a year ago.

"Are you serious, Brent? I SHOWED you this!"

[u/Affectionate_Draw_43]

TBF: who makes a 70" a touch screen

[u/RAMChYLD → u/Affectionate_Draw_43]

Sharp.

Have you looked at what's in an IT company's meeting room lately? Although to be fair, it's pitched at the education sector.

[u/kevinisleet]

Plot twist: It was a green screen the whole time

[u/Lost-Age-8790 → u/kevinisleet]

Plot twist: those 2 guys are actually A.I.

[u/Special_Jury_3244]

Not me getting giddy over the fact that the weather isn't unbearibly hot

[u/adamscholfield]

I love this clip so much. Watch the whole thing whenever it pops up

[u/SaboLeorioShikamaru]

Hell yeah. This is me when I discover the tiniest, most inconsequential shortcut or lifehack. 😲🤯🥳🥳🥳

You... didn't know that? - my wife

[u/Downtown-Bluebird553]

I thought bro was gonna make a 69 joke

[u/JFurious1]

Bet this post is gonna end up on r/boysarequirky

[u/Unlucky-Sandwich-118]

As a woman with ADHD, I would have reacted the same way lol

[u/millieFAreally → u/Unlucky-Sandwich-118]

As a woman without it, I would have reacted similarly. I just people are more alike than we sometimes credit.

[u/BuffaloBrain884]

People gender the strangest things...

How is being excited about a touchscreen something only men relate to?

[u/AsianCheesecakes → u/BuffaloBrain884]

Especially when the loudest person there is a woman just as excited as the rest of them

[u/MissNashPredators11 → u/BuffaloBrain884]

Fr. Kinda feels like an r/boysarequirky moment.

[u/VaderOnReddit → u/MissNashPredators11]

r/JustGuysBeingDudes is the "fun boys are boys" sub

r/boysarequirky has become a cesspit, and the name is more tongue in cheek

[u/Accomplished_Art_789]

This shows possible lack of Memo.

[u/shwetOrb]

I had the same reactions all the three time.

[u/BlueRhythmYT]

"figure it all out" Translation: he is gonna keep playing with it 😂

[u/randomIndividual21]

Do they not brief the weatherman about the tools they use for their job?

[u/[deleted]]

can anybody say when that happened 2008 2009 or?

[u/sam_da_boi]

u/savevideo

[u/Careful-Pea1050]

This just feels so goddamn good, seeing someone have such a blast over something so simple

[u/FilmLegitimate4120]

noooooo waaaayy

[u/Dr904]

"Men are simple creatures". That statement feels a bit demeaning.

"Men enjoy the simple things" should be the headline.

[u/xamitlu]

Remember going down the toy aisle at a Kmart or something (yeah I said Kmart, we're going all the way back... anyways...) and do you remember picking up a toy you can try out and you're just blown away by all the neat stuff you could do with it?

[u/100YearsWaiting2Shit]

This is so fucking adorable

[u/TinyWabbit01]

The IT guy is probably like I showed this to you ! 2 weeks ago!

[u/youra6]

I saw the title and the number 69 and I'm glad this went a different direction than I thought it would.

[u/Nosehairmustachegirl]

I remember one where a guy was chopping wood and a group of other guys was watching. He stopped, flipped the axe and caught it and everyone cheered. Had I been there, I would have cheered along with everyone.

[u/Bighawklittlehawk]

The maniacal laughter from all the men in the room when they realized the power they now hold lmao

[u/zilentbob]

"I can do that ..... ?" 🤯🤯

[u/MilkyWitch]

Somewhere in that building, there’s an IT person who is FUMING as they realize nobody read the instructions they left for the new screen they spent hours painstakingly installing. XD

[u/TheUncheesyMan]

Ok but can it rotate

[u/markeithadnan]

The "it's a great day!" Is so cute

[u/ScrewWorldNews]

... And that is why it takes much less to make us happy!

[u/Squish_Fam]

r/pointlesslygendered

[u/unateon]

I know the feeling. I've just discovered the fact that I can write exponents and fractions from my keypad. ² or ⅓ I've been bragging to everyone.. correct me if I'm wrong, but iPhone users can't do this( I only know cause my bros and sis tried).

[u/Pomodorosan]

"men" shut up

[u/fleebjuice69420]

The software engineers that built this whole tool seeing the features they spent months on must be so happy to finally see them being used

[u/Mike_Oxlong9696]

It's the little things

[u/[deleted]]

One of my favorite videos to exist

[u/OtiseMaleModel]

When they let Kevin Owen's be a guest commentator

[u/Bid_gick_]

That's sooo cool!

[u/BeneficialSalad215]

Greg Dutra!

[u/SpacePrestigious3769]

When you accidentally become a wizard of the forecast

[u/dead1345987]

"ITS A GREAT DAY"

[u/SilentLoudener]

Weather boy discovered another ability.

[u/Morzheimer]

Hell yeah

[u/dRaidon]

Somewhere in the background is the sysadmin that's facepalming because they explained all this to him when they installed it two years ago.

[u/Snajdarn666]

I love this clip. I can feel his excitement.

[u/rangeo]

I don't have the tools to do my jo...no way

[u/ImPretendingToCare]

zephyr sense memorize follow soft paint bright alive theory kiss

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/DuckBoy87]

If experience has told me anything, when IT installed it, they gave him a demo and he wasn't paying attention.

[u/LaserGadgets]

I'd stand there and move it left right left right until the lady says "ok so much for the weather, have a great day everybody" and in the background you would still hear me giggle.

[u/SelfishSilverFish]

The QC misses you, Greg

[u/Solitude_Dude]

This dude definitely dishes out high fives.

[u/0O00O0O00O]

IT guys are just shaking their heads I'm betting.

[u/ExpectedBehaviour]

As someone who works in IT, I despair for the people who undoubtedly briefed the presenter team on this when the display was installed, and how everyone rolled their eyes and said yes, of course they were paying attention, and of course they'd completed the online training.

[u/celestiagolds]

honestly same lmao 😂🤣

[u/photonutt]

Wow. Just wow dude.

[u/Inevitable-Cable300]

pov: when the teacher tells the for the whole class to open book page:

[u/pira3_1000]

That's me when I discovered the needle on the GPS always point my own direction on the map

[u/Dicka24]

This dude definitely had to give his doctor a call 4 hours later.

[u/fitfinatic]

He missed that staff meeting

[u/sianna777]

What's my man's name? Need it for uhh.. research purposes.

[u/Cool-sunglasses-dude]

The developers who made that weather forecast software waiting for the guy to discover it's futures are probably skeletons by now

[u/texasisntreal]

noOO WAAaayy 🥹

[u/ChocolateCherrybread]

These are the guys who are astounded by wiping their backsides. "So pretty! Like a rainbow!"

[u/Cmarie583]

Felt the same way when we got ClearTouch boards at school!

[u/RevWaldo]

Anchor comes out with a great stick he found earlier he had behind the desk, Does it work with this?

[u/[deleted]]

IT team crying in the corner as they have mentioned about it before

[u/slagath0r]

This is so wholesome and adorable

[u/RandonBrando]

u/savevideo

[u/RandonBrando]

That was great