Long Awkward Pose

June 15, 2006 3:41 PM

Long. Awkward. Poses. People secretly filmed while holding poses for photographs.
posted by liam (37 comments total)

Very, very funny. I love the moment when they realise she's recording. Great post liam.
posted by tellurian at 3:47 PM on June 15, 2006

so funny
posted by carmen at 3:52 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by tellurian at 3:54 PM on June 15, 2006

Bwahaha. That first vid is awsome.
posted by delmoi at 3:59 PM on June 15, 2006

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"
posted by jeffmik at 4:01 PM on June 15, 2006

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?
posted by danb at 4:10 PM on June 15, 2006

Or: "How to lose your friends and alienate your family--the digital way!"
posted by yoink at 4:16 PM on June 15, 2006

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)
posted by seawallrunner at 4:19 PM on June 15, 2006

Perhaps someone with a video camera could follow this guy around.
posted by liam at 4:26 PM on June 15, 2006

That last link of mine is not necessarily safe for work. Apologies.
posted by liam at 4:27 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by willnot at 4:29 PM on June 15, 2006

genius.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:34 PM on June 15, 2006

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

Brilliant.
posted by loquacious at 4:36 PM on June 15, 2006

This is (real) good.
Reminded me a bit of Steven Soderbergh's "mirror scene" in Schizopolis.
posted by numlok at 4:38 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by furtive at 4:40 PM on June 15, 2006

Try playing them all at the same time. It's an awkward pause symphony.
posted by ?! at 4:49 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by phyrewerx at 5:16 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by smackfu at 5:29 PM on June 15, 2006

That's awesome.
posted by emoeby at 5:31 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by fungible at 5:46 PM on June 15, 2006

Haven't you heard, fungible? Long awkward pauses are now an acceptable substitute for humor. Just watch a few episodes of The Family Guy.
posted by nebulawindphone at 5:55 PM on June 15, 2006

Sarcasm is now an acceptable substitute for conversation.
posted by smackfu at 6:00 PM on June 15, 2006

Liam, thanks for the last night's party link.
posted by dobbs at 6:02 PM on June 15, 2006

Dad was hiLARious. Awesome stuff.
posted by WolfDaddy at 6:11 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by breath at 6:14 PM on June 15, 2006

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posted by deemer at 6:23 PM on June 15, 2006

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.
posted by sfenders at 6:28 PM on June 15, 2006

This got old for me a third of the way through the first video.
posted by Hildegarde at 6:59 PM on June 15, 2006

This got old for me just reading the description, although I might find a pr0n version amusing.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:48 PM on June 15, 2006

I don't get it.
posted by damclean2 at 10:12 PM on June 15, 2006

Not laugh out loud funny, but something tickled me about this.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:16 PM on June 15, 2006

Meh.
posted by jiroczech at 1:19 AM on June 16, 2006

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.
posted by antifuse at 1:51 AM on June 16, 2006

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.
posted by Busithoth at 9:10 AM on June 16, 2006

Long. Awkward. Post.
posted by Doohickie at 9:19 AM on June 16, 2006

Ah, passive-aggressive sadism. How you make me laugh.
posted by quite unimportant at 5:35 PM on June 16, 2006

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.
posted by headlessness at 2:34 AM on June 18, 2006