r/MadeMeSmile Aug 13 '21

Just a reminder to tip your delivery driver Wholesome Moments

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u/GSEagle2012_22 Aug 13 '21

Can you really call it a "random act of kindness" when you set up a camera to record you giving someone money? Seems pretty planned and not at all random to me

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u/Fishtoots Aug 13 '21

I can’t watch these without having the physical compulsion to side eye and squint. Staged videos with an unsuspecting person aren’t it

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u/Gooncookies Aug 13 '21

I think giving someone cash like this on camera is pretty degrading to the person receiving it. I also can’t stand people that record themselves doing good deeds. It immediately shows that you’re doing it for you, not out of altruism.

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u/kegweII Aug 13 '21

Could not agree more! This is for internet points. Guy must be bruised from patting himself on the back so much.

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u/JulikoPoliko Aug 13 '21

I mean, if you give me some free money I could not care less if you are recording a video

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u/i_survived_2020_ 27d ago

Okay but he’s showing kindness, he’s influencing others to help, he still gave the dude $500 whether it was on camera or not. I would much rather people go around recording themselves helping people out than not doing anything at all.

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u/weed_blazepot Aug 13 '21

"Is that the biggest tip you ever got?"

Gross. I appreciate this guy tipping, good on him, but what the fuck kind of need for validation is this?

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u/needathneed Aug 13 '21

Yeah that was a bit much

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u/RandomDoctor Aug 13 '21

Does he even ask permission for to share to footage?

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u/khan_shakirrr Aug 13 '21

Yes he does if u watch the full video

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u/RandomDoctor Aug 13 '21

Feels obligated at that point right? Doesn’t sit right. I’m glad he did it, but it seems that it’s some show rather than genuine care.

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u/Fadedknight11 Aug 13 '21

Check out all his videos. He does clearly get paid by YouTube to do these. But the people are random and he does it a decent amount in different ways https://youtube.com/c/BigDawsTv

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u/redactedname87 Aug 13 '21

Not worth watching further.

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u/ExtraBar7969 Aug 13 '21

Please elaborate. Why does it matter if the people giving the money away are not genuine when the people receiving the money are obviously surprised and show appreciation. What else could he do? Just give it away without showing people what they are doing with the extra cash they have to give away? Then how would you know, and how would you have anything to complain about? On the grand scale why does it matter to you what they do and how they do it? Who does it negatively affect?

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u/GSEagle2012_22 Aug 13 '21

I'm not saying it's not a kind thing to do. It's just not a random act of kindness. It's entirely planned. To your other points, yes he could do kind things while not posting it in YouTube and monetizing it. Just to be clear, my issue is with calling it a *random * act of kindness when it was clearly planned and recorded for posting online.

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u/ExtraBar7969 Aug 13 '21

The delivery guy is random, no?

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u/N_o_r_m_a_l Aug 13 '21

There is currently common use of "random" that is not actually random. Only a select few are pizza delivery drivers and calling a chosen establishment would narrow the selection and work shifts would further determine the individual and so on. Under common usage, I think you're right. Scientifically, you would have to assign every person on the planet a 1 or 0 by using a photon splitter. Then use the splitter to eliminate 1 or 0's, reassign and do again until one individual remains.

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u/Fadedknight11 Aug 13 '21

I agree with you, it's also how he gets paid so if he didn't make these videos, he couldn't keep giving random people awesome things that clearly make their day

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u/DepartureActual308 Aug 13 '21

This is going too far! This is an act of kindness only motivated by the idea of generating views or likes. In other words, you monetize true emotions. Even if the guy is happy, doesn't it feel weird to you that people can even think about creating such videos only for the sake of views? To me it's just insane and truly sad.

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u/phuzzy1deep Aug 13 '21

No you cant

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u/beefcheesejalepenos Aug 13 '21

100% what is wrong with people. Random act of completely planned and filmed "kindness" which BTW involves you being humiliated on the internet. You're welcome.

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u/Mmmslash Aug 13 '21

If you believe this man is humiliated, then I think it says more about how you view him than it does about the situation.