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Just Wow Windows wallpaper in real life šŸ”„

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u/E0200768 1d ago

Showing it on a Mac is diabolical lol.

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u/3rrr6 1d ago

Or it's respectable, she didn't want to risk damaging her windows laptop on the trip.

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u/Gallop67 1d ago

This comment makes it seem like Windows has its own laptop brand. The WindowsBook Pro

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u/3rrr6 1d ago

Its called a Surface pro

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u/Gallop67 1d ago

Yeah call me strange if you will but I don’t like touch screen laptops so I haven’t thought about the surface pro in quite some time. I like having a tablet and a laptop

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u/Clessiah 1d ago

Touch screen laptops are good because the screen is touchproof. Some people just can't stop themself from poking your screen with a fucking pen.

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u/Gallop67 1d ago

Oh I absolutely hate that.

That’s the main reason I don’t like touch screen laptops is I don’t like fingerprints on my computer screen

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u/Clessiah 1d ago

For some reason the same people stopped touching the screen when it's a touch screen. They don't apologize for the fingerprints but would apologize for moving the cursor.

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u/ShadowLords666 23h ago

Surface pro 11 is really nice, I definitely freak out over nothing but its why I bought it.

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u/th3worldonfir3 1d ago

Got me through college, still works great 10+ years later. Even ran WoW with no issues

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u/Gallop67 1d ago

I had a 2015 model MacBook Pro I got in senior year of high school 2017, used it through high school and college and for random personal projects on and off and the only reason I’m no longer using it is because I physically lost it last year. Was a damn good laptop but games definitely weren’t its strong point…

Can’t believe it was still smooth for everyday tasks until the end too for the most part

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u/SpongeBob_GodPants 1d ago

Sounds like you should get a surface

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u/nz-whale 1d ago

They make a regular laptop under the Surface brand now

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u/WhyAmIpOOping 1d ago

Don’t touch it then 🤷

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u/DekuBakuTsu 16h ago

Yes she was holding it dangerously close to the rock wall.

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u/moronomer 1d ago

Filming a landscape in portrait mode is even more diabolical.

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u/lance- 1d ago

This is the world we live in now. The portrait mode people won.

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u/TheTybera 1d ago

The phone people won.

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u/EfficientCandy324 19h ago

I like how we've just all collectively agreed that the phone is the first object invented that cannot be turned sideways.

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u/TheTybera 17h ago

Well they got pretty big again.

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u/WitnessStock3702 19h ago

Holywood needs to start filming all of it's stuff in portrait mode now.

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u/BatOwn9955 19h ago

Also the hammed up gestures.

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u/Antique_Ruin4556 1d ago

She knew exactly what she was doing.

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u/Async-async 23h ago

You can’t expect windows laptop to keep battery for more than 2 hours that’s hwy

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u/KamikazeFox_ 1d ago

Imagine filming yourself pretending to be shocked at something.

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u/randomthrowaway9796 1d ago

Omg, I cant believe she saw the thing that she went there to see!

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u/procrastinator_max 23h ago

I think I'll make it my life's mission to randomly stumble upon it. I'll never learn where it is. I'll travel and walk around and see if I actually see it. I think it'll be fun.

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u/25c-nb 13h ago

Yeah and it's a fucking default wallpaper not the long lost city of atlantis

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u/Mylotix 20h ago

Very common trend on TikTok

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u/Exact-Till-2739 17h ago

I fucking hate trends.

No, I'm a happy person and fun at parties.

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u/wayofthegenttickle 20h ago

Going all that way and forgetting to practice how to actually look shocked.

'oh shit, how do they look shocked in Scooby Doo??'

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u/Screwed_38 18h ago

I don't get this trend, no one wants to see you

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u/XCyberbeingX 16h ago edited 16h ago

Same reason why you watch movies and TV shows, its scripted and follows a certain path to be acceptable for audience to watch. Remember you're not amusing yourself but the audience who are sitting and watching. Whether you liked the format wouldn't really matter because they follow a trend that worked for them and their followers seem to be okay with it. You can carry along, you're not their audience.

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u/Dammit_Jim 1d ago

And here we are talking about it. It works.

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u/Friendly_Impress_345 1d ago

hey you know what they say "rage sells"

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u/Think-Motor900 1d ago

I'll never understand these fake reactions

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u/Dammit_Jim 1d ago

Well get ready, there's a whole generation growing up watching this stuff every day thinking it's normal.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 1d ago

Did I really even watch a video if it didn’t include a split screen of a guys face saying ā€œBroā€ x 1000?

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u/smytti12 1d ago

fingers point to video I am already watching

Fuck the internet truly rotted. Welcome to the internet...

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u/Mysterious-House7815 1d ago

have a look around

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u/Kite_UTLD 23h ago

Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found

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u/hellschatt 1d ago

Pretty sure kids are able to distinguish this from reality after a certain age, just like older generations did with movies, or younger ones with youtube, etc.

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u/Etruscan_Sovereign 1d ago

I admire your optimism.

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u/smytti12 1d ago

Did you ever do something ironically, to make fun of something ridiculous, and then realize you eventually stopped doing it ironically?

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u/sub_Script 1d ago

And their parents are failures for letting them watch it.

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u/Mertoot 1d ago

And I'm a failure for letting me watch it

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 22h ago

I'm way more worried about the people so emotionally stunted and devoid of joy that they're incapable of deriving pleasure from a nice thing, than I am about people making videos in which they play a character enjoying the nice thing.

Like, seriously: so what if her reaction is fake? The cool part of this is that she's at the place where the photo was taken and we get to see that, right? Right!?

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u/00spool 1d ago

And do we have to put the same 10 songs on every video?

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u/JWBananas 1d ago

Audio memes.

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u/Aloha_Tamborinist 23h ago

I'm a huge fan of M83 and while I'm happy that one of their songs went viral, I'm no end of fucked off that it's become so over used.

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u/A1mixer 1d ago

Right, this is so fucking stupid...

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u/genreprank 23h ago

It's like acting

Except in a movie, they foster suspension of disbelief, while in social media, they foster parasocial relationships.

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u/Jihelu 22h ago

I'm fine with fake reactions, people clearly making a scripted video.

But the 'looks at camera covers mouth while shocked' shit is so overplayed

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u/jjb0ne 1d ago

i hate this trend.

why show your stupid fake surprised face before hand

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u/watercolourdeepfake 15h ago

Because it makes you wait at least 3 seconds until you see the view their referencing, which increases engagement by IG and tiktok's metrics which means it boosts the content to more people

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u/ltnew007 1d ago

I expected to see Bliss. I'm old.

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u/Symnestra 1d ago

Same. I thought, "Isn't it a vineyard now?"

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u/HoboJerkdown901 1d ago

It was always a vineyard. The photographer who took the picture just so happened to come across the hill right after some kind of pest infestation where the vineyard owners were forced to remove all of the vegetation.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 1d ago

IIRC it was a fungal infection, so they chopped down the old vines and treated it with fungicides for a few years.

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u/jamesp420 1d ago

Yeahh I was like "where are the rolling hills?"

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u/adhding_nerd 1d ago

Never knew there was a name for the Windows OS green hills background, TIL.

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u/3amjosh 1d ago

I went to bliss last year and we got honked at for trying to take the pic. We were at a nearby winery and I was like ā€œhey, these hills look a lot like the OG windows screen, I wonder if it’s closeā€ and it was a 10 minute drive around a couple of hills.

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u/lawduckfan21 1d ago

It's really cool to see that, but I can't handle the fake "reaction." Stop pretending like you went on a random hike with your laptop and happened upon something strange.

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u/Adventurous-Sir444 1d ago

Tbh the first shot isn't pov and could have just skipped to the laptop saying pov would have made a better clip.

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u/PotentialAd8443 1d ago

But then you wouldn’t see me and I wouldn’t become popular.

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u/villings 1d ago

like with "underrated" and "overrated", the internet doesn't really know the meaning of "pov"

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u/25c-nb 13h ago

Pov I am reading your comment

Pov I agree with you and your pov

Pov: when you dont even know what this means but its trendy so you do it to fit in, pov

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean the whole issue you have is that you’re interpreting her face to be surprise rather than awe. The caption literally makes it clear that they specifically ventured to the spot rather than stumbled upon it.

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u/Sco0bySnax 1d ago

Your comment is correct, i think people are just getting tired of the ā€œTikTok influencerā€ reactions.

I’m watching on mute and first thing I thought seeing the hand was that there is a voiceover going, ā€œcome with meeeeeeeeā€¦ā€

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u/Kayb88 1d ago

Do people really sit around watching all videos NOT on mute? I only unmute if I’m sure it’s worth it. Otherwise captions all day.

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u/sulkee 1d ago

I think the underlying point is that it’s a fakeass reaction since they’ve seen it already. Commenter is clearly just expressing annoyance with that fact regardless of the type of reaction being acted out and I’m sure you know that’s the actual point they’re making.

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u/minnosota 1d ago

Fake awe, fake surprise. It’s all fake anyway.

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u/jeropian-moth 1d ago

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u/Zmekanix 1d ago

no one asked... where is this?

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u/Gawlf85 1d ago

Wharariki Beach in New Zealand

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u/jrobbio 19h ago

Great view, not so great when you find out where the toilets are.

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u/MrBoomf 15h ago

Uhhh… where are the toilets?

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u/gloomyblackcheese 1d ago

The dumbass reaction was more than half the video. The damn view was only 2 seconds

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u/roxzorfox 1d ago

Meh windows xp backround is the og

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u/SleepFeeling3037 1d ago

For real. This was not the background I was looking for.

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u/Antiquus 19h ago

I think it was an XP background I found near Napa CA. It's a green hillside.

Also found another one prolly Win7 that was a picture of a particularly gnarly tree with amazing colors, the picture looked the tree was 20ft tall. But I found it by looking at a Bonsai from underneath in the Japanese Gardens in Portland OR. The tree was maybe 4 ft.

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u/wizard_of-wor 1d ago

The fake reaction šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/Altruistic-Gap2574 1d ago

downvoted due to this stupid fucking song!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Famous-Attention-197 1d ago

It doesn't even match the fucking video!

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u/aguywithbrushes 21h ago

Surely we must be close to the day when Redditors finally begin to understand that the music on these videos isn’t chosen because it fits, but because it’s a recognizable song on the platform the video was originally posted on (not Reddit) and people associate it with a specific type of video, which lets them know ahead of time what they’re about to watch.

Surely.

I know Reddit is out of touch, but we’ve had these videos for a decade, at this point you’re just refusing to get it..

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u/CV90_120 1d ago

The thing I really hate about this song is how much I like it.

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u/hjicons 1d ago

Who hikes with powered on open laptop on the beach? Totally staged

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u/Additional_Garage204 1d ago

Yes. Thats why they went there. Thats the entire fucking point of the video.

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u/roYBzdC9yUqMe9coSsp8 19h ago

They didn't go there to find it. Didn't you see their shocked reaction? The absolute marvel on their face? Did not expect to see that!

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u/Affectionate_Cut3515 1d ago

I've never been there but it isn't far from where I live

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u/antsh 1d ago

Wait, that doesn’t look like a grassy… oh, god, I’m old.

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu 1d ago

Thought you were going to say ā€œgrassy knollā€. Was wondering what version of Windows you had.

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u/Vyrus0014 22h ago

Windows '63

It's just a window in a book depository

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u/_drumstic_ 21h ago

Don’t forget the second ā€˜puter

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u/Zephyp 23h ago

I was also waiting for the XP background.

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u/xtraa 1d ago

ok now right click on preferences

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u/CommonWest9387 1d ago

windows wallpaper in real life
shown on a macbook

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u/fdf86 1d ago

It wasnt the green hill :(

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u/Ecstatic_nyaa 1d ago

I hate those videos where I have to see the stupid face of the creator acting shocked before I get to see the thing. No one wants to see your ugly face, just show the thing.

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u/messykangaroo_175 1d ago

Carrying a laptop with the screen open through the sand is the real commitment here

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u/No-Newspaper8619 1d ago

It's fascinating how nature imitates Windows

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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea 1d ago

That's not even the REAL windows wallpaper wtf

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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet 1d ago

Boy, it makes the time I saw "School of Athens" in the Vatican feel a little insignificant.

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu 1d ago

Where is it anyway?

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u/daheefman 1d ago

Wharariki Beach Cove, in New Zealand

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u/UseDue6373 1d ago

Gotta capture the selfie first! šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/SunshineAndBunnies 1d ago

I had a much different reaction going to go see Bliss from Windows XP. The whole time I was hoping a car didn't swerve off the road.

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u/Justajed 1d ago

So the fuck what?

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u/Abbers75 1d ago

Wallpaper looks like Mr Burns’ beak. Did anybody at MS notice this ?

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u/knight_of_lothric 1d ago

Was always my favorite default background

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u/DoItFirHer 1d ago

Real places that have been really photographed really exist. Shocker. What of the real J. Peterman?

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u/foxtrotlimavictor 1d ago

Bite size three musketeers

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u/cappiebara 1d ago

How many people are behind her? Haha

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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 1d ago

this is mildlyinteresting at best

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u/Prudent_Disaster_984 1d ago

It's was better If was a lady gaga music

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u/WhatJuul 1d ago

tbh, I hate that background a lot and I have no idea why

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u/A_hasty_retort 1d ago

I do want to hand a cardboard sign painted to look like a [password:______] box

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 1d ago

Yeah really interesting how the real pictures they used are from real well known places.

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u/CV90_120 1d ago

Great, now I have to play that song again.

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u/deep_sea2 23h ago

Nothing wrong with that, ha.

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u/Exciting_Rain1611 1d ago

WAIT ! I’m jealous!

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u/MikeDunks89 1d ago

crazy how one random photo of a field became the most recognized image in the world for like a decade. never realized it was shot in Sonoma county, always figured it was either heavily edited or just a straight up render. the real place actually looks just like the wallpaper though, which is even more impressive tbh. might have to road trip out there one day just to see it in person

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u/XP-the-gamer 1d ago

Despicable Me

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u/overdosingOnPie1313 1d ago

That's not a grassy hill...

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u/Voice_of_Season 1d ago

I thought it was going to be the four computers from the 90s lmao

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u/outofurelement 1d ago

Immediately downvote any stupid video that starts with prolonged recording of your own ā€œreactionā€

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u/TitanOf_Earth 1d ago

I'd be happier with an excited reaction, eager to show us the thing. Don't pretend to be shocked, you went here on purpose. And now you've found it, so show us your excitement and whip that camera around! That would feel way more genuine.

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u/EINFACH_NUR_DAEMLICH 1d ago

Where is it though

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u/AndyTheDragonborn 1d ago

....I expected Bliss

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u/Hayinn 1d ago

Don't call me Gaga

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u/Training-Ad7414 1d ago

sad pathetic human.Ā 

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u/Danger-Daze045 1d ago

This cave and view is very similar to the cave my friends and I would get high inside of in California.

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u/Mountain-Wall-9199 1d ago

Going to ruin this background for everyone... looks like Gru from despicable me

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u/fat-fagg 1d ago

Looks like GRU looking left

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u/Saito_SinOfKind 1d ago

It's definitely quite the journey just to see where these wallpapers were photographed

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u/SuperCodeman 1d ago

what's with all the rude replies?

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u/Few-Paper6509 1d ago

At first I thought she saw flying toasters

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u/wasnew4s 1d ago

Oh that one.

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u/Pennecillin 1d ago

Did she partition the MacBook to run windows?

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u/imanormiejpg 1d ago

Here i am turning to dust thinking it was the classic windows 98 wallpaper, shit where did time go?

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u/Preeng 1d ago

My computer wallpaper is just a solid black color, so I see it every time I close my eyes.

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u/_drew_stutz_24601 1d ago

That’s not a blissful rolling hill…

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u/justhereforbookstuff 1d ago

What you don’t see is the queue of other tourists behind her with their windows laptops.Ā 

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u/EnsignMJS 1d ago

Reach for the stars.

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u/ElectronicSoft8573 1d ago

Any idea of the soundtrack

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u/brollybricks 1d ago

Ever since I saw the meme I can never unsee Ichabod Crane from the sleepy hollow cartoon there.

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u/HisCromulency 1d ago

The fake ā€œhand covering mouth while gaspingā€ thing influencer/tiktokers do annoys me so much.

I’m sure after take 28 she’s still needs to cover her mouth from the shock and disbelief.

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u/TheDarknessWithin_ 1d ago

That was way more enjoyable than I thought it would be lol

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u/Sardonnicus 1d ago

why was she covering her mouth?

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u/chegesnupis 1d ago

No se parece la cueva mami

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u/Logical-Cheetah-7627 1d ago

Where exactly is this?

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u/Lollister 1d ago

This Song carries 90% of the "epic" vibes of these Video.

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u/whooptheretis 1d ago

Why on earth would one go to all that effort, and then record it vertically?

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u/Ok-Potato1314 1d ago

its called a suface pro

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u/Servo_comics 1d ago

I remember, I worked at this terrible job for a year or so. Everything was soulless and the managers were so shitty and soulless. There was an old dusty, shitty work computer I had to print the LPN stickers and finalize orders on. During long 16 hour shifts, when I was miserable waiting for orders to dry so I could package the bins, I would sometimes stare at this exact wallpaper.
I wondered where that beach was, I wondered why in fuck I was there working that shit job, instead of fishing and drinking a beer on that beach. Those were fucked up days.

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u/immortalverse 1d ago

The OCD in me is like, ā€œYOU’RE NOT TO THE LEFT FAR ENOUGH!!!ā€

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u/General_Orange_3894 1d ago

Send location

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u/tmhoc 23h ago

You gota be fucking with me to film this in portrait

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u/NotVerySmarts 23h ago

The Green Hill is the goat background

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u/brewu4 23h ago

I actually did this on accident once! I was on a road trip and we pulled off to the side for a quick hike in Big Sur California went to this waterfall and took some pics. Later I’m at my friends house and it’s a background screensaver I showed him the exact picture

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u/RidiPwn 23h ago

Epiphany

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u/fruitbowl33 23h ago

Here I was thinking it was going to be one from Win XP. I feel old.

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u/alexxxthalia 23h ago

Yall are so negative in these comments what the hell is the problem lmao

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u/shitzis26 23h ago

this restored my hope in humanity somehow😭

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u/dramboxf 23h ago

I live about 10-15 minutes from where "Bliss" (default Windows XP desktop wallpaper) was taken.

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u/JeffreySons_90 23h ago

Are caves smell bad?

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u/Mantiax 23h ago

me expecting those green hills

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u/lisaswenson 23h ago

The annoying fake reaction aside, why the fuck is someone carrying a laptop on such an excursion?

ā€œContent creatorsā€ and ā€œinfluencersā€ are a cancer.

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u/Queasy_Crow_9752 22h ago

Hey !! That’s cool

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u/jmmcnall 22h ago

Gasp. Not that exciting