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  • @chillaxTF
    @chillaxTF 7 месяцев назад +459

    If you're gonna be the smug guy at the table without a phone, might as well double down and whip out a book so you can be smug about 2 things at once.

    • @fullertron
      @fullertron 7 месяцев назад +12

      Check out his reading in public video

    • @SWillis474
      @SWillis474 7 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@fullertronI'm going to go out on a limb and say he has, hence why he made the book remark

    • @ankavoskuilen1725
      @ankavoskuilen1725 7 месяцев назад +3

      O no, not reading in public!!!!!

    • @peenyweeny3834
      @peenyweeny3834 7 месяцев назад +5

      i carry around puzzle books for this exact situation

    • @chillaxTF
      @chillaxTF 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@SWillis474 🎯

  • @TheOneWhoKnocks969
    @TheOneWhoKnocks969 7 месяцев назад +300

    "Some people stare at their phones in the restaurant because they run out of things to say and the appearance of being mysterious withholding is the first line of defence to sheild their boring personality."
    This is accurate to excruciating level😭

    • @duckstabed7381
      @duckstabed7381 7 месяцев назад +4

      I'm so glad i can appear mysterious while being good at talking

    • @vau_st
      @vau_st 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@duckstabed7381
      It's the 4 syllabisis words making me a true sorcerer with wordingerers

    • @Truth-And-Freedom
      @Truth-And-Freedom 7 месяцев назад

      And the one with the mask and staring at phone -............
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆👍🤡

    • @cm.design
      @cm.design 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Truth-And-Freedomcringe comment

    • @Truth-And-Freedom
      @Truth-And-Freedom 7 месяцев назад

      @@cm.design sure thing mask cu3k
      🤣👍🤡
      Masks do loads 🤣🤣🤣👍🤡
      You literally believe what politicians say.............. POLITICIANS!!!!!!
      😆🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🤡
      GET A LIFE CRINGE NUMPTY 🤣

  • @rubberduck57
    @rubberduck57 7 месяцев назад +163

    2:38 "Why should they pay attention to you? You'll never be able to compete with an algorithm that knows them better than you ever could."
    That's a meditation for the anxious mind if I've ever heard one.

  • @ElliotRodger-cz7rb
    @ElliotRodger-cz7rb 7 месяцев назад +116

    This is is deep philosophy disguised as comedy. Existentialism extravaganza. 10/10.

    • @kellychuba
      @kellychuba 6 месяцев назад +4

      Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

  • @Frontfight
    @Frontfight 7 месяцев назад +250

    Damn man, normally I laugh all the way through, but this being reality is just depressing.

    • @vau_st
      @vau_st 7 месяцев назад +2

      🚬 always

    • @ty_teynium
      @ty_teynium 7 месяцев назад +3

      But that running at the end tho... pretty funny.

    • @kaiabeatty9355
      @kaiabeatty9355 6 месяцев назад +1

      Lol yeah, the piano didn't help either

  • @palaceofwisdom9448
    @palaceofwisdom9448 7 месяцев назад +374

    I feel badly for these people, partly because they are missing life with their heads down all the time, but mostly because they failed to appreciate Frankie's awesome sweater.

    • @admiralbum
      @admiralbum 7 месяцев назад +20

      They can watch it on RUclips.

    • @JBBost
      @JBBost 7 месяцев назад +3

      You feel badly for the actors in this video? Why? They're doing a pretty good job acting

    • @krispiasek6731
      @krispiasek6731 7 месяцев назад +1

      They won't see the interior of a restaurant they have been to a dozen times, truly a tragedy

    • @vau_st
      @vau_st 7 месяцев назад

      guck ich drip drip drip drop

    • @shlekmirkarin6429
      @shlekmirkarin6429 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@vau_stkOmM uNd hOl bEsSeR 1 wIsHmOp

  • @seanm.9942
    @seanm.9942 7 месяцев назад +57

    nobody chases him away at the end because they’re all on their phones, but still he runs.

    • @deanstanley2125
      @deanstanley2125 7 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe he's doing a dine and dash because he saw his server on the phone

    • @vandemonian5412
      @vandemonian5412 7 месяцев назад +7

      he's running away from the crushing vacuum that threatens to pursue him

  • @JBBost
    @JBBost 7 месяцев назад +66

    I like how he runs out of there regardless of whether he's being chased or not -- and with the phone people, it follows that he wouldn't be followed, except maybe on his socials

    • @voli6570
      @voli6570 6 месяцев назад

      Better to keep moving regardless. Can’t stay stagnant.

  • @polyphoniphilia
    @polyphoniphilia 7 месяцев назад +58

    but how are people going to know i'm at a restaurant if i'm not writing it on social media

    • @ankavoskuilen1725
      @ankavoskuilen1725 7 месяцев назад +6

      You are so right.
      Nobody at the restaurant has noticed you there, because they were all on their phones. 😢

  • @bluewren65
    @bluewren65 7 месяцев назад +11

    The script was great, but the pink fluffy jumper is the real star.

  • @Skaxarrat
    @Skaxarrat 7 месяцев назад +25

    This guy could teach real philosophy at a Uni.

  • @73685
    @73685 7 месяцев назад +22

    I remember a few years ago seeing a family at a sports bar/restaurant, all eyes locked on the screen. We thought it was odd then. Little did we know.

  • @scorklamusic
    @scorklamusic 7 месяцев назад +30

    This was a great video! I showed it to everyone else at the restaurant I'm at!

    • @vandemonian5412
      @vandemonian5412 7 месяцев назад +4

      i hope you sent them the link and didnt actually share your phone

  • @AntonMadness
    @AntonMadness 7 месяцев назад +12

    Commedy isn't always haha, sometimes it can also be just to confront you.

  • @oletalk
    @oletalk 7 месяцев назад +8

    I used to be quite anxious about my worsening eyesight as I approached middle age, and started putting my phone away during my commute. It was then I started noticing that everyone - everyone - around me on the train was glued to their phone the entire time.
    I see the guy in the purple shirt and I feel seen. 😅😅😅

  • @stickibug
    @stickibug 6 месяцев назад +2

    "they refuse to pretend to find you interesting" I think this personality trait of mine is why I keep failing at customer service jobs 😂

  • @1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer
    @1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer 7 месяцев назад +3

    I Have No Eyes, and I Must Stare.

  • @ro55reel5
    @ro55reel5 7 месяцев назад +2

    Nothing social about bowed heads in screens, he sais, writing a message into the void that replaced his friends

  • @brianindiana9375
    @brianindiana9375 7 месяцев назад +3

    "First line of defense to shield a boring personality"
    "You'll never be able to compete with an algorithm that knows them better than you ever could"
    Well put

  • @prettyvacant37
    @prettyvacant37 7 месяцев назад +23

    Hands down my favorite video.. you speak the awful truth, my man!!

  • @user-je4eh9ht1k
    @user-je4eh9ht1k 7 месяцев назад +3

    I love radical honesty. Awareness is the first step to change.

  • @PrettyBlueThings
    @PrettyBlueThings 7 месяцев назад +12

    There's a lot of harsh truths in this one Frankie

  • @JSalesFilm
    @JSalesFilm 7 месяцев назад +3

    running away solo was a great touch.

  • @dragan2324
    @dragan2324 7 месяцев назад +11

    For non-zoomers, this is the meal when you realize your homies ain't your homies. For zoomers, this every meal since your parents got too tired to take care of you.

  • @littlelioness4278
    @littlelioness4278 7 месяцев назад +3

    Literally arrived at the restaurant...opened my phone to RUclips...to this!!! Couldn't hear over the "ambience" waited until after bingo to listen 😂

  • @erinshores2617
    @erinshores2617 7 месяцев назад +8

    This is so on point - and sad! You're a genius, Frankie!

  • @JJJackson777
    @JJJackson777 5 месяцев назад

    Frankie running away from his revelations and epiphanies at the end of every episode is both beautiful and harrowing.

  • @chelseyxu5399
    @chelseyxu5399 7 месяцев назад +1

    the Chinese lady browsing memes lmao i cant

  • @polreamonn
    @polreamonn 7 месяцев назад +6

    Frankie hits the spot again.

  • @joshuataylor3550
    @joshuataylor3550 7 месяцев назад +4

    Ironically we're all watching this on our phones.

    • @PappyMandarine
      @PappyMandarine 5 месяцев назад

      some do on their computers, sitting at a desk, mate...

  • @superfisher4379
    @superfisher4379 7 месяцев назад +5

    I witnessed this years ago on a subway before smartphones were even a thing. Everyone gets on the train. Out came the phones. Train stops phone goes away. This repeated at every stop ad nauseum.

    • @impyrobot
      @impyrobot 7 месяцев назад +3

      Tbf who makes small talk on public transport? Acceptable to go on your phone or read or stare out the window but going on your phone constantly when with your friends/family is not cool.

  • @johnk6757
    @johnk6757 7 месяцев назад +5

    For sure my instinct is to go to my phone cause of social anxiety. But I feel it is even more obvious and cringe so I just make myself endure the awkwardness (which usually is in my head or transient anyways)

  • @0mn1vore
    @0mn1vore 7 месяцев назад +5

    Aspect ratio is *so square.* I love it.
    Nice sweater too, btw. :-)

  • @vision2k890
    @vision2k890 7 месяцев назад +3

    Do a cultural observation: people on their laptops at coffee shops

  • @jamieweithman3944
    @jamieweithman3944 7 месяцев назад +4

    That's R E A L not reel 😂
    I loved this one!

  • @space_station_shenanigans514
    @space_station_shenanigans514 7 месяцев назад +2

    That was really depressing what have we become

  • @tomh383
    @tomh383 7 месяцев назад +4

    This one hit a little too hard

  • @Marrshall
    @Marrshall 7 месяцев назад +1

    dude this is the best one you did so far....

  • @_vexation9618
    @_vexation9618 7 месяцев назад +1

    These videos were funny before but it's personal now; he's coming for all of us

  • @IjwPetersen
    @IjwPetersen 7 месяцев назад +2

    big fan of the fashion on this channel

  • @TheKivifreak
    @TheKivifreak 14 дней назад

    Intimacy has been replaced with the illusion of human togetherness. 🗣️

  • @JD-cf3mv
    @JD-cf3mv 6 месяцев назад +1

    Try this. Make a pact with your mates as u sit down for dinner. The person who looks at their phone during the meal, pays for the meal.

    • @stickibug
      @stickibug 6 месяцев назад

      We did that once at a bar, and my two buddies absentmindedly pulled their phones out at the *same exact time* to check a sports score 😂 they had to split the bill

  • @omerk8403
    @omerk8403 7 месяцев назад +1

    I need the overly dramatic soundtrack, it sounds amazing.

  • @piccalillipit9211
    @piccalillipit9211 7 месяцев назад +3

    *ANOTHER FRIGHTENINGLY ACCURATE OBSERVATION*

  • @aidonger42069
    @aidonger42069 7 месяцев назад +4

    Time spent sitting all alone, time spent sitting on my phone

  • @galisleo8737
    @galisleo8737 7 месяцев назад +2

    It is shameful to steal your grandmother's clothes.

  • @saharkhalili5303
    @saharkhalili5303 6 месяцев назад

    The riskiest one yet. Love it

  • @dualshock3
    @dualshock3 6 месяцев назад +1

    When it comes to technology, I like looking at Japan to get a glimpse of what's about to happen to the west in the future lol

  • @sallyguberman6310
    @sallyguberman6310 12 дней назад

    The moment you realize it’s comedy but it’s real All out truth 💯

  • @mellowrockmusic
    @mellowrockmusic 6 месяцев назад +3

    Yeah not going to lie. As a youngun, its changed our social landscape. Not for the better... A bit depressing

  • @the_discordian_revolution
    @the_discordian_revolution 2 месяца назад

    all i can say is the algo didn't like you calling out the technofeudalists a few months back haha. your videos brought me a small moment of life-saving reprieve in the form of (human) joy. thanks, man who wears odd clothing and runs like that one kid from middle school

  • @justaguyontheinternet1556
    @justaguyontheinternet1556 7 месяцев назад +1

    This was just sad.bravo!

  • @lofi-loverhugsyou2948
    @lofi-loverhugsyou2948 7 месяцев назад +1

    franky is a fashion icon

  • @Ciorstaidh
    @Ciorstaidh 7 месяцев назад

    Cheers for this one frankie x

  • @neuzethmusic131
    @neuzethmusic131 7 месяцев назад

    That jumper though, 12/10!

  • @jacksondowdle5217
    @jacksondowdle5217 5 месяцев назад

    Fyi, I watched this whole video essay while sitting across from coworker who is going to die of breast cancer this summer

  • @meandab
    @meandab 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful as always, my friend

  • @UnStop4ble
    @UnStop4ble 7 месяцев назад +3

    this made me depressed

  • @avi2125
    @avi2125 7 месяцев назад

    Excellent script!!! Thanks... "deafening sound of..." "Phone as a pacifier" 😅

  • @MrBluelightzero
    @MrBluelightzero 7 месяцев назад +1

    You didn't need to run at the end, just walk around a corner.

  • @MElaughs
    @MElaughs 7 месяцев назад +1

    Absent real. Frankie, you're a poet. Providing the world a flamboyantly dressed flavour of every bit of culture.
    The only people that saw you run were here. It's sad, funny, but so sad.

  • @niteshades_promise
    @niteshades_promise Месяц назад

    GET OFF YOUR PHONES!!! 🍻

  • @cpzd83
    @cpzd83 7 месяцев назад +5

    I was waiting for this one. My SO and I always people watch people like this

    • @cribscian
      @cribscian 7 месяцев назад

      SO?

    • @cpzd83
      @cpzd83 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@cribscian significant other

    • @Bajigaloo
      @Bajigaloo 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@cribscian dont be rude

    • @cribscian
      @cribscian 7 месяцев назад

      @@Bajigaloo I didn't know what the acronym stood for.... Now I do... What's your issue?

    • @Nox-wm2dx
      @Nox-wm2dx 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@cribscian he is playing with you

  • @bruce-le-smith
    @bruce-le-smith 7 месяцев назад

    lovin the south london outfit mate, namaste

  • @mariuszj3826
    @mariuszj3826 2 месяца назад

    Ironically, probably most people who stare at their phones watched this.

  • @biosfearmag
    @biosfearmag 7 месяцев назад

    Well put

  • @skyrat3816
    @skyrat3816 7 месяцев назад +3

    This has been a pet hate since touch screens became a thing. Going to the pub in the hope of them bants, but really you may as well get some tins from the offy and drink em on ya Tod at home.

  • @OhAwe
    @OhAwe 6 месяцев назад

    It's amazing how many people are unable to resist it. People who will pull out a phone and start messaging someone mid-conversation. Like huh? Imagine puling out a phone and calling someone while someone is talking with you, without saying anything.

  • @richardwallace2458
    @richardwallace2458 7 месяцев назад

    Your geansaí is possibly the only thing that can break this evil spell.

  • @Dope-Display
    @Dope-Display 7 месяцев назад

    Frankie the Philosopher

  • @mirgrant
    @mirgrant 7 месяцев назад

    thanks for giving us a banger ya turkey!

  • @auchmalwassagen
    @auchmalwassagen 7 месяцев назад

    love your jumper.

  • @xxplosive656
    @xxplosive656 7 месяцев назад +1

    me too thanks

  • @justbeegreen
    @justbeegreen 6 месяцев назад +2

    This is a very depressing commentary on the reality of the destruction of human connection bc of our addiction to our phones

  • @djmon1987
    @djmon1987 7 месяцев назад

    Fair play.

  • @jjryan1352
    @jjryan1352 3 месяца назад

    Society of the Spectacle meets Simulation and Simulacra

  • @Protoman888
    @Protoman888 6 месяцев назад

    Yup himalayan pink salt matching your shirt.
    Namaste

  • @sidework1
    @sidework1 7 месяцев назад

    Watching this while staring at my phone

  • @daysofboyhood
    @daysofboyhood 6 месяцев назад +1

    Where to cop that fuzzy jaiket Frankie?

  • @kueller917
    @kueller917 7 месяцев назад +1

    I'll defend it when I'm at a restaurant alone though.

    • @thegrinderman1090
      @thegrinderman1090 7 месяцев назад +1

      That's fine, it's not being rude to anyone

  • @zsuzsannacircleedge8416
    @zsuzsannacircleedge8416 7 месяцев назад

    "Antitainement" New word in my word-treasure-box,

  • @crazyratlady3115
    @crazyratlady3115 7 месяцев назад +1

    I have auditory processing disorder, and I struggle to understand what people are saying when there's a lot of background noise - like music, other people talking loudly etc. When I eat at restaurants, I'm on my phone because I'm talking to the person I'm with over text. Maybe consider whether some of the people on their phones aren't mindlessly scrolling the algorithm. Maybe they're not being as antisocial as you assume. Maybe this is the only way they can enjoy a conversation in such an atmosphere. Maybe they're actually just talking shit about you, and they don't want you to overhear.

    • @ExtremeObservations
      @ExtremeObservations 6 месяцев назад

      No no no nuance! It’s the DeAtH oF tHe s0cIAl don’t you understand!? It’s the ABSENT OF THE REAL reeee!!

    • @Stupididiot67
      @Stupididiot67 4 месяца назад

      99% of people on their phones arent doing that your in a very small minority

  • @dan27032
    @dan27032 7 месяцев назад

    2:32 she needs to get that shit fixed how can anyone use a phone like that. On a serious note bang on the money as always Frankie it’s depressing

  • @bbloomfield6497
    @bbloomfield6497 7 месяцев назад

    I'm so nerdy I did work experience at Nintendo during high school. But I don't stare at a device when I go out.
    My phone is on airplane mode, just to conserve battery for the night, no one is calling it anyway.

  • @leonbarry5403
    @leonbarry5403 6 месяцев назад

    Me staring at my wife playing the video real loud.... She didn't even look up 😢

  • @daniladanilov7794
    @daniladanilov7794 6 месяцев назад +2

    It's so funny that they are so deep into their anxiety and feeling awkward that they become almost paralyzed and not even one of them visibly reacted to a dude coming up to them and talking to a camera

  • @ReadyF0RHeady
    @ReadyF0RHeady 7 месяцев назад

    I watch this while i stare at my phone in a Restaurant

  • @zsuzsannacircleedge8416
    @zsuzsannacircleedge8416 7 месяцев назад

    I prefer people looking at their phone to people screaming into it.

  • @Nox-wm2dx
    @Nox-wm2dx 7 месяцев назад

    I do this but with books, don't know what to do instead

  • @Celeste-in-Oz
    @Celeste-in-Oz 7 месяцев назад

    The irony of how many people are watching this in restaurants

  • @NietJeffrey
    @NietJeffrey 7 месяцев назад

    Frankie, you can run all you want in this video, but you'll never outrun the phone because its in your pocket.

  • @user-cp6lg5gf5l
    @user-cp6lg5gf5l 7 месяцев назад

    I’m watching this in a restaurant

  • @_jonjo
    @_jonjo 7 месяцев назад

    is that the washerwomans in glasnevin?

  • @steveygee1
    @steveygee1 7 месяцев назад

    I’m at a restaurant watching this.

  • @AN-jz3kf
    @AN-jz3kf 7 месяцев назад

    I just feel awkward standing or sitting there tbh

  • @SHMUPS
    @SHMUPS 7 месяцев назад +1

    why does frankie shame the guy who tries to do better?

  • @mirgrant
    @mirgrant 7 месяцев назад

    mom logic

  • @peterkerj7357
    @peterkerj7357 7 месяцев назад

    Some weird compression thing going on with the chessboard. All the light squares look like they have pieces on them.

  • @75Vinnie
    @75Vinnie 7 месяцев назад +5

    Sitting in a restaurant watching this

  • @senatorxl9780
    @senatorxl9780 6 месяцев назад

    PLEASE do one on the current mustache trend!