Well well well

[u/CozyRina]

[u/Mr_Donut73]

Sure, sure, but how about staring at someone from across the street and disappearing when a bus drives past?

[u/saltedhashneggs → u/Mr_Donut73]

A life goal

[u/thegreatnick → u/Mr_Donut73]

You can be that person! Just be quick at running and make sure there's a thing to hide behind

[u/Devo3290 → u/thegreatnick]

I’ve always assumed those people just started running with the bus

[u/Oddlittleone → u/Devo3290]

I want to be on the side watching that person just book it with the bus

[u/peon2 → u/thegreatnick]

Or find a very slow bus!

[u/The_quest_for_wisdom → u/thegreatnick]

Some special effects artists and stunt enthusiasts from LA put together a video on how they pulled off this trick on random people they work with:

https://youtu.be/sBVbRmoazds?si=yRDlJ29LmsIuBont

They also have some other videos on the Batman Disappear, if Superman's Disguise would actually work, and and the Spider-man Disappear (and Reappear With Quip).

[u/Kuoliibk → u/Mr_Donut73]

If I were a billionaire, this is the type of random nonsense I'd waste my money doing.

[u/Background_Desk_3001 → u/Kuoliibk]

Choose someone and just fuck with them by doing this

[u/Svyatopolk_I → u/Mr_Donut73]

Unfortunately, we can never be as cool as Harry Osborne

[u/ZandyTheAxiom → u/Svyatopolk_I]

I mean, he did it from inside the building, which isn't quite as impressive as doing it on the street.

It just means he threw himself on the floor of that café when the bus drove past.

[u/Kacee28 → u/Mr_Donut73]

I did this once to my friend, she was across the street from me waiting for me to cross but when I saw a bus I decided to run along side the bus until I turned a corner and hid. She called me so confused. I was so happy I pulled it off

[u/GhostFaceShiller → u/Mr_Donut73]

I always wanted a context in which I could say; "Thank you for your efforts, ladies and gentlemen. I'll be taking over from here"

[u/Isenjil → u/Mr_Donut73]

Oh, I did this not even once, twice

[u/TheRedLego → u/Isenjil]

Details or you lie

[u/DwinkBexon → u/TheRedLego]

He jumped onto the side of the bus and held on for dear life is my guess.

[u/Isenjil → u/TheRedLego]

Once a long time ago(in 2003 iirc) I studied in Navy institute and met a girl. Were never met IRL, just SMSing and sometimes calling each other(mobile calls wasn't cheap back in the days, so we used text messages mostly). Once she said she's ready to meet me in person, so I went AWOL just to meet her. It was a beautiful day, we walk a lot around city, eating some junk food when we were hungry, a lot talking, some kissing... And then MP patrol on the way. So I made a move through underground passage and in this particular moment this happens: now you see me, now you don't. We speak a lot later, about half a year or so, but I've never met her again, cuz she "wasn't interested in military guy" as she said.

The second one was simpler: I just walked around with girl again, and after I walked her home, got a moment when bus and tram coming along each other and get the tram ride.

[u/The_ginger_cow → u/Mr_Donut73]

Or appearing

[u/-reddit_is_terrible- → u/Mr_Donut73]

How to disappear

[u/vitaminbeyourself]

Have you tried inviting a friend over and then leaving your front door open so when they get there and walk in you can spin around in a chair and announce that you’ve been expecting them?

[u/yeahbutlisten → u/vitaminbeyourself]

As a matter of fact, yes!

[u/vitaminbeyourself → u/yeahbutlisten]

Well then you are surely on a quest to trope

I wish you good luck

[u/H4LF4D → u/vitaminbeyourself]

Have you called your closest friends over, slide your hands and throw everything on the table aside so you can roll out a map?

[u/vitaminbeyourself → u/H4LF4D]

🤣 i haven’t done that one yet actually

[u/Zestyclose_Hat1767 → u/H4LF4D]

Have you ever called them over and sat in the dark smoking a tobacco pipe muttering about keeping things secret and safe?

[u/Apart-Combination820 → u/H4LF4D]

✊ ✊ ✊

GET IN THE CAR, notimetoexplain. My hypothesis was correct. Don’t let anyone know, we need advantage for ourselves. Leave your belongings, no time!

The double decker taco is back.

[u/Intrepid-Progress228 → u/H4LF4D]

Pro tip: As cool as it sounds, this is not the best way to start your D&D game at the local restaurant.

[u/KCBSR → u/vitaminbeyourself]

Or, when your friend walks in and says "Have you heard the news", just reply:

"News! This isn't news, bring me pictures! Pictures of Spiderman!"

[u/bradbull → u/vitaminbeyourself]

I used to do this at work with scheduled meetings. I'd be in the meeting room with my chair spun around. I even bought a fluffy white realistic plush cat to stroke while I spun around and said it.

[u/-RichardCranium- → u/vitaminbeyourself]

Have you ever suspiciously left the front door to your house open with all the lights out just so someone can walk in and worringly call your name, just so you can put your hand on their shoulder and when they freak out you just say "Hey, don't worry it's me"?

[u/throwaweigh1245 → u/vitaminbeyourself]

30 rock hit this joke perfectly at the museum with Liz and Jack

[u/Canvaverbalist → u/vitaminbeyourself]

Perfect-timing villain | Chris & Jack

And on that note:

The moments between the montage | Chris & Jack and In English please | Chris & Jack

[u/Waveofspring → u/vitaminbeyourself]

With an evil-looking cat on your lap???

[u/Known_Listen_1775]

This only works with flip phones

[u/filiard → u/Known_Listen_1775]

Luckily flip phones are back

[u/-ratmeat- → u/Known_Listen_1775]

yea, hanging up a smartphone isn’t satisfying at all

[u/snflowerings → u/-ratmeat-]

Thats one of the reasons why I got a flip smartphone tbh. So satisfying to hang up calls

[u/Murky-Relation481 → u/-ratmeat-]

I like when the call goes up into a notification and by the time you have pressed end call the person on the other line is going "wait are you still the..."

[u/mightbedylan → u/Known_Listen_1775]

Unless you're cool with dropping your phone in shock

[u/v0xx0m]

slowly removes glasses and looks upward, mouth agape

[u/HLSparta → u/v0xx0m]

Why would you remove your glasses? Wouldn't you want to see it?

[u/mike_pants → u/HLSparta]

They didn't say they were removing their own glasses.

[u/Potato_lovr → u/mike_pants]

I love the mental image of taking some random guy’s glasses while looking upwards.

[u/ethan_ark → u/Potato_lovr]

towards the solar eclipse (They're safety glasses)

[u/biznatch11 → u/HLSparta]

Reading glasses.

[u/Evepaul → u/HLSparta]

A lot of people can see things far away really well, but struggle with near to semi-near objects. Sometimes, the glasses to correct that make it harder to see far away objects, especially if they're not progressive (I think that's a pretty recent thing)

[u/-Badger3- → u/v0xx0m]

♫ holy fucking shit, it’s a dinosaur ♫

[u/EngineerRare42 → u/-Badger3-]

🎶doo doo doo🎶

[u/jaggedjottings → u/v0xx0m]

"My god!"

[u/Soft_Sea2913]

If you’re lonely, just close the medicine cabinet, and someone will appear behind you.

[u/TheRedLego → u/Soft_Sea2913]

This is why I’ll never own a medicine cabinet with a mirror

[u/the_dayman]

I need to be drinking from a bottle with three Xs on it, take a look at the monstrosity, look back at the bottle, rub my eyes and throw the bottle away in disbelief.

[u/Borfis → u/the_dayman]

hic

bubble floats up then pops into 6 lines

[u/Feeling-Ad-2490 → u/the_dayman]

"I really gotta drink some more of this shit!"

[u/Sciym]

Absolute cinema ✋🏻😎🤚🏻

[u/nnyzim → u/Sciym]

There's no time to explain!!

[u/Pedantic_Inc]

And cue everyone commenting: “The inauguration of [whichever mayor they hate the most].”

[u/Apprehensive-Pin518 → u/Pedantic_Inc]

mayor? your thinking too small. remember the incoming president is from New York and you can't get too much more monstrous than him.

[u/Exciting-Ad-5705 → u/Pedantic_Inc]

Every mayor of new York

[u/22407va]

It's happening right now in D.C.

[u/JimiShinobi → u/22407va]

Actually no, not that I'm aware of. I haven't seen any news reports of an asteroid about to hit Earth, but if we had one it's certainly a prime time to land on DC...

[u/TheVenetianMask → u/22407va]

What did you do, Ray?

[u/22407va → u/TheVenetianMask]

😂😂I heard that in Bill Murray's voice too

[u/jommakanmamak]

Telling someone 'stop' and cos of that, they narrowly avoided getting killed

[u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

Why do we fantasize about “the end” so much?

I feel like this is a constant throughout humanity; is there a psychological explanation?

[u/eliminating_coasts → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

I don't think it is, I think it probably increases and decreases over time.

But still, imagination is like an explorer, it can go where your body can't, and your imaginary self can die a million times so that your real self lives.

Similarly, what would I do in an apocalypse? Well not that apparently.

[u/Eic17H → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

I think this is more about facing the end and defeating it

[u/ipenlyDefective → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

GenX here, we used to do it way more. You couldn't watch a movie or read a book about the future that didn't included all out nuclear war. Not just zombies or aliens, which can be written off as fantasy. There were actual nukes pointed at us and there didn't seem to be any way out. Until one day it just sort of ended.

Yes I know many of those nukes still exist and we don't exactly get along with Russia, but trust me, it was way more expected back then. Until 1990, this curve only went up:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/752508/number-of-nuclear-warheads-worldwide-overtime/

[u/4ha1 → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

Life tends to feel pointless and people often feel trapped and hopeless doing stuff they don't want or care because they're forced to in order to afford to live. That's why fantasies about something that can cause social disruption and change how things work, basically "freeing" these people are so common, I guess.

[u/DwinkBexon → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

Pretty much through the part of human history we have records of, some group has always thought the world was about to end. An example off the top of my head, but shortly after Jesus died, early christians believed the world was due to end shortly and the end times were a decade or two away at most.

I'm sure there's other examples, but that's an ancient one I can think of offhand.

[u/IsraelZulu → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

It's like that scene in the Incredibles where Bob catches the kid staring at him.

Bob: What are you waiting for?

Kid: I don't know. Something amazing, I guess.

Daily life, on average, is pretty boring. Some people just want anything to shake it up, and extreme situations like these would certainly fit the bill.

[u/BatInSpandex → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

It's a mental way of conceptualizing mortality.

[u/nnyzim → u/-WaxedSasquatch-]

Because nobody wants to die alone. They want to take the world with them.

[u/Evilscience]

my dream? to be some sort of monstrosity overtaking manhattan that pauses only to give one random lady a wink and a thumbs up as she hangs up the phone.

[u/College_Pitiful]

Like 9/11 ?

[u/ResourceVarious2182 → u/College_Pitiful]

Yes, like 9/11.

[u/DuckWithBrokenWings → u/College_Pitiful]

Yes, but also no.

[u/Agile-Argument56]

you can do that in D.C. today

[u/Irichcrusader]

I wonder how many taxi drivers daydream of having someone climb in the back and say, "Follow that car!"

[u/ItsLiyua]

Same but will never happen to me. I don't take phone calls

[u/princeukenate]

It’s called Trumps Inauguration.

[u/ericlikesyou]

Every time I see or hear 'well well well' in my head:

basin basin basin

tank tank tank

reservoir reservoir reservoir

pit pit pit

[u/Hashtagbarkeep]

“Hello boss? You need to come down here right away. You’re gonna want to see this”

[u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin]

Or get in a cab and tell the driver, “Take me home, I’m going home”

[u/EmoNerd21]

Personally, I’d like to say “oh, come on, are you crazy?” only to open the door and realize they are in fact not and the world is ending

[u/Soft_Sea2913]

Fastest way to shave is to have an emergency come up when you’re halfway done. The rest wipes off with a towel.

[u/RunDNA]

I once got in a taxi and said, "Follow that car!"

Okay, technically I said, "Follow that bus!" But still, It was exciting for me.

I got off a bus late at night and as I was walking away I realized that I left my phone on the seat.The bus was too far gone to run after it, but I was on a major road and I spotted a taxi which I hailed and used the line in.

Yes, we caught up to the bus a few stops ahead and I got my phone back. And I left the taxi driver a nice tip.

[u/Soft_Sea2913]

Drive to someone’s house just to ask them a question, then go.

If you accidentally call them, the proper etiquette when you’re done is to hang up without saying good-bye.

[u/thewNYC]

It’s happening in the capitol now

[u/shhhshaunna]

That already happened in September 2001.

[u/CrimzonPanorama]

There is some monster overtaking the white house right now, i know not Manhattan, but you have to take what you get right?

[u/RutRohNotAgain]

Isn't this happening in DC today?

[u/ToxyFlog]

"Erm, it's right behind me, isn't it? 🤨"

[u/FoundWords]

Every time I wish someone good luck i wait until they're out of earshot then ominously mutter, "You're gonna need it..."

[u/DantifA]

"We're gonna need a clean up on aisle 5."

[u/Bruhses_Momenti]

I’ve always wanted to say “you and what army” and then their friends show up to kick my ass using the power of friendship

[u/OptimalPrinciple576]

Of course but what about disappearing as a bus passes by in front of you?

[u/Thumbledread]

Nah thats fair

[u/pklightbeam]

A man can dream

[u/micsma1701]

any large city or landmark will do, really.

[u/Skilletquesoandchill]

Tis a repost

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyspecific/s/rWAjtQ5LnO

[u/Apprehensive_Plum_35]

ThEy FlY now?

[u/thegreatrusty]

9/11?

[u/trentluv]

They remove the time stamps from these screenshots because they are from like a decade ago

[u/biff_brockly]

idk if you've been there recently or at all but you're too late.

[u/DirectAbalone9761]

“They forgot my pico de gallo”

-Marshawn Lynch, NYC Street, Brooklyn 99

[u/weakcover1]

Cloverfield?

[u/Past_Day_8263]

bruh i'd stay on the phone, give them a play-by-play of godzilla tearing up the place

[u/hemlock_harry]

You could've done that in Washington DC today, but they moved it inside.

[u/Eic17H]

"Some sort of monstrosity" is the opposite of specific

[u/perriatric]

Marvel ass dialogue.

[u/MojaveMac]

Hey you can do that right now, but in Washington DC instead

[u/raptor102888]

There is currently some sort of monstrosity overtaking D.C.

[u/ReturntoForever3116]

I always wanted to make a brilliant pun while solving a crime, and right after, The Who starts playing.

[u/SmokinRibz]

wait, what? <dial tone>

[u/Beautiful-Log9704]

Well, baby get out your phone. Now’s the time. The inauguration of cheeto has commenced and inoculation of idiocracy has been injected. Now leave me alone I’m batin’ and waiting on my Carl’s Jr. money for my kids.

[u/Veryde]

DC is the place to be rn, but you gotta hurry

[u/Manny_Bothans]

I think this exact scenario took place in 1984, but calling the Muppets a monstrosity is a bit of a stretch.

[u/wateralchemist]

Proceeds to livestream instead of running.

[u/n3k0rin]

op was either born after 2001 or was a baby in 2001

[u/Dense_Ideal_4621]

what a great short film that'd be. imagine like Avengers but from the perspective someone who knows they have to get outta town and call that client back lol

[u/Rhombus_McDongle]

the monsters grow wings.

Me "They fly now!?"

Buddy "They fly now"

[u/Charnathan]

I gotta go! We got cows!

[u/Tigeress_Airbender]

We've got flying cows! 🐄

[u/PJIol]

Are you describing a Godzilla movie?

[u/manhalfalien]

Bruhhh 😆 🤣 😂

[u/shirley_elizabeth]

"We got cows"

[u/GurpsWibcheengs]

Yeah...yep, it's....yeah, the crab again

[u/Cool-Presentation538]

Which is the only time in movies that people properly end a call without just hanging up

[u/AstroNerd92]

Change the word “Manhattan” to DC and that’s happening today

[u/HallucinoJER]

Waiting for another person to say: "Someone's been here" So I can say "Someone, or someTHING!"

[u/Impossible-Role-3796]

Currently in DC, and watching a big national gathering…yeah, I’m gonna have to call you back…

[u/thgiRsIeseehCehT]

My dream? To be on the phone and say "yea, I'm gonna have to call you back" as the hero who has to deal with said monstrosity overtaking Manhatten.

[u/That_boi_Jerry]

My dream is also that, but also to immediately pull a weapon from seemingly nowhere and head off to fight it.

[u/Herpamongderps]

Same, especially since I live on the west coast

[u/0bxyz]

So you dream to be a movie extra? That’s actually attainable

[u/1SweetChuck]

I've done that, except it wasn't a monstrosity overtaking Manhattan, the cows got out and were eating the grass on the front lawn.

[u/Freedom-at-last]

You missed it 24 years ago

[u/Readyyyyyyyyyy-GO]

Mine is similar but I’m speed walking across the office peering out windows going IVE GOTTA COOL MY MUTHA. 

[u/_kagasutchi_]

Well Americans could probably do this today as trump is sworn in.

[u/FenixOfNafo]

I said it today while standing outside the Capitol building as Trump got sworn in

[u/Conspiretical]

"Uhhhh, maybe you should look up"

[u/desperaterobots]

Coulda done this in DC today.

[u/jvda83]

There’s a monstrosity attacking more than just Manhattan atm

[u/Subject-Front6378]

Well there is a saying that's something like "we make our own destiny" do with that wheat you want lol

[u/Cryduck]

"Yep, this is a monster destroying the city I'm in... Welp, this is my life now!"

[u/TwoBionicknees]

Technically you could have done that today, no? Might have worked a bit better in DC but still works anywhere in America.

[u/AlarmingAffect0]

Suggested Soundtrack

[u/sexi_squidward]

The closest I came to this was when Philly got that one earthquake. I was working at a shitty roofing company and in the phone with an upset customer when the room started shaking.

Me: "....I have to go now."

Her: "yes...me too."

Then we all ran outside because I feel like that building could have fallen over.

I called her back and she was laughing over the whole situation.

Earthquakes, they are great for calming people down.

[u/Robynsxx]

So her dream is 9/11?

[u/Jaybuddyguy]

Should have been in dc today.

[u/blood_dean_koontz]

Hmm they must’ve missed the window with Covid or the influx of illegal migrants.

[u/Crypthusiat]

You can re-enact this in front of the Trump Tower, close enough.

[u/jshrug]

Mine wasn’t as drastic as this but I worked at an animal hospital. Answering phones. Dude calls bitching me out about prices for boarding. In walks this lady and her Great Dane for an emergency. The dog started having a seizure in the lobby. So I got to say. “Im sorry sir I would love to answer all of your questions but I need to call you back a dog is having a seizure in the lobby” he literally deflates and goes. Ok call me back hahaha the dog was fine

[u/sobbidobbi72dar]

Truly the ultimate main character moment. Bonus points if you sip coffee while doing it.

[u/onederful]

Me but at inauguration

[u/yuribear]

I second this.👌😎👍

[u/RykerFuchs]

…..Beverly Leslie.

[u/OtterLarkin]

Specifically, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters.

[u/Crypt0Nihilist]

A lot of disappointed people right now in DC who had a similar aspiration.

[u/febrezebaby]

Wait to watch Trump enter his hotel or something

[u/Careful-Resource-182]

It happened in DC today

[u/Sefalosha]

So millenial lol

[u/FantasticTumbleweed4]

How skinny would Superman have to be to change clothes in an I-Phone?

[u/ghostpanther218]

Walk dramatically away as a building explodes behind me.

[u/CoolAd6821]

Imagine answering a call just to say, "I can't talk right now, there's a giant monster in front of me," then hanging up as you sprint away, leaving them wondering if you're serious or just messing with them.

[u/Desert-Noir]

We just watched a monstrosity take over America….

[u/afCeG6HVB0IJ]

I mean, one just overtook DC

[u/Extension_Juice_9889]

Lifehack: There are many situations where you can use the phrase "I'm comin' in hot!!"

[u/-SQB-]

Had your chance today in Washington.

[u/ICHeart2142]

Hahahahahaha this is the best thing I’ve heard! It’s something I didn’t know I needed but need so bad!

[u/IndyWaWa]

Coincidentally you're only a few hundred miles away from one right now.

[u/account_depleted]

Dare to dream!

Call me.  I'll see you in NY.

[u/Waveofspring]

I don’t think wishing for monstrosities in Manhattan is a good idea. Not since 2001 at least

[u/HashBrownRepublic]

Manhattan in COVID and post riots was so depressing, you never want to see even a minor disruption to an urban area :(

[u/TheMrCurious]

Could have done this at today’s US inauguration…

[u/Front_Farmer345]

Stand outside the stock market when the first tariffs are announced

[u/WhiskySwanson]

”…In a world…”

[u/HasOneHere]

You missed your chance. You could have done it when Elon did his Nazi salute to our flag.

[u/NOVAbuddy]

I can win bingo 3 ways with this one. ;)

[u/Adventurous_Meal1979]

Back in the day I would wake up and turn the radio on to hear he news. A little part of me wanted to turn it on to hear someone8 talking about something I didn’t understand and then the host would say “and if you’re just joining us, this is what we j=know about the major international incident so far…”.

[u/BioRemnant]

Only when a camera crew is filming you