@ryanisreallypolite
Instagram · Skit
@ryanisreallypolite You’re supposed to say yes 100% of the time.
@ryanisreallypolite
Instagram · Skit
@ryanisreallypolite You’re supposed to say yes 100% of the time.
Performance
Video #33623 · Skit
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The creator portrays a man who is internally spiraling after a woman in his group refuses his offer of hand sanitizer. Through a voiceover monologue and a montage of scenes, he judges her for being unhygienic, observing her touching public surfaces and eating candy with her hands, culminating in a dramatic sequence where she and a friend joyfully eat candy and play a hand-slapping game while he looks on in comedic horror.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 45%
I offered the group hand sanitizer and someone
Verbal hook · 40%
I offered the group hand sanitizer, and someone said no.
Visual hook · 15%
An extreme, distorted close-up shot of a man's face, showing a look of distress and disbelief.
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Steal this for your own video
I offered and they said no.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The video opens with an extreme close-up of the narrator's face, immediately establishing an intimate and slightly uncomfortable first-person perspective as they state a relatable, minor social conflict.
Payoff
The initial, small-scale problem is resolved not with a logical conclusion, but with a memorable, surreal visual spectacle that serves as the ultimate punchline, rewarding the viewer's journey through the escalating absurdity.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Mundane Escalation
A common, low-stakes social event is framed as a major transgression, with the narrator's internal monologue escalating the situation to an absurd and surreal conclusion.
The Social Offense
The narrator states a simple, mundane event where a social norm was slightly violated, establishing the core conflict.
The Incredulous Inquiry
The narrator questions the other person's action with a rhetorical question, framing it as illogical and aligning the audience with their perspective.
The Judgmental Escalation
The narrator's internal monologue moves from questioning to direct, over-the-top judgment, establishing the comedic premise of the overreaction.
The Universal Mandate
The narrator invents and declares an absolute, absurd rule that the other person has broken, solidifying the narrative's comedic reality.
The Montage of Contamination
A sequence of silent, quick-cut visuals is used to 'prove' the narrator's point, showing the 'offender' engaging in behavior that validates the narrator's extreme position.
The Final Transgression
The scene shifts to a new location where the 'offender' is seen committing a final act that perfectly embodies their 'transgression,' observed by the narrator.
The Surreal Intervention
The narrative breaks from reality as an external force or unexpected event occurs, leading to a bizarre, chaotic, or ecstatic climax that completely transcends the initial mundane problem, leaving the narrator as a stunned observer.
You’re supposed to say yes 100% of the time.
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I offered the group hand sanitizer and someone
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said "no"
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Who says no to hand sanitizer?
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Your hands are filthy!
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Why'd you say no?
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You should say yes all the time
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Even if your hands are clean, you say yes
I offered the group hand sanitizer, and someone said no. Who says no to hand sanitizer? Your hands are filthy. Why did you say no? No say yes all the time. Even if your hands are clean, you say yes anyway.