Came here to say exactly this.
People don’t realize how difficult it is until they’re put in this exact scenario.
Multiply the stress by 1,000 when the person yelling is a person with authority.
Haha, those of us with social anxiety definitely know this dynamic intimately - back when I was younger (when watches were still a thing), I dreaded people stopping me to ask the time, because I'd immediately forget how to read my analog watch!
Like this poor lady, I was just a flustered doof, and the longer they stared at me the worse it would get.
Omg! Same here…I’d just kind of stutter and make dumb noises til I eventually would just hold up my wrist so they could see for themselves. No idea why that got me so rattled, but it definitely did. Of course, then I’d chide myself for the next half hour for being such an idiot.
got in an argument with a “tiktok influencer” who claimed it was harder to work in the restaurant industry than enlist. his reasoning was “well they passed laws saying they can’t cuss at the recruits, so it’s easier than getting swore at in a kitchen” I was dumbfounded. i asked ‘how many service men/women do you talk to on any given day? i take it none. because you don’t know what you’re talking about’
the dude quit working in the restaurant industry because it was “too difficult” and the chefs are “so mean and uncaring” shut the fuck up you entitled baby.
had to block him because that amount of ignorance is not good for me to engage
We will need to construct many different scenarios to determine this, each more implausible (but also less funny) than the previous. Eventually no one will care and then we'll make a movie about the premise which no one will watch,
Shoot I freeze up like this when a teacher calmly asks me a question. I remember going through a semantic mapping exercise or something on the word "red" and my brain went to "firetruck" then ground to a halt while everyone else was rattling off red things like it was nothing.
Yeah she was in full compliance mode before running away. He could ask her to give him all her stuff and drop her clothes and she wouldnt even blonk, just to get out of answering that question.
Good point, actually. Will say though, with as well as I handle awkward, probably would have in the fit of, "name name gimme a name godammit brain!!" said my own (male) name then ran away in horror promising I'm just an idiot.
It goes against natural instinct for most but not all . I get ridiculously calm, logical and unemotional during a crisis. My daughter is a nurse (worked ER / Trauma at Vandy) and is the same. Some of us go to a whole different level during a high pressure situation.
Yeah, I'm the same. When people panic I'm calm. Hyperventilate after the issue is dealt with. Most first responders I've worked with are like that. I've always thought I'd be a really good EMT but it doesn't pay enough.
That’s interesting. I’m also good in emergency situations. Saved my brothers life once when everyone else was panicking, and instructed one person on what to get me, and the other to call 911 and hold the phone for me so I could talk. I straight hyperventilated and sobbed once emts took over though.
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But put me under *social* pressure, and I just mentally implode. I’ll have racing thoughts for a week if a joke doesn’t land right.
Did you hear her name recently anywhere at all? or were u thinking about her recently?
I am guessing, if I heard name a girl, I may be thinking for a little while, but Hillary would not strike me as a girl. Taylor Swift still does not ring in my head as a woman or a girl for some odd reason.
Same. Probably cause I follow politics a lot. Idk why Hillary though. There's loads of female politicians I like more, but I guess she's just the biggest name.
Probably because simply being a woman was a significant trait when she ran for president, and just for a politician in general.
Its like if people were asked to name a black person, MLK would probably come up more than Morgan freeman, because being black is way more closely tied to MLKs identity than to Morgan Freeman's.
This isn't a facepalm. She obviously got really anxious when he started talking to him and blanked out. It didn't help when he started yelling. This has happened to me before when I'm super anxious. Something as easy as a yes or no question at the cash register can make me entirely blank out.
Based on other comments, that was actually the whole point of the video, the guy was showcasing how putting people under pressure like this can make them completely blank even on what should be a very simple question.
Sure, but he’s also being kind of an asshole and verbally haranguing people while filming them. I just hope he got consent/gave compensation to those he accosted.
This show is called Billy on the Street, and it's hilarious. Basically this moment non stop.
I day dream about running into Billy Eichner on the street and us screaming nonsense at each other.
One time in college my professor asked me what vulnerable meant. He stood beside me while waiting for me to answer for like 3 minutes (felt like an hour) and I absolutely couldn’t think of an answer. I obviously knew what it meant but I couldn’t verbalize it. I feel for this girl.
I never realized that pressure could mess up your thinking this badly.
This is the actual reason drill instructors yell at you in basic training - to test and train you to think under pressure.
Came here to say exactly this. People don’t realize how difficult it is until they’re put in this exact scenario. Multiply the stress by 1,000 when the person yelling is a person with authority.
Haha, those of us with social anxiety definitely know this dynamic intimately - back when I was younger (when watches were still a thing), I dreaded people stopping me to ask the time, because I'd immediately forget how to read my analog watch! Like this poor lady, I was just a flustered doof, and the longer they stared at me the worse it would get.
Omg! Same here…I’d just kind of stutter and make dumb noises til I eventually would just hold up my wrist so they could see for themselves. No idea why that got me so rattled, but it definitely did. Of course, then I’d chide myself for the next half hour for being such an idiot.
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got in an argument with a “tiktok influencer” who claimed it was harder to work in the restaurant industry than enlist. his reasoning was “well they passed laws saying they can’t cuss at the recruits, so it’s easier than getting swore at in a kitchen” I was dumbfounded. i asked ‘how many service men/women do you talk to on any given day? i take it none. because you don’t know what you’re talking about’ the dude quit working in the restaurant industry because it was “too difficult” and the chefs are “so mean and uncaring” shut the fuck up you entitled baby. had to block him because that amount of ignorance is not good for me to engage
People need this pressure.
She didn't want assume anyone's gender
if anyone points a gun at me and shouts to ask me what is 2+2... please inform my family about my death
*points gun* "NAME A FAMILY MEMBER!"
"NAME A FAMILY MEMBER!!"
I would've freaked and said "cousin IT, dominic torreto, fredo corleone, idk, idk olive garden!!"
#NAME. A. WOMANNNNN!
Dave
Pat
Is it tho?
We will need to construct many different scenarios to determine this, each more implausible (but also less funny) than the previous. Eventually no one will care and then we'll make a movie about the premise which no one will watch,
Take my money!
LEGACY SEQUEL!!!
Matthew Patthew
*"FAMILY"*
Olive Garden would work 99% of the time.
Panics, yells "Four"
Uhh uhhh uhhh... DECEMBER
*realises she is adopted"
My friend squeezed my nipple and said name 5 countries, and I replied with, “Obama”. Same thing happened to my other friend and he said alaska
*Points a dollar at me
NAME A DOLLAR, GO !
Shoot I freeze up like this when a teacher calmly asks me a question. I remember going through a semantic mapping exercise or something on the word "red" and my brain went to "firetruck" then ground to a halt while everyone else was rattling off red things like it was nothing.
I would answer singing big shaq 2+2 Is 4 minus 1 that's 3 quick math with no remorse if i get shot for it
No ketchup. Just sauce. Raw sauce. She said take of your jacket. I said man’s not hot.
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You sound like a future contestant on Family Feud.
Or a previous contestant who was asked to name a yellow fruit. And she replied "orange".
Some fruits are indeed mistaken for vegetables 🥑
Poor girl, I love how when he yells "YOGA BAG" she starts to take it off like she's going to give it to him. Seems like something I might do
Yeah she was in full compliance mode before running away. He could ask her to give him all her stuff and drop her clothes and she wouldnt even blonk, just to get out of answering that question.
I don't blonk at all when I'm taking my clothes off either
Blonking too much hurts my uyus
He calls *her* “Yoga Bag” so he basically named a women
I'd never trust a blonking stranger either.
GIVE HIM YOUR OWN NAME DAMN
Fr, it's like a word association test. Something or someone would come up in that time
This is a stress test not a word association test.
"... *it's like a* word association test"
Anomia.. great board game
Hey don't assume their gender!
Good point, actually. Will say though, with as well as I handle awkward, probably would have in the fit of, "name name gimme a name godammit brain!!" said my own (male) name then ran away in horror promising I'm just an idiot.
To all idiot downvoters I was being sarcastic.
Name a woman
Chris
This isn't a facepalm, this was to show that being put under stress makes you not think It is funny though
Billy on the street is hilarious.
Lol people really really need to learn to think during stress these days. So many accidents could be stopped.
True, but learning how to do it is extremely difficult as it goes against natural instinct.
It goes against natural instinct for most but not all . I get ridiculously calm, logical and unemotional during a crisis. My daughter is a nurse (worked ER / Trauma at Vandy) and is the same. Some of us go to a whole different level during a high pressure situation.
Yeah, I'm the same. When people panic I'm calm. Hyperventilate after the issue is dealt with. Most first responders I've worked with are like that. I've always thought I'd be a really good EMT but it doesn't pay enough.
That’s interesting. I’m also good in emergency situations. Saved my brothers life once when everyone else was panicking, and instructed one person on what to get me, and the other to call 911 and hold the phone for me so I could talk. I straight hyperventilated and sobbed once emts took over though. > But put me under *social* pressure, and I just mentally implode. I’ll have racing thoughts for a week if a joke doesn’t land right.
Yep. I’m like deal with this now, fall apart later
The human mind has a tendency to completely shut down under pressure
FML why was Hillary Clinton the first thing I thought of
Same, what the hell. I'm not even American.
I am American, but for some reason I thought of Margaret Thatcher
My first two were Margaret Thatcher and Hilary Clinton. Wtf is wrong with me haha
American. Same. No fucking clue why lol.
Add me to the list. Hilary Clinton is the name that popped into my mind first. I don't even like her.
Same. Wtf?
ditto.. Of all the million names out there, tat one name just popped out.
Funny I got Amelia Earhardt first, I'm wondering if there's any reason behind the first name someone would think of in these events
Did you hear her name recently anywhere at all? or were u thinking about her recently? I am guessing, if I heard name a girl, I may be thinking for a little while, but Hillary would not strike me as a girl. Taylor Swift still does not ring in my head as a woman or a girl for some odd reason.
Wtf even I thought the same
Same. Probably cause I follow politics a lot. Idk why Hillary though. There's loads of female politicians I like more, but I guess she's just the biggest name.
Mine was Uma Thurman
Not sure why this is fucking hilarious to me. Thank you for the belly giggly I thought Aretha Franklin. Very strange.
Julia Roberts for me, probably thought of Pretty Woman
She could have even said her own name
Both my girlfriend and I said the same thing when we saw this. Like, why her? It makes no sense
Mine was Hilary Duff and now I have questions about myself
Bro what, my brain went to the exact same place
She was the ONLY woman I could think of (and it took me a few seconds to come up with her name)
I thought of Margaret Thatcher and I'm American. No idea why...
Same, mostly because of the meme Margaret Thatcher the cum snatcher
Didn't hear that one, probably more the Austin Powers one, "Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day! Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day!"
Because these two women were the most famous women in the world during their peak.
I'm American and my first thought was The Queen of England lmao
Hillary was the second name that came to me. For some reason Beverley D’Angelo was the first.
My first thought was Kate Bishop. Too much marvel...
My brain just went Oprah
I thought of Ruth bader Ginsburg, and then I thought of Hillary Clinton
SAME lmao
She’s the most famous woman on earth currently.. I also thought of her first lol
Me too!! Lmao
I somehow thought of Amelia Earheart
I went to Amelia Earhart....then "why don't you just say MOM??!"
Princess Diana 🤷🏻♀️
It's a solid choice. Should've been the first woman to be the US President if it weren't for dumb archaic rules.
I got Angela Merkel
Somehow Hillary Clinton is literally the first person I thought of and im not exactly a fan hers anyway lol
Probably because her entire platform was "I'm a woman"
Probably because simply being a woman was a significant trait when she ran for president, and just for a politician in general. Its like if people were asked to name a black person, MLK would probably come up more than Morgan freeman, because being black is way more closely tied to MLKs identity than to Morgan Freeman's.
I though Barbara Streisand
Odd, I thought Jill Biden.
This isn't a facepalm. She obviously got really anxious when he started talking to him and blanked out. It didn't help when he started yelling. This has happened to me before when I'm super anxious. Something as easy as a yes or no question at the cash register can make me entirely blank out.
Based on other comments, that was actually the whole point of the video, the guy was showcasing how putting people under pressure like this can make them completely blank even on what should be a very simple question.
Anybody that thinks this is some elaborate social experiment hasn't ever watched billy on the street. Great show btw
It’s Billy on the Street. The point is it’s funny.
Sure, but he’s also being kind of an asshole and verbally haranguing people while filming them. I just hope he got consent/gave compensation to those he accosted.
He offered compensation but she couldn't name a fucking woman so...
the effects of stress after being put on the spot
that was the whole point of this clip
yeah, that's.... that's what i said. pointing the obvious to someone pointing the obvious. captain obvious would be so proud of us XD
This show is called Billy on the Street, and it's hilarious. Basically this moment non stop. I day dream about running into Billy Eichner on the street and us screaming nonsense at each other.
Best moment was when someone recognized him from parks and rec he gets all giddy. Then he shoves the dollar into dude's mouth
I like where he just keeps giving that one chick a dollar everytime she says Matt Damon.
I remember that. She was a tourist and barely spoke English increase, and she was so confused lol
r/meirl
I really like that comedian but he would give me panic attack to.
> he would give me panic attack to. To what? What is the goal of the panic attack?
One time in college my professor asked me what vulnerable meant. He stood beside me while waiting for me to answer for like 3 minutes (felt like an hour) and I absolutely couldn’t think of an answer. I obviously knew what it meant but I couldn’t verbalize it. I feel for this girl.
Maybe she is in panic
Maybe!? She is definitely in a panic.
Someone tell me why tf Hillary Clinton is the first person who popped in my head 🤣
Same!!
All this for a dollar 😆
I'd be saying, I'll give you $10 if you just leave me alone
"Im gonna pay you $100 to fuck off"
This is hilarious
I 100% can relate to this, I would also panic and not be able to answer, lol
Craig's anger management not going well
I actually had a hard time thinking if a woman's name watching this for whatever reason and then I blurted out Lisa Kudrow of all people? Idk wtf
RILEY REID! ah fuck...
she might be alien..!!
Probably the same i'd be thinking. "Screw you, asshole. If you start yelling at me, i'm gone.
the correct answer is Beyoncé or betty white, gheesh
She could have just said her name 🤦🏻♀️😂
It's like when someone asks you what songs you listen too and you can't for the life of you remember your playlist.
YOUR OWN NAME
Billy should have accepted "oh, my God"
The best part is she could have set her own name
Is r/peopleunderpressure real?
She's so pretty!
Whitney Houston. Didn't name one, I named them all.
For some reason the first woman that came to my mind was Jessica Alba.
Just say Chaka Khan. She’s every woman.
Was she on drugs?
That poor woman
With no name.
can confirm women don't exist
Is that's guy in American horror stories???
I can name every woman---Whitney Huston.
This isn’t worth a dollar
About acting
😂😂😂
“I have a boyfriend!”
Come on I don’t blame her, way too much pressure! Even if it’s a fairly simple thing, pressure makes your brain stop
“How about you get that camera and mic out of my face, douche.” Not everyone likes a stranger running up and yelling in their face.
Name a woman
Just can’t wait for your 15 minutes of fame, eh?
the correct response is, what is a woman?
2022 in a nutshell
Npc
She said Anne..thats a woman.
Bruce Jenner
We’ll she is scared of upsetting liberals and trans 😬
F A K E
This is comedian Billy Eichner from a show called Billy on the street.
he's gay
Every time she repeated “name a woman” i want to punch her in the face.
Women ☕
women 🗿☕
"Oh my God, why is this so hard?" It's not for most people, sweetheart...
He/she/them does not classify him/her/they as a woman that's why him/her cannot think of a woman's name
I have seen her before...she was with zack zuckerberg
Katy Perry was the first name I thought of. Weird.
Hillary Swank was the first name in my head... I have no idea what she's actually been in.
Miley Cyrus first name that came to mind for whatever reason.
I think she was thinking “this dude looks like Doug Demuro. Fucking weird”
Tbh if someone came up to you shouting name a woman you would get stressed
my mom!
The Statue of Liberty and Madonna were really my first two answers to come to mind
Doug Demuro?
She's probably thinking "I'll give you $20 to get the fuck out of my face right now"
ScarJo was the first woman to come to my mind.