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wh0skatisthis
Or instead of shoving it in everyone's face he could have put it on ebay??? ?
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
that is a nice painting.
BikiniSamuraiBun
It's quite funny to see places you know on Imgur. I spent my childhood in this area of Paris.
jimzepdw
Redd in reality...
thepuppeteer777
some old men look so cute. hope I look cute when im old
PetrK79
Once I bought something like that out of being sorry. Turned out a gang is using the old lady to make others sorry for her and buy anything.
mr0xx
I doubt he made it.
Ifacatsbuttholeisonly2inchesoffthegroundwhyisitalwaysateyelevel
It's GORGEOUS!
Midgarmerc
idk anyone recording themselves being "the good guy" rubs me the wrong way you know?
RogueEnthusiast
At least they’re doing good I suppose
FranticFreddie
That's really good. Nice move OP
butts4hats
Print or an actual painting? It looks decent
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
I was expecting the old man to go "nah, I'm not selling it, I just want to show it to people".
josephfrancistribbiani
Seems like a talented guy
WhatD0thLife
Seems staged
JohnBrooks2001
Looks like a nice 19th century English landscape .Well worth $200. Posting your good deed on social media screams thirsty though.
Anlurai
That's a nice painting.
Farbrook
Damn! That looks like an old master's work.
kurdil
I lived there, in the "place maubert" in Paris for 8 years ! :)
mythsnlore
Dude don't sell the painting, sell lessons!
maajka
I am not crying, you are crying.
Empher
That’s no old man. It’s Bankzy dressed up.
hamberglar
Or not dressed up. What if that's just what Banksy looks like?
piotrDeVyr
No mask no buying for me. Plus last time someone try to sell me on a street like that it was a scam
Yeah, that painting is a little to nice to be street art. I'm guessing it's a print or something he picked up at a thrift shop.
DesertMikeAZ
I want that painting. Sell it to me.
ValhallaIAmComing
Luckily he filmed it
CarnivorousRabbit
A good deed with a bad motivation is still a good deed. I'd rather people do good for gratification than not do good at all.
AuntieCoddswaddle
Same. Performance good is better than performance cruelty. Maybe after a while they'll feel able to do it without filming.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
What use is a good deed if you don't boast about it on social media?
RubyRhodLiveFromFhlostonParadise
No good deed goes unposted
suoicipsus
At least he only filmed the painting with the artist, thats actually good marketing for the old man, and didn't film the reaction.
PinkSmuggler
Glad you stopped recording and acted <³
edward8767
They didn't tho. They kept recording the entire exchange. It wasn't about doing a nice thing it was about telling everyone they were
admiralawesome4213
I'm in a weird point where if that's what it takes for people to do good or be good, then fine. I'll take it. at least good is being done
NoLollygaggin
If I was struggling and some asshole with a camera came up to help me, I would go absolutely apeshit. Fekkin primal
and that is completely fair imo. not saying they wouldnt be an asshole, but in some situations, if recording yourself doing a good thing 1/2
is what it takes for you to do a good thing, then you're a dick but a good thing was done. 2/2
OK, he was recording, but first he stopped his life to watch. Then acted in a way to bring joy to someone else. I'd rather that then 1/
Other more horrible acts to get attention.
right?
ZiegfeldDeVil
"i did such a good deed, I had to film it to congratulate myself" -_- stop exploiting poor people to feel humble.
Better to do good for the wrong reasons than not to do good at all.
MeanMisterClean
What if I told you there were more than these two options? I doubt the person would've bought it without filming. Fuck that, dude.
But they did buy it. I wonder, do you have the same level of disdain for the countless people that walked past than you do for them?
Nope. If you simply walk past a (homeless) person without filming them, I can hold nothing against you.
But if you help that person and film them while doing so you can? Should we not be more focused on the act of charity than the rationale why
dakkaffex
Agreed. Inaction is worse
mrputter
So my first cynical thought was that it was a few € print he got for cheap then resold at a huge markup. But I cropped the painting out...
...of the video and did a reverse search on Google Images / TinEye / etc. Nothing! So it might be legit!
suomynonA
Nothing on TinEye either
Primotimewaster
That's a nice painting!
WhatAnAmazingPlanet
My parents are painters in their mid 60s. The smiles on their faces after selling every single on of them is the purest thing. Well done !
Sort of sobbing for giving it for only 30, if it is on canvas and oil it is like 10 times more. Wish you all the best, painter from France!
AintNothinButAPoopbutt
That's a pretty fucken' nice painting right there
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Takes paint like it's no problem
gwaur
Better than anything Hitler ever did.
HandoB4Javert
Never even finished the house he started on in Austria
DoNotAdjust
https://www.wikiart.org/en/adolf-hitler
Detoc
I was thinking cannes, but yeah, probably nice.
125no3sir
I want you to know that I read this comment, got 2 swipes over, realized what you wrote, and came all the way back to upvote this absurdity.
Your effort above and beyond has been duly noted by the Society of the Absurd.
B4DF15H2
I want to like this, but I am really sick of people being kind for the camera rather than anonymously for the sake of kindness.
But kind for the camera is still kind, I doubt it matters too much to the painter whether it was filmed or not.
Does the painter make any profit off the film from affiliate marketing?
Presumably not but he does from the sale of the painting & if the filming was the catalyst for the purchase then it’s still a better outcome
It is an acceptable outcome. It was even a nice thing to do. The vanity just puts a stink on it.
xXxSTEVOxXx
My cynical withered soul is like "i bet his jacket is full identical paintings" someone please help me reclaim faith and joy
Poprocket77
He probably stole it.
StellaMatutina
It's a cool story and not just a painting but a memory and piece of soul and joy in the world. That's what I'd buy, not the painting
Slayer989
You know i saw something online once and it stuck with me “don’t let someone’s bad deed stop you from doing good, thats on them not you” 1/2
In other words, even if you think someone might be lying when begging for money, if you think its the right thing to do then it is
DamagedDingo
He’s already sold 6 since I’ve been watching
pussyface
Icodemonkey
Sorry there is no hope for you. Source: My cynical attitude to all things
halkeye
So what if it is? It's still something he worked on. And it's a nice painting.
adiving
Maybe it's something he worked on, maybe it's something he bought for less than he sells. Eitherway the price decides the action.
Yes totally. You can find reasons to be negative or you can have fun with the positives. It's still a nice painting
Onsvaltti
PicassoCT
I might have stolen your faith and joy.. willing to sell it back to you - at a reasonable price. Ah, hell-credit said your not worth it
p3aker
After you help him can you help me please
fraggles9000
I donated my bone marrow not long ago. I'm part of an FB group that supports thousands of people doing it each year. Good IS out there.
Magus25
My cynical ass is just thinking "you just bought it for the likes didn't you?". Man this planet has made me crooked.
MajorTom0101
Ever been to a tourist trap?
exoverne
Maybe, but it's telling a lot about his character. The narrator still made a good thing, even if based on a fake story. That's faith and joy
RobErtE87
You know how hard it is to steal multiple identical paintings?
BL4UPUNKT
One Day, I hope you look back on these moments. And laugh at how silly your mind behaved. You'll learn to think kindly again.
ThunderChief00
Look flat like a print.
NotTinyPancakes
It's a nice print though
ElbowDeepInUserSub
My cynical thought was "get down there and find out it's a bunch of dicks". Oh well.
"See that big puffy jacket? Its fucking full of dicks"
oksuggestions
Saaaame. Especially after "then I thought, what's stopping me?" I assumed there'd be an "oh, it's genitalia, that's what" haha
trapdoorogre
Who doesn't want to buy oil painted genitalia off the street?
AmunKnowN
There is no secret to happiness. As with all things its relative. You just gotta work on being happier than you were yesterday. 1/
The same goes for trust/faith. Just find ways to be around people you consider worthy of trust and you will learn to trust more people.
downrightmike
I mean even famous painters would paint a smaller painting, which would be shown to buyers and asked how large they would want one. Then that would get painted.
Daemencer
It comes from inside. Best of luck
TexasSleepSmasher
Rogahar
"If he is lying, that's a stain on his character. But if I can help and choose not to out of fear he might be, that's a stain on mine."
I'm paraphrasing but the quote was something like that.
Thats outstanding
TheMouseOfMadness
here I am thinking just go to a charity shop, buy a $2 crappy painting, and look sad long enough to get $20 for it
thornofnight
Most of the recognizable pan-handlers in my area have enough money to buy a house, a car, and still have plenty to live on. It just works.
StonesOnTheHill
Good trick. The charity shop gets theirs, a stranger gets a painting and gets to feel noble, and you get 18$! It's a win-win-win situation!
mdgrove1424
I’ve spent way more on less. He eats for a day and I get a painting. That’s win-win.
and you get a story and an experience out of it. honestly, that's a bargain
totallyserious69
If he actually painted that 20 would be a huge rip off, he could be passing these out for like 100 a pop
KaptainObveeus
Big if
Not your first ride on busy street, i guess.
captbananapants
Well now you've ruined my faith in humanity.
If someone needs it, and that's the easiest way to get money, I see nothing wrong with it.
Why? It's a good scam. Hell I'd give him a couple bucks just for being clever about it instead of an asshole
Owlsdude
And barely a scam, many companies sell you things with a big markup depending on location, etc. Buy and resell is the foundation of commerce
HumanCats
Exactly what I thought.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Honestly that smile looked pretty genuine to me.
skincancerisfun
The fact you believe this guy wasn't an actor and the whole thing wasn't staged means you still have some withering of your soul left in you
Oh god dont tell me there's still further down to go
HasteTheFool
Second to last stage will be when you realise we're all actors playing roles just to fuck with you. Any time soon!
growfoot
There is always a new low
Second to last stage will be when you realise we're all paid actors playing our roles in your life just to fuck with you.
Samoanchief
Ha. This guy is OP and he sells just artwork across a vast amount of Etsy and pop sites when you see the piece you emotion buy.
He sells his*
Aprilmadness
One time I found this little girl selling match sticks on a freezing cold winter night, so I bought all of them for TRIPLE value, then I
DrSparkleFart
The mention of a little girl selling match sticks reminds of a sad Pixar short film… I’ll be back when I find it
I’m dumb, it’s a well-known short story. Disney made a short film of it in 2006, called “The Little Matchgirl”
Took her home and raised £500k on GoFundMe to pay off her dad's debts and mortgage, and I filmed the whole thing to post on the internet.
You think you've hit the bottom then you find a better pickaxe
Dawg im hitting bottom with one of the hillside clearing megashovel fuckers
lukeschildt2
Dont go too far down though. Youll eventually either suffocate, die from heatstroke, or burn yourself to death from the lava if you do that
wh0skatisthis
Or instead of shoving it in everyone's face he could have put it on ebay??? ?
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
that is a nice painting.
BikiniSamuraiBun
It's quite funny to see places you know on Imgur. I spent my childhood in this area of Paris.
jimzepdw
Redd in reality...
thepuppeteer777
some old men look so cute. hope I look cute when im old
PetrK79
Once I bought something like that out of being sorry. Turned out a gang is using the old lady to make others sorry for her and buy anything.
mr0xx
I doubt he made it.
Ifacatsbuttholeisonly2inchesoffthegroundwhyisitalwaysateyelevel
It's GORGEOUS!
Midgarmerc
idk anyone recording themselves being "the good guy" rubs me the wrong way you know?
RogueEnthusiast
At least they’re doing good I suppose
FranticFreddie
That's really good. Nice move OP
butts4hats
Print or an actual painting? It looks decent
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
I was expecting the old man to go "nah, I'm not selling it, I just want to show it to people".
josephfrancistribbiani
Seems like a talented guy
WhatD0thLife
Seems staged
JohnBrooks2001
Looks like a nice 19th century English landscape .Well worth $200. Posting your good deed on social media screams thirsty though.
Anlurai
That's a nice painting.
Farbrook
Damn! That looks like an old master's work.
kurdil
I lived there, in the "place maubert" in Paris for 8 years ! :)
mythsnlore
Dude don't sell the painting, sell lessons!
maajka
I am not crying, you are crying.
Empher
That’s no old man. It’s Bankzy dressed up.
hamberglar
Or not dressed up. What if that's just what Banksy looks like?
piotrDeVyr
No mask no buying for me. Plus last time someone try to sell me on a street like that it was a scam
hamberglar
Yeah, that painting is a little to nice to be street art. I'm guessing it's a print or something he picked up at a thrift shop.
DesertMikeAZ
I want that painting. Sell it to me.
ValhallaIAmComing
Luckily he filmed it
CarnivorousRabbit
A good deed with a bad motivation is still a good deed. I'd rather people do good for gratification than not do good at all.
AuntieCoddswaddle
Same. Performance good is better than performance cruelty. Maybe after a while they'll feel able to do it without filming.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
What use is a good deed if you don't boast about it on social media?
RubyRhodLiveFromFhlostonParadise
No good deed goes unposted
suoicipsus
At least he only filmed the painting with the artist, thats actually good marketing for the old man, and didn't film the reaction.
PinkSmuggler
Glad you stopped recording and acted <³
edward8767
They didn't tho. They kept recording the entire exchange. It wasn't about doing a nice thing it was about telling everyone they were
admiralawesome4213
I'm in a weird point where if that's what it takes for people to do good or be good, then fine. I'll take it. at least good is being done
NoLollygaggin
If I was struggling and some asshole with a camera came up to help me, I would go absolutely apeshit. Fekkin primal
admiralawesome4213
and that is completely fair imo. not saying they wouldnt be an asshole, but in some situations, if recording yourself doing a good thing 1/2
admiralawesome4213
is what it takes for you to do a good thing, then you're a dick but a good thing was done. 2/2
PinkSmuggler
OK, he was recording, but first he stopped his life to watch. Then acted in a way to bring joy to someone else. I'd rather that then 1/
PinkSmuggler
Other more horrible acts to get attention.
admiralawesome4213
right?
ZiegfeldDeVil
"i did such a good deed, I had to film it to congratulate myself" -_- stop exploiting poor people to feel humble.
RogueEnthusiast
Better to do good for the wrong reasons than not to do good at all.
MeanMisterClean
What if I told you there were more than these two options? I doubt the person would've bought it without filming. Fuck that, dude.
RogueEnthusiast
But they did buy it. I wonder, do you have the same level of disdain for the countless people that walked past than you do for them?
MeanMisterClean
Nope. If you simply walk past a (homeless) person without filming them, I can hold nothing against you.
RogueEnthusiast
But if you help that person and film them while doing so you can? Should we not be more focused on the act of charity than the rationale why
dakkaffex
Agreed. Inaction is worse
mrputter
So my first cynical thought was that it was a few € print he got for cheap then resold at a huge markup. But I cropped the painting out...
mrputter
...of the video and did a reverse search on Google Images / TinEye / etc. Nothing! So it might be legit!
suomynonA
Nothing on TinEye either
Primotimewaster
That's a nice painting!
WhatAnAmazingPlanet
My parents are painters in their mid 60s. The smiles on their faces after selling every single on of them is the purest thing. Well done !
WhatAnAmazingPlanet
Sort of sobbing for giving it for only 30, if it is on canvas and oil it is like 10 times more. Wish you all the best, painter from France!
AintNothinButAPoopbutt
That's a pretty fucken' nice painting right there
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Takes paint like it's no problem
gwaur
Better than anything Hitler ever did.
HandoB4Javert
Never even finished the house he started on in Austria
DoNotAdjust
https://www.wikiart.org/en/adolf-hitler
Detoc
I was thinking cannes, but yeah, probably nice.
125no3sir
I want you to know that I read this comment, got 2 swipes over, realized what you wrote, and came all the way back to upvote this absurdity.
Detoc
Your effort above and beyond has been duly noted by the Society of the Absurd.
B4DF15H2
I want to like this, but I am really sick of people being kind for the camera rather than anonymously for the sake of kindness.
RogueEnthusiast
But kind for the camera is still kind, I doubt it matters too much to the painter whether it was filmed or not.
B4DF15H2
Does the painter make any profit off the film from affiliate marketing?
RogueEnthusiast
Presumably not but he does from the sale of the painting & if the filming was the catalyst for the purchase then it’s still a better outcome
B4DF15H2
It is an acceptable outcome. It was even a nice thing to do. The vanity just puts a stink on it.
xXxSTEVOxXx
My cynical withered soul is like "i bet his jacket is full identical paintings" someone please help me reclaim faith and joy
Poprocket77
He probably stole it.
StellaMatutina
It's a cool story and not just a painting but a memory and piece of soul and joy in the world. That's what I'd buy, not the painting
Slayer989
You know i saw something online once and it stuck with me “don’t let someone’s bad deed stop you from doing good, thats on them not you” 1/2
Slayer989
In other words, even if you think someone might be lying when begging for money, if you think its the right thing to do then it is
DamagedDingo
He’s already sold 6 since I’ve been watching
pussyface
Icodemonkey
Sorry there is no hope for you. Source: My cynical attitude to all things
halkeye
So what if it is? It's still something he worked on. And it's a nice painting.
adiving
Maybe it's something he worked on, maybe it's something he bought for less than he sells. Eitherway the price decides the action.
halkeye
Yes totally. You can find reasons to be negative or you can have fun with the positives. It's still a nice painting
Onsvaltti
PicassoCT
I might have stolen your faith and joy.. willing to sell it back to you - at a reasonable price. Ah, hell-credit said your not worth it
p3aker
After you help him can you help me please
fraggles9000
I donated my bone marrow not long ago. I'm part of an FB group that supports thousands of people doing it each year. Good IS out there.
Magus25
My cynical ass is just thinking "you just bought it for the likes didn't you?". Man this planet has made me crooked.
MajorTom0101
Ever been to a tourist trap?
exoverne
Maybe, but it's telling a lot about his character. The narrator still made a good thing, even if based on a fake story. That's faith and joy
RobErtE87
You know how hard it is to steal multiple identical paintings?
BL4UPUNKT
One Day, I hope you look back on these moments. And laugh at how silly your mind behaved. You'll learn to think kindly again.
ThunderChief00
Look flat like a print.
NotTinyPancakes
It's a nice print though
ElbowDeepInUserSub
My cynical thought was "get down there and find out it's a bunch of dicks". Oh well.
xXxSTEVOxXx
"See that big puffy jacket? Its fucking full of dicks"
oksuggestions
Saaaame. Especially after "then I thought, what's stopping me?" I assumed there'd be an "oh, it's genitalia, that's what" haha
trapdoorogre
Who doesn't want to buy oil painted genitalia off the street?
AmunKnowN
There is no secret to happiness. As with all things its relative. You just gotta work on being happier than you were yesterday. 1/
AmunKnowN
The same goes for trust/faith. Just find ways to be around people you consider worthy of trust and you will learn to trust more people.
downrightmike
I mean even famous painters would paint a smaller painting, which would be shown to buyers and asked how large they would want one. Then that would get painted.
Daemencer
It comes from inside. Best of luck
TexasSleepSmasher
Rogahar
"If he is lying, that's a stain on his character. But if I can help and choose not to out of fear he might be, that's a stain on mine."
Rogahar
I'm paraphrasing but the quote was something like that.
xXxSTEVOxXx
Thats outstanding
TheMouseOfMadness
here I am thinking just go to a charity shop, buy a $2 crappy painting, and look sad long enough to get $20 for it
thornofnight
Most of the recognizable pan-handlers in my area have enough money to buy a house, a car, and still have plenty to live on. It just works.
StonesOnTheHill
Good trick. The charity shop gets theirs, a stranger gets a painting and gets to feel noble, and you get 18$! It's a win-win-win situation!
mdgrove1424
I’ve spent way more on less. He eats for a day and I get a painting. That’s win-win.
TheMouseOfMadness
and you get a story and an experience out of it. honestly, that's a bargain
totallyserious69
If he actually painted that 20 would be a huge rip off, he could be passing these out for like 100 a pop
KaptainObveeus
Big if
piotrDeVyr
Not your first ride on busy street, i guess.
captbananapants
Well now you've ruined my faith in humanity.
CarnivorousRabbit
If someone needs it, and that's the easiest way to get money, I see nothing wrong with it.
TheMouseOfMadness
Why? It's a good scam. Hell I'd give him a couple bucks just for being clever about it instead of an asshole
Owlsdude
And barely a scam, many companies sell you things with a big markup depending on location, etc. Buy and resell is the foundation of commerce
HumanCats
Exactly what I thought.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Honestly that smile looked pretty genuine to me.
skincancerisfun
The fact you believe this guy wasn't an actor and the whole thing wasn't staged means you still have some withering of your soul left in you
xXxSTEVOxXx
Oh god dont tell me there's still further down to go
HasteTheFool
Second to last stage will be when you realise we're all actors playing roles just to fuck with you. Any time soon!
growfoot
There is always a new low
HasteTheFool
Second to last stage will be when you realise we're all paid actors playing our roles in your life just to fuck with you.
Samoanchief
Ha. This guy is OP and he sells just artwork across a vast amount of Etsy and pop sites when you see the piece you emotion buy.
Samoanchief
He sells his*
Aprilmadness
One time I found this little girl selling match sticks on a freezing cold winter night, so I bought all of them for TRIPLE value, then I
DrSparkleFart
The mention of a little girl selling match sticks reminds of a sad Pixar short film… I’ll be back when I find it
DrSparkleFart
I’m dumb, it’s a well-known short story. Disney made a short film of it in 2006, called “The Little Matchgirl”
Aprilmadness
Took her home and raised £500k on GoFundMe to pay off her dad's debts and mortgage, and I filmed the whole thing to post on the internet.
NotTinyPancakes
You think you've hit the bottom then you find a better pickaxe
xXxSTEVOxXx
Dawg im hitting bottom with one of the hillside clearing megashovel fuckers
lukeschildt2
Dont go too far down though. Youll eventually either suffocate, die from heatstroke, or burn yourself to death from the lava if you do that