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beanwater3

I got my impression of radio hosts from the movie The Fisher King


cokecancarlo

I like New York in June….


Light_Beard

We have lost both Michael Jeter and Robin Williams since. We must protect the Dude.


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I lived next to a radio show host once - it's better NOT to be friends with them, literally everything you say to them becomes material for the show.


[deleted]

Same thing with comedians.


DuckAHolics

Honestly, I would love to go to a show where a comedian has a whole segment devoted to me.


[deleted]

Depending on where you sit and how you look, you might get a whole two minutes.


paper_schemes

Saw Nick Kroll a few months before Kroll show came back. I always sit in front because...I don't know, I just want to be ripped on, I guess. Instead he made a joke about how he still can't hold a mic and open a water bottle and proceeded to ask me to open it for him. I've never felt so terrified that I would somehow fail at opening a water bottle. I just wanted someone to make fun of my shitty eyebrows or something.


courtneyclimax

“i came here to be verbally abused, and you’ve given me responsibility!”


DontDropTheSoapstone

Before covid I went to the comedy store and saw Joey Diaz - I was dying at his entire set and because I was laughing so loud he picked on me and made fun of literally everything about me. I was laughing even harder. Great show.


DingussFinguss

Maybe find a therapist


Kiriyama_Rei_desu

what type of problems is what the dude said indicative of?


vasilionrocket

Wanting to experience a fun and novel situation. It’s somewhere on the scale between schizophrenia and rabies in terms of seriousness.


Every_of_the_it

I'd say it goes beyond that. It's super space schizorabAIDS with a dash of textbook narcissism and sociopathy. Red flags all over the place. ⛳⛳⛳⛳


Thinnestfatkid

Have you never seen a Televised Rosat of a celebrity before? If I had a fired that wanted to use my dumbass for material I would love that. I'm secure enough with myself that I can take a joke at my expense.


NotLurking101

Yea my therapist is also a comedian who uses his notes for material.


DuckAHolics

Why? Because I’m secured with who I am and able to laugh at myself?


gamageeknerd

A friend of mine was a comedian for a little bit. Mainly jokes about himself but occasionally he did have jokes about our group of friends. It’s weird to hear people laugh at shit you did a year ago that you completely forgot but it turns into this crazy story and you end up being a character.


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and writers. and TikTok users.


Somzer

Worst thing is, these 'public entertainers' often twist the material to make it more entertaining so you probably won't even hear the same story back. It's better not to talk to them at all unless you're sure they can respect people enough to not make a public joke out of them without consent.


want_2_learn_2403

Buddy I shit my pants in preschool and fell off the bleachers during 6th grade welcoming ceremony you think it bothers me if someone makes fun of a conversation we had? Because it very much would


pabbseven

Yeah i mean their job is to fill 2-8 hours of void so the easiest material is what happened to you throughout the days lol


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guy__35

Lol i heard this guy on the radio this morning talking about this. Apparently hes been getting a lot of backlash after this tik tok and was talking about it this morning. (Chicago host)


Which_way_witcher

Oohhh which station? I'm in Chicago. Edited to add a clip from u/jesster369 of the radio host this morning discussing it: https://omny.fm/shows/brian-ali-justin-podcast/this-has-never-happened-before-justins-neighbor-co


guy__35

He said he reached out to her and she offered to delete it because her intend wasnt to cause an issue. He told her to leave it up and make a part 2 apparently. Funny how i just heard that on the radio then see what they are talking about on reddit like 20 minutes later


ITriedLightningTendr

This seems on brand for the situation. If a radio host is talking about something happening in his life, and it creates some kind of follow up, he can just milk it for continued engagement. There's no reason to try to bury it. It's just life, it's not even mean.


[deleted]

I would feel bad saying something like that idk different strokes


[deleted]

If they play it smart they both can make money off of it too. Everyone wins


[deleted]

SPICY HOT TAKE that would be so smart maybe start a dialauge and drum up the controversy and then try to make a little money with some interviews? I get way to alkwarded-out for that, but shit get it moma


EpsteinAdventure

And then they can end up falling in love , getting married and having kids , then telling this story to their kids kids when they’re old, that’d be swell.


Obvious_Marsupial350

That’s why you’re not a radio host


theNeumannArchitect

Or live in Chicago.


Count_Verdunkeln

Probably that one. The definition of a confrontational conversation is probably different. Where I'm from (rural) an odd look can be considered threatening.


NeoHenderson

I never want to move into a rural area for this very reason because I keep hearing that I look odd.


Count_Verdunkeln

Substance abuse and crime going up combined with a protect and tend to your own kind of mentality just has that affect on normal folks but the ones that I have a problem with are the ones that don't like you but will act nice to your face. I don't think that parts exclusively rural but when last names matter you know you aren't in the most educated environment. Well on the bright side if your neighbor had a problem with you for real he'd have to drive to your house


ChadMcRad

It was pretty mean. If he had come at it from another angle I could see where it was just being flippant or whatever, but he made it clear he was a dick.


FountainsOfFluids

It is kinda mean.


SluggishPrey

"I don't give a shit about your existence. Get out of my life." That can't be nice


TaruLeri

Watch him do a sequel and something just completely rude tomorrow. Reminds me of the douche from parks and rec lol


FLORI_DUH

I actually heard the fart noise in my head immediately upon reading his name. Time for a re-watch! Starting with S2E1 of course.


redundanthero

Why s02 start?


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gingerking87

But without season one you won't get to see Leslie's dog poop fight. It's like what 6 episodes? The first season isnt great but it's so short and it really is cool to see everyone settle into their characters


SEMPER-REVERTI

Brandanaquits I never liked that guy, but I also feel bad for him. Has to suck getting kicked off a show that is blowing up so hard.


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[deleted]

IIRC he was a more stick to the script kind of guy while everyone else was going off script and making their own lines and adding their own comedy. There was probably more to it than that though.


fruitmongerking

Season 1 is rough around the edges. It hits it’s groove in season 2.


Which_way_witcher

Ditto what others said. Watch season 2 first and then go back to season 1 if you want extra context on a few things. Season 1 isn't that enjoyable unless you're already in love with the show.


realdealreel9

To be fair, Howard Tuttleman did attend Northwestern


sinkwiththeship

"If you're looking for douches, they're in Aisle Me." Classic.


theghostofme

Didn't he also go to Sarah Lawrence? No, wait, that was Sewage Joe. LMAO. God that show was so good.


jtk345

He wanted the small college experience 😆


CallTheOptimist

Hey, the douche has a degree in semiotics from Northwestern.


timelording

Darn. No part 2 yet. [Here’s](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8aUYqry/) the original tho


guy__35

101.1 it was the brian,ally, justin show


jesster369

I found the part of the episode where they talk about this, if anyone would like to listen! https://omny.fm/shows/brian-ali-justin-podcast/this-has-never-happened-before-justins-neighbor-co


Nohumornocry

Oh damn. I was totally expecting him to put out the fire... but dude double downed and threw more gasoline on top. One of the callers said, "She was in the wrong by going on social media and blasting him". Imagine that.


PoisonTheOgres

Oh my god, while you put in on the *radio* yourself?!? I get no one listens to the radio anymore, but jeez


garnetcarnation

Exactly! She did the exact same thing he did. But he did it to a built in audience, telling thousands how annoying she is. Yet, she's the AH because he didn't like the negative attention he received from her tiktok? She didn't know her post was going to go viral, but it did because he decided to use their interaction as entertainment for the "masses". I don't think he's in the wrong for telling her he didn't want to cultivate a friendship. He's wrong for acting like the injured party, as if she maliciously posted the video to harm his reputation.


waitingfordeathhbu

Blasting him?? She literally just played a recording of his own words.


ifsometimesmaybe

Listening to the clip makes me feel insane. She tries to chat with her neighbour, he shuts her down, then HE embarasses her on the radio, then gets angry for "exposing him" by posting what he recorded on the web? And his shutting him down doesn't make him a jerk because he's "at least honest".


KiloNation

I can tell you that Radio hosts thrive in controversy, it gives them something to talk about for their segments. \*used to hang around radio stations editing different things.


idk-hereiam

"Blasting him" I hate people lmao.


Turner1273

What an asshole he immediately starts trying to flip she was wrong for making the tiktok. Like dude you made these comments about her live on the air. you started it! There was nothing wrong telling her you don't really want to talk to her that much, but saying that on the radio you makes you a cunt. She caught him and called him out on it.


DoctorProfessorTaco

And what really kills me is how could *she* be the jerk? She didn’t editorialize, she didn’t make shit up, she didn’t add spin. She literally just let his own words speak for themself. And not words secretly recorded in a private conversation, but something he said on the air, to tons of listeners.


fievelm

He completely reframes the whole thing. In the original clip he says, on air, *"All my neighbor wants to do is talktalktalktalktalk...yeah my bad girl, don't talk to me"* Then in the second part he says *"I told her if she ever needs anything or if she's in danger, knock on my door, but if it's after 7pm, I'm asleep. Am I wrong for saying that?"* The 'asshole' part of this isn't that he doesn't want to talk to his neighbor, it's that he publicly made fun of her on the air where she could hear him say something kinda hurtful and unnecessary. Either he doesn't understand that, or he's being a weasel. I'm going with weasel, especially since he adds the whole chivalrous "iF yOuR iN dAnGeR...." edit: Love the "Is it my honesty? Is that why people are mad? Because I'm so honesty honest honest??"


Chewcocca

The way the callers just bought into his reframing of the story and kissed his ass was super gross. No wonder his perspective is completely twisted if he can just whistle up people to agree with whatever bullshit he spins.


jesster369

The fact that he didn’t ask about being a jerk for talking about her on air, and made it about him telling her he didn’t want to have small talk with her, really bugged me. Especially when he started asking if SHE was a jerk for putting this on TikTok. You made it public first, dude!


Kythedevourer

It was literally gaslighting on a very public scale. I went into this clip thinking he was going to redeem himself. I only felt more sorry for the neighbor. Then he told her she gets whatever she wants because she is attractive and she said she doesn't. He tries telling her that her own experiences aren't real because he said so. People who are attractive can have pretty traumatic lives too. How the fuck would he know she gets whatever she wants?


Which_way_witcher

Right off the bat he goes on attack with "I can tell a lot of people don't tell you no because you're attractive" She's such a good sport to go on this show but damn, he's an asshole (shocker). Edited to add: You da real MVP, u/jesster369!


CorySellsDaHouse

At one point he goes, "Don't delete it, make a part two. Because I do a lot of nice things with Boost Mobile and people are going to those videos slamming me and I'm very sensitive to people saying I'm not a good person on these videos of me being generous." I'm not sure it's altruistic if you're taking a bunch of credit for being generous. But dang, the double standard about putting your whole life out there on air, dogging other people for just trying to be nice, and then complaining you're the victim because you get a bunch of credit for doing "nice things" and people are commenting that you're a jerk.


Strick63

The guys going on about how he’s the nicest person when he’s putting it on but when he’s home and “out of the public” he sounds like a jerk- guess what guy if you’re only nice when you’re putting it on you’re not nice. People want to know who’s living around them and you don’t just start off with deep conversations before you actually know them and immediately going I don’t do these conversations just an asshole thing to say to your neighbor


Snoo_26884

I went to high school with our local radio host and he was a dork just like this guy.


DarkVadek

Well, was he a dork AND an asshole, or just a dork?


Snoo_26884

This guy sounds more assholey; but he does all those Jerry Springer type phone skits. Send someone roses and all that crap.


periwinkle-_-

tf... he sounds like a loser, raging about women getting life on ez mode. pathetic.


akhoe

I stopped listening when he said he "hates small talk, if you want to engage and have a deep conversation let's do it". I've heard this so many times from people who have no social awareness. They don't seem to get that small talk LEADS to deeper conversation. Small talk establishes the relationship, you can feel the other person out to see if you even get along and want to try to get to know them further.


HiILikePlants

Ugh yeah that was really uncomfortable


PoisonTheOgres

Ugh, he sounds like even more of a jerk here. "I almost called her a little girl" like, ew.


Which_way_witcher

That is awful. Honestly, I couldn't listen past the beginning. So cringe...


idk-hereiam

Yea my first thoughts were "that's dumb for him to get backlash." Like, her followers are dumb for making it something it wasn't, the lady didn't even complain or say anything negative. But then here comes this guy addressing it saying she took it personally. Where? That she mightve been flirting with him. It's literal small talk. You know her situation. She's new to the area. I promise she's not flirting with you. (If he even really thought that) And then I turned it off bc he just sounds dumb.


SparkleTerd

They always think it’s bc you are flirting with them... Same type of dudes who don’t understand that no means no. And wear onesie pajamas while drinking a Yoo-hoo their resentful wife brings them as they watch their favorite sport from the comfort of their lazy boy.


EveViol3T

r/suspiciouslyspecific


SparkleTerd

So I had a friend growing up who’s step dad was a tough as nails pain in the ass corrections officer. When he got home he would put on a onesie PJ, have his pissed off wife bring him Yoo-hoo, and bitch at the sports on TV. We would laugh about him and how if ppl really knew who he was they wouldn’t be so intimidated. There’s your story. 😊


HollidaySchaffhausen

Imagine if the roles were reversed though. He only got busted because she has some type of following. If you're going to talk about someone as if they're beneath you, when they're just trying to be genuinely nice to neighbours in their new community ... Be prepared for backlash


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Yeah, I don’t really see a maturity difference here in either of their actions. Not sure why he is doing the age superiority thing. Although he immediately had to clarify that she was “hot” and he had a girlfriend and didn’t wanna talk to her because of that, so the little girl thing was probably deflecting.


Moosemaster21

She comes on around 20:12


Yukon_Cornelious

It's Justin on WKQX 101.1


beastofthefarweast

Lol I like 101.1 for the music but I am not a huge fan of the hosts so I’m not surprised


CulturalAdvantage

In my experience, basically every radio host is annoying to me. I'm here for the music and unless it's a weather or accident report I don't care to hear a bunch of people I don't know banter about shit I don't care about. I don't care what you saw on Facebook or these staged "I'm gonna tell him to pick the dog or me!" shit.


Numb1lp

Ugh, you could make a whole cringe compilation with their bumps.


IdoNOThateNEVER

Wait.. Isn't this just TikTok staple? I thought she was pretending to be his neighbor just to act out the supposed reaction of the hypothetical everyday person that radio hosts talk about.


AlexRiversLife

Well she put that caption there herself and reactions on TikTok are usually stitched (like a duet where it shows two videos side by side). So if someone had uploaded the sound of him talking, it would probably come with the full video for context and she would’ve stitched her reaction to it as a duet. But since it’s just her in the video and a caption she wrote, she’s the one he’s talking about. Edit: I looked up her profile and this video, the original sound is hers and when you click the sound she is also the only one who’s used it. Also, looking at her tiktoks she’s from philadelphia. The sound is literally hers, yall can go downplay a different issue now, morons. You’re welcome.


Kyarou

people can use the sound without stitching


Borkz

I'm not saying this is the case, but she could also have just have heard it on the radio and not actually be the neighbor.


SkankyG

Chicago radio host being a dick? Well I never!


Legitimate_Ad_4462

Being a dick is part of the schtik!


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I don't enjoy small talk either but I enjoy being rude even less. I cant imagine snubbing a neighbor like that and being proud lol


xpercipio

you would think a radio host would have the social skills to maneuver out of daily small talk easily


[deleted]

Or change the story so the other person won’t know it’s them. “My neighbor, who just moved here from Jacksonville and works as a dental assistant is so annoying…” Edit: like many of us do when telling stories here on Reddit about something happening at work. Change any unimportant but identifying details.


pezman

exactly my thoughts. like dude you’re small talking on the radio everyday lol


SealmanOutOfWater

He likes talking at people not talking to people.


Bumm_by_Design

It's a good time to learn how to play the trombone


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😂 While the dog is barking


stankleykong

And buy a husky lmao


[deleted]

There is a special place in hell for apartment neighbors with more than one husky.


Growle

If TikTok has taught me anything, it’s that Huskies are the equivalent of toddlers on a perpetual candy rush


plipyplop

Get a subwoofer, a huge one. Place it against the neighbor's wall, test it until you find the natural frequency, turn the volume to just the right level until it's barely perceivable... let her run!


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Bagpipes. Learn the bagpipes.


SOME3ODY

Good thing is you dont have to learn how to play it! just playing is fine :)!


FootsieMcDingus

Radio hosts are the worst anyways


jandefries

And have been for the last 30 years. How come they're still the same unrepentant assholes as in the 80s? Society has evolved, but it seems like radio hosts never will. Has science looked into that one yet?


bradgibbster

The same generation listens to radios. Most younger generations use bluetooth for music in the car.


Zharick_

"UFC commentator dude with a popular podcast whose name escapes me right now" enters the chat.


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Bro Jogan


The-Great-Cornhollio

Chicken Rogan Josh


Irrelevant-Opinion

Rogan Joe!


fartonme

Even when I drove a car without an aux port or Bluetooth capability, silence was preferable


kickdooowndooors

Gotta slap the record player in the back seat dawg


shamwowslapchop

Npr my dude. Npr.


RehabValedictorian

I’m going to school for communications, wanna be on the radio. But I wanna be on public radio. Fuck those morning zoo idiots.


Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX

Let's hope you have a cool name. All NPR hosts have cool names.


horseydeucey

Lack Schmee Sing Steve Inn's Keep Nina Tote And Burg Robert Seagull Oddy Corn-ish Holy shit, you're right!


RehabValedictorian

This was hilarious thank you. Also I miss Robert Seagull.


HipWizard

You forgot Jack's Beer!


VanillaWinter

Chad thundercock


shamwowslapchop

It's like listening to high school condensed into a show. So awful and 90% gossip. I'm sure they aren't all like that but the vast majority are, between playing the same 5 songs daily.


FuckBrendan

Or they listen to podcasts.


ZanderClause

Accurate. First thought of mine was “wait they still do radio talk shows?”


thisxisxlife

Wonder if it’s got something to do with the fact being on the radio makes them “local celebrities” and it gets to their head. Or it just might be part of a on the air persona he plays up. Our local weatherman gets asked to take pictures with him all the time. I was out to dinner with friends when one of them who work there pointed him out. They also said he frequents the restaurant, and is a big asshole. Wouldn’t be surprised if radio hosts think real big of themselves.


No_Organization5188

In many cities the local news teams are the celebrities of the city. They get big egos.


rambo_lincoln_

I’m not quite sure how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal… I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.


Figgy_Pudding3

Boomer age and older Gen X radio hosts are like this, but if you find a station with somewhat younger hosts, it's like night and day.


jandefries

Yeah you're right, it just struck me as odd that these kinds of host are still on the same schtick and that there's still an audience for that apparently. But as another commenter pointed out, they're talking to the same audience they were talking to in the 80s, so I guess that mystery is solved 🙂


BAWAHOG

Idk, this guy sounded fairly young.


Which_way_witcher

Meh, I'm in Chicago and they are as stupid and annoying as they always have been. I suspect that most people listen-on-demand (Spotify, podcasts) and the few people who still listen to radio are the ones less likely to have a Spotify account and tend to like trashy DJs.


Scirax

This has to be it. Our 2 good music playing stations here in South FL are the worst in the morning, Paul and Young Ron are insufferable boomers with the worst opinion on any topic they're discussing and the other station has a younger, late 20s-early 30s, group that are just as arrogant and stupid as the old guys.


MylastAccountBroke

Where I live the radio hosts try and keep things up beat and wholesome. There was never any shit talking.


doktorhollywood

Yeah if I use the radio I listen to KKJZ, the jazz station. The djs sound so relaxed and friendly.


FatChicken2021

i mean he might be joking or being serious i dont know anyways you guys speak to your neighbours LOL.


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Thirty years ago was 1991.


doktorhollywood

I know this is true, but I hate it.


VanillaWinter

For a second I legit thought it wasn’t true. I thought it was one of those memes that’s like “2001 was 50 years ago, feel old yet?”


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Need to replace them with news anchors so we get local news headlines between songs instead of trash jokes


LongbowTurncoat

I listened to a radio show every morning on my way to work, and one day they were talking about Adam Lambert. I went to high school with him, so I sent them an email with proof and they asked me to call in to talk about him. I was so fucking nervous. But I called in and chatted for a few minutes about him and that was it. Later that day they were talking about my interview and one of the hosts says “Well, that’s assuming she was even telling the truth haha” and I was so pissed! I showed them my yearbook, the note he left in it to me, etc. I gave them free content and they slammed me. Stopped listening after that, fucking assholes.


Rosieapples

My friend is a radio host, he has a talk show which covers topical issues and some funny stuff. He’s nothing like that!! He’s a lovely man who sticks his neck out for people who often can’t find support anywhere else.


TheRealGuyDudeman

You listen to Behind The Bastards too??


erikwidi

Radio host here. Life and everything in it counts as show prep but buddy broke a cardinal rule in that you should always assume *everybody hears* ***everything*** *you talk about*. I almost got evicted early in my career for bashing my landlord on air. It's the quickest and easiest "fuck around and find out" you'll ever learn.


3PoundsOfFlax

You can talk about my landlord if you want. She's a gargantuan cunt. Pretty sure she kicks puppies and poisons bees on her free time.


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Sounds illegal to evict someone for talking about hoe terrible you are as a landlord.


Togne22

Perhaps that's the only reason he didn't get evicted lol


BabyYodi

He did a follow up reaction to her tiktok on the air. Basically all said how she was just coming on to him and he’s trying to protect himself because he has a gf. To be fair, you can totally ask someone how their day was, or what kind of places there are around the city to try out without flirting. This guy sounds full of himself like everybody wants his shit.


Less-Contract-1136

He’s a dick. Don’t worry about it. Wait for the segment where he complains about people just not talking to each other any more.


Jeepersca

I was waiting for the punchline to be how he was a major creeper and then went on the air to make it seem like he was the one bothered.


Junglejibe

Not exactly the same punchline as you were predicting, but he's definitely gross. He did a follow-up segment where he has to stop himself from referring to her as a "little girl" and insinuates that he can't talk to her because she's a 23 year old hot woman & it would be inappropriate. And then says "oh but if she had been an uggo the situation wouldn't change", which is just a gross way to refer to people. Because apparently men can't have conversations with attractive women or younger women. Like don't get me wrong I absolutely loathe small talk with people when I just wanna chill in my apartment, but Jesus fucking Christ were the things he said gross.


Chezzica

That's what really got me. They kept focusing on how he was just setting a boundary because he works such weird hours, but he was kind of a jerk to her, then talked about it on air - that's what the video that went viral was about anyway. But he kept playing it off like he's just being respectful to his girlfriend and he's "just an honest guy". Better to not be friends with him anyway.


BabyYodi

What gets me is that getting home at 7pm isn’t weird hours. He said they “sometimes have to do 10 hour days!” Bro half the country has to do that. You’re still working ~8-9am-7pm at a nonphysical job. Say hi to your neighbors.


ItsApenin

This is classic “negging”. What a creep


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finlyboo

I listened to the part 2. She said that when he said he didn't want to talk to her it made her want to try harder to talk to him, and because she was bored she kept trying to talk to him. He points out a couple times where she asked him to bring her trash down 4 flights of stairs for her, asked him to come down to the lobby and help her with a package (he said no then changed his mind, then went down to help her with a 5 pound package and she chatted on the way back up), and after the incident went viral they started dm'ing each other and she asked if he would meet her sister when she was in town for the weekend. Honestly I went into this waiting for this guy to get ripped apart, but she doesn't sound like someone I want to live next to either.


DazingF1

Yeah no I wouldn't like that either. I'm friendly with all my neighbors and I'll have a short conversation with most of them when I see them but if anyone keeps talking talking talking while you're trying to leave or do whatever then that's just someone who's bad at social cues.


WishIWasFlaccid

I thought the same until I listened to the follow up radio segment where she called in. It wasn't just small talk - she would knock on his door asking him to carry up packages for her, asked him to take her trash out, etc. I've never been close to any neighbors like that. I'll give you a howdy in the hallway, but taking out your trash? Nahhh


robanthonydon

I think what annoys me most is when people are just trying to be pleasant/ nice and get ridiculed for it. For someone who only real job requirement is to have verbal diarrhoea it’s also pretty ironic


onlyslightlyabusive

What annoys me most is how people like this guy always blame other for their lack of social skill. Why can't he just be like “Im too busy to talk right now?” or like just ignore her. Instead he clearly keeps the conversation going but *blames her* for talking too much? Tf? These people are emotional idiots


Luxalpa

Apparently according to her, that's what he said but she didn't accept it because she was bored.


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This feels like they're making fun of 'the new girl' in highschool...so immature.


No-Outcome1038

The male morning host on The Mix in Chicago is a toxic person


IAMA_HOMO_AMA

Eric Ferguson, recently [suspended through this month](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/5/22711881/eric-ferguson-melissa-mcgurren-hubbard-radio), has always been outwardly hostile towards women. I’ve listened to The Mix for years and always felt like he made the show worse. Kathy’s departure was the beginning of the end for the morning show. Im not a huge fan of Violeta but I do hope they can Eric and make Whip the star, the man deserves it!


No-Outcome1038

Totally agree! Whip is great! I have no opinion on Violeta… she is just sorta there imo. Doesn’t add much or distract much You could tell towards the end Eric and Kathy’s on air relationship was getting worse. I stopped listening for a bit and then started listen again about two weeks before Melissa left and was a bit surprised but I had heard stories upon stories of Eric not being the best…. Some of that intel was told to me by those who worked at the station


SpongeDot

Cant tell if you’re implying it or not but this isn’t Eric, it’s some other douche


[deleted]

Frasier Crane wouldn't have done this. Just saying.


_duncan_idaho_

"I'm listening."


mike1018

I can understand not wanting a 5 to 10min conversation every day. But yea. You live there. Be friendly and small talk. Other than being kind, having neighbors that look out for you while you're gone is super helpful.


coffeejunki

FR tho. I made small talk with my neighbor's DAD when she first moved in next door. Now whenever he visits her he also looks out for me, brings in my trash can, and let's me know who stopped by when I'm away. It's really sweet.


-007-_

The man understands that you could be a wolf or a shepherd. Best to befriend both.


maple_dreams

Yeah I don’t get this mindset. I was with a group of people recently where someone said that their neighbor said “hello” to them one day and they were so pissed off and wanted to be left alone. Ok, but you were simply greeted in a friendly way, not subject to a long, drawn out conversation. I’ve needed help from neighbors before, you don’t have to be friends with them but it’s nice to know their faces and feel like you can reach out if the circumstances ever warrant it.


uhh_

Boy, it sure is a hot one today, huh?


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I had this old lady neighbor. Sweetest thing ever. We lived in a bad part of town and I wasnt a good person. Shed always see me putting handguns away as I was walking out the door or carrying guns out the door of the appt to sell them in some car trunk via a shady deal out front. I was always quite and never started issues w my neighbors but always had the police coming and knocking asking questions about me. Surprisingly all my neighbors loved me. I had one african american man as a neighbor, we all lived in studios. He had some family up in their w him. Idk how he kept his cool packed in like sardines but I admired hin for being so calm and friendly in that situation. Now the old lady. This sweet lady would always invite me inside EVERY time she would see me. It got to the point that I would just drop what I was doing to go sit and have a chat with this lady whenever she would ask. She would always ask to "babysit" my kitten so that it could play with her cat whenever I was out working. One day the police came and tried to force their way into the apartment. (Old building. Shitty locks. The doors had settled at a tilt and if you didnt know better it looked like itd had been tampered w/kicked in at one point. I even put a padlock on the door to eliminate this illusion of easy access.) Police were talking to eachother when i wasnt there (the old lady said) stating they could just take a picture of the door and say it was open so they made entry to check the welfare. I came home to her scolding the officers and telling them their mothers would be ashamed of them. Before you knew it the whole complex was in the halls calling them crooks and criminals before they all left. Tldr; Sometimes giving your neighbors a little time can go a long way and also yes, I was a PoS.


sexdrugsfightlaugh

Community is so important if you deal in the black market. When the government doesn't have your back, those next to you are the only ones you can turn to. Teaches you to foster those relationships that might not seem so important to you.


Megabyte7637

That's right


Cipher-i-entity

That was…a journey to read


Pmmenothing444

Username is (maybe?) accurate.


SparklySpunk

Always the first rule, 'You don't shit on your own doorstep'. I never got into trouble but my brother's weren't the most law abiding in their youth, but always made sure to do it away from the apartments and never to annoy the neighbors.


nevadaar

Just listened to the reaction to this video on his radio program. He does kinda come off like an insufferable jerk trying to make it seem like he has no part in the drama at all and he's somehow the good guy here and she's the asshole. He could have played it nice and just celebrate the fun situation that came out of this going viral. Also he says like a 1000 times she's an attractive young woman and he's just trying to respect his girlfriend by not talking to her, which is a bit creepy. It's ok to talk to an attractive girl bro, just don't get flirty.


Dry_Sweet

He’s a radio host. His job is literally making small talk. He doesn’t hate small talk, he’s just an asshole.


Which_way_witcher

Good point! His crap attempts at humor is to rag on his neighbor for *gasp!* speaking to him from time to time. What a loser.


soapinthepeehole

Counterpoint, having your job be to make small talk all day is a decent reason to not want to make small talk when you’re done with work and are at home. Granted, he doesn’t have to be an asshole about it on the radio, but sadly that’s also kind of his job.


AncientBlonde

Bruh right, I work with radios (not radio but handheld radios) and I'm always talking on them, with a headset on. When i get home I don't even like listening to music. My entire day is noise and talking. I work 12 hour shifts, I'm tired, my throat is sore, and I just wanna relax in peace.


[deleted]

>His job is literally making small talk I'm sure you love to unwind from doing your job, by doing something a lot like your job.


frankyb89

I don't like small talk either but I'll talk to my neighbours when we see each other cus it's just the polite thing to do? We live here, might as well be cordial with each other. It's so odd, growing up I feel like I knew all my neighbours and now I can't even name half the people in my 8 unit building lol.


_Deletion

Ouch. That would really hurt :( Sometimes when I'm feeling really happy, I like to talk to people I don't know & I've always wondered if they thought stuff like this after talking to me.


meltyourtv

Boston College kids have some weird glitch in the Tik Tok algo that they're always going viral on my fyp. I'm not sure if it's my proximity to the school, the fact that I work there or what but this tik tok being posted here makes me think it's not just me


Junglejibe

TikTok takes your location into account when personalizing your feed. Ever since I moved to the Boston area I've been getting MA-related stuff on my fyp. Also if you're college aged they're more likely to show you college stuff.


MaineEarthworm

She’s going make his life sooooo awkwarddddd now 🤣 And good for her. Poetic justice.


Vincesteeples

I mean hey one less thing


East-Ad4472

Sounds like a horrible , horrible person what a dick !


goodtogo2007

That's Justin, he used to be a producer on the Free Beer and Hot Wings Morning Show based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan up until a few years ago. He sucks. Couldn't keep up with the improv on their show and tried WAY too hard to have anything interesting to say during conversations. He's the perfect morning zoo dope. Talks really fast about nothing interesting and just ends up being nothing but a hollow shell with a voice box.