Typically, I’m not a huge fan of prank videos…Especially the ones that seem cruel to working people and strangers minding their own business. This one, on the other hand, was actually a pretty interesting social experiment showing that sometimes being direct is the best way to go.
In this prank video, the team from the YouTube channel Whatever sends a handsome man out to randomly ask men on the street if they would like to go exchange numbers to go out on a date. The reactions are both hilarious and surprising.
Most gently men turned the prankster down, chuckling in the process…but quite a few (attractive) men seemed cool with going out on a date…even after saying they weren’t gay but didn’t mind at least exchanging numbers. How cool is that?
The climate of how average people perceive homosexuality has changed a lot, even just in the last 5-10 years. In certain parts of the country, its become somewhat against social protocol to get overly offended by or violent towards gay people. Keep in mind I said “certain parts of the country.”
This video was filmed in Los Angeles where there is a large gay community. Hell there are entire sidewalks in West Hollywood that are painted the Gay Flag colors. Every time I visited LA, there was never a sit down restaurant that didn’t have a gay waiter. So this city was a “safe place” for this prank.
Having said that, I wondered if the reactions would be the same in cities like Atlanta, New York or DC.
If I went down to one of the more public or gay friendly areas of Atlanta, could I luck out and actually make a connection with a handsome man? Even for just a new friendship? What;s the harm? If he says no, you move on and likely never see him again in your life…
Admittedly, it probably helps if you’re a handsome guy like the man in this video, lol.
How about you, would you have the courage to do this in your city or a gay friendly place you visited?
If a guy discreetly approached you in public, would you exchange numbers?
Nick Delmacy
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Lol take note fellas, just be blunt with it. Lol
If a guy approached me that way in public, I would be open to exchanging numbers. He did stare at them like he was a malnourished starving pit bull, and they were a piece of meat . He was normal and straight forward and didn’t do a whole bunch of extra stuff.
Does it matter that it was a handsome white guy? If it were a black man would you have had your guard up or wondered what you did that made him think you “got down like that?”
Good point, Nick. Personally, I give ANY dude the “side eye” that approaches me, even if it’s just to ask me for a cigarette (and I wonder why dudes don’t approach me LOL). As F’d up as it sounds, I am more suspicious of other black dudes that approach me, and I instantly put up a wall because the first things that pop in my head are…”this dude bout to ask me to buy a mix CD”, “this dude bout to ask me for a cigarette/change, or both”, “or this dude bout to try some fucked up shit with me”. The younger the dude the higher up my guard goes. That’s not to say I don’t have the same/similar type guard up for any other ethnicity however, it’s usually not as high. It’s sad, dude, but a few bad apples have f’d up the orchard.
I’ve approached guys in public…well, actually it was just one guy…a dude in my gym…I asked about his workout goals and it flowed from there…we exchanged numbers but I didn’t say anything about being gay…We never spoke on the phone but I think he eventually figured it out and then started awkwardly mentioning a “girlfriend” when I’d see him at the gym. It became weird from there (on his end) and I got the feeling he was avoiding me. I never even gave off a gay vibe or tried anything with him. It was then that I learned to only do that in places that I don’t frequent too often or where it’d be unlikely to see them again in case it backfires.
Yeah. I get it at the gym all the time. Dudes are bolder at the gym. Maybe it’s all the endorphins and raging testosterone. And it’s always the “workout regimen” excuse. All good though.
I decided awhile ago that I’d never want to meet someone from a place I ‘had to be’. So for me, the gym is off limits. If things go left, I don’t want odd looks and glances being exchanged when we run into each other at the gym.
That being said, I have only be approached like that one time at a gym I no longer go to. The guy asked me if I ‘got down’ and wanted to hook up in the bathroom. It’s small 24 hour gym that I went to mainly on off peak times. I told him that while I was in fact gay, I was there to workout not /workout/ and I complimented him on his body, even though he was a total curl bro, and I even asked him how he got so thick up top (legs were supper skinny) and his secret was chocolate milk and some brand of protein powder that comes in red jars.
We’d see each other every now and then at the gym but one day, he had his girl up in the gym with him. I was thinking: she’s overweight, he’s fit. She probably thinking “He so fine, gull and I’m a BBW and he wants ME!” She brought a pizza and a Redbox in there that night I’m thinking: oh he’s got her licked.
Guys in my current gym never talk to me. I think I have mean face. I notice how other guys and newer guys always get dap and bro hugs but no one ever bothers me. Which is just as well, since I’m there for fitness and not social hour but a little attention wouldn’t hurt. I’m not ugly! lol
Dude, I feel the EXACT same way in my gym. LOL I honestly would LOVE for one of the dudes I find attractive in my gym to hit on me but it ain’t happenin’. I do have a mean face, but I guess sometimes I don’t realize HOW mean I look because I apparently intimidate unintentionally, (well, apparently I don’t intimidate old/fat guys) Or…maybe I’m just not as attractive as I sometimes think. lol Never really know how others perceive you. Side note…what is “BBW”, I’m not up on all these acronyms the kids use nowadays LOL
Big Beautimous Women.
I’ve been described as ‘focused’ and ‘intense’ so I’m thinking guy’s do not approach me because of that. I usually hear ‘well you always look so serious/mean’ after people get to know me.
I’m friendly! I’ll even mildly entertain someone who bothers me but I’m not down for no BS. However, I usually do not bother people when I’m in the gym.
Oh and headphones! I always have them on so that too is a big barrier but again, I’m not at the gym for jaw janking.
Yeah, I guess the headphones can be a big deterrent, but I can’t get through a workout without my own music. I have different genres for different areas of my workout. LOL
Yeah, I have to be in my own zone in the gym. All the clanking and grunting and horrible sound system of the music they actually do play, take me out of the zone.
I have backup headphones in my car just in case they run out of juice (bluetooth) and a charger in my gym bag in case my phone is out of juice.
LOL I don’t play around.
If he was attractive that would be an extra incentive to get to know him lol. My good homie, who is black, that I have known for about 3 years now approached me at Kroger. He wasn’t my type at all but he was a dude, and I saw myself being cool with him. We have been cool ever since. Straight dudes approach me all the time and want to hang out, especially from work and the gym. Oh, and also, theses young guys, like 18, 19, and lower 20s are very bold these days.
Great point Nick……I think it took guts for him to go up to the blacks guys, who knows what it would have been like if the situation were reversed…figure the best way to find out if a guy is down is by making eye contact, if nods back cool but if he gives you that mean mug look guess not.
This video made my day. I don’t think I could be that direct in public but I was surprised at the majority of the reactions. I think some of those men were genuinely flattered. I’ll have to share this video. Thanks for posting.
Hahaha, that was funny I wouldn’t have given him my number he’s not my type but I appreciate the effort and just showing us ourselves.
I don’t think I would mind exchanging my number with any guy that is bold enough to ask me like he did in this video, but I doubt that would ever happen to me so…
I watched this Vid on World Star last week and thought it was VERY interesting. I sent it to a younger gay brother that I mentor. We have ALL been through the dreaded game playing that can go on for months with no answer and it leaves us frustrated and it’s a waste of time. Let’s face it, many… no MOST of us in the black community are ASHAMED of being gay which is why we attack fem brothers who are not ashamed. That’s right I said it. Can you imagine if we all came clean like this from gate? What in the hell are we really scared of? I have done this in fun and every time I did it, the guy had no problem hooking up. We are our own worst enemies and the irony of it is the hideous monstrosity in the wheelchair is the only one that was homophobic, isn’t this always the case? The one that NOBODY wants to fuck has the nerve to be homophobic. What this also clearly indicates is we have such a long outrageous laundry list of pure bullshit, No fats, no fems, must be masculine, must have a car must have blood pressure must have regular bowel movements JEEEEESH! Why don’t we just put in a request for Jesus? As if we are so damn perfect. I LOVE this video it shows less is always MORE! Just be you and go for it.
Good vid….I wouldn’t say it was a prank video but more like a social experiment, not sure I could that bold but if he’d asked me I would have given him my number….
FUNNY HOW WHITE GUYS CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS.BUT IF THIS WAS A BROTHER EVERYONE WOULD GET MAD AND/OR VIOLENT. WHIE MEN FOR SOME REASON CAN JOKE ABOUT BEING GAY….AND ITS NO PROBLEM! SMH. I BET THAT BROTHER THAT SAID HES CURIOUS,WOULD GET MAD IF THAT WAS ANOTHER BLACK MAN ASKING HIM THAT.
Maybe / maybe not……..really wouldn’t know until a black man does it
Would be interesting to see Tyler or Lance do this on an episode of Loiter Squad. They prank folks on the streets of LA all the time with wilder shit than this. Lance is sexy though, so he might pull a rack of dudes. #justsayin
Social experiment or prank I think it is dangerous to approach a male that way. Like it or not, gay men are NOT females and that can get you hurt regardless of whether you are black or white. I also feel sorry for the guy who seemed interested because if he was curious this video just outed him. That probably wasn’t the white brothers goal but in a heterosexual world that’s what he just did.
Not amused!
I would admit id be thrown off by it, but if he was cute id probably would give him my number. but I only got approached like that once at work and it was really discreet. he said he was a barber and he could cut my hair. now how in the hell u gonna tell a BALD dude u can cut his hair!? haha but it worked. haha
I would love for a dude to just randomly hit on me in the street. Whenever I do get hit on, its always by a female, never had a guy try it (though admittedly, my gaydar is pretty awful so I wouldn’t know unless he was being extra obvious with it). Speaking of that, if anyone reads this, how do you pick up on a guy subtly flirting with you, cause I just seem to be oblivious to it.
Hey Rod, do you want to go on a date?
I like your approach 😀 I’m happily involved though right now.
That was an interesting experiment. I noticed there were only 3 hostile interactions, from all the guys he stopped. From what I tend to hear, str8’s tend to think it’s so easy for gay guys to meet, hook-up, etc. So, I’m sure a bunch of these guys were surprised, that some random guy would approach them on the street. I was a bit surprised that some actually said they were “curious”, and wanted to go out. I think what was said in the article is probably on the money….easier to do this in L.A. than some places, as parts there are more “gay-friendly”. But even that is not a shoo-in, as they did have the problem with Prop.8 there. Illinois just got gay marriage here in June, but I’m pretty sure, doing that same experiment here, they would get quite a few hostile replies.
M just curious F theres overreacted to him as in to da extent dat dat man cursed!!! U know there R dim witted and dim witted!!!
notice the ugly fat guys are the most insecure and afraid. the ugliest one said “faggot” as he rolled on
I wonder how this would have went if the person asking for the numbers was a feminine gay black malewho looked like me.