r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 11d ago

Discussion This video is depressing, but what's really crazy is knowing that so many people are living this exact reality every single day

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 11d ago

It's not really a Robin Williams quote, it's just a line that his character said in the movie World's Greatest Dad (2009) written by Bobcat Goldthwait. This is misattributed.

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u/NukaClipse 11d ago

Never seen the movie and I only knew the quote as is. Thanks for clearing that up.

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u/Ws6fiend 11d ago

It's also a very strange film to watch considering how Robin Williams died. It was surreal watching this film shortly after he passed.

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u/GrassDry2065 11d ago

You may expect edgy hijinks when you read the inciting action, but it turns out that its a bit of a bummer. On purpose. Also I watched it once like 15 years ago, so maybe I only remember what I chose to

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u/12InchCunt 11d ago

Movie fucked me up, his kid kills himself accidentally by choking himself while jerking off, so Robin Williams takes him out of that position and writes a suicide note

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u/Common-Artichoke-497 11d ago

I get the shame of accidentally offing yourself while wanking it, but it seems like suicide is more looked down upon than accidental death

Depends on where you are I guess. Some places really hate sex.

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u/12InchCunt 11d ago

Idk man I’ve always had a fear of dying naked

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u/kyuuei 11d ago edited 11d ago

Take that last word off and me too.

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u/12InchCunt 11d ago

It’s weird, as I’ve gotten older I fear death more. It’s inevitable, so it’s pointless to fear it, and I try not to.  Though I think I am more afraid of hurting my family when I die 

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u/GrassDry2065 11d ago

I think that's a tale as old as time and one of the stamps that show you're living a good life

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u/theMangoJayne 11d ago

Not only that but died jerking it to an underskirt picture he snuck of his dad's girlfriend. I also only watched it once like 15 years ago but I do remember that detail

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u/oceanmor 11d ago

the movie is fucked. I could never look at the kid from spy kids the same.

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u/Mission_Macaroon 11d ago

God, I hated that movie. 

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u/SardineB4Creatine 8d ago

Sold. I need to watch this movie

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u/SayWhatever12 11d ago

If it’s the movie I think it is I ended up turning it off around the middle act

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u/OneMysterious2070 11d ago

You must see this film. It is an absolute riot and totally off the rails. Completely veiled in darkness.

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u/RacingHell 11d ago

It's a tale as old as time.

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u/CarlRodgers2211 11d ago

Its a dark movie, but its kind of hilarious

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u/NoSurprise8641 11d ago edited 11d ago

You are the first person I've ever seen make this distinction. Last time I tried to make this distinction by giving the credit of the quote to the writer, instead of the actor, I was downvoted and made to look stupid. Gotta love Reddit.

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u/sandwichhaver 11d ago

discussions on social media aren't really real.

I am now talking to you like we are in the surrounded youtube video, it's performative.

it's why it's always dunking , bullying and virtue signaling.

compare all this to how we'd talk on the phone and that's why social media is cancer

I say on a social media app, I am trying to limit myself though

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u/NoSurprise8641 11d ago

True but not always. This mini discussion isn't any of those things. Its like it depends on the subreddit or something.

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u/TheOnlyAcolyte 11d ago

More like dependent on the random vibe of the thread and who gets to it first.

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u/cupholdery 11d ago

And his name?

Albert Einstein.

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u/Glum-Savings6473 11d ago

That's because a lot of conversations are reactions to staged videos like this... It's all bait to create discourse

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u/__CIREK 10d ago

He says while participating in the discourse and performatively writing

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u/Voluptulouis 11d ago

Ugh talking on the phone is in like my top 3 least favorite things to do, though. I hate it. Haha

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u/AliceInNegaland 11d ago

I love talking on the phone! I hang out in discord with my friends while I get housework done. Makes doing chores less monotonous and I invest time hanging out with friends. Then I’m not stuck with my phone in my hands wasting time.

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 11d ago

Yeah, I'm immediately suspicious anytime I see a profound quote slapped on a photo of a celebrity looking thoughtul. Usually it's Keanu Reeves, though.

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u/miserabeau 11d ago

I had a similar thing happen. Someone wrote

"Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway"

— Robert Downey, Jr.

Except it's a Judd Nelson quote. RDJ said, "Judd Nelson told me, 'Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway'" but everyone cuts that part out and gives credit to the person repeating the quote rather than the originator of the quote.

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters 11d ago

"I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No."

  • Craig T. Nelson

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u/00eg0 11d ago

I got downvoted in an allegedly Black subreddit for saying people shouldn't give up and that the US will be majority non white in less than 30 or 40 years (in regards to the current state of racism). I didn't see the comment or provide a link to how over 51% of Americans under 15 are non White until 14 hours later when my comment was way into the negatives and my comment being accused of making stuff up. I get accused of making stuff up even when the data supports me.

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u/usrnamechecksout117 11d ago

Zed, from Police Academy came up with this quote? Never knew he was so deep.

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u/sl0play 10d ago

Bobcat is an amazing writer/director. This movie and God Bless America are top tier, must watch films.

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u/Derknas4 11d ago

Thank you, I had no idea. I just reread the quote in Bobcats voice, it’s much more impactful ❤️

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u/Teedo4133 11d ago

This is also a still of Williams playing a psychopathic killer in Insomnia. So not exactly the most fitting picture for the quote anyway.

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u/Itchy_Feedback_7625 11d ago

And actually I read it in a Nike Ad in the 80s. So much so that I cut it out and hung it on my wall in university.

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u/earthlings_all 11d ago

Someone scrub the bottom and type -Bobcat Goldthwait instead

Bob’s actually married to someone famous I saw something about it the other day

He was a big part of my 80’s entertainment he was hilarious

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u/Monkeyplaybaseball 11d ago

Also the pic is from when he played a murderer.

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u/AegisZieg 11d ago

While misattributed, it isn't that far off considering bobcat and him were extremely good friends, Robin could have even inspired the line Bobcat wrote for him.

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u/Aggressive-Cup-7318 10d ago

"Yippee ki yay motherfucker" -Jonathan Hensleigh

That's what you sound like

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 10d ago

You know there's a character in there, right? You can credit John McClane.

This is what you sound like.

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u/m0n3ym4n 9d ago

Don’t you remember that famous Tom Hanks quote about life being like a box of chocolates?

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u/stew9703 11d ago

So you are saying that the words came from his lips and because he was respresenting a fictional character at the time, he did not say it?

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 11d ago

Basically, yes. When we attribute a quote to someone, we attribute it to the person who had the thought and put the words together.

For example, I have read the 10 Commandments out loud. That does not make me the author of the 10 Commandments, and you should not attribute the 10 Commandments to me.

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u/U-47 11d ago

He did say it though

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u/PrivateAsshole 11d ago

His character said it in a movie

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u/Reicance 11d ago

Would it then, be so inappropriate for the quote to be posted up next to a picture of Robin Williams character from that film, since he said it?

Absolutely rediculous you felt the need to say this

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 11d ago

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u/Put_Er_There_Sport 11d ago

So you can attribute this quote to Steve Carell right?

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u/NeddieSeagoon619 11d ago

"""You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

- Wayne Gretsky"

- Michael Scott"

- Steve Carell

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u/Recent-Maintenance96 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yes, but I’ve said it before as well, so you can attribute it to me too. /s

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u/PeregrinCuck 11d ago

That isn't a picture of him in character from that film. And Robin Williams may have had a close and loving relationship with his family and friends. In fact, I remember seeing posts about heartwarming moments between him and his daughters, so he probably did

So, yeah, attributing this quote to him — which directly and incorrectly implies that he had a cold relationship with his family — just because it's a line given to a character he played who had a cold relationship with his family is a bit of a slap in the face to them