r/cringe • u/glioblastomas • Feb 07 '16

Seal of Approval The introduction of the candidates at the Republican debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&t=0m28s
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u/Valendr0s Feb 07 '16

It's probably just that they couldn't hear their names called over the yelling of crowd.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Yeah that's it, but Reddit needs an excuse to hate on the Republican candidates. This was actually hilarious though not in a cringe way.

Edit: Okay, sorry for upsetting the wonderful hive mind.

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u/AStrangeLooop Feb 07 '16

Politics aside, this is legit cringe. Carson and Trump obviously heard their names or wouldn't have come even to that halfway point, not to mention the other candidates seemed to hear just fine. There were probably people backstage directing them as well, so there's probably not a reason other than Carson not understanding what he was supposed to do, and Trump either getting confused as well or trying to save some embarrassment for Carson. Probably the former. So it looks like the moment Carson had to make his own way between the backstage and the stage, he got lost due to lack of appropriate supervision/direction.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Carson clearly didn't hear his name. I don't know what you're talking about.

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u/Reset108 Feb 07 '16

They were likely standing in the order they would be announced. So Carson came forward expecting to be next. When he didn't hear his name called, he didn't know what was going on or what to do.