- I'm having delusions! (laughs) What the hell?!
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- No way! - Oh my goodness.
No! How do you fake this one?
- (React) This is called the Not a Photo Challenge.
And although its origins aren't super clear,
it appears to have started on TikTok several weeks ago.
As more and more people have hopped on the trend,
these videos have gotten more elaborate
with the videos appearing more and more to be still photos.
This song is by Russian producer kostromin,
whose song also blew up with another TikTok trend
earlier this year. What do you think of a trend
like the Not a Photo Challenge? - I think the trend's cool.
- I think it's really cool. I mean, it's one of the definitely
more creative trends out there. - I think it's pretty interesting.
I mean, I watched a few of them, and I thought they were cool.
- Tricking people. That always works.
That's always cool. - (React) So, today, we're gonna
play a little game called Photo or Not a Photo.
We're gonna be looking at several of these challenge videos,
and you're gonna tell me if it's a photo or not a photo.
I'll pause the clip after about four seconds,
so you have a chance to tell me what you think.
- Ooh, okay. - (React) Keep in mind,
I did create screenshots out of the actual challenge videos,
so all of them are challenge videos. I just screenshotted half of them
to try to trick you. - Okay.
- (React) Photo or not a photo and why?
- No dogs are that still. - How do you not move?
I mean, if that-- okay. - The thing is,
I wanna lead to not a photo just because it's a dog that's still.
- If you're in that push-up stance, there's no way you're gonna
be that still. - So, either he's really good
at that or-- the dog too! - But it could be very trained,
so I'm gonna say it's not a photo. - This is a photo.
- I'm gonna be wrong, so I think it's not a photo.
- I'm just gonna go with my gut and say that's a photo.
- (React) So, you got that wrong. - Oh, so I'm wrong.
(chuckles) - (React) Yeah. (laughs)
- So, I lost. (laughs) - (React) Yeah. (laughs)
- (laughs) - (React) Nice job!
- How? (chuckles) - (React) What gave it away?
- I just thought, like, "You guys are tricking me."
And you were.
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- (React) Photo or not a photo? - I think I saw them move.
- Video. That's a video. - That's a photo,
'cause her hair is sticking like this, so I don't know
how she would be able to do that. - This is definitely a video.
- I think I can see them move. I think it's not a photo.
- Everyone did great in the video, but the-- except for the pink hair.
You gotta stand more still than that. (laughs)
I saw him twitch his head a bit. - Well, my context clues are
(whoosh) way off. - Social distancing, by the way.
- (React) What do you think? Photo or not a photo?
- I didn't see anything move, but I just--
I know it's gonna be wrong. - This looks like it's a...
photo? - Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna just say
it's a photo. I'm not really sure what else. I mean...
- This is hard! - That's a picture for sure.
- It's not a photo. - It's a photo!
- (React) It's a photo! - Oh. (laughs)
- Wow! I didn't get something wrong for once.
- Dang. - That was actually really hard,
'cause I was-- I don't know. They all look--
they're really good at staying still, so I just never know.
- (React) What do you think? Photo or not a photo?
- Okay, excuse me?
- No way. No way. No, no, no, no, no, no.
- How is that even possible? - Yeah, he's not even
standing on anything. - This a photo.
- I think this is one of those crazy strong dudes
that can hold a position, like hold himself up
with like one hand. So, I think it's a video.
- I'm gonna say it's a photo. - I'm so stupid! What the hell?!
I thought I was gonna outsmart the system.
I was like, obviously, it's a photo,
but I'm not gonna say it's a photo, because that's what they want me
to think. (laughs) - This is stressing me out. (laughs)
- (React) Photo or not a photo? - Do I get a replay?
- (React) No. (chuckles) - Can I keep my smile like that
without, like... - This one's hard.
- I wanna ask you to rewind that, but I know I probably can't.
- That looks like a -- actually, I don't know.
- No, 'cause my cheeks kind of shake a little bit.
Oh my god. But she might have good face muscles,
so I'm gonna say it's a video. - Uhh... a photo!
No! Photo, photo, photo. (laughs) - I'm gonna go with it's not a photo.
- I'm gonna go with photo.
- (claps) - Oh! Ha-ha, ha-ha!
I'm beating you! (laughs) - How?! I...
- This is so dumb. - There's absolutely no way to tell.
- (React) What do you think? Photo or not a photo?
- Oh my god. - No, no! Wait.
- What? It literally... - That's not a photo. It's a video,
because I see that it's wrap. It's not water.
- That's a photo. - My brain wants me to say
it's a picture, but my gut's telling me it's a video.
So, I'm going to go with video. - Who drinks like that anyway, though?
This is a video. - Oh, thank God!
- No! - (React) What made you say photo?
- Because there's water, and water is motion. (laughs)
- (React) Photo or not a photo? - You know, it's kinda hard to tell.
- But the sink's not running, though. I don't see it running.
So, I'm gonna say it's-- wait. - No movement. Good job.
- Again: water! - I'm literally guessing on this.
I'm just gonna say it's a video. - Oh my god, no!
I'm already-- you know what? Picture. It's a picture.
- Picture. - I think it's not a photo.
- Yeah, she's not that good. Picture. Easy.
- Ohhhh! (claps) I'm so good.
- (React) That's not a point for you. - I have really good instincts.
I think it's 'cause I'm a Scorpio. (laughs)
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- (React) What do you think? - Not a lot of creativity
going into this one. She's kind of just staring
into my soul. - I can't tell.
How are these people so frozen? I can't sit still.
- I don't know. I was just trying to see
if her hair was gonna move a little bit, or I don't know.
- Video. Video. I think unless I'm having delusions right now,
I saw the arm on the left move ever so slightly.
- I honestly think it's not a photo, because she looks like
she's in the position, where she's about to move.
- That was a photo. - Picture!
- I'm having delusions! (laughs) What the hell?!
- I thought she was gonna start dancing.
It was the perfect angle, you know? Set up just right. Got me there.
- (React) Photo or not a photo and why?
- Video. - I think this is a video.
I feel like you're trying to trick me with the guy in the back.
- I was like-- I'm so confident! It's moving! It's moving!
- I think it's not a photo.
- Ay! - I did it.
- I'm so proud of myself. See? Scorpio. Duh! (laughs)
- (React) Photo or not a photo? - How's she keeping
her neck like that? So straight. - She has her hand
in a weird position, and I don't think it would be
that easy to keep her hand in that position
without moving it at all. - It looks like she's gonna,
like, move! (laughs) - I'm just gonna say it's a video,
'cause the fingers moved. - Could I keep my neck that straight?
No, 'cause I feel like you might be able to see it.
And it's up close too, and she's not moving or anything.
I'm gonna go with picture. - I am going to go with photo.
- I'm just gonna with it's a photo. - Come on.
Sheesh! - See? I knew she was gonna move!
- I think I've given up at this point, but...
- This is a picture. - Oh! She messed up.
- Dang. I don't know. - Oh! I feel like I see her moving.
- She moves, like, the first second. - I think it's not a photo.
- Photo. Let's go with photo.
- No, wait! It's a video! (laughs) I saw her head
move a little bit. Dang it! I said it too soon!
- (React) You called it. You called it out.
- I like that. She just blinked on beat.
- I'm paying such good attention to these now.
Good trend. I think I will fail completely
if I attempt this trend, because if I sit still,
you'll see me breathing or something. - I think it's creative,
and I wouldn't mind to see it more, 'cause I actually haven't seen
any of these on my For You page, so... - I think it's a pretty cool trend.
I haven't participated in it. I probably should.
I don't know how late it is, though. - This is cool (chuckles)
for like a week, and then it gets old.
- But I'm so late to the trends too. I'm still doing TikTok dances
from months ago. - It's not really hard
to keep up that much just because my feed
is kind of up-to-date with a lot of the trends.
- I don't think you really need to keep up with every trend,
to be honest. I mean, some you see,
some you don't. If you miss out on a couple,
I mean, it's not the end of the world. So, the more the better,
because for those people who do end up seeing every trend,
I mean, it's variety. - (React) So, we thought it'd be fun
if we tried some of these here right now.
Let's see if you can take on this challenge.
- Let's do it. Let's try.
- Thanks for watching this episode. What other trend should we react to?
- If you have any other ideas on reactions,
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