Guy in front of me was watching The Bee Movie while driving on the freeway.
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  • 1356 points Cute_Reflection_9414

    Apparently, so were you

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    1 points ParkingShelter9634

    I like the way you think

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  • 3035 points EleanorRaine

    THIS BEE IS SO FUNNY, IT MAKES ME WANT TO MERGE WITHOUT LOOKING!

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    935 points DudefromSC234

    YEAH, SEINFIELD!!!

    https://i.redd.it/9i0wq18fy86g1.gif

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    31 points Kooky_Cat_9251

    I thought he said rumsfeld?

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    29 points uzid0g

    But Seinfeld acts in the bee movie 

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    6 points Either-Technician594

    How the fuck did I not know this what

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    5 points engels962

    He isn’t just the main voice actor, he also co-wrote it

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    97 points drewman301

    "What's your favorite Transformer, Barry?"

    "Bumblebee! Woo, yeah baby!"

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    125 points Yuck-Fou94

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    2 points ComplexxToxin

    Bro

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    1 points Gabriel_ult4kill

    With 7 beers?

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  • 1204 points WeeklyEquivalent4246

    Were you sad because you couldn’t get the audio?

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    259 points Cogitare_Diversae

    The bee movie doesn’t need audio. Everyone already knows all the dialog at this point.

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    95 points HarrowDread

    “Honey slaves to the white man!?” Is my favorite part of that whole movie

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    15 points HarveyDentacles

    It's overdone, but "ya like jazz" has had me in a chokehold for YEARS

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    7 points RamenOrNoodles

    I remember when the entire bee movie script became a meme

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    13 points Malcolm_P90X

    This is the real mildly infuriating. How hard is it to snap a picture of what’s in front of you? You don’t even have to look at the screen to do it you fucking idiot.

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  • 111 points Randomp0rtalfan

    According to all known laws of aviation

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    37 points AkaruLyte

    There is no known way that a bee should be able to fly.

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    31 points No-Turnover-6471

    Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

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    11 points Vivimir

    Yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black… Ooh, black and yellow! Yeah, let’s shake it up a little

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    1 points No-Turnover-6471

    Looking sharp! No flying in the house, Barry! Your father paid a lot for these stairs.

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  • 1059 points hamnewtonn

    "Let me take my phone out and use it while behind the wheel to shame another individual using their phone behind the wheel."

    OP, pardon me, but you are a fucking dumbass.

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    344 points Errororoeoe

    not only that, the guy could have the movie playing for his kid or even just listening to the audio. His hands are still on the steering wheel, and there is a non zero chance that it really isnt distracting him. Meanwhile taking out your phone, zooming in far enough to see into the next person's car, and taking a picture guarantee you are taking your hands off the steering wheel and are distracted

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    20 points Fryphax

    The dude is clearly looking at the road in the picture.

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    57 points The_Kaizz

    Exactly. I have a mag car holder on my dash, and it's positioned so when I pick my kid up, or we're having car rides, he can watch something without having a screen right in his face, and I can choose what we watch.

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    11 points Zech08

    Lets just blame both, because both arent really great examples of what you should be doing while driving.... and who puts the phone all the way there for passengers to see?

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    19 points grrnlives

    Also, the movie was prob on to entertain a kid, not the old man driving whose eyes are looking ahead and not at the phone…

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    35 points MagicGrit

    OP could be in the passenger seat

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    39 points Tabula-Rasa-99

    They imply otherwise in their comment downthread :(

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    50 points Go_Loud762

    They appear to be stopped.

    Not much of a risky moved while stopped.

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    -18 points kayleewaldon

    On the freeway?

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    27 points Go_Loud762

    OP said stop and go traffic.

    Those three cars look very close together, so I assume they are stopped.

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    8 points JonRakos

    Color me jealous that you think being stopped on the freeway is unlikely.

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  • 247 points Special-Ad-6555

    Let's get this straight, you're worried about someone else's car, regardless of the reasons, enough to take your own camera out and take a photo or video? Ignore the fact that there could be someone else in the car watching the show; regardless, you were willing to jeopardize your own safety so you could spy on someone else? Wow, you're a real hero!

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    -231 points jgcramer

    To be clear, it was stop and go traffic. Picture was taken while stopped so no jeopardizing of anyone's safety. Also the man was not driving well, only reason I noticed in the first place.

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    38 points Tabula-Rasa-99

    Oh god I thought you were a passenger, wtf???

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    114 points Special-Ad-6555

    Fair enough, we made assumptions, as did you...

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    -46 points MagicGrit

    What assumptions did OP make?

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    34 points Halkobot

    That the dude is watching the bee movie. It could reasonably be for a passenger.

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    -46 points MagicGrit

    There’s a phone on his dash playing the bee movie while he’s driving. That’s not much of an assumption lol

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    20 points RevolutionaryCar310

    You just described assumption

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    -10 points MagicGrit

    In the same way that if you showed up tomorrow with shorter hair it would be an assumption that you got your haircut

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    4 points OhItsNotOver

    And you can’t tell from this image that there ISN’T someone else in the car with him, so YES, it’s an assumption he is watching. You’re either not very bright or purposefully being obtuse.

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    1 points MagicGrit

    I didn’t say there wasn’t an assumption. When I said “not much of an assumption” I more meant it’s a safe assumption. Similar to if you showed up with short hair, it’s a safe assumption that you got a haircut.

    It’s remarkable how many people in this thread are leaping to the defense of a guy watching a movie while driving in traffic….

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    22 points RestaurantRich1498

    Maybe he's got a kid in the back seat and just playing a movie to calm the kid down?

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    23 points IcyClassroom268

    Perhaps he was only watching it when stopped, so no jeopardizing of anyone’s safety. You don’t know for certain where his eyes were looking while he was driving. As for him not driving well, maybe he’s just a bad driver.

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    12 points ReasonableFall177

    Don't know why you're getting downvoted, you're just applying op's logic to their own statements

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    3 points BurningFence

    So then why post it here? How is any of this infuriating?

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    1 points notveryhidden

    Wonder why he's driving like shit

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    -13 points Psydop

    Stopped on the freeway? That can't be too common

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    21 points Ltsmash99

    Rush hours are a thing.

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    10 points pointbreak19

    So much so they made 3 movies about it.

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    4 points MagicGrit

    Out of curiosity, where are you from? This is incredibly common

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    0 points Psydop

    Huh, hadn't considered that factor. Am from North Dakota. Closest "big" city is more than 6 hours away. I did drive in pheonix in August this year and never had to stop during rush hour, but they had 6 lanes too. And i have driven to minneapolis and Seattle and not run into this problem. My sample size of days there is really low, and usually from weekends though. I hadn't considered it might just be that much busier on the weekdays. Good call out.

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    2 points MagicGrit

    Im in Baltimore and every single day on my way to work I find myself stopped dead on a 5 lane highway multiple times

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    1 points SunsetCarcass

    Bro Delaware is the worst

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    -5 points Worldwide_brony

    Everyone here that’s disagreeing with you doesn’t see the actually point, why the fuck is someone watching a movie while driving a car.

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  • 99 points SCANNYGITTS

    You mean the driver had the bee movie playing.

    I doubt a grown adult is watching a movie while driving...
    Maybe they have kids in the car?

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    20 points ShimmyWorm

    I’ve literally seen a grown ass adult watching Steven Universe while driving on the freeway. Phone was planted right above the steering wheel on the windshield.

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    22 points Psydop

    Right? OPs prefrontal cortex is malfunctioning

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    12 points Ingeneure_

    Or the driver is really watching bee movie

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    1 points VoodooDoII

    Yeah that was my first thought

    When my father and I go on road trips, he puts movies on to listen to and I watch them from the passenger seat lol

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    1 points NoMaans

    Yeah, no. Have seen people with phones on mounts scrolling fucking tik tok while driving. People are fucking idiots.

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    1 points SCANNYGITTS

    Full disclosure: I drive an imported car and the aftermarket stereo it came with plays MP4s and MP3s via old school SD card. I loaded it up with seasons 4-10 of the Simpsons, BUUUUUT I watched these episodes so many times already that I’m simply listening to the episodes at this point. No need for me to look at the screen, as I have most of the episodes memorized.

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    1 points Master_Quack97

    Critical thinking? On Reddit? How is this possible?

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    -7 points Dependent_Parsnip982

    What kids in 2025 are gonna wacth bee movie

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    3 points shalazone

    Parents like to introduce their kids to the movie they watched as kids, I guess you watched Snow White when you were a kid and the movie was already ~60yo in the 90s. Also, Bee movie has become a meme meaning kids on social media sees a lot of this film and want to watch it.

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    -6 points Vestat1

    Speak for yourself. Sent from my FREAKING FOLDING GALAXY PHONE (6)

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  • 11 points [deleted]

    [removed]

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    1 points drewman301

    Especially the part in that movie where the distracted driver nearly runs off the road

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  • 38 points Big_D_Hammerr

    😂😂😂 taking your phone out and taking a picture while driving to complain about a guy watching a movie while driving. This can’t be real 😂😂😂😂😂

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    8 points yeetmxster420

    on top of that, OP zoomed FAR in just to take this photo meaning he had to have his eyes off the road for extended periods of time to get the shot right

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    3 points Cprhd

    Had the same thought.

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  • 27 points AnnDestroysTheWorld

    https://preview.redd.it/q3ux4w8aj96g1.png?width=220&format=png&auto=webp&s=18f5c9e2c639e2989a2f695a32bb79482aeb88af

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    2 points lumpiawrappers

    OP never heard of the word

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  • 9 points TinyMarsupial7622

    I’ve done this so my kid in the back can watch. I listen but don’t watch.

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  • 17 points EEE3EEElol

    https://preview.redd.it/6k980lkvgc6g1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c05609eeed569a449ba018abf27bcb18c9b3d4f8

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  • 13 points LegitJerome

    Probably kids in the back, I’ve done this on a long trip before. I wasn’t watching it, but the kids could see it from the back seat.

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  • 6 points Hebroohammr

    Seems almost as unsafe as taking out your phone to take a picture of the person driving in front of you on the freeway.

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  • 3 points Russian_Spy_7_5_0

    Imagine he fucking dies in a head on collision but the Bee Movie just keeps playing

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    1 points ResplendentCathar

    Okay I'm imagining...

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  • 4 points ElasticBiscuit

    What, you don't enjoy a little jazz?

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  • 6 points Awes12

    You sure it wasn't "driving but the bee movie speeds up every time I hit the gas"

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  • 5 points Cultural_Magician105

    At least it was a PG movie ....

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  • 3 points Ill-Confusion-1844

    He’s just using his car to go from A to Bee…

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  • 3 points Individual_Jello5737

    There probably a toddler in the back seat

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  • 5 points Agitated-Contact7686

    I like the part where they are talking about how the Bee society works too perfectly and then it pans out to the intersection with everybody flying through perfectly without hitting each other 😂

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  • 8 points Particular_Title42

    At least he wasn't listening to Betty White read the erotic novel "The Hot Chick Who Was Italian or Maybe Some Kind of Spanish."

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  • 3 points Guilt_Dealer

    I mean don't we all just use our phones while watching a movie, at least he's doing something productive /s

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  • 3 points Acceptable_Cap_2289

    guys why are we hating

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  • 3 points mearbearcate

    And clearly, dude is looking at the road.

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  • 3 points SnooOnions5029

    What a coincidence! Some asshole driving behind me just took out his phone and took a photo of my kids peacefully watching the bee movie

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  • 3 points LittleNinjaXYBA

    W movie choice

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  • 3 points Yeetsformer

    It’s a good movie dawg

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  • 3 points B1zZare-o_O

    Peek irony

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  • 3 points OMEN336

    OP taking photos of guy watching bee movie while driving on freeway while OP is also driving on freeway.

    Makes sense to go on your phone to shame someone else being on their phone.

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  • 3 points notveryhidden

    Op shouldn't you get off your damn phone and focus on the road?

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  • 3 points calebtheredwood

    How did you get that photo?

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  • 7 points VishfulTinking

    Can't believe it's even legal to have these things in cars at all 🤦‍♀️

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    1 points RevolutionaryCar310

    Uhh what?

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    1 points hellAZodiac

    bees

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  • 4 points Ephxmeral2

    Your taking photo while driving

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  • 2 points HorizonsReptile

    You need to start thinking bee

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  • 2 points NunuRedgrave

    You're watching him through your phone while driving watching him watch a movie while driving

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  • 2 points Zealos57

    According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

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  • 2 points injeanyes

    probably the guy

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  • 2 points Mr_Fox_send_nudes

    This is far more common than you may think

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    -1 points yeetmxster420

    yup i have a magsafe mount on my ac grill & i watch youtube videos or i listen to music while i drive. hands on the wheel bc its magsafe so i just have an airpod in while i listen & briefly see the content, but prioritizing the road

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  • 2 points Supergamer161

    You've heard of Drive-in Theatre, now get ready for Driv-ing Theatre

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  • 2 points BomboRaasClatt

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  • 2 points Independent-Jumpy

    Excellent use of free will

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  • 2 points Long_Membership1401

    Yes, also dont lie, we can see that you also were watching it along with him.

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  • 2 points TrainerRedpkmn

    Wrong sub needs to be ok mildyinteresting

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  • 2 points MuffledFarts

    There are so many good movies out there guys. Do not die for The Bee Movie.

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    3 points YourCreepyNeiborBeef

    I'm willing to die for Barry Bee Benson

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  • 2 points umutakmak

    He has a presentation at work about the Bee Movie and did not prepare

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  • 2 points motion360

    Don't cars have built-in media player?

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  • 2 points Mugno

    The bee movie but every turn is .99 slower

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  • 2 points Freemind93

    You dont think maybe a kid watched it and not the driver?

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  • 2 points mrDuder1729

    To be faaair,

    So were you...

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  • 2 points PointsOfXP

    Stop and go traffic is no excuse to pull your phone out and take a photo. In fact it's way more dangerous as people are far more unpredictable in that traffic. I highly doubt he was actively watching it. Maybe he had kids in the back seat. Regardless, put your phone down and quit putting people's lives at risk

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    1 points subhuman_voice

    It looks like it's the rear screen based on size.

    While following a van in central florida traffic, the van in front was watching a similar movie. ( Incredibles, maybe. It was one of those)

    It's large enough for me to watch and a pleasant refuge away from the stop and go traffic.

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  • 2 points plantscatsrealitytv

    Free will is a hell of a thing

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  • 4 points Stock-Sherbert4384

    how does this infuriate you in any way

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  • 4 points MrMeritocracy

    If you took a picture while driving, you are the problem

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  • 4 points Gumbercules81

    Can you blame them, that's a funny movie

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  • 2 points AWholeNewFattitude

    If i was watching the Bee Movie I would want to die too…

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  • 2 points Profeshinal_Spellor

    At least you were taking pictures while driving on the same freeway

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  • 2 points JECGEE

    WhAtS tHe DeAl wITH pEopLe wAtChInG My MOvIeS In TrAfFic?!

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  • 2 points Important_Jaguar_904

    I think he may just be listening to the movie. I do this all the time on long car trips. It's also possible that there's a kid in there, considering this is a kid's movie. (Also, this post is hilariously hypocritical 🤣)

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  • 2 points HowlingWolven

    i’m as annoyed at you deciding to photograph them while driving yourself as i am at them for watching the bee movie on their phone while driving.

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  • 2 points Gryphontech

    You are using your phone to take a picture while driving on the freeway... the dude in front of you is an idiot but so are you

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  • 2 points BrunoMcNasty

    IT'S CALLED MULTI-TASKING!

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  • 1 points funkysap

    Does he like jazz?

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  • 1 points McKnightmare24

    a man of culture.

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  • 1 points RhodSteel

    ...and every time they say Bee, he goes faster?

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  • 1 points MisterWafflles

    When I do long road trips I'll have my phone on the holder at a 180 and play movies. Just because it's up doesn't mean my eyes are on it 100% of the time. No different than glancing at my mirrors. Plus Shrek is my go to film so I don't even need to see it to enjoy it

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  • 1 points TemporalGift

    Do you not like the bee movie?

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  • 1 points Important-Day-232

    Ironic

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  • 1 points Odd-Scheme-4044

    What?

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  • 1 points Spiritual_Local5183

    Ironic

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  • 1 points playboybunnyof

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  • 1 points Unknown_User_66

    I saw someone do this with Frozen 💀💀💀

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  • 1 points TruthCultural9952

    Nah the real crime is the bee movie

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  • 1 points Lopsided-Potato7276

    Ya like jazz?

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  • 1 points itsmejam

    I mean it is the bee movie, what else you supposed to do

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  • 1 points lilpanda

    Do you like jazz?

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  • 1 points rividz

    I take a commuter bus sometimes across the Bay Bridge from Oakland to SF. I can see down into the cars, I'm not exaggerating, half of the people driving are using their phone.

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  • 1 points Darth_Dungeonmaster5

    By the laws of nature, bees should not be able to fly, yet they do. By the laws of man, idiots should not be allowed to drive, yet they do.

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  • 1 points luminous_quandery

    On a poodle!

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  • 1 points TheManyVoicesYT

    He was taking the beeway, not the freeway

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  • 1 points hoochi10

    So you took out your phone to make a picture while driving

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  • 1 points ChickyBoys

    Do you like jazz?

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  • 1 points gersbeck11

    Legend.

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  • 1 points Muhahahahaz

    When he crashes:

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  • 1 points ChrissWayne

    When my dog misbehaves I always tell him I will sell him to Ray Liotta, so he can work as honey bee cause he sucks as a dog

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  • 1 points Worldly_Use_3564

    The bee movie?! So nostalgic. Good times man , but please dont watch while driving.

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  • 1 points SlightConflict6432

    Absolutely based

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  • 1 points headspin_exe

    I'd be mildly infuriated too if I was subjected to that cinematic trash fire.

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  • 1 points FracturedConscious

    Send him some recommendations.

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  • 1 points Training_Living_6678

    DO YOU LIKE JAZZ ?

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  • 1 points Mammoth_Mixture4735

    Before smart phones I saw a guy reading the news paper while driving, the car was moving and he was reading and turning pages like he was sitting on the kitchen table

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  • 1 points AmptiShanti

    Any other movie and that might be a crime

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  • 1 points PhenoStyle

    And he posts "that guy behind me watches bee movie on the screen in my car on the freeway"

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  • 1 points Lego_Kitsune

    Ya like jazz

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  • 1 points joemacd

    Damn Beemer drivers

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  • 1 points Wilbur_Eats_Sand

    OP doesn't like jazz. Noted

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  • 1 points BigCaterpillar1819

    I don’t see a problem.

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  • 1 points Nekat_ydaerla

    Probably kids somewhere in the car watching it.

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  • 1 points vctrn-carajillo

    OP getting SLAMMED

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  • 1 points 632612

    Absolute irony that it’s this scene in particular.

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  • 1 points dungeonblaster93

    I'm guessing based off the partial plate I see that you're in Utah? Definitely tracks for the drivers here

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  • 1 points DopamineSavant

    I'm more annoyed by your picture than his movie.

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  • 1 points NeedsPaint

    Guy behind him was on his phone

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  • 0 points doublewidesurprise7

    And you weren't?

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  • 1 points RoastPork2017

    The bee is worth the accident

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  • 1 points No-Control6483

    Look well. According to his eyes and the rearview mirror, he looks to be looking straight ahead. I turn on podcast, TV shows and all kinds of stuff and leave it on while I drive. Just because it's on a phone mount doesn't mean he's watching it

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  • 1 points Alekar24

    OP is just jealous

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  • 1 points Dedboiwalkin

    Unfathomably based

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  • 1 points LuckyJoeH

    Kids in the backseat

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  • 0 points sydbarrett710

    I get it to be honest

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  • 0 points philnolan3d

    He was or kids in the back seat were?

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  • 0 points bluehorsehead

    Honestly, good for him

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  • 0 points knsaber

    Wait till you see what I play on my center screen while I drive!

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  • 0 points AlexLuna9322

    Once I followed a car in my bike for 40 mins because they were watching Law and Order SVU

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  • 0 points Six-Seven-Oclock

    LOL, so that’s what it looks like driving behind me.

    (Not “the bee movie”, but certainly whatever series I’m binging. Currently Mad Men)

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  • 0 points click_clack0512

    Ugh. Terrible movie.

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  • -1 points CarefulBeautiful196

    So what Japanese people have been doing this since the 2000s

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  • -1 points General_Border_8263

    Dude's eyes are pointed straight ahead.

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  • -7 points Diligent_Opening_069

    Movie is ass

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  • -2 points Buttimus_Prime

    I mean... I do this...

    Granted its city driving, and it's usually traffic to traffic movement here in the Philippines.

    But i either have Netflix on or a YouTube video as background noise while i drive, and i have something to watch when im eventually stuck in traffic.

    I do find it interesting(and telling) when someone complains about distracting driving by snapping a photo/filming. From the driver seat.

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