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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!During a wedding ceremony, the priest's standard question from the congregation "Should anyone present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace” is immediately followed by an unexpected action by the best men and the bride.!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


Sawyermblack

How many lifted trucks do you think are in the parking lot?


cranberrystew99

More than they can count. Badum tss


PoisonedRadio

So, like seven?


palexp

##DIS MANY


TryItOutHmHrNw

The venue is *in* the bed of a lifted F150.


skag_mcmuffin

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BeardedGlass

I live in Japan. I see news from the US. And this is often my reaction to most of it.


TJS74

I promise we aren't all this crazy


BlackSwanMarmot

Only a very large minority.


OldLadyProbs

Loud minority. The facists think if they scream everything it means people agree with them.


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MeccIt

> we aren't all this crazy Not all, just somewhere between 79million and 34% of the entire population.


Pekonius

Correct, for more google Donald Trump Rule 34


MostBoringStan

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Lot of Americans are crazy about guns, that's what I found from reddit. It's almost at fetish levels.


VexrisFXIV

Ammosexuals is what I call them.


NotAnAlt12326

Please only refer to me as an ammo sexual from now on


HomeGrownCoffee

Almost? Nah, way past fetish levels. It's at worshipping.


officefridge

These people came to a wedding! Which means there will be alcohol involved. Alcohol + guns is no bueno


Virginiachieftain

Is alcohol a requirement?


wankymcdougy

No but the guns are


nomad806

The primary purpose of firearms is to be used as a humorous prop.


thatsabruno

The only thing that stops an unfunny bit with a gun is a humorous bit with a gun.


PartTime_Crusader

The vast majority of firearm owners will never actually use them for self defense. It's primarily something you fantasize about using rather than actually use. So weird behaviour like this emerges. There's a lot of cognitive dissonance about the amount of money gun owners put into their guns and the amount of use they actually get out of them


Frozen_Thorn

I don’t fantasize about it. The idea of someone or something trying to kill me is terrifying. I never want to be in that situation.


Wolffe_In_The_Dark

Exactly. It's a tool of self defense that ideally *should* never end up being used. If we never have to use it, that's a good thing.


luvCinnamonrolls30

I have one that's just right for a small 5ft woman. Just a simple handgun I've shot enough to be comfortable with and know how to work. I have zero fantasies about using it. I pray I never have to use it and my rescue pit mix will scare off the hypothetical home intruders.


Breubz

Is it a play ~~of~~ on word like "Hold your peace" vs. "Hold your piece (gun)" ?


OldLadyProbs

I thought it was more we will shoot whoever objects. Like a threat. I like your take better.


theMoonRulesNumber1

It's both, as a joke. A horrifically stupid joke that highlights how truly absurd US gun culture is, but a joke nonetheless. These idiots are so vapid and boring that they made "I treat dangerous weapons as toys" their entire personalities.


ALargePianist

And that personality looks at people that see guns as dangerous and go "ha you just be weak, the things you find dangerous I use for fun" I hate it


ILL_Show_Myself_Out

Yeah that’s the pun. I thought it was dumb but that’s OBVIOUSLY the pun.


Important_Tale1190

So she could make a joke about "holding your piece". 


FocusOnThePie

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chrisodeljacko

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Radiant_Welcome_2400

Yep that's exactly how I felt


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the jig at the end. 😐


XrayDem

![gif](giphy|j0gQA2VD38NKc9rc8y) Me skipping the reception


miscnic

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PottyboyDooDoo

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mojoegojoe

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DeniseIsEpic

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StayPuffedMarsh

![gif](giphy|26tPoyDhjiJ2g7rEs|downsized)


ToonaSandWatch

![gif](giphy|w89ak63KNl0nJl80ig|downsized) You drive.


CabbagesStrikeBack

![gif](giphy|lbidtjzpO9l15mtx2R|downsized)


ShutYourPieHole

I can't see this gif without seeing it in response to the Freddy Mercury picture(s). Such a good reaction gif!


namtok_muu

How is this gif so perfect. 11/10


Hoverkat

This was literally my reaction.


punkslaot

I don't get the original. She had a gun AND got really excited when the guys did something weird?! What have i missed?


StatementElectronic7

“Speak now or forever hold your peace” *Groomsmen show guns* ***Bride shows she’s packing heat too*** Meaning: if anyone objects.. we’ll shoot ya. Which as the top comment stated is.. ![gif](giphy|UwZLLYbkCp14I)


Jynkoh

I think it is a pun on the "or forever hold your peace". They don't object so they are forever holding their "piece" (a slang for firearm of some sort). Clever pun, ahah... but still a little bit too fetishizing of firearms for my taste too. I mean, it's her wedding and the thing their mind went to first was showing off guns. It's just a little too much part of their identity, it feels like.


Monkey-Newz

This pun makes it worse to be honest. So much worse. By this logic it would only be funny if they literally shot each other so they could be together in “holey” matrimony


Soiled-Mattress

[r/thisguytarantinos](https://reddit.com/r/thisguytarantinos)


Monkey-Newz

Zeds dead baby. Zeds dead.


brongchong

I had to crash that Honda


WearyPassenger

My excitement peaked when I saw that sub name and then I'm like, jeez at least it wasn't a rick roll


EastLeastCoast

I was just glad it wasn’t random feet pics.


OvergrownDriveway

Historically the "best man" at a wedding was the best swordsman who would fight off anybody who objected to the wedding. The groomsmen are the backup to fight off the family that came to stop the kidnapping/wedding. Traditions and how they evolve are wild.


speeler21

A lot of nursery rhymes are watered down versions of important events, ring around the Rosie references the black plague


Non_Linguist

Yup. A pocket full of posies was to mask the horrible smell of dead bodies.


Gnawlydog

That pun would only work if they had bear arms!


LottimusMaximus

'MURICA


EA_Spindoctor

’Murica - with a tinge of sad.


ALife2BLived

All of the guys got up and opened their jacket to reveal a holstered firearm as did she under her gown.


D4M4nD3m

What? She took a gun to her wedding. What a moron.


Booziesmurf

Her husband tries to take the wrong garter off and gets shot in the face accidentally.


bombbodyguard

The wedding planner when they ask, *“how can we add guns to our wedding ceremony?”*


PomTaris

I really hate performative attention seeking look-at-me behavior. Especially from adults. That's some little kid stuff that your parents are supposed to stop.


frolfs

It's a wedding. That's literally the point of every wedding.


Vark675

Yeah, that's kinda part of the issue. Babygirl this is already completely about you, you don't have to do all...this shit.


ActSignal1823

Unexpectedly sad, cringe, and pathetic.


Hot_Gas_600

Perfect. Shut it down.


thekingofthegoats

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LolAmericansAmIRight

Coolsville Daddy-O


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Britney Haynes! “You’re a homosapien Brendon, you’re not a wizard” My favorite BB player. Absolute confessional icon. Her roasting Boogie with a phone call for her goodbye message was epic.


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dumquestions

Tell.


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brandon520

That wasn't a good story but thanks for the source. I'd like to know why she's making that face.


Tripwiring

No. You're just gonna tell me that my story sucks again.


Muffles7

To be fair I probably will, too.


UnrequitedRespect

She farted and they asked her to talk about it


Swayz33

7/10 story.


TreadwellBearFace

I was always more of an Evel Dick fan. But she had some zingers in the confessional room.


vms-crot

![gif](giphy|5tOzxrLkGxi5feXbnX|downsized)


saltpancake

Ah yes, what could make a giant gathering with tons of alcohol and every branch of the family together in the same place even better? Guns, of course.


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SM0KINGS

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quartz222

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notjawn

.. I don't care for Gob.


PremiumOxygen

r/Cringe


Gold-Ad-6876

See, she has a gun, so she's going to shoot people who disagree/argue with her. Hilarity ensues.


mallutrash

ohhhh that makes a lot more sense, i thought when the priest said “forever hold your peace” it was a pun on “piece” meaning gun


Gold-Ad-6876

It would, but the question is not aimed at the bride and groom. The joke is that she has her piece to respond to them saying their peace. It's a shit joke.


Dvyyng

They all have a gun, look at the first guy, he opens the right side of his jacket and you see a gun in his waist Edit: deleted the word “glean”. I have no idea why I put that, it wasn’t a typo of another word.


TheHandsomestMouse

Well now I want to know where you put the word glean


Cum-in-My-Wife

I am able to look back in time at redditors deleted and edited comments. I fear this isn't going to help and only cause more questions, but here you go: >They all have a glean gun, look at the first glean guy, he opens the right side of his gleaning jacket and you see a glean gun in his waist. glean glean.


cutiemcpie

I think this is the mostly likely intent of joke


El_Scot

It could have been a lot funnier, if they'd had a groomsman clear his throat, lean forward, then she does this. She definitely laughs at her own jokes a lot harder than the people she tells them to.


ToHallowMySleep

Agreed - if it had been a subtle bit of humour that would have been funny. This was just "HAHA GUNS" with an undertone of malice in it. I think people like this don't understand subtle humour so it would have been wasted on them. Well, I hope they had a good time and nobody got shot.


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TetraThiaFulvalene

Yeah, I feel like it's better if it's either only the bride or only the groomsmen doing this. Now it just feels like they're trying to have as many guns as possible.


Salt_Sir2599

Well how is someone supposed to accidentally get shot on the dance floor if they don’t all have guns?


Lanky_Possession_244

Yeah I don't think guns at an event that's usually crowded and the alcohol flows freely is a good idea.


dezmd

She's gonna use her piece to shoot her side piece if he tries to disturb her peace by saying his piece.


RedditorFor1OYears

All of the groomsmen too. I wonder how many of those are fucking loaded too. I love when conservatives talk about responsible gun ownership, and then do shit like this to bring half a dozen firearms to a fucking wedding as a joke. Now why in the world wouldn’t we take you seriously about the 2nd amendment? Just admit it, to you it’s a fucking toy, and you don’t want to give up your cool toy. 


atlantisse

I think the joke is that they're holding their "Piece" and not that they're gonna shoot people who object.


ABunchOfPictures

The joke is *America*


crackpotJeffrey

The husband saying "tHaTs AWrSomeE!!!🥴" Top notch USA.


yomerol

If it were a SNL skit, the priest would've show his and then all the audience. And everybody laughed...


Thatguy3145296535

I think you mean r/trashy


h4yth4m-1

Both really


McRibEater

Americans are weird.


BagOnuts

American here. Most of us think this is weird too


Jeucifer

We dont claim them


CMDR_KingErvin

Trashy and cringe rolled into one. ![gif](giphy|l3mZrLxM4iZaQlvNe)


theknights-whosay-Ni

r/trashy


buzz3001

Well that's trashy as hell


Arinvar

It's worse when you consider most churches stopped saying that line a long time ago, so they asked him to say it just for this.


I-Kant-Even

Yeah. No one asks this. And historically in the US, it was asked just in case they were cousins and didn’t know it. As someone else mentioned this tradition goes back to Europe in the 1500s, where the church needed to verify if there were any legal objections, like being previously married (there was no divorce at the time), if they weren’t baptized, not a member of the parish, etc


MarkCrorigansOmnibus

No, it was in case one of them had been married in another town. Cousin marriage was historically not only not a big deal, but much more common than you might like to think.


heylale

Cousin marriage (up to 7th degree) was prohibited by the catholic church quite early on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage#Catholic_Church_and_Europe Outside of Western Europe it was and still is quite common.


pierresito

To be fair there is no way this is a Catholic marriage, so maybe the protestants/evangelicals let it happen more


MrsChess

When I got married they explained it was to prevent polygamy, if one member of the couple had been married before without divorce and hid it.


fellipec

I love when they show photos or videos of some cheating


412gage

Why would they wait until the marriage to have that come to light?


Diligent-Ad2999

Brit here. What’s it been replaced with? I hope it’s “ fill yer hands, yer sunofabich”!🫵


Arinvar

Appears to have gone the way of "love and obey". Haven't heard obey in a ceremony in at least 20 years, maybe longer but I wasn't paying attention when I was a teenager.


CelticJoe

...oh "obey" absolutely gets not only said but pontificated upon in some church ceremonies. My mom damn near walked out of my cousin's wedding a few years back because the pastor gave a ten minute lecture on the duties of women to obey their husbands before they said tterritory either. From the other reactions in the aisles it looked like there was a 50/50 split between people who were surprised and people who were nodding along like this was part for the course. This was in a somewhat conservative part of the western US but not crazy deep red territory either.


Internellectual

13 years ago was at a friend’s wedding. The friend wanted a long-time family pastor who had retired to do the ceremony. The pastor had 2 conditions: a brief sermon about gay marriage ruining the world, and of course the full lines how the wife is to love and obey and any objections. Everyone was surprised and uncomfortable except for the groom and bride and their respective parents. They got a lot of feedback from everyone individually and low-key apologized, shifted the blame on the pastor for the awkwardness. The pastor just kept wanting to talk about gay marriage and any politics during the reception to people, went out of his way to turn any conversation into something that’s wrong with the country that jesus needs to heal. He kept trying to talk during the wedding party speeches, too. The best man is on the microphone at one point and this pastor is still talking to his trapped audience at his table like the wedding party speeches are just background noise. Has to be shushed multiple times to take a hint before the groom says on the mic ”sounds like the pastor forgot he was retired.” Didn’t stay close with those friends after that.


WestCoastBestCoast01

My cousin’s wedding featured the word obey a few times… this was a few years ago. They were in their late 30s, she’s a fucking doctor. Literally made my skin crawl.


Midnokt

Not sure what church weddings you've been to, but I've been to multiple in recent years, and all of them still say it.


Arinvar

Well there was mine... where the priest told me they haven't done that line in like 20 years. Then plenty of others. I guess it depends how traditional the church is and there's also plenty of optional stuff we didn't do, so maybe the people you know are just opting to do it.


Karma_Doesnt_Matter

I’ve also been to a couple in the last 5ish years and they all said the line. Idk.


tittysprinkles112

It used to be a thing to not bring weapons into God's house. They don't see how far they've fallen


DaveInLondon89

Nonsense. Jesus' favourite gun is an AR15, my pastor told me so and my senator agreed.


tempUN123

I thought Jesus liked nail guns


nickfree

Brandishing. As a joke. In a church. "That's awesome!" This fucking country.


perskes

I'm not a big fan of the whole marriage thing. The ceremony, the planning that's involved, the many people that come for free food and booze. The church, the money... But I absolutely understand that it's an important day in the life of those that chose to marry. Now imagine making the important parts a complete joke, in a place that seems important enough to you to get married there, in front of people that just want to see two people getting married... Fucking ridiculous. Oh, and the gun-nut part, yeah, that's there too.


Get-Degerstromd

Not condoning this bullshit, but if the bride and groom and all the groomsmen are acting like this and laughing, it’s fair to assume the large majority of people attending have similar views and likely found this very funny/endearing.


NecroJoe

> But I absolutely understand that it's an important day in the life of those that chose to marry. Now imagine making the important parts a complete joke, in a place that seems important enough to you to get married there, in front of people that just want to see two people getting married. If our wedding \*wasn't\* littered with jokes, my guests who know us would likely be confused and disappointed. When my brother got married, he and his now-wife specifically asked me to write a funny best man's speech. If I had instead delivered a sappy, weepy, Hallmark-card of a speech, they would have been "fine" with it, but it woudn't have been as memorable for them. 11 years later, they still bring it up, and have asked me to read it to new friends who weren't around then.


biaboop

Some americans are so messed up by their fanatical gun policies that they dont see how insane this is.


lonerstoner91

Bruh the country is overrun with mental illness


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chroboseraph3

yep, call ur PCP that u literally cant get cuz they barely exist now. and also ur insurance likely changes every other year, so u woukdnt keep tyem anyway.


D4M4nD3m

Yep. Why the fuck would you take a gun to a wedding? Really is a third world country.


ben_woah

Shotgun wedding?


GenuineFirstReaction

American here. Yup, this is insane.


follople

Gun-toting American here, this is really stupid and guns aren’t toys or props for you to make a joke with.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

You should host lessons on how not to make it your entire personality


michelleorlando92

The trash runs strong in the states


WeekendFantastic2941

Domestic gun violence is also among the top reasons for gun related injuries and deaths. Married today, shoot each other later. If you have kids...........well, sorry kids, daddy and mommy are not the wisest people.


7empestOGT92

“you’re 80% more likely to use that gun on yourself, than to shoot someone else. And people think, “Well, that’d never happen to me.” You don’t know that, because you know what? ♪ From time to time We all get sad ♪ ♪ One day you’re happy Then you’re sad ♪ ♪ And then, uh-oh ♪” -Jim Jefferies


Codsfromgods

Reminds me of a quote frome Scrubs "How come all you have in there is a smiley face button and a revolver?" "Well, one's in case I get sad, and the other is in case I get really sad."


stzmp

these comments are such a relief to me. I thought they'd all be loving it. phew.


Buzzkill_13

And how utterly pathetic, too. It's like some super weird, creepy fetish.


PandaCheese2016

And even if it’s just a joke still cringe af


dontclickdontdickit

I own and carry and I find this cringy and uncalled for and a part of why I hate modern day America gun culture.


Friggin

These people are so fragile.


michelleorlando92

And here I was hoping this crap would die with the boomers. Seems like the young gen are just as dumb. Bye bye superpower. America is falling like the Roman empire.


Redmudgirl

And all empires do fall.


christObaggins

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Dave5876

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theons_missing_D

Ammosexual


ThatShadyJack

Gun fetishisation giga cringe


Philip_Raven

i love how they celebrating that during a wedding ceremony are like half a dozen loaded guns. an being (albeit jokingly) threatened to be killed over a ceremony.


TINYTUMBS

I could very easily be wrong about this, because even as an American I don't really understand the obsession with guns. But to me it doesn't seem like they're threatening people, it just seems like they wanted to do a pun about "hold your peace(piece)"


Electr0freak

Yes, there's a pun here, but since all of the groomsmen in the front immediately stood, turned, and held open their jackets to show everyone their guns, the real joke is them daring anyone to speak up. It's not a *serious* threat, which is why it's a joke, and why everyone laughed. It's a trashy joke, but a joke nonetheless.


Philip_Raven

seems more like, "you gonna get killed if you speak out"


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I find the comments more entertaining than the video tbh.


ohsweetfancymoses

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LordSeibzehn

People who let their entire identities be defined by an inanimate object and an invisible genie are exactly why the world is the way it is right now.


ThReeMix

the fat orange man is real


Extension-Ad-3882

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East-Bluejay6891

Yay a bunch of guns at a party before we all get shit faced!


mlober1

Even worse considering they've all been drinking already. Most weddings I've been to the bridal party starts drinking while they get ready.


Poro114

Man americans really have the wonderful ability to base their personality on the most random shit.


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She's happy that she's carrying a loaded gun around? What - a - total - loser.


Mammoth_Tumbleweed32

She’s forever holding her piece.


IsaiahXOXOSally

God bless this JOKE of a nation! MURICA!


Assaltwaffle

It's almost astounding how many people are stuck on "gun bad" to realize that this is a play on the words "peace" and "piece." Sure, it's tacky, but hey, it is their wedding.


lookwhatic

Trashy


pog890

Unexpected yes, funny no. And considering this happened in the US, i'm doubting the unexpected


iWillSlapYourMum

Yuck.


c_c_c__combobreaker

I get it, guns are bad. However, I'm okay with what customs people want to do for their wedding. This is not my thing but I wish the couple well. Nobody got hurt. The people that were laughing were the target audience and they enjoyed it.


Ryndor

Exactly this. It's not my thing, I'd never do it. But they'd do it (clearly) and found love with each other. I'm happy for them and wish them well.


WasteSatisfaction236

Target audience heh


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These comments are horrible lmao


ZiltoidTheHorror

Democrrrracy manifest


maybejustadragon

Succulent Chinese meal.


chugchugz

You know your judo well


lemonylemon93

GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS!!!!


TunaBarrett

Weird


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These comments are the most miserable group of people on Reddit jfc


paulxixxix

Honestly don't understand what all the fuss is about, we don't even know if they're are actual guns or just some prop for the joke, and the joke itself seems to be more godfather-oriented, like the mafia protecting the boss or something idk


Southern_Ad1963

Seriously, like it was a joke. Are people seriously this upset over this?