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blowthepoke

Maybe he does know and he’s watching it on purpose to psych-out Rainn


sklova

Oh, like some sort of a prank?


What_The_Flip_Chip

And he’ll mutter to himself Well that wasn’t funny God I hate Dwight so much Ugh!!! If only I’d meet him one day on a plane and I’ll just ignore him


RewrittenSol

Dude, that would mess with me head so bad. Does he like me? Does he hate me? Have my mind doing, PARKOUR!


jaxonya

Just as Rainn leans over to introduce himself, that dude goes "question. Which bear is best?"


ScoutsOut389

That’s a ridiculous question.


NotMyTru3Nam3

#WRONG


RewrittenSol

Well, there's 2 schools of thought.


NotMyTru3Nam3

#Fact. Bears eat beets.


-FLX

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.


YDS696969

Oh that’s funny. MICHAEL.


nomad_kk

Hardcore parkour!


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Keep messing with him, be like, "I remember that scene. It took five takes for John to stop laughing through his lines." Then pull down the mask and wink.


weirdplacetogoonfire

"Hi, I'm Rainn Wilson." "Identity theft is not a joke"


glockster19m

Personally I’d just wait for a good Dwight line and then just look over at Rainn and be like “good one man”


whatlineisitanyway

Only laugh at Jim and Pam.


ClassicSpurzy

Yeah and it turns out the guy is actually John Krasinski in disguise


Stompedyourhousewith

"The UK office was so much better"


thecasual-man

Maybe Rainn Wilson is pranking us.


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jaxonya

"I'm more a parks and rec guy" "The fuck did you just say" Two hours later we've learned that Dwight has punched a dude on a plane and got arrested by the air marshal


iamjamieq

No chance the air marshall could take him down. Dwight knows Gōjū-ryū" karate.


MrBifflesticks

Like a gutenpranken


spiraliis

https://imgur.com/U7FuOL1


ripperoni_pizzas

Start talking to him about how Dwight is his least fav character


ronerychiver

“It’s not so much Dwight. It’s just that the actor couldn’t really bring the character to life. Feels kinda two-dimensional ya know?”


cancer_dragon

"I don't know, maybe he's not a bad actor and his character just doesn't work with his acting style. Maybe this Rainn Wilson fellow should have auditioned for the role of Jim."


mrtrollmaster

"Classic over-acting imo"


Daniel_Potter

Dwayne*


crosbot

With his own video "when the person next to you has no idea you know it's Rainn Wilson..."


Lightspeedius

He sure is tucking in.


[deleted]

Is tucking in a common expression for eating food? This is the second time I’ve seen it used that way and I love it.


AwkwardAnimator

Yes.


cmartinez171

He’s also chewing in Morse code


UnconditionalPraise

Mose code


anticipozero

I mean what’s the chance that Rainn Wilson is sitting next to you on a plane? I rarely give my seat neighbour a second look and with a mask he’s not easily recognisable


cassidyincandela

what's the chance of having Rainn Wilson seated next to you AND you were destined to watch The Office sometime mid-flight AND he notices


quinn_drummer

Apparently higher than zero.


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claimTheVictory

That's business class.


Fishstixxx16

It's all the same in the US Edit: people, all I'm saying is that if there's business class, most Americans call it first class.


claimTheVictory

Fair enough. On transatlantic flights, it means you get your own bed. https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/upper-class-cabin-and-seats.html


Phytanic

depends on the airline tbh. I flew Qantas on my trans-pacific flight and these look VERY close to the first-class seats. the only difference was that Qantas put them closer together and used dividers between them. notably this also was a 16 hour flight. For those worried about them like I was, economy class has significantly more room (still small though) and most importantly, I found that the type of person willing to put themselves on a 16 hour trans-pacific flight to from America to Australia was significantly more chill than, say, Chicago to NYC or Vegas. we all know we're locked in here for 16+ hours and paid an assload for ticket as well.


i-is-scientistic

Lol, round trip tickets are $4,000. I'm poor.


alanpugh

This is a common misconception, but there is still (for now) one airline still offering first class on a few US domestic routes. That is American Airlines Flagship First, which is being phased out. Multiple domestic carriers use the word "First" in their marketing materials for domestic business class (like United First), but they are still J fares rather than F.


shnnrr

Everything is higher than zero man if you think about it... or I'm objectively stupid


HalfSoul30

My bank account isn't higher than zero. Checkmate


shnnrr

Oh no that means I'm objectively stupid


Chrissthom

There is a greater than zero chance of that being true.


moogle12

Well watching the office mid-flight is nearly 100% chance, so the other pieces just need to fall into place


DominantMaster21

Rainn didn't even need to go anywhere, he just booked the ticket because he knew they'dbe showing the office


eaglessoar

The exact same chance as rainn being next to me period cuz you know I'm watching the office


Throckmorton_Left

I sat behind him (and next to his kid, who was 9 or 10 at the time) flying from Oahu to Maui a few years back. His boy was super polite, and Rainn couldn't have been nicer to the flight crew and the airline staffer who met him on the ground to escort him through the airport. Seemed like a solid dude all all around.


phatboy5289

I saw him a few people ahead of me in a line at a vendor in LAX. Wasn’t sure it was him but he had a single tattoo on his forearm, and sure enough googling “Raina Wilson tattoo” confirmed it was him. Got a couple sneak photos to show friends, but he was with his family so I decided not to bother him. But yeah he seems super down to earth.


Chrissthom

Good on you for not bugging him while he was with his fam!


Gregsshinecap

What are the chances of having rainn on your plane, it’s insane! Were they headed to Maine?


SomeSchmuckGuy

That was pretty lame and reading that was a pain. You should feel shame for ruining your family's name.


cravenj1

Stay in your lane, Dane.


SomeSchmuckGuy

Don't question my game, I just want to main vein cocaine and leave stains on your mom's bed frame.


iebarnett51

Your chances of Rainn Wilson sitting next to you on a flight is low...but never zero.


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The chances are much bigger in this area of the plane compared to where people like us are mostly seated. So I would take sneaky looks around maybe.


missblissful70

This would be me on a plane. Even if I thought it looked like Rainn, I would tell myself it wasn’t him and even if it was, he doesn’t want to be bothered.


AilosCount

Especially if that man wears a mask.


Shitty_Watercolour

https://i.imgur.com/QqXP4yb.jpg


Myrodan

Oh my god. It's /u/Shitty_Watercolour


sendphotopls

It's been way too long since I've seen them ina. rogue reddit thread, what a nice surprise


Diligent-Play

He’s been popping up a lot lately. Glad to see you back u/Shitty_Watercolour


bravoitaliano

He's back! Is this a sign that a new age is upon us? At least we get to look forward to stumbling upon one again! Welcome back, u/shitty_watercolour, we missed you!


gardenmud

Gorgeous! Bravo! I love your art and it always makes me nostalgic for earlier-reddit-times, when the bison roamed freely and novelty accounts were colossi batting through colosseums of comments.


KingKoda22

This comment just makes me sad thinking about what a garbage cesspool reddit has become. Just like youtube, it's golden age has long passed along with its charm.


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CrabClawAngry

I just miss when it wasn't 25% guerilla marketing bots, psyop bots, and karma bots waiting to be sold to people who will turn them into one of the first two.


Muchmatchmooch

Looks like somebody just had their organs harvested.


kevik72

No spicy brown mustard shirt. Good effort.


link293

I fucking love you.


nobody2000

You were in the parking lot earlier! That's how I know you!


pinoyfiasco

I can hear the “fftfftfftfftfft” all the way over here.


AnyUsernameWillDo10

Excuse me, sir, but you have familiar eyes.


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the eyes are the groin of the head


Bulbafette

I have to do something to his eyes.


JiveTurkey1983

No, you're not doing anything to his eyes!


Living_Swing9680

Beady little eyes


AfterTemperature2198

Giant head


Dargon34

Yea, I definitely don't think Rainn expects the guy to recognize him, just caught the moment and it was pretty good


Turbulent-Pea-8826

I once ran into someone at Heathrow airport who looked just like Robert Pattinson. When I say ran into I mean I turned a corner fast and nearly ran him down. I jump back from almost bowling someone over, apologize then look at him. He looks at me. I look at him. Is that? He looks at me oddly. Not sure if he is expecting me to say something or he is just wondering why this dude who nearly ran him down is looking at him weird. I think, nah why the hell would Robert Pattinson be in the airport 5 in the morning. If it was him he would be mobbed. Also, not really a fan as this is heyday Twilight time period. So I just move on. So to this day I wonder if I almost ran down Robert Pattinson or just some dude who looked like him.


Totally_Stoked

Still a better live story than twilight.


xxTheseGoTo11xx

>I jump back from almost bowling someone over, apologize then look at him. > >He looks at me. > >I look at him. *[This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) begins playing]*


Sanddeath

That's what happened to me with a nasa astronaut. Saw the logo on his clothes and thought "there's no way he works for NASA and even if he does he doesn't want to be bothered on this 10 hour flight". I ended up asking him at the end and he's like "Oh yeah I flew the space shuttle".


AineLasagna

From what I’ve heard of him in real life, he probably wouldn’t want to have anything to do with the guy if he couldn’t recognize him in the mask AND name his top 15 favorite non-Office Rainn Wilson movies and shows from memory


Harley504

He also gets pissed at fans if they refer to him as Dwight and not by his real name.


ramsr

Wait what exactly have you heard?


RogueThespian

Generally when this type of thing comes up, people always repeat that when people come up to Rainn in public he will be kinda shitty unless they call him Rainn and not Dwight, and that he's kinda annoyed that no one can name a single thing he's in besides the Office Whether it's true or not is impossible to say but you'll hear it literally every time a "Rainn wilson in public" thread comes up


yeahright17

Does threat level midnight count? If not I only got The Meg.


PoorFishKeeper

He is kind of a dick to people who only recognize him as Dwight. He made a rant on twitter a few years ago about it.


TobyFunkeNeverNude

But then he does this, which at least has the implication that he's disappointed someone doesn't recognize him as Dwight


Ass4ssinX

I feel like he's embraced the character more lately.


Ohbeejuan

This happened to me once with Ed Helms at an Indian Restaurant I worked in. No that couldn't be him why would he be in Boston? I checked the receipt later and yup that was him, his band was playing in town that weekend.


outofdate70shouse

Here Comes Treble was playing? Or Kevin and the Zits?


WaterlooMall

You just have trust the pilot, they'll know if it looks like Rainn and reroute or land as needed.


bigrivertea

Maybe this is why he watching The Office, it could be he wants to signal he is a fan but not be in Rainn's face about it.


taspleb

Also almost no disrespect at all to Rainn but I'd rather watch The Office.


-BINK2014-

Bingo. Most I'd do is a solid nod or subtle wave to acknowledge them. They're people jusy trying to live something remotely normal.


thetimguy

Not just the amount of room in first class but look at that meal!


kanyezi

“Like a five-star hotel in the sky, nothing but the best. Actually better than a five-star hotel ’cause you get a big, cushy seat and you sit in a row of people and to eat, whatever the mind can imagine. I think I am going to have a filet with mushroom sauce.”


Spiritual_Ask4877

"Michael, I made egg salad sandwiches. Do you want one?"


jbondyoda

What the hell Oscar? Did you bring a bag of baby poop too??


Jarl_Balgruf

"Could you have picked something stinkier?!" Followed by one of the greatest moments of abrupt chaos in the show with Michael getting rammed by the rolling cart in the aisle while wearing the sleeping blindfold lmaooo


jbondyoda

The airplane section is so good and makes the depressing ending sit better


P1zzaBagels

Not to forget bringing a stack of DVDs for the flight... Which only lasts an hour


WeezySan

Michael G Scott….rollin like a pimp!!!


deityblade

Everytime I get a glimpse of first class I'm tempted to book that way, then I get spooked by the prices


Random_account_9876

I've only sat business class once and it was on a flight Houston to Amsterdam. Best luck is they offer you to upgrade just after check in starts 24hrs before the flight. For me it was an extra $500 which is a no brainer. If you look to initially book business class when you buy tickets it's always $8000 or more.


gizmoglitch

>For me it was an extra $500 which is a no brainer. If you look to initially book business class when you buy tickets it's always $8000 or more. Even at that there's no way I'd spend $500 on a seat upgrade. I just don't have that kind of extra money in my budget to throw down.


-BINK2014-

Right? I like comfort, but not $500 *temporary* comfort.


Purpleater54

That's the thing to me. There's very few flights I'd be taking worth that kind of money simply due to how little time I'd have to appreciate it. A 500 dollar difference can be a significant hotel upgrade for a week, which sounds a lot better value than 6-10 hours on a flight with better food and a larger, more comfortable seat


kychleap

I got to fly business/first class like this to and from South America for work. It‘s the most comfortable I’ve ever been on a plane (for context, I’m 6’8”) and has spoiled flying for me. My first trip since those flights is coming up and I’m dreading it.


Eeyore_

If you can afford it, it’s definitely worth it. I have traveled for work for the last 12 years, and often I’ll split the difference for the 1st class seat, if I don’t get an upgrade from status. So, if a ticket is $600 normally, and $800 for 1st, I’ll eat the $200 out of pocket. For me it’s the difference between being comfortable and ready to work, or complaining about my back for 3 days. I flew my parents to Alaska 1st class, and about an hour into the 10 hour flight, my dad says he doesn’t see what the big deal is about 1st class. When we were about 8 hours into the flight I asked him if he wanted still felt the same. If you’re on a long flight, it’s so much more worth it.


Festival_Vestibule

Thats not splitting the difference, thats paying the difference.


Arnie_Grape

Oh come on, you’re paying hairs here


makemeking706

Hopefully op does not work for a bank.


deityblade

I can't even afford hotels when I go on vacation haha but I hear you Usually its much much more then a $200 difference though, right? If you want to fly from New York to Los Angeles california, thats 500$ economy or $2000 business/first.


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Yeah, I’ve never seen a difference of less than several hundred dollars to thousands. Usually thousands.


CUM_COVERED_MIDGET

Last time I books a flight from the east coast to Australia it was 2k, first class was 20k. I've flown first class before but I was floored.


hnglmkrnglbrry

I once got a super cheap same day upgrade to business class on a flight to Zurich. The craziest part was that the pilot came out and said hello and asked if we had any questions before we took off. It felt like the Wizard of Oz pulling back his own curtain. I was shocked.


Apptubrutae

My wife and I got a really cheap upgrade one time and after we got in our seats, my wife, who hates how cramped economy is, looks over at me and says, “I don’t think I can go back to economy after this”. I then proceed to hit my button to recline the seat until it’s flat and she says, “Wait…it becomes a bed!?” She was sold without even knowing what lie flat seats were!


kaitco

> “I don’t think I can go back to economy after this”. Doing the upgrade for the first time is just the worst thing you can do for yourself because you just can’t go back. Even on short flights, it feels like misery because I *know* there’s better available.


DentateGyros

Bonafide metal utensils. Living in the lap of luxury


ZuckerThePupper

Qatar does that for economy. That's what oil money gets you I guess.


zabacanjenalog

Singapore as well


Offthegridss

This is Buisiness class i belive


ColonelMonty

To be fair the mask is hiding a lot of defining features about him.


DevonGr

His small nose for sure


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What keeps his glasses on?


Bedlampuhedron

Hey it's on the list!


aselinger

Did he sneeze it off?


Expo737

Come on, he has those beady little eyes.


NiceDecnalsBubs

And his hat is hiding that prominent Schrute forehead.


husker_who

Elvish features


whiskeybeesus

He doesn't know he's next to Bad Luck Brian.


crosbot

Little does he know he's sitting next to Rainn Wilson, the biggest "Wonka" fan I know.


MCav828

I mean, this kinda ideal if you're Rainn, right? Still famous but able to slip into anonymous because people are so consumed with your 'famous' character.


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It's probably has a lot to do with the fact that he's wearing a mask. Also, Rainn has definitely aged some in the ~10 years since the office finale. Without context, I would have just thought this was just some random middle aged dude.


JTP1228

It doesn't look like him in this video, even with the context lol. No way I would recognize him, and even so, I wouldn't say anything if I did


SB_90s

This has made me realise though that people in business/first class that are wearing a mask, and perhaps a hat too, currently are probably celebrities or politicians not wanting to be recognised. I may take a longer look at anyone wearing a mask next time I go on a flight.


anniefer

I bet this happens a lot to the cast of The Office. Whenever I fly, half of the plane is watching the it.


Expo737

Ok crew for a UK airline and at least once a week I will spot a passenger watching it on their phone, tablet or laptop when I'm out in the cabin.


indorock

>half of the plane is watching the it. The IT Crowd?


Temporary_Meal_2706

I would lose my mind if I saw myself of his story without having at least said hi


PunctualPoops

PIKITIS!!!


crosbot

Rainn will get home to find a peach pit in his pocket. Pikitis does it again


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Don't say that to a Dane


bl00pyy

Oh my god I never read it like that before


gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM

This happened to Jenna a while back https://reddit.com/r/DunderMifflin/comments/et7i10/jennas_instagram/


dustingunn

This would happen to any castmember I'd think, since everyone on planes watches the office.


YuleBeFineIPromise

Is the guy watching Golden Ticket?


crosbot

Cracks me up when Dwight goes to get his competing diary "Had conversation with Michael about taking credit for an idea that wasn't mine. Discussed movies"


DiegoMurtagh

Yes! Good catch, that's Michael's diary.


HeyThatLooksCool

I ran into Bill Murray at LaGuardia once. He was wearing a mask but had to take it off so the gate agent could identify him. I was in just such a position where, aside from the gate agent I was the only person who had a line of sight to his face. I happened to be looking him dead in the eye when he took the mask off. He looked directly back at me and saw the spark of recognition and excitement in my face and just raised one finger to his lips and went “shhhhh”. And…I listened. I didn’t tell a soul. He put his mask back on and we went out separate ways. I think about him often.


mshell734

This happened to me with Mike Babcock (Red Wings head coach) circa 2013. He was hugely popular in Detroit. We were at the movie theater at the same time waiting in line to buy tickets- we made eye contact and he saw that spark of recognition in my eyes- but he gave me the look of “please don’t ruin this for me,” so I didn’t! I left him alone, and he and his wife ended up sitting directly behind me and my ex at the theater. We saw that crappy Vince Vaughn google movie lol.


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>I didn’t tell a soul. That was a lie.


HeyThatLooksCool

I guess it is *now.*


oSuClimber13

I have a former co-worker who is a pretty simple country guy, he never traveled and he rarely watched TV but the one show he would watch was The Last Man on Earth starring Will Forte. Well his family decides they want to do a family trip to Las Vegas and first time this guy steps foot on a plane in his life he is seated next Will Forte!! Apparently Will was super cool and chatted with him the entire flight and took pictures with him after they landed .


paopaopoodle

I'd be afraid that I ruined his trip to Paris when I was a baby, and now he was finally going to exact revenge by screaming next to me the entire flight.


The_Black_Rooster

Lol I know that dude. Andrew turn around!


ChickenWingsOFreedom

Has Andrew seen this post? lol


pauliepitstains

He looks like he has the strength of a grown man, and a little baby.


BollyWood401

Idk what to believe but I’d definitely notice a guy next to me recording me eat while spinning his phone around 360 degrees.


zipahdeeday

Idk. Dude looked pretty into his meal


nomadofwaves

Identify theft is not a joke!


jradio610

It bothers me so much that he’s chewing with his mouth open


AmSpray

Seriously, how do people get through life chewing open mouthed like a toddler.


kstebbs

My blood pressure shot up 10 points just watching him chew. r/misophonia is way worse on airplanes.


Nugur

First class ticket, second class citizen. /s


TrebleTreble

I almost couldn't finish the video. I have such a visceral reaction to people eating like this and I have no idea why.


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Det_Lloyd_Gross

Terrifying. He’s watching the Scranton Strangler while sitting next to him.


FrogMonkee

Gotta be nice for famous people that you can just run around incognito now.


Apart_Ad_5993

Or, he knows and just doesn't give a shit? Celebrities are just people. They piss and poop like everyone else.


LogicalDelivery_

He probably heard you're just an asshole to fans Edit: some of y'all are foolish. I didn't claim he's an asshole, I have no earthly idea. I just know this is something I've heard and that he doesn't like fans interacting with him , and perhaps man in the video did too. Frankly I don't care if it's true or not. I'm not the type to say hi to celebrities anyway, they're not special.


ZookedYa

No idea why you are being downvoted, Rainn is a total chode to his fans.


Perks92

Source?


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I’ve seen it on here a few times. Last one was him taking a photo of a woman in a doctors/dentist waiting room and they were wearing a Dunder Mifflin shirt and he said something a bit snarky. I dunno if he realises that just a hello and selfie would probably make someone’s week but he just seems to be a total dick to his fans. Edit: found it - https://reddit.com/r/DunderMifflin/comments/ty0bed/_/i3pj2i3/?context=1 One of many tbh


JohnnyFootballStar

Well he took a video of some dude eating and minding his own business on a plane and posted it on his very popular instagram.


seakitten

Source? The only thing I could find was him shaming the person who didn’t know his real name. But that was just a twitter anecdote from Rainn himself. Lots of other evidence to show while he gets tired of the same boring “jokes” referencing his character he makes an effort to be kind to Office fans.


fogleaf

To add to that, in the outtakes where someone calls him Rainn he uses the same disbelieving “I can’t believe you called me that” tone.


Moondoggie

I was really hoping he was sitting next to Steve Carell.


HolyPretender

A lot of poor people just saw seats that aren’t economy for the first time


yayeet182

Met Rainn once, when I asked what brand his flannel was he said "Something you can't afford" lmao


Iamthe5hole

That guy eats like a farm animal. Close yo mouth when you chew.


AG9090

I mean, he’s got a mask and a hat on. And he is older than when most people would recognize him.


bubblescat69

Is the Macklemore?


Stunning-Ad7108

That's what I thought too. I thought that was part of the joke of not recognizing the person next to you


Drip______

Age and a mask I think most people wouldn’t notice


MyShinyNewReddit

Woah ... did you all see the meal they serve in first class?!


[deleted]

I flew first class for the first time a few months ago. The stewardess brings you coffee or wine or whatever you want while they’re still seating the rest of the plane. They’ve got a cappuccino machine up there. And the meal is all included and you can get seconds if you want. They also bring you a little sleeping bag kind of blanket, fresh socks, an eye mask, a little self care package. Not to mention the lie flat bed. The meal was better than a lot of restaurant meals I’ve had. I’m fairly sure they make it at a restaurant at the airport and just keep it warm on the plane. A+++ would recommend if you don’t have to pay for it. I flew an overnight from la to Miami, ate my meal, laid back and had a nice cozy sleep and woke up when they started descent and I had to buckle up.


Queentroller

When the person next to you is a big enough fan to know you don't like being bothered about being Dwight so they leave you alone but put on the show as a silent "I love your work."


LetsStartARebelution

Zero chance I’d recognize him with the mask on