"Are you bullet proof?". If my bullet bounces off of you, then I know you're a villain and you'll kill me. If my bullet kills you, then I know you're innocent and I'm going to jail. Fucking flawless logic.

Imagine being that guy in prison and finding out he threw his life away for a Nazi.

What reddit gold does to a mf

very nice of videogamedunkey to lend his immense acting talent to this show

This scene was terrifying especially when the shop owner started getting friendly with him

The actor for this scene is so underrated. I love it when small actors take show there full range and talent.

And to think, this all started because Jeff Winger off-handedly called him "Fat Neil" in the corridor for Greendale Community College.

To me this has to be one of the most depressing scenes in the show, it really tells you how far an Innocent person will go after being extremely radicalized

Notice the shopkeepers name was Kuldeep singh(a Sikh name) and that he was wearing the Sikh steel brace on his wrist, the show runners put in effort to depict the shop keeper as a Sikh. This scene goes out to all the innocent Sikhs that were murdered in the US after 9/11.

The ending of episode 7 was so mind blowing that people actually forget this opening scene. Ngl, I did forget too. This scene needs to be looked over more.

Imagine a guy hold you up at gun point and the first thing he says is “I saw the light in your eyes” I woulda been like “heheyy buddy c’mon a least take me on a date first”

Stormfront getting roasted and having to live in utter shame is the best thing of season 2 because of things like this. It showed how someone who has power can manipulate people into doing nasty kinds of things. Bdw the actress did a fine job at that.

God this is like the first show I watched that actually displays the concept of echo chambers and the resulting extremism in politics.

What I personally find more disturbing is the language Stormfront uses to describe what happened here. She calls it a "shooting," like it's a mass casualty event. Yes, the clerk was shot and killed with a gun, but she's downplaying or even out right ignoring the fact that this was premeditated and specifically targeted towards the clerk. Of course we know that if she admits all this, she'll look bad, but still.

That poor cashier... he did nothing wrong, was just trying to make a life for himself...and he was brutally murdered by a crazy person who took him from his loved ones for no reason...

This actually covers radicalisation really well and isn't forced

You wanna know why the showrunners made the guy weep in the end in sheer horror? Because they wanted to tell you he was human, they want to tell you that you, too, could succumb to an echo chamber of fearmongering that could enable you to commit terrible acts.

Incredibly powerful scene that feels so realistic and grounded. The little details, like the woman in the hallway ignoring him and not smiling back (not out of malice, just glued to her phone), further making him feel isolated, just make this sequence so strong and make you empathize with the guy. He is lonely and vulnerable to dark thoughts. I genuinely hope everyone reading this is doing alright :)

I’ve been getting into The Boys more, and it isn’t shocking or anything to me. But this scene is so fucking sad, the innocent Sikh being murdered, the guys slow transition into extremism. What broke my heart even more was his mother saying “have a good day” after being kissed on the head. imagine the pain she’ll have to bare with now. It makes me think of my own mother, God what a powerful scene this is.

Thank goodness this is 100% fiction and has no ties whatsoever to reality, right guys? R-right guys?

This dude used to play D&D with Jeff Winger. I don't think it's just Stormfront who radicalised him...

Great example of why it's incredibly important to recognize and acknowledge the social media bubbles people easily become trapped in. When you only ever hear the point of view of one side, that side tends to appear reasonable and right. No matter what your political leanings are, if the information you consume on the internet and social media is not contradictory and from different sides of the argument then you have been indoctrinated.

If the shopkeeper was a supe, was "bulletproof" and if the bullet had no effect on him, what did this murderer think was going to happen next? If the shopkeeper was a supe, and was bulletproof, all that gun shot would have done would be to piss him off. I don't even get his logic.

It's a subtle detail, but over the course of his radicalization he goes from smiling at a female neighbor who doesn't acknowledge him but taking the rejection in stride, to staring at her as she walks away, to ignoring her back and not attempting to greet her. It's an interesting portrayal of how loneliness is a part of his tunnel of radicalization.

This scene is so powerful The music, the cashier begging and the guilt of the shooter :(

People like the guy in this clip really exist. Otherwise normal people who go to school and work, love their parents and walk their dog daily. But pushed to violent reactionism by pundits that stoke fear and division in people. Its heartbreaking and infuriating. These people are victims as well as some of the most dangerous people society makes Edit more than a year later: After rereading this i see that this post really sounds like making excuses for those who perform acts of stochastic terror. This was not my intent but i'll go ahead and clear this up. While i do see the Stormfront fan as a victim of her toxic ideology being specifically crafted for folks like him, this does not make him any less a murderer and a burgeoning fascist. I just also believe that in addition to those actions being attributed to this guy, who is in full control of himself and could have just not committed this hate crime, Stormfront also contributes to this act by providing him the spark to actually start the fire. This crap does happen in real life. Folks online find community with what are basically neo nazis, embrace their ideology (which is inherently violent aganist those it deems as an out group), and go on violent rampages. This is a pattern we've seen in the US (im sure its an issue in other countries, but im American and only really know the intricacies of my country and wont speak for yours). They often leave manifestos saying what they believe and who inspired them, often online far right figures who convinced them that its black people, women, jewish folk, hispanic folk, lgbtq folk, etc who are the source of all of their problems, the reason for their oppression as straight white men (overwhelmingly this is an issue with straight, white, lonely men). I think those pundits are also to blame and ought to have consequences imposed on them for the ideas they spread.

The Quartering finally had enough 😧

Truly a Reddor/Discord admin moment

As someone who was almost sucked into the alt-right, this hit so close to home.

Came here after the news an old shop owner was shot over her rainbow flag I used to think this scene was over the top, but now it has become reality

I don’t think people realize how genuinely real this is, even down to the gunshot wound.

It’s sad how easy a discord mod could turn like this

Need all the idiots who say "why did the boys get so political?" to take a long look at this scene and tell me this isn't political. If you think the show *became* political, you're not paying attention. It always has been.

“The politics used to be subtle”

It saddens me that this sort of radicalization is happening in America each and every day.

A surprisingly empathetic portrayal of what it's like to be bundled away down that rabbit hole

This guy did great when acting in this scene. Wow

Bro this came out right before the storming of the capitol.

I’ve been binge watching The Boys for the first time and out of all the uncomfortable, disturbing scenes I’ve seen, this one rattled me to my core at how grounded in reality it is. It showed the radicalization of someone due to echo chambers so well.

The same shit has basically just happened in Buffalo, except he killed 10 people.

The moment this scene played I knew that this show was one of my favorites. The fact that the only reason I watched the boys in the first place was because I liked the idea of super heroes being dicks and the edgy ultraviolence it presented through the action pieces is shocking once you realize the nuanced way this show portrays politics. It's nuanced, but it doesn't even try to be subtle, because this show has the balls to understand that some issues don't need subtlety to be accurately portrayed

and people want to say the boys season 4 is political now. it's always been political 😭

No fcking way a show this mainstream had the balls to display the echo chambers and pipelines of the alt right

I love how this ridiculously, gorey, overly sexual, goofy show, can have some of th darkest and most mature scenes of social commentary compared to other modern tv shows.

Isn’t it crazy how everyone is crying that the show is “woke and political”in season 4 yet this was literally season 2 talking about how one sides views unchallenged being drilled into your head day and night can lead to it becoming propaganda and then to paranoia

This is such a small scene, but it's such a nice critique about how extremist influencers are pushing people further and further from reality. What a good show, man.

this the type of guy to call you an NPC

One of the most underrated moments of the boys.

This scene is so relevant, it's scary. This shit happens daily.

and people are just now saying this show is getting political?

"Keep America safe again... and _I am so glad I was there_ *this time* " The Stormfront signs were there.

This show is criticized for being too on the nose at times but damn it get really close to reality and I think we as a society need to be slapped with it

But not all supers are bulletproof

It's doubly depressing because the cashier knows this guy, they have a rapport. We see him lightly smile at the guy, recognising hum. Maybe offhandedly, the one guy who always comes in at the same time. That person who handed over the cash with a smile. And then, all of a sudden, he's dead. All because of hate.

Whats weird is this guy goes to this store what seems like daily. And has seen this exact worker almost daily. You telling me he didn't have any repour with the clerk after that long. Mate if I see the same worker 3 different days I begin building repour with them. Which has been beneficial at times, especially in small towns.

The fact people actually do get influenced by the news and articles sadly

After the Club Q shooting, The Boys proves to be prophetic, unfortunately. This is probably close to what happened.

Soooo there were two scenarios A) the man isn’t bulletproof and we see it play out as this video shows B) the man is bulletproof and what…he doesn’t die?

Imagine being the guy's mom in this situation. They're living comfortably, he shows no signs of mental instability or anything out of the ordinary. And then one day she's informed by the police he murdered an innocent man. She never even checked on him to see what he was really up to - she was just as distracted as he was - and unintentionally completely failed as a parent. And now she's going to live with that guilt forever, with her son behind bars.

Probably the most heartbreaking scene in this entire show

What chronically online does to a person

That logic was used in the witch hunds if the woman burns she is inocent if she lives its a witch

When you surround yourself with only 1 viewpoint thats all you will hear. And slowly but surely it will more and more radical. You have unlimited information at your fingertips make your own opinions not what someone else tells you

I like how his reaction to the clerk being a potential supervillain was to immediately confront him with a gun instead of calling the cops or running away and making sure he never sees him again.

This guy looks like a guy i knew once. Glasses, size, hair and beard and all its actually pretty crazy how spot on it is I almost thought it was him.

I want to know what a conservative fan of the boys tells themselves during scenes like this- does it just go right over their head, or do they engage in mental gymnastics I can't even conceive of?

Reminds me of Matthew Crooks

The scene that angered neckbeards all over the internet 😂

Ironically, his day-to-day life also encapsulates your average twitter user pretty well.

Later in this episode.. stormfront says "my condolences to the family of the victim"

This has got to be one of the best two minutes ever made in TV. It showed something so critical to today.

its ironic how back then they thought real life was boring and non eventful so they made tales and stories but now we take real world events and put them into stories

Fun detail is the Soldier Boy poster in his room at 1:24, a whole season before they introduced him. That’s pretty awesome

What the hell happened to season 4, this was so much better in comparison

I can't believe it took people until season 4 to realize this show is very anti-conservative...

lmao radio show host sounds just like Alex Jones, it's great. It isn't though, right....?

The problem with echo chambers every crazy thing said there becomes your reality… and then you commit a hate crime.

another sad detail is you can tell the clerk was happy to see him

Average redditors day to day life

Social media affects people like this everyday... Some can handle it and most cannot.

This is what happens when you call someone "Fat Neil" for too long

Man this scene was hard to watch it's so sad I really liked the acting by this guy he really nailed it

you can tell they are depicting an average 4chan/reddit user

It was a great choice to note have The Boys' telltale gore in this scene. It makes it feel so much more real and hard hitting.

Damn what did greendale do to this man🤦🏽

Exactly how hate against black community and islam was spread

And they couldn't understand what that show is about

Is it weird to anyone else that it's cool we see blood and brains splattered all over that gas station wall and that guy crumpling over as he dies but yet the parts with bad words get cut out?

Man this hits reality in so many ways. When you look at a broader spectrum both the shooter and the shooted were victims.

The Quartering has been real quiet after this was released

The scene is a great depiction of what led to the Buffalo store shooting, the Charleston church shooting, and the Christchurch mosque shooting

Damn Dunkey really didn't like the new Assassin's Creed

2:11 i can hear "bruh" in his mind

They really went out of their way to find the nicest looking guy to play the shopkeeper didn’t they. Makes this all the more saddening

this show is a beyond excellent presentation of a lot of problems happening is the USA. but he fact that it's made by amazon is just beyond ironic.

that's why you stay out of social media

This is a sad but true depiction of the world rn

I don't know why but this scene breaks me since the first moment. It's like everyone, he has a boring life and he thought for a moment that he could be someone else, not a normal person. It's a deep feeling, it remembers me when I said that when I grew up I was gonna be millionarie or something, but now I'm living a normal life, like everyone else

I always found this and the witch trials to have no logic behind them. If someone is all powerful and living peacefully, then why piss them off in the first place or murder some random shmuck? Its for control, but it wont last long

Where did videogamedunkey go so wrong…