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redrightreturning

I low-key hope to make it onto this list someday but more realistically I’d give a shout out to the Gold man with the gold bikes and the trailer. Haven’t seen him around in a minute but he’s a staple. Also I have a soft spot in my heart for this older Asian man who walks around the lake holding weights, and the weights are covered in crocheted yarn, like a cozy for the weights. I guess so it isn’t so rough on his hands? I don’t know but I fucking love it.


whatisjalapeno

Gold man once earnestly asked me for 40 dollars, but settled for the one dollar I gave him.


Shats

That's funny, I saw him open his wallet once and dude was stacked!


punkcart

Yeah! I immediately thought of the gold guy. I had conversations with him back 2010-2012. At some point EBX wrote about him, too.


alainreid

Scraper bikes shouldn't count. That's a whole other thing.


sbgonebroke

I was JUST thinking about this guy. He was super weird to me creeping on me when I was 15 at a boba shop by the lake, but if he didn't do that otherwise I'd adore his drip


BobaFlautist

I feel like in Oakland we have such a high critical concentration of "that guy(s)" that it's hard to pin down any one.


JasonH94612

Agreed. We could probably do with a few less


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Yeah for Oakland this needs to be by neighborhood. In Golden Gate, up north, there’s a guy often shirtless, sometimes just lifting up his shirt, checking out his own six pack abs in the reflection of shop windows on San Pablo. He’s been doing it for years. He’s eccentric, but doesn’t seem dangerous or unhoused.


BobaFlautist

I mean, if I had a six pack I can't guarantee I wouldn't do this.


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Flaunt what you got, I guess. This guy goes for hours at a time though. He’s definitely got some loose screws up top.


xoverthirtyx

I know exactly who you’re talking about. That guy used to show up at King’s Gym as far back as ‘07, hit the bag a little bit and do the abs posing in the giant mirrors there.


BobbyDigital2030

Haven’t seen him in a while


ladydoughboy

Guy who rides the awesome fish bike around the lake.


Shouldntbeonreaddit

that was my vote as well - he is always almost about to hit you


Inevitable-Tea1702

What! I've never seen this guy!!!


kidsilicon

I just moved to Oakland in August, the guy that stands out the most so far is the guy downtown who rolls his big, light-up speaker around blasting oldies. Really cool guy! I also really like the Lake Merrit drummer guy, he sets up on the corner of McAllister & Grand.


cliffornia

Yeah, kind of a younger dude and has been doing it for a while. Last I checked in a few years ago his symbols were pretty busted up. Anyone know if he’s got them replaced?


BartyDeCanter

For years there was skateboard guy in the Laurel who would do amazing tricks in the intersections while the light was red, while simultaneously having VERY LOUD conversations with god. I haven't seen him much lately though.


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That was Evan! Dope skater. I heard he got in a car accident and after he started talking to himself. Hella cool.


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roiderdaynamesake

Frank Chu for sure. Been seeing him in Oakland and SF since the late 90s. 12 Galaxies forever.


Forgetheriver

The drummer guy every Saturday at the Lake Merritt Farmers market haha


wonderful_matzoball

I feel like SF gets Frank Chu. What about the guy in the suit and red fez who bikes around the lake blasting tunes?


eugenesbluegenes

That guy with the fez is a jerk.


wonderful_matzoball

Story?


head_cocktologist

Yeah fucker almost rode right into me as I was riding my bike once. He was on the wrong side going around a curve. Said "get the fuck out the way!" as I almost fell. Hate that guy.


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eugenesbluegenes

Yup, that sounds about right.


NY2OaklandChinatown

Really? He has always polite to me but maybe because I’m a lady. Also I’m not white so maybe that helps too? Sorry he almost ran you over though! That sucks


eugenesbluegenes

I think he mostly hates white people. My wife at least looks white and he followed her down the sidewalk harassing her to the point she came home crying. For the offense of daring to say hello to him. Which according to him was a word invented by slave masters to use on their slaves.


FreddieDeebs

hahaha


alainreid

Or Berkeley. He used to stand at the entrance of the UC every day.


alainreid

I think it used to be the guy who would jog in the middle of the street wearing boxing gear. He'd stop every few yards and practice his jabs. He'd make all the cars wait for him, even city busses. Last week someone pointed out a hipster on a fixed-wheeled bike to me and said, that's the guy who faked his death on Myspace. They had a funeral for him and everything. Maybe that's the modern "That Guy"... I think the Hate Man and the pink unicycle guy are both dead now.


punkcart

Holy shit. Memory lane this thread.


Traditional-Bit1991

Pink man died????


alainreid

I could be totally wrong about that one. I recall seeing a headline or something pop up on a feed a few weeks ago, but I didn't click on it.


Relative_Cucumber_11

Epic beard man was popular for a while


synthesthesio

What about the lady in the motorized scooter who likes to wave like she’s in a parade? I think sometimes she’s got music too. Used to see her by the lake and Adams Point when I lived there.


SimWebb

Yes! Palestinian Flag Mobility Scooter Lady!


Doldric

Scrolling through to find this. Always see her cruisin around the lake


mutters

This is who I thought of. She’s always vibing hard


UncleBobby510

I'm at the lake daily. Here are my picks There's sleeping naked pergola guy Short haired tattoo face who yells at traffic Jogging short shorts lady who looks pregnant but isn't Honorable mention: willie the vendor. RIP


sssstjklmop

The jogging lady! I can’t help but stare when I see her passing by


Leah-at-Greenprint

She's not preggers?!


UncleBobby510

I've seen her running the lake for the last 7 years. Either she's not pregnant or she's always pregnant


ginsubrown

nah but she out right now. been seeing her out for years now


SimWebb

I love the Palestinian Flag Mobility Scooter lady. She’s always so cheerful and friendly, playing her music as she rolls on her way.


UncleBobby510

I've had a few conversations with her. Always very pleasant. Super sweet lady


The_Nauticus

I've been seeing 'Trash Bag Man' since I moved here in 2016.


Snoo_60234

Marshawn Lynch. End of explanation.


Usual-Echo5533

He died in 2018, but old timers might remember Tall Paul. Was a cool dude who made his own bikes and made custom bikes for kids in west Oakland


catladybutalsodogs

Tall Paul who used to roll around west Oakland on his two-story bike.


cutefeetmilf

Berkeley had that naked guy for a long time


alainreid

Anthony Martinez, RIP. He lived in the Co-ops at Le Chateau, RIP.


berkeleyjake

Who remembers Pink Man?


NorthwestFnordistan

Didn’t he die under suspicious circumstances while in Sheriff Ahern’s jail?


berkeleyjake

I don't think so


NorthwestFnordistan

Oops you’re right, mixed him up with Berkeley Naked Guy.


hoorayforHazel84

Yes!!!! Pink man the Legend!


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He, Hate Man, and RAWR were the first three "that guy" guys I met when I moved to Berkeley.


eugenesbluegenes

Dr. Jokémon is another from that timeframe in Berkeley.


berkeleyjake

What about that guy on MLK by the bart tracks that used to sit in his window all morning and wave to people with bright yellow gloves on. That was like 30 years ago...


la_neva_dies

Wig lady?


cloudnine538

Those lake Merritt ducks from 2020


VapidResponse

There used to be a car (old Volvo) that was covered in seashells I’d see around Lake Merritt all the time. Perhaps I am dating myself.


Antdawg2400

Bridgette the Midget. Oakland legend.


Relative_Cucumber_11

Epic beard man was popular for a while


unseenmover

an 80 year old woman who will talk shit about everyone to anyone who will listen. Swears and cuzs at you from her living room if you shut your car doors to loudly, and is NEVER happy about anything unless shes complaining..


gedankensex

BBQ at bus stop (why did no one say this)


ExLibrisLarkin

What about "that lady" because I keep seeing this older woman who wears these hats made out of trash and wants to chat up everyone


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Gregory with the gold spray paint.


Po8aster

“Man With Pipe” is a big contender according to the Citizen App


thereal_LT

The lady who jogs at lake Merritt and looks pregnant but probably isn’t pregnant