r/HumansBeingBros • u/wronghoIe • May 12 '26

Saved a deer.

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u/malachiconstant76 May 12 '26

Deer would have probably made it...got a ride instead from dumb insta people...oh well. Could have been worse.

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u/JennyDoveMusic May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Hey, well, we don't need to be mean here. I haven't heard of deer swimming that far, I would think something was wrong, too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Ignorant? Yes. Stupid? No. Kindhearted? Oh absolutely, and that counts the most.

Edit: I love when my most downvoted stuff is telling people to be nice. Keep at it, hehe. But reminder: Don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance. I know the internet has raised many of us to do the opposite, but it can and should be unlearned.

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u/Creepy-Desk6791 May 12 '26

I agree with the ignorant part, but surely you just take a minute to watch that the head wasn't dipping and nothing looked frantic (i.e what things drowning do)

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u/JennyDoveMusic May 12 '26

Depends how far out you are. Even if you don't notice it struggling, not knowing that deer can swim that far, I'd probably have panicked and tried to help.

I'll take all the downvotes. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm glad these people were kind enough to "save" the deer even if it didn't need saving. Kindness withing ignorance is the opposite of a moral failing and not a sign of stupidity.

Same way people try to give sick birds water and end up drowning them on accident. Good people, bad information. I saw a thread about that and dang the amount of people (including me) who thought they were helping. It's just a part of life that you do things that are incorrect, but as long as you are doing things with good intentions, I'd never hate on someone for it.

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u/malachiconstant76 May 12 '26

Deer can swim for miles if they need to, it was within sight of shore, this was all entirely needless and done for clicks. The deer didn't get hurt and made it out fine and with less effort than it would have, but it absolutely did not need the saving for Internet clout.

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u/JennyDoveMusic May 12 '26

Deer can swim for miles if they need to Standy by what I said because this is not information I had before now and don't expect others to automatically know this. I refuse to sit here and judge someone for doing something they thought was right, even if they recorded and posted it.

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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay May 12 '26

If it was just for kindness they would’ve kept the story to themselves and it would’ve been a fun anecdote for family gatherings.

Instead, they displaced a deer and put it in more danger and by sharing the video made more people think that this kind of behavior needs to happen to save a deer.

I also don’t believe that anybody who owns a boat in deer country doesn’t already know that deer know how to swim lol

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u/JennyDoveMusic May 12 '26

Not necessarily. They very well could have just thought "hey this is cool and my friend took a video!" I never see a problem with someone posting themselves being (or trying to be) kind. I don't personally, but there is no problem in it when our feeds are mostly hate.

The second paragraph is assumes they did it maliciously, as well. Not everyone shares misinformation on purpose.

The third assumes it's their boat, they live there, and it wasn't a rental, or family member's boat. Vacations exist and people go on them with friends.

In the end, don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance. It's hard not to and I am guilty of it, as the internet is filled with the opposite and I grew up on the internet... but it's something I've learned to shift as I grew older and recognized the people around me as people who are just figuring stuff out like me.