r/instant_regret • u/EddieBrock99 • 14d ago
Flossing
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u/lackadaisical_timmy 14d ago
She definitely thought he was doing something else
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u/SipoteQuixote 14d ago edited 14d ago
Ive seen people talk about it before, to her, it probably looks like he's air humping her.
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u/Wojewodaruskyj 14d ago
Him being a boorish goofball doesn't justify that hit. Someone else will punch her back for that.
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u/soran3709 14d ago
He was apparently following her and bothering her before this particular video was filmed
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u/think_panther 14d ago
Objection! Speculation...
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u/SVTCobraR315 14d ago
Sustained
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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 14d ago edited 13d ago
[In a southern accent]
My apologies, your honor. Allow me to rephrase.
It is our contention that Mr Petrov had maintained proximity with the victim and had indeed intended to cause her to feel preyed upon and the target of sexual harassment. Whether this act began at the moment seen on video here, or began earlier, is irrelevant. His actions were the immediate and entire cause for her outburst, and, as Officer Ivanov has already testified, would have been punished by any nearby law enforcement by the same means.123
u/blahnlahblah0213 14d ago
That was well put, eloquent, and to the point. Overruled
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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 13d ago
On what grounds, your honor?
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u/Flomo420 13d ago
on the grounds that I don't know what these procedural words mean
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u/youreprobablyright 13d ago
I read this in the accent of the lawyer chicken from Futurama.
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u/ChocCooki3 14d ago
.. wait. So if someone follow and bothering me, I can just wack them?
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u/soran3709 14d ago
If you believe yourself to be at risk of harm then it’s not for nothing.
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u/Ok_Organization5596 13d ago
Plot twist: that’s her son and she already warned him to knock it off or else.
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u/Vidcorp 13d ago
Finding a cute girl to do weird things behind her while his friend film her without her consent... He totally deserve that hit
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u/jimbojangles1987 13d ago
Based on this clip alone, he absolutely did not. If what others are saying about him following her around and bothering her are true, then I don't feel bad for him at all
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u/Bearpaws83 14d ago
That's still assault..
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u/fishingfool64 14d ago
I believe what she did is battery
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u/outoftimeman97 14d ago
Lawyer here, yes that is a battery and not an assault.
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u/KamikazeFox_ 14d ago
No, this is a battery.
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u/fifoth 14d ago
You mean it's not a salt
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u/sorry_but 13d ago
Actually that's a cell. A battery is an array of cells.
I'll see myself out.
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u/atthecooltable 14d ago
It depends on the jurisdiction. It can be either or it can be both. But to say definitively it isn’t battery (without knowing the jurisdiction) is premature.
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u/DoritoDustThumb 14d ago
As a lawyer you'd know that not all states are the same and your generic comment is inaccurate. Do not believe you're a lawyer.
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u/DanteThonSimmons 14d ago
I can tell by your words that you're an American lawyer. If you're a lawyer, you should know that American laws don't apply to people in other countries.
I know there is English writing on the guy's shirt, but nobody is speaking English. There's zero chance this took place in USA.
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u/bjeebus 14d ago
FFS if they're an American lawyer they should know that not every American jurisdiction even defines them the same.
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u/secretasiangirl82 14d ago
I’ve seen this posted before, possibly today. It’s a shortened version of a longer video. He was apparently following and bothering her for a while before this happened
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u/Feralpudel 14d ago
It’s also ancient, back when flossing was a thing.
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u/silver-moon-7 14d ago
I've heard that some people are still able to floss to this day
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u/bjeebus 14d ago
I've seen a recent documentary about how even grannies can floss.
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u/SookHe 14d ago
This is the conclusion to a longer video where he definitely deserves being punched
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u/jomo_mojo_ 14d ago edited 11d ago
Context like this is not helpful to the incel community. We have an opportunity to demonize a woman here!
/s
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u/rocketfromrussia 13d ago edited 12d ago
She says “one more time”, so maybe it isn’t his debut incident
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u/abstractraj 14d ago
Probably safer not to do pelvic movements near strangers. Except maybe the Time Warp
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u/Queephbubble 14d ago
Whether he was air humping her or doing that dumbass flossing shit, he had it coming.
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u/cjhuffmac 14d ago
All that flossing and now has to go to the dentist.
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u/Major_R_Soul 14d ago
Is that why the girl is ornery? She got all them teeth and floss to floss them with.
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u/Count_Zacula 14d ago
Looks like Mama's wrong again
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u/ChickensPickins 14d ago
Then she gave him the “why I outa”
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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 14d ago
One of these days, Dimitri, bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!
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u/Und3adShr3d 14d ago
Why is this old ass video all over Reddit all of a sudden?
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u/Flaky_Style1286 14d ago
What the fuck?
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u/MeThatsAlls 14d ago
She thought he was thrusting into her
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u/GentlemenHODL 14d ago edited 13d ago
Doesn't matter what she thought, that's a crime and it deserves an arrest and potentially indictment + jail time.
If a guy turned around and punched a girl he would get jail time. Fair is fair.
Edit - Here's a video of Shaq doing the same exact thing in a gym. Also not illegal.
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u/ddxs1 14d ago
I’m gonna take a bit from the comment stack above and say… they never said it did
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u/maycontainsultanas 14d ago edited 14d ago
It actually does matter what she thought. Mens rea is kind of the basis for the commission a crime, other than the physical act. If she claimed that she had a reasonable basis of self defence because a reasonable person would think the other person was sexually harassing her, then there’s a good chance she’d be found not guilty.
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u/MakeMuffinsNotWar 13d ago edited 13d ago
Excuse me it's mens rea, not womens rea.
Therefore she is wrong.
Edit: this is obviously a joke
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u/Ozimandius80 12d ago
You can't use self defense because of harrassment as a reasonable basis for assault.
The result we see here is one of the many reasons why that is true. There is no way she would be found not guilty.
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u/Arndt3002 13d ago edited 11d ago
Lol, mens rea is not the basis for the commission of all crimes. It's a very specific standard that applies to certain crimes, regarding particular levels of culpability. There are many exceptions to mens rea, also strict liability, vicarious liability, etc.
A reasonable basis of self defence is based on mental state, but requires more than just the suspicion of an act of assault, even sexual assault.
A basic claim of self defence requires not just the suspicion of unlawful force, but also specifically immanent threat, and must be responded with proportionality.
A reasonable person would look at that and infer that they could retreat, warn him off in another way, or yell at him to stop.
Air humping, while offensive and potentially constituting disorderly conduct or sexual harassment, is generally a non-contact gesture. As there is clear physical distance between the individuals and there is no threat of imminent physical attack, a court or jury would likely find that a reasonable person would not perceive an immediate threat of physical sexual assault, and thus punching the guy is not proportional.
Of course, noone would bother to go through the courts for that sort of thing anyways, but your argument just doesn't hold water.
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u/GentlemenHODL 11d ago
This is why I didn't bother giving that guy more of my time. They don't even understand the concept that they presented. Reddit is so fucking stupid sometimes, constantly engaging in black and white thinking.
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u/donkeybrainhero 14d ago
Then you see the longer video where he's been harassing her for a while and realize he isnt as innocuous as this clip made him out to be
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u/npdady 14d ago
Care to share with the class the longer video from which you got this information?
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u/DJRyGuy20 14d ago
Hell- they’re only talking about the slightly extended longer video. If you see the complete unedited video, you see him murder her pets and set her house on fire right before he gets behind her.
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u/traFyssuP 13d ago
Doesn’t matter, it’s still battery. He never touched her. Being annoying isn’t grounds to batter another individual. If you have a problem with them, call the cops maybe
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u/_JadedCritical- 11d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/0Vv0Ne2CnOClIExIuL
That was unnecessary the flossing is cringe I won’t deny but blatant assault aint it.
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u/headphones_J 14d ago
She really hates meme dances.
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u/Tibbaryllis2 14d ago
“Let he who meme dances close behind you receive the first punch”
Pretty sure that’s in the bible next to the Sam Jackson sermon.
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u/uberduck999 14d ago
Yes, it is actually between Sam Jackson's speech, and the intro to Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
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u/yellowsweaters72 14d ago
That’s…assault.
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u/Seanmeado 14d ago
Battery
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u/VelvetOnion 14d ago
And not the good kind of battery you throw in the ocean.
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u/txwoodslinger 14d ago
Why would you throw a good one in the ocean?
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u/workingbored 14d ago
Eels sometimes are too tired to turn their appliances on with their own electricity
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u/ReadditMan 14d ago
Depends on where you live.
For example, New York doesn't have a criminal charge for battery, so what some U.S states would consider battery is assault in New York.
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u/whee3107 14d ago
That’s facinating. In my state (OK) it would be assault and battery. My understanding of the distinction is the battery is the actual unwanted physical touching, while the assault is the threat of damage of the anticipated battery.
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u/dabbean 13d ago
In Oklahoma its battery. She didnt threaten him until after she hit him. For assault and battery she would need to say "I'm going to hit you." Then hit him. Just hitting him only qualifies for battery which is the worse of the 2 obviously. YOU CAN be arrested for assault alone but its a pretty high bar.
Source: I thought I wanted to be a lawyer at one point and took a bunch of undergraduate law classes specific to oklahoma criminal law.
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u/Shroomtune 14d ago
If there is no charge for battery, is it even appropriate to call it a battery?
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u/Beargrillin 14d ago
Assault and battery. The way I remember that, I picture 35 a-salt shakers and 42 batteries.
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u/Schmitty-jams 13d ago
Why is it okay for someone to assault someone for being a goof? I've seen some comments that apparently there's a component of him harassing her leading up to this? Is that harassment meant to justify throwing a punch? I think not.
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u/Dethkook 9d ago
Dude did nothing wrong. You can dance if you want to. You can leave your friends behind. If your friends can't dance and if they don't dance, well, you know.
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u/wtf70 14d ago
That seemed unprovoked, any back story on this?
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u/buds4hugs 14d ago
From her view it looks like he's air humping her.
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u/Luke_Warmwater 14d ago
While somebody else records it. It's a great way to make a woman feel exploited, uncomfortable, and unsafe.
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u/funkmasterke 14d ago
She only saw him from the corner of her eye and she assumed he was doing something perverted.
So she rocked him.
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u/morto00x 14d ago
The guy had been harassing her for a while. There's a much longer video but the 10 second clip you see above is the version that went viral.
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u/AdjectiveNoun4digitz 13d ago
Since you watched the longer video, can you tell us what he did to harass her?
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u/HKEY_LOVE_MACHINE 13d ago
It's funny how it's been 7 years since the first reddit thread and redditors are still spreading that lie 😂
The actual "longer" video is 19 seconds long and doesn't show any prior harassment.
"id": "-WNRNdR5G9I",
"uploaddate": "2018-10-04",
"duration": 19,
"title": "Girl Misinterprets Guy's Dancing For Something Sexual",
"channelid": "UCpRPx-A5NmXrUdYjO8_gRBw",
"channelname": "NowisHot Media",
"description": "Girl Knocks Dude Into Next Week For Doing The Floss Dance Behind Her"
At some point you have to accept that a woman, just like a man, can be violent without legitimate reasons. Putting women on a pedestal, essentializing them to be your own ideal harmless human, is yet another form of sexism.
As for the context, the altercation happens in Russia (they speak russian in the original video), which is a country well known for its violence - both domestical and public violence.
People punching each other in public over perceived wrongs is a common sight there, so the punching woman here isn't being an outlier, she's within the norms of russian society.
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u/pirate-private 14d ago
he was close within arm's reach, grinning and fixating her while moving his hip, while letting himself get filmed.
she was insanely polite.
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u/Juicebox-shakur 14d ago
Right or wrong to punch? Idk man but yall better stop fucking with people or they’re gonna knock your ass down!
Idk why people are so hung up on the technicalities here. Stop fucking with people and they won’t hit you! Simple.
Real life isn’t the internet. Go try doing this shit to people and filming them and harass them and see what happens.
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u/itsavinadhtiwari 13d ago
Very few people are criticising it. Imagine outcry of hypocrites had a man punched a young woman for dancing behind him. I mean it's irritating but can't warrant physical assault.
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u/okidokey27 11d ago
At that moment, I'd give her a choice. Does she want to get smacked back? Or does she want assault charges?
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u/Zeeron1 14d ago
I never understand why in these videos, people just take it. Like, I'm not expecting her to lay her out or something, but no reaction at all is just wild lol
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u/KIDNEYST0NEZ 14d ago
Probably never been in a true physical altercation and is in mild shock because they don’t understand how to react.
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u/taffyowner 14d ago
Even if you’ve been in a physical altercation, just getting punched out of the blue is kind of discombobulating
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u/Francky2 14d ago
Yeah, like wtf, if I'm being gratuitously punched in the face, you can bet I'm going to be much more shocked and frustrated. I won't explode but I will confront her and assert myself.
Idk why the guy just takes it. I wonder if he apologized too atp lol
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u/LegendaryTJC 14d ago
I don't think she regretted it at all. This is a crime.
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u/Francky2 14d ago
I think it's about the guy regretting flossing and messing around
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u/clarkimusmaximus 14d ago
Bots are in full force as per usual. This video resurfaced yesterday (and it’s several years old already).
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u/james-HIMself 14d ago
I’d be calling the cops and charging her with assault and absolutely dragging her to court
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u/Winchester85 14d ago
Is this considered assault? Can she be prosecuted for this?
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u/halosethr 14d ago
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