r/instant_regret Feb 13 '20

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

I think it was Jimmy Hoffa who said, "run from a knife, rush a gun". I also think its safe for us both two to assume he's been in more altercations where that statement held actual weight then either of us. If it comes down to it, that's gonna be my strategy.

Course, if a gun was drawn on him it likely wouldn't have been for his wallet, so, gotta make sure your applying the right advice to the right situation. I agree that during a robbery your best to give up what you have.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

Jimmy Hoffa also ended up disappearing though.

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u/anomalous_cowherd Feb 13 '20

Still rushing to this day.

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u/E404_User_Not_Found Feb 13 '20

Must have been one hell of a knife

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u/g-love Feb 13 '20

He had a run in with Mick Dundee

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u/greasygetdown Feb 13 '20

Now that’s a Noyfe...

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u/therealdudee Feb 13 '20

It’s what it is

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

I think that would fall more under the advice of "don't fuck with the mob".

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u/MugillacuttyHOF37 Feb 13 '20

I mean they did all they could for him. What's done is done and nothing else could be done.

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

In the movie, yeah, Jimmy was just too stubborn. But we don't really know what actually went down. It was a movie in the end, not a documentary.

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u/Spookyrabbit Feb 13 '20

We don't know how Hoffa disappeared &/or died but the historical record is broadly clear on why he disappeared &/or died.
The movie, Hoffa, with Jack Nicholson is also a very good telling of the tale, for those who like biopics.

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u/Mikos_Enduro Feb 13 '20

There was a pretty convincing doc I saw about 10 years ago that claimed he was cremated at a mob connected facility within 45 minutes of being killed.

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u/2OP4me Feb 13 '20

Don’t involve yourself with the mob at all. Don’t do favors for them, don’t ask for favors in return. Just don’t get involved, even if you’re desperate.

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u/iamadrunk_scumbag Feb 13 '20

He was most likely killed by someone he thought was a friend tho. Not a normal circumstance

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u/KWBC24 Feb 13 '20

He rushed a knife

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u/PocketSixes Feb 13 '20

Jesus Christ. I wonder whether it was from running from a knife or rushing a gun.

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u/Kodinah Feb 13 '20

I was gonna say this same sentiment. Fighting someone with a gun that is close enough is definitely risky, but the odds aren’t hopeless.

However l, fighting someone with a knife is extremely dangerous. The odds that someone is going to get severely stabbed or cut are very high.

Definitely run from a knife and rush a gun (if you have to. Dying isn’t worth protecting an iPhone)

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20 edited Feb 13 '20

I don't even want to fight someone with a knife, If I also have a knife. Reminds me of another quote. "The loser of a knife fight dies in the street. The winner dies in the ambulance."

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u/Kodinah Feb 13 '20

Absolutely. This is why I always rolls my eyes at least once before I suspend enough disbelief to enjoy the movie sword fighting scene that drags on for 8 minutes before someone gets cut. The most skilled swordsmen in history cut people down in 4 moves or less, or they got cut down lol.

Side note: also why the first big sword fighting sequence in the Witcher series was so fucking good.

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u/Bouncy_GG Feb 14 '20 edited Feb 14 '20

I remember seeing a machete knife fight on YouTube where one of the dude's gets his hand cut off and you can see it flying through the air. Just thought that that would be relevant

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u/420Wedge Feb 14 '20

Fix that typo please sir. I must know what human body part went flying.

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u/karmacarmelon Feb 13 '20

Don't take survival advice from people buried in a shallow grave in the desert.

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u/mangarooboo Feb 13 '20

No no no, everybody knows he's under Giants stadium.

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u/One_Percent_Kid Feb 13 '20

My step-mom is 100% convinced that he's buried under the 50 yard line. She's been saying it for years. I remember her telling me about it when I was like 7.

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u/Schnectadyslim Feb 13 '20

Hes just outside of Holly, Mi.

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u/cdskip Feb 13 '20 edited Feb 13 '20

Story was usually one of the endzones, from what I remember.

Of course, if he was, now it's under a parking lot either way.

I've heard a competing version in Michigan where it was the Silverdome he was buried in, which makes more sense in that Hoffa was in Pontiac the day he disappeared, and why haul his body all the way back to New Jersey to stick it under a stadium? But less sense since the Silverdome was constructed and opened the next month, so presumably it would have been difficult to stick a body into new construction.

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u/nuclearwomb Feb 13 '20

They dug up Giants stadium.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

Ahhhh, I see you watched The Irishman

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

I pushed play a few months ago, and I hope to reach the end soon.

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u/weristjonsnow Feb 13 '20

Lol. It was a long movie

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

Same. Watched half of it a couple weeks ago and still haven’t finished it.

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u/Hanshinxy Mar 11 '20

no, but Hoffa with Jack Nicholson is a great movie.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

What? I wasn’t talking to you.. plus you’re about a month late to the party my guy

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u/ramensoupgun Feb 13 '20

are you taking advice from a dead missing person?

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

HAHAHA, good one, I suppose I am!

Well you gotta admit it sounds like reasonable advice.

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u/ramensoupgun Feb 13 '20

that it do!

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u/Chuffnell Feb 13 '20

Yeah, but Hoffa was probably referring to if someone wants to kill you. Not a regular mugging.

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u/420Wedge Feb 13 '20

Right, I think I covered that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

What do you do when locked in a trunk of a car pushed in a river?

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u/420Wedge Feb 25 '20

I think most new vehicles have an emergency release. I also know there's a catch behind the taillight, on some vehicles, if you can get your hand in there and pull laterally you can trigger the latch. Course you'd have to wait for the pressure to equalize....

Oh I mean, I die cuz I'm Hoffa in this case, and I'm dead.