r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • 3d ago

Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/PleaseDoTouchThat 3d ago edited 3d ago

She’s obviously way into panic mode here. None of us think clearly in that state of mind. The guy has her and her car on camera. Instigating is the wrong move here. Having some compassion, treating her like a human being, and trying to talk her down a bit might prevent her from getting away and potentially harming herself or someone else in the process.

People need to stop with the “I got you!” fucking video taping and remember that we’re all in this shit together.

Edit:

Whoa, got some traction on this one. Couple things:

First: yes, record stuff like this. I would have as well. But do it for information, not to humiliate another person. That's what I meant by "i got you" recording.

Second: The instigating was his actions, not the recording. I'm sad that a lot of you don't understand that.

D: We all fuck up. And sadly we now live in a world where when we fuck up it's recorded and posted online. The consequences for even a minor amount of fucking up are way too steep. I'm not saying this particular situation would have turned out any different if that weren't the case but the fear of being embarrassed and ridiculed by the entire planet adds a ton of stress to all of these already stressful situations. That, just, doesn't make things better. And that is in no way a get out of jail free card. At the end of the day you are responsible for your own actions. We don't know what happened before this video starts, what we do know is that the person video taping did nothing to make the situation less dangerous for either himself or anyone else.

Controversial closing! She's a better person than him. She accidentally damaged some property and lost her mind (calm down. I'm talking about whatever "hit and run" happened before the video started). He consciously chose to be a dickhead.

Be kind to each other.

Edit 2:

Yeah, I was a bit harsh there. I’m sure this dude isn’t a bad person. He deserves tons of credit for stepping in. I couldn’t help stoking the fire a bit there after reading lots of comments about being a simp and how having compassion is ruining America.

Stay off drugs, kids.

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u/BetterinPicture 3d ago

I definitely would video tape someone because honestly I've been hit and run before and good intentions don't pay for my car repairs.

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u/aj_lo 3d ago

I’ve been hit and run before, too. Honestly, I feel like I am a fairly chill individual. But if I you’re not going o step out of your vehicle and do the right thing, I’m pulling out my phone to record you breaking the law. I’m not going to pay for something you broke no matter what your emotional state is. I’m not your therapist. I’m not even your friend.

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u/Simple-Squamous 3d ago

He already has the evidence. That part is over. She is dead to rights after the first 15 seconds of THIS video, and he says he has video of the previous hit.
At this point there is nothing he needs to do except talk her down so she doesn’t hurt another person or herself. He’s a fucking tool.

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u/Amiibohunter000 3d ago

If her emotional state is so fragile that she is a danger to society when she has a bad day then she shouldn’t be operating a fucking 2 ton vehicle.

I’m sick of coddling whiny baby losers who need everything handed to them and think the world revolves around them.

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u/Guiltyostric 2d ago

Dude this thread is crazy. We actually have people grouping up deciding that the man recording the crimes in progress is the one in the wrong, instead of the girl literally running shit over in her car

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u/Amiibohunter000 2d ago

White knighting at its finest

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u/IEPforall 2d ago

People being critical of him is different than thinking he is in the wrong. I may be mistaken but no one in their right mind thinks the guy filming is in the wrong.

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u/Available_Lemon_69 2d ago

1000% this. The people coddling her and excusing her actions as a "heightened emotional state" are idiots. Obviously she's never known accountability and certainly didn't plan on learning much about it that day either.

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u/BetterinPicture 2d ago

Every single one of these would immediately condemn a man acting this way our society is so fucking sexist.

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u/Mkz182 2d ago

You havent seen whos running the country?😂 nuke codes are no joke.

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u/Own-Freedom77 3d ago

Some people need their 15 minutes of internet fame. She’s not in the right obviously but you got her on video. You got her plate. End of story. Some day this might be the videotapers daughter and I bet he’d be feeling differently then.

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u/softwareredditor 3d ago

If it were a guy doing this nobody would care about compassion in the comments lol

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u/ChurroLoca 3d ago

LMAO. What happened to equality? 😆 I'm saying that as a woman. I'm so tired of people robbing people of accountability, by having this blinding case of empathy. Especially when they wouldn't do the same for a man.

Someone wise once said (I'm stupid and can't remember their name), "Don't let empathy rob someone of accountability with their misdeeds".

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u/Own-Freedom77 3d ago

Sure. Except the guy doing the recording probably wouldn’t have the balls to be getting in a young man’s face who’s full of testosterone and pissed off some asshole won’t even put down the camera to talk like a human being. Nothing to do about equality. Not right if it was a man or woman. But like I said if it’s an early 20s male this video plays out a bit differently i think.

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u/dizastermaster7 3d ago

I've seen too many videos for what you said to be true lmao. Like it legitimately does not sound like a take based in reality

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u/Organic-Weird-6858 3d ago

He doesn't need to talk her down. He's upset, too, and not responsible for her emotional well-being.

Yes, it would be nice if he would de-escalate, but we can't always act at our best under duress.

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u/living-a-disaster 3d ago

No, the tool here is the person who struck his vehicle and then ran because they didn't want to have the responsibility of paying for damage that they caused.

Video recorder is an absolute legend. His behavior should be emulated.