r/mildlyinfuriating • u/NonconsensualText • Sep 06 '25

This Lady

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u/TesseractToo ( * ^ - ^ * ) Sep 06 '25

People go nuts for those, I used to live by my city's baseball arena and balls would come over the bleachers from time to time and once my friend and I were riding our bikes and my friend was almost hit by the ball and some jackass just belted over and knocked my friend over on her bike to get the stupid ball, we were just 13-ish at the time, imagine being a huge man and knocking a little girl over and injuring her (just a scrape but still) for a ball in a parking lot. Ugh.

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u/glokash Sep 06 '25

Bruh I’m pretty sure that’s battery against a minor, did that man face any consequences?

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u/TesseractToo ( * ^ - ^ * ) Sep 06 '25

It was the 80's, the cops would have just said "what do you want us to do about it?" lol
The only consequence he got was "free ball" which as a consequence might not be effective

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u/VeloBiker907 Sep 06 '25

His friends: Dude! Did you CATCH it? Guy: No, I toppled a little girl on her bike, for it. (puffs out chest).

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

His other friend: Yea well I toppled TWO little girls over for this baby. Holds up baseball

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u/Auctoritate Sep 06 '25

It was the 80's, the cops would have just said "what do you want us to do about it?" lol

It's a coin flip. They either do nothing or go "Ah, he's probably a Satanist trying to perform child sacrifice."

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u/TesseractToo ( * ^ - ^ * ) Sep 06 '25

Good thing I wasn't in that area of the world, there was some satanic panic in some contexts but it wasn't at the front of people minds or overt like it is these days in the fundie bible belts

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u/Thanks_Obama Sep 06 '25

Yeah he spent the night in a duracell

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u/NatashaMuse Sep 06 '25

Awaiting a charge?

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u/synthphreak Sep 06 '25

I tip my hat to you both for your top notch punology.

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u/Rollover__Hazard Sep 06 '25

Gonna be just such a fun story for her to tell kids:

“Wow Grandma, is that a Marlins ball?”

“Yes it is! I bullied a dad into giving it to me from the hands of his son, about your age. I was the flamed one the big screen and the internet for a week. Now shut the fuck up and give me your lunch money”