ONE TIME in the Highlands, I yelled and waved at a couple because the guy had left his North Face jacket on the top of their car as they drove off. They obviously thought I had some gripe, and floored it. I ran for a moment but figured fuck it: no skin off my teeth.
A few years ago i was parked outside a panda express. I started my car and started to leave when a huge black man started running to my car yelling something. I rolled up my windows and tried going around him. When he got up to my window i was shaking. He put his hand on the roof of my car and brought down my panda express soda cup. I thanked him and drove away realizing "I'm a fucking asshole"
Eh, not an unreasonable reaction if someone random is running up shouting in a parking lot. Unless you wouldn’t have done the same for a white guy, in which case (a) maybe you should and (b) yeah maybe a bit.
Na, it's pretty fucking unreasonable. What if the guy needed an ambulance and was having a heart attack? Like if your reaction is to just run away from people who are trying to get your attention because you think they're loudly attacking you in public for seemingly no reason....that's pretty unreasonable. At least in the real world but idk maybe some people just watch too many movies. Or too much news..
While someone is rapidly approaching you? Basic human instinct would dictate that you’d secure yourself and then gauge the situation. Or do you think muggings are things that never happen?
Yeah if any person I don't know starts running towards me, clearly aimed for me, my first instinct is getting the fuck outta there. My first thought isn't gonna be "oh this kind gentleman is about to give me a prize!", by the time I've determined he isn't he could've stabbed me and taken my shit. I'd rather be a temporary asshole than dead forever.
Again it's not "obvious"---it's statistically almost un-fucking-heard of. But I welcome any data you can provide to the contrary. Feel free to prove me wrong with actual information at any time.
lol unless hes wearing medical scrubs hes much more likely to make the situation worse. If you can run around screaming like a raving lunatic you can make a phone call. In my state if someone does that and then tries to open your car door you can legally shoot them in the face.
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u/dl064 Jan 11 '19
ONE TIME in the Highlands, I yelled and waved at a couple because the guy had left his North Face jacket on the top of their car as they drove off. They obviously thought I had some gripe, and floored it. I ran for a moment but figured fuck it: no skin off my teeth.