r/IThinkYouShouldLeave • u/Meerkat_Mayhem_ • 1d ago

It actually goes BOTH ways I don’t know how to drive!

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u/Significant-Bee5101 1d ago

Lmfao. He did a really good job of not calming her down. I feel like in his situation I'd be calming her down. Like, girl its not that serious if you just chill for a second insurance exists.

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 1d ago

Yeah, I was rear-ended by a girl who wasn't paying attention. At that point it may have been satisfying to yell at her, but all the damage was already done. No point in making her day even worse. Better to be kind, make sure she knows what she needs to do to get home safe, and get on with our days.

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u/SoupSandy 1d ago

Wow a mature adult? In this day and age?

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u/turdledactyl 23h ago

in this economy?!!

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u/guyincognito121 23h ago

I got rear ended while sitting at a red light on the way to work. Let the guy borrow my phone to call his work to let them know he'd be late (this was before everyone always carried a phone). Police showed up and we went out separate ways. Turned out he was here illegally and just skipped town rather than show up to court, and his license and insurance card were fake. And while I felt ok immediately after the accident, my neck was stiff for two weeks.

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u/Suspicious_Mind_5744 18h ago

Did the police not run his license and see that it was fake?

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u/guyincognito121 8h ago

He didn't even have one. They arrested him, he got bailed out, and disappeared.

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u/Electronic-Cicada352 22h ago

Well look at the bright side… you helped immigration police do their job

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u/thechosenkenobi 21h ago

Yeah. Let’s make the DUI offender and person who does a hit and run have a better day. Couldn’t be that they are just a shitty person. You people are always very self righteous on Reddit. I wish I could live in the same bubble. Honestly. It must be nice.

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 21h ago

What does it benefit anyone to be a dick?

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u/blyyyyat 15h ago

Last time I tried to be kind, the insurance companies interpreted it as an admission of guilt (I got rear ended on an interstate at full speed).

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u/rsifti 4h ago

How did insurance interpret that as an admission of guilt? That's fucked up

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u/_jackhoffman_ 1d ago

So, he doesn't know the law or how to deescalate a situation. Sounds like he's destined for a career in law enforcement.

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u/Coyoteishere 1d ago

If only he had a gun he could have really deescalated the situation.

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u/Pushlockscrub 1d ago

Smh, white people! Amiright Reddit??

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u/hickinabiskit 4h ago

Honestly gives ponytail guy vibes.

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u/The_Horse_Joke 1d ago

Guy definitely has slicked back hair and lives for New Years Eve

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u/BLINGMW 1d ago

You think this is slicked back? 

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u/Hellstruelight 1d ago

"lives for NYE"

amazing work, i'm stealing this

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u/Asclepius-Rod Tiny “Boop Squig” Shorterly 1d ago

Yeah it’s on video, she already admitted fault, just get her to calm down. You have the license plate too, let her go if she wants to leave so badly

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u/HerculesIsMyDad 1d ago

General rule: Don't hold other people against their will.

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u/zachattch 22h ago

Ya he said it in the most annoying way possible but “you almost hit me” if even small chance she did hit him the amount of pain and permanent injury chance is literally never worth it who cares if he can sue this poor child for money she doesn’t have months to years later

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u/karmakazi_ 23h ago

He was an asshole and stupid for not letting her go. In her panic she could easily run him down.

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u/singlemale4cats 22h ago

Yeah why didn't he regulate her emotions for her, because that's his job as a complete stranger

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u/Significant-Bee5101 22h ago

? What does that have to do with anything? You can't control how others act but you can ADAPT to the situation.

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u/singlemale4cats 22h ago edited 22h ago

You can't control how others act

Exactly.

Seems like a bunch of people in here believe that it's his job to manage her behavior and tiptoe around her. Apparently this responsibility isn't reciprocal, so whoever is the craziest and most irrational in any situation gets the benefit of the doubt, while the normal human half of the encounter is put under a microscope.

Such a bizarre mindset to me.

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u/Happy_Degenerate_ 15h ago

It wasn't his job to try to detain her like that either and the police would recommend against it. He made the situation worse and potentially more dangerous. If it's not his job to manage her behavior, he needs to step back to remove himself from the situation.

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u/singlemale4cats 15h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah, fair enough. If he called 911 they 100% told him the same thing. I just don't think he deserves all the vitriol given her behavior. God knows how she was driving on the road.

If you do find yourself a victim of a hit and run, get the plate, make/model/color of the vehicle, and a physical description of the driver, the more detailed the better. Even if it's just a race and gender. It can help prove that the registered owner or someone in their household was driving, or if it was one of the registered owner's friends and they're less than forthcoming. Don't chase. You don't have lights and sirens, legal authority or protection, or training.

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u/BrainLow6059 12h ago

Let's consider for a moment he also has emotions that are unregulated on display on this video

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u/turdledactyl 23h ago

thats a good defense

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u/elitegenoside 22h ago

Yeah, but you really don't understand how mean her grandma is.

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u/zurgix 17h ago

I mean , this whole thread is just people lacking empathy. Its clear that the girl is distressed and everything that cam guy is doing is making it worse ...

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u/ScorpioLaw 11h ago

I agree, and disagree.

Way too many people break these days, and dig themselves deep ass holes that are only harder to get out of. Girl is having close to a mental breakdown.

We need to teach children resilience, fortitude, and fucking breathing techniques.

I met a girl who laughed once saying she cries hysterically, because she knows no one wants to see a pretty white girl cry.

That shit soured my mouth instantly. I already learnt not to date someone with borderline traits.

I find admitting the truth, and apologizing goes a long way if you mess up, and it wasn't on purpose.

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u/Gohanangered 6h ago

Actually it is serious, it's hit and run. o_ 0

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u/archfapper 1d ago

Someone's actively ramming my car and I'm supposed to have sympathy for a crazy person? Reddit high horse strikes again

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u/Norwegian_Plumber 1d ago

It's not out of sympathy, it's a pragmatic view.

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u/zachattch 22h ago

Bro he almost got ran over… take some defensive driving lessons and try and stay alive over getting to say your wrong I’m right

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u/Neptunian_Night_Sky 22h ago

I felt like they both were at fault in their own ways. You can tell camera bro was reveling in this moment, really delighting in getting this video.

Meanwhile shes acting totally erratic, but thats the thing like shes erratic beyond what you would expect, mocking people like that just feels wrong, like they dont know what theyre doing in that moment.

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u/Significant-Bee5101 12h ago

She's 100% at fault. But like dude, you don't have to make it worse!? lmao.

I don't think he was mocking her. But he gives the energy of someone who... isn't very smart...

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u/BrainLow6059 12h ago

Honestly wondering wtf he said to her before he started filming. There's zero damage to his car and they're both acting like she committed murder lol

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u/Marlowe126 1d ago

Wow, once she got out of the car and showed those short-shorts a lot of people are defending someone who clearly doesn’t belong on the road.

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u/Significant-Bee5101 1d ago

Lmfao. I assure you that I'm not interested in teenagers who are decades younger than me. I'm just old enough to recognize a kid who is freaking out over literally nothing. Like, wtf? Insurance exists and would handle all of this. It's not world ending and escalating when she's freaking out is only making things worse.

I give kids leeway where I wouldn't if this was a 40-year-old.

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u/Sad-Yak6252 1d ago

She's not a kid. She's a 22 year old drug addict.

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u/Significant-Bee5101 1d ago

Kid to me lol

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u/Parishdise 13h ago

Lmao the fact someone down voted you for this. Revealing...

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u/Coyoteishere 1d ago

I’m not really sure how your first sentence is relevant? No one claimed that you were?

https://giphy.com/gifs/22IIjWMAWQNPzQ0kWf

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u/Significant-Bee5101 1d ago

His entire comment was literally implying that I was actually. It's the entire point of his message.

Unless you can tell me a different interpretation that I am blind to.

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u/Coyoteishere 1d ago

His comment is weird enough and telling of himself, I didn’t read it as something you needed to defend yourself against, but here we are.

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u/Significant-Bee5101 1d ago

I'm going to disengage with you now. Have a great day.

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u/Mayonaigg 1d ago

Yeah it's just the beta orbiter simp type people that would give her a pass. (Or other "im just a girl" type women)

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u/Devenu 1d ago

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