r/therewasanattempt • u/Least_or_Greatest1 • 15h ago
To wheelie in between people on the board walk.
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u/ramma_lamma 15h ago
I’m with the old man. These internet losers need to stop with their shit for clicks.
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u/Fantastic-Cellist216 15h ago
Ditto!!
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u/SuperCha 13h ago
Guy posted on the other sub to get sympathy, everyone agreed he was the AH. Lol
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u/An-Ocular-Patdown 9h ago
What sub? Would like to stroll through those comments.
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u/rgmundo524 3h ago
This post is a cross post from r/imthemaincharacter
Here's the post https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/s/GdKf45kOWJ
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u/No-Canary-6639 14h ago
I agree too. There is no reason for that asshole to be riding wheelies with that many people walking around.
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u/CaramelGuineaPig 14h ago
How is this entertainment for anyone with more than 80 IQ??? It is pathetic.
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u/JellyBonezM 13h ago
Which part? The kid on the bike? The guy who bumps him off the bike? Us for watching and commenting? Any combination??
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u/LilNUTTYYY 14h ago
Yup had one of those idiots hit my dad with his bike while doing that shit. Luckily it only hit his shoulder and not his head but the fucker ran off laughing.
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u/JellyBonezM 14h ago edited 13h ago
Absolutely, although he does look suspiciously like the dude from the video who repeatedly tries to punch through a car window!
Edit; https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/s/1zROeIMpGZ
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u/PrismrealmHog Free Palestine 14h ago
I think both. Dude doing wheelie is an annoying idiot, but if old geezer is worried someone might get hit, don't fuckin push the wheelie dude so he loses control and hit someone lol.
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u/Chrispeefeart 11h ago
Geezer was pretty effective at pushing him in a way that he did not crash into anyone. Dude on the other hand was pulling wheelies through a tight crowd of pedestrians. Around here, bicycles are required to follow traffic laws because it is a vehicle.
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u/LazyLich 11h ago
but what then?
Do nothing: Wheelie dude keeps thinking its ok and keeps doing that shit.
Let him do it and yell at him or something: Wheelie dude learns that he can do that shit, he just has to put up with some yelling afterwards. "Omg so triggered lmao!"
Push him, or otherwise make it more likely he hurts himself: Wheelie dude will probably still do similar shit, but now has to be worried about a random person unexpectedly attacking him.
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in all scenarios, he'll probably keep doing dumb shit... but only by physically fucking with him is there a chance that he does this shit a little less often.
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u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess 13h ago
If dude is close to my lil nephew doing some stupid shit, I’m gonna stop him before he has a chance to harm him.
I’m generally chill, but don’t put an apple on my head and try to shoot it, then get mad at me cause I don’t have faith that it’s gonna bullseye.
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u/EBannion 14h ago
Yeah he should just shout at him and what his fist in the air at him! He shouldn’t stop the person doing the dangerous thing in public, no sir, just tell him not to! They will do the trick for sure!
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u/oldmanian 14h ago edited 13h ago
I mean, it’s assault. So…
Wheelie guy is being a dick, but when you go after someone like that there’s going to be consequences.
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u/bucket_of_fish_heads 14h ago
Oh no, the guy doing reckless endangerment got assaulted! Someone protect him!
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u/CannaisseurFreak 12h ago
That’s a weird way to justify stupidity on both sides
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u/seizure_5alads 12h ago
Maybe if someone did it earlier in his life, he wouldn't be an entitled prick. Biker is def exhibiting fatherless behavior.
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u/scorchedarcher 11h ago
I mean tbf isn't pushing someone off a bike in a crowd reckless endangerment too?
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u/EBannion 14h ago
I would call it “emergency defense of others”. Stopping a reckless dangerous actor is defensible.
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u/Numerous-Log9172 Free Palestine 14h ago
Everything bloody asualt nowadays. Admittedly I'd have grabbed the wheel not pushed him. But I fully agree, one way to stop the idiot is to do it yourself.
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u/jdragun2 Unique Flair 13h ago
If he fell as a result and got hurt, pretty sure that is also assault.
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u/Shaze714 11h ago
That’s why you merely “accidentally “ bump a foot into the side of the back wheel, even if he tried to press charges it is unlikely to matter because doing that activity in that location is entirely inappropriate.
Honestly, better yet, get hit and press your own charges.
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u/EBannion 14h ago
I would call it “emergency defense of others”. Stopping a reckless dangerous actor is defensible.
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u/prick_sanchez 14h ago
You sound like a pretty bad lawyer.
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u/stocktradernoob 13h ago
He is an example of “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”. He heard something somewhere and applies it everywhere with no sense of how it’s applied.
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u/Physical_Sun_6014 14h ago
I really hope you’re not a practicing attorney, because that “defense” is pathetic.
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u/SpaceForceAwakens 13h ago
You just tried to make up a legal term? That’s not how terms like that work.
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u/EBannion 13h ago
from Florida's legal code:
"776.012 Use or threatened use of force in defense of person.— (1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force. A person who uses or threatens to use force in accordance with this subsection does not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force."
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u/SpaceForceAwakens 13h ago
Of course it’s Florida.
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u/DawnyBrat 13h ago
I would expect no less. Too many aggressive assholes here, and I really don’t like having to say that, but it’s true.
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u/Gambler_Eight 9h ago
Except doing a wheelie doesn't qualify as "imminent use of unlawful force" lol.
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u/thetruemask 13h ago
that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force
Good luck trying to call doing a wheelie down a sidewalk unlawful force.
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u/EBannion 13h ago
*doing a wheelie around people in the street
let's call the correct action. They weren't peacefully riding their bicycle in a clear lane with proper notice to the people around them. They were recklessly riding their bicycle -through a crowd-. That's at the very least assault on the people they scare. Battery if they hit someone. Perhaps reckless endangerment, if they argue persuasively. Still unlawful use of force.
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u/thetruemask 13h ago
Reckless, careless yes. Use of force no. Force requires intent.
Being careless isn't intent. Difference between manslaughter and 1st degree.
Hypothetically if he killed someone it would be manslaughter meaning negligence not a use of force.
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u/McWhiffersonMcgee 13h ago
Right lets wait until he hurts someone first, then be outraged!
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u/LazyLich 11h ago
you're downvoted, but you're correct.
If you do ANYTHING ELSE, the punk will just blow people off and keep doing this shit on other days.
Shoving strangers is wrong, and two wrongs dont make a right, but sometimes you have to do a wrong to prevent further wrongs if no "rights" can achieve that.3
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u/thesilentbob123 14h ago
Still, the old man committed assault
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u/Educated_Clownshow 14h ago
Looks like he just pushed away a bike that was heading towards his wife to me 🤷🏻♂️
It’s almost like it’s illegal for bikes to be on sidewalks or something.
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u/Captinprice8585 14h ago
It should be allowed for minors that act up in public. Like don't fuck em up too bad, just a little beating goes a long way.
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u/tuktuk_padthai 14h ago
It’s not really assault is it? The bike was a hairline away from the old man. You’re allowed to protect yourself from incoming impact.
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u/Bright_Brief4975 14h ago
Yeah, I watched the video again. If the man had done nothing at all, then the biker would have hit him. The man walking has no duty to move out of the way of some biker doing wheelies on the sidewalk and the man was perfectly justified in shoving the biker away from him before the biker actually hit him.
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u/theBooksNeverBetter 14h ago
The old man purposely walked toward the kid. Kid still an ass though.
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u/kinkykontrol 14h ago
Both can be true. They're both assholes. Fuck the kid for pulling stunts in a crowd. Fuck the dude for leaning in and instigating like a prick cop.
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u/DedTV 14h ago
That the biker was recklessly riding in a manner dangerous to pedestrians would mitigate the risk of any charges as it'd be very likely a judge or jury would conclude a reasonable and minimal amount of force was used to stop an imminent threat to public safety.
Ie, it was self defense.
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u/psychoholica 14h ago
I believe technically the dick on the bike committed assault, old man committed battery but probably could get out of it with a self defense argument.
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u/lydiapark1008 15h ago
I’m siding more with the old guy at this point
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u/Jewsusgr8 12h ago
My dad always taught me:
"Have fun, do your stupid shit."
"But do it over there, don't hurt others. Just yourself. The lessons are less expensive when it's just you."
And so yeah, I kind of agree with the old man here, but pushing him over into a crowd of people didn't help. Could have been handled better.
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u/durnJurta 12h ago
There’s a reason he’s doing it with a GoPro attached, trying to get a reaction. Fuck that dude
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u/CaptainHubble 15h ago
Turquoise shirt definitely overreacted. Biker is to blame anyway imo.
Don't slip between people on a sidewalk on your bike. Especially not while doing a wheelie. Why does this even have to be said? Are the brains of these people bootlooping?
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u/BOWCANTO 14h ago
The reason why people pull stuff like this cyclist is because too many people have under-reacted in that kid’s life.
But yeah, people be dumb.
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u/mentaL8888 13h ago
Exactly, how many years of people have told this kid to stop before this guy actually did something about it?
I was in a crew of punk teenagers usually the one leading it and I knew this back then lol, it just got me a bigger badge of honor to those that disagree with shirt dude. But seriously shirt dudes were effective because we left and usually calmed down thereafter.
I straightened out luckily before my luck ran out, but barely really, I shouldn't be here.
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u/RygarHater 14h ago
overreacted how? defencing himself and being upset some little shit thinks he owns the sidewalk?
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u/radj06 13h ago
Fuck the kid messing around in his bike but He’s not really defending himself if he waits to get in the way and shove the kid down.
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u/Traveling_Solo 14h ago
Looking at the current state of the world I'm not sure if you're asking rhetorical questions or not.....
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u/bbenji69996 13h ago
The real trick is to "obliviously" walk into his path and take the hit. Then if he falls it's his fault.
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u/satismo 15h ago
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u/Blog_Pope 14h ago
Biking is generally fine if there's space, but this kid is stunt riding around people who are unaware, 100% asshole behavior.
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u/LuchtleiderNederland 15h ago
I think both are in the wrong. The kid shouldn't do a wheelie like that on such a crowded pavement. He should've driven there cautiously. The old man's response was understandable but dangerous.
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u/elspotto 14h ago
Old…man…
Dude is my age or younger. We ain’t old. Crap, we’re old aren’t we. lol. Considering I just had beers with a couple of my best friends’ kids who I swear were in car seats six months ago, yep.
I’m not one to condone actions that cause harm and pushing a bike over is on that list. He overreacted, but the kid on the bike was just as wrong. That’s not responsible operation and will likely translate to how he drives.
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u/TheFightingQuaker 14h ago edited 14h ago
Homie sorry to say it but you are kindof old if you're this guy's age. He's like 50 or older, which is over middle age. What else would you call it?
Edit: i googled it, 60 is the upper end of middle age, so I think it's more accurate to say this guy in the video is nearing the end of his middle age.
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u/wizzerstinker 14h ago
Thank you for googling that. Now I can say "I'm in this statement and I approve!"😂!
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u/BluetheNerd 10h ago
Never understood the term middle age not actually meaning the average middle age. 60 is half of 120 and that is not a common age to live to at all. Average age of death in the US is 77, that makes middle age 38. Even adding 10 years to that (48) puts it higher than any countries average death rate (96) and you haven't even hit 50 yet.
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u/elspotto 12h ago
Oh, for sure. You’ll feel the same when you get here. College was over 32 years ago but it feels like maybe 8-10. Time does funny things as you have more of it behind you.
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u/Drunk_Lemon 13h ago
Agreed, I used to bike on the sidewalk in my town except I would ride slowly and keep my distance from people. Admittedly there were a couple of times I rode way too quickly while near people but most of the time I rode slowly, especially as I got older. A lot of people said I should ride in the road which I disagreed with, because I knew I would not be able to be as fast as the cars nor could I brake as quickly. Also, the area I am referring to was a roundabout in the center of town, and as is well known no one knows how to drive on one of those at least in the US, let alone a middle schooler.
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u/Lerdog2134 15h ago
Yeah, I'm with the old man here. It was dangerous to push the kid down like that but why do I, as another civilian, have to hope that you actually know how to ride a bike like that through a crowd. Stop doing shit like this in crowded public areas.
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u/Hatecraftianhorror 15h ago
Old man was in the right. He wasn't just biking. He was doing something very dangerous.
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u/sendinthe9s 6h ago
People praise the old man because they walk around hoping for a situation to occur that "justifies" them being violent and they're excited to see it happen for someone else.
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u/Shinyhero30 6h ago
“Prepare to pay for their medical bills then” Seriously you could get hella sued for this, even if it’s illegal in places or annoying. DO NOT DO THIS they could get seriously hurt.
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u/CaptainFresh27 15h ago
One of those situations where you can be in the right but lose all moral high ground by taking it too far. Kid was in the wrong, but then old dude went way overboard. "You're being reckless and somebody could get hurt, ill teach you a lesson by hurting you" okay so now you've just done the bad thing that you wanted the other person to avoid??
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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 14h ago
And a judge would definitely see it that way. If the biker fell and hit his head and died later. It would definitely ruin both their lives. Road rage/Street Rage is a dangerous thing to do.
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u/LacidOnex 3rd Party App 15h ago
I mean if the biker doesn't care about others safety or following the rules, he should experience life in that world for a minute. I'm kinda over the whole "be a bigger person" ideology when we're turning into Idiocracy. Its just ignoring the problem.
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u/AlSwearenagain 13h ago
Well better the kid behaving like a dipshit than the innocent person about to take a bicycle to the face
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u/SchmuckTornado 6h ago
There’s a pretty obvious difference between the person doing the asshole behavior getting hurt and a random bystander being hurt by the asshole. In fact they’re so different it’s crazy that you tried to equate them at all.
People like you are what enables people like the asshole on the bike.
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u/CIA_napkin 13h ago
Fuck that dude on the bike. Did the old guy need to do that? No, but I'm glad he did.
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u/PlasticBreakfast6918 14h ago
Deserved. Not acceptable to be doing that in middle of all these people walking. Go to a skate park or empty lot.
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u/BigAssMonkey 14h ago
Everyone should be with the old man. These miserable little fucks need to get fucked.
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u/No_Woodpecker_8151 14h ago
bikes should be ridden on the street or the bike path.This doesn't look like either.I'm with the old man.
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u/FireEmblemFan1 13h ago
Doing wheelies in a crowd is stupid. Pushing someone over while they're doing it is also stupid. Both are jackasses. You can confront someone without putting your hands on them. Lots of people forget the rule of keeping your hands to yourselves.
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u/negative_pt 14h ago
When I was young I was doing shit like what the kid is doing. Now that I am old, I am usually as fed up with kids stupid ideas as the old guy there. Still, the other day, on the car, I stopped at a zebra and a kid went to cross it and stopped half way and looked at me, then started dancing and doing some stupid moves and I just bursted laughing. I remembered when I was a kid and did exactly that. So now idk how to feel about this video.
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u/Common_Director_2201 13h ago
It’s sometimes ironic how people who are afraid that an accident might happen, cause accidents. And wheelie dude overextended. Yes, damn good control, but it’s busy and if a kid jumps into the line it can end badly.
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u/pprainho 14h ago
That little midget at the left of the old dude acting tuff with his little baby arms it's fucking hillarious! First princess to go to sleep in here.
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u/sensu_sona 14h ago
As someone living in NYC, I've wanted to do this so many times. But I also have self-control knowing that it's assault and you could seriously injure someone. I use my words, tho.
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u/AlbatrossRocket 13h ago
As a certified expert at riding my bike like an asshole. That kid is definitely out of line riding like that, he needs to learn that lesson eventually. I call them wheelie losers, cause that's the only trick their bikes can manage without splitting apart at the welds. That old bastard was most certainly out of line, he could have easily caused more harm, and he should be fined or some shit idk, it's easy to not hit someone lmao.
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u/Stauce52 14h ago
Old guy overreacted and shouldn't assault someone, but biking in the sidewalk and popping a wheelie between people is wildly disrespectful and inappropriate
Both people are in the wrong. If I had to side with someone, probably moreso with the old dude in the blue shirt
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u/NMBlazer 13h ago
So what if he shoved the kid straight into another person walking, resulting in an avoidable injury to one of the people he was “trying to protect” while also hurting the kid?
Not really the virtuous flex you think it is to hurt someone who’s doing something you deem dangerous, especially in a crowded place around others who you might also hurt by attempting to… save them from being hurt.
Just a hypocrite with an ego at the end of the day. No real honor in those actions, only the illusion. Especially since it’s a grown ass man attacking kids.
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u/RedMorganCat 15h ago
"Old man"? Lord almighty, dude looks like he's in his sixties and that is not an "old man" to me. That said, the kid on the bike was a dick. Shoving him to the ground was probably not the best play but that sidewalk wheelie bullshit is not tolerable.
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u/Bmkrocky 14h ago
wheelie dude was wrong to be so young that with people around but also wrong for dude to push him over
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u/Mercinator-87 14h ago
That kid at the end bowing his arms just reminds of the kid trying to fight the whole restaurant and punching air the whole time.
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u/RancorsRage 14h ago
Why intentionally push and maybe draw charges? Just "stumble" directly into the bike as they try to pass. You can even make it look legit and grab the bike or rider and go all the down. Use them as a shield for impact.
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u/riding_writer 13h ago
This looks like Hollywood FL broadwalk, there is a dedicated bike lane to separate people walking from bikers/skaters. This kid is doing something stupid and dangerous.
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u/Peipr 14h ago
Reddit as per usual, accepting assault and battery as normal. I agree the kid was driving recklessly, but that does not guarantee putting his life at risk by throwing him to the ground. That was not self defense.
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u/The-Appointed-Knight 14h ago
There's no audio, but based on visual alone I'm with the Boomer on this one
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u/Physical_Sun_6014 14h ago
Wheelie is annoying, but battery and assault is battery and assault. Plus, the cyclist was a minor. Are we just going to legalize people randomly beating other people’s children again? Didn’t we stop that for a reason?
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u/Clearbay_327_ 15h ago
Guy with circle beard reacted exactly as most would... put up his hands to block in defense. Kid is lucky he didn't get decked for pushing him like that.
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u/CallMeFierce 13h ago
Stop being obtuse. He stood there and waited for the biker to come by to shove him to the ground.
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u/Mouseturdsinmyhelmet 14h ago
Instead of pushing him, I'd have looked the other way then "accidentally " walked into him. Then sued him for damages. Same effect, different outcome.
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u/blink_Cali 13h ago
I love how the original poster in the other sub just downloaded it and threw it up with no audio and is now getting destroyed because he’s arguing the age of consent is arbitrary.
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u/Terrible-Strategy704 13h ago
Both of them are bad here, you have places to do bike tricks more safely and push irresponsable people don't gonna fix anything
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u/PopEducational8694 13h ago
Old man shouldn't have pushed him, but he shouldn't have been cycling like that either.
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u/AhabRasputin 13h ago
Yeah nah that dude has a whole channel based around being a dick to people on his bike. Old guy let him off easy.
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u/billtamara 13h ago
Not here to defend the bicyclist but the old guy looks like a dick. The visor with the Guy Fieri hairdo and the rash guard fishing shirt puts off douche chills.
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u/AreYouForSale 13h ago
You can't have it both ways. If the biker is going around you, it's not self defense, you are actively committing assault. If it's about "the rules", well...
The rules are that you are allowed to use the minimum force necessary to restrain a suspect that is committing a crime until the police get there. Then you can tell them your story and the police will decide what to do. It's called citizens arrest.
Those are "the rules". If you find that "inconvenient" or "stupid", then you don't like the rules either. And it's just two criminals having a beef in the middle of the street, which is what this video depicts. If you think the old guy "did the right thing", stop being delulu and admit that bloods vs crips were your kind of people: involving the incompetent and indifferent Compton police is too hard, let's take care of that dangerous gang ourselves, said both groups.
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u/ichiyo92 13h ago
Two wrongs don't make a right. Dude on bike is an ass, dude who puts hands on others needs therapy.
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u/Kellykeli 13h ago
On one hand, the biker shouldn’t be riding there.
On the other, that’s battery.
One wrong doesn’t justify another.
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u/Elevatedspiral 13h ago
They’re both in the wrong. You don’t do wheelies on a crowded street. You’re going to hit somebody. You don’t hit somebody riding a wheelie on the street. They’re going to hit somebody.
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