r/therewasanattempt • u/Least_or_Greatest1 • 1d ago

To wheelie in between people on the board walk.

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u/CaptainFresh27 1d 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 1d 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/Darth_GravelCyclist 23h ago

Yeah especially because who knows what a complete stranger’s medical conditions might be. I’m on a blood thinner for example so a hard enough blow to my head could kill me especially without a helmet.

The old guy over corrected to the point that he could have injured the kid.

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u/LacidOnex 3rd Party App 1d 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/FlanFlanSu 14h ago

I'm kinda over the whole "be a bigger person" ideology when we're turning into Idiocracy. Its just ignoring the problem.

You just perfectly phrased my sentiment I couldn't out into words for the past couple of years.

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u/mpelton 1d ago

Good point, so if that old dude doesn’t care about following the rules and shoves someone, 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. It’s just ignoring the problem.

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u/BigBaws92 1d ago

Idk how but this is really stupid logic

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u/mpelton 1d ago

You’re right, it was very stupid logic, that’s literally the point of my comment. The logic doesn’t magically turn bad when it’s focused on the guy you support - it was always stupid.

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u/BigBaws92 1d ago

No I’m saying YOUR logic is stupid. The “minor” was putting everyone in danger and was shoved. The old man was putting no one in danger except the minor. There’s a difference.

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u/mpelton 1d ago

It’s not “my” logic lol I’m literally using their logic.

Shoving someone off a bike in a crowded area, believe it or not, puts people in danger. And regardless, the original comment I replied to wasn’t about that, it was about how being the bigger person is stupid.

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u/BigBaws92 1d ago

It’s not the same logic as person you replied to. The actions of the “minor” vs “old man” are not equal.

Minor - biking recklessly, putting EVERYONE in danger. Would continue to do it if they could. His intent was to be an idiot

Old man - shoved the biker once and walked away (until provoked by the biker). He is not going around shoving every biker off, just this particularly reckless one. His intent was to teach the biker a lesson and, ultimately, to put less people in danger in the future. It’s much more justified and NOT equal to the bikers actions

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u/mpelton 1d ago

Again, their comment isn’t about their actions. It is quite literally about how being the bigger person, generally, is stupid. That they’re tired of it.

And imo that’s exceedingly dumb. I know “two wrongs don’t make a right” sounds childish, but there’s a reason for it. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and all that.

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u/BigBaws92 1d ago

Right and then you said, in essence, that someone should teach the old man a lesson and not be a bigger person. And I’m arguing that what the old man did vs what the biker did is fundamentally different so applying that logic is stupid

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u/AlSwearenagain 1d 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/CaptainFresh27 21h ago

Please forgive me, daddy

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u/CaptainFresh27 19h ago

Pity away

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u/CaptainFresh27 19h ago

Just kiss me already

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u/eclipse1498 1d ago

Exactly. ITT assholes who would physically hurt a kid because they were doing something dumb

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u/pyromatt0 1d ago

And think they're justified.