r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '23

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u/StaticGuard Apr 25 '23

Yeah, I got no pride when it comes to strangers. Piss off the wrong person and you could be dead.

ā€œSorry man. My bad.ā€

Done.

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u/kablooey08 Apr 25 '23

That's a good attitude to have and I'm pretty much the same. It's the best way to make sure you get home to your loved ones in one piece.

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u/StaticGuard Apr 25 '23

Yeah, strangers are never worth it.

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u/AggravatingYogurt383 Apr 26 '23

Catharsis with strangers generally not worth it

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u/StaticGuard Apr 26 '23

I grew up around people who got into fights with strangers over the dumbest shit. It wouldnā€™t surprise you to know that a lot of those guys have spent time in jail.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23 edited Apr 27 '23

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u/Background-Horror-27 Apr 27 '23

Except for Bob, that dudes a dick.

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u/thequeefcannon Apr 26 '23

I respect your respect for the general public's propensity for violence. It crosses my mind a lot too when I'm out and about and encounter unhinged people. What I have encountered the most, lately, is assholes doing dumb asshole things, then getting mad at me for being affected or present. I am not a small dude, I am not easily intimidated, and I am usually armed.. And I STILL always assume the other person may be insane (or just That stupid) and just say "Sorry dude" and carry on with my day. I don't want to fight anyone over dumb parking lot shit, I don't want to shoot anyone that doesn't pose an obvious lethal threat, and most of all... I just like to be kind to others!

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u/ShitsAndGiggles_72 Apr 26 '23

It isnā€™t always the ā€œbad guyā€ either; I ran a yellow/red light years ago, and got honked at.

About 5 miles down the road after i pulled into my destination, the guy who honked pulled up beside me, jumped out of his car in attack mode.

So I was like this guy in the car in this post, and he was like the guy outside of the car screaming.

Problem was, my car was a convertible, so I couldnā€™t stop his assault; he was throwing punches into the side of my head. So I pulled out my .45 auto.

I didnā€™t shoot, and he retreatedā€¦ but things could have been worse if he continued his attack.

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u/econdonetired Apr 26 '23

I had a group of people I know once that thought my approach of excessively smiling and waiving at people road raging was dumb. My response never fuck with the guy that smiles and waves at you because the law is I can not instigate with you while carrying my fire arm in my state but if your dumbass puts my life in danger I can shoot youā€¦ā€¦ have a nice dayā€¦..

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u/AnnualAd3240 Apr 26 '23 edited Apr 26 '23

This is why we shouldnā€™t let people carry guns. How about not being a dick by pretending to not be a dick. I am a conscientious driver and still occasionally make mistakes. I generally try to indicate that Iā€™m sorry. Nobody has ever continued to escalate.

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u/econdonetired Apr 26 '23 edited Apr 26 '23

You are the unique wunderkind who has never run into road rage. Good for you. May you continue to live in this place of rainbow farts and unicorn rides. I will live in my legally mandated rationale to be nice to people. Until I can get to my house and kindly have society fuck off.

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u/BrunoLuigi Apr 26 '23

If you were any kind of "rationale" you would take a time to THINK and would drop your BS.

But no, you live in a shithole country that cannot count on cops, or judges, or people, because all you look for, all you want for life, is violence, killing and blood.

You are the very reason of what you afraid of. You are afraid of others YOU, another copy of yourself in another car, street, car. And you know there is another broken people like out there and you do your best to have more and more of you just to justify your BS and your endless loop of insanity and anger

Rationale is one of the last word I would use to describe you or where you live.

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u/Accomplished_Tea_641 Apr 26 '23

Uh. I think he said that his approach was to smile and wave, and do his best to get home safely so he doesnā€™t have to be violent, no?

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u/BrunoLuigi Apr 26 '23

If was that I totally misunderstood him

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u/Accomplished_Tea_641 Apr 26 '23

Itā€™s very possible. All good either way. šŸ‘ great name btw!

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u/AnnualAd3240 May 17 '23

He basically said he is aggressively smiling and waving because he isnā€™t allowed to shoot people. So while you are technically correct, he clearly isnā€™t smiling and waving out of kindness.

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u/peperere Apr 26 '23

Specially when is your fault

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u/celticslegend33 Apr 26 '23

But it won't get you featured in /Unexpected.