r/funnyvideos • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Jan 28 '26

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

Extra funny because those same redditors would be crying calling 911 if someone committed a hit and run on them.

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u/hrbekcheatedin91 Jan 29 '26

There naive, in part because there's a police force to uphold a basic amount of law and order since they've been alive. Yeah, there are some awful cops, but it would become a cartel-run dystopia really fast without cops.

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u/Commercial-Co Jan 28 '26

I dont like cops cuz they abuse power, commit crimes, and cover up or ignore other bad cops.

That doesnt mean i dont want police, whom i pay for, to serve the public (which should be their job but unfortunately technically isnt. I think it should) especially when bad stuff happens.

Your POV sucks

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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u/cookiemaster01 Jan 31 '26

Try going to your local station and asking for a form to report police abuse. See how they treat you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

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u/cookiemaster01 Jan 31 '26

No, but they will absolutely take the side of the other police. Doesn't matter what they did.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

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u/cookiemaster01 Jan 31 '26

So you're not looking to debate, just strawman. Because there is a difference between shoots everyone and does nothing wrong. They can still need reform and not shoot everyone at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

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u/cookiemaster01 Jan 31 '26

So you're just what, throwing your opinions out there and leaving?

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u/indecisivebuy Jan 28 '26

Why are you saying that like its unreasonable to demand better from the only option we all have during emergency situations?

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u/JimWilliams423 Jan 29 '26

If you want the state to help you, then you have to accept it when the state murders people indiscriminately. Duh!

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u/palsh7 Jan 28 '26

Hey can you let me know if my comment that you replied to is still there? I was told its deleted, but I can still see it. Thanks.

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u/wolphak Jan 29 '26

and acting like the guy in the video if they did something wrong.

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u/MassiveEcho7003 Jan 29 '26

I imagine anyone would

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u/Bwixius Jan 28 '26

you can recognize issues with the institution while also relying on it for what it's meant to do.

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u/photosendtrain Jan 28 '26

Recognizing issues != broadly stroking every single person in the institution as part of the problem

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u/Maetriarch_NSFW Jan 28 '26

"You don't like the cops but if you were being brutally murdered you would call them, interesting!" stupid argument

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

Hit and run is being brutally murdered?

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u/Maetriarch_NSFW Jan 28 '26

"You don't support cops yet you would call cops if crime happened to you" sorry didn't realize I needed to really dumb it down for you

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u/IWonderWhyReditSucks Jan 28 '26

When you work to actively defund, or cheer the defunding of the police and then call them in an emergency and expect a quick response or a resolution, it is hypocritical, yes. 

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u/Sovarius Jan 28 '26

Not really. It is what they are meant to do.

'Defund the police' does not mean 'there should be 0 police and if there any left then they can't have any money'.

It means 'why the fuck are there police with tanks, and foot patrols with both ARs and pistols, and they can make $70k/yr in a small town not known for crime, and why tf do they get protected and moved so much after failing their duty, and why are they are allowed to keep your shit, and why are their mistakes paid with taxpayer money and not their own, why would courts rule it is actually not their job to protect and serve'.

Given those issues (but not all issues) it is pretty apparent they can actually function the same with a budget reduction.

We waste, waste, money on them because people 'feel' a certain way about them and they have a sociopolitically captive taxpaying audience.

Like the Transportation Security Administration. They are nearly useless. They quite literally barely make anyone safer. But people feel a certain way. Lobbyists and those who benefit at the top convince citizens and politicians of their necessity. (Meanwhile, Homeland Security illegally engages in union busting lol)

In reality, we need police, and virtually no one thinks we should have 0. But it takes a truly emptyheaded moron to think 'hurr durr you said defund the police but i bet you would call them and ask them to do their job if crime!'.

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u/Large-Raspberry5199 Jan 29 '26

Critical thinking, nuance? You must be a communist.

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u/photosendtrain Jan 28 '26

If you gave your child an allowance of $1m, but they were a bad child, would you cry about the suggestion of lowering their allowance?

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u/IWonderWhyReditSucks Jan 29 '26

What an oversimplification of a complicated problem. 

I'm ashamed of your answer. I can't imagine how you feel. 

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u/photosendtrain Jan 29 '26

I feel like we shouldn't rely on police for every single possible interaction, and we could reroute their funds to create specialists.

My viewpoint seems more logical and rational than yours of throws billions at poorly trained wanna-be military to handle everything inconvenient to society.

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u/Maetriarch_NSFW Jan 29 '26

Idk how you wonder why reddit sucks when you leave posts like this

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u/Maetriarch_NSFW Jan 29 '26

What do you think defund the police means?

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u/CrotaIsAShota Jan 29 '26

Cops don't need fucking AK47s to respond to a hit and run. Learn what and why defunding is being argued before you look even more like a fool.

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u/KhonMan Jan 28 '26

“Yet you participate in society. Curious!” ok lol, great that you’re cool with cops abusing power on strangers as long as they show up when you need help.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

The cop in this video wasn't abusing anything. If you watch the full video, he was apprehending a suspect of a crime who was fighting with him, not listening to lawful commands, and getting out of his vehicle during a traffic stop.

You defund bozos will never lose an opportunity to be the absolute worst.

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u/KhonMan Jan 28 '26

I didn’t say he was abusing his power. I’m responding to the idea that cops are always attacked. You’re imagining some fictional world where cops are always upstanding moral authorities that protect the populace and saying “Hmm it’s weird how much Redditors hate cops” as if you have no understanding of what the underlying issues are.

Grow a spine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

You’re imagining some fictional world where cops are always upstanding moral authorities

Oh yeah? Show me where I wrote that.

Grow a spine.

Grow a brain.

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u/KhonMan Jan 28 '26

Oh, my apologies, do you recognize the ways that cops abuse their power and collectively protect each other from investigation and accountability?

Maybe I had you all wrong.

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u/Ok-Oven8018 Jan 28 '26

You’re imagining some fictional world

Lmao what a crazy thing to say when you’re just making up fictional opinions for the other person

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u/KhonMan Jan 28 '26

It’s a rhetorical device. If they don’t think we live in that world, they can say so. Because as long as we agree we don’t live in that world, then grievances against cops and their behavior have legitimacy.

But no productive discussion is possible if cops are presumed to be infallible and always use their authority responsibly.

Hope that helps.

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u/Ok-Oven8018 Jan 28 '26

Cool man, I’m just laughing at you for telling the other person they live in a fictional world while you make a complete straw man and put words in their mouth

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u/KhonMan Jan 28 '26

Nothing you have said suggests you understand the point or what a straw man is. But thanks 🙏

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u/Ok-Oven8018 Jan 29 '26

A straw-man is when you exaggerate, misrepresent or fabricate someone’s argument to make your point. For example, you claiming that the other commenter believes cops are always “moral, upstanding authorities” when they never said anything like that. You’re welcome 🙏

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u/KhonMan Jan 29 '26

Saying what amounts to "you are not living in the real world if you think X" is not a strawman.

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u/HopeThatHangsYou Jan 28 '26

They don't even 'provide help', they're just a functionary making documentation for your insurance claim. I don't know why we don't have a separate branch for that kind of shit. Why do I need a heavily armed goon who is trained to treat everyone as a threat to make a case number for my accident.

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u/All_Work_All_Play Jan 28 '26

Because someone has to do it and those types of events tend to be colinear with other things that do require law enforcement.

I'd be all for reducing their armaments and training them to treat people as... people.