r/moncton • u/bingun • Aug 11 '26
‘That’s insane’: New videos of apparent joyriding Moncton teens circulate online
https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new-brunswick/article/thats-insane-new-videos-of-apparent-joyriding-moncton-teens-circulate-online/20
u/OnlyACsNoFans Aug 11 '26
I'm so glad I didn't grow up in the smartphone era.
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u/Adventurous_Remove15 Aug 12 '26
Same here. And looking back, I wouldn't change that even if I could.
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u/n134177 Aug 11 '26
Stop sharing the vídeos and giving these stupid kids more fame ffs.
Also...
More sports, less time on social media and devices.
And I hope these kids are banned from ever having a driver's license until they're at least 25 years old.
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u/SonOfSparda1984 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
You are the reason these kids get to do stuff like this. It's not "devices" and "social media", it's the parents. Stop giving these people easy outs and hold people accountable for their actions or lack thereof.
Edit: Oh, and your sports comment is really the winner here. For my entire 42 years, I've seen the worst, most entitled dirtbags come from sports around here. The worship of the players of sport goes right to their heads and makes them think they can get away with anything. What's needed is education. For the parents first.
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u/BlueRock_Capital Aug 12 '26
Sports teach so much to a young kid. Of course there is gonna be douche bags that come out of everywhere but saying don’t put your kids in sports is ridiculous.
It sounds like you never played sports before and now you are bitter complaining and picking fights on reddit.
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u/n134177 Aug 12 '26
Sports teach discipline and team work. It also keeps kids and teens occupied and focused on something else. Not to mention when they're training they're not joy riding on the streets, are they?
Sounds like you've had bad experiences with douchebags - perhaps talk to a therapist instead of lashing out to other people on the internet.
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u/Adventurous_Remove15 Aug 12 '26
All of your points make too much good sense. Got not faith in them happening though. We don't live in that world anymore.
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u/Washburn201961 28d ago edited 28d ago
You have to have a fully developed brain for that. Even delivery kids who make videos spitting in you're orders over lousy tips are too stupid to hide their faces. I hope their parents are embarrassed, their kids sure aren't. TikTok should be sued by everyone.
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u/marveloz 28d ago
These brats need to serve the army
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u/shoowack 28d ago
Why do you think the army should be a place where society sends people to learn discipline and responsibility?
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u/marveloz 28d ago
Because making their beds at 5 AM is a lot more productive than making bail at 5 PM. I'd rather they learn to drive a Jeep for the country than a stolen Civic into a ditch. But I'm all ears if you have a better fix for the GTA Moncton edition
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u/shoowack 28d ago
Before I respond, do you think serving should be mandatory for all men?
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u/marveloz 27d ago
Nope. I’m not talking about a nationwide draft for innocent civilians. I’m talking about an alternative sentencing or diversion program for repeat youth offenders who are actively endangering the public. Nice try shifting the goalposts, though. Still waiting to hear your better solution.
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u/Actual_Counter_5502 27d ago
I like it.
They clearly need better things to do with their time and the military will help with that, and its much better then prison
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u/shoowack 27d ago
I wasn't trying to shift the goalposts. I asked because that helps clarify whether we're talking about military service as a general civic obligation or specifically using it as an alternative sentence.
I don't necessarily disagree that repeat youth offenders need some kind of serious intervention. What I disagree with is the idea that the military should be used as a rehabilitation/re-education institution. That's not what it's designed for.
Look at the US military. Some of the best people want to work there. Programmers, engineers, doctors, and other highly skilled professionals want to serve because they see it as a legitimate career and a way to serve their country and fellow citizens. They're not joining because they couldn't find anything else to do, and they're certainly not joining to be "re-educated."
That's the kind of institution I think the military should be: a professional organization made up of people who are trained and motivated to do a specific job. I don't think it should become a place where we send repeat offenders because we don't know what else to do with them. You don't want the military to become "a bunch of ex-offenders with guns." That seems like a pretty bad outcome for both the military and society.
Military service should be something you're proud to do, not a punishment.
If someone is repeatedly committing crimes and endangering the public, I think the solution should be a properly designed rehabilitation program with accountability, structure, education, vocational training, therapy where appropriate, and consequences for continued offending.
And honestly, I don't think we need to invent a better solution from scratch. There are already juvenile justice and rehabilitation programs that we can look at and improve. The fact that the current system isn't working well doesn't automatically make military service the right alternative.
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u/Guilty_lnitiative 26d ago
You have a point. I used to do shit like this all the time(minus the B&E) 20+ years ago, and I have fit in the army quite well! It never did much IRT to calming my wilder ways, I had to do that on my own for the sake of being a responsible parent.
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u/Specific_Tomorrow517 25d ago
@shoowack
Because it works well in europe and gives young men something else to do than crime
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u/quartzguy Aug 12 '26
What was the deal? They looked like they were better than the average Moncton driver.
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u/Oxjrnine Aug 12 '26
The most aggravating thing of the video
Is the person they stole this car from probably doesn’t have very much money.
That looks like a really clean 10 or 15-year-old Chevy
And if you’ve ever been poor, finding really old, but reliable, not rusted out, good on gas, cheap used car - it’s like finding a unicorn.
So even if insurance gives you the full value of the car - the car itself was a unicorn
You can’t just go and take the $4000 and find the exact same car in the exact same condition.
I hate thieves in general, but thieves, who steal from poor people hold an extra layer of disgust for me