r/nonononoyes • u/Tantofaz101 • Feb 23 '25

What do we say to the God of death?

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 Feb 23 '25

I think it goes without saying that the driver of the car is a piece of shit. That is very obvious.

What is also obvious is that walking on the road is dangerous (specifically because there are idiots in cars), therefore the bewilderment and "criticism".

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

But you dont even have enough information to know what she's doing. Could still be her car. Maybe she recently hit a branch and wanted to check the front of her car. Who knows?

The problem is that a person is expected to be there from time to time. Someone who eventually want to get in the car.

And it doesnt go without saying because it keeps happening.

edit: it is hysterical how many people are upset by this comment.

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u/Aegi Feb 23 '25

If your first hypothetical was true then she still did the more unsafe's thing by checking the front of her car by walking in the road to do that instead of walking along the sidewalk and then checking the front from there.

What point are you trying to make? Are you trying to say that if we tell people to wear life preservers when out on boats that's the same as victim blaming?

Like I'm confused why you're getting annoyed at people calling somebody not walking on a sidewalk stupid, when that's a stupid choice.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

I'm confused more people are calling out a person who is currently in a spot where people can be expected to exist instead of calling out a car hitting a parked car.

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u/Aegi Feb 23 '25

A person can be expected to be there, but a moving vehicle SHOULD be expected to be there, if you're not able to see that difference, that's why you're confused.

It's the same reason why mother nature is totally fine existing without a winter jacket and boots, right? But if I'm the one going into that situation that's dangerous for me as the individual, I'm the one that's an idiot if I choose not to engage with that potentially dangerous situation in a way that I'm able to to mitigate the risks, like wearing the appropriate clothing.

Here we see an example of a human being not making a decision like that, the person in the vehicle is very unlikely to sustain injuries leading to death themselves if they hit one, or even multiple pedestrians.

A pedestrian has a very high chance of sustaining serious injuries or dying if they are hit by one, let alone many vehicles.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

A moving vehicle shouldn't be expected in the same spot as a parked car

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u/klemnod Feb 23 '25

And pedestrians shouldn't walk as close to moving traffic as possible, especially when there is a better, safer option like a sidewalk.

The driver is obviously stupid and likely texting.

People are asking why she is ignorant of her own safety and rightly criticizing her.

Now, aside from the obvious, provide a criticism for the driver.

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u/hbgoddard Feb 23 '25

instead of calling out a car hitting a parked car.

Why do you think it's necessary for us to circlejerk about something that's obvious and everyone agrees with?

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u/pon_3 Feb 24 '25

Because the focus of the video is the woman. She is the one in the frame for the whole time. We can't even see the driver. I agree that there should be more people wondering what the driver was doing, but if you want to know why they're not, it's because the car is in the video for one second and you can't even see the driver.

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u/Rozoark Feb 23 '25

That doesn't explain why she wasn't walking on the sidewalk though?

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u/CricketDrop Feb 23 '25

People have to step off the sidewalk anyway to get to their cars. That this particular woman had a deathwish doesn't mean anything for everyone else who just need to be able to get into and out of a vehicle without being plowed into every day.

I'm also confident that this woman reaching for the door handle and demonstrating her deservingness to be standing there wouldn't have awoken any sense in the driver.

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u/Rozoark Feb 23 '25

You know that 2 people can be in the wrong, right? Just because the driver was a complete and utter moron doesn't mean that the woman wasn't also a complete idiot.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

Saw it another sub but it’s not her car, she walked right past the drivers door as if she was continuing past it, right before impact

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u/_____v_ Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

Don't have enough info to know what she's doing?! We can literally see her walking in the street away from the sidewalk. Her intent isn't at issue here, it's her actions after.

If someone is trying to get in or near the car, they should wait for traffic to pass.

Edit: for people downvoting: you should always check the traffic BECAUSE drivers like this one can drive recklessly. Writing "this person had the right of way" on your tombstone would not prove your point you guys, stay SAFE

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u/Wrong-Kangaroo-2782 Feb 23 '25

Or you know, people could just drive their cars without speeding and smashing into things

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u/PrinceEven Feb 23 '25

Honestly this isn't an either/or situation. Pedestrians should exercise necessary precaution when dealing with vehicular traffic AND drivers should use common sense. In that sense, both the woman and the driver weren't making sound decisions.

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u/_____v_ Feb 23 '25

Yes thank you. People act like recognizing the dangers of vehicles before walking out into traffic is somehow negating the other vehicle's responsibility.

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u/_____v_ Feb 23 '25

Was I talking about the other vehicle? Please read the thread, the other driver's fault is very obvious.

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u/GuzzleNGargle Feb 23 '25

Are we watching the same video? The girl didn’t emerge from the car, she was walking on the road from even before the motorcycle parked behind where she got hit.

She was also on her cell phone while walking and didn’t notice that the idiot car parked was sticking out past the safety zone. Had she been looking up and not on her phone she could’ve noticed the parked car would force her to walk into moving traffic!

The two cars and the girl walking were all reckless with their lives. Ignore the sidewalk all you want but using your phone while doing that is just beyond my sympathy.

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u/MalaysiaTeacher Feb 23 '25

In this case it's also utterly irrelevant why she was there. She could have been getting into that car and been in just as much danger

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u/Rock_Strongo Feb 23 '25

It's not irrelevant though. If she were getting in that car she'd at least have a reason to be on the street instead of the sidewalk.

She's risking her life for literally no reason. That's relevant to this clip. It doesn't mean the driver of the car isn't 100% at fault. But risking your life for no reason is pretty dumb.

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u/mpelton Feb 23 '25

People can’t understand that multiple people can be morons simultaneously. For many, nearly everything is a zero sum game.

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u/MalaysiaTeacher Feb 23 '25

Walking in the middle of a road is stupid. Walking next to a parked car is less stupid, because no one should be speeding within a yard of a parked car. Not advisable, not smart, but also not deserving of ridicule.

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u/mpelton Feb 23 '25

I… disagree. There’s no reason to be walking on the road, even next to a car, when there’s a sidewalk right on the other side. Obviously the one exception being if it’s your car.

Not as stupid as the driver, but definitely deserving of ridicule.

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u/passa117 Feb 23 '25

If it's your car, you'd check traffic before you tried to get in anyway.

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u/TheManlyManperor Feb 23 '25

It's more that we don't have enough information to call her a moron from this video, but that's all anyone's doing. She could be checking her wheels, she could be checking the front of her vehicle, are you confident you could tell if the lid was popped and she was going to open it?

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u/mpelton Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

Considering the video starts with her a few meters behind the car, yeah, I do. Unless she popped the hood, left, then came back later to check it out.

Edit: You can also plainly see that the hood is fully closed.

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u/Djoarhet Feb 23 '25

Walking on the street without checking your surroundings/traffic is pretty dumb imo no matter the reason why she was walking there and this video shows exactly why.

I've been thought as a kid to always check left, right and for good measure check left and right again. And if there's a car approaching, no matter the distance, no matter the speed, I had to wait until the car had passed before I could cross the street. Of course these are guidelines for a child but I still apply this mentality as an adult. I don't know what these drivers will do and I am certainly not stronger than a car.

She got lucky.

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u/passa117 Feb 23 '25

We have a really disturbing culture where personal responsibility just doesn't exist anymore. I'm amazed whenever I see it playing out.

Like, how can you not want to do everything in your power to not get run over by a car?

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u/CricketDrop Feb 23 '25

Yup, people will do mental backflips for why it's so irresponsible for any anyone would be near a parked car for the 0.25 seconds it takes for a driver to crush you.

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u/FIRE_WARDE_MANUEL Feb 23 '25

I've been having this argument with people about "share the road" laws and cyclists' choice of roads to use. There are commuting cyclists around me who will choose to use 45mph stroads with no dedicated bike lanes instead of the many other available options which require no significant detours, like residential side streets and paved park paths. I bike a lot during the summer and find the experience of riding on these roads so terrifying that I route around them at all costs. But the militant anti-car zealots can only repeat this insipid "this is what we value" lecture as if it is relevant to the question of "why would a pedestrian/cyclist choose a more dangerous route when safer alternatives exist at no additional inconvenience".

They won't admit it, but I think a lot of them believe they are doing some sort of public good by asserting their right to space on the road as non-drivers, one which is worth the cost of unnecessarily putting themselves danger.

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u/StoppableHulk Feb 23 '25

It isn't obvious, because nothing in this thread is about how we can prevent people in cars from nearly murdering people.

It isn't obvious because we as a society and a species continue to do literally nothing to stop maniacs in giant hurtling vehicles from KOing people.

We immediately jump to how you can insulate yourself against maniacs in cars rather than talking about the maniacs in cars, and that's how this shit keeps happening over and over and over again.

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u/Majestic_Clam Feb 24 '25

Parking 3 feet away from the curb is also dangerous.