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Because there is noneI've given up. And while this is primarily a big city thing, it's starting to creep everywhere. Our society is decaying. I have no clue how to fix it at this point.
Because there is noneI've given up. And while this is primarily a big city thing, it's starting to creep everywhere. Our society is decaying. I have no clue how to fix it at this point.
I get calling 911 but, bystanders have no obligation to help someone and risk death in doing so and I believe in other countries they can be sued
A little over two years ago I was doing laps at my pool while two groups of people sat on either side and glared at each other while blaring their respective choices of music on their respective choices of boomboxes.
Unbeknownst to anyone except for me once I realized, one of the kids was drowning. I have no fucking idea why he jumped in, but he almost landed on me when he did. I didn't really think about it until hours after the incident but that was the kid that ended up nearly drowning.
I finished my lap once I suspected something might be wrong and asked everyone at the pool in a loud voice if they knew that kid right there, and whether or not he could swim. It was only then that one of the girls got up and said "oh my god save him save him! He can't swim!"
I was the only person at the pool NOT screeching like an absolute monkey. It was like a bunch of our ancestors at a goddamn waterhole watching one of their own being eaten by an alligator. Everyone was screaming. But nobody was doing anything.
I then realized that if I did not save this person, he would die. In a sample size of what had to have been close to thirty people, none of them had the presence of mind to do a single thing except scream. It was like they all believed they were the ones drowning, and not this other person. I grabbed the lifesaver first because I've seen those videos where someone comes to and holds on to their would-be-rescuer, drowning them both and I was damned if I would let myself die for this dumb kid.
When I got him out nobody had yet called 911. None of them knew how to do CPR. I cursed at them and told them to call, and took turns doing compressions with a young man until the paramedics got there. I was convinced the kid was dead when I left. Later I called Tampa general and found out that he was actually okay in the end which truly shocked me because what I saw and heard made me believe with certainty that I had been witnessing a death rattle.
The thing I learned is something I should have been smart enough to know prior. Maybe I did, and the event just made me more cynical about it: people are stupid. They are fucking stupid, and the stupid people are everywhere. There's billions of them. They don't know how to do anything except eat, spend money and play on their goddamn phones. They are only alive because humanity has advanced to a point where its technology accommodates the infinite retardation of the bottom of the barrel. Otherwise they'd be eaten. The lions of the world would be fucking fat from all the surplus of dumb people. If it had been me drowning, I'd have been fucking dead. I would have literally drowned in front of thirty people who sat there and did nothing. Hell they wouldn't have even fucking noticed.
Funniest thing about the whole situation is that afterwards the family of the kid gave me shit because blood was coming out of his mouth.
You're welcome, you vile turds
EDIT: "Kid" means 200+ lb teenager who should have been taught how to swim, especially if he was going to be at the goddamn pool
I believe you. Wtf is wrong with people?
it takes a certain level of aggression/Disagreeableness to intervene in a potentially violent situation, especially if you have a culture that sees the population extremely isolated, which is what happens in groups large enough for everyone to be a “stranger”.
I was likely much quicker to intervene in potentially dangerous situations at 28 than I am now at 38, not for any conscious reason, but just because I can tell I’m a lot less aggressive than I used to be. I’ve also been in the situation where someone is extremely agitated on public transit and seems like they are waiting for a target to present themselves, and fear of the vast majority of people is very real and very animalistic, with the submissive posture and avoidance of eye contact, lack of movement, etc. Combine that with it being easily rationalizeable, and then entirely logical not to do anything, and anything of the sort is a tough situation.
you basically need another individual aggressive/Disagreeable enough, who believes themselves to be at least on physical parity with the aggressor, and who has a themselves much better person. That’s not very common.
This sounds a lot like a justification for not stepping in unless there is no chance of gettimg hurt. I could not agree less.
It’s pretty crazy but a lot of people can be saved with early cpr. I did CPR on a guy about a year ago now. I was sure he was going to die; pulseless and kind of reflexively gasping with his eyes rolled back.A little over two years ago I was doing laps at my pool while two groups of people sat on either side and glared at each other while blaring their respective choices of music on their respective choices of boomboxes.
Unbeknownst to anyone except for me once I realized, one of the kids was drowning. I have no fucking idea why he jumped in, but he almost landed on me when he did. I didn't really think about it until hours after the incident but that was the kid that ended up nearly drowning.
I finished my lap once I suspected something might be wrong and asked everyone at the pool in a loud voice if they knew that kid right there, and whether or not he could swim. It was only then that one of the girls got up and said "oh my god save him save him! He can't swim!"
I was the only person at the pool NOT screeching like an absolute monkey. It was like a bunch of our ancestors at a goddamn waterhole watching one of their own being eaten by an alligator. Everyone was screaming. But nobody was doing anything.
I then realized that if I did not save this person, he would die. In a sample size of what had to have been close to thirty people, none of them had the presence of mind to do a single thing except scream. It was like they all believed they were the ones drowning, and not this other person. I grabbed the lifesaver first because I've seen those videos where someone comes to and holds on to their would-be-rescuer, drowning them both and I was damned if I would let myself die for this dumb kid.
When I got him out nobody had yet called 911. None of them knew how to do CPR. I cursed at them and told them to call, and took turns doing compressions with a young man until the paramedics got there. I was convinced the kid was dead when I left. Later I called Tampa general and found out that he was actually okay in the end which truly shocked me because what I saw and heard made me believe with certainty that I had been witnessing a death rattle.
The thing I learned is something I should have been smart enough to know prior. Maybe I did, and the event just made me more cynical about it: people are stupid. They are fucking stupid, and the stupid people are everywhere. There's billions of them. They don't know how to do anything except eat, spend money and play on their goddamn phones. They are only alive because humanity has advanced to a point where its technology accommodates the infinite retardation of the bottom of the barrel. Otherwise they'd be eaten. The lions of the world would be fucking fat from all the surplus of dumb people. If it had been me drowning, I'd have been fucking dead. I would have literally drowned in front of thirty people who sat there and did nothing. Hell they wouldn't have even fucking noticed.
Funniest thing about the whole situation is that afterwards the family of the kid gave me shit because blood was coming out of his mouth.
You're welcome, you vile turds
EDIT: "Kid" means 200+ lb teenager who should have been taught how to swim, especially if he was going to be at the goddamn pool
For some weird reason this sort of mayhem happens in liberal areas 9/10 times.What i'm saying bro is that its not the "liberals" fault. But those who point out quickly that it is in general are missing the point. A conservative or liberal town in general has nothing to do with the action that could happen anywhere and anytime. A general label doesn't help the situation bro.
Liberal president, liberal judge, liberal problems. Whether or not Biden had anything to do with this specifically is irrelevant. The fact that he want open borders means there will lots more incidents like this in the Democrats new America.https://news.yahoo.com/man-accused-raping-woman-crowded-001341605.html
And he was here illegally.
Nothing to do with Biden. Looks like a DC judge went lenient on him.
Liberal president, liberal judge, liberal problems. Whether or not Biden had anything to do with this specifically is irrelevant. The fact that he want open borders means there will lots more incidents like this in the Democrats new America.
What amazes me is that I’ve known multiple foreigners who had to return home after finishing college in America who would have been assets to America. In their cases, they wouldn’t have been able to find professional employment, so what good does overstaying your visa do? But if you’re a complete piece of shit, you can overstay, commit multiple crimes, and why the rell wouldn't you?While I get your point. This guy was in the US well before Biden became president.
What amazes me is that I’ve known multiple foreigners who had to return home after finishing college in America who would have been assets to America. In their cases, they wouldn’t have been able to find professional employment, so what good does overstaying your visa do? But if you’re a complete piece of shit, you can overstay, commit multiple crimes, and why the rell wouldn't you?
i would certainly have kicked that fucker in the face as hard as i could.
Lol. I wish I did something like the plane where people actually did. These were heroes. Let's roll.Agreed
This.
The perp is also in a vulnerable state and could easily be ktfo. Not sure how anyone could be a bystander in that situation
liberals are cucks. no surprise