r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • Aug 20 '26

Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/JustletmeBee2026 Aug 20 '26

She seems legitimately distressed.

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u/aloysha13 Aug 20 '26

Yeah this is sad. She seems like a teenager and the guy recording sounds older. He probably could have calmed her by trying to be empathetic. I get that she’s wrong but god damn yall, have some compassion for a kid who clearly gets abused by grandma and probably has absent parents.

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u/Several-Action-4043 Aug 20 '26

She's 22 and he has no responsibility to sooth a person who's trying to screw him over. I feel bad for the lady, she's obviously in a bad place. That doesn't mean she can go around drinking and driving hitting people's car and we're just supposed to let her go.

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u/NattyGardens Aug 20 '26

Uhhhh… did you think the police weren’t going to be able to find her?  You can keep her boxed in but no need to add to the drama. 

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u/asbestos_girl Aug 20 '26

He doesn't need to soothe her, that would require the patience of a saint, but I personally think the things he said were clearly making her feel intimidated and panicked. Even putting aside how it affected her, I think he only made the situation more dangerous and unpredictable with what he was saying. He probably would've been better off just recording and not saying much, I get why he is angry though.

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u/asbestos_girl Aug 21 '26

I mean im more talking about the fact that its better to not possibly make the person breaking the law feel intimidated when they are already clearly having an episode. She is undeniably in the wrong, but it does no good to intimidate and has a decent chance of worsening the situation.

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u/Corporate_Overlords Aug 21 '26

You are a nasty person. Have some empathy.

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u/Kehprei Aug 21 '26

Being upset that you fucked up doesn't change the fact that you fucked up. She should be punished for what she did, no matter how much she cries about it.

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u/Beetle_Box Aug 21 '26

Apparently he's a bystander that decided to follow her after the initial hit and run, block her in, and antagonize her. No sympathy from me.

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u/Rizzomorph666 Aug 21 '26

Bystanders should try to stop people trying to DUI. It literally saves people's lives. Wtf are you talking about? He should have tried to take her keys at the least, even if it requires using force because people like this woman KILL AND INJURE OTHER PEOPLE. do you understand the stakes? Or you see a hot woman in distress and your logical thinking just shuts down?

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u/asbestos_girl Aug 21 '26

Yeah, I mean I dont really have much sympathy either in this situation. I just think that it has the potential to worsen the situation when someone like the cameraman says things that are clearly making her feel intimidated. It's good he was recording. If I were in his shoes I think I would try to not interact with her verbally though because she is clearly having an episode and panicking her could legitimately cause more destruction of property.

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u/sonofvc Aug 20 '26

She was 22….

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u/6495ED Aug 20 '26

Brains aren’t fully developed until 62 soo

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u/TheyCallMeSuperboy Aug 20 '26

She was 22, and apparently sent to a substance abuse rehab after this. Not a kid. Check some of the other comments.

Being a “kid” doesn’t get you out of hit and runs.

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u/lotu Aug 20 '26

Maybe I'm just old but they still very much feel like a stupid kid to me.

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u/TYGeelo Aug 20 '26

You are 100% right. 

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u/LamonsterZone Aug 21 '26

Same and I'm 42, she looks and acts like a kid

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u/TYGeelo Aug 20 '26

Being a “kid” doesn’t get you out of hit and runs.

Nobody said that did they? 

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u/JeffafaCree Aug 20 '26

Nobody is saying she shouldn't be charged

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u/Wooodman94 Aug 20 '26

No but I’ve seen it get people out of worse

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u/bringbackmegaman Aug 20 '26

That's a kid. Lol

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u/RogerRavvit88 Aug 20 '26

Caged animal lashes out and behaves unpredictably. Nobody could have expected this.

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

Comparing people to animals is weirdo behavior.

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u/RogerRavvit88 Aug 20 '26

It’s almost like you’ve never heard a metaphor before.

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

I have, I just know this particular metaphor was the trademark of the Nazi Party.

You never heard of dehumanization?

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u/hotdiggitydooby Aug 20 '26

Humans are animals?

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 Aug 20 '26

Historically, comparing people to animals has been used as a psychological tool to justify mistreatment, cruelty, and discrimination by stripping away their human rights.

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u/Scary-Biscotti-7107 Aug 20 '26

jesus dude, i knew reddit loves to simp for criminals but imagine blaming the guy recording someone who hit him and fled..

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u/CunningAlpaca Aug 20 '26

22 years old.. not a "teenager".. gotta love people justifying this horrible behavior, and then almost running someone over. Crazy man.

She was probably drunk / high on something and wanted to avoid getting a DUI.

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u/throawy90 Aug 20 '26

There's always one of these comments under every post. It is sad, hopefully she's doing better now.

But the dude got his car hit and this girl is trying to run away and avoid all consequences. So now keep that energy and show compassion for the dude.

Maybe he doesn't have the money right now to make repairs, maybe he's got a lot of stress too. He does not in any way, shape, or form, have to be calm and empathetic here. He's probably just thinking of trying to make sure the police get there before she get away so he's not stuck paying for all the damages himself.

Be empathetic to her that's fine but don't act like the dude did anything wrong because he didn't

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u/Electronic_Film_2837 Aug 20 '26

Why is that on him to calm down the person who committed a hit and run?

Maybe we should be checking on him, not the person trying to get away with hit and run

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u/LamonsterZone Aug 20 '26

Yeah for real, I felt so bad for her. She's obviously having a bad day and has a rough life at home. As a dad of teenage daughters I definitely would have been nicer and more understanding than the person recording.

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u/Rizzomorph666 Aug 21 '26

What if this woman run over your teenage daughters? I think it's ok to try to stop DUI drivers and we don't owe them any pleasantries because they kill and severely injure people. 

Let's be honest, you would sing a different song if the driver was male. 

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u/Snoo71538 Aug 20 '26

I mean, that’s one option, but that’s far from the only option, and other options include “thinking you can get out of stuff by being a young white lady who says sorry”

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u/aloysha13 Aug 20 '26

lol what? I literally said she was wrong. She is clearly in distress. If I were in the man's situation, I would have told her to take some deep breaths while we wait for the cops.

As a brown woman myself, what the fuck does this have to do with race? God, reddit people really are the fucking worst.

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u/MeasurementOdd4873 Aug 20 '26

This is how women get out of trouble. Idiots like you.

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u/aloysha13 Aug 20 '26

this is how you calm a situation and not make it worse. No one said she should get off scot-free. Learn to read.

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u/BronteMsBronte Aug 20 '26

Calmed her? Instead of trying to file an insurance claim? 

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u/aloysha13 Aug 20 '26

No. Not instead.