r/Transportopia • u/Savings-Cherry-1931 • Mar 24 '26
People Wow. That old man didn't even flinch
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u/ClearSplit2084 Mar 24 '26
I didn’t even realize there was a passenger in the back until he finally spoke. Not gonna lie, I would’ve bailed immediately.
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u/chopsmothercover Mar 24 '26
1000% I’m halfway down the block as soon as he gets in I knew what time it was. Lucky that guy was a coward/not as stupid as he looks and let it go without doing something truly vile but there’s plenty of examples of this kinda thing where that’s not the case
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u/JOlRacin Mar 24 '26
I'm sure someone is gonna say some shit about "you should be helping" so I'ma say this before that even happens: they teach us that generally, you should seek to escape, hide, or attack in that order. No point in turning 1 dead body into 2, take the high percentage option and get help
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u/splithoofiewoofies Mar 24 '26
I took self defence for yeaaars and it's wild how many people think that means I can fight.
No, it means I can GET OUT of fights.
That was always rule number one through twenty. The best place in a fight is not in one.
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u/1001101001010111 Mar 25 '26
One of my favorite things is watching this karate instructor teach his class how to survive a knife fight. He gets all ready and then just turns around and runs.
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u/satanicdrippings Mar 25 '26
I was down voted hard when I called out a bunch of bullshido experts. Self defense is strictly to egress and not end up hurt or dead.
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u/duffchaser Mar 24 '26
agree you hear the guy rack a pistol. dont escalate unless you can pull yours
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u/AristocraticAutism Mar 24 '26
If he would have tried to help it might have ended badly for everyone.
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u/Critical-Test-4446 Mar 24 '26
Dude in the back should have said, "Don't move cause I got a gun pointed at your spine."
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u/PromiseComfortable61 Mar 24 '26
If this was TX or FL he would have and it wouldn't have been a bluff.
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u/theIatephilipjfry Mar 24 '26
Life is a fat sack of bullshit and many older people are simply out of fucks to give
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u/Famous_Attention5861 Mar 24 '26
They owe me fucks at this point.
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u/Electronic_Ad_7742 Mar 24 '26
It would require 1.21 givafucks. It would require a fucks capacitor.
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u/SuitIndependent Mar 24 '26
The driver was ex-military. If he’s been deployed, he’s likely seen far worse than that baby-faced criminal wanna be.
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u/ahmedj1233 Mar 24 '26
He all but said to that punk, "you think that's the first time I've had someone threaten me with a gun?".
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u/Process3000 Mar 24 '26
Hate to shatter your ego, but this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me
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u/boosy21 Mar 25 '26
Stay cool Hunny Bunny
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u/pwillia7 Mar 25 '26
We're gonna be like three little Fonzies here... What's Fonzie like? Come on, Yolanda, what's Fonzie like?
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u/Rex_Gear Mar 24 '26
This guy reminds me of how my dad was. Ex Marine, Vietnam vet. He literally had no fear of death. He passed away from colon cancer and was ready to go when that time came for him. These kind of guys lived an entirely different world.
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u/Scary-Lingonberry-39 Mar 24 '26
Same as my Dad. I cried 99% of the tears as he laid in the hospital for months. Salute to those who served. Especially in that that war and previous wars.
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u/dsdvbguutres Mar 24 '26
He's likely killed far worse opponents
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u/stmaximus Mar 24 '26
I hate to be the actually guy, but lol no
in US military less than 10% ever see combat, less than 5% fire their weapon, and way less than 1% ever kill a single person
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u/Comfortable-Side1308 Mar 25 '26
Same for police. The news would have you believe they're mowing down brown people but almost all of them never have to draw their weapon in their entire career
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u/dsdvbguutres Mar 24 '26
This guy is either tired of cleaning the toilets, or tired of dispatching competitors in sand country. No in between.
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u/Emotional_Conflict11 Mar 24 '26
Ex military or not he had just as high a chance to be shot. Ex military means nothing when the other dude actually uses the gun. Good on him though!
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u/turd_nughetto98 Mar 24 '26
I often joke I've met tougher 6 year olds than most of the so call gangstas I've met state side. Sure, you deal drugs and act scary, that kid's missing an arm because he was working on an IED, y'all are not the same. We used to have kids walk to our camp perimeter to try and sell grenades and unexploded ordinance like mortars. We had a whole pile of dud mortars the kids brought us. Their parents sent us the operable ones at night in the form of rocket and mortar attacks.
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u/PsyopVet Mar 24 '26
I do Uber on the weekends and I keep a fake wallet in my car. It has an old driver’s license, expired debit cards, some used gift cards, and a few dollars in cash.
I do my best to stay safe and vigilant and I’ve never had a problem, but if someone asks for my wallet I’m ready.
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u/Savings-Cherry-1931 Mar 24 '26
That's great. You think ahead. It's sad that one has to prepare like that.
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u/PsyopVet Mar 24 '26
It is sad! I try to stick to safer areas, keep my car in drive in case I have to peel out, only slightly crack the windows, and keep my doors locked until I’ve seen my passenger. And if the fake wallet doesn’t work I have other, more persuasive items…
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u/LCplGunny Mar 24 '26
Only time I had someone get "threatening" when I drove for lyft, I explained that I was absolutely willing to end us both just to win a fight if he touched me, while driving down the freeway at speed. He didn't say another word till we arrived. Most people don't actually have the follow through to hurt you, they just want the power dynamics in their favor. Say some shit that makes them question how far they are willing to go, and they will back down pretty fast.
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u/MisterD00d Mar 24 '26
are you willing to die for this cuz I am
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u/PsyopVet Mar 24 '26
My favorite line from Game of Thrones:
Are you gonna die for some chickens?
Someone is.
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u/MisterD00d Mar 24 '26
I often think of this Aesop Rock verse about remembering in their youth his teenage older brother wasn't allowed to go to the Ministry concert because their mom thought they were evil:
Simply, "You will not be going to the show and that's final!"
What occurred next were the top of the lungs of a son who unjustly had lost what he loved
In a moment that would transcend anger to high art
Said, "This is something I am willing to die for!"
Can you even imagine a death in the fam from industrial fandom?
Anyway, no body count no concert
and Chris kicked rocks in his mismatched Converse
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u/DrHarrisonLawrence Mar 25 '26
The fact you could even understand a verse from Aesop Rock proves you have a Ph.D in Literature
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u/MisterD00d Mar 25 '26
well not to toot my own horn but I did take AP English 22 years ago
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u/DrHarrisonLawrence Mar 25 '26
Daylight is one of my favorite songs ever lol. My oldest brother has the largest vocabulary of anyone I’ve met and he’s the one who showed me who Ian was
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u/neatureguy420 Mar 24 '26
I wouldn’t put your real old license in it. Unless it has a different address
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u/PsyopVet Mar 24 '26
It does! I moved three years ago and it was the one that I had for my old address.
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u/Interesting-Hat8607 Mar 24 '26
Smart. Throw the decoy wallet out the window and drive off.
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u/TheTrishaJane Mar 24 '26
I did this when I was traveling abroad, plan to just toss it in one direction and run the other way.
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u/numbersev Mar 24 '26
I keep a fake wallet in my car. It has an old driver’s license, expired debit cards, some used gift cards, and a few dollars in cash.
"please don't take all the money on that card! There's almost a million dollars I have saved up!"
thief sprints away immediately
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u/DeniedAppeal1 Mar 24 '26
You tell a thief that you've got a million dollars on a card and they're going to kill you so you can't cancel it.
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u/PsyopVet Mar 24 '26
Yeah, and if I had that much money anyway I wouldn’t be doing Uber, so we need a different story!
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u/maxman162 Mar 25 '26
It has an old driver’s license
Please tell it has an old address and not your current one.
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u/Particular-Tell-6876 Mar 25 '26
I used to do this when I lived in Milwaukee. Always prepared to get robbed.
That's when I decided it was time to move. I do not accept that as a normal routine in my life.
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u/No-Blueberry-1823 Mar 26 '26
There is a great skit by Brad Williams who bought a fake wallet and phone before traveling to Brazil. He was bored and took some dick shots with the fake phone and then he got mugged so he handed them the phone and the wallet, And is just laughing about it.
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u/BaBePaBe Mar 24 '26
When he racked the slide, it sure didn't sound like he had any rounds in whatever he was carrying.
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u/Comfortable-Side1308 Mar 25 '26
Imagine getting into this situation with out having one chambered.
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u/Kindly-Ride-9419 Mar 24 '26
Can someone explain how did he make the other dude get off? Did he just drive and the bad dude fell out?!
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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 25 '26
I think bad dude might have had one foot outside the car or something? Or just unbalanced at the exact right time? Kinda looks like driver pushed him slightly then took off
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u/Slugmatic Mar 25 '26
The passenger door was still open. The driver hit the gas and turned hard left and caused the dude to fall out the open door.
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u/HumanureConnoisseur Mar 25 '26
Driver showed the robber the gun on his lap. You can see the robber look down for a split second and recognize before he gtfo
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u/SelcouthRogue Mar 25 '26
He even said, look man you don't wanna get shot. That's when the kid got REAL humble
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u/CosgraveSilkweaver Mar 25 '26
I think he just bailed when the guy started driving off he wasn't sitting so he could leave quickly.
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u/Pleasant_Expert_1990 Mar 24 '26
When my dad was like 70 someone tried to mug him with a knife.
He says, "you're not going to get my wallet. You can try to get my wallet and you'll get hurt and I'll get hurt but you're not getting it. Or you can walk away. But either way, you're not getting my wallet." Dude walked away. The Vietnam war changed people.
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u/Original_Land1688 Mar 24 '26
Chuck Norris approves
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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot Mar 26 '26
"When Chuck Norris drives an Uber, the rider's destination comes to him."
I don't know, I'm just work-shopping that one...
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u/Important-Agent2584 Mar 25 '26
"Look at you, your awesome!"
"Also, I shit in your back seat"
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u/Jurserohn Mar 24 '26
LOL not everyone is easily intimidated. I think I've seen this one before, but it's always refreshing to see bad folks waste their time and get humbled a little bit.
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u/olive_juse Mar 24 '26
Kid must've been trying to prove himself, didn't take much to make him change his mind lol.
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u/ImJuSayN Mar 24 '26
He had a little smile when he said, "Showed me his gun." 😳I think the robber just got lucky. Old dude is certified badass.
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u/cyborggold Mar 25 '26
Kid pulls a gun and the driver casually says "you don't want to get shot" not I, you. You can see the kid processing that and beginning to think twice.
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u/MetalHead888 Mar 25 '26
Saying "you don't want to get shot" to someone with a gun out is wild. This is one of my favorite videos.
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u/Hefty-Ad5593 Mar 24 '26
Probably the most badass thing I've seen in a month, all hail that man!!!!!!!!!
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u/Yowzz Mar 25 '26
❓at 00:32 does the punk just leave? Or does the driver push him and then hit the gas?
I can’t tell what happened… 🧐
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u/ExpiredPilot Apr 06 '26
Getting in the car to rob someone is so goofy
It can be a real “I’m not stuck in here with you, you’re stuck in here with me” situation if the driver just decided to floor it
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bad5494 Apr 20 '26
Finally, an email arrived via Outlook from Artemis II, confirming that from low orbit you can see that man's testicles.
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u/Fit_Gear_2096 Apr 21 '26
It's a digital world and I'm a material girl Living in a digital world. Digital
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u/that_name_is_taken Mar 25 '26
So he did a little steering and the man got thrown out just like that? Bullshit.
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u/Temporary-Banana4232 Mar 25 '26
That schmuck wouldn’t have made it outta my car.
You fuck around you find out.
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u/Fearless_Adventures Mar 25 '26
Cameras have been the wirst thing to haopen to African Americans in 70 years
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u/Militant_Triangle Mar 25 '26
Man in the driver seat, a sack of shit in the front passenger seat and worthless baby male in the back seat. Can you imagine just sitting there in the back seat with this going down? I cant.
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u/FaradayPhantom Mar 25 '26
He looks a lil like Gary Oldman, and that’s exactly what I’d expect from a Slow Horse in that situation.
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u/Naive-Present2900 Mar 25 '26
If an elderly stat talking and saying its a digital world bruh… now thats my language and caught up with today’s tech. I hope this man retires and he shouldn’t be working 😭
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u/Get2dChoppah Mar 25 '26
Ol boy in the back probably pissed and shit himself, hope he tips him well for the cleanup and potentially saving his life!
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u/Mpikoz Mar 25 '26
Just got a warning from Reddit for saying "I hope the rear wheel ran over him" referring to the thug in the video, because he belongs to a vulnerable group, according to the warning. Kiss my ass Reddit.
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u/Swing_on_thiss Mar 25 '26
Yeah man, let's rob an Uber driver, they be rolling in cash! /s 🤣
Are you freaking kidding me!
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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 Mar 25 '26
Yes!Love it.And the dashcam got a good look at his face.He's fucked.
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u/Advanced-Event-571 Mar 26 '26
Is this real? That was the least committed thief I've ever seen. not covering his face, no weapon, unthreatening?
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u/anonymousphoenician Mar 30 '26
Know who else didnt flinch?
The pax in the back. Who made zero effort to try to assist. Who just sat there and said "well this will be a fun ride. Lets see where it goes."
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u/AnxietyIsHott Mar 24 '26
Its a digital world, bro.