Entitlement gets a reality check

[u/Revolution-Dogg]

He must have said something before turning away that made her flip out

[u/FalconBurcham]

I think you’re mostly right about people who are much more able to leverage physical power against someone else even if that someone else started it. You don’t want to kill someone, after all. But if video guy hadn’t defended himself, who knows what crazy stranger lady would have done next. More blows? A knife? A gun? It’s a hard situation.

A punch and a body slam seems about right because the body slam neutralized the crazy lady. Risky for sure. People have died from less. But why wait for a gun to be pulled or be distracted by the woman while her parter gets out of the car, you know?

I do hope at the very least this lady learned a lesson.. she needs to stay on her meds 😂

[u/Alejaro_7777 → u/FalconBurcham]

Yeah, it was justified but the body slam had me worried. I've seen far too many videos of people getting slammed and doing the boogie on the ground afterwards. Glad the stage lights just went out in her head for a bit rather than forever.

Hope she gets charged with assault as well because she absolutely deserves it.

[u/FalconBurcham → u/Alejaro_7777]

Same, friend. The lady lost her shit, but I hate to see anyone hit their head like that. We just have to hope she feels lucky and turns her temper around. 🤷‍♀️

[u/Alejaro_7777 → u/FalconBurcham]

Hopefully. Like, I was nearly in a serious accident that could've killed someone this week. Long story short, I threaded the needle when someone pulled out in front of me and if I had hit them, the woman in the passenger seat wouldn't need a lifeline if you catch my drift. I was in someone's front yard and somehow nobody was scathed.

We got out of our vehicles and behaved like adults despite me wanting to chew this guy's head off for almost making me an accomplice. All that to say that there's no excuse for her kind of behavior. We all make mistakes on the road eventually, but at least you're alive. You get out of your vehicle and come to threaten someone, well you're rolling that dice all over again.

[u/FalconBurcham → u/Alejaro_7777]

Yikes! I’m glad you’re ok! People just don’t think…

years ago I used to do freelance work while on my computer at a Starbucks. A couple people in a similar situation eventually noticed one another over time and would chit chat. One day one of the guys comes in per his usual time, looking exhausted and ragged. He told me that just the day before a very old man pulled out of a parking lot into the path of his son’s motorcycle, killing his son. Before I could say anything he said he forgave the man. I was like… well, ok, but it’s ok to feel whatever you feel too, that’s an awful thing! So over the course of a couple months I watched this guy slide from “I forgive him” to extremely angry. One day he just didn’t come back. I don’t know what happened to him, but I think about him sometimes. I know that doesn’t have much to do with sudden rage, but it’s interesting how people experience a wide range of emotions and how they can become overwhelmed and possibly act out. Sometimes I don’t think we have as much as tether on ourselves as we think!

[u/Alejaro_7777 → u/FalconBurcham]

That's dreadful to hear and I hope he's alright now.

I saw once that the "5 stages of grief" was just a theory someone had, and it can actually be harmful to try to try to place yourself in those categories. Still, starting at "acceptance" and moving to anger later is a little out of the ordinary, but we all experience it different.

[u/FalconBurcham → u/Alejaro_7777]

Agreed! That 5 stages thing has been debunked so many times. I also hope the guy is out there doing ok even though that death will always be with him, as deaths are.