I must be misinterpreting what “a safe space to complain about jackass human beings” means. A guy tried to kill me and you are siding with the guy. I don’t think tarck is a place for me anymore which makes me feel sad bc you all used to be good friends. I’ll see you on the roads but not here anymore.
Dude, take it easy. Nobody is blaming you for a psycho driver’s psycho behavior and certainly no one is taking his side, jeez. Alls we’re saying is that sometimes it behooves one to be the bigger person and let things go and move on with your day. If you don’t poke a skunk, you’re less likely to get sprayed.
You’re right, I don’t know your situation, but I for one have places to be and waiting around for useless cops to show up just doesn’t fit into my schedule. Like Ryan said, be well.
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To the weirdos reading this in the future. The answer is that getting in fights at the curb is counterproductive and isn’t going to change minds. Take that energy to city council meetings and get involved with your local advocacy orgs
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Goddamn dude, pick your battles. This isn’t a healthy way to live.
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or just don’t aim to make your partner a widow/widower and/or let your parents outlive you.
i get it. i really do. but it ain’t worth the smoke
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I typed in learnhowtodriveyourbigstupidcaryoudumbfuck.com hoping for a good comedy website but sadly they didn’t go the extra mile. Oh well.
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Yeah I share this sentiment. There’s no point vigilante fighting every traffic infraction. I make a mental note along the lines of “What a dickwad. His life must suck real hard. Thankfully mine doesn’t.” And I get on with my day.
To bward if you’re reading this, people here aren’t against you. We are just not convinced that seeking conflict is a good idea. A couple of people on here have done that in the past and they stopped for a reason.
Be the change that you want to see in the world
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man i don’t disagree with y’all that you’re a lot more likely to find conflict if you go looking for it
but telling someone who is obviously having a bad time “maybe you should try to not have a bad time” is rarely productive
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agreed on both counts and both are true. I feel that of all the threads on tarck this is the one to complain about jackass behaviour and venting here should be a safe space. at the same time, repeatedly choosing to escalate a situation until it becomes an altercation indicates a pattern of decisions that might not be the most healthy. I want to believe the intent of folckx in this thread was to call attention to that and not pile on someone having a bad time
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trying to detain a stranger who did something stupid in a car for nearly an hour is the very definition of “conflict seeky”
and brooks is probably the most angry person on tarck by an order of magnitude
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I’ve definitely done what we’re advising against (minus doing it for an hour) and I’ll definitely get into an altercation again, but as I get older I’m definitely learning “when to hold 'em”.
It’s definitely not my job to enforce traffic laws. That’s on the guvment and cops. At this point I’m just out here trying not to get killed.
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Maybe there are some Walter Sobchek moments going on here. Maybe people feel like they want to do a little intervention about some troubling behavior. Maybe it could be done in a more thoughtful way. It may or may not be received regardless. Just my thoughts, maybe.
I often struggle with that myself, particularly in situations where it feels like the rules aren’t evenly applied. but this type of example is never going to win hearts and minds— the other guy has already chosen to do something illegal and dangerous so calling him on it is just putting yourself in danger
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Road rage is road rage regardless of what you’re driving
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