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In reply to the discussion: Idiot in Hummer filled 5 gas cans expecting shortages. Put them in his car and lit up a cigarette [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)26. The cigarette is needed for the endorphin rush of moral superiority
Never mind the approved containers in the back of the truck. Never mind what purpose he may have had for transporting the gasoline.
He was in a Hummer. Hummer bad. Person bad. Person needs to engage in morally disapproved activity for the superiority factor.
Otherwise, we might feel badly that someone got hurt.
But if someone gets hurt, and they are not very bright or did something in a momentary lapse of judgment, then we can feel giddiness and glee in their misfortune, condemn them, and even feel good about ourselves that someone else was visited with misfortune.
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Idiot in Hummer filled 5 gas cans expecting shortages. Put them in his car and lit up a cigarette [View all]
packman
May 2021
OP
Hopefully, his insurance company is smarter than people who repeat unverified claims
Effete Snob
May 2021
#20
One injured but well enough to refuse advice to be transported. Thank goodness.
Hortensis
May 2021
#24
The gas cans and fictional reddit cigarette had nothing to do with the fire...
WarGamer
May 2021
#55