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Sam_Fields

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61. The safest thing to do is leave the area.

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Sat May 27, 2023, 01:12 PM

May 2023

People are capable of becoming violent on a whim. The skin pigmentation doesn't matter.

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Would you hand over a car you had just rented? [View all] yardwork May 2023 OP

This topic needs its own forum. n/t Drum May 2023 #1

Depends Effete Snob May 2023 #2

Really. This is a true scenario that happened to a human being. yardwork May 2023 #3

I'm well aware that Effete Snob May 2023 #4

Watch out, Yardie obamanut2012 May 2023 #5

The sneering has begun already. yardwork May 2023 #7

Really deep-seated hatred for women being exposed in the reactions to this story. obamanut2012 May 2023 #8

I still recall getting a ration of shit for defending Central Park Karen's actions back in the day Hugh_Lebowski May 2023 #10

This situation is quite different from the Central Park incident. yardwork May 2023 #12

Yeah, and this is why these things are interesting to me ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2023 #13

I actually agree with you on the central park thing pinkstarburst May 2023 #48

Yes, we are seeing true bigotry, and YES misogyny, in some of these threads. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #19

So true. debm55 May 2023 #38

Like I said to the other story: shoot them all, take their phones snd cameras, dump them in the Srkdqltr May 2023 #6

I'm hanging out with you this weekend Effete Snob May 2023 #9

I think she did call the police, but they hadn't arrived yet. Takket May 2023 #11

You're guilty of climate change and polluting waterways. Bikes are better than driving IronLionZion May 2023 #15

Bwahaha! BlackSkimmer May 2023 #20

Would they call for help if they're surrounded? XanaDUer2 May 2023 #14

Both sides can settle this fairly by giving me money on GoFundMe IronLionZion May 2023 #16

What is annoying to me (amongst other things) is that people who BlackSkimmer May 2023 #17

And they don't stop XanaDUer2 May 2023 #18

Odd, isn't it? BlackSkimmer May 2023 #22

The posters who are criticizing this woman appear to be white middle-aged women. yardwork May 2023 #21

I'd rec this post a thousand times if I only could. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #24

I'm not critical of the woman. I would be scared stupid if it happened to me (I'm middle-aged in my Srkdqltr May 2023 #31

I didn't take your post as criticizing the woman. yardwork May 2023 #34

Not to mention the lanyard thing. LisaM May 2023 #23

She may have taken off her ID because she was being recorded. yardwork May 2023 #26

As a long time bike rider, I frequently remove lanyards and avoid having anything hanging from my BlackSkimmer May 2023 #27

As a former teacher, we had breakaway lanyards. That way you wouldn't get hurt. Being she worked at debm55 May 2023 #39

I don't believe what you describe is exactly what happened with the Citi-Bike rental. ... aggiesal May 2023 #25

The reporting on this has been atrociously biased. yardwork May 2023 #29

OK, so you didn't read the story ... aggiesal May 2023 #30

I read the entire story. I'm responding to it. yardwork May 2023 #33

There were other bikes that she could have used! ... aggiesal May 2023 #36

They both wanted the e-bikes, which are easier to ride. yardwork May 2023 #40

A 17 year old boy with little money and he had possession of it ... aggiesal May 2023 #42

If he needed to use it to get home, he shouldn't have turned it in questionseverything May 2023 #46

If you read the article, which you said you did ... aggiesal May 2023 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything May 2023 #50

All superfluous points. You're just making excuses for them not to use the bikes. Do better. ... aggiesal May 2023 #52

Immigrants, poor and on public assistance demanding e bikes for free questionseverything May 2023 #53

And the pregnant woman who just got off work in the hospital has no rights. yardwork May 2023 #54

There were other bikes to choose n/t aggiesal May 2023 #55

Funny you should bring up (R)'s ... aggiesal May 2023 #56

I believe the right wing might well jump on this story. yardwork May 2023 #58

Watch this video ... aggiesal May 2023 #59

The entire internet is clowning this guy Sympthsical May 2023 #60

Not the entire, just the RWNJ's n/t aggiesal May 2023 #63

He's a grown man who creepily attacks minors on TikTok Sympthsical May 2023 #64

She literally snatched his phone out of his hand. Hassin Bin Sober May 2023 #37

Well, I can't tell what happened with the phone because the video is edited. yardwork May 2023 #41

The phone thing is after the men push the bike into the rack after she had paid for it questionseverything May 2023 #47

You forgot ForgedCrank May 2023 #28

What I've learned from a handful of posters: yardwork May 2023 #32

Thank you XanaDUer2 May 2023 #44

+1 Totally agree.n/t ChazII May 2023 #51

KnR, yardwork. Here's what I said to the other thread, & a lot of it applies... Hekate May 2023 #35

I saw your post and agreed. yardwork May 2023 #43

Some folks ForgedCrank May 2023 #45

It's sometimes best to back off and deescalate the situation Kaleva May 2023 #57

The safest thing to do is leave the area. Sam_Fields May 2023 #61

That is not analogous to what happened, but fine. ismnotwasm May 2023 #62