Diffused responsibility is dangerous, but i'm pretty sure we've all been guilty of it at one time or another.
I feel shitty if someone is broken down and I don't offer to call someone for them. Strange thing is a lot of times when you stop to help someone they react defensively.
seriously. you know the type of people that rush headlong into the scene of a violent crime? silly white people.
Silly? If you're NOT going to call 911, then I would ASSUME that you think there isn't a real problem, so why not check it out just to be sure?
Plus you might save someone.
Edit: Sure thing, Fari.
if i think there isn't a real problem, why would i go and check it out?
man, this is new york. you don't go knocking on random doors.
also
new york has a pretty major case of diffusion of responsibility, what with 11 million people and all
New York isn't the only case. A couple months back in Hartford, CT a man was hit by 2 cars racing down a side street. There was video showing people just walking by him without taking much notcie for a good while. People just don't want business with the PoPo.
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
also the hooves would not be able to operate the touchscreen metrocard machine
HOWEVER
if the cop was riding a shetland pony
edit: hey guys, remember when that guy got hit by a bus and bystanders stole his groceries, and then when another man tried to help him, they stole HIS groceries?
Diffused responsibility is dangerous, but i'm pretty sure we've all been guilty of it at one time or another.
I feel shitty if someone is broken down and I don't offer to call someone for them. Strange thing is a lot of times when you stop to help someone they react defensively.
what do you mean call someone
who doesn't have a cellphone?
look
i'm sure you have the best intentions at heart
but if the person is not looking for help, is not waving down cars or anything, why stop? some people are capable of solving their own problems, and/or would much rather do it themselves, without outside help. let them.
I do it because I don't want them to hurt my pretty face
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
I usually slow down a bit when I see a car parked on the side of the road, if I'm not in a situation where that would fuck up traffic. If the car's empty or somebody's moving purposefully around or talking on a cell phone, I keep going. If they're standing around looking lost, I generally pull over and ask them if they need any help.
I'm sure this is going to get me raped and stabbed in the neck one of these days on a lonely stretch of highway, but in the meantime I've changed some tires for some middle aged ladies who were in a pretty bad way. I figure it all evens out.
I usually slow down a bit when I see a car parked on the side of the road, if I'm not in a situation where that would fuck up traffic. If the car's empty or somebody's moving purposefully around or talking on a cell phone, I keep going. If they're standing around looking lost, I generally pull over and ask them if they need any help.
I'm sure this is going to get me raped and stabbed in the neck one of these days on a lonely stretch of highway, but in the meantime I've changed some tires for some middle aged ladies who were in a pretty bad way. I figure it all evens out.
also the hooves would not be able to operate the touchscreen metrocard machine
HOWEVER
if the cop was riding a shetland pony
edit: hey guys, remember when that guy got hit by a bus and bystanders stole his groceries, and then when another man tried to help him, they stole HIS groceries?
Do you know what one pisses me off?
A year or two back, a woman hit a homeless man with her car
He got lodged in her windshield
She just pulled into her garage and left him there for a weekend while he slowly died from his injuries
She just kept apologizing to him
I mean at least she said sorry
But what the fuck people
Dementia behind the wheel is a slightly different problem than this one, here, I'd think.
But she left him there
She knew he was there, she kept checking on him over the course of the weekend To see if he had died yet so she could try to get rid of the body
Do you know what one pisses me off?
A year or two back, a woman hit a homeless man with her car
He got lodged in her windshield
She just pulled into her garage and left him there for a weekend while he slowly died from his injuries
She just kept apologizing to him
I mean at least she said sorry
But what the fuck people
Dementia behind the wheel is a slightly different problem than this one, here, I'd think.
But she left him there
She knew he was there, she kept checking on him over the course of the weekend To see if he had died yet so she could try to get rid of the body
It's not fun calling the Popo on people, government gets all involved and that shit can turn real ugly really quick. Depending on how much sound escaped the apartment one might think they were only having a fight or something.
I still have faith in humanity, despite these really sad acts.
I hate it when I hear little kids screaming, cause I can't tell if something is wrong or they are just having fun. It's the worst, you just stop what you are doing and try to figure it out.
Do you know what one pisses me off?
A year or two back, a woman hit a homeless man with her car
He got lodged in her windshield
She just pulled into her garage and left him there for a weekend while he slowly died from his injuries
She just kept apologizing to him
I mean at least she said sorry
But what the fuck people
Dementia behind the wheel is a slightly different problem than this one, here, I'd think.
But she left him there
She knew he was there, she kept checking on him over the course of the weekend To see if he had died yet so she could try to get rid of the body
They're making a dark comedy about that.
already made an episode of csi about it a few years back
ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
Last time I called the cops it was when I caught a guy breaking into my friend's car and ripping out the stereo. He smashed the window open, ripped his center console to shit, and made off with like a 4 year old CD player in broad daylight. Car alarm was going off and everything. I chased him out of our parking lot and got his license plate number as he hopped into his truck.
I called the cops, explained the situation, and before I could give the plate number or a description of the thief the operator cut me off.
Her: "The owner of the vehicle has to file the report."
Me: "But...I actually saw the guy. I witnessed the crime and I can describe him head to toe."
Her: "Sorry. The owner of the vehicle has to call."
Me: "You guys are fucking worthless."
A couple hours later when my buddy got out of class he called the cops. Guess who he had to hand the phone to for a description of the thief and his car?
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
That's why all the real work gets done by loose cannons with no respect for procedure.
Of course, that's who gets all the drug dealing and savage beatings done as well, but you can't make an omelette without getting all messed up on coke and shoving a lamp up some dude's ass.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
It's a typical Troika game. If you're willing to put up with a certain amount of bullshit and bugginess, there's a tremendously fun time to be had. I had a great time with it, and most folks around here seem to like it.
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edited August 2008
Yeah, I decided to ask, cuz I've heard different things about it. I think that I shall purchase it.
I've called 911 three times in my life. Once my neighbors 5 month old daughter was having a seizure, she came running out of her house screaming for someone to call 911. Luckily her daughter ended up being okay in the end.
There was a car fire on the side of a freeway on my way back from the casino.
The last was some dude kicking the shit out of his girlfriend in the albertsons parking lot where I worked.
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butters did you actually tell them they were fucking worthless
I hope you did
Actually I believe what I said was, "It's no wonder so many of you got fired last year (the former mayor laid off a shitload of cops) and they're closing precincts left and right because you guys are fucking worthless."
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edited August 2008
My dad had a seizure in the kitchen one time and smashed his chin open on a counter corner and I had to call the ambulance while he epilepsed all over the place. The paramedics were all impressed with how calm and collected I was.
Pretty much everyone in a five house radius of where my family lived would get together every weekend and have a BBQ. We'd throw the football around, or set up a volleyball net and just have fun.
We were throwing the football around, I threw it high up to my dad, he goes running for it, hits the curb and goes down into a driveway chin first. There was so much blood.
Well, took him to the ER and he got it all stitched up all was good for a week. The next weekend he busts it open in the same place except a little bigger now. He was helping a little kid tie their shoes and after he was done the kid jumped up and the top of his head hit my dad in the shin.
yeah because i love hardened cough medicine wrapped around shitty gum.
thats right, settle for a piece of candy the size of a penny. You're paying for the white stick! the candy is just whatever they scrape off the ground in the factory.
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I feel shitty if someone is broken down and I don't offer to call someone for them. Strange thing is a lot of times when you stop to help someone they react defensively.
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New York isn't the only case. A couple months back in Hartford, CT a man was hit by 2 cars racing down a side street. There was video showing people just walking by him without taking much notcie for a good while. People just don't want business with the PoPo.
edit: hey guys, remember when that guy got hit by a bus and bystanders stole his groceries, and then when another man tried to help him, they stole HIS groceries?
who doesn't have a cellphone?
look
i'm sure you have the best intentions at heart
but if the person is not looking for help, is not waving down cars or anything, why stop? some people are capable of solving their own problems, and/or would much rather do it themselves, without outside help. let them.
I'm sure this is going to get me raped and stabbed in the neck one of these days on a lonely stretch of highway, but in the meantime I've changed some tires for some middle aged ladies who were in a pretty bad way. I figure it all evens out.
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yup.
t Jedoc: you are a good guy for changing old ladies tires
But she left him there
She knew he was there, she kept checking on him over the course of the weekend
To see if he had died yet so she could try to get rid of the body
They're making a dark comedy about that.
I still have faith in humanity, despite these really sad acts.
I hate it when I hear little kids screaming, cause I can't tell if something is wrong or they are just having fun. It's the worst, you just stop what you are doing and try to figure it out.
already made an episode of csi about it a few years back
I called the cops, explained the situation, and before I could give the plate number or a description of the thief the operator cut me off.
Her: "The owner of the vehicle has to file the report."
Me: "But...I actually saw the guy. I witnessed the crime and I can describe him head to toe."
Her: "Sorry. The owner of the vehicle has to call."
Me: "You guys are fucking worthless."
A couple hours later when my buddy got out of class he called the cops. Guess who he had to hand the phone to for a description of the thief and his car?
Cleveland cops are fucking morons.
Of course, that's who gets all the drug dealing and savage beatings done as well, but you can't make an omelette without getting all messed up on coke and shoving a lamp up some dude's ass.
I hope you did
It is, I just started playing it on the weekend.
Lots of fun.
There was a car fire on the side of a freeway on my way back from the casino.
The last was some dude kicking the shit out of his girlfriend in the albertsons parking lot where I worked.
Actually I believe what I said was, "It's no wonder so many of you got fired last year (the former mayor laid off a shitload of cops) and they're closing precincts left and right because you guys are fucking worthless."
One of them gave me a root beer flavored Dum-Dum.
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Man I will never refuse a free dum-dum, bro. And I was like 14, 15.
edit: Hi5 wiggin.
911 is not our emergency number.
I blame television.
blowpop or bust
yeah because i love hardened cough medicine wrapped around shitty gum.
Pretty much everyone in a five house radius of where my family lived would get together every weekend and have a BBQ. We'd throw the football around, or set up a volleyball net and just have fun.
We were throwing the football around, I threw it high up to my dad, he goes running for it, hits the curb and goes down into a driveway chin first. There was so much blood.
Well, took him to the ER and he got it all stitched up all was good for a week. The next weekend he busts it open in the same place except a little bigger now. He was helping a little kid tie their shoes and after he was done the kid jumped up and the top of his head hit my dad in the shin.
Half the kids hair was covered in blood.
thats right, settle for a piece of candy the size of a penny. You're paying for the white stick! the candy is just whatever they scrape off the ground in the factory.