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I'm trying to figure out the logic here... so if someone is following you perceivably too close, you slam on your brakes so they hit you? And stuff?
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Nov 12, 2017 06:29
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MageMage posted:I'm trying to figure out the logic here... so if someone is following you perceivably too close, you slam on your brakes so they hit you? And stuff? Ideally, it scares the crap out of them. In practice, if they're not paying attention you end up in a crash.
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Nov 12, 2017 06:34
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Brake checking is like vigilantism or super heroes. It might seem like a cool idea in a movie but is in fact terrible and harmful to all parties involved.
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Nov 12, 2017 06:38
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doverhog posted:Brake checking is like vigilantism or super heroes. It might seem like a cool idea in a movie but is in fact terrible and harmful to all parties involved. I tried to look it up but failed: Has there been any verified case of someone dressing up in a mask and costume and engaging in vigilante violence? All the “real life superheroes” I can find just do neighborhood watch or charity work in costume and all the real vigilantes just wear paramilitary gear and execute cartel members. Basically, has anyone actually tried to be Batman for real?
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Nov 12, 2017 06:55
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chitoryu12 posted:I tried to look it up but failed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Jones
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Nov 12, 2017 07:07
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Not that I know of. If you have the motivation and worldly knowledge to actually do something like that a balaclava is just better. Various political groups have worn uniforms of some kind and done vigilantism but it's not really the same thing. It of course gets really muddy as to what exactly is vigilantism if the state apparatus itself is failing and corrupt. What's the difference between a rebel and freedom fighter, and a terrorist?
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Nov 12, 2017 07:19
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Roving state-sanctioned ganksquads are one of the many exciting features of a failed government.
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Nov 12, 2017 07:34
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As an individual, it's probably pretty tricky to find crimes to foil.
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Nov 12, 2017 07:39
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Captain Monkey posted:That isn't anything like what happened. Those guys have their arms hooked for some reason and you don't even see the ball? I couldn't see the clip because it wouldn't play on my phone
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Nov 12, 2017 07:46
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Dizz posted:The real schad here is that it's such a lovely moderated thing that this always happens and nothing changes. alas such is the world irl
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Nov 12, 2017 08:05
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Strudel Man posted:As an individual, it's probably pretty tricky to find crimes to foil. You could start hitting the offices of investment banks, but then that's political terrorism. Foiling crimes that some poor sod does on the street is setting the bar very low. You guys should read Alan Moores Miracleman, where the Superman equivalent does what an actual superhero should do, and takes over the world. Abolishes money, throws all nukes into the sun, lives in a giant pyramid reaching out into space build upon the ruins of London. 
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Nov 12, 2017 08:11
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chitoryu12 posted:I tried to look it up but failed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly ? I mean, sort of.
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Nov 12, 2017 08:11
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Phoenix Jones got arrested for macing a guy I think
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Nov 12, 2017 08:15
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There was a dude in the UK that went around in costume cutting off the wheel clamps they use for parking violations there.
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Nov 12, 2017 08:20
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AlmightyBob posted:Phoenix Jones got arrested for macing a guy I think Yeah the charges ended up being dropped though, just read his wiki.
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Nov 12, 2017 08:26
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The problem with Batman style vigilante justice is Batman often leaves dudes tied up in abandoned warehouses and poo poo and the cops just find them. In a real world situation you've just left some criminals to die, tied together in the old warehouse district.
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Untrustable posted:The problem with Batman style vigilante justice is Batman often leaves dudes tied up in abandoned warehouses and poo poo and the cops just find them. In a real world situation you've just left some criminals to die, tied together in the old warehouse district. Just send a telegram to the police every morning telling them where the crimers are tied up.
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Nov 12, 2017 08:37
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Bruce Wayne should make a crime reporting app and use crowd sourcing to solve crime.
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Nov 12, 2017 08:47
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Volcott posted:Just send a telegram to the police every morning telling them where the crimers are tied up. I have my man deliver a visiting card.
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Nov 12, 2017 09:17
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`Nemesis posted:There was a dude in the UK that went around in costume cutting off the wheel clamps they use for parking violations there. yes! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3112670.stm true hero imo
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Nov 12, 2017 09:21
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doverhog posted:You guys should read Alan Moores Miracleman, where the Superman equivalent does what an actual superhero should do, and takes over the world. Abolishes money, throws all nukes into the sun, lives in a giant pyramid reaching out into space build upon the ruins of London.
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Tunicate posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly ? I mean, sort of. More like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Moonlite
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Powaqoatse posted:alas such is the world irl Don't remind me 
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Strudel Man posted:I read that one a long while ago. Rather gross in parts. Didn't he like give audiences to people who braved the hazardous climb up to his fortress? I remember thinking that it would be pretty unfair if you were in a wheelchair or something. There's several gross parts yea, and yes people could climb up the artificial mountain to get an audience. He didn't want to take over the world originally but sort of had to do it after a bunch of stuff happened including a cataclysmic battle against an evil mentally deranged "superman" who destroyed London and murdered, tortured and did other bad things to its population while Miracleman wasn't looking. The giant pyramid is built on the bones of the millions who died as a reminder that he is not a regular man, and that he can never look away from the world. He is responsible for everything that happens because he has the power to prevent it. Preventing street crime is pointless, you should instead destroy the capitalist system that causes street crime. I imagine someone in a wheelchair could try to get his attention with some other way, the point of the audiences isn't to fix the world, he already did that. doverhog has a new favorite as of 10:08 on Nov 12, 2017 |
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Paladinus posted:Isn't it also a triple offside? Can't tell from that angle. It's only offside if the yellow players were ahead of the last defender when the pass was kicked.
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Nov 12, 2017 11:14
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Mu Zeta posted:Bruce Wayne should make a crime reporting app and use crowd sourcing to solve crime. He prefers old-school techniques. 
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Nov 12, 2017 11:30
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He's got a bad case of crazy eye
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Stoatbringer posted:He prefers old-school techniques. The master detective at work.
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MageMage posted:I'm trying to figure out the logic here... so if someone is following you perceivably too close, you slam on your brakes so they hit you? And stuff? As people have said, some of it is misguided "I'm gonna teach 'em a lesson" style assholism. Others are attempting insurance fraud. You swoop in, slam on your brakes, and get hit. You tell the police that you were just driving along and got rear-ended. In normal situations, the guy who rear-ends the other person is assumed to be at fault, so typically they get a payout from the victim's insurance company. Luckily, these people were using dash cams, catching the fraudsters in the act.
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Nov 12, 2017 14:48
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If you'd like, there are bicycles available with brakes on them. 
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I never understood the type of assholery of the brake checking in that video. The first one, I can at least follow the logic. "Hey buddy, you're driving too close to me, please slow down." But the others were all people cutting someone off and then brake checking them. "You made me go slower than I wanted for a bit, so now I'm going to  Fake edit: I honestly expected to see a bunch of Massachusetts plates in that video.
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`Nemesis posted:There was a dude in the UK that went around in costume cutting off the wheel clamps they use for parking violations there. Angle Grinder Man! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3112670.stm
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Velocity Raptor posted:I never understood the type of assholery of the brake checking in that video. The first one, I can at least follow the logic. "Hey buddy, you're driving too close to me, please slow down." Counterpoint: it's your legal responsibility (in the uk at least) to leave enough distance so that if the car in front performs an emergency stop, you are able to safely do so as well.
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Drone_Fragger posted:Counterpoint: it's your legal responsibility (in the uk at least) to leave enough distance so that if the car in front performs an emergency stop, you are able to safely do so as well. Most of 'em are moving in front of the car that ultimately hits them, not giving them an opportunity to create that distance. They're not trying to teach them a lesson, they're trying to force an accident so they can hit up the other person's insurance company.
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Mu Zeta posted:Bruce Wayne should make a crime reporting app and use crowd sourcing to solve crime. The Dark Knight already had that.
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Strudel Man posted:As an individual, it's probably pretty tricky to find crimes to foil. There was a Batman anniversary comic which told various alternate reality stories and one of them was about a Batman that had to deal with this. Everything started out the same where Bruce Wayne trained and equipped himself to fight crime, except after a couple of weeks he ran out of crime to stop. So to keep Bruce from going crazy without anything to do Alfred hires a bunch of his old actor friends to be supervillains. They would put together elaborate "crimes" (purposefully designed so nobody would get hurt) that Batman would then come in to stop.
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Velocity Raptor posted:I never understood the type of assholery of the brake checking in that video. The first one, I can at least follow the logic. "Hey buddy, you're driving too close to me, please slow down." When someone is tailgating me, I slow down to create more distance ahead of me, in hopes that I won’t have to brake as hard if something happens. Apparently some people find this infuriating?
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