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Posted on 2/26/23 at 5:15 am to Bill Parker?
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how to beat an aggressor to submission physically
What type of training does young Jason Bourne have?
Posted on 2/26/23 at 5:23 am to BayouNation
I'll help out someone in a parking lot looking for a jump or needing a tool or something of the like. Side of the road randomly, hard pass
Posted on 2/26/23 at 6:38 am to painman1
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Everyone has a cell phone. They can call for help. Sounds suspicious.
Exactly my thought. Call a friend, AAA, or motorist patrol. I'm not putting my safety in jeopardy.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 7:27 am to OKBoomerSooner
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Yeah except in shithole BR they murder the MAP truck drivers
Wasn’t that in Port Allen?
Posted on 2/26/23 at 7:30 am to BayouNation
Yeah i aint pulling over to help nobody these days unless its and old lady/man. Cell phones are here for a reason and these days you are only one bad decision from being dead.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 7:31 am to liz18lsu
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My thought too. In this day & age, you can call for help. And what man runs outta gas?
Even more suspicious is having a gas can already.
It's one thing for someone to be walking back to their vehicle, but walking from their vehicle with a can is a huge tell to me.
I have a tire inflator and car jump in my car, but something isn't right about someone being so prepared/thinking ahead for running out of gas they have a can and still run out? I call BS. The gas can is part of the costume to get your attention and pull over.
This post was edited on 2/26/23 at 7:33 am
Posted on 2/26/23 at 7:52 am to liz18lsu
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there is that small, nagging uneasiness, but you don't want to be rude to the guy? The "family" that ran out of gas? The hitchhiker? You did the right thing in being the good Samaritan. But you also listened to your instinct, which likely kept you alive.
I recently listened to a speech by a neuro science guy where he touched on "that little voice in your head." He says that we are constantly gathering hundreds and even thousands of data points simultaneously. But our conscious self only thinks and acts on a few of them because otherwise we would be constantly overwhelmed and incapable of performing a simple task. That being said, our subconscious brain is sitting through this enormous inventory of data points and "instinct" is your brain putting that data together and recognizing DANGER and making you act on it even though you haven't had time to consciously analyze the WHY of it.
I am not a big believer in a lot of that type science but there is something to what he says. How many times have you dodged something flying at your head or done something and then later thought about it and said "man I was lucky I did that?" Maybe that was just you reacting to stimulus before you even knew you were doing it.
In short, you did the right thing and now that you are reflecting on it I think you know that.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:22 am to SomethingLikeA
I understand the inclination to help, any decent Christian man would do the same if they could safely do so.
But in today's world of no consequences and no law enforcement, you have to just phone that in and let them deal with it.
Your life is more important than their gas, even if that was in fact the real story. Sounds like you may have dodged a bullet there.
But in today's world of no consequences and no law enforcement, you have to just phone that in and let them deal with it.
Your life is more important than their gas, even if that was in fact the real story. Sounds like you may have dodged a bullet there.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:28 am to BayouNation
I am one of these people that always feels bad for folks walking on the road. Mainly because I’ve been there and people I wasn’t expecting helped me out. That being said. I will not pull over for anyone I don’t know. It tears me up to have to be this way. People are just too frickin crazy
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:32 am to jbgleason
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I recently listened to a speech by a neuro science guy where he touched on "that little voice in your head." He says that we are constantly gathering hundreds and even thousands of data points simultaneously. But our conscious self only thinks and acts on a few of them because otherwise we would be constantly overwhelmed and incapable of performing a simple task. That being said, our subconscious brain is sitting through this enormous inventory of data points and "instinct" is your brain putting that data together and recognizing DANGER and making you act on it even though you haven't had time to consciously analyze the WHY of it.
Not to derail the thread, but we have always heard fight v. flight. I am glad the OP didn't get to the "fight for his life" scenario. In addition to F/F, that they mention, some people just freeze. No running away, no fighting back, just frozen in place. Likely more predominant with females, or people-pleasers.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:45 am to BayouNation
There was a thread started on this a few years back. In that thread, someone said that his grandfather had been killed when he stopped to help someone who was broke down on the side of the road. They ended up robbing him and beating him while his grandmother watched from the car.
I have never stopped since I read that thread.
I have never stopped since I read that thread.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:48 am to BayouNation
The last time I stopped to help someone it was an old black guy in a grocery store parking lot with the hood up on his truck. He was trying to wave people down.
I pull up and roll down my window and asked what the issue was. He asked if he could have $2. I drove off.
I pull up and roll down my window and asked what the issue was. He asked if he could have $2. I drove off.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 8:53 am to BayouNation
I usually ask if it’s a side road if they need some help but never felt bad until I did it on an on ramp and the same thing you described happened. I sped off as it didn’t feel right at all.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:05 am to BayouNation
I stopped to help a family stopped on the road by one of our farms. The guy was out of gas. I had a gas can in my truck and I said I would go get him some gas. The guy hands me $20 for the gas and I can see a look in his eye like this guy may just run off with my $20. He tells his probably 6 year old son to ride with me. I used to think what a dumb arse he was for letting his child leave with a stranger. Now I realize what a dumb arse I was for letting a strangers child ride in a car with me. He could have claimed all kinds of bullshite.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:07 am to BayouNation
I immediately thought of this.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:15 am to jbgleason
Something was definitely off about the hood being up and the small gas can. It’s like as soon as I seen the gas can I felt uneasy. Seeing the passenger running up like he was trying to get out of my side mirror told me to drive off.
I was raised to help anyone I thought was in need but yesterday changed my perspective on how I should teach my children that. Sad world.
I was raised to help anyone I thought was in need but yesterday changed my perspective on how I should teach my children that. Sad world.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:33 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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Even more suspicious is having a gas can already.
If a guy thinks he is so likely to run out of gas that he carries a gas can, wouldn't he fill it with gas ahead of time? Putting an empty can in the trunk is like carrying an empty toolbox.
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:41 am to highcotton2
The guy didn’t trust you with his 20 but trusted you with his kid ?
Posted on 2/26/23 at 9:45 am to 9rocket
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The guy didn’t trust you with his 20 but trusted you with his kid ?
Exactly.
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