Man hit by car...
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- jfletcher
.... and people do nothing? Was this already posted? This seems pretty crazy. I don't get it, how do you just walk or drive by and ignore that.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06…
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- jfletcher0
fuck, why'd that video fail...anyway, go check it out. Just sad....
- Llyod0
he had it coming
- harlequino0
I saw that earlier. I think I may know exactly where that is too, in Hartford, off Albany Ave.. Dangerous and nasty as all fuck neighborhood.
- there you have it. Maybe people thought it was a trickflashbender
- KevinTx0
thats fucked.
- pantone0
That happened a couple a weeks ago on a busy street while I was on my way to work. I just saw his old lady lying on the side of he road trying to get up, but allot of people pulled over, so I didn't. I felt bad, but then again why was she trying to cross a busy 4 lane street? Then the next week I saw her entering the attorney's office next door to us.
- landock0
I just watched this TED talk about this subject matter. This dude says that people are just too fucking self-involved to notice injured people, but there's hope for humanity because when they're noticed then lots of people rush to help. probably doesn't make the dying guy feel good to know though. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id…
- CALLES0
pssshh i can do more flip than that
- Jaline0
That would NOT happen around here.
- what old people crossing the street? i know they stay home and cleanCALLES
- so walking for you, CALLES. lolakrokdesign
- aaaaaaah, spelling. blame it on the keyboard.
akrokdesign - what i meant was...akrokdesign
- no walking for you then, CALLES.akrokdesign
- jfletcher0
I think it's also part of the theory that when there are many people, no one does anything becasue they assume someone else will. The theory also says if there is only a single person around, they are more likely to help. Anyone heard of this?
- yeah, my ex was a psychologist. There is a specific name for that, i forget.harlequino
- yeah i heard of something like that. it almost makes sense in a way, confusion happens too.sea_sea
- epete220
great camera. perfect resolution
- hedge0
This is the result of socialism's effect on American society. All traces of morality begin to disappear.
- < "Trickle down ethics" direct from the Bush White House!organic_grid
- < truly stunning logicjaylarson
- GFYcapsize
- lvl_130
when i was in buenos aires, we saw this really old man walking across the street(for lack of a better term (Avenida Independencia)), just go face first into the concrete (if you know the road, you know they are anything but smooth and flat). he was just lying there so i ran over to him, two other women also ran over, and we were trying to pick him up before the 11 lanes of traffic got to him first. it kind of scared the shit out of me, because i didn't even know if the guy was dead, unconscious or what. like i said, he was really old. but he kinda mummbled something and we managed to get him out of the street. he took a huge chunk out of his nose and was just bleeding everywhere, but other than that he seemed to be okay.
it was surreal, but i didn't even think twice to run over and help him out. we are all here to look after eachother. simple as that i guess.
- sea_sea0
Yeah one more time.... APATHY... people forget that TV and reality are 2 very different things.
What jfletcher said above also makes sense, when things like this happen one gets confused as well.
- The_CCG0
Besides this being yet another reason people generally suck, all I know is:
a)That guy on the ground would be served up with a FAT jaywalking ticket here in Los Angeles.
b)He's had a pretty good walk going on for a 78 yr old man.
- Ramanisky20
my first instinct would certainly be to reach for my cellie and dial 911.
Thats a promise!!- or take a picture with it like the 2 guys did
The_CCG - thats fucking ridiculousRamanisky2
- or take a picture with it like the 2 guys did
- dog_opus0
Shepard Smith was just freaking out about this. Sickening, absolutely sickening. Sadly, this is nothing new: http://www.crimelibrary.com/seri…
Social psychology.
- I remember reading about that and being completely horrified.Jaline
- boobs0
Hartford is fucking full of insurance executives. They were probably afraid of claims, or some other executive bullshit like that.
- Jaline0
jfletcher, it's called The Bystander Effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bys…- Also known as: bystander apathy, Genovese syndrome, diffused responsibility or bystander interventionJaline