relatable. child before age 3 is not able to understand how dangerous to cross the street and WILL run through parents. this circumstances MUST be avoided.
Any time I see a clip like this, I always think that if it were me doing the saving, the very first thing I'd most likely do after saving the kid would be to vomit and collapse.
Actually also kudos to the car slowing down too. Didn’t slow down fast enough, but the boy and the car together saved her life. And I’m surprised that guy runs so fast with balls of steel! Real impressive!
That shit is evergreen! Granted, some of the language in the English dub has not aged well and there are two depictions of transgender characters in less than respectable ways.
In spite of that, Yu Yu Hakusho is right up there with Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Akira, and so many other fucking legends.
I don't even remember the trans characters, though I suppose that is to be expected since I haven't seen it since I was pretty young and not aware of all this stuff.
In one of the early episodes, Yusuke’s mom is at a bar drinking with men dressed in drag. Both characters are voiced by men, one has facial hair, but she regards them as women.
While rescuing Ukina, Yusuke is fighting a female demon, when he questions how female she really is. In service of this he gropes her crotch to inspect for a penis. After the demon expressed outrage at being molested mid fight, Yusuke insists he doesn’t care about gender, and will fight men and women.
I have never seen this. At least not that I remember. But I love it! All of it! The cardboard box as the time machine, nazi time machine, knocks it out of the park.
I saw this on Reddit first; the sheer amount of vitriol thrown at the woman was...enlightening. I guess. Half comments were commending this guy's reflexes and bravery, and half were ignoring that and shaming her. Reminds me why I like Imgur better. Respect for this guy's heroic instincts.
It's always easy to judge after the fact. People do it when they watch footage of an accident. Thing's like 'They has loads of time to dodge that car'. In reality, reaction time is a lot longer than people realise.
In the case of the clip above, it easy for us to say 'Why didn't she react to save the girl' but when placed in the same situation, I suspect many would react differently to what they'd think they would. Instinct, fear, indecision are involuntary.
It's that visceral, gut reaction of "She tried to stop him." I figure. They don't think to consider that maybe she didn't recognize the child, or she may have only thought about the guy next to her trying to jump out. It's a situation where a person's reaction would very much be tested, but from here, we only see things with a veneer of hindsight and full scope.
She wasn't trying to stop him -- he hadn't even moved. She was trying to get him to go and do it, which is the main complaint. "No feminists in the trenches" kind of thing. I understand where the anger about this comes from, but I don't agree with it.
I think you make a brilliant point about it not being fair to judge, but was she really trying to stop him? To me it looks like she had just seen the child and was trying to alert him about it, that instinctive tap/push for him to see and go, because he was standing a bit ahead of her already.
And, I imagine that things such as that, perceptions based on personal biases are part of why the discourse can be so easily taken in a horrible direction. I had considered the option of her alerting him, but it makes more sense that the child didn't register and she wanted to stop him, rather than noticing the child sooner and not reacting on her own in the matter, because she reaches out to him first.
But if you watch the lady's line of sight, she does a little double take across the road at the child and then is looking left at the approaching car when she starts moving her arm towards the guy. She can't even see what he's doing before she starts to reach out to him. He's an arms length in front of her with a better chance of reaching the child.
God i can only hope I'd do the same in a situation like this. I almost blame myself for thinking i might not even if its not feasible to think so. Fuck.
I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Besides self-preservation being big, a lot of people wouldn't have time to process it, freeze up, worry they couldn't make it, and on and on. Pretty much impossible to say though what we'd do. Sometimes you just react on instincts and do what you do, so if the time ever came you might surprise yourself. But unless you were actively trying to run her over, it doesn't mean you're a bad person.
Thanks for that. Its kind of a recurring thing that I feel plays off that need to protect as a dude. I try to remind myself that its not about me or whatever. My instincts are fucked due to childhood stuff so idk. I'll just keep doing what i can consciously to do good.
I'm gonna believe because that the one and only season of the show was just so amazing that people still want more. Shame they never made anything past the first season.
Because we're in an Akshually chain... It's 'Save the Cheerleader, Save the World', but yeah, accurate on the show. Shame it never got a second season, or anything else.
Agreed but it looks like all the cars are driving that speed so why is the child unattended? Parents have some responsibility here too, either to control the baby or teach them to not go in the street.
The slower you go the more dangerous it is as well because you're under the flow of traffic meaning you cause problems for everyone else around you. Believe it or not you're just an idiot using perfect world examples that make no realistic sense.
Clairvoyance? Nah. Anticipation? Yes. Tight, one way road, with pedestrians on narrow sidewalks, and cars parked on either side? I would be CRAWLING down that road assuming anyone can pop out last second. You 1000% have to assume someone can run out. I drive pretty aggressively on the highway where it’s necessary, but anywhere like this I’d trust no one to look before crossing
You say this but I know you're one of those people that says one thing and does an entirely different thing. A lot of people do this when watching something. They think they'd do all these absolute perfect world things, but in actuality you wouldn't be doing anything like that. If the speed limit is set then you go that speed limit. Go under and you're also equally dangerous as going over.
The fact remains that the PARENTS of this girl are to blame. They should have taught her not to do that.
You can't really tell how fast that driver is going. Or where they were when the kid came into view. But even at 20 mph, it can take that long to stop a vehicle with reaction time figured in.
So basically, anytime you drive more than 15 mph. Even then, you could have a kid jump out from somewhere. Hell, I have known people who were hit by deer. They jump to cross the road and bam bounce off a door. Is that going too fast also?
So the driver is supposed to know the situation that's going to happen in the near future? You know the speed limit of this street? Do you know where it is? You should realize how stupid you're being, but you won't even realize it now with it staring you in the face.
Found the idiot. Before you try to reply, you wouldn't be so offended by it if you didn't feel attacked by it. If someone's going to act like an idiot I'll call them an idiot whether you like it or not.
Sure go ahead, like I said it just makes you look like a twat so nobody will respect or listen to anything you say. I'm not offended, but I will call out toxic douchebaggery and if you want to double down on that, go for it.
“Drive situational appropriately” is what I learned in driving school. Poor view, slow the fuck down. Wet street, slow the fuck down. Dude also doesn’t need to know where this is since small inner city streets are pretty universally set at 50-60km/h but every sane council puts “twenty is plenty” signs up (30km/h) since you are looking at 12 meters for 30kmh versus 30-40 meters (or even 40-60 meters @ 60kmh but that usually is four lane avenue type streets anyways).
When the driver can't completely evaluate the situation, they should slow down. I don't need to know what the limit is, the limit is the top end, it's not the minimum. People regularly step out between parked cars in an urban environment like in the video, their actual speed should reflect that reality. You're clearly terminally carbrained to think it's a drivers duty to drive at maximum velocity at all times no matter what.
Car-brained idiots outnumber us all. No point trying to appeal to their non-existent empathy or logic. The rules of a basic driver's handbook are a total after-thought to them, if even a consideration at all. Bet they don't even pull over to the side for emergency vehicles, unless it is a cop who can ticket them, no common courtesy among these entitled assholes
You never know the complete situation happening anywhere at any time. So your solution is to drive like a snail everywhere you go? What about the fact the parents of this girl should have taught her not to run out in the street? Why are you idiots blaming the driver clearly driving on the street at the same speed as everyone else? Your solution is idiotic anyone with an ounce of logic can see that.
Speed limits account for more than just the road condition itself. but also factors like line of sight.
I know this, because daily, i drive past a memorial to someone killed pulling out from an intersection on a blind corner, when someone was doing just 10k(6m)ph over the speed limit swerved around the blind corner and couldn't stop. If they had not been speeding, they could have avoided the accident. Instead, they squashed the deceased into a telegraph pole. Speed limits are not arbitrary.
nubblebun
Excellent human being.
ickmarthegreat
The driver probably didn't even see the little one but definitely saw the guy
stronomer
Fuck cars!
bambinod
Darwin disapproves.
IdonThinkIKnowWhoiam
relatable. child before age 3 is not able to understand how dangerous to cross the street and WILL run through parents. this circumstances MUST be avoided.
tomgordon55
Good JOB!!
jridley
OK, where are the people complaining about people posting videos of someone doing something good? I know you're out there.
Beelieveinyourself
Hero
Ricdesan
Thats dad reflexes already in training
Eldibs
That man is owed an all-you-can-eat steak dinner, at a bare minimum.
AlwaysDownvotesDogs
Any time I see a clip like this, I always think that if it were me doing the saving, the very first thing I'd most likely do after saving the kid would be to vomit and collapse.
JuffThePoint
not all heros wear capes sometimes they wear slide sandals
Blackfinity
Kid's like 11yo and already has dad reflexes.
dbox
I drive slow enough beside parked cars precisely for this reason.
vex720
and he was wearing slippers
fokjoudoos
Idiots could slow down a bit..
DBrasington71
Looks like the beginning of an isekai anime. Protagonist is usually hit by a truck saving someone and reincarnated in another world.
AidanPrydeCork
Man, that is some Isekai Shit right there. Good he got her in time.
UnderAtlas
Good lad
InnerBushman
Dad reflexes kicked in.
Ubache
Ok Yusuke
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
It's almost like those people shouldn't be driving 120mph down a tiny inner city street
stabthecrab
It then I’m like…why are they crossing the street here?
fake40nedeso
eyemastervideo5
I'm flip flops no less
terronium12
Hi, flip flops, I'm sandals.
eyemastervideo5
Lol oops autocorrect
FishieStardust
Dude almost became a spirit detective
sherlockhooves
Damn that's a reference I haven't seen in a while
apneax3n0n
Ao aad Just One season
MultiFacets
You're awesome for saying this.
cloudstrife046583000
Fantastic. The first thing i thought of when i saw this.
JerBearington
Holy shit that was close. Good thing he was there and had the instinct/reaction time
VindictiveBathToaster
maybeprobablyYesOrNo
If he hadn't been there she wouldn't have been running to him. It is his little sister he saved.
iDontBelieveInIsms
Speed flops
crateo
Actually the big girl is the spotter. They are a team.
imp89
100% true but one could also argue that the kid only ran on the street because those 2 were there.
freeloaderr
Actually also kudos to the car slowing down too. Didn’t slow down fast enough, but the boy and the car together saved her life. And I’m surprised that guy runs so fast with balls of steel! Real impressive!
JerBearington
If the video had sound you’d hear them clanking
whatspaulplayingtoday
I could hear it anyway.
FjodorDoctorJetski
Yeah, but tbh the driver was going too fast for that environment
pt2016
Yeah, f-ing moron
freeloaderr
Oh yes, I realize that now. Such a small street to be driving so far!
Violaquin
Dude was so close to going Yusuke Urameshi mode.
StarmineRendezvous
Damn, a Yuyu Hakusho reference in this day and age? Noice.
Violaquin
That shit is evergreen! Granted, some of the language in the English dub has not aged well and there are two depictions of transgender characters in less than respectable ways.
In spite of that, Yu Yu Hakusho is right up there with Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Akira, and so many other fucking legends.
StarmineRendezvous
I don't even remember the trans characters, though I suppose that is to be expected since I haven't seen it since I was pretty young and not aware of all this stuff.
Violaquin
In one of the early episodes, Yusuke’s mom is at a bar drinking with men dressed in drag. Both characters are voiced by men, one has facial hair, but she regards them as women.
While rescuing Ukina, Yusuke is fighting a female demon, when he questions how female she really is. In service of this he gropes her crotch to inspect for a penis. After the demon expressed outrage at being molested mid fight, Yusuke insists he doesn’t care about gender, and will fight men and women.
ahorseelbowdeepinme
captainsweatypants
mieper3
TI99Kitty
"Paid for by the National Coalition for Laws Can Go Fuck Themselves."
carini24
I did Nazi that coming.
5ADDBOi
This comment is underappreciated
jumpbus360
I have never seen this. At least not that I remember. But I love it! All of it! The cardboard box as the time machine, nazi time machine, knocks it out of the park.
mrsircaptainrich
I like the not that I remember part.
Do you drink alot as well as I?
jumpbus360
Nah. At least not usually. But so many skits, memes, different sites/apps. Who knows what we've all seen. The Good, the Bad and the Funny.
mrsircaptainrich
Gotcha
reineseele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trcLKX1Yw34 <- or this one collision prevention recognises danger beforehand. *drove over kid hitler* ^^
ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNineTwoSix
I saw this on Reddit first; the sheer amount of vitriol thrown at the woman was...enlightening. I guess. Half comments were commending this guy's reflexes and bravery, and half were ignoring that and shaming her. Reminds me why I like Imgur better. Respect for this guy's heroic instincts.
MrWobblyHead
It's always easy to judge after the fact. People do it when they watch footage of an accident. Thing's like 'They has loads of time to dodge that car'. In reality, reaction time is a lot longer than people realise.
In the case of the clip above, it easy for us to say 'Why didn't she react to save the girl' but when placed in the same situation, I suspect many would react differently to what they'd think they would. Instinct, fear, indecision are involuntary.
mostlyrottenadvice
What could even be said about her she did nothing wrong
Losrae
Yeah, exactly. Freezing, hesitating or just not running under a car are all completely normal instincts in a sudden dangerous situation.
katidragon
It's that visceral, gut reaction of "She tried to stop him." I figure. They don't think to consider that maybe she didn't recognize the child, or she may have only thought about the guy next to her trying to jump out. It's a situation where a person's reaction would very much be tested, but from here, we only see things with a veneer of hindsight and full scope.
GTimgur
She wasn't trying to stop him -- he hadn't even moved. She was trying to get him to go and do it, which is the main complaint. "No feminists in the trenches" kind of thing. I understand where the anger about this comes from, but I don't agree with it.
OneLastThingBeforeIQuit
I think you make a brilliant point about it not being fair to judge, but was she really trying to stop him? To me it looks like she had just seen the child and was trying to alert him about it, that instinctive tap/push for him to see and go, because he was standing a bit ahead of her already.
katidragon
And, I imagine that things such as that, perceptions based on personal biases are part of why the discourse can be so easily taken in a horrible direction. I had considered the option of her alerting him, but it makes more sense that the child didn't register and she wanted to stop him, rather than noticing the child sooner and not reacting on her own in the matter, because she reaches out to him first.
OneLastThingBeforeIQuit
But if you watch the lady's line of sight, she does a little double take across the road at the child and then is looking left at the approaching car when she starts moving her arm towards the guy. She can't even see what he's doing before she starts to reach out to him. He's an arms length in front of her with a better chance of reaching the child.
2B4UALL
That was instinctive : save the child
BeaverOnFire
Na. He didn't want a good meal to go to waste. /S
DankestofKang
MasterMookie
Its a great instinct we have as an animal. We care for our young. But some are missing that. I've seen too many crime documentaries.
Vortexhelios320
The best thing about bad instincts and the worst thing about good instincts is the same thing: They can often be suppressed.
CptRobotNinja
Fast as fuck too. Good man. He deserves a high five
EekumBokumEekumBokum
God i can only hope I'd do the same in a situation like this. I almost blame myself for thinking i might not even if its not feasible to think so. Fuck.
johnwilliams123
I think I'd probably freeze. then feel guilt for the rest of my life
EekumBokumEekumBokum
I think I'd half commit and maybe push her out the way and get sent flying by the car into an isekai
johnwilliams123
LOL
SpikeTheGoat
I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Besides self-preservation being big, a lot of people wouldn't have time to process it, freeze up, worry they couldn't make it, and on and on. Pretty much impossible to say though what we'd do. Sometimes you just react on instincts and do what you do, so if the time ever came you might surprise yourself. But unless you were actively trying to run her over, it doesn't mean you're a bad person.
EekumBokumEekumBokum
Thanks for that. Its kind of a recurring thing that I feel plays off that need to protect as a dude. I try to remind myself that its not about me or whatever. My instincts are fucked due to childhood stuff so idk. I'll just keep doing what i can consciously to do good.
ugglorimossen
Save the girl, save the world?
Lagunitas707
too bad that show only had one season. Wish they woulda made more...
Mithi
She doesn't look like a cheerleader.
AThreeFootTallChocolateMooseWithFudgeEyes
in 10 years, she could be
Eniff
Why is that ridiculous line still floating through our collective consciousness?
Mithi
That is what a meme is, a shared morsel of knowledge. The memory/thought equivalent to a virus.
JapaneseGeneticists
I'm gonna believe because that the one and only season of the show was just so amazing that people still want more. Shame they never made anything past the first season.
SorryButMyUsernameIsUnavailable
Dirk Gently, is that you?
Emrys12
That's actually from a show called heroes
Leucienweaver
Because we're in an Akshually chain... It's 'Save the Cheerleader, Save the World', but yeah, accurate on the show. Shame it never got a second season, or anything else.
Emrys12
:(((
conklin5
That driver hammered the brakes too, but it wouldn't have been enough.
MrMuchoMachoMan
He wouldn’t if the boy hadn’t been on the Road.
captainfakeypants
At least this wasn't a US pickup. That thing would still be slowing down to this day.
whatsisname
The driver could maybe try driving at a speed appropriate for the situation next time, that works even better.
Ninjainslippers
Agreed but it looks like all the cars are driving that speed so why is the child unattended? Parents have some responsibility here too, either to control the baby or teach them to not go in the street.
Lutki
The average breaking distance at 20mph is 40 feet. There is a reason 2 car lengths is considered minimum safe following distance.
FjodorDoctorJetski
Yes!!! 100% this!
eventide215
Who knew to be a driver you need to be clairvoyant. Seriously you both can't be this stupid..
whatsisname
Believe it or not, the slower you go, the more you can react to.
eventide215
The slower you go the more dangerous it is as well because you're under the flow of traffic meaning you cause problems for everyone else around you. Believe it or not you're just an idiot using perfect world examples that make no realistic sense.
MeshHatMafia
Clairvoyance? Nah. Anticipation? Yes. Tight, one way road, with pedestrians on narrow sidewalks, and cars parked on either side? I would be CRAWLING down that road assuming anyone can pop out last second. You 1000% have to assume someone can run out. I drive pretty aggressively on the highway where it’s necessary, but anywhere like this I’d trust no one to look before crossing
eventide215
You say this but I know you're one of those people that says one thing and does an entirely different thing. A lot of people do this when watching something. They think they'd do all these absolute perfect world things, but in actuality you wouldn't be doing anything like that. If the speed limit is set then you go that speed limit. Go under and you're also equally dangerous as going over.
The fact remains that the PARENTS of this girl are to blame. They should have taught her not to do that.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
You can't really tell how fast that driver is going. Or where they were when the kid came into view. But even at 20 mph, it can take that long to stop a vehicle with reaction time figured in.
Skawomplious
Yes I can - too fast, is how fast the driver was going. Any time you're going too fast to stop for an unanticipated event, you're going too fast.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
So basically, anytime you drive more than 15 mph. Even then, you could have a kid jump out from somewhere. Hell, I have known people who were hit by deer. They jump to cross the road and bam bounce off a door. Is that going too fast also?
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
You're always driving too fast to stop for an unanticipated event.
SarcasticSebastian
Speak for yourself, I only drive at 5 mph and become the unanticipated event on the highway
eventide215
So the driver is supposed to know the situation that's going to happen in the near future? You know the speed limit of this street? Do you know where it is? You should realize how stupid you're being, but you won't even realize it now with it staring you in the face.
KaptainObveeus
We can discuss our thoughts and opinions without calling people stupid, it doesn't contribute to the discussion it just makes you look like an ass.
eventide215
Found the idiot. Before you try to reply, you wouldn't be so offended by it if you didn't feel attacked by it. If someone's going to act like an idiot I'll call them an idiot whether you like it or not.
KaptainObveeus
Sure go ahead, like I said it just makes you look like a twat so nobody will respect or listen to anything you say. I'm not offended, but I will call out toxic douchebaggery and if you want to double down on that, go for it.
WeekendWarriorMark
“Drive situational appropriately” is what I learned in driving school. Poor view, slow the fuck down. Wet street, slow the fuck down. Dude also doesn’t need to know where this is since small inner city streets are pretty universally set at 50-60km/h but every sane council puts “twenty is plenty” signs up (30km/h) since you are looking at 12 meters for 30kmh versus 30-40 meters (or even 40-60 meters @ 60kmh but that usually is four lane avenue type streets anyways).
eventide215
You're entirely missing the point to push some weird thought you had.
WeekendWarriorMark
If I didn’t address your point then what was it?
whatsisname
When the driver can't completely evaluate the situation, they should slow down. I don't need to know what the limit is, the limit is the top end, it's not the minimum. People regularly step out between parked cars in an urban environment like in the video, their actual speed should reflect that reality. You're clearly terminally carbrained to think it's a drivers duty to drive at maximum velocity at all times no matter what.
MySushi
Car-brained idiots outnumber us all. No point trying to appeal to their non-existent empathy or logic. The rules of a basic driver's handbook are a total after-thought to them, if even a consideration at all. Bet they don't even pull over to the side for emergency vehicles, unless it is a cop who can ticket them, no common courtesy among these entitled assholes
eventide215
You never know the complete situation happening anywhere at any time. So your solution is to drive like a snail everywhere you go? What about the fact the parents of this girl should have taught her not to run out in the street? Why are you idiots blaming the driver clearly driving on the street at the same speed as everyone else? Your solution is idiotic anyone with an ounce of logic can see that.
whatsisname
1.3 million people are killed every year in motor vehicle crashes. How many people are killed by having a child bump into them?
BreakerSwitch
Bro was keeping pace with traffic in front of him. I've had people try to run me off the road for doing such. Drivers are INSANE.
MadamPuddifoot
That's not an excuse, if all the other traffic was also going too fast.
Apollad
Speed limits account for more than just the road condition itself. but also factors like line of sight.
I know this, because daily, i drive past a memorial to someone killed pulling out from an intersection on a blind corner, when someone was doing just 10k(6m)ph over the speed limit swerved around the blind corner and couldn't stop. If they had not been speeding, they could have avoided the accident. Instead, they squashed the deceased into a telegraph pole. Speed limits are not arbitrary.
MadamPuddifoot
So your whole argument is that they should've been going the speed limit... Which is WHAT I FUCKING SAID
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MadamPuddifoot
YOU DON'T DRIVE AT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, YOU FUCKING FUCK