Posted 24 March 2013 - 09:32 PM
So I found this on Tumblr. I don't remember who reblogged it, but it really gets me thinking, because I could realistically be on either side of this situation.
I don't know what I would do. I'd probably cry and hug him back.
What would you do, and why?
Also, could you be the other guy, and, if you were, what would you have done?
What do you think was going through his head?
In Intelligent Discussion because I don't want stupidity clogging up the thread.
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Posted 24 March 2013 - 09:44 PM
People are just strange, for one. I woulda taken that chance to call the police and get the dude for being so.... Violent. For 2 the guy must not have been entirely serious and was trying to rob her or thought as much. That shit doesn't make a lick of sense.
Posted 24 March 2013 - 10:16 PM
People as a whole make no sense. Heck, they very rarely make sense on their own, even.
The humanitarian in me says to hug him back, the other part says call the cops. Both, perhaps? Either way, I don't see it in me to harm him once it got to the hug. Before that would be a different story, though.
Guess I've developed pity for humankind instead of anger. Wonder what his story was.
Edited by Dexel, 24 March 2013 - 10:17 PM.
Posted 24 March 2013 - 10:47 PM
Bad person here,
This story reeks of fake.
It's worrying that you could find yourself on the side of the random potential murderer.
Since I'm not a potential murderer, I don't know what I'd do in that guy's position. As the "victim", I don't have a cutting problem.
Posted 24 March 2013 - 11:21 PM
I don't think it was fake. It could happen because you never know the story everyone has. We see some thug with a knife but that doesn't mean that that is all their is too them. That kind of assumption is like looking at a cashier and acting as if that's all there is to them. It's also like how this thug must've seen this guy as any other guy walking down the street. That's not me saying his choice of being some thug who goes around with a knife threatening to kill people is good thing (before anyone jumps onto that). I'm just saying there's more to a person than just that. I'd recon he's probably cut himself or he's lost someone who used to cut. Also we don't know if that was just some sick joke someone wanted to play either. People are odd and a "joke" like that doesn't sound too farfetched from what I've seen.
Now what would I do? I honestly have no clue. I'd probably just stand there still and see what he's up to before doing anything. Probably speak and see what's up with him. The only reason I'd have for calling the cops would be if he did something to me or anyone else, otherwise just let the poor sod speak then go off on his own.
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Posted 25 March 2013 - 07:43 AM
>doesn't care about taking someone's life
>"omg you have scars sawry."
lol this is so fake. who even kills people by bleeding them out in the middle of the road. this is probably some sort of attention whoring 12 year old.
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Posted 25 March 2013 - 01:06 PM
I don't think it was fake. It could happen because you never know the story everyone has. We see some thug with a knife but that doesn't mean that that is all their is too them. That kind of assumption is like looking at a cashier and acting as if that's all there is to them. It's also like how this thug must've seen this guy as any other guy walking down the street. That's not me saying his choice of being some thug who goes around with a knife threatening to kill people is good thing (before anyone jumps onto that). I'm just saying there's more to a person than just that. I'd recon he's probably cut himself or he's lost someone who used to cut. Also we don't know if that was just some sick joke someone wanted to play either. People are odd and a "joke" like that doesn't sound too farfetched from what I've seen.
The part that reeks of fake is that someone who says "I'm gonna kill you" goes and rolls up someone's sleeves. If a killer has a knife and is going to kill you, that person would probably STAB YOU not slit your wrists. Like the empathy part of it is believable to me, but the GO FOR THE ARMS just seems like nonsense.
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Posted 26 March 2013 - 12:20 AM
Some people are sick in the head and prefer to have their victim suffer. If he was really willing to kill the dude then there's a chance he was sick enough to want to torture them. Not to mention a deep cut in the wrists, really deep, is enough to kill someone from blood loss. Of course, like I mentioned, it could've just been some sick joke someone pulled just to get a kick out of scaring someone shirtless.
By itself, yeah the sleeve part sounds a little silly but like I said he could've either been cruel enough to want to torture them or he was just going along with some sick joke.
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A little one
Posted 26 March 2013 - 08:12 AM
I have never heard about a murderer who went out of his/her way to bleed the wrists of some random victim on the street. Brutal methods like that are reserved for personal crimes on people that the killer knows in some way. I just find it incredibly hard to believe that someone looking to kill me will decide the most effective way to do that would be to roll up my sleeves and slit my wrists. You know a faster way to bleed someone out? Slit the throat. You know another? Stab them in the gut. It just is completely silly to assume that someone would go for the wrists. :\ Especially when wrists aren't a "sure kill."
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Posted 26 March 2013 - 08:42 AM
I'm just glad I'm not the only person who is a bit more...
well, not the only person who flat out doesn't believe that this is a real story and isn't just a cry for attention. I've walked down a lot of streets at a lot of times of night and never once have had a bad run in with people, and I've passed people who looked like they would be violent or on drugs or incredibly drunk. I mean, I don't think you can play the hypothetical card of "some people are REALLY fucked up" here because even people who are fucked up are "predictable" in a way.
It's such a ridiculous story that I can see how people would be like "who'd make this up!?" but at the same time, the plausibility of this story is so... farfetched that I just can't. I just can't. Who the hell gets accosted by someone and lets them roll up their sleeves? Like seriously.
"IMMA KILL U"
"O NOOOOO"
*casually rolls up sleeves*
"NO STOPPPPP"
"OIC"
>weep
Just... it's kind of ridiculous. It's the internet. Not everything people say is true. I still find absolutely nothing feelsy about this tumblr post.
Posted 27 March 2013 - 03:09 AM
I know what you guys are getting at but there is no indication that he wanted an instant kill. People are wired differently so you can never be sure. Also not saying that I completely believe this as an actual murder attempt since it may have just been some terrible joke someone tried to pull off.
Then again, it could as equally, if not more, have ended up as some fake stunt someone threw up to somehow make self-harmers feel less "lonely" and that there are a lot of people who may have been in the same position. I doubt it's a cry for attention because 1. It's anonymous and 2. The person has kinda not thrown up much of a response to it to make it seem like it was some attention seeking thing where an supposedly attention seeking person would list some long life story to relate to.
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A little one
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:02 AM
meh. I disagree with the points you make above. For one, it's indicated that the person's self harm scars could not be seen unless their sleeves were rolled up. The "murderer" couldnt have been playing a prank on just someone walking around. Secondly, there's the thing where the murderer doesn't want to kill a person instantly. How many times have you heard of murderers torturing their victims in the middle of the street..? That shit just DOESN'T happen. Never. Also, Anon doesn't seem traumatized by the situation, which seems to be an indicator of the falsehood of this story. If someone pulled a knife on me and told me that they were gonna kill me but then just left me there, I'd still fucking call the cops and be mildly afraid of future murderers/knife pullers. Anon just casually tells the story with a "I was walking down the street and I was almost murdered." idk it just screams fake to me. Especially with tumblr/imgur, where people make up A LOT OF STORIES.
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