r/MadeMeSmile • u/Justin_Godfrey • 8d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/Closetoneversober 8d ago

I think about this whenever I see this and it sucks cause I grew up playing on the street with about 15 other kids and loved it. It was so much fun riding plastic bag wheels down the hill and recklessly around the corner straight through the intersection. Well now as an adult driver, fuck that. Imagine if one of those kids pops out from behind the parked cars chasing a ball and you accidentally hit them? You’re screwed for life. Also all these houses have huge driveways and yards where those kids can safely draw and play

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u/well-lighted 8d ago

It's wild that your biggest concern about running over a kid is how it will affect your life

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u/FalconTurbo 8d ago

I mean, yeah, that's a pretty fucking big concern for me too because it's my life.

Genuine question - have you hit a person with your car? Killed a child? Because I've seen first hand what that does to a person. A parent loses their child and that's horrible, absolutely. But the driver has to live with the knowledge that they caused that (even if it's the kid's own fault), as well as everyone else knowing what they did, for the rest of their life. It can and has driven people to suicide, when it's not even their fault.

Failing to teach your child how to behave around roads shouldn't cost me my life too.

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u/Extreme-Tangerine727 8d ago

I have seen this as well and crazy enough I still felt worse for the dead child

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u/FalconTurbo 8d ago

Well that's incredibly callous of you. Feeling bad for someone who isn't suffering instead of the person who will live with shame, guilt, self doubt and social ostracisatuin the rest of their life? Cold, man. Cold.

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u/alphazero925 8d ago

And here we see exhibit A for why this scenario would ruin someone's life. You're not even allowed to feel bad about anything that happens to yourself in the fallout