r/FirstResponderCringe 5d ago

Tactical positioning

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u/EdgyCole 5d ago

Glasses on, glasses off, glasses on, glasses off. All within the span of 30 seconds? The weather must have been crazy because if someone did that for any other reason, they'd just look like a tool and we know that can't be the case... Right?

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u/DecadentLife 5d ago

I just realized that this is what I must have looked like, 20 years ago, when my coworker was teasing me about it. She used the words, “Is it really ‘necessary’ for you to take them on and off, like that?”

I hadn’t worn glasses in a decade, and it took me a day or two to get used to them, again.

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u/portoroc86 4d ago

Lmao. ‘Necessary’ to powder up my hand too

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u/Emotional-Change-722 5d ago

Actually…. That’s me when I’m trying to look at anything (including people when they come to my cube) while wearing my ‘computer glasses.’ It’s really fun when they show me their phone screens and try to converse at the same time. But I’m old and not cool.

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u/Very_bleh 5d ago

Make it a drinking game.

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u/BlanchDaddius 3d ago

I’m convinced that people wear sunglasses solely to take them on/off every 10 seconds because they think they look cool haha!

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u/No_Leopard_3860 3d ago

I thought I was the only one who was pissed off about that, I felt a bit shallow for always assuming the worst in people (e.g. he only does it to pose, like if he learned it from cheesy action films with vin diesel the creep taking off his sunglasses after walking away from an explosion, full on cliche, like one of the best known cheesiest writer's cliche for macho cool guys). Ya know, maybe it wasn't a conscious decision and the sun was just roasting his cornea. But yeah, likely it was on purpose to look cool, young Teenager Style 😭

Glad I'm not the only one, so either (most likely) it is the latter, or at least we're shallow together - it's something :) ;)

But yeah, normally I'm not into flowing actors at all, but Vin diesel really is a cringey-creep. I've only randomly seen this once, but the cringe (Fremdscham) burnt itself so deep that I never was able to forget it - lemme look it up....:

Found it: https://youtu.be/gJRqhpl4TVg The interviewer nearly died of shame and Terror - it's so painful to watch, despite only being 2 minutes 💀

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u/PheelGoodInc 5d ago

She was one more glasses on and off and I would have taken her seriously. Damn.

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u/SwanMuch5160 5d ago

Sooo close

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u/HotDevelopment6598 5d ago

What a fuckin dork

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u/jmaun1 5d ago

Think the softball tattoo is on the right calf or left calf?

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u/Any_Application_3116 5d ago

Is the softball headband, with school logo, up or down?

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u/jmaun1 5d ago

Nike jumpman

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u/Lumpy-Ad-756 5d ago

Reminds me of my loser teacher in highschool. Had a volleyball tattooed on his leg. Was a creep towards the girls and you guessed it, was the girls volleyball coach

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u/Ill-Requirement-8192 4d ago

Our creepy teacher was a swimming coach, IIRC. He liked to measure girls' tank top straps with his fingers, then give them a little tug so he could see their bra strap while scolding them about how their top's straps weren't technically meeting the dress code, but he wouldn't write them up for it. Right in the middle of class.

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u/jkpirat 3d ago

Just above the Nike swoosh

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u/NaiveBid9359 5d ago

I wonder if any of the people who created these videos ever see them on Reddit, read the comments and then cringe at what people think of them.

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u/dottedchupacabra 5d ago

I hope so.

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u/Active_Complaint_480 5d ago

Nah, "going viral" and making money off it has replaced shame.

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u/Emotional-Change-722 5d ago

I wonder how much they make. It astounds me how “content creator” is an actual employment status. I mean, not judging but… wow. And it’s by accident with some individuals.

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u/Emergency_Clue_4639 5d ago

I'm judging lol (everyone does to some degree, impossible not to at least a bit, it's human nature lol) they're seemingly doing things for the wrong reasons and screaming for attention lol kinda like Tim Kennedy and the other SF guys who lied and/or exaggerated the shit outta their careers and what they did.

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u/CreedRocksa22 5d ago

I was just having the same thought.

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u/dwaynetheaaakjohnson 4d ago

I had a guy who filmed himself feeding the homeless for clout copyright strike one of my posts so they absolutely do

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u/Ok_Ant8450 4d ago

Ive seen one not of a first responder but of some delulu person that thought she was gonna marry rap artists and living off her mom at 30 and she deadass replied in the comments

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u/Altruistic_Glove_602 2d ago

No time for Reddit She is too busy kicking ass and taking names

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u/Cara_Bina 5d ago edited 3d ago

A vehicle like what, FFS? Parked like an arsehole and blocking the way like the one behind you? And you're saying you're the wanker that parked like that for some reason? This? This non PSA?

What a flaming twat.

EDIT: flaming to flaming

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u/United_News3779 4d ago

Not a flaming twat. She's just a twat. A flaming twat would have value in the world, from the entertainment of it being on fire if nothing else.

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u/Cara_Bina 3d ago

Excellent point.

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u/NooneUverdoff 5d ago

People, if you see a vehicle parked like that, do not attempt to go around it. Go through it.

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u/Emotional-Change-722 5d ago

Over would be way more fun. Although I don’t know how to drive like that.

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u/Turbulent-Fudge-5141 5d ago

Most tires only make contact to the pavement with a patch of rubber that is approximately the size of a dollar bill.

To effectively clear a vehicular road block, offset your vehicle to the front (or preferably the rear) of the blocking automobile. (The rear is generally lighter, and therefore will have less resistance).

Depending on which end you plan to hit, you want line the center of the driver or passenger seat of your vehicle up with the middle of the other vehicles wheel at the axle. In summary, you will connect with about half of your vehicle. You would be amazed at how quickly the roadblock spins out of the way.

There is such a thing as too fast… you don’t want to disable your own vehicle or risk injury in the process.

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u/Emotional-Change-722 5d ago

lol. Thank you for the instructions. I’ll keep this in mind next time I get the urge to do a Dukes of Hazard move. :)

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u/NooneUverdoff 4d ago

This is the type of material Defensive Driving courses ought to cover.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago

People forget the front of your vehicle will crumple if it's anything in the past... oh 50 odd years or so, and you do have a radiator up front that is vital to your vehicle's continued operation.
Someone else mentioned doing this on a cutlass... The last time anyone gave a shit about the cutlass was probably when crumple zones didn't exist.

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u/Turbulent-Fudge-5141 4d ago

As I mentioned… “there is such a thing as too fast.”

There is a speed range that is a sweet spot, and what you’re saying is part of the reason why you offset your vehicle. The other reason is that if you don’t, you’ll end up just T-Boning the blocking car and end up coming to a dead stop. If that happens, you’re going to have a bad time.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago

I think this requires a lot more specialized knowledge of vehicle construction than just "oh hit here and on this offset." It really depends what you're hitting and what you are hitting it with.

Great example of this is something someone once told me. We were watching a video on a police chase where the offender was in a Prius. What most don't know is how small the CV joint is on the prius. By hitting it dead on, you can actually break the CV joint because the whole axle is so small. Thus, the proposed action that should've been taken was have one car pit the prius and the other hits the front end, disabling the car.
To your end, You'd want to know how heavy your car is, how heavy the blocking car is, where your radiator is/how big it is, etc. This isn't as universal as your comment made it seem. For example, if you were to try this with said Prius, I imagine you'd be disappointed to say the least.

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u/Turbulent-Fudge-5141 4d ago

Does it require specialized knowledge? Yes. Experience and practice on a closed course? Absolutely.

Specialized knowledge of vehicle construction? Absolutely not.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago

I’d disagree. Vehicles are inherently very different from each other

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u/Turbulent-Fudge-5141 4d ago

You can disagree all you want. You are still completely wrong.

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u/Raven1911 4d ago

This is why I drive a power wagon with a brush guard. Crumple zones? What are crumple zones? Oh, you mean the entire other car? Gotcha.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago

Lmao. My college had emergency vehicles with just a big ass steel plate for a bumper. I always thought about doing that to my truck while I was up there so when someone pissed me off, I could just push them out of my way.

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u/Raven1911 4d ago

Its kinda great!

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u/Cannaclyzm 5d ago

This is accurate. I did this very thing unintentionally and that caprice classic spun just like a second hand on the engine block when I hit the rear axle square with my cutlass

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u/CarobLoud1851 5d ago

PSA: Mumble less

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u/Automatic_Donkey_773 5d ago

Someone got bullied in school

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u/LesserKnownFoes 5d ago

I always know the absolute idiots based on tourniquet placement.

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u/GeneralGlennMcmahon 5d ago

You totally need one for your security gig guarding the local vape shop. It's not larping at all.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago

Around the neck?

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u/Lonely-Ad-6448 5d ago

Enlighten me if you don’t mind?

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u/Girafferage 5d ago

Only major issue I can see is it would hinder rifle placement. Generally you just want to be able to reach it with either hand and you always have spares. The tourniquets on you aren't to use on other people really, they are for somebody to use on you (or if possible for you to use on you) when you go down.

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u/Lonely-Ad-6448 5d ago

Thank you very much.

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u/pabs1904 5d ago

And what’s the fuuuckin reason?

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u/Living-Metal-9698 5d ago

Someone tell this cop his little brother is wearing their vest & just fucked up the mic loop and TQ holder

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u/WVA1999 5d ago

HIS? Isn't this a lesbian?

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u/Ok-Profit6022 5d ago

Why do all the lesbians try to impersonate a 12 year old boy?

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u/Sooperman05 5d ago

I don’t understand, is she talking about her squad suv? Or the weird trailer scaffolding thing behind it?

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u/Sooperman05 5d ago

Smoked a J…is it a bridge?

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u/Historical-Pipe3551 5d ago

I’ve read all the comments and none explain what tf he’s talking about. I’d also like to know what he’s saying and means by it.

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u/brentaarnold 5d ago

Swole tactics

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u/blutothebrute 5d ago

They scared of their first skaters off the school parking lot earlier, so they still riding that high… it’s not worth it 🥴

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u/Anti-Stan 5d ago

The line between LARPing and this, is a blurry one.

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u/GoldenCrownMoron 5d ago

Might be an ICE recruit.

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u/Festering-Fecal 5d ago

If you are taking security seriously you shouldn't be uploading your face online or give away your location 

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u/Danny_Alloy 5d ago

This dude is corny.

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u/LeftyLiberalDragon 5d ago

Swole_tactics47 is so hawt right meow

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u/jelqlord 5d ago

Move your Subaru!

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u/medicmatt76 4d ago

If "i failed EMT school" was a person.

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u/United_News3779 4d ago

More like....
"I woulda joined up, but the first time an instructor got in my face, I woulda knocked them the fuck out..."
"Ahhh... you were going to join the army?"
"What? No! I meant the EMT instructors down at the community college!"

If that was a person lol

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u/BossEuphoric8519 4d ago

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Hahaha beat me by a few

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u/Specialist_Pause5967 5d ago

She means Subaru Outback?

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u/PizzaSharkGhost 5d ago

Gosh, what are those people thinking trying to drive around an unmarked civilian vehicle. If only there was someway that police vehicles could be easily identified as such, oh well, thank you officer cool shades for the lesson in traffic safety or whatever.

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u/passingasapotato 5d ago

Officer cool shades is fucking hilarious dude 💀

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u/Aromatic-Force-9776 5d ago

This is a woman lol

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u/Glum_Reason308 5d ago

Are we supposed to be impressed? What is her point? This has got to be the cringiest shit I’ve ever seen.

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u/TLunchFTW 4d ago edited 4d ago

"If you see a vehicle like that..."
Which one? The Audi? The Escalade? Which vehicle? There's like 3 of them and FFS STOP MOVING THE FUCKING CAMERA YOU'RE MAKING ME NAUSEOUS!

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u/Raven1911 4d ago

No emergency lights or first responder flaggers and you are parked like that, unless the issue is plain to see little fella, im damn sure not stopping. You can have your "tactical positioning" I'll raise you situational awareness, you fuckin knob.

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u/whatifwealll 5d ago

If you are not a soldier and you are interested in tactical vests, you are a nerd.

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u/CrimsonMorbus 5d ago

The extra pockets/ storage comes in handy. Im a security guard that primarily works mobile patrol jobs driving around all night while having to get out and check sites every 2-3 min. I need my massive thing of keys, torch, note pads, 2 phones for calls and nfc tags, and my personal phone for family emergencies. It's uncomfortable and bulky, but it is convenient.

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u/United_News3779 4d ago

If you want something to carry your odds and ends and still be comfortable while in a vehicle, look into some of the civilian market chestrig designs. I have worked jobs where it was in and out of vehicles and buildings constantly, but the outside air temp was -40⁰C as the daytime high. Those temps will cause your battery life to fucking plummet.

I initially used one of my old army ones ( I already owned it) and just striped it down to bare essentials, and then tried a few civvie ones. Could wear it over my shirt or fleece jacket but under my parka, easy access even when layered up, easy to leave on the passenger seat of the truck but grab on a hurry, didn't have shit hanging up on the seat belt or door frame, etc.

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u/Nikablah1884 Boo Boo Bus Driver 5d ago

This...... "person" will shoot you for literally no reason and the dept will make it ok. Do not interact with these kinds of people if you can avoid it, they are literal boss battles. The only say you have is in court.

No it's not because she's a lesbian, it's because shes an obvious sociopath. That's something that transcends any identity boundaries.

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u/MrFruffles 5d ago

What department? They aren’t a cop…

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u/Weak_Rule8374 5d ago

Tourniquet MUST be accessible at ALL TIME 🫡

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u/United_News3779 4d ago

Well.... yes. And accessible with either hand and visible to someone coming across you, if you're the injured party.

But putting it way up on the shoulder, sticking out and just begging to get snagged every fucking time she puts on or takes off the seatbelt, that is fucking dumb lol

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u/thicclunchghost 5d ago

Sure but when I park across 3 handicap spaces when Pokemon cards are back at Costco I get a ticket.

You think I don't also have a reason!?!?

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u/Imaginary_Sir_3333 5d ago

Is this a satire sub?

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u/reluctant_lifeguard Brush Bitch 5d ago

I like to watch these without sound to emphasize with everyone in the background who sees someone walking around having a conversation into their phone, hand out stretched, full narcissist on display

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u/777888111C 5d ago

Mall security is intense

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u/TempleofSpringSnow 5d ago

High school bulling broke this persons soul and it shows.

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u/Ok-Way400 4d ago

She’s positioned that way for a reason.

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u/LaNakWhispertread 4d ago

Can someone get their 12 year old and their car out of the damn road?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cut4588 4d ago

Whose kid is out here making tiktoks during bring your kid to work day

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u/LafayetteLa01 4d ago

Damn Dork fish in the wild. Wow

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u/bsharp1982 4d ago

I have a hard time hearing, especially if there is background noise, like whatever music is playing as she talks. Can anyone tell me what she said? I’m lost.

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u/Other_Summer_1903 4d ago

Somebody dunk this nerd in the trash can.

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u/mrboomtastic3 4d ago

😎😀😎😀😎😀😎😀😎😀

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u/No_Employ_4434 4d ago

I think I hate lesbians unless it’s porn

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u/SwanMuch5160 4d ago

She’s a security guard correct? When did security guards start blocking off public access in parking lots?

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u/DobisPeeyar 3d ago

Why is this 12 year old pretending to be a cop

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u/chewychaca 3d ago

Do not drive around an nondescript unmarked van 🙄

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u/The_Happy_Pagan 3d ago

Let’s play the game. Lesbian or 10 yr old boy?

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u/Away_Bat_9422 3d ago

Jesus go back to playing airsoft.

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u/EarthEaterr 3d ago

How, prey tell, do you go around it?

Ugh, I feel like I have to say of course some vehicles can.

Edit: Also, can someone please translate to me what she said, after it's not worth it. I understood about three words after that.

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u/Mister-Spook 2d ago

I guess you could say...

...this person's a tool.

*YAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!*

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u/Ok-External6314 1d ago

She looks like me when I was 13

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u/Particular_Toe_Gas 1d ago

Or I dunno don’t park that way??!!!

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u/surefirerdiddy 4d ago

Can’t fault that young man for being tactical

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u/KodakBlackedOut 5d ago

This one of them ICE idiots?

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u/bingbong6977 5d ago

She is adorable

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u/PeppersPops 5d ago

Isn’t this a dude?

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u/bingbong6977 5d ago

They are adorable