Just involved in a road rage incident. Assholes suck

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meltdown75

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Glad to see you're here and ok man.

You know, that traffic road rage ****** is never worth it. I know it's not the prevalent attitude here at ATOT but I could care less what people say & do out there on the roads. Lives are at stake. Road rage ain't worth dying for or even getting busted up about. Just be the bigger guy next time and let the prick pass you or drive away. Seriously... you almost have to be numb these days to not get pissed off while driving because we all know that 1/2 of the people out there can't drive worth sh|t.

I think I almost freak people out by not reacting to their dumbassery on the roads but that's how I roll.

Anyway like I said... better to beat on the keyboard than someone's face. Cheers.
 

MrDudeMan

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i cant believe the reaction here. bunch of freaking hypocrites...

flipping the bird != threatening to beat the hell out of someone.

mike knows he did something stupid, but he certainly didnt do anything stupid enough for everyone to get this pissed off at him.
 

JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle
Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Come on...lighten up on the guy. Like none of you have ever flipped someone off? Bunch of fricken' hypocrites...:roll:

No, I never have flipped anyone off and then gotten on a public forum and bitched about the consequences of that action.

Maybe not in that order, but you've certainly flipped off someone, and you're bitching now. You've got both those bases covered. ;)

If you call what I'm doing bitching then I know exactly what you need for Christmas...a dictionary.

He's right Mike. He's not bitching...he's acting like a self-righteous, holier-than-thou asshole. Get your facts straight man. :laugh:
 
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Originally posted by: Atheus
Flipped off this tall thin black guy once - he got out of his car straight away, turns out to be covered in tattoos and scars, starts shouting in a heavy West African accent 'I shoot you! I fsking shoot you!', makes a gun shape from his hand and stabs it at my window. I'm like, holy crap, this dude is some kind of African gangster here on a holiday!

Yep, just not worth it.
 
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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Glad to see you're here and ok man.

You know, that traffic road rage ****** is never worth it. I know it's not the prevalent attitude here at ATOT but I could care less what people say & do out there on the roads. Lives are at stake. Road rage ain't worth dying for or even getting busted up about. Just be the bigger guy next time and let the prick pass you or drive away. Seriously... you almost have to be numb these days to not get pissed off while driving because we all know that 1/2 of the people out there can't drive worth sh|t.

I think I almost freak people out by not reacting to their dumbassery on the roads but that's how I roll.

Anyway like I said... better to beat on the keyboard than someone's face. Cheers.

I knew that in the back of my mind, but those thoughts couldn't show face. I think tonight will make me remember them a lot better in the future.
 
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle
Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Come on...lighten up on the guy. Like none of you have ever flipped someone off? Bunch of fricken' hypocrites...:roll:

No, I never have flipped anyone off and then gotten on a public forum and bitched about the consequences of that action.

Maybe not in that order, but you've certainly flipped off someone, and you're bitching now. You've got both those bases covered. ;)

If you call what I'm doing bitching then I know exactly what you need for Christmas...a dictionary.

He's right Mike. He's not bitching...he's acting like a self-righteous, holier-than-thou asshole. Get your facts straight man. :laugh:

;) My mistake
 
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Originally posted by: BustaBust
Should've sent him to a higher man, since you weren't :/

Congratulations, you make no sense when using the English language. You are now part of the majority of Americans.
 

newParadigm

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Originally posted by: Lurknomore
You sound young- are you in your 20's?
Just wait in 10 yrs. you'll avoid these situations, TRUST ME.

I just read a thing about this guy who travled, and he did a parady about the top 15 things he learned from his travels...

One of them was this:

Everyone is an above-average driver in their own eyes.
 

bctbct

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Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: bctbct
Might want to break your finger before you get yourself killed :)

Breaking is a little extreme, but point taken. ;)


might save your life :)

seriously this day and age, ignore, ignore, ignore.
 

BustaBust

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Dec 21, 2001
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Thanks Mike, you must represent the smarter portion or quit being a hard ass on the road.
If you were going to act up follow through or try not to make it a point to portray his negativity.
 
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Originally posted by: BustaBust
Thanks Mike, you must represent the smarter portion or quit being a hard ass on the road.
If you were going to act up follow through or try not to make it a point to portray his negativity.

Act up? Follow through? So you're suggesting I jump out of my car and go try to kick his ass just becuase I flipped the bird? Maybe I'll take a baseball bat with me from now on just so I can follow through and beat the sh!t out of people. :roll:
 

her209

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Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: her209
Without reading the OP, let me guess... the other car was a truck?
You saying all truck drivers are assholes?
Actually the other way around. I'd say 70% of assholes on the road are truck owners.
 

BustaBust

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Dec 21, 2001
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Wow, De-fense........ Anyway...... don't do anything...... ignore him. If you want to be an idiot, then yeah, you should've done something or STFU and quit being stupid.
He's on your ass, so what? Ignore him... if you didn't brake, he wouldn't have hit you and even then you could've just called the cops with the plate number, but you were
'billy bad ass'.

He could've easily shot you or kicked your stupid ass by approaching your vehicle.
 
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Originally posted by: BustaBust
Wow, De-fense........ Anyway...... don't do anything...... ignore him. If you want to be an idiot, then yeah, you should've done something or STFU and quit being stupid.
He's on your ass, so what? Ignore him... if you didn't brake, he wouldn't have hit you and even then you could've just called the cops with the plate number, but you were
'billy bad ass'.

He could've easily shot you or kicked your stupid ass by approaching your vehicle.

Since when is fliping the bird being a "billy" bad ass? It doesn't mean I want to fight him, just letting him know he was being an asshole. He proceeded to prove it.

 

BustaBust

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You didn't proceed to him that you were a jack ass?
If you knew he was such an idiot, that makes you worse for going further with it. I don't have time
for this, think about it or do what you do. Hopefully you won't end up like the egg thrower some day.
 
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Originally posted by: BustaBust
You didn't proceed to him that you were a jack ass?
If you knew he was such an idiot, that makes you worse for going further with it. I don't have time
for this, think about it or do what you do. Hopefully you won't end up like the egg thrower some day.

Um, I have already conceeded I was an idiot. I wasn't trying to be some hard ass either. I was an idiot, this asshole was being a douchebag. Simple as that.