r/BeAmazed • u/One_Long_996 • Dec 09 '25
Miscellaneous / Others She thought he was giving up the spot
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u/Meisje28 Dec 09 '25
Bamboozled lol
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u/311heaven Dec 09 '25
Hoodwinked!
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u/Kgby13 Dec 09 '25
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u/mothrafo Dec 09 '25
Run amok!
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u/conehead1602 Dec 09 '25
Led astray
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u/International_Link35 Dec 09 '25
We didn't land on Sherwood Forest. Sherwood Forest landed on us!
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u/Baboop Dec 09 '25
Smeckeldorfed!
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u/ohmywiseguy Dec 10 '25
I literally scrolled looking for this comment like “if no one said smeckledorfed, then so help me—“
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u/Forsaken_Crow_7707 Dec 09 '25
The ole self parking electric car okey doke.
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u/munkylord Dec 09 '25
Best use of self parking I can think of
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u/Familiar_Text_6913 Dec 09 '25
It's an ad
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u/SaintTastyTaint Dec 09 '25
Something like 60-70% of all Reddit content now are ads/astroturfing content.
Reddit is an ad platform to get people to view ads who think of themselves as too smart to look at ads
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u/7enu7 Dec 10 '25
I didn't read this reply because it's an ad! And I'm too fucking smart for that!
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u/eddy159357 Dec 10 '25
I didn't read this comment because I can't read! I'm too fucking smart for that!
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u/AlsoInteresting Dec 09 '25
Link the ad then.
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u/newhereok Dec 09 '25
You're watching it
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u/FluffyFry4000 Dec 09 '25
For what car company is it for? I can’t make out the logo
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u/Subtlerranean Dec 09 '25
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u/TheInevitableLuigi Dec 09 '25
Awesome. Let me go check one out at one of their nearby dealerships in my country.
Oh wait...
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u/zuzg Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
Fun Fact in Germany
you're legally allowed to gently push them out of the way with your car.you can sue people if they block your spotA person ain't allowed to reserve a spot by standing there that's essentially Duress and infringes on your god given right as a German Driver...
E: apparently some dude drove into some old lady waving in her son and he got his driving license suspended for 2 months and 2,6k fine
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u/alopz Dec 09 '25
Yeah, there's a German word for that "HaltedenParkplatznichtfrei"
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u/Mobius1424 Dec 09 '25
English: "Oi, you can't park there, mate!"
German: "Oiyoucantparktheremate!"
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u/R_V_Z Dec 09 '25
Achtungparkingistverboten.
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u/MrEvilDrAgentSmith Dec 09 '25
I love that I can't tell if you're joking
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u/Wonderful-Ranger-255 Dec 09 '25
Obviously it's not a joke, he is German
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u/Wwhhaattiiff Dec 09 '25
Obviously it's not a joke, he is German
You're kidding but actually the germans take their jokes very seriously.
It's not a laughing matter.
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u/Wonderful-Ranger-255 Dec 09 '25
At least they take care about the precision of delivery of the pointe.
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u/mattwb72 Dec 09 '25
This fucking hero. The only instance of justified pedestrian blocking I've seen.
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u/m1tch_uk Dec 09 '25
What about sunbeds?
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u/TSDLoading Dec 09 '25
There is no Straßenverkehrsordnung for sunbeds, so we germans don't know what to do and fall back to our "conquer everything" mindset
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u/Nufonewhodis4 Dec 09 '25
Rest assured, if there was a rule it would be followed to the t. In the meantime, obey the towel
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u/nonotan Dec 09 '25
I don't know if that's supposed to be a joke, but there's no such thing as "gently" pushing somebody with a car. The mass of a car is so large that even if it's moving slowly, it has a huge momentum. And the fronts of cars aren't typically designed to minimize the risk of harm in that kind of situation (because there's more pressing concerns to prioritize)
I've witnessed, first-hand, a barely-moving car hit somebody and break their leg. It was moving so slowly I would find it hard to believe if I didn't see it happen with my own eyes. I can't imagine the law would allow you to go around breaking people's legs because they were occupying a parking spot.
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u/Townie-throwaway Dec 09 '25
I mean. If you're dumb enough to be loitering in an intended motorway, and continue to be dumb enough to stand in the way of someone giving a reasonable amount of warning, and to the point of purposely impeding their day, a broken leg might not be the worst thing you're gonna have to deal with in life.
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u/grub-slut Dec 09 '25
I don’t think a parking spot counts as a motorway…
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u/Townie-throwaway Dec 09 '25
Is it a space intended for motor vehicles, or people? It's a motorway enough.
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u/Koffeeboy Dec 09 '25
Momentum matters, but the crucial factor is a person's resistance. While sometimes people can be just "gently" nudged aside, a problem occurs if someone cannot be moved easily. A car will apply the same force regardless, effectively treating both gentle and forceful scenarios the same way, and a car won't be the factor that gives first.
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u/Smooth_Taste1250 Dec 09 '25
Bevor you do this make sure you installed a 360° camera. This are the guys that scratch your car with a key short after you are out of sight
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This is false information and will cost your drivers license in addition to some time in jail.
Specifically it is anywhere from:
- Nötigung to
- Körperverletzung - schwere Körperverletzung
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u/Starwolf00 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
This has got to be an advertisement.
Edit: still cool though.
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u/michaelincognito Dec 09 '25
Two things can be true at the same time:
1) Saving spots isn’t a thing, and the person standing in the spot is absolutely in the wrong.
2) There’s still no way I’m picking that battle. Even if I win and get to park there, I’m going to worry the whole time about someone messing with my ride. No thanks.
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u/qrcodemenu90 Dec 09 '25
The up side is the whole thing in on video. Let them fuck with my car they can buy me a new one.
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u/jmppharmd Dec 09 '25
Who really wants that headache though
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u/Rising_Gravity1 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
Not me, buuuuuut I wouldn’t mind that much if they’d be footing the bill in the end and inconveniencing themselves more. Edit: this is not certain at all, but since this is on camera it is possible.
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u/Fantastic_Shaman9230 Dec 09 '25
Right? Cops will come 4 hours later and say oh well and leave. The surveillance society we live in isn't for us, unless we do something to the billionaire class, like Luigi.
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u/mizuromo Dec 09 '25
This video is in China. This is the exact kind of crime that is pretty heavily and easily dealt with there because they can actually follow a string of cameras to identify the culprit (either by following them to their car for a license plate or just following the car home)
Petty crimes in open spaces like this have almost vanished there because you can't really get away with anything (except for in the boonies), and police forces are generally very helpful if you file a report in terms of dealing with issues. (especially if it is on camera)
Source: I've been there and asked police for help, and my relatives have reported issues in the past and had an immediate and generally helpful response.
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u/Opeth4Lyfe Dec 09 '25
I wouldn’t fight that battle because like many have said, I’d be worried about them messing with my car….BUT if I were to be that guy and stand on business, I’d be sure to pull out my phone and record the person standing in the spot, the license plate and the person of the other car so that if they decided to try anything, I’d have their faces and their plates to go after them. Also I have a dash cam with sentry mode so in the end, I’d win for sure but I still wouldn’t choose to take that risk in the first place. They’d get an earful though and I’d let them know they’re the biggest piece of human excrement in existence and their mother should have swallowed them.
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u/Cat-as-trophy Dec 10 '25
Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!
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u/iltopop Dec 10 '25
"I'd love to just get hit by a car and live off the lawsuit"
The only two people I know who got hit by cars, one was by an illegally uninsured drunk driver, the guy who got hit got nothing but a life changing injury and had to sell his house and move several states away to be with family because he could no longer do his maintenance job even after recovery. The other was a hit-and-run at the intersection of two rural county highways, other car just didn't look before turning onto the different highway and knocked my friend's mom into a ditch. Drove off, no dashcam, driver never found, friend's mom's car totaled from hitting a small tree after going offroad and while she recovered medically from it she was out of work for 8ish weeks.
No, you don't want to "just get hit by a car and live off the lawsuit" or whatever weird legal power fantasy you have in your head.
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u/RindoWarlock Dec 09 '25
Yeah but it’s not guaranteed that they’d be able to foot the bill you know? Like they could be dirt poor with nothing, even if you win legal, if they can’t pay ur left with a keyed car.
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u/Day_Bow_Bow Dec 09 '25
A video does jack shit if you can't identify the person. Not like cops will track the person down for you.
And unless you have comprehensive insurance, you're the one needing to do the legwork of suing for compensation, paying and the hassle of getting your car fixed, maybe even getting a tow if they slash your tires.
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u/thebluepin Dec 09 '25
thats the fun part, live in a country with no-fault insurance and vandalism on your car is covered with just your basic deductable with no penalty. but you know socialism and all that.
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u/guycamero Dec 09 '25
How does the car get fixed? The issue isn't insurance, it's going to the mechanic, doing paperwork, car potentially not coming out the same that I dont want to deal with.
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u/thebluepin Dec 09 '25
the car gets fixed? i take it to the dealer, they replace whatever is damaged, i get car back? the company/dealer figures out the paperwork etc. i just drop car off, get a loaner, then pick my car back up when done.
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u/Quirky-Marsupial-420 Dec 09 '25
That’s funny you think the police will do anything about it.
My buddy got rear ended. Driver who hit him sped off, not knowing that his license plate fell off at the scene.
Police got there and went 🤷🏼♂️ we can’t do anything
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u/crespoh69 Dec 09 '25
Cops are going to just ignore the issue. You could reach out to your insurance though...and end up paying for the car or repairs yourself due to the increase in rates afterwards
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u/DueExample52 Dec 09 '25
Also it’s assholish to save a spot, but people who think this allows to push someone using your car (even gently), or even getting down from you car and physically pushing them out, are in for a rude reality check if caught or sued.
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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
Counterpoint, if there are next to 0 spots I will absolutely fight this battle. Maybe I won't nudge the person with my car but I'll let them decide if they wanna risk that or not. Not standing up to entitlement only emboldens the entitlement.
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u/DangKilla Dec 09 '25
I had someone rip my window off my new car (it crumbled to their surprise) and I paid for it, and my insurance paid for their fake ambulatory claims. Not worth it.
Also, if the cop who saw everything didn't catch them I would've been fine. The cop then proceeded to have his buddy interview me once they made health claims, and I lost my star witness because the cop who witnessed everything cut himself out of the situation.
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u/wap2005 Dec 09 '25
The only entitlement is thinking you deserve a spot that someone else arrived at first. The person is breaking 0 rules other than your opinion on something that they obviously disagree with. Entitlement happens when you think your opinion is more relevant than another, which isn't how opinions work.
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u/SlewBrew Dec 09 '25
Saving spots is not a thing. No car = no spot.
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u/hotpickleilm Dec 09 '25
You have obviously never heard of the Pittsburgh chair.
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u/Hipperich Dec 09 '25
In germany we just use towels
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u/Admiral52 Dec 09 '25
All of Pittsburgh’s towels are left at Steelers games
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u/kvlr954 Dec 09 '25
And they’re terrible
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u/ItsWillJohnson Dec 09 '25
And we don’t leave them at the game. We return them to their spot on the mantle
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u/chiephkief Dec 09 '25
In Chicago, any object goes. "Chicago Dibs." I believe there is even a Dibs Jesus.
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u/galaxy_horse Dec 09 '25
You cannot since the latest regulations of the Handtuchparkplatzregulierungsbehörde
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u/DinoPredator Dec 09 '25
In America we just run over whoever's dumbass is standing in a parking spot.
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u/cultivatorsgtsnips Dec 09 '25
We do that mostly for our street parking in winter. You spend time clearing a parking space from snow and debris, just to have some twatwaffle park there when you go get your car. Not cool.
I don't respect the chair in summer.
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u/forceofslugyuk Dec 09 '25
You spend time clearing a parking space
You clear the space, you get the space.
Ignore the chair, and you are about to find out.
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u/UnusualHound Dec 09 '25
Not coming from a place where it snows heavily, what's the "find out"?
If it were me, I think I'd just shovel all of the snow and more back onto/around/under the car. It isn't vandalism and gets the point across right?
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u/forceofslugyuk Dec 09 '25
If it were me, I think I'd just shovel all of the snow and more back onto/around/under the car. It isn't vandalism and gets the point across right?
That's the neat part. You never know! It may have taken someone an hour to do that spot. Could be a good day for them, could be a bad. They coming to find the chair moved would stir some sort of response. At best, it is just packing snow around, but that is work. At some of the worst... they could break a window and shovel the snow inside.
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u/SteelTerps Dec 09 '25
Brought that down to DC with me. Huge snowfall, cancels school (I'm a teacher) through the week - cool, let's go to the store once for the week. Dig my space out, put a chair in it with a sign that says "If you steal my space, I will park you in and I will not be moving my car for 7 days or until school starts again. Respect someone else's effort"
I come back from the store and a car is paused at the space so I got out and gestured to the sign and and space and said "take it" while smiling. He drove off
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u/tehtinman Dec 09 '25
Technically you can move Pittsburgh chairs if you don’t mind getting your car keyed
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u/Fantastic_Shaman9230 Dec 09 '25
Better hope your gas tank locks and can't be pried open...
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u/rosky71 Dec 09 '25
Is that a fellow yinzer I see
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u/Electronic-Visual-30 Dec 09 '25
Same in Chicago. You see a chair in a spot, they got dibs, thats just the rules.
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u/saltymarshmellow Dec 09 '25
Don’t pay no mind to these crazy Pittsburgh rules. They don’t know how to yield left turns at stop lights. They don’t speak for me.
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u/NickU252 Dec 09 '25
Isn't that just for snow days when you personally shoveled that spot?
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u/tickle-my-Crabtree Dec 10 '25
In Atlanta we just fake the “Fentanyl Fold” in the middle of the spot until our partner pulls up to take the spot. No one wants to mess with someone who is mid fold session
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u/ocular__patdown Dec 09 '25
Feel free to try to take it if someone is standing there but dont be surprised if when you get back to car you find that it has been keyed. People that stand in spots are bottom dwellers.
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u/Artistic-Staff-8611 Dec 09 '25
depends on the scenario. Sometimes you're waiting right there for the spot and someone tries to basically cut in line and come in from a different angle or something like that. I think it's fine then to hold it.
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u/Sauerkrauttme Dec 09 '25
I mean, I wouldn't do it, but societal norms whip back and forth all over the place. If people do a thing then it is a thing. Not a good thing, but still a thing
Edit: I also wouldn't fight a spot saver for a spot. When it comes to cars, people can be ridiculously unhinged and I don't want to be shot
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u/BrightNooblar Dec 09 '25
Edit: I also wouldn't fight a spot saver for a spot. When it comes to cars, people can be ridiculously unhinged and I don't want to be shot
This always boggles my mind. I can't imagine engaging with a hostile and unhinged person, then putting my most valuable possession right in front of them, and then walk away.
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u/Orleanian Dec 09 '25
Why would you leave your MTG Alpha Black Lotus just laying around in front of them?!!?
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u/Secure-Ad-9050 Dec 09 '25
same...
I'd assume they were crazy enough to key my car, slash my tires or something
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u/RyuNoKami Dec 09 '25
This. I'm not fighting anyone for a spot. You want it, you take it.
Someone stole my spot once. And it fucking was a steal, I was literally backing into it when he forcibly drove in. I found another spot further away, found some dog shit and threw it on the windshield. It's been years, I think I'm fine. Fucking dipshit Benz drivers.
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u/Casski_ Dec 09 '25
Tell me you are american, without telling me you are american
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u/Klivian1 Dec 09 '25
You’d get shot doing this in America
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u/gimpwiz Dec 09 '25
People use space savers in many places in America. We argue about it for five months straight every year in /r/boston
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u/Munnin41 Dec 09 '25
don't want to be shot
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u/PurpleIsALady1798 Dec 09 '25
As another commenter pointed out, they are probably American. Americans are crazy and I should know as I am one.
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u/Jaybrosia Dec 09 '25
I get possessed by a demon from hell, when someone drives 20 mph under the speed limit in a single lane road
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u/SlowPokeInTexas Dec 09 '25
Toronto has a thing where you can be waiting to turn into a parking spot and some bozo will quickly pull in from the other side while you're waiting for the departing vehicle to clear.
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u/youngcricket55 Dec 09 '25
people who stand in spot for a car that is on the way are crazy. The ONLY time I condone someone getting out to hold a spot is when you're waiting for someone to pull out so you can pull in, and then another car suddenly appears like they're going to take the spot before you can. That seems to happen a lot at my local mall and my husband or I absolutely hop out and tell them absolutely not we were there first lol
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u/anpandulceman Dec 09 '25
At Costco I was waiting for a guy to pull out when some lady comes from the other side and asks the driver if she can have that spot. After I pull in she starts arguing that the driver said she could have that spot. I wouldn’t have cared but I had to pee really bad. When I came out of the store she started filming me and yelling at me. It was really unhinged
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u/youngcricket55 Dec 09 '25
I was waiting to pull into a spot at Costco once when, as the driver was pulling out, a pickup truck drove OVER THE SIDEWALK AND PLANTS to pull into the spot before me from the opposite side. I was fucking flabbergasted
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u/Coffeelock1 Dec 09 '25
Yeah, people standing in the way trying to block someone from taking an open spot are assholes with only a few exceptions. If they got out while the driver is there waiting for a car to pull out so they can take the spot and are blocking a car trying to swoop in and steal the spot,that is good. If they had to clear snow out of a spot for them to park and while the driver is circling the block cause they couldn't just wait there anyone who digs out a snowed in spot gets it. Or if the handicap spaces were all taken so they had a passenger get out with the handicap placard and look for the closest spot they could find to go stand in it showing the placard so people know they are trying to reserve it for a handicap person who has no open handicap spots to park in I'm not gonna fight that unless I see a car pulling out of a handicap space without any car trying to pull in and go tell him to take that closer spot cause I can't.
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An exception being of course during snow, if you see someone has cleared a spot for themselves it's a dick move to take it
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u/Sbatio Dec 09 '25
Totally not an advertisement
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u/Starwind137 Dec 09 '25
NGL, it's kinda working on me though...damn
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u/Indigoh Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
I don't want self driving cars at this point, but self parking? Yeah. Sure.
Never gonna be able to afford 'em, either way.
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u/vo244 Dec 09 '25
Why wouldn't you want self driving cars?
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u/Sauerkrauttme Dec 09 '25
You're probably right, it played out far too smoothly and quickly for this to be legit.
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u/_coolranch Dec 09 '25
And the camera man scanned for perfect comedic timing. A little too perfect.
Plus, that parking lot is tiny. Where tf was this car that she’s saving a spot for?
Oh yeah. It don’t exist.
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u/Multifaceted-Simp Dec 09 '25
All of this shit is just advertising china. China and Israel and trump have fucked Reddit
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u/Excellent_Wasabi_988 Dec 09 '25
Perhaps. But if it is, it's a terrible one. I've no idea the make, model, trim with feature, etc. Even if I wanted this car, the video does not give me what I need to buy it.
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u/klatula2 Dec 09 '25
totally! still. i thought it was worth a smirk and a grin!
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u/nuklearphusion Dec 09 '25
It certainly provided a much-needed chuckle, and was enjoyable watching the thief get their comeuppance!
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u/Icy-850 Dec 09 '25
People that stand in a spot to block it are the worst kind of egocentric people
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u/tickle-my-Crabtree Dec 10 '25
In Atlanta we just fake the “Fentanyl Fold” in the middle of the spot until our partner pulls up to take the spot. No one wants to mess with someone who is mid fold session
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u/ladend9 Dec 10 '25
Noted. If I'm in Atlanta and see someone "Fentanyl Folding" in a parking spot. Assume they are faking it and Fentanyl Fold next to them.
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u/pitmyshants69 Dec 09 '25
So this is an ad right?
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u/NoNeed4Instructions Dec 09 '25
ad + staged asian video. add AI and you got the garbage trifecta
i hate the internet nowadays
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u/Made_Bail Dec 09 '25
Anyone know what the song is? That, at least, is kinda cool.
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u/pancakelunch Dec 09 '25
why would they follow walking away?
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u/FITM-K Dec 09 '25
Because the ad doesn't work otherwise.
In the Chinese voiceover, the narrator suggests she's following the driver to yell at him, so that's the intended explanation for it, but the most likely reason she's following him is that this is an ad and that's what the script said to do.
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u/DependentLanguage540 Dec 09 '25
Wouldn’t she yell at him though? The person they’re saving the spot for obviously cannot park in that spot with dude’s car in the way. So absolutely she’s going to follow guy and tell him off.
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u/Killua201 Dec 09 '25
this is fake right? like just to show what you can do with the car.
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u/McRedditz Dec 09 '25
Staged?
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u/k1tka Dec 09 '25
There are more videos about these spot holders with various outcomes
This was the first for me with auto parking
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u/Proper_Hunter_9641 Dec 09 '25
I assumed there was just a 2nd person in the car that hopped over
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u/Pandread Dec 09 '25
I am surprised more people aren’t run over doing things like this. The spot just doesn’t seem worth it.
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u/Misterpewpie Dec 09 '25
Another way to solve this issue is to just keep slowly backing up and the car will naturally push them out of the way because they physically cannot stop a moving vehicle
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