r/BeAmazed • u/girlysunshinehihi • Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/meeeeeph Feb 27 '25

Peak r/orphancrushingmachine

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u/FridgesArePeopleToo Feb 27 '25

In what way? People should just be allowed to speed because they're old?

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u/intercommie Feb 27 '25

A 63 yo man has cancer and he gets no help from anyone other than his 96 yo father? That shouldn’t be what America is all about.

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u/bulbmonkey Feb 27 '25

Alright, let's leave aside the question of whether there's truly no other way to get the son to the hospital - how does that excuse the speeding part or the old timer denying? downplaying? his offense?

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u/intercommie Feb 27 '25

I was responding to why it's r/OrphanCrushingMachine. This video isn't MadeMeSmile or BeAmazed material.

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u/bulbmonkey Feb 27 '25

As I said, let's assume him driving his cancerous son for the bloodwork is the only option.

This is (I assume) a forseeable, regular, non-emergency situation. There is zero reason to speed here. If you do, it does not make you a great father, it does not make you a great american, it does make you a speeder and and asshole and, if you say that you don't drive that fast, it makes you a liar as well.

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u/intercommie Feb 27 '25

Okay? I don’t know why you’re replying to me. You can read my other comments on this topic. He shouldn’t be speeding and probably shouldn’t be driving at all.

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u/bulbmonkey Feb 28 '25

OK, you're right, I misread your first comment. I thought you were also engaging with his second part of the question, but you simply didn't.

Thus my reply was precisely the wrong way around. We agree about the speeding, it's just a little unclear whether the old old guy driving was absolutely the only way to transport the son to the hospital.