r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/RedditorNumber-AXWGQ • 1d ago
Reckless kid on bike finds out. Posts to reddit: wHo Is WrOnG?
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u/Rentsdueguys 1d ago
No sound is a deal breaker
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u/Opening-Wrap-5064 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dudes YouTube channel is full of him picking fights and immediately backing down after. The comments are praising him on YouTube because he kept saying “I would fight you but I follow Jesus” or something like that but he’s obviously not a great kid and doesn’t actually follow Jesus as another one of his videos is him trying to force some dude to do whipits after he continuously said he didn’t want to.
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u/teddygomi 1d ago
Kid also keeps shouting "I'm 16!" Which isn't the flex he thinks it is; because 16 is way to old to be doing something this irresponsible.
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u/Lumpy-Ad8618 1d ago
Sorry but what's "whipits" am from the UK and I don't think it's a term we use.
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u/DandelionCapers 1d ago
inhaling nitrous oxide from aerosol whipped cream canisters
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u/Lumpy-Ad8618 1d ago
Right cheers for that. Yeah people do it over here too but I've no idea what they call it.
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u/No-Quarter4321 1d ago
Highly suspect for sure. You know it had audio so why was it removed?
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u/NotTukTukPirate 1d ago
Probably because the OOP is either the kid on the bike or clearly siding with him. The kid on the bike was being a little piece of shit in the original and going on about Jesus. If you scroll the original comments you'll see the link for th full video.
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u/rebuzzula 1d ago
That looks like it's at hollywood beach in Florida which has signs posted everywhere that bikes must be in the bike lane so he def deserved it being a nuisance and potentially crashing into pedestrians
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u/No-Touchy666 1d ago
Breaking the rules or not? No, he didn't deserve to be shoved to the ground by some random stranger that gets off on belittling and hurting others. That's not how you serve justice.
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u/VelcroJello 1d ago
Not disagreeing with you, but when people learn to be assholes because the rules are not being enforced but the rules are in place for people’s well being and piece of mind, what would you recommend be done? Doing nothing actually reinforces this biker acting like an asshole and eventually someone is going to do far more than push him over if he doesn’t learn from this.
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u/NotTukTukPirate 1d ago
If I was walking with me fiancée and someone like that was swerving towards us, I would take them out too. Not risking my safety or my fiancée's.
Fuck you and fuck people like this bike guy. Egocentric fucks.
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u/ZaddyMackSays 1d ago
Fuck people who overuse the word fiancee. Especially when they probably don't even speak French. Especially when they use that little symbol over one e.
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u/james_church 1d ago
Many phone keyboards will autocorrect the accent in fiancé (like mine).
But believe it or not, sometimes words stay the same across cultures. Should we all stop saying spaghetti too because we don't speak Italian?
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u/ZaddyMackSays 1d ago
Fiancee is just a pretentious word. Especially when people with summer teeth says it.
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u/NotTukTukPirate 1d ago
Is this just an uneducated thing? Ignorance? It's just what you call someone when you're engaged...
They're not bf or gf anymore when you're engaged. It's literally considered fiancée or fiancé.
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u/ZaddyMackSays 23h ago
A lot of people I meet say "my wife" even though they mean common law wife, which doesn't exist in my state. Many uneducated people sound stupid saying fiancee. It's their five dollar word to use. Half the time there is probably no ring.
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u/Dutch_Rayan 14h ago
Fiancee is when you are not married yet. But are planning it. It's not a legal status. But they are more than boyfriend girlfriend.
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u/Change_That_Face 1d ago
Lmao are you just now finding out that English has words from other languages in it?
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u/ZaddyMackSays 23h ago
Not the case at all. Mostly Germanic if I were to guess. I just think fiancee is overused and pretentious and used by people who think they are fancy using it. I just cringe when I hear it used. Bougie was to say "the bitch I'm going to marry".
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u/HiSpartacusImDad 14h ago
The irony of using the word ‘bougie’ (derived from the French ‘bourgeoisie’) when being weirdly critical of the French word ‘fiancé(e)’
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u/Change_That_Face 23h ago
Lol you're weird af
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u/ZaddyMackSays 23h ago
I'm not the one with the engagement ring bought from Marshalls using big words.
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u/NotTukTukPirate 1h ago
You're clearly some kid, not even out of elementary or highschool yet, who just doesn't understand basic fucking things yet.
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u/rebuzzula 1d ago
I'm pretty sure the old man didn't get off on any of this. He was rightfully upset that this asshat was doing a wheelie while weaving in between people from baby strollers to the elderly. There have been serious injuries on that boardwalk bc of people not adhering to the bike lane plus there's 4 wheel buggy and low rider bikes people can rent as well and it would be pure chaos if people ignored the bike lane rule. The behavior continues to get reinforced if nobody does anything whether it's a hands off or on approach
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u/ZaddyMackSays 1d ago
So, a random stranger antagonizing and putting people deliberately in harms way, gets knocked off his bike, and then continues to threaten, harm, and mock people is the victim?
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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 9h ago
What I see is someone with situational awareness standing his ground and putting his arms out to prevent himself from being hit by a cyclist riding erratically in a pedestrian zone.
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u/MayorBakefield 1d ago
What about the nuisance who crashed into the bike rider, not potentially? Is real violence worse than potential violence or is it okay in your opinion?
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u/rebuzzula 1d ago
I'm speaking as someone who has actually been crashed into by bikes and scooters at that exact beach on the pedestrian boardwalk. Im not taking a stroll in the bike lane thinking no one will kick or push me out the way as they bike past because I'm impeding their designated bike path because I'm not supposed to be there. I don't agree with aggression or violence but the biker clearly knew what he was doing was wrong. He was more than likely doing it up and down the beach scaring people which without a doubt words were said to him prior to someone else escalating it to a physical confrontation.
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u/Mikko420 1d ago
You don't push someone off a bike for doing something dangerous. That's utterly idiotic, and not at all helpful to anyone. The guy could've caused the kid to violently hit another pedestrian. And he actually ended up hurting the kid, whereas the kid didn't hurt anyone. If anything, his intervention was actually more harmful to the situation, and a testament to the fact that age doesn't necessarily make you wise.
So if a motorcyclists were splitting lanes, are you the kind of public danger that would attempt to block them with your car? Or one who would attempt to take a gun from a robber with civilians all around? Because you're applying the same kind of short-sighted and dangerous logic.
I don't condone the biker's behavior. But the older dude's reaction was systematic violence. Towards a minor, no less. He's got high shool bully levels of maturity, and that is far more worrisome than an inconsiderate kid.
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u/rebuzzula 1d ago
You are applying the same logic not me. I'm not generalizing this to other situations and contexts such as relating it to motorcyclists and cars or a potential gunman. This is a specific incident and the question was asked who was wrong. Both are wrong all and all I said was it was probably deserved. What would you be saying when the biker crashes into an innocent bystander or god forbid a baby. How do you not know he wasn't terrorizing beachgoers up and down the several mile stretch of boardwalk back and forth or already crashed into someone? Because that's exactly what people do there. I'm speaking from experience as someone who has frequented that boardwalk my whole life and have been witness and victim of said bike crashing. I don't agree with aggression or violence as the answer but some lessons need to be learned the hard way for ignorant people to learn some community respect.
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u/Mikko420 1d ago
No lesson was learned here. These people feed on other's frustration. If anything, as you said, this is what this kid wanted to do, and escalating the situation to physical violence, especially on a minor with a camera, is not a solution. It could actually represent some legal consequences for the man, in which case the biker would be laughing out loud, don't you think?
You don't teach respect through violence, you teach fear. A distinction a lot of people are apprently willing to ignore. Have you ever seen a bully change because he got roughed up? That scarcily happens outside of American television. In reality, they're far more likely to simply change targets, come back with friends, or gaslight you into crossing a line. As adults, we have to be better.
Pushing a cyclist amongst people like this is just as dangerous as what the kid was doing. He could have lost control hit any of the other passersby, that could also be a baby. And this time, the man would not just be involved ; he would be responsible. Whether the kid "deserved it" or not is entirely irrelevant. This was not a solution, it was a pointless and risky escalation born from frustration.
If something does happen and someone does get hurt, if nobody pushed the kid, he becomes accountable. Which has a lot more chances of teaching the kid a real lesson than a random adult tantrum. By taking matters into his own hands, this adult has only ensured the biker will feel entitled to keep doing the same. A pity.
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u/rebuzzula 1d ago
I'm not disagreeing that what the man did was wrong. I am aware he could face legal consequences since the biker was a minor and am not encouraging to incite more violence on any onr regardless of age. I'm also sure that other people had tried speaking or calling out even yelling to the biker with no avail prior to the physical engagement. Im not ignoring any distinction between respect and fear its a matter of behavior reinforcement because if no one says or does anything meaningful enough the behavior continues. In any given situation if something happens that's aversive to you, you are likely to not engage in that behavior or activity anymore due to the negative response that occurred and that was the only point I was making was that unfortunately some people who do not care or consider others, who lack respect and empathy for others, must learn the hard way that their behavior is not acceptable or appropriate. Im not saying it was right for anyone to be physically accosted, both individuals were wrong in this situation and hopefully a lesson learned came from this interaction on both sides.
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u/cosmoboy 1d ago
No sounds is a bit of an issue, but the kid on the bike is endangering the safety of others. Don't care if he's a minor, I think older guy was right to put him on the ground
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u/Slight_Storm_4837 1d ago
That actually looked like it was going to be a collision. Knees or peddles would have have hit the guy. The push wasn't especially powerful either. Overall the kid deserves it. Too crowded to be doing that sort of stuff.
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u/guy4444444 1d ago
He could just simply not be a little cunt and ride through crowds of people. I get your point but he is going out and seeking trouble by being so stupid and then gets upset when he finds said trouble. It’s like someone who sticks their hand in a fire and gets shocked that their hand gets hurt. Same level of fucking stupid. They even make bike paths so people don’t have issues with it. Do you have sympathy for the same dipshits who do this type of bullshit with cars too?
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u/crispybrojangle 1d ago
None of those pedestrians know his riding level. What if he loses control and lands on my daughters leg and breaks it? I think we would all agree that intervening earlier would have been a wise hindsight 20/20 decision. Im not tackling a kid, but something should have been done.
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u/mrwille22k 1d ago
Or he doesn't break your daughters legs and instead the guy that pushed him ends up breaking the bikers skull. 😊
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u/Tanjiro_11 1d ago
He wasn't going that fast. Only way to break his skull is if he wasn't wearing proper protections, which then is his fault.
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u/WhichSeaworthiness49 1d ago
Minor main character posts about old man defending the public, hoping to rage-bait subreddit
Fixed your post title
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u/Segundaleydenewtonnn 1d ago
Is the OP’s OP actually the biker? I thought it was just a random accusation of the comment section but maybe they found a clue it’s actually OP idk?
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u/Dear_Tangerine444 1d ago
😂 oof! That kid is definitely not getting the responses he expected in the comments. They’re pulling him apart, then sticking him back together just to pull him apart again. Some people been through his post history and are challenging him on other stuff.
Little man opened the lid on Pandora’s box and doesn’t even have hope left!
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u/77_parp_77 1d ago
Anyone who defends the wreckless cyclists has as mucha vacuous void in their head as them
Deliberately endangering people for views? Good on that guy for pushing him off
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u/Capital-Platypus-805 1d ago
Old man is right. Nobody should be driving a bike on the sidewalk, let alone one that is full of people. He got off easy.
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u/filly19981 1d ago
out of curiousity. guy looks like he is mid 40s. when does a man become old here? from 40-death? like more than half a persons life? this guy is middle aged if anything
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u/No_Tackle_5439 1d ago
The kid deserves it, and worse...any of you would like to get hit by this idiot while minding your own business?
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u/McLovinUrGirI 1d ago
The kid damn near hit that guy, and now he's whining because the guy got mad about it. I get that he's a minor, but that doesn't excuse almost hitting someone just because you wanted to show off.
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u/Mr_Jackcity 1d ago
Kid's is in the wrong morally, cause its shitty behavior to do that, but the old guy is in the wrong legally. He can be arrested for doing that
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u/Dullea619 1d ago edited 1d ago
One committed assault on a minor, the other was a fucking asshole who deserved it. ESH
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u/Advanced-Month-9942 1d ago
A good little slap in the face for the little idiot who annoys the world
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u/Grimmer026 20h ago
Before “fuck around and find out” or “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” parents used to just say that if you go out looking for trouble, trouble is going to find you. Riding a bike like that through a sidewalk of pedestrians is going out and looking for trouble, and it found him
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u/Substantial_City4618 20h ago
Should have hit him right in the face, these people are too stupid for reason, only pain.
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u/PLANET_RiDER 8h ago
He's doing a wheelie thru people calmly picking good line. Not super justified, but I'd rather see kids on the line of annoying than not seeing kids outside at all.
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u/AnyType7044 6h ago
Buddy should be wearing that bike like a necklace!! Keep your hands to yourself
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u/Mamamagpie 1d ago
The cyclist needed to face consequences for their reckless behavior. But not vigilante violence. I wish a cop would charge these cyclists with reckless endangerment.
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u/Mister_bunney 1d ago
Both are asshole. Dude assaulted a kid and the kid shouldn’t be using his bike is a crowded area like that.
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u/BabadookishOnions 1d ago
Both of them are in the wrong, biking in a crowd of people is unsafe but pushing someone off a bike can seriously injure or even kill someone if they land wrong. Genuinely baffled that people think the old man is in the right.
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u/KeyOfGSharp 1d ago
Idk guys.....biker is a prick for sure, but that dude needs to keep his fucking hands to himself.
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u/Industry-Standards 1d ago
The audio is the both of them apologizing profusely to each other but was removed to attract views! Totally misleading!
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u/Aniensane 1d ago
Technically assault and he could have charges pressed on him.. so yeah, stupid kid doing stupid kid things. Stupid adult doing stupid illegal things and should know better..
Still, very main character-ish! I’d say somewhere main character for both, he willingly jumped into it his role to push the kid.
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u/commercial_ape 1d ago
Both are in the wrong. Being an asshat in public doesn't give someone the right to commit battery.
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u/-Stupid_n_Confused- 1d ago
It does here in the UK.
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u/auntarie 1d ago
only "within reason". I think this was a reasonable response. if you don't want to get pushed over, don't ride between people lol
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u/gayrightsactivist420 1d ago
Ah yes assault was appropriate in this situation, gotta love reddit police
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u/KaliCalamity 1d ago
Dude riding the bike through pedestrians is a dick, but at least he didn't commit battery. Unlike the grown man.
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u/71Motorfly 1d ago
Why are so many people defending this grown man assaulting a kid? What the fuck?
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u/JustAnAce 1d ago
Yes let's commit assault and pretend like that is a good thing. Jesus fixing Christ.
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u/KaliCalamity 1d ago
Welcome to getting dog piled by mouth breathers. Pretty great seeing all this advocation for violence right after Reddit warning they're cracking down on it, though that's assuming they actually follow through.
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u/UnderdogCL 1d ago
He was clearly doing it in a crowded area to bust some balls so I won't defend him that much. That being said, gramps is an asshole.
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u/pupranger1147 1d ago
Seems pretty clear, old man needs a weekend in jail, and a battery conviction
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u/Wrong_Buyer_1079 1d ago
No sound, but that guy went out of his way to knock that kid down.
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u/tuco2002 1d ago
No sound?? Oh, thank goodness. I thought my phone messed up. I kept wondering, I was missing out from what they said.
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u/FromBZH-French 1d ago
An adult who gets into trouble with a teenager who rides a bike. The adult is like many people, he plays the policeman of the world with his laws and his education, so he is a right-wing reactionary with violence. If the teenager files a complaint for assault, what does the old man risk?
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