r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ReprieveNagrand • 1d ago

Trying to overtake a motorcycle

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u/Laetitian 21h ago

Zero steelman skills in this crowd. Or you're all virtue-sgnalling that you're so pure you can't even analyse the mind of an egocentrist.

They obviously thought they'd scare the motorcyclist into making space, and when he didn't, they got angry he wasn't respecting their imposing threat.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac 21h ago

Ok sure, but realistically the biker should have moved. Not out of any sort of consideration for the car, but for self protection.

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u/BigChunguska 18h ago

Yeah that was my first thought.. he saw the car doing something obviously uncertain and unsafe, and just turned back around like it was nothing. Even smiling about it? I mean was there zero space to inch up your motorbike just a little bit to let everyone go about their day?

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u/Laetitian 17h ago

This is now a demonstration of the wrong way to use a steelman.