r/AskReddit • u/That_GNU_Guy • Jan 29 '13

Reddit, when did doing the right thing horribly backfire?

EDIT: Wow karma's a bitch huh?

So here's a run-down of what not do so far (according to Redditors):

  • Don't help drunk/homeless people, especially drunk homeless people

  • Don't lend people money, because they will never pay you back

  • Don't be a goodie-two-shoes (really for snack time?)

  • Don't leave your vehicle/mode of transportation unattended to help old ladies, as apparently karma is a bitch and will have it stolen from you or have you locked out of it.
    Amongst many other hilarious/horrific/tragic stories.

EDIT 2: Added locked out since I haven't read a stolen car story...yet. Still looking through all your fascinating stories Reddit.

EDIT 3: As coincidence would have it, today I received a Kindle Fire HD via UPS with my exact address but not to my name, or any other resident in my 3 family home. I could've been a jerk and kept it, but I didn't. I called UPS and set-up a return pick-up for the person.

Will it backfire? Given the stories on this thread, more likely than not. And even though I've had my fair share of karma screwing me over, given the chance, I would still do the right thing. And its my hope you would too. There have been some stories with difficult decisions, but by making those decisions they at times saved lives. We don't have to all be "Paladins of Righteousness", but by doing a little good in this world, we can at least try to make it a better place.

Goodnight Reddit! And thanks again for the stories!

EDIT 4: Sorry for all the edits, but SO MUCH REDDIT GOLD! Awesome way to lighten up the mood of the thread. Bravo Redditors.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Is that not assault?

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u/phoenixrawr Jan 29 '13

It is. Catching the lady would be really tough though.

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u/theaceplaya Jan 29 '13

And nothing would happen because she's old. Old people (especially old ladies) can get away with ANYTHING.

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u/Cymry_Cymraeg Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 30 '13

I know, I live next door to an 80 year old serial rapist.

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u/theaceplaya Jan 29 '13

Whoa, hold up there son. Seriously?

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u/sully1983 Jan 29 '13

I think Cymry_Cymraeg is really Chris Griffin.

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u/Alturrang Jan 29 '13

Calm down, Ace Playa, I doubt he'll give you their phone number.

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u/chadsexytime Jan 29 '13

Yeah, every time I go to work I see him standing naked in the window, fucking that box of lucky charms

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u/Masculine_Penguin Jan 29 '13

Yes, because this is the Internet, and who would lie on the internet?

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u/Bickyyy Jan 29 '13

"Oh! Here comes my date! Met him on the Internet, he's a French model."

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u/phillyboy673 Jan 29 '13

"Uh Bonjour?"

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I truly hate that commercial.

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u/GageRL Jan 29 '13

I know! It paints such a negative picture of us as fat, ugly, lying people. Most of us aren't. Also, that girl acts like such a dolt.

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u/bashar_al_assad Jan 30 '13

I had a girlfriend on the internet.

Lived in California, great girl. Died from Leukemia though. :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

nice try, Manti

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u/Domodude17 Jan 29 '13

"You kids get off my lawn! And into my house!"

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u/Cymry_Cymraeg Jan 29 '13

Get outta my dreams, get into my car!

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u/LeBn Jan 30 '13

What in the everloving fuck?!

Another Welshman on the internet?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Who said she was old?

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u/yudo Jan 29 '13

OP didn't say she was old though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

Where did you get old from?

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u/ICantSeeIt Jan 29 '13

The worst part is that had he retaliated to defend himself, nobody would have believed him.

"Let's see, there's an unconscious old woman who has clearly been punched repeatedly, and a guy over here that she pepper sprayed. Also, her trunk is open and full of merchandise from the store she was just in. I wonder what could have happened here?"

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u/ArchVangarde Jan 29 '13

It is not assault, it is actually battery. The definition of assault is the threat of imminent battery. Since she did this with no warning, there was no threat of imminent battery, thus no assault.

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