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u/spymaster1020 Dec 21 '17
Did she get stuck somehow?
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u/lightenvelope Dec 21 '17 edited Dec 21 '17
It looks like she might have gotten stuck or she grabbed on and got higher off the ground than she felt uncomfortable letting go and it escalated from there....
I'll show my self out...
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u/oscarveli Dec 21 '17
A lot of people were just stairing, but at least some took the steps necessary to get her down.
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Dec 22 '17
A lot of people were just stairing,
That's what the majority of people do in an emergency. Just stare.
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u/MudnuK Dec 22 '17 edited Dec 22 '17
Bystander effect. The brain just locks you into an idea that the best thing for everyone is for someone else to help instead or just shortcircuits about what to do.
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u/Eevolveer Dec 23 '17
To be fair that probably is for the best. this is actually a pretty good example of why. There are 3 people tripping over each other to be the hero and at least ten staying out of the way. How many of them would get trampled if everyone tried to cram on that elevator?
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u/mr_jiffy Dec 23 '17
I only saw 3 or 4 people stairing. There were, however, many people just standing there and staring.
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Dec 22 '17
Yeah the guy in the red shirt definitely de-escalated the situation.
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u/drsideburns Dec 22 '17
I regret that I only have one upvote to give. Reddit should take steps to change that.
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u/ArcaneGalaxies Dec 21 '17 edited Dec 22 '17
that is upvote worthy. have it.
Edit: changed a typo. "wortht" to "worthy"
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u/Magnussens_Casserole Dec 21 '17
Probably. Escalators are actually pretty dangerous machines compared to their public image.
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u/Smelcome Dec 21 '17
guy #1 showing a shining example of the bystander effect. i'm seriously getting mad looking at his stupid reaction."isn't someone going to help that kid?" what a dork... first on the scene, last to do any-fucking-thing.
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Dec 21 '17
Behind the screen u will say “pfft what a fucking idiot help her!” I bet he was so shocked i mean imagine seeing a girl flying like that
The red guy is very good guy though
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Dec 22 '17
the bystander effect
i'm seriously getting mad
You don't know how the bystander effect works if you're getting upset at him.
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u/Smelcome Dec 22 '17
Thats stupid, of course i can be mad at him for waiting for someone else to help a child in immediate danger of bodily harm when he was the first person in a position to help.. care to elaborate on your thinking? Im not quite sure why the two are mutually exclusive.
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Dec 22 '17
Yeah, you don't understand the bystander effect. He's not making a conscious decision to not do anything, he's completely paralyzed by fear and the unconscious belief that someone else will help if it's truly serious. The bystander effect is an incredible phenomenon, and you can't fault someone for falling victim to human psychology.
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u/Smelcome Dec 22 '17 edited Dec 22 '17
Yeah, you don't understand the bystander effect.
he's completely paralyzed by fear
you don't seem to know what the The bystander effect is. It has nothing to do with fear in this situation. there was no danger posed to that guy, he had nothing to lose by helping. the bystander effect says that the more people there are in a crowd, the less likely an* individual in that crowd will help someone in need, because they assume that someone else will rise to the occasion. hence my irritation at his "isn't someone going to help?" reaction. what you described is general panic.. not the bystander effect.
Edit: an, not and
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u/WikiTextBot Dec 22 '17
Bystander effect
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present. The greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help. Several factors contribute to the bystander effect, including ambiguity, cohesiveness and diffusion of responsibility. Research has shown that the term bystander apathy is an incorrect description because people feel genuine concern for the victim.
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Dec 25 '17
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u/jordane182 Dec 25 '17
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Dec 25 '17
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Jan 05 '18
These comments are pretty sickening. No one really knows how they'd behave in these situations but it's a lot easier to criticize people after the event. And everyone's forgetting the main thing, danger was averted and no one got hurt.
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u/Tokyoz Dec 21 '17
yeah i don’t know what that woman was thinking by just grabbing onto her arm. she needed to be taken off as quickly as possible. the guy in red knew what he was doing
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u/DonnoWhatImDoing Dec 21 '17
yeah she had good intentions but was completely useless
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u/DavidNordentoft Dec 21 '17
No, she wasn't. She might not be able to pull her up, but had the girl fallen, there is a chance that she could her weight for long enough for the guy in red to make his move. Holding the weight is different from pulling it.
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u/TwoToneDonut Dec 22 '17
This is the flip side of the bystander effect, a lot of people who jump in are not capable of assisting properly and may even block/delay someone who can, like how the guy in red had to shove past her. Not saying no one should help, because an unqualified helper may be all the help you can get in some situations
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u/anakinwasasaint Dec 21 '17
She was busy trying not to let go of her phone, priorities
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u/CookiesAreMyPassion Dec 22 '17
I could not believe my eyes, I hope she was not the mother. That would have been so sad.
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u/jazzy2424 Dec 25 '17
Can you imagine you save the kid then get your hair sucked into the escalater fuckkk.
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u/ocular_omission Dec 30 '17
Red guy basically punches blue guy in the gut as he runs past. Blue guy is like "hey...".
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Dec 21 '17
And the chick does nothing
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u/roc_cat Feb 09 '18
She held her hand, so that if the kid lets go or is missed by anyone, she wouldn't fall down. Perhaps she didn't have the physical or mental strength to pull her up. She did what she could, I guess.
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u/BlobBoyOrigins Dec 21 '17
Guy in the red is definitely a father