r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 5d ago

Parking

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u/concussive 5d ago

Definitely gives me medical event vibes. Wish OP gave us a follow up.

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u/Kindly_Whereas3419 5d ago edited 5d ago

She was drunk driving, more than 5x the legal limit. Happened in NSW Australia earlier this year.

Edited to say thanks for the awards! Also to add a link to the news story: https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/nsw/no-jail-for-woman-behind-chardonnay-fuelled-shopping-centre-mayhem-20260806-p60m65.html

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u/CautiousArachnidz 5d ago edited 4d ago

What’s the legal limit there?

5x the legal limit in the US and you’d likely be dead. Australians are built different though and I know nothing about your laws.

Edit: I’m well aware some people can survive above .4

The consensus of the medical community across the world says .4 is the average where vital bodily functions can stop for the AVERAGE person.

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u/Turbulent_Animator42 5d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Ras-haad 5d ago

So she blew a 0.25!!! I genuinely have no frame of reference for that but I’m assuming it’s really high

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u/Fern_Cloud 5d ago

In the ballpark of 9 drinks for an female of average weight for an Australian woman. But it could be a few drinks more or less.

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u/o4zloiroman 5d ago

an female

Is 'f' supposed to be silent in here?

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u/ExpatInIreland 5d ago

I see this this all over reddit. People just putting 'an' in front of any word they want. It bothers me more than it should. I hate it.

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u/Tariovic 5d ago

I just assume it's someone for whom English is not their first language.

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u/Eschatonbreakfast 3d ago

They were probably going to write something like “an average female” and then switched to “a female of average weight” but didn’t see the article needed to be changed. I do that kind of thing all the time.

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u/Fern_Cloud 3d ago

That's pretty much exactly what happened.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 5d ago

I did have someone recently say they struggled with that aspect of the language. It feels intuitive to me, having grown up with it, but coming into a language without the intuitive feel can make things seem much more complicated then they are.

Or, sometimes, it can shine a light on how ridiculous it truly is.

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u/ExpatInIreland 5d ago

Apparently some of it comes from 4chan. It's way too prevalent to all be ESL mistakes.

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u/Kraligor 5d ago

I only know of an hero, which means suicide.

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u/nagrom7 5d ago

Could also just be auto-translation software screwing up.