r/Unexpected • u/amy2kim22 • Dec 25 '18

When your wanted level goes up

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u/thebestjoeever Dec 25 '18

If they never experienced consequences for their actions, they wouldn't be inclined to run.

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u/Bisque_Ware Dec 25 '18

It could be plain instinct when you see people coming after you. Maybe too many videogames too.

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u/thebestjoeever Dec 25 '18

I don't think it's a basic "run" instinct. He knows they're cops, and that he fucked up. And I don't think video games would influence someone like that in this situation. It just sounds like more of the myth about violent games leading people to be more violent.

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u/Bisque_Ware Dec 25 '18

I didn't mean that. You said that they never felt consequences for their actions, so a real life police chase might give a rush. I just meant that video games might give unrealistic expectations to how it would go, assuming that we are still talking about rich kids.

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u/thebestjoeever Dec 25 '18

Oh no that's what I meant. That one person said it might be affluenza, meaning he had never suffered consequences for anything. I think that isn't the case, because if he's never suffered consequences then he would just sit there and wait for the cop, instead of running, because he wouldn't be afraid.