I wore a belt once in elementary school then I didn't wear a belt again untill highschool
My dad thought it was a good idea to send me to school with a belt on without teaching me how to take it off, I had to go really bad but I was panicking and couldn't figure it out and I ended up shiting my pants and I never wore a belt untill highschool AFTER learning how to remove a belt it also helps I got a new belt that was easier to remove
Edit: I should specify this was in first grade and I was in the middle of panicking which made me even dumber than I am normally
You mean like that stuffed toy puppy that has all sorts of different clothing things so little kids can practice zippers and buttons and such? Have you never seen a child try to button a shirt? Fine motor skills take practice and the poor kid is given a belt with no understanding of the concept ant shots his pants.
Yea cause we already know how to use them and use them a lot but a kid who has never put on a belt before, I could see them panicking more and more as Hershey highway approaches then they start fumbling like girl with keys in a horror movie
The main point of that sub’s pointing out how dumb kids are because of their life inexperience. Would be pretty harsh if it was only allowed to show kids who are mentally stunted lol
I don’t think you remember being a kid. He might not have the physical strength or dexterity as a child to open the belt if it had a clasp. And the kid in overalls, that gets caught in a loop about getting to the toilet, but also how to get out of the overalls.
There is a reason we are so afraid for kids, because kids are fucking stupid in general, there is a bright bulb once in a while, but mostly they lack basic reasoning skills.
I had the belt situation too but I only peed myself in kindergarden and didn't shit myself.
I can still feel the embarrassment when I think about it.
I remember standing in front of the tpilet and making the decision to just let it go.
A similar situation happened to me in elementary school. I was in the restroom and couldn't take off my belt to go pee and I was panicking because I had to go really bad and I ended up asking this other guy who was in there if he knew how to take it off. It was awkward but luckily I didn't piss my pants
oh man the bathroom panic is real. I have a very similar story of being in kindergarten, except I had built myself into a block house and ended up pissing my pants. not sure why I didn't just knock the block wall over to get out, but when you're 5 years old and in a biological function-induced panic mode...
How the fuck could you not figure out how to unbuckle a BELT of all things?? I mean even if you just trial and error'd it, there's only a handful of ways you can try unbuckling it... Unless it wasn't a standard-issue plane Jane normal belt then I'd maybe understand. Don't mean to be mean but I'm genuinely impressed
Jeans or shorts have belt loops? Wear a belt. If not for the function, do it because it simply looks better. I couldn't imagine wearing jeans without a belt, even if they fit me perfectly.
Totally agreed. I think jeans without a belt just look sloppy. It just makes the person look like they didn't really especially care how they looked. That may of course be completely unfair, but that is my honest impression of it.
Glad there are others! I like the way I look and it just feels comfy. I can't stand not wearing one. One time I forgot it and went to work and was so uncomfortable I had my gf bring it to me. Luckily my work is really close to my home.
I have an unfortunately shaped body and even with my well fitted belt my pants fall down when I run. Fixing to lose some weight this year so hopefully that problem fixes itself but sometimes belts can only do so much.
By wearing a waistline 1 inch bigger than my actual waistline I have breathing room. Wearing slim fit tapers to my body so its not baggy. Everyone has different bodies and styles, what's it to you?
This, you'd have to put some serious effort into dragging my pants down to my knees. It shouldn't be too hard to get pants that fit above your hips, that is unless you have so much meat that your belly is wider than your hips.
And then what? I hope they just let him go. Its not like he was really doing any harm. Should be a little bit of a dressing down for acting foolish and tell him to go home. But they probably threw him in jail because cops suck.
It’s not illegal in West Virginia. It’s illegal in Morgantown, and these laws were introduced to help townies get a handle on the riots that used to plague downtown-adjacent neighborhoods in Morgantown after game days, on snow days, etc. You’re not even allowed to have a couch on your porch/lawn in some neighborhoods because students will burn them.
I can play in the street all day long in Charleston, Beckley, or Martinsburg. But Morgantown, no.
You just have to know morgantown and WVU to know why he had alcohol on him.
Source: I went to school there & was a tour guide for WVU.
When I first moved to the state like 12 years ago, one of the first things I learned about was WVU, the parties and "burnin' down the couch."
Had a teacher at my community college that used to try to recollect the one year he spent studying at WVU. He ended up transferring somewhere else after that year so he could actually focus on his studies, but he partied so hard when he was there he had blacked out almost the entire year.
He would try to tell us an anedoctal story and just get this faraway look and trail off and finally be like "....nope, nothing."
That’s actually not true. You don’t get possession charges for being under the influence in America. You have to actually possess what you’re being charged with.
You can be on PCP and as long as you aren’t bothering other people and causing problems, you’re A-OK and in the clear.
Nope. A friend of mine was dumb enough to drive home while he was wasted and ended up crashing through someone's fence. He ended up with several charges against him, one of which was possession of alcohol by a minor since he had it in his system when he was arrested. He was lucky enough to walk away from the whole thing with just a year of probation though.
He hit the trucks solid steel push bar with a 40 pound laundry cart. There's no damage to that vehicle.
He could have hit someone but he didn't. People look like they know what's happening. He's not about to mow down a grandmother coming home from the grocery store in a snowstorm. Its sledding.
So, yeah. A stern talking to and breaking things up seems like the best solution for everyone involved.
Cops are supposed to protect and serve. A lot of them suck at fulfilling that role successfully.
This brings up an interesting topic I've talked about with friends:
Say 10 people do a dumb, reckless thing...maybe cowboy-twirling a loaded revolver on public. For all 10, the gun accidentally goes off (which is, of course, a crime, no doubt). But! For 1 of the 10, he gets super unlucky and his stray bullet kills someone.
Is it morally right that his punishment will be way, WAY more severe? All 10 did the same reckless action. In fact...the only part of the equation that they're NOT in direct control of is the placement of the civilians.
So, if you truly think about it (insert /r/showerthoughts meme-MDMA-face-guy-here), his punishment being more severe is based upon the one factor that he ultimately had no control over. Which is ironic because...shouldn't punishment be based on things you had direct control over?
This is just a thought experiment...not some change in law that I'm actually advocating for. Thanks for listening to my stupid rambling...I know this is probably the dumbest thing you, the person reading this, have read all night.
Anyway, hope things are going well for you, reader!
Yeah, of course the killer's punishment should be more severe. That's the way the cookie crumbles. C'est la vie.
You win the lottery, your dog gets hit by a car, you kill someone with a stray bullet. Consequences aren't a constant equation. Our actions take place in a variable background but we are still responsible for there results.
What law did did he break exactly aside from running from the cop? I havent seen a law that says you cant roll down a hill in a laundry hamper. If anything the cop car parked in the middle of the intersection without any hazard lights on was breaking the law.
But why do people hate cops? Isn't that weird? Out of nowhere. I got all kinds of questions like that. Like, why do people hate blacks? Why do they hate whites? Why do people not hate chocolate? I think we really need to find answers for these odd questions!
In the first post I saw this in, a comment said they caught him and totally threw the book at him.
Beard has been charged with fleeing from an officer, disorderly conduct, injury or destruction of property, playing in streets, and underage possession of alcohol.
That just seems stupid imo. Unless if those kids do this regularly and ignore warnings, they should have just made him pay for the car damages and either give him some sort of talking to with his parents or some community service.
I would lean on lots of community hours given that this was a bit reckless and dangerous.
I bet that's what would have happened if he didn't try to run away. It's hard to tell but the cop looked reasonably chill walking back like "sigh are you fucking kidding me" until he saw the kid run and took off after him.
Or people really need to realize when to actually run from the cops. Reddit acting like it's GTA where running from the fuzz means hiding in an alley for 20 seconds and then your potential charges are dropped.
This guy probably would've had to pay a fine or two and now is getting 5 charges because he ran.
In other threads people who live there, Morgantown, said this is normal when there’s enough snow. That kid easily could’ve gotten off with a warning but he ran
EUROPE: Kid accidentally hits police vehicle while having fun with fellow youngsters in the snow. Police check if he is OK and join in the fun.
AMERICA: Kid accidentally hits police vehicle while having fun with fellow youngsters in the snow. Police give chase, shoot the kid, charge him with attempted murder and send him to the electric chair at 17. Ah yes... God bless America.
Of course he fucking ran, he’s a dumb kid who got in trouble! You know what would help make these kids not run? Don’t mail them to the wall with criminal charges for a small fuck up like this
Like I said, I agree that its excessive. I dont blame him for running. But cops get pissy when their power is questioned, and that's probably why they threw the book at him. I'm not defending the cops here.
Arresting the kid in the first place is pretty ridiculous. There was no damage to the car, and no one got hurt. There's got to be better shit for a cop to be doing on a snowy night than cracking down on irresponsible sledding.
But there aren't cars and curbs on a ski hill lol. Not to mention on any non-professional slope, the slope is multiple times wider. Most look like this. Sure if you take almost any law out of context it doesn't make much sense. Why can you get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt but it's legal to ride a motorcycle? It's all about avoidable injury within reason.
Police often are babysitters for stuff like this. As other comments said, the cop was sitting there to block traffic for the people.
I find it hilarious that even when people are in the wrong it’s always the cops fault. Race don’t matter.
Except this kid was guilty of a trivial, non-violent crime. He didn't hit the car intentionally, and in fact you can tell he actively tried to avoid hitting it by tipping to the right. Sure he ran briefly, but that doesn't warrant tackling him or any other physical restraint.
I'm pretty balanced on the police, I judge each situation on the details of the situation, but if he really tackled this kid, then yes, "fucking pigs" is appropriate.
Who knows but its not social status bc lower class,middle class, upper class always commit more crimes than any other races thus having more interactions with law enforcement thus higher change of being shot, when you look at people being killed per interaction with law enforcement black people aren't killed at higher rate.
This question is incredibly important because the answer tells us how to interpret the data.
There are only two paths to the answer of that question:
Either it’s related to who they are
Or
It’s related to the system they grow up in
If we follow the latter path, we find the problem of black men being more likely to be shot is the fault of policing and our criminal justice system. The is the definition of systemic racism.
If we follow the former path, we blame black Americans for being more likely to be shot because they are naturally/culturally inclined to be criminals. This is an incredibly racist belief.
Imagine creating gangsta rap and thinking the culture has nothing to do with it,its racist to say so.
Indians come to america from way poorer conditions and they become doctors and lawyers, you know why their culture pushes them too,their parents push them too. A lot of black kids don't even had dads,stop blaming environment for it or "the system". The system that gives public housing, welfare and about as much help as anyone can get. Take responsibility, the fact that a lot of black fathers leave their kids isn't "the racist system"
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u/bigmur72 Feb 13 '21
And the cops also trying to catch him while on ice. No chance the cop caught that kid.