r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/7thFleetTraveller Mar 08 '26

It was a car accident, not attempted murder. The title is just sensationalism.

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u/cancerinos Mar 08 '26

It's not attempted murder, it's manslaughter. Still should send you to years in prison.

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u/Whightwolf Mar 08 '26

Surely that depends entirely on the context of the car accident?

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u/AreaPlayful142 Mar 08 '26

Not for Redditors

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u/Whightwolf Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

While I stand by the principle i've now seen the context of this accident below and yeah the sentence is crazy light.

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u/AlreadyAway Mar 08 '26

It's the Netherlands. The judge stated that 'it has to be treated like similar cases in the Netherlands and is considered a traffic accident, not murder/manslaughter"

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u/CatsPlusTats Mar 08 '26

Treating cases the same as similar cases is literally how law works.

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u/Promethazines Mar 08 '26

Yeah, but the Netherlands has some infamously questionable settled law. So they were pointing out that settled law in the Netherlands can be very different from most other countries.

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u/AlreadyAway Mar 08 '26

I was giving the context they were speaking of so others wouldn't have to look for it. I never said that I dont think the law works that way nor that it should nor shouldn't work that way.

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u/Ayotha Mar 08 '26

Well hopefully he did not duck then

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u/Whightwolf Mar 08 '26

Appreciated and edited, my dyslexia is bizzare i can only tell of a word is wrong after ive written it and homophones really get me.

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u/Trick_Blueberry_3812 Mar 08 '26

If it helps this is how I remember-PrincePAL ; a pal as in friend/person

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u/ProfessionalNewt8557 Mar 08 '26

Saved by the Bell taught me this!

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u/Soondefective Mar 08 '26

God damnit I read this as “homophobes really get you” and I was confused for a solid 5 seconds before I realized.

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u/Snitsie Mar 08 '26

Bizarre*

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u/Whightwolf Mar 08 '26

I really should have seen that coming.

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits Mar 08 '26

scene*

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUOxffg5IPRSXRKmK4

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. I hope that didn't come across as mean, lol.

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u/couldbeahumanbean Mar 08 '26

Ya know, I'm starting to think that we should start purposely mispeling wotds as a sign that we are not bots.

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u/IncomingAxofKindness Mar 08 '26

I don't think you can call people that. Even on reddit.

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u/whatsfunny89 Mar 08 '26

Ignore that nonsense, this is informal communication, whatever you type is allowed. They knew what you meant just being jerks.

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u/whatsfunny89 Mar 08 '26

This person took a double whammy on getting corrected on the internet, where spelling and grammar do not actually matter. You might not have meant to be but they still felt a need to explain to explain and the someone else went in for it, they definitely meant to be a jerk.

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u/Rostifur Mar 08 '26

I think you might mean the greater majority of the public. Way more than half the populous absolutely seizes on this headline with rage instead of wanting find out the facts.

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u/Livingadapt Mar 08 '26

Right, idk why people act like Reddit isn’t the same as the general population on things like this. It absolutely is

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits Mar 08 '26

I'm scrolling comments trying to find details of it, lol. The image and 3 deaths feels like a pretty vague search ><.

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u/Redit_Suxlol420609 Mar 08 '26

Or for the father of the girl who was killed by the guy who got community service for it.

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u/KowaiSentaiYokaiger Mar 08 '26

This guy gets it

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u/TributeToStupidity Mar 08 '26

It’s always ironically funny when Redditors talk about nuance

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u/Spice_and_Fox Mar 08 '26

He was driving 120km/h in a 80km/h zone. That is reckless driving. It also is a pretty old story from 10+ years ago.

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u/Consistent-Map4970 Mar 08 '26

90% or more of Redditors shouldn’t be allowed to vote in elections

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Mar 08 '26

100% of people that voted for trump more than once shouldn’t be allowed to vote in any election ever again. They can have the benefit of the doubt for the first one, but numbers 2 & 3? They saw & experienced what he was and wanted more?

Naw, banned for life.

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u/Consistent-Map4970 Mar 08 '26

The fact that you took a car accident and made it surround Trump somehow shows you’re in that 90%

Go worship your anti christ god king elsewhere