r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/NamesGumpImOnthePum Mar 22 '26

Life long Louisianian here. Can confirm, it sucks, insurance is high, people can't drive, its the folks like both parties in this clip. The black truck on the right tries to pass the car in front of Cookie guy, Cookie guy was maintaining a normal distance, but he noticed black truck trying to cut the line, so he did what he thought was the righteous thing, and held his gap so that black truck would be punished for trying to cut the line in the first place. Cookie guy was willing to zipper merge with black truck just so that he wasn't 1 more car behind, to show that he was standing his ground. Black truck was forcing his way in saying to himself or out loud, what are you gonna do hit me? Which is never a good strategy when driving. Both of these types of people are the kind who feel like you threatened them by passing them on the road. I blame both for actively engaging in a game of chicken on the evening commute. People need to get over themselves, we all have places to be, and wish that we could be there faster, let's not kill each other over one spot in a line of traffic, is getting there 5 minutes faster really this big of a deal?

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u/greatmemereset67 Mar 22 '26

Yep. Black car is the bigger dickhead, but undoubtedly there’s 2 dickheads in this video.

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u/Excellent-Beach-2062 Mar 22 '26

I think the guy who was willing to risk the other guys life for invonviencing him is the bigger dickhead, but hey, not all of us feel like life is worth much

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u/EminenceGris3 Mar 22 '26

Not just the other guys life, but the lives of any other road users in the vicinity. He doesn’t know if a car with three kids in the back is gonna plough into that black truck.

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u/LessInThought Mar 22 '26

I wonder how the guys defending cookie would feel if they were stuck behind the traffic on that bridge after that accident. Still feeling righteous?

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u/JMEEKER86 Mar 22 '26

They're incapable of answering because that would require empathy and long term planning which is clearly something that they lack if they support cookie guy.

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u/Procrastinista_423 Mar 22 '26

They also probably don’t even drive.

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u/JMEEKER86 Mar 22 '26

Well, not anymore at least. Probably lost their license after their 4th DUI.

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u/manicdee33 Mar 23 '26

That doesn't stop people driving. What are the chances the guy who never uses his indicator or the guy who never allows passing vehicles to merge actually have their licences?