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Anon plays a prank (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] MudMan@fedia.io 144 points 1 week ago

Wait, we're discussing the wrong thing entirely.

This woman took the bus for a one mile hike while she was in college? Like, in her twenties she looked at the prospect of walking for just over a kilometer and a half, a distance you can apparently cover by bike faster than by bus, and she went "nah, I need mechanical help for that".

This happened in the US, didn't it?

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

I could regularly beat city buses on 3-5 mile rides in the city. They have to stop all over the place and the routes between places are never direct.

But this greentext is probably made up anyway.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I beat it consistently on my 10 mile commute. In fact, on a crappy weather day (lots of snow), I barely missed the bus, so I caught up and rode it the rest of the way.

Buses aren't fast, but they are warm and dry. It takes ~20 min to get from the stop near my house and the transfer I'd take to work, which was ~6 miles (~10 km). That's ~18mph (~30km/h), which is doable on a bike. My whole commute took about 40min, 30 on a good wind day. Taking the bus with a transfer took about 45 min.

[-] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 158 points 1 week ago

To be clear, this did not happen at all

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 26 points 1 week ago

Oh, you go around telling kids about the tooth fairy, too? Get in the spirit.

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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago

In the Netherlands, students get free public transport. If there's a bus coming that you can use for free, why not?

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 34 points 1 week ago

Fwiw as far as the reasonableness of taking a bus 1 mile, that's 16 minutes at a brisk walk. Less at a very fast walk. Depending on traffic, number of stops, etc., a bus could take about 10 minutes to go the same distance, probably less. So you're definitely saving time, even if it's not a huge amount. You're also saving effort and sweat, depending on how fast you go and the weather.

When I was in uni, I would regularly walk the 1.2 km to campus. But I would catch a bus the 1.8 km (remembering that a mile is 1.6) to the shops. Because it's a hot unshaded route with a significant uphill. Plus I had to carry the shopping. Whereas the walk to uni was flat, shady, and I rarely had to carry more than just a laptop. And also there literally wasn't a bus that could take me.

So yeah, depending on how all the specifics fit together, I don't see anything wrong with taking a bus 1.6 km.

[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

It could be cold, windy, or really hot out. Or she doesn't want to walk a mile with all her school stuff, or she doesn't have great mobility. Also there are plenty of 30+ people going to college

It could also just be made up, maybe stop looking to get outraged

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago

A bus that's convenient in the US? What are you smoking?

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[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 week ago

I war of the worlds’d my partner once. It’s the sort of thing you do once, realize just how fucked up your actions were, and learn never to do it again, or a yearly tradition if you’re with precisely the right person.

Created like 2 years of emotional dependence from that. Really stagnated our personal evolutions. Truly a terrible joke. I regret it weekly.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

What did you do exactly, if you don’t mind us asking?

[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

I once somehow convinced my girlfriend that we didn't have a dog and she had just imagined it. I stopped making jokes like that afterwards.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago

NO

It’s replicable and I know one of you will consider trying it despite the flashing warning signs. I’d rather not instigate others into betraying the trust of those closest to them. When I said that I regret it weekly, I was entirely sincere.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 week ago

You're no fun.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Completely fair, thanks!

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

Honestly, that's fair. I'm not the type that would do it, but I've known enough that would that I think it's the responsible thing of you to probably keep that information to yourself.

But I do have questions, and if you're not comfortable answering public, I swear to God, I will not share the information online or in any capacity in which in might be used for harm if you were to DM me an answer. Lol. I don't think the answers could be used like that, anyway.

Does the person you did this to now know the full truth of the situation?

Was the hoax religious in nature?

Was it political (for instance, a terror attack, election result, or other "big ticket" news worthy type of thing?

If it caused a lasting impact on the victim, was that impact purely a loss of trust with you/others in involved, or did it cause like lasting issues in their perception of reality? (As in, do they still believe this, or partially believe it, even if they have been informed of the truth?)

Are you still with/close to/associated with the victim?

Was there physical harm caused?

And finally, what was your motivation to do it in the first place?

Totally get it if you don't want to answer any or all of these... But you did open the door, so I assume you're comfortable talking about aspects of it, so long as the information given doesn't make it replicatible, and I feel my curiosity is very understandable. Lol

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[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

You what

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 week ago

Faked a narrative so convincingly that the partner really thought something (i guess) terrible has happened.

You know, like when War fo the Worlds was aired for the first time, people really thought aliens had attacked the US.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

Aaahhhhh.... and I thought you turned into a 20 meter high mechanical spider abducting people and razing buildings. I thought yea, this guy went too far

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I was all for it until he started razing the orphanages.

The first was funny. The fifth felt like he was pushing impropriety a little far.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 6 days ago

I was all for it until he started razing the orphanages.

I turn orphanages into work houses for children.

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[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I thought he literally remade war of the worlds-esque radio news reports to trick her into believing an invasion was imminent

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[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 68 points 1 week ago

1 mile

take the bus

This is a complete fiction, right?

[-] ___ 4 points 6 days ago

I've known people who have taken the subway/metro to get between classes on the same campus, so this is still plausible

[-] flx 2 points 6 days ago

maybe she had a tight timetable idk

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[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 week ago

Op should tell her asap. Op caused this and if op truly cares about the situation they should take responsibility and the blame.

Worser cases reality 1: The panic attack was unrelated and Op is a stone cold bastard for not asking/showing empathy about it.

Worser cases reality 2: Gf thinks there was someone else and she had cheated with on accident, these panic attacks keep occurring as its settles as a deep trust issues complex.

Best case reality: Op tells her straight to the point and offers a sincere apology. Gf forgives op, and the relationship is strengthened in the long term.

Mixed reality: Gf is furious and dumps Op on the spot. They both dodged a red flag and were simply not compatible in finding eachothers boundaries. You don't pull jokes like that on a single whim, it’s clearly part of their nature.

This is a green text and probably fake btw.

[-] don@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

This is […] probably fake btw.

YOU SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW GODDAMMIT

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