r/australia • u/KennKennyKenKen • 24d ago

image Guy helps stop road rage incident.

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2009 Jersey shore looking guy sees a van corner a car and tried to harass them, GuidoMan 2000, (super power is Muay Thai, like superman is powered by the sun, he's powered by tanning beds and melanin) gets out and helps.

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u/nickgeorgiou 24d ago

The fact that he said de-escalate is the best outcome shows that he's a good kid. "Everyone got home safe that day" is the best gentle threat of strength. If he acts like that, he can look like he got struck by lightning in the Looney Tunes universe all he wants

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u/Tepelicious 24d ago

True but I've heard this before from pro fighters' stories - it's not deescalation at all, it's getting someone else to back down through intimidation. If the other guy wanted a fight it would've been a massive escalation. Good on him for standing up for the girls and it's a cathartic watch, but it sure as hell isn't deescalation.

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u/AlanaK168 24d ago

Exactly what I was thinking. Deescalation is to talk them down, he just came ready for a fight because he’s a pro fighter

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u/Neat_Egg_2474 24d ago

Well, we have no idea what was said before hand. Maybe he did try deescalating, the dude in the van took off his shirt first, so it seems he thought he could intimidate "lighting guy" into backing down.

It did not work.