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MrPhreak

11-12-2016 06:22 PM

Real life trolls in Vancouver?

320icar

11-12-2016 06:25 PM

Whip out your phone and film him. Might catch him in a racist rant calling you a shit-skin

SkinnyPupp

11-12-2016 06:37 PM

Trump voters

Harvey Specter

11-12-2016 06:53 PM

Was it road rage or random???

MrPhreak

11-12-2016 08:15 PM

tiger_handheld

11-12-2016 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8801982)

So... to keep this short; today I had a guy finger me to my face through a window, I walked around and he started egging me on with "What are you going to do" etc... it got heated, so I gave him a firm shove to try and set the tone that he needed to chill the fuck out. He suddenly flips his tone and starts screaming bloody murder and assult, then claims victory for getting me upset, and then he makes good on this threat to go to the police station down the street. Of course he feeds them some sort of bogus story, so then I have to explain to the police what happened.

Credit to the police though, they were really understanding of what had happened, and even offered me some advice on how to deal with people like this.

So wtf... is this normal here? Do I need to be wary of crazy people like this?

can you share?

i think that's the most useful part of this story...

MrPhreak

11-12-2016 08:49 PM

Alby	11-12-2016 09:06 PM

one day they will antagonize the wrong person.

EmperorIS

11-12-2016 09:13 PM

Were there camera in the bushes?

Ball.J.Inder

11-12-2016 09:16 PM

Well let me tell you. I moved to Alberta about 6 months ago. Last month I went back to the Lower Mainland to visit. Two nights I went out, in a bar in Burnaby and the next night in downtown. I got into a fights for basically minding my own business both nights.

Are there trolls irl in Vancouver? Maybe. Is there a culture built around being a total douche, definitely. When I miss the mountains and ocean of BC, where I was born and raised, I quickly remind myself about the toxic people that live there.

westopher

11-12-2016 09:17 PM

I wouldn't expect it to become too common, as most people know that mouthing off a stranger will eventually get them beat up. We all know getting punched in the face isn't fun.

I imagine he was some DTES mental illness case who was no threat to you, just being combative for no reason. I've certainly been accosted by randoms, but thats usually the obvious explanation.

I had some guy yell at me tonight oddly enough when I was walking the seawall in North Van, but with my dog with me he was clearly not in the right state of mind as to what actually was happening/will happen if it escalated.
That said it didn't, and I felt bad for him for when it inevitably does.

MrPhreak

11-12-2016 09:23 PM

Harvey Specter

11-12-2016 09:46 PM

I was driving down E Hastings last month, stuck in traffic and I see this guy walking in traffic asking for money. I tried not to make eye contact but buddy walks up, taps my side view mirror and decides to come up to my window. I roll it half way and give him a loonie, he swears and throws the loonie back in the car and hits my passenger side window. I swore at him but he walked away. Not much you can do with crack heads.

westopher

11-12-2016 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8802020)

Yeah I've run into some kind of weird people since I got here, but you can usually tell if somebody is struggling with mental illness. I am understanding of that, and I've never even come close to losing my cool with anybody like that.

In this case it was so deliberate and direct. The guy was fingering me, then pointing to his finger, and then to me.

.

You can't tell with some people though. Regardless, certainly no judgement passed on you wether they were or not. You were feeling threatened and had every right to react the way you did.

meme405

11-13-2016 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8802013)

Basically he cautioned me not to engage with people like this because they might have dirty needles or a knife and I could be putting myself in harms way.

I think the real tip here is: Carry around a dirty needle with you in case some guy tries to troll you...

:smug:

4444	11-13-2016 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8801982)

So... to keep this short; today I had a guy finger me to my face through a window, I walked around

why did you engage him? he didn't touch you or anyone (anything) you care about.

just shake your head at him and move on with your day.

though it is cracker jack central to do that, said cracker did nothing illegal.

you need to grow up.

Jmac	11-13-2016 01:56 AM

Was expecting a literal troll, not a figurative one

TOS'd

11-13-2016 02:44 AM

was it bcrdukes?

westopher

11-13-2016 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4444 (Post 8802060)

If a random person starts verbally engaging like that for absolutely no reason, you can be damn sure to expect him to escalate and start throwing punches for no reason as well. If the OP was feeling threatened he was well within reason to defend himself, before he took a punch in the face. Maybe stepping outside was the wrong choice, but you weren't there, and I don't think you should be lecturing anyone based on the info provided.

320icar

11-13-2016 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Alby (Post 8802014)

one day they will antagonize the wrong person.

In for berz update :p

Lowered_Klass

11-13-2016 08:18 AM

Not fucking with Berz is just common knowledge. Kinda like trying to pick a fight with a silverback gorilla, you know damn well if you do, you're gonna get your ass whooped.

320icar

11-13-2016 09:08 AM

#ripharambe

westopher

11-13-2016 09:12 AM

Does he have a business card that says "berz out" that he leaves with his victims?

MrPhreak

11-13-2016 10:22 AM

4444	11-13-2016 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8802092)

I think he might have singled us out because we are a interracial couple and that irked him.

that's one hell of an assumption to jump to. maybe he was just coming down from a cheap high, maybe he was just an angry person, maybe he is mentally unstable. i doubt an interracial couple (being common as muck in vancouver is what kicks this guy off - if so, he'd be constantly getting into altercations)

let me guess, the cops told you to not engage in the future and if you feel threatened to call them...

it takes a bigger man to not use physical confrontation than to start throwing punches.

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