Gawker Media! now with 100% more clickbait shitposting

"Reece-Current Stinger GT owner" (subzero384)
05/17/2016 at 18:15 • Filed to: None

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Sigh.

DISCUSSION (29)

HammerheadFistpunch > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:20

Yeah, its a pretty shitposty post. no question.

area man > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:21

You must not live around here. We have a horrific problem with drivers not being charged for killing pedestrians while speeding, making illegal turns, all manner of illegal/careless driving. They get cited for the infraction and the person in the crosswalk is just collateral damage as long as the driver says they didn't see them.

Berang > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:22

What’s wrong with it?

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > area man
05/17/2016 at 18:22

I don’t disagree with the problem, but this article portrays accidents as flat out murder and glazes over the issue at hand. Like I said its clickbait garbage that does nothing to help what’s going on.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:23

See my response above. Basically accidents aren’t murder, clickbaity title is clickbait.

area man > HammerheadFistpunch
05/17/2016 at 18:23

It’s not when you consider the abysmal rate at which careless drivers here are charged with anything related to a pedestrians death. Guy in my neighborhood last year was distracted and realized he was about to hit a stopped bus at a speed which wouldn’t result in any serious injuries; instead he veered onto the sidewalk and killed a woman walking with her boyfriend to see Christmas lights. No charges.

area man > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:26

There are far too many “accidents” in this city and not nearly enough instances of people being held accountable for their actions.

HammerheadFistpunch > area man
05/17/2016 at 18:26

no...its still pretty shitposty. The title alone is calculated to enrage. That being said, your point is well taken towards the charge of involuntary manslaughter vs something else.

Berang > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:26

“accidents”

Somebody not paying attention to where they’re going is not an accident. It’s an idiot not paying attention to what they’re doing.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > area man
05/17/2016 at 18:27

Again I’m not disagreeing with that. But to use that as a way to gain clicks is fucking stupid, and again does nothing to help the issue that is being brought up

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:27

It’s also not flat out murder like the article would have you read to be fair.

Berang > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:30

It’s also not fair to have your kid run over and killed because somebody is a fucking idiot, and nobody has a problem with being a fucking idiot, because fucking idiots don’t even get a slap on the wrist if they just say “oops! I didn’t see them (because I wasn’t looking, because I’m a fucking idiot”.

People need to stop making excuses for fucking idiots.

No it’s not “murder” but maybe people should get mad.

area man > HammerheadFistpunch
05/17/2016 at 18:31

the title is strong but it plays off a local rallying cry traffic activists use that the easiest way avoid prison for killing someone in NYC is to do it with a car.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:31

Again I’m not making excuses. I think you’re right and they should be punished. Treating it as murder in an article just so you get more clicks doesn’t help those people get punished though.

For Sweden > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:31

Somebody not paying attention to where they’re going is not an accident.

That’s almost the textbook definition of an accident.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:32

As someone who often has almost daily close run-ins with cars not yielding in crosswalks in New York, I’m okay with this.* New York’s system for dealing with this problem is beyond fucked up and it’s very clear that drivers know how few consequences there are. I consider myself a driver first and a pedestrian second, but there’s zero excuse for the way people drive.

* Today I got clipped by an TC&L SUV that 1) wasn’t yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk. 2) Was actually cutting off the car that was yielding. This was on 81st and CPW, which is crowded with children crossing into the Park or going to the AMNH. So I feel particularly strongly about this today.

Berang > For Sweden
05/17/2016 at 18:33

“something that happens by chance or from unknown causes and that often causes injury or damage”

Not paying attention would be a known a cause, therefore an “accident” caused by not paying attention isn’t an accident.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Honeybunchesofgoats
05/17/2016 at 18:34

I just feel the wording is very clickbaity and doesn’t aid in the cause is all. I totally agree that something needs to be done though that’s bullshit that you have to deal with that.

FoilyDoily > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:37

Anywhere else in the country, the sort of negligence displayed by running over a kid crossing in a crosswalk would result in criminal charges. In NYC, the police turn their heads and write it off as another “accident.” It’s negligence and should be punished. When you are operating a vehicle, whether you’re on the streets of Manhattan or Omaha, you have a duty to be alert and to be careful. Unfortunately, that standard is better upheld in Omaha.

Berang > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:37

And who are you to say it doesn’t? If it gets people to pay attention and do something about it, maybe it does. Sure it’s not entirely accurate, but they’re making a rhetorical point. If you wanted to murder somebody, you could run them down with a car, and then claim it was “just” an “accident” and you’d probably not even get a ticket.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 18:38

It’s definitely clickbait, but I’m okay with that. People should actually be outraged about this sort of thing, so I’m fine with using inflammatory language.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Honeybunchesofgoats
05/17/2016 at 18:39

Calling murder is wrong though. Like I get its not an accident but its also not murder. Manslaughter is close but that wouldn’t have been as baity I’m guessing.

For Sweden > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:42

or you know, the first definition

a sudden event (such as a crash) that is not planned or intended and that causes damage or injury

Berang > For Sweden
05/17/2016 at 18:46

That used to be how drunk drivers got off the hook. They didn’t “intend” to kill anybody when they started drinking and...

Eventually people wised up to that being a completely idiotic excuse. And really, not paying attention when one is sober is even more damning, but somehow a lot of people are fine with letting it slide as long as a guy hasn’t had a drink.

For Sweden > Berang
05/17/2016 at 18:47

There is a standard for criminal recklessness. The prosecutors decided that not seeing the kid didn’t meet that standard. If you don’t agree, take it up with your elected officials.

And crashed by drunk drivers are accidents; that’s why they are not charged with murder.

Berang > For Sweden
05/17/2016 at 18:54

Of course they wouldn’t. That’s the problem. SMH.

(also where did I say drunk driver’s are murderers? My point was about being punished for being an idiot)

Tapas > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 20:44

Lol ikr!

At first I thought Gawker stooped low enough to publish a guide on killing toddlers legally. But dem’s the daily train of sensationalism that keeps the lights on for Oppo so can’t do anything about it.

Under_Score > Reece-Current Stinger GT owner
05/17/2016 at 21:55

I’ve been in my pro-Trump Twitter bubble for so long that I’ve forgotten how tragic and horrible Gawker truly is. Went back there today, and all they do is bash Trump. It’s like Ben Shapiro but a thousand times worse.

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > Under_Score
05/18/2016 at 08:58

As much as I’m not for Trump myself, I think it’s bullshit how they slander the shit out of him. Like I get gawker has a Liberal slant but they don’t even look into things objectively they just go on rampages.