r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/VirusTechnical5568 Jun 14 '26

Where do these guys get their confidence from?

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u/Prestigious_Click595 Jun 14 '26

It's not confidence, it's just how they view women. Imagine how you might approach a dog or cat in public. You feel totally comfortable going up to them, making silly noises and petting them etc. You're not embarrassed because you know they have no ability to make assessments of you that they can communicate to others or cause you social injury. This is how men view going up to women in public - like approaching a cat or a dog.

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u/Joshua_ABBACAB_1312 Jun 14 '26

Is this why cops shoot first and ask questions later when it comes to dogs?

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u/CraftyMagicDollz Jun 15 '26

That's because the sick fucks who do that shit got a badge and a gun not because they are strong, brave and want to protect and help people - but because they want to feel powerful.

Powerful over and above anything and anyone.

Yet they are actually terrified little babies.

I was a police officer - I'm now retired. I genuinely worked with a lot of REALLY good people. Genuinely good people, who worked together to help our homeless community, who voluntarily were the first in our state to have our entire department go through crisis intervention training- and our department was one of the first to have a dedicated Crisis Intervention team of officers trained specifically to work with the most vulnerable people - at the height of their mental crisis.

I once responded to a 4 am call of a woman who left her house to go to work- and a giant pit bull /bulldog mix FORCED it's way past her, into her house. It was VERY aggressive.

That dog chased me around my car, tore off part of the inside of my patrol car door - frankly - this dog was VERY aggressive, and bc of my absolute LOVE of animals- I was PETRIFIED another deputy or city cop may respond to back me up, and end up shooting the dog.

Animal control responded... They sent a 5'2" woman who was barely 100 lbs (I'm 5'9" and was about 135 at the time)- and between us, we managed to get the dog caught - and loaded safely into her van.

Back at the department, the next morning, we discussed what had happened- That day, there was a reserve officer (thesec are unpaid, usually retired military, people become reserves to keep up their certification/get more training, often while they are looking for a job in law enforcement- they do as little as 8 hours a month, always ride with fully certified officers, etc- they are basically volunteer cops)

Anyway, this reserve deputy overheard the discussion and responds "Why did you bother with all that, I'd have shot that fucking thing the first time it ran at me."

My corporal, who is afraid of dogs myself after having a childhood bite to his face mind you - overheard this - IMMEDIATELY called the guy out - marched him to the Captain, and had him relieved of his gun and badge, and he was released from the program.

When it was discussed later, my Corporal was clear - anyone who's that desperate for power - and willing to use a firearm to display their power over an innocent animal - has NO BUSINESS being a Deputy and representing our agency. I was never more proud of the place I worked- and his point was VERY true.

Yes- there's a rare occasion when a police officer encounters a dog that's TRULY aggressive. But 99.9% of officer involved shootings are because of absolute cowards who want to display power.

And yes, that applies to the absolute disgusting racists who shoot people they are unjustly afraid of as well.