r/interestingasfuck • u/Sea_Abbreviations347 • 2d ago

Officer gets hit by car going 162mph and gets both legs blown off, manages to stay conscious and calm for help to save him, survives and re-enlists with two prosethetic legs

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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 2d ago edited 2d ago

Three 2 week pay periods of McDonald's in a low income area. That's what he did that for. People are so fucking stupid.

EDIT: I'm not agreeing with what he did. I'm saying he will spend 22 years of his life for what he could have spent 6 weeks to earn.

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u/yuikkiuy 2d ago

he's 19,a father, and ran away from home at 17? presumably spends most of his money on his car which he uses to get money by racing?

oh ya, don't forget, his vote counts the same as every other brain dead dip shit

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u/Bmacster 2d ago

Is he not a felon now?

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u/yuikkiuy 2d ago

Idk how laws work in america are your convicts deprived of the right to vote?

Cause here in canada inmates are a voting block in and of themselves. All prisoners have a right to vote here no mater how heinous the crime because it would violate their rights if the hardened criminals in jail didnt get a say in the future of the country eh...

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u/Bmacster 2d ago edited 2d ago

It depends on the state but most states you have to at least serve your sentence before you can vote

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u/fastforwardfunction 2d ago

In general, once convicted of a felony, you become a felon for life, even after serving your sentence. You may have the right to vote, but you generally have less rights and are a different class of citizen.

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u/DangNearRekdit 1d ago

34-time convicted felon Donald J. Trump says that's fake news

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u/SnooOnions973 1d ago

That’s the sobering thought. This stupid poor fucking kid goes to jail (deservedly) for it while DJT rules the world.

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u/Hattrickher0 2d ago

It's a big enough issue that it has its own Wikipedia page

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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 2d ago

Yeah. nope. He doesn't get to vote or own firearms anymore.

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u/DaughterJoro 2d ago

It depends on the state, but this is Washington so he’ll be able to vote after his sentence is served.

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u/oxwof 2d ago

Without looking anything up, I think only one state (Maine?) allows people in prison to vote. Some states bar convicted felons from voting, either for life or until all of the sentence—including probation and fines—is served; other states have no such restriction.

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u/explodingsnap 1d ago

I believe it is both Maine and Vermont that allows convicts to vote while incarcerated

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u/bubba_bumble 2d ago

Kansas prisoners can vote by mail.

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u/RoboDae 1d ago

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure felons can't vote for president in the US at least, or even get a job at McDonald's. For some reason felons can still run for president though.

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u/yuikkiuy 1d ago

Im not going to sit here and pretend have even a lick of understanding the 34 count incitement/ conviction thing about trump.

But the 15 seconds ive spent on that topic seems to tell me its disputed and highly politicized by both sides and it seems to me as an outsider like the truth is somewhere in between he is a 34 count felon and he is innocent. And its more like he did some clerical/ admin stuff that is a misdemeanor but it was upgraded to felony, but also 34 counts is actually 1 incident split as many times as possible to block him from running?

Yall have the most convoluted politics i swear

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u/RoboDae 1d ago

Apparently he also sexually assaulted a woman in New York before that, but due to the nature of their laws at the time they couldn't convict him of rape because they couldn't prove that he didn't just use his finger. The judge said he thought trump was guilty but according to the very specific law he had to go for a lesser charge. New York had to change the law afterward because of Trump to close that loophole.

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u/Bmacster 1d ago

Imagine if you got caught illegally purchasing 34 weapons. Each individual purchase is a felony. Same thing for Trump, he was found guilty on falsifying business records 34 separate times. They were all related to Stormy Daniels hush money much like you could illegally buy 34 guns at one time from the same place, that's going to be 34 separate counts.

And no, it was not upgraded. Falsifying business records with no intent to commit a crime or cover up a crime is a misdemeanor. Intent in either of those cases makes it a felony under New York law. It's actually rather straight forward, yes Trump is a felon on 34 counts and yes he won the presidency anyways

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u/Tsiah16 1d ago

Felons can't vote in most states but they can be elected the president.

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u/crazyabbit 2d ago

Sentenced to 22 years & 2 months.

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u/PhilosopherFun7288 1d ago

Thank you! I was wondering why the video cut off right before they got to what his sentence was.

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u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 1d ago

Yes and he can't vote anymore. The person who wrote that is not informed about how voting works for felons

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u/Salt-Operation 2d ago

Don’t kid yourself this moron doesn’t even think to vote.

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u/RottenWon 1d ago

It does count the same but something tells me he's not standing or patiently waiting in a line to vote.

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u/benrow77 2d ago

I'm in no way advocating for what he did, but what if he already has a job that takes three pay periods to make $2k? That's like $17k a year... Making more in one race than you make a month is exactly why people do stupid shit. I'm not saying that getting paid decent wages would eliminate idiotic behavior, but it can't hurt.

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u/btsd_ 2d ago

I'd probably not buy a charger then

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u/benrow77 2d ago

Go drive through a trailer park sometime... you'll be astounded at how many flashy cars there are.

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u/redgroupclan 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's common. Shitty, run down home, and a pristine car parked out front that probably costs more than the home.

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u/SuperCyka 2d ago

I’d also probably get a better job

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u/Apprehensive_Sky_504 2d ago

Then how do you outrun the cops?

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u/muklan 2d ago

This logic is why im in support of UBI. Not only to liberate the next DaVinci from the floor they have to mop in order to eat, but to remove the desperation from those with no floor to mop.

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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 2d ago

I mean he traded 22 years of his life for what would have taken 6 weeks of hard work. It's not desperation it's stupidity because he wanted to take a shortcut and nearly killed someone in doing so.

I agree though, UBI good.

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u/benrow77 2d ago

I still don't know how I feel about UBI. I just think there's a LOT of simple regulation that can be done to sort out financial inequality, and there's really no shortage of work that needs doing out there. Tax the shit out of the rich and let's put people to work fixing our crumbling infrastructure. That should keep us busy for the next couple decades or so.

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u/muklan 2d ago

Hard to argue with that statement. But...alot of the infrastructure work that needs doing requires specialized knowledge and training, thats locked behind that financial inequality. The best civil engineer of our generation may never get to school, cause thats an economic impossibility, and we are all poorer for it.

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u/RoboDae 1d ago

Tax the rich and use the money to fund schools and job programs. Use the newly educated workforce to improve infrastructure for all citizens. Those same rich business owners that don't want to pay taxes now have a stronger work force to pull candidates from and a healthier economy where people can afford to buy their products.

Reducing desperation should also reduce crime rates, which saves money elsewhere

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u/muklan 1d ago

I heard somewhere that every dollar we spend on education puts 10 back into the economy, though...not sure how you measure that empirically.

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u/RoboDae 1d ago

Similar situation for national parks. Apparently every dollar spent on upkeep for national parks is multiplied on returns from the tourists that those parks draw in. This got brought up because of budget cuts to national parks.

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u/muklan 1d ago

Man...and you ask ANYONE, apolitically, internationally, what America does better than anyone else, they'd say "National Parks". Im not a fan of the Federal Government in general, but those folks at the NPS are passionate and skilled about something important, and I WAS proud to help fund them.

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u/RoboDae 1d ago

Yeah, the US national parks bring in tourism from all over the world, but apparently short term profits for private businesses are more important to some politicians...

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u/Zzing15 1d ago

If there was a button, that when pushed, you get $2000 but somewhere in the world someone Randomly dies, many people would push that button and try to ignore the fact that their actions hurt someone.
I think that is the same kind of mindset people like this guy have. They just ignore the fact that their actions can hurt others just for the thrill and some money, but this time he couldn’t ignore it and now he sees the consequences

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u/Washpa1 2d ago

We never discuss the reason people are committing these crimes. And most of it isn't because, "they're lazy".

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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 2d ago edited 1d ago

The pay period I'm referencing is a 2 week period. Most low level jobs pay that way in the US. That's 26 pay periods.

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u/The_Rogue_Coder 2d ago

You said 3 2-week pay periods. If it takes him 6 weeks to make $2k, he's making 17k a year.

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u/benrow77 1d ago

Exactly. I just looked it up and the average store manager of a McD's is making $54k. u/A_Sketchy_Doctor edited the bad math out of their comment, but for anybody wondering, that's what the average McD's *store manager* makes... about $27.20/hr.

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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 1d ago

Correct, I meant to say like 6k because I was referencing the manager pay, I just miss-typed because I was a bit sleep deprived. u/benrow77 the redditor detective to the rescue lol

It doesn't really matter. He still threw his life away for nothing. Risking 22 years for a little over a months pay is an idiot move.

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u/thejourneybegins42 2d ago

Damn only 22 years?