Trumpism While Camping -> Road Karma
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So I'm at a nearby campground in PA close to The Pinnacle and Appalachian Trail, and my car battery dies at the bathhouse. I open the hood, connect my jumper cables, and proceed to ask the nice appearing family 20 feet away if they could help me out for a minute and jump my car.
NOPE.
There was a Ford pickup there, not connected to their camper, and another 'mercan car, maybe a Dodge, also noticed a "Don't Tread On Me" sticker on the truck. I asked directly then, "You can't spare a minute or drift you car 20 feet to help a fellow human being? Really?" They said "Our cars are in position and we're not moving them." "OK thanks a lot!" I reply. Position for what? Then the campground helper's truck pulls right up to my car and jumps me, and literally 1 minute later I drive past their site, window down, waving and thanking them profusely for their help. I guess there was always a divide between the hippie campers that like nature and the redneck campers that try to control nature. You know what I mean? But I never felt the outright social alienation as I did from this group, I was always able to get along and talk with almost anyone despite our differences.
I finish breaking camp a few hours later and as I'm on the highway a few miles from the campsite, the same group that would not budge to jump me was on the side of the road changing a driver side tire on their camper! Quick turnaround on the karma right there, thank you World!
That made my day! Sorry.
End Rant.
Carry on.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
So you stopped and lent a
So you stopped and lent a hand?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
Did ya honk and wave and
Did ya honk and wave and laugh at them? I would have.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>>>I guess there was always
>>>>>I guess there was always a divide between the hippie campers that like nature and the redneck campers that try to control nature
Sucks you had that experience, but the divide is really between nice people and assholes. There are plenty of good natured rednecks that would not have hesitated to give you a hand.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GoneGoodbye
I don't like to wish bad on
I don't like to wish bad on people but I did have a good hearty chuckle as I passed by and did not stop, they did have a crowd. Ken you are completely right and I hope that no matter what someone's upbringing, social or political views are that deep down, if you're a nice person you would help someone else in need. I do fear that newly empowered assholes have a large lemming community of like minded assholes that will support and back them up whether right or wrong. Instead shining inward and changing them for the better, the chagrin now emboldens them to fight harder against perceived threats.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
It could have gone worse.
It could have gone worse. They always could have shot you.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead
So some dickheads wouldn't
So some dickheads wouldn't help you jump your vehicle and that falls back on something political? Hahaha. Watch out for the boogie man!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba
My mining buddy Kirk has been
My mining buddy Kirk has been raising peafowl for 25 years... had over 50 birds. He's in his mid 70's and having health problems. A new neighbor that likes to shoot things moved in next door a year ago, now he's down to 15 birds... sheriff doesn't care
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: doctor
How does Trump come into this
How does Trump come into this!?
Were they wearing Maga hats?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
Druba. That sounds like a
Druba. That sounds like a drag for your friend. If only karma would catch up with the neighbor and the sheriff.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
I don't see where he mentions
I don't see where he mentions Trump or Republicans, Doolittle.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: OldTownLoon
i hate guns
i hate guns
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: OldTownLoon
also same on the 45 thing
also same on the 45 thing
as we all know, anyone can be an asshole regardless of affiliations
explain how you knew they were of that ilk, please and ty
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba
(In my story, yes to maga
(In my story, yes to maga hats, signs, etc... but my friend voted for T too, now regrets it, bit his tongue and voted for Biden)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: doctor
@Local
@Local
What does the thread title say???
Brain fart moment!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
Doolittle, Thankfully you've
Doolittle, Thankfully you've never had one of those on this board!
Guilty as charged.
But at the end of the day, yes, assholes on both "sides" that won't help, and decent people
on both "sides" will bend over backwards for the person they disagree with------in general it's just the right thing to do.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GoneGoodbye
Ok then, it was a quick
Ok then, it was a quick judgement on my part based on the "Don't Tread On Me" sticker on the truck. You are all correct out there, I got nothing to base this on being about Trump. Better thread title be Assholism -> ButtHurt Hippie.
Thanks
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: doctor
@RocknRye the Grateful Dead
@RocknRye the Grateful Dead flew the Don;t Tread On me Flag!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: OldTownLoon
lolololol
lolololol
well, to be fair, that flag is racist, at the very least (;
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
(((Their walls are built of
(((Their walls are built of cannonballs)))
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
It's the same story the
It's the same story the peafowl told me, it's the only one he knows.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
Most of those wingnuts have
Most of those wingnuts have no idea what that flag means.
Here's a different take I had on a poster protesting the protesters at a anti-vax rally last year.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
They prob. wouldn't
They prob. wouldn't understand the caption.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
Egads! Den flag...
Egads! Den flag...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
racket and dolittle, Yes. It
racket and dolittle, Yes. It is my/our observations that trumpers tend to be assholes with no empathy. Not our fault. That's just the way it is.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: doctor
OUR?
OUR?
And why you talking to me dude!?
Who is OUR Putin?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
^^^^^^How does Trump come
^^^^^^How does Trump come into this!? Were they wearing Maga hats?
No offense meant. I was just answering your question.
And "our" would apply to those of us that assumed these assholes were trumpers.