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Dudes not drunk. He has a drink in hand, which is a shield from responsibility of acting in a normal fashion. He's laser locked onto the girl, focused action and "missteps" in exactly ways needed for closing distance.
Dont give people like this the excuse of drunkenness.
Half of them I'm guessing never even watched the video. They just saw a ragebait title and a video still that showed a young girl and a guy with an emoji over his face next to her and inferred the rest.
The title is also a lie. It's just some drunk stumbling around trying to do a dance and failing. His spatial awareness doesn't change at all. I bet if the dumb happy face is taken off you can tell he's looking at his drunk buddies the whole time because he thinks it's funny.
The little girl is uncomfortable because a drunk is next to her being unpredictable.
Yeah I’ve literally joined in one of these at a country bar And knew none of the steps and looked like a fool but it was funny and my wife laughed. I can’t believe people here’s first thought is that he was trying to violate a child.
Exactly, he is miraculously able to dance in his own space once it's another grown man there and not a little girl. He's not drunk, he's an asshole or a predator, or both.
Yea this is why rapist rape kids, yall are giving way to much benefit of the doubt. Id rather look like an asshole and apologize if incorrect, than think this guy isnt someone to worry about.
Personally I disagree, the angle is kind if odd but it looks like while he gets kind of close there, he's definitely still in his own space in a way he absolutely wasn't with the little girl. He was ranging all over the place and actually physically bumping into her, but when her dad is there even with them being back to back he takes smaller steps and stays in his own spot.
"yea so today on reddit people were talking about how this guy looked like a child predator but i made sure everyone knew i thought he was just drunk."
"so today, reddit saw a drunk idiot bumping into people and assumed he was a predator because he was a man"
FFS, he almost bumped into the dad, it's not like he was grinding up against her. Should he have been dancing? No, but it disappoints me how little grace we give people. If this had been a drunk chick bumping into a boy nobody would say anything except 'drunk idiot'
Because nothing except the title could be used as an argument for him to be a predator. If you have ever been on a festival or a party where people tend to get drunk you would know that at some level of drunkenness people are just going to stumble into your space like he did with the child, the dad and the row behind him.
"yea so today on reddit people were talking about how this guy looked like a child predator. Then we found out who is and where he works and ruined his life by branding him a pedophile because no one spoke up about other very plausible possibilities in the echo chamber."
Remember that video of that husband at that baseball game last week who everybody was so, so sure was a terrible person based on a 30 second clip and amateur lip-reading?
The same husband whose wife had to come out in his defence as a wonderful husband and father because he was receiving death threats?
"Yeah so today i accused a random internet stranger of being a child predator and it made me feel sooo cool and based and people were telling me that i didn't have any evidence and that he was just drunk but i made sure everyone knew that according to my mental fanfiction i think he sexually assaults children."
That's my thinking. Also, if it is some sort of perverted maneuvering, what's the end game? What perverted thing is that man gonna do in a crowded public area that an actual pervert wouldn't wait until later to do?
Perverts can absolutely do stuff in public areas, but there's no indication that this guy was doing or intended to do anything perverted based on just this 50 second video of him swaying too much while dancing.
I guess youre one of those that think someone has to do something over the top like hit or grab or physically drag someone else in order for an interaction to be perverted, creepy, or predatory. Most of the time its weird little things like this, and its on purpose. See how many people here are writing this guy off as just being drunk? We can agree he has a drink in his hand and is dancing sloppily, but we dont actually know if hes so impaired hes falling on EVERYONE and not one specific person until he was caught. All I can tell you is as a petite 5" woman with a 6" partner ive encountered this type of behavior a LOT. Its never accidental, because just like in the video, the behavior ceases the minute he switches places with me to be near the weirdo. I guess thats all coincidence too!
Maybe if you watched the video you'd see once he realized he bumped into a kid he stepped away. And then when the dad switched he had multiple close calls with the dad, more than with the kid. He's drunk at some adult event that clearly serves alcohol from all the people drinking. You're only protecting pedofiles by calling everyone who isn't one, one
"something broke into this house and tore everything apart, i think it was a bear"
"you don't KNOW it was a bear. you're only protecting bears by saying that."
maybe people saying "jeez, that looks like a predator" don't need the but ackshually guy to say "you know he may not intentionally be targeting that little girl. it could be by accident."
He still sways into the dad's space too. He's being a bit of a dick sure, drunk people are dicks sometimes, but there's zero reason to invent a narrative and assume he's a predator.
I actually am curious how hes miraculously able to dance? he's stumbling throughout the entire clip. Hes 2-3 behind every turn and sometimes turns the wrong way. additionally even at like 38s or w/e towards the end hes facing the wrong way entirely
His face is covered so you have no way of knowing how "laser focused" he is on anyone. Drunk people do absolutely dance like this and do absolutely get into the space of others, especially children who are smaller and easier to not notice when inebriated. There's zero reason in this video to automatically assume malice over idiocy. He very likely has a drink in hand because he's at an event where people drink. Reddit will jump through mental hoops like starved circus tigers in order to accuse random strangers on the internet of being monsters based on a 50 second video of them being kind of a dick and swaying too far while dancing.
You grow up around the types and you get real familiar with them. Like how people who grow up in poor areas know how to spot a dealer or pickpocket in a moment. How kids with strict or abusive parents can tell when its a bad day from the way the car pulls up or a door opens. If you haven't been exposed to it, it hard to understand.
Just look at how he’s dancing. His shoulders are square onto her any time he’s remotely facing her. He’s moving into her space, getting close right behind her. Guy was creeping super hard, and backed up immediately after they switched.
This is a conservative gathering. For all we know, he covered up the face of the police chief's son. There might simply be no safe options for dissent.
there’s always an annoying drunk person in the way of line dancing. when it’s not that hard to be out the way, if i don’t know the dance i practice syncing a bit to the side not directly in/blocking the line
It's not a group choreographed dance. If someone was just bad at this particular dance, should they also not be allowed to participate because it's "choreographed"?
He didn't bump into anyone or harass anyone and he's allowed to dance. He doesn't look to be all that drunk either.
Listen I don't drink and I don't like drunk people because they tend to be obnoxious. I wouldn't say this guy is egregiously drunk and he didn't do anything other than be the victim of a Reddit headline.
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u/manwithlotsoffaces 6d ago
I’m surprised no one pulled him away from the group, I dont think people piss drink should do choreographed dance.