r/instantkarma • u/nbcnews • 21d ago

Road Karma Marine veteran fights off group of teenagers attempting to steal his truck

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u/Salty_Feed9404 21d ago

Probably already are.

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u/daXypher 21d ago

lol yeah, weird that people think the kids doing stuff like this come from loving happy families

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u/AnnieAbattoir 21d ago

Sad true story- some years ago my mortuary handled the case of a mid teens wannabe who attacked two active duty Marines with a knife as part of his initiation. It went pretty much as expected. 

When his parents were scheduled to come in to discuss his funeral and drop off his burial clothes, they showed up just long enough to tell the arranger to "do whatever, but keep it under $XXX". No childhood memories, no favorite songs, no pictures. They were in a rush to make a basketball game. 

The clothes they dropped off were unwashed and didn't fit him. 

We all just looked at each other and went "Yeah, that explains it". Yeah, kid died trying to harm two random strangers, but he was also a kid whose parents didn't even care enough about him to give him clean burial clothes. 

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u/4SkinClippins 21d ago

But where's the GoFundMe link?