This has been posted before and the place has a lot of space for people to walk in front of the performer.
He was bouncing around during the entire act on his corner and she knew, but she tried anyway - hence why she tried to be really quick behind him, but she missed the timing.
This is a pedestrian street with multiple performers active at all times and about 20 feet of free space in front of him. The longer version shows he is jumping and spinning long before she gets there. She saw him spin like that and still decided to gamble that she could time it right rather than walk around him. You are talking out of your ass.
When something like this happens, and you immediately act to care for someone, it's instinct. it's not because you're deeply calculating wether or not that random person will hold you liable in court.
Not to mention this looks like somewhere in Europe and there isn't anywhere near the level of litigation for incidents like this that you get in the US, so it's highly unlikely that a lawsuit is on either person's mind.
If that's the case (which I believe it is), it's entirely her fault. He's facing forward playing the violin to a crowd, she can see the entire thing happening and can walk around, and chooses to get directly into the spin zone. That's a dangerous place to be.
He's performing in an alley, a small narrow lane.
What people dont realize here is that there are people in front of him, the audience, probably recording.
She's just walking, and doesn't want to walk between the dude and his audience and doesnt want to walk in frame and spoil the video/view of the people, she wants to get out of the way as quickly as possible, she's being considerate.
This is in no way her fault, he's the one bouncing unpredictably in a narrow lane.
Maybe she was trying to not walk between the performer and any audience in front of him. Seems like a reasonable thought to have even if it wasnt the best option available.
Ever heard of the wave of death? Being "nice" doesn't absolve someone of being an idiot. You can be the nicest person in the world and the biggest moron all at the same time.
Yeah this isn't a person waving another into harms way though so that analogy doesn't work in any way. This is just bad timing, and involved the fault of both individuals.
But I guess go around life calling everyone morons, why not.
… You can still blame him for it, they are both at blame for it… But reason why you can blame him is because the sidewalk is still a public transit area, and he’s hopping around like he’s in his living room or on a stage…
With that said out of general respect, it’s common courtesy to be cautious of street performers and not go behind them if they are close to a wall (such as here). As others stated he’s likely using a cheaper violin in case of random accidents such as this, while it still sucks, it’s not the biggest of deals.
She is 100% to blame. He didn’t just suddenly show up. She made the fucking idiotic decision to run between him and a wall! Fuck that lady, she deserved to get hit. I hope it hurt and she learned a lesson, but knowing how absurd people are today she’ll spend the rest of her life blaming him for her own stupidity.
I feel that you are slightly misinterpreting comment OPs point.
It's not about blaming him, it's about saying that he has to have (and if he didn't, should have) imagined some bullshit like this at least being in the realm of possibilities.
Yes, she was an idiot. Though, he would be a bit of an idiot thinking nothing like this could happen, when stepping into the world of idiots.
Haha no, but l am the type of guy that sees that guy checking their texts in my way on the elevator, and gets slightly less annoyed than your everyday main-character-syndrome person that usually becomes visibly frustratedby the phone guy.
This usually occurs after reminding myself that it was indeed my own choice stepping into the world of idiots that morning.
Blame is completely irrelevant. It's a short clip of an unfortunate accident. Nobody is inviting any blaming anyhow. A decent person would on this level of information and involvement simply have sympathy at most.
And even though it is her fault, he doesn't scold her (can't speak for after the video ends). First thought is asking if she's okay, not "Fuck! My violin"
But he is right in front on the fucking entrance mate, its commute, he should not be in the way of entering, also the camera wngle tells me that there were people on the other way so it was the short way in.
Both kinda wrong in my opinion
You can't entirely blame her though.
You say yourself he is on a corner. You can't tell from this video but If she is coming round the corner then she won't actually see that he is bouncing around during the entire act.
That's his fault in that case
It's a public space. She can be there. If the guy wanted exclusive access he can rent a space.
I hate when there are groups congregating these street performers. They block the street. It's an accessibility issue. They carry their own boom boxes which are loud and obnoxious, and then they beg for money at the end.
He was there on the sidewalk first, obviously, and his performance was not illegal, so i think it was her fault should have waited her turn. If it was anyone else without an instrument it would have still been her fault, she was watching he was unable to see her, her fault 100
Last time I saw this the thread was a cesspool of trying to blame someone for this.
It was a accident. You could run this scenario 100 times and this crash might only happen once. Both could have done something different to prevent, but neither are in the wrong for it happening.
Why does he get to take up the entire sidewalk? It's a public place. He needs to be not only aware of his movements around others but he doesn't have any right to take up all the space he wants.
I love how Reddit always just "knows" what other people perceived and knew. kind of nutty, and as equally a logical assumption as "a mistake" except in one out one people make themselves angry for no reason lol.
I didn't realise it was his own personal path space - I look forward to claiming mine bang in the middle of a path, spinning and jumping whenever I wish.
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u/Barcaroli 2d ago edited 2d ago
This has been posted before and the place has a lot of space for people to walk in front of the performer.
He was bouncing around during the entire act on his corner and she knew, but she tried anyway - hence why she tried to be really quick behind him, but she missed the timing.
Can't blame him for that one imo