Why?! She's doing over 50 in a 45 with side streets entering. It's not a freeway and there are no "fast lanes" when cars are entering and exiting in a residential area.

Well, then I'm glad the horrible mother was dumb enough to continue the assault in front of the authorities so that she was publicly and legally held accountable for being such a shit to her son. Of course I'm sorry that she was such a shit in the first place.

I guess there are pitfalls to every method, and it really comes down to knowing your audience, like anything else. It's the same reason I don't talk about my sex life in front of my father.

I think it's only okay if you are super tight with this person and they've been talking to you openly about their efforts to lose weight. Otherwise, nope.

1) You're assuming that losing weight is always a good thing and healthy, that we all preference thinness.

I wish I could easily believe this is fake but I've heard far worse things shouted at my larger female friends. People can be so very cruel. :(

Anyone who stands up to subway assholes (especially in Boston) deserves a goddamn medal.

Please read TwoFortified's post in its entirety.

Thank you. I was beginning to lose faith in the Jalopnik community.

There are mitigating circumstances, for sure. Even with those circumstances present, one should not take joy in damaging someone else's property, as the COTD implies. Sometimes it seems like people look for the smallest justification to do something terrible. That kind of self-vindicated escalation is just flat-out…

It doesn't have to be someone in a wheel chair. If your car doors are blocked by other cars I hope you wouldn't smash the other cars and drive away. That is messed up.

Assumption of perishable goods aside, the "right thing" would be to take them back inside, ask someone to call the towing company and to have the store keep your goods in their refrigerator while you waited. I doubt almost any store would have a problem doing that for you.

Just because someone has something coming to them, it doesn't make you right for being the one to screw them. It's not up to you to teach people lessons.
Yes, I'm an American. I'd be happy to help a handicapped person pull their car out so that he/she can get in their car. If they knock over a motorcycle, he/she is an…

"I did it once to a motorcycle that was parked too close. My ramp knocked it over and then I got in my van and drove away. I'm calling that a success."

Hit and run wins COTD?

I guess we see these issues a bit differently. I'd say she opted not to speak for the alleged victim and suggested that involving her (via Google alert or otherwise) was looking for answers in the wrong place. And I agree with her on the general principle that she should not be forced into voicing an opinion on…

Well said. It's got to be tremendously conflicting when somebody you respect is accused of something horrible, so I understand her awkward reaction.

I totally get what you're saying. There really is absolutely no way for Scarlett Johansson to comment on the situation without someone getting pissed off at what she says. Even a simple "no comment" will get the Woody Allen haters to start sharpening their pitchforks and lighting their torches.

I'm gonna be that annoying person who defends the unpopular opinion.