Comments on: Robot man vs. jackass on the street

By: Petzl

Petzl — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:46:00 +0000

I agree that the dynamics of this street performer’s act involve close interaction with the public and in particular people trying to “test” him. However, this guy went so far over the line, so many times (and would’ve kept going, if he hadn’t been socked), that it just seems like no jury would convict him, especially given the compelling video evidence.

By: Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:30:00 +0000

I’m ashamed to say it, but I’ll bet you anything that idiot is Australian.

By: Josh Neal

Josh Neal — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Best thing I have ever read

By: Art

Art — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:59:00 +0000

Bam! Good for him.

By: chgoliz

chgoliz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:58:00 +0000

Doesn’t seem strange to me. Unfortunately.

By: falnfenix

falnfenix — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:36:00 +0000

i’m surprised you think it’s OK to violate someone’s orifices with a saliva-soaked item.

By: Jamie DiBattista

Jamie DiBattista — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:31:00 +0000

Unless you find something offensive, and are really earnest about it, THEN it’s apparently always ok to heckle at a stand-up show.

By: mat

mat — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:42:00 +0000

Obviously a junkie

By: L_Mariachi

L_Mariachi — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:42:00 +0000

It didn’t seem strange to you that there was a priest lurking in a middle school locker room?

By: rtresco

rtresco — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:51:00 +0000

Is that a robot Ron Swanson?

By: Dale Jack

Dale Jack — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:35:00 +0000

Why should he have to break character and disappoint his audience? And I seriously doubt buddy was going to listen to anything other than a clear and direct response.

By: Mr. Winka

Mr. Winka — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:43:00 +0000

That could never happen now with their behavioral inhibitors.

By: Sasha Shepherd

Sasha Shepherd — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:52:00 +0000

Technically, he is a ‘douchebag,’ not a ‘jackass.’

These details matter.

By: Sasha Shepherd

Sasha Shepherd — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:38:00 +0000

To be fair, maybe it wasn’t assault, because he thought he guy was really a robot.

Seems legit.

By: Sasha Shepherd

Sasha Shepherd — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:37:00 +0000

He violated his personal space. He crossed the line with the wet willy. He had it coming, a punch in the face wasn’t a huge escalation.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:34:00 +0000

I’m shocked.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:32:00 +0000

Where’s Part II, where the crowd draws all over his face with a sharpie?

By: Mr. Winka

Mr. Winka — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:36:00 +0000

The A-2′s always were a bit twitchy.

By: rtresco

rtresco — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Wet willie for a wet willie leaves the whole world…slimey.

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:27:00 +0000

On a related note...

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:22:00 +0000

While you’re here and all: dude, you’re amazing. A few days ago you mentioned Pope Formosus. I went and looked it up… man, I thought I had heard everything. So thanks for that.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:03:00 +0000

In this case it’s likely that his reaching out a hand just prior to the battery would be considered assault, much the same way that a cocked fist is.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:34:00 +0000

Blowing on his knuckles and then doing the robot arm swing would have been cool, but the guy was probably incredibly pissed off at that point. The D-bag was trampling all over his efforts to entertain those people and make an honest living, probably wrecked his takings for a while.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:30:00 +0000

I was so happy to read that the Judge ruled that Aldrin was provoked, he tried to walk away so many times. At the end he makes it so incredibly clear to the guy that he’s reaching the end of his tether, the guy keeps pushing and then he gets punched.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:08:00 +0000

From the shocked look on the audience’s face, I wonder if the guy went down, he couldn’t have been very grounded while walking away like that

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:07:00 +0000

Looked a bit drunk, but that’s only an excuse, not a reason. He really was being a dick.

By: wolfman_al2

wolfman_al2 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:07:00 +0000

I´m okay with that.
Douchebag had it coming.
If somebody would put his, possibly unwashed, fingers in my face, I´d do worse than only punching him. Its disgusting and I´m very antsy about such an invasion of my personal space.

By: Scratcheee

Scratcheee — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:04:00 +0000

What would have been absolutely perfect is if he’d been dressed as Buzz Aldrin.

By: Roy Edward Truax

Roy Edward Truax — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:03:00 +0000

Where d-bags with tat-sleeves are concerned, his (robot-cowboy) response WAS nonviolent. Even if dum-dum were a kid of mine I’d have to tell him he had it coming. You just don’t do that.

By: Cefeida

Cefeida — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:59:00 +0000

I’d just say, don’t bother innocent people in the street, period.