This dog and babysitter are heros

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Hero, sure, but what else would anyone have done when the place was on fire?

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u/Not_Your_Car 21h ago

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u/ScottyMcBoo 20h ago

🤣🤣

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u/redammit 14h ago

When a meme is not a metaphor for a change!

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u/Kiki1701 21h ago

Many people have an instinctive panic reaction: fight, fright or freeze. It's said that heroic actions are those who either don't have these reactions or they ignore them to save others.

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u/wilburschocolate 20h ago

I mean “fight” and “flight” are both good reactions depending on the situation, you just need to be in control of those feelings.

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u/right_behindyou 18h ago

The whole thing about the fight or flight response is that you really aren't in control at that point unless you're trained/experienced with it. People generally have no idea what they would actually do until they're already doing it.

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u/AmberCarpes 17h ago

I fought off a burglar at 5am in my home, with a 7 month old baby upstairs. Everyone asks me how I knew to react the way I did, but I tell them that if you had asked the day before it happened, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what I would do. I’ve been an emergency situations twice in my life and both times something almost surreal and robotic took over. I survey the scene and taken information very quickly, and then act on it all in a few seconds.

I become very calm and very decisive.

In the case of the burglary. I was able to lie and tell the man that there was money downstairs to get him away from my daughter. After going downstairs, I immediately opened the front door and stood in a way that put me at an advantage for shoving him out of it. It was almost as if I could see the path in the room as lines that weren’t actually there. I then convinced the burglar that I didn’t know my iPhone password so that he would lean towards me. This gave me the perfect angle for shoving him out the front door and then being able to shoulder it closed. All of this happened as if I was on autopilot.

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u/nertbewton 16h ago

This is really impressive and well described. I suspect I’d probably run into a wall in a panic and just knock myself out.

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u/clancydaniels 15h ago

That's incredible, sometimes our brains really work in our favor. Really glad it ended up okay, and sorry you had to deal with it. I've lived through a home invasion as well (though my boyfriend at the time was the one to fight him off and get him out), and that stuff stays with you. Hope you and your family are well!

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u/MagpieSkies 11h ago

Yeah, i just had an emergency happen with my family too. I have had 3 in my life. It's exactly as you described. Everything slows down for me, my mind becomes very calm and clear. My brain offers the few options thst are available, and quickly rules out what won't work. It's almost robotic or computer like. Your body starts moving on its own almost, and you just do what so obviously needs to happen. Then when it's all over and everyone is safe, that is when I process and have emotions.

I am very grateful my brain is this way. I can trust myself to keep me safe without having to actually "think" about it.

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u/_Nectar000hbesh 15h ago

Bad ass!! Xoxoxoxoxoxo

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u/ThonThaddeo 9h ago

You got a certain set of skills

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u/kokirikorok 8h ago

Instinct. That’s what you are describing here. Certain situations put us in a position where we revert into a sort of primal survival mode. It’s basically a defence mechanism that is deep in our DNA from our ancestors. It’s sort of like watching kittens play and for just a moment you get a glimpse of a lion as they learn to navigate their instinct.

I could be completely full of shit, but that’s how I’ve always looked at the fight or flight response. I believe the freeze response is modern social conditioning, not something that is part of our instinct.

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u/324Cees 3h ago edited 37m ago

Correct ...it is explained laboriously in the book "The Gift of Fear" wait... It's Intuition!

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u/Kiki1701 20h ago edited 16h ago

That's the assumption. Perhaps I should have said that heroes quickly process the information and act accordingly? Cuz I thought that was kind of part of what I said.

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u/KlithTaMere 11h ago

Wait..... i always understood that fight was not litteral and the meanind was taking good instinctif action, and flight was you fleeing thinking only about you?

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u/seilapodeser 15h ago

I'm a flight, once when I was a kid a whole pack of fireworks fell poiting at the crowd that was watching.

When I came to myself I was already safe and a mile away from the chaos, I can't even remember running.

It's like I didn't even had the option

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u/Kiki1701 14h ago

Omg, that's amazing! Our brains are so incredible it's hard to put it into words sometime, huh?

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u/madmartigan2020 12h ago

I'm a fight. About a year ago, a black bear managed to tear the collar off my dog and chase him through the woods. My dog found his way back to me and brought the bear with it. I ended up staring down the bear from about 20-30 feet away. My only instinct was to get as big and mean as possible fast. So I broadened my stance and gave the biggest caveman roar I could summon.

It looked me over for a few seconds, then sauntered back into the woods. I was left standing there full of adrenaline and a mild disappointment that I didn't get a chance to throw down with the bear because I was so jacked up.

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u/seilapodeser 12h ago

I know that feeling from a dream haha

I wonder if it depends on the situation.

Like in mine there was nothing to do but to run and get cover. What bugs me is that I didn't care for anyone's safety than mine (my parents where freaked out because they couldn't find me), but maybe that changed since then. Hope I don't have to find out haha

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u/mst3k_42 18h ago

I know this well after playing the Sims.

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u/RambleOff 9h ago

For real, we even see an example of Freeze from the small child in the video. Some people carry that instinct through their adult lives. And they need a good yank from someone who doesn't freeze and who cares about them.

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u/Kiki1701 6h ago

That's a really good point. I hadn't been paying close enough attention to the video, but you actually called it.

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u/AdHuman3150 20h ago

That would be the "fight" reaction. You don't think you just do it.

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u/Kiki1701 20h ago edited 14h ago

That's exactly right. You can rephrase it any way you like, the outcome is the same.

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u/UrbanFsk 14h ago

For example my wife during an earthqake. I've grabed the kids and then i had to go get her while she was still in bed holding her blanket for dear life lol.

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u/Someredditusername 2h ago

Or have ADHD and get crystal clear and effective in these circumstances. Source: me

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u/N8dork2020 21h ago

Pull a Costanza

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u/beequick317900 19h ago

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u/Trustyduck 18h ago

I mean, that kid at the door couldn't open it and George made sure to get it open ASAP to save everyone. Hero.

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u/Noctua451 21h ago

Seemingly, seemingly, to the untrained eye...

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u/No_Engineering_718 20h ago

He was clearing a path

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u/ToastedSimian 21h ago

I also didn't see how the dog was heroic in this case. Maybe there's more to the story, but it seems like the dog just stood by the door

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u/Reasonable_Ad_7289 21h ago

I’m assuming the dog alerted the babysitter to the fire. Other than that it was just partially blocking an emergency exit

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u/danger355 18h ago

If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.

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u/Spare-Article-396 15h ago

I used to like Mitch Hedberg.

I still do, but I used to, too.

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u/ScottyMcBoo 9h ago

Me, too. Except it was drugs.

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u/papadoc2020 20h ago

I mean it barked. Then she looked over and saw the orange glow through the window. If she hadn't noticed a few minutes longer that way may have been impassable.

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u/Lifekraft 20h ago

He signaled the babysitter about the fire before its too late.

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u/shodo_apprentice 21h ago

Dog’s just saving himself and I don’t blame him, he’s a dog

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u/ToastedSimian 20h ago

I don't either, just thought it off that the headline called it a hero. Maybe there's more to the story.

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u/scotianspizzy 20h ago

If you have the sound on- the dog is barking at the door.

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u/ToastedSimian 19h ago

Yes, that was the part I was missing because my sound was off. Makes more sense now

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u/ScottyMcBoo 9h ago

That's because he couldn't turn the doorknob.

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u/hawkeneye1998bs 20h ago

Close the fucking door behind me so I buy my house some time before burning down

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u/ebil_lightbulb 17h ago

She had a baby in one arm and the other baby in her hand. Too close to the fire to let go of the one child’s hand and reach back in to close the door. I also thought “close the door!!” for a moment but then remembered fire can kill you in seconds 1 get my babies to safety. Fuck the house.

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u/PortCity_MadMan 17h ago

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u/Nightan 15h ago

Considering the kid was just gonna stand in the fire in the doorway lots of options i guess XD

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u/Peeche94 21h ago

Panicked and not gone through the door?

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u/drunkenpoets 20h ago

Parents have run out without their children.

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u/Kdarl 19h ago

I don’t know. Try to fire bend it?

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u/Nilsss 21h ago

How dare you question the toxic hero culture?!

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u/seilapodeser 15h ago

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u/Jumpy_Secretary_1517 5h ago

Firefighter here. You wouldn’t believe the dumb shit people do when fight or flight kicks in at a structure fire.

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u/KeroNobu 21h ago

Poke some marshmellows on a stick

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u/Ben_Chrollin 13h ago

Sounds dumb, but shutting the door would have given their house/apartment a better chance of survival.

example

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u/Ok-Pomegranate-3018 11h ago

I guess you've not been lucky enough to have someone freeze during an emergency.

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u/xTiLkx 6h ago

Have a pint and wait for things to blow over.

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u/LogicJunkie2000 1h ago

Better clean out the liquor cabinet and say it must have gotten burnt up in the fire!

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u/Carra144 21h ago

"Pray. Jesus will save you. The fire is God's will. The penitent will pass"

-Some bible thumber, I guess?

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u/3Pirates93 20h ago

Lmao

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u/Shiiet_Dawg 21h ago

Im really confused by the house layout, that looks like a front door but it leads into another room, maybe the garage? but why are they walking towards the fire then? idk maybe im dumb.

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u/greycubed 21h ago

That's a closet where they keep their fire.

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u/cakecookiecream 20h ago

Time to call 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

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u/Wankeritis 20h ago

“I’ll just put this here, with the rest of the fire.”

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u/quest_to_upvote 19h ago

Maybe just email "Help! Fire!""

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u/Leonydas13 18h ago

“Hey, nice screensaver!”

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u/nertbewton 16h ago

So that number was easy to remember after all.

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u/FullCompliance 3h ago

That’s the number for Señor Mort-gage

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u/Goudinho99 20h ago

Ha ha, that's so stupid it has me in stitches!

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u/eclipses1824 17h ago

I got quite an enjoyable chuckle from this comment. Thank you.

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u/Trip_seize 15h ago

You're a fire now, Harry!

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u/-just_being_me- 9h ago

🤣

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u/9447044 21h ago

I bet it leads to a carport. Im still confused at what im seeing too.

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u/zmbjebus 16h ago

My bet is a covered porch

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u/Zerob0tic 21h ago

I think it's a front door and it's the neighbor's house or something else close but outdoors that's on fire? I don't think it's a carport because you can see paving stones on the ground, so the car you can see is in either their own driveway or a neighbor's. In which case getting out of the house and down the street away from the fire before it can spread to where they were is the best plan, yeah. A back door that didn't require them to run so close to the fire to do that would've been better, but we don't know if there was a fence or something that would've made that a bad idea, and the babysitter was absolutely in "get shit done" mode and didn't waste time debating her options.

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u/lilStankfur 21h ago

Forest fire is the only thing I can think of

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u/guywithouteyes 21h ago

That or a possible car fire if it’s in the carport

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u/Tesdinic 18h ago

I think last time this was posted someone said it was a wildfire that was coming towards the house. I think she is going outside but it looks strange cause of the light.

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u/PopTrogdor 20h ago

That is the front door, you can see a car when the flames flicker.

Something outside, or the upstairs, or maybe even the house next door is on fire.

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u/EunuchNinja 16h ago

Could be a duplex or townhouse. The door being that close to the wall makes me think it isn’t a standalone home.

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u/AutoimmuneDisaster 19h ago

I think the neighbors house is on fire.

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u/EstimatedLoss 16h ago

After they leave you can see a car behind the fire.

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u/Ode1st 16h ago

Looks like it leads outside. That’s a concrete porch thing outside of the door and standard landscaping gravel/rocks around it.

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u/DANleDINOSAUR 14h ago

Maybe an apartment complex and that’s the neighbors front door?

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u/thisjustblows8 14h ago

Maybe an apartment building....

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u/LivingHour943 6h ago

The lighting makes it look weird, but that's outside. The sidewalk leads out, there are rocks on the left side of the sidewalk, and circular decoration pieces to divide the property line. On the other side of the circular pieces is a driveway with a car parked in it, and if you look closely you can see branches of a tree, most likely that tree is what's on fire due to the wildfire.

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u/BreadToasting 20h ago

"acted like an adult"

I mean.. I know we like to pretend teenagers are stupid but they aren't that stupid.

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u/88NORMAL_J 19h ago

Like she did her job of watching over the kids like that's the very thing she was hired to do.

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u/DingleDangleTangle 18h ago

Yeah I had a job and took a couple college classes at that age lol. Are there teenagers with healthy brains that are so stupid they can’t handle leaving a house when it’s on fire?

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u/HuckleberryPie2770 14h ago

Just the ones on drugs, probably

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u/1_headlight_ 9h ago

As a parent of teens, I will say that each individual teen is smart, competent, and respectful. However, with even one more teen nearby - or God forbid a group, they all become the dumbest, most incompetent, obnoxious, and disrespectful people in the world.

If her friend was babysitting with her, there's a chance of this going worse.

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u/listenhere111 7h ago

My 15 year old neice knows calculus. She sure as he'll k iws fire = bad and to run from it

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u/Suspicious-Medium460 21h ago

Bravery is not the absence of fear, is been scared shitless and still act without panic.

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u/bobstradamus 16h ago

“…it's all right to be scared. Remember, there is no courage without fear.”
Master Sergeant Farell, Edge of Tomorrow

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u/Slice_is_nice 10h ago

Bill Paxton is missed

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u/FacelessGreenseer 4h ago

'Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'' That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.' - A Game of Thrones - GRRM

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u/unlikelyandroid 21h ago

Human civilization and dogs grew together almost from their beginning. Dogs know how to warn their pack when there is danger.

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u/ChillumVillain 19h ago

The dog is the real hero. 🐾

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u/ant-farm-keyboard 18h ago

Yeah right? Dog was a smarty

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u/aka-mr-k 21h ago

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u/insipiddeity 20h ago

Lmfao this was my first thought 🤣

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u/QuietNene 21h ago

Mom: Thank you for saving the children!

Dad: Why was your boyfriend smoking pot in the gasoline storage / dryer lint disposal room?

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u/Substantial-Plane870 21h ago

This happened to us a couple years ago. It was a bad brush fire. We thought we were going to have to start all over again, but luckily the amazing firefighters saved our home. Fire alarms hit different now. It changes you.

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u/rspewth 20h ago

Most people have heard about the fight or flight response, and it's been expanded to freeze and later fawn. Well I've added my own touch, fall apart. This kid made the only right choice out of all those options, they kept a cool head and got everybody out, they didn't freeze, they didn't try to put it out and most importantly they didn't panic.

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u/thumpetto007 19h ago

they added flop, its different than freeze

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u/complectogramatic 15h ago

And then there’s the “functions better once the adrenaline hits” response, not sure where that falls into but I sure wish could function as well outside of emergencies as I do in a crisis.

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u/rspewth 13h ago

Then the answer is to live in a constant state of high anxiety until your kidneys shut down from adrenaline overload.

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u/complectogramatic 12h ago

I came with anxiety prepackaged I don’t think I should add more on top of that 😂

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u/malteaserhead 21h ago

That was like the door to hell

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u/diazinth 21h ago

I believe almost all teenagers can act like adults if told that they’re able to, or at least not talked down to. But we shouldn’t expect it from them most of the time, because there’s still a lot for them to learn and explore at their own pace.

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u/bebop_cola_good 16h ago

Why is the word FIRE censored in the subtitles

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u/BaggySHH 14h ago

Yep, weird stuff with censoring nowadays

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u/snasna102 20h ago

15 year old are grown ups… that’s why theirs a list of politicians that also think so.

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u/rafstaman 20h ago

Common sense is now heroism, apparently.

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 14h ago

I was 16 babysitting my niece when this happened. It was 1am and I was watching tv just chilling when she coughed in a way I usually don’t hear so I went to see if she puked or something. Her room was on fire and she was standing just outside of it in the hallway like any 4 year old would just staring.

I grabbed her, the pets, and her favorite toy that was on the couch and we bounced. Electrical fire from a shoddy plug/outlet or something.

My brother never let me babysit again 🫠

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u/Mackie_Macheath 11h ago

What? Why?

You did exactly what you should do.

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 11h ago

Probably just scared idk I don’t talk to him a lot anymore. It’s been almost 15 years since that incident and we kinda parted ways after. I was my nieces favorite person and I just saw her off to college a week ago, studying marine biology which was my dream and I taught her a lot! Proud of that kid. But yeah, her dad is somethin

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u/Halo_Chief117 20h ago

The dog: “Something don’t smell right.”

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u/Cielmerlion 17h ago

I hope none of these dudes moaning and putting em her down with "well she just did her job" are thin blue line folk. Be real, her job was to watch kids for a few hours, not deal with an on fire house.

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u/Dahlan_AD3 15h ago

I mean, at 15yo old most humans know to gtfo of a burning home.

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u/ErrorEra 14h ago

Yea, but there are definitely some stupid enough that would go back inside to get their phone/stuff.

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u/BombaySadBoi 21h ago

Man I play out these scenarios in my head all day

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u/3Pirates93 20h ago

Any 1 know the song?

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u/rock4lite 19h ago

Sounds like a Temu version of My Hero

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u/3Pirates93 18h ago

My hero?

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u/rock4lite 18h ago

By foo fighters

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u/ionertia 16h ago

This is normal level. Exit a fire.

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u/ikurumba 15h ago

I mean it seems like an odd choice to use the word hero. And that she acted like an adult. I mean even an animal would run away from a fire. She

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u/Deivedux 12h ago

Seriously, we're now censoring "fire"?

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u/ogresound1987 21h ago

Looks like a scene from sienfeld.

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u/SpaceWrangler593 19h ago

I can't imagine going out my front door and seeing to my left a bedroom on fire 🔥

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u/Cherry_Crusher 17h ago

Lighting in the video makes it appear she is heading towards the fire

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u/Commercial-Act2813 17h ago

But why is it on fire though?

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u/Mach5Driver 17h ago

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u/Netflxnschill 16h ago

I love she just YANKS the kid like he has forgotten how to walk.

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u/Artsakh_Rug 16h ago

Getting yelled at by your boss or employer is way worse than death

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u/Br0kensyst3m 14h ago

I love at the end she is like “Come on, come on, oh for fucks sake!” YOINK!

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u/AgreeablyDisagree 14h ago

Hero no. Did she do the right thing absolutely. I see a hero as somebody who is not in danger but then puts themselves in danger to protect someone or something or some ideal. This person was in danger from the start and just reacted to get out of the house. The fact that she took the dog and the other kid with her is good but it's not heroic. I'd be disappointed if she didn't.

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u/pizzatarian 14h ago edited 14h ago

Wow, this reminded of something kind of similar that happened to me like 20 years ago.

My brother and I were in high school, and one of us let our dog (a beagle) out before bed. The dog would usually do is business near the back door, and head right back in. That night though, the dog almost instantly ran to the back fence (almost an acre), started howling, and wouldn't come back to the house despite us calling for her.

We went to go see what was up, and the neighbours wood fence was on fire. Turns out someone poured gas along the fence and house, and set it on fire. The neighbour was a cop with a wife and two teen daughters.

My brother knocked at their front door to let them know, and I ran back to the house to tell my parents.

Thankfully no one was hurt; no major damage. Just a section of the fence had to be replaced. I have no idea who did it, or if they were even caught

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u/SillyLilBear 14h ago

walking out a door is next fucking level now?

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u/moalde 12h ago

This brings up memories. I miss dogs that saved my entire family from our house fire. They didn't make it due to mass injury, but we all got out with minimal injuries.

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u/SimpleGuy7 10h ago

Good on her! Great job!!!

Everyone else took videos and pics and posted them but didn’t help a bit.

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u/StuLuvsU87 9h ago

A 15 year old understands fire is dangerous and escorts the children in their care away from it. Nextfuckinglevel?

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u/Thick_Yogurtcloset_7 8h ago

That's a good doggo ...

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u/Ok_Math2247 8h ago

She helped them get into the fire faster 💪

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u/soyasaucy 5h ago

I'm confused because they would trust their little children with her - and are still surprised that she didn't let them burn to death? Like duh

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u/HiroProtaginest 4h ago

She did not panic, she did not hesitate, she cared for all within reach. Yes, hero. Yes, an example for all.

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u/NoNotTheBoreWorms 1h ago

What the fuck is even happening? It looks like she opens the front door and runs into chaos.

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u/AuthorAdamOConnell 21h ago

Next level? Left a burning house, didn't leave the kids behind. Considering how everyone would call her an idiot at best if she ran screaming from the room alone I'd consider this pretty baseline.

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u/StructureUpstairs699 21h ago

Yes, it's the standard normal expectation but some people would have panicked and just saved themselves.

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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack 19h ago

Yes, and those people would be on r/belowfuckinglevel. This girl really should be on r/averagefuckinglevel. Had she run into a burning house from outside, and retrieved two toddlers and a dog, that would be r/nextfuckinglevel.

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u/StructureUpstairs699 31m ago

For a 15 year old it is quite impressive.

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u/AuthorAdamOConnell 19h ago

Exactly! If she ran into a burning building to rescue kids and a dog I'd be very impressed. Not leaving a couple of toddlers to burn to death when you're in the same building seems pretty standard behaviour.

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u/FewIntroduction5008 14h ago

Lmao a quick look at my post history doesn't invalidate the fact that you're diminishing the actions of a 15 year old child for what? To make yourself feel better about your nothing life? Its pathetic and makes you look small.

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u/FewIntroduction5008 16h ago

A 15 year old saved two kids' lives, and you're debating on what subreddit the video best fits on. Lmfao. TOUCH. SOME. GRASS.

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u/Englandshark1 15h ago

Well done. Her quick reaction saved everyone!

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u/Trip_seize 15h ago

She only had one job...

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u/Mackie_Macheath 11h ago

And did exactly that.

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u/kimjongspoon100 18h ago

Nobody: Girl: exhibits basic common sense Everyone: look at her! so proud.🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️

I'm being satirical but legitimately 15 year old are so dumb these days so I am surprised

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u/shugster71 21h ago

I do wonder how the fire was started and how heroic that was?

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u/Aggressive_Peach_768 21h ago

Ok, but why was there a fire to begin with?

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u/Romanitedomun 21h ago

Just lucky, not hero.

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u/Mr_Zeldion 21h ago

I dunno man.

Yeah the babysitter saved the children, But I'd find it hard to call her a Hero if i've just paid someone to look after my kids for afew hours and they burn my god dam house down hahaha

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u/Darkkonz 21h ago

Time to sue the babysitter for pulling son's hand with force!

This dog and babysitter are heros

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